Tangyuan and Yuanbao knelt in the dark room of Ningde Temple, shivering with fear. They knew all too well that if the Fifth Madam fell into trouble, what awaited them would be even worse.

  But when they saw that it was Song Chuyi, who was less than half the height of the five madams, both of them let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

  The old man and the old woman were probably confused by their age, and they actually sent a little girl over. They only felt that after going through a whole night of exhaustion, they finally welcomed the hope of life, and there was spirit on their faces.

  Who would have thought that this little girl from head to toe didn't even glance at them, but instead sat by herself on the seat drinking tea.

  It took half a time to drink, and Tangyuan and Yuanbao stared at the delicate tea foam being carefully filtered by Song Chuyi's maid, going through one procedure after another, and finally felt that things were not so simple.

  The two of them were both former palace maids who had stayed in the palace, so they were naturally not unfamiliar with this set. Whenever the master inside the palace wanted to interrogate a palace servant, he would often come here first to show his power and make people think carefully about whether they wanted to tell the truth.

  This little girl in front of me, with delicate eyebrows and a smile that can be held in one's palm, sits quietly and motionlessly in her seat, yet somehow makes people feel the pressure mount.

  As time passed bit by bit, the grandfather clock in the room struck a loud clang, and the two were startled by the sound, feeling all the anxiety in their hearts surge up at once.

  Song Chuyi finally put down the teacup in her hand, carefully examined them for a while, and smiled with two small dimples: "Are you going to say it yourself, or should I ask?"

  Tang Yuan was taken aback, her face a complex mix of emotions as she lowered her head, the two hands hanging at her sides clenched into fists.

  Yu Bao looked at her and then at Song Chuyi above, gritted his teeth and made up his mind not to speak.

  "It seems I have to ask myself." Song Chuyi let out a light sigh, the smile on her face fading: "Your real names are Linglong and Feicui, aren't they?"

  The two of them looked up at her in disbelief, and finally retreated back several steps in shock.

  After Song Chuyi retracted her smile, she exuded an intense aura of sternness and killing intent, completely unlike the innocent young maiden who had yet to enter society. Instead, she seemed like Song Chengyu, a seasoned official with accumulated prestige over the years, someone who couldn't be easily fooled at first glance.

  "You may have been in the palace for too long and had a smooth life in the Song Mansion for over a decade, almost forgetting your status as slaves." Song Chuyi sneered: "Are you still hoping that the Fifth Madam will save you? I advise you to dispel this idea, she herself is struggling to keep her own head above water, how can she have the energy to care about you?"

  The five madams can't be helped, but there are still others behind them.

  Tangyuan and Yuanbao exchanged a glance before finally speaking up: "Sixth Miss doesn't need to bother, we don't have anything good to say."

  "Really, there's nothing to say?" Song Chuyi disagreed, casually taking the thing from Yulan's hand and throwing it in front of them: "Then I'll go find your family according to this address, you don't have anything to say either?"

  This is a pawn ticket from Huitong Pawnshop, with the name and address of the pawner clearly written on it.

  Tang Yuan still clenched his teeth, pretending to be nonchalant, but Yuan Bao finally panicked, scrambling up from the ground in an agitated state: "If you have something to say, come at me, don't go looking for my grandfather..."

  "Your address is who handled, who is responsible, I believe you are clear in your heart." Song Chuyi still looked at the two of them with an expressionless face, and finally dropped her gaze on Yuan Bao: "Since I can get these, it means she has already confessed. You're dead stuck and useless now. Now it's my turn to ask, if you change your grandfather or grandmother in the future, you know what will happen to you. Don't rely on someone behind you to support you and look down on everything, you should know that even if your grandfather does something to you or your whole family, not even the empress can do anything."

  Yu Bao's face turned ashen and he was stunned for a moment, then immediately made up his mind. With a thud, he knelt down on the ground and shouted loudly: "Sixth Miss, I say..."

  Tang Yuan pulled her sleeve abruptly, almost causing her to tumble over, before looking at Song Chuyi with a strange expression: "Sixth Miss is so young, how do we know if you can make decisions?"

  Tangyuan was obviously much deeper than Yuanbaocheng, Song Chuyi looked at her deeply, impatient with continuing to entangle with her, and nodded with a cold smile: "Can I be in charge? You can see that Yulan sister who is serving me by my side. I won't play tricks on you anymore, Tangyuan, your family of seven, Yuanbao's grandfather and younger brother are already in our hands... If you say it, then it's fine, if not, what the consequences will be, you know yourself."

  At this point, even Tang Yuan's face finally turned pale, and in an instant, he seemed to have been drained of his energy and fell to the ground.

  Yu Bao couldn't care about Tang Yuan's threat anymore, took a few steps forward and grabbed Song Chuyi's skirt, urgently pleading: "Sixth Miss, I'll tell you everything, please spare my brother and grandfather..."

  "Alright." Song Chuyi took a step back and sat down on the chair, calm and composed: "I'll ask, you answer."

  Yu Bao nodded blankly.

  "Which of the five madams usually passes on letters to people outside?"

  Her gaze was too clear, making people almost nowhere to hide, Yuanbao subconsciously moved his eyes away and replied in a low voice: "Jiang Er on the gatehouse."

  "Where is the handover? What's the password? How often does it usually take place?"

  Yu Bao was asked by her and became somewhat dizzy, carefully shaking his head before turning back to look at Tang Yuan, somewhat embarrassedly saying: "These are all things that only Sister Tang Yuan would know..."

  Song Chuyi then went to see the motionless Tangyuan, and immediately lightly shifted her gaze away. Instead, she turned back to instruct Yulan: "Yulan sister, please tell Grandmother that Tangyuan's mouth is too hard, I couldn't get anything out of her. Tell her not to bother keeping their family of seven anymore."

  Jade Orchid bowed and walked out without any hesitation.

  Tang Yuan's eyes finally relaxed, seeing that Song Chuyi didn't intend to stop him. His eyelashes trembled slightly as he loudly replied to Song Chuyi's question: "Meet at the Zhiyuan Escort Agency on 8 Lanterns Alley in the city, the street password is 'Tomorrow repeats tomorrow...' Exchange takes place on the 1st, 15th and 30th of every month."

  Song Chuyi smiled and waved her hand to stop Yulan, turning her head to look at Qingtao: "Remembered?"

  Qing Tao nodded, Song Chuyi looked at the two of them in silence for a while, instructing Yulan to have someone take them away again, and then turned to report to Song Chengnu.

  Song Chengru read through the message recorded by Qing Tao and asked Song Chuyi, "What do you think?"

  "We can't fight a battle we're not sure to win." Song Chuyi thought for a moment, looking at Song Chengyu: "We must first catch the person who is in contact with them, and if something happens in the future, this will be evidence."

  Song Chengnu smiled and looked at her: "Do you want to go out and take a look?"

  Song Chuyi looked stunned, looking at Song Chengnuo as if he felt somewhat unbelievable: "Grandfather, your meaning is to let me go?"

  "What's wrong with that?" Song Chengnu nodded: "Didn't I also hand over the matter of interrogating people to you?"