Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

'Pa pa pa'

Wei Ran slapped Hu Tao three times.

"Pah! You dog, who do you think you are, calling yourself 'I'?"

Wei Ran was already as big as a bear, and his hands were thick and big. After three slaps, Hu Tao spat out three teeth.

Li Qingyan's eyes lit up as she looked at Yan Xu.

Yan Xu shook his head. "No, Wei Ran is a general with an official position and cannot be a private bodyguard."

Hearing him say that, Li Qingyan felt a little regretful and continued to interrogate Hu Tao.

"I can't interfere with you buying and selling your own concubines, but what if you buy and sell other people's daughters?"

Li Qingyan's face immediately turned cold.

Hu Tao shouted that he was innocent.

"I dared to arrest you because I have evidence. Tell me who's behind you and you can leave today. Otherwise... not only will you die, but your wife, children, and parents won't survive either."

But Hu Tao still refused to say anything, so Li Qingyan simply told him to beat him, as long as he wasn't killed.

The White Tiger Army is an army that has survived all kinds of battles. What haven't they seen? What enemies haven't they dealt with? They've encountered many tough opponents, and they always have ways to deal with them.

Yan Xu picked up Li Qingyan and carried her into the house, saying, "Keep your voice down, don't be too noisy."

"Alright, don't worry, we're very experienced."

Wei Ran called to a few of his brothers and they carried the man to another room.

"The scene of Your Highness interrogating people is too bloody, you'd better not watch. Let's go inside and rest for a while."

Yan Xu patted her head and walked into the house.

The room was decorated in a simple and elegant style, unlike the room of a military general. It resembled the room of a refined scholar.

The room was filled with all sorts of things, including musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, and paintings.

Not far away, there was a painting of two rabbits, one black and one white. The paper was yellowed and looked quite old.

Li Qingyan sat on a giant wooden rabbit, which swayed like a rocking horse.

"What are the White Tiger Army doing here?"

Li Qingyan yawned. Using the White Tiger Army's soldiers in this kind of place was really a waste of their talents.

Yan Xu took out a piece of candy and put it in Li Qingyan's mouth. "They're off today, and we just happened to run into them. We'll ask them for a favor."

The candy was made with honey and jasmine flowers, and it tasted sweet and fragrant. She squinted her eyes.

"Was this house prepared for someone, Yanxu?"

Yan Xu, who was sitting to the side, did not answer, but stared blankly at the painting hanging on the wall.

"Sort of, but that person will never live here."

He gently patted Li Qingyan's head, a look of loneliness and sadness flashing in his eyes.

A moment later, Wei Ran's voice rang out from outside, "He's confessed everything."

Li Qingyan got off the wooden rabbit and ran outside with a "thump, thump, thump" of her legs. Yan Xu followed behind and closed the door.

Looking at Hu Tao's blood-covered face, Li Qingyan wore an innocent smile and asked, "Tell me who's behind you?"

"It seems like she's a girl, I don't know where she got her from."

Every year they claim to be going to the north to trade silk, but in reality, they're going to Guiyuan City to send girls there, and then wait until it's almost time to return. They've been doing this for three years now.

Hu Tao's concubine was only eighteen years old this year, and she was sold after giving birth. As for where she was sold, only Hui Niang knew.

Girls under the age of 20 and girls over the age of 20 would be sold to different places.

Upon hearing this, Wei Ran kicked Hu Tao again.

Li Qingyan picked up a stone from the ground, weighed it in her hand, and found it to be a little light. Then she picked up an even bigger brick from the side and smashed it directly at Hu Tao's head.

Blood immediately started flowing from Hu Tao's head.

She glared at Hu Tao and said fiercely, "Lock him up. Maybe he'll still be useful if he lives."

This kind of person should be cut in half at the waist.

Hu Tao trafficked people for three years, but what about the others? How long did they do it? How many families did they harm?

