"Second brother, put me down!" Xia Miaoyuan said, breaking free from the second prince's arms.

[I'll just go on my own. My second brother has been too unreliable today.]

[I was actually able to bump into someone while holding me. I was really shocked.]

Second Prince: ...

Xia Miaoyuan straightened her skirt and said seriously, "I'd better go by myself. I'm already four years old."

Jin Hu, Yin Bao and other followers covered their mouths and laughed when they saw Xia Miaoyuan pretending to be an adult.

"Okay, Miao'er, go by yourself! Let's go, our carriage is parked over there." The second prince said, and then he took Xia Miaoyuan's hand, and pulled her to find the carriage when doing things.

At this moment, Xia Miaoyuan suddenly shouted: "What is this?"

It turned out that she had just stepped on something and hurt her foot.

She took her foot away and found that it was an emerald earring.

"Huh? Whose earring fell off? It looks pretty good."

Xia Miaoyuan picked up the earrings and looked at them carefully in the sunlight.

"It's strange. I didn't see any girl passing by here just now." Silver Leopard murmured.

"Such a valuable jade earring fell on the street and no one picked it up. Are all the people in Mai County rich?" Jin Hu was a little confused.

The Second Prince took the earrings and thought, "Do you think this earrings belong to the young master who bumped into me just now?"

"A grown man wearing women's jewelry?" Jin Hu laughed.

Silver Leopard retorted: "So what? I bought it as a gift for a girl, so what?"

The Second Prince turned around, looked in the direction the young man in black had gone, and said, "Call him back and ask him, and you'll find out."

Everyone looked in that direction, but the young man in black was walking so fast that he had disappeared.

"Young Master, don't worry about this for now. Let's go back first. You and the young lady should not stay outside for too long." Jin Hu urged.

The second prince nodded and casually put the jade earring into his sleeve pocket.

Soon, they returned to the official inn.

The second prince hurried to Yue Haoyun's room and asked Jin Hu to call Han Qingbo over as well.

Because Xia Miaoyuan really wanted to listen to their conversation, she followed the second prince like a clingy puppy.

The second prince knew what she was thinking and did not stop her.

In the room, Yue Haoyun had just finished his meal and was sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Oh, I've been suffering these days." Yue Haoyun picked up the teapot and poured a cup for the second prince and Han Qingbo.

"You guys are the best. If you want to go out for a walk, go out. I've been hiding in my room or in the carriage all day long. I'm going to get moldy."

The Second Prince suppressed the smile in his eyes and advised, "Just bear with it for a while. It's worth enduring a little hardship to confuse the enemy."

Yue Haoyun sighed: "Okay! What can I do if I can't bear it?"

At this time, Han Qingbo said, "Second Prince, what do you want to discuss with me?"

The Second Prince slapped his head and said, "Hey, I almost forgot something important."

"I was just taking my sister out and overheard something."

The second prince told them everything he had heard in the restaurant that afternoon.

When talking about Han Lie's only son being assassinated, Han Qingbo was very surprised.

"The Prime Minister of Dai Viet, a high-ranking official, actually only has one son?!"

"Isn't this too strange?"

The ancients attached great importance to offspring, especially the wealthy families, who valued having many children so as to bring honor to the family and continue the family line.

Therefore, it is indeed quite rare for a prime minister to have only one son.

Yue Haoyun looked at Han Qingbo's expression and said with a smile, "You don't know the situation of Prime Minister Han's family."

When the Second Prince and Han Qingbo heard Yue Haoyun say this, they looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

Even Xia Miaoyuan, who was playing pinball nearby, was cheered up.

The book doesn't contain much about Han Lie. Especially the story of how he arrived in Dai Viet, entered the government, and rose to become prime minister is almost completely blank.

[Not much is said about his family and marriage.]

Yue Haoyun, please tell me quickly.

Yue Haoyun took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said, "It's said that Prime Minister Han was just a poor scholar back then. He didn't even have any parents or brothers, let alone any family. He was completely alone."

"Later, he became the top scorer in the imperial examination, and immediately, wealthy families rushed to have him as their son-in-law."

"Finally, the then Minister of Rites, Lord Wang, married his daughter to him. She is now Madam Han."

Han Qingbo wondered, "Since all the wealthy families were vying for him to be their son-in-law, why did he choose the daughter of the Minister of Rites?"

Of the six ministries, the Ministry of Rites had the least power, and it could even be said that it had no real power at all. Naturally, the daughter of a minister of rites was not the best choice.

The Second Prince looked at Han Qingbo and said, "You don't understand this. Didn't Prince Yue just say that Prime Minister Han came from a humble background and was an orphan? A man like him, without any family influence, would not be chosen as a son-in-law by a truly powerful family."

"For him, marrying the daughter of the Minister of Rites is already considered high-class."

Yue Haoyun nodded: "Exactly."

When Han Qingbo heard this, his face looked a little unnatural.

Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Han Qingbo's expression and said, "Hello, Han Qingbo's situation is similar to Han Lie's. I'm just being suspicious after hearing what he said."

A few years ago, when Han Qingbo was the top scorer in the imperial examination, he also staged a show to catch a son-in-law from under the list.

But Han Qingbo had his own ideas. He didn't want to get married at this time. He wanted to gain a foothold in the court with his own strength and then find a marriage of his choice.

So, from high school until now, he has never agreed to any marriage proposal.

For this reason, he did not quite understand the unspoken rules of marriage in upper-class society.

The Second Prince quickly patted Han Qingbo on the back and said comfortingly, "You are different from the Prime Minister Han back then. You have now become an important official that your father relies on. You have become a high-ranking family through your own efforts. Naturally, you are worthy of any family's daughter."

Han Qingbo lowered his eyes somewhat embarrassedly: "Why are you talking about me? Prince Yue, please continue speaking!"

Yue Haoyun continued, "The Wang family is a family of officials and officials, and they have some foundation in the court."

"Since Lord Han has become the son-in-law of such a family, he has found someone to rely on."

"Therefore, the Wang family has many requirements for their son-in-law, Lord Han. For example, the most important one is that he cannot take concubines or maids."

The Second Prince said with a look of understanding, "So, all of Lord Han's children were born to his wife alone?"