"Wow, Master, you finally figured it out. I found out that Su Yao is just like a standard kindergarten teacher. She coaxes you just like she coaxes kindergarten kids, and it's very effective!"

It's rare to see the master being fooled by others. Xiao Hei can't say that he is gloating at this moment, but that's almost the same.

Incandescent: '...'

Fortunately, Xiao Hei knew what it meant to stop while he was ahead. Seeing that his master was about to get upset, he quickly threw out his powerful weapon to divert his master's attention.

"By the way, Master, your husband did not leave the palace today. He stayed here."

Bai Chi was about to say something, but immediately changed his focus: "Blai?"

"Yes, you see, he went to pay his respects to his mother this morning. The