Li Qingyan gritted her teeth, wishing she could crush them to pieces. She picked up the bloody confession and walked out.

"Let's go to the Luo residence."

Yan Xu carried Li Qingyan and mounted his horse, and the two headed straight for the Luo residence.

Cuiping mounted another horse and followed behind.

If we arrest some of the people under my mother's command and let the day pass, it will truly be like stirring up trouble.

The three of them rode horses and soon arrived at the Luo residence.

Cuiping kicked open the gate of the Luo residence.

At this moment, Luo Jun was having tea and playing the zither with Hui Niang, looking like a perfect couple.

Upon seeing Li Qingyan's arrival, Luo Jun frowned slightly. "What is the purpose of your audacity, Your Highness, barging straight into my residence?"

Li Qingyan lifted her leg and walked towards the main seat, letting Yan Xu pick her up and sit her on it.

"Master Luo, you certainly live a leisurely life. Do you even know what your concubine does?"

Li Qingyan sneered and threw the confession at him.

"Open your dog eyes and take a look."

Looking at the words on the paper, Luo Jun's expression was incredibly varied. Li Qingyan watched as if she were watching a play, until Luo Jun's expression froze on "shock," and then his eyes widened as if they were about to burst.

He slapped Hui Niang across the face, knocking her to the ground.

"You beast! How could you do such a heinous thing, Mother Hui? You actually trafficked people! You...you...even the punishment of heaven and earth wouldn't be enough!"

Luo Jun beat his chest and stamped his feet, kneeling on the ground and crying out, "My poor daughter! What she said was all true, all true!"

He slapped himself repeatedly across the face, each slap delivered with exceptional force.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault. I don't believe my daughter. My daughter, it's my fault for being bewitched and ruining you."

He glared at Hui Niang and pounced on her. Li Qingyan watched coldly as Luo Jun grabbed Hui Niang by the neck.

Seeing that the time was right, she waved for Cuiping to pull Luo Jun away.

With a slight effort, Cuiping threw Luo Jun to the ground. Cuiping glanced at her hand and then at Li Qingyan.

Li Qingyan gestured for her to stand back.

"Lord Luo Jun, what are your thoughts on this matter today?"

With red eyes and gritted teeth, Luo Jun said, "This kind of vicious woman deserves to be torn to pieces. Your Highness should handle her as you see fit."

Li Qingyan yawned: "Lock him in the Ministry of Justice dungeon."

Before leaving, Li Qingyan sent someone to the Ministry of Justice to notify them to come over. As soon as she finished speaking, the people from the Ministry of Justice took Jiang Niang away.

As Li Qingyan passed by Luo Jun, she glanced at him with a smile and said, "Take care of yourself, Lord Luo."

When she looked at Luo Jun with a blank expression, there was an undisguised disgust in her eyes.

"Respectfully seeing off the young prince."

Luo Jun watched Li Qingyan and the others walk away, then took the handkerchief handed to him by the butler, wiped his face and hands, and tossed it back to the butler. "Close the door."

He flicked his sleeve and walked into the yard as if nothing had happened.

Li Qingyan clung to Yan Xu's back, insisting that he carry her.

"Is something on your mind, Your Highness?"

Li Qingyan buried her head in his back, muttering, "It feels strange. Hui Niang is strange, and Luo Jun is strange too. I just feel like it's not as simple as it seems on the surface."

She rubbed her cheek.

Yan Xu smelled of fresh bamboo, completely different from the ambergris scent on Li Yan.

She fell asleep as she was talking, her head tilted to the side.

Yan Xu glanced back.

Cuiping wanted to take the person over, but Yanxu stopped her, saying, "Let the little princess sleep. I'll take her back to the palace."

The fiery red sunset shone on the two of them, turning the white fur on Li Qingyan's clothes orange-red, and casting their shadows long and long onto a distant figure that was also bathed in orange-red light.

The three figures intertwined on the ground, as if two people were holding a baby together.