Yan Wenjing and Han Qingbo were stunned for a moment, then said in unison: "Your Majesty, please speak."

Xia Miaoyuan fiddled with the Luban lock in his hands, muttering to himself, "So, Daddy wants to drag the two adults into this scheme, to jointly deal with Liang Chaozong and the Dai Viet Kingdom's scheme."

Thinking of this, Xia Miaoyuan's spirits lifted and he no longer wanted to go back to Kunning Palace to catch up on his sleep.

Xia Zhengqi said with a serious expression: "Right now, there is an urgent matter."

Next, Xia Zhengqi told the two adults about the poisoning of Prince Jin and his wife, as well as the clues he and the Crown Prince had found.

Yan Wenjing and Han Qingbo were both stunned when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, are you saying that the rising star businessman, the famous imperial merchant Liang Xin, is actually Liang Chaozong, a remnant of the Liang Kingdom?!" Yan Wenjing's face was full of disbelief.

"Furthermore, he covets the exotic crops in the cultivation garden?"

The prince said calmly, "Master Yan, Master Han, this is indeed shocking. When you first hear it, it seems like something a storyteller made up. However, it is true."

"Your Majesty has sent people to investigate for quite some time."

Han Qingbo frowned, as if trying hard to digest this information.

After a long moment, he finally spoke: "Then the Emperor summoned me here today to discuss the removal of Liang Chaozong?"

Xia Zhengqi smiled faintly and shook his head: "No, now is not the best time to get rid of him."

"Through my secret investigation, I have found out that Dai Viet has always had secret dealings with Liang Chaozong."

"Furthermore, the sudden announcement of a visit from Dai Viet this time is very likely the work of Liang Chaozong in collusion with them."

Xia Miaoyuan's face lit up with joy when he heard Emperor Mingxi say this. "Ahhh! Daddy is so awesome!"

[I've already thought of this. Oh my goodness!]

[I was worried about how to remind Dad, but now I feel relieved.]

Lords Yan and Han were stunned, obviously frightened again.

Han Qingbo calmed himself down. "So, could it be that Dai Viet's visit this time is in collusion with Liang Chaozong, targeting the crops we cultivate?"

Han Qingbo is so clever! Tsk tsk tsk.

Xia Zhengqi nodded approvingly: "Very likely."

"Besides this, there may be other plots."

"Anyway, the crops in the nursery garden are about to be harvested, and the Dai Viet Kingdom is about to send an envoy."

"Everything must be done with caution."

Xia Zhengqi, the Crown Prince, and Lords Yan and Han chatted in the imperial study for quite a while before dispersing.

At first, Xia Miaoyuan listened to the four people's discussion with great interest, but after a long time, her small body could not bear it anymore.

After all, a baby over three years old needs a lot of sleep.

When the four of them finished their discussion, Xia Miaoyuan had already fallen asleep curled up on the soft couch beside him, still holding the unopened Luban lock in his hand.

Xia Zhengqi picked up his daughter with heartache, ordered Debao to prepare the sedan chair, put her in it personally, and ordered people to send her to Kunning Palace. He also repeatedly reminded her to be careful.

In early summer, the temperature is just right.

Xia Miaoyuan was lying on his back on the sedan chair, still snoring, with saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Xia Miaoyuan only felt that he was on a wobbly wooden boat. The air was fresh and the temperature was comfortable, and there was a faint and melodious sound of birds singing in his ears.

[So comfortable! ]

【This is the life of a princess! 】

At this moment, Xia Miaoyuan felt the big wooden boat shake suddenly, and his small body shook violently.

"What!" She rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up.

"Young Prince, are you okay?" Nanny Li, who was following beside him, asked with concern.

"What's wrong? Where is this?" Xia Miaoyuan opened his eyes and looked around.

Only then did she realize that she was sitting on a sedan chair. The shaking just now must have been because the sedan chair bearer did not hold it steady and it hit her.

"Just now, the emperor saw that the little prince had fallen asleep, so he ordered you to be sent back to Kunning Palace." Nanny Li explained.

At this moment, the leader of the four sedan bearers turned around and said in a trembling voice, "Princess, please forgive us! We didn't mean to do that just now."

"It's all because someone suddenly rushed out from the front and blocked the way, which caused the servants to stagger for a moment."

When Xia Miaoyuan heard this, he sat up straight and looked forward.

In front of the sedan chair, there were two little palace maids in tattered clothes kneeling on the ground.

Looking at the ground again, there was an overturned wooden barrel with the water in it spilled all over the floor.

"Which palace are you from? How dare you behave so unruly?!" An Nuan, a senior maid beside Xia Miaoyuan, stepped forward and shouted at the two young maids.

"I, we..." The two little palace maids stammered, lowering their heads as much as possible.

"What's going on?" a woman's voice came over.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged woman dressed as a head nanny walking towards them quickly.

She quickly took in the scene before her, understood the general situation, and immediately knelt down in front of Xia Miaoyuan's sedan chair.

"These two young maids are new and don't know the rules. They have offended Princess Anguo's carriage. Please show some mercy, Princess."

While pleading with Xia Miaoyuan, the nanny roughly pulled up the two little palace maids beside her, raised her palms, and slapped them several times.

She hit him hard with her hands and cursed, "You two idiots! You can't even carry water properly!"

"How dare you disturb Her Royal Highness the Princess's carriage?"

"You two little hooves are really tired of living!"

After beating one, the nanny quickly went on to beat another.

The two young palace maids were not tall enough to withstand the beating from the big and strong nanny, and were immediately knocked to the ground.

At this time, Xia Miaoyuan saw the faces of the two little palace maids and was suddenly shocked.

[Wow, isn't it? These two are actually Feng Manman and Liang Zhirou!]

[Tsk tsk tsk, I never knew being sent to the imperial palace was so miserable.]

To be fair, these two little girls, who had grown up in a large mansion, accustomed to fine clothes and delicious food, were suddenly thrown into the imperial palace. It was like falling from heaven to earth.

[From the looks of it, this head nanny probably beats and scolds them often.]

Liang Zhirou fell to the ground and glanced at Xia Miaoyuan timidly.

She keenly caught a trace of pity in Xia Miaoyuan's eyes, and immediately used her hands and feet to get up from the ground, staggering to Xia Miaoyuan's sedan chair.

"What are you doing?" Nanny Li quickly stopped Liang Zhirou and protected Xia Miaoyuan.

Liang Zhirou struggled to cling to the armrests of the sedan chair with her dirty little hands and shouted, "Princess, please save us!"

"Please save us for the sake of our former classmates!"

Liang Zhirou screamed until she was hoarse.

Feng Manman, who was still being beaten by the nanny, heard Liang Zhirou's cry for help and started shouting, "Little Prince, we were ignorant before. We were wrong. Please save us!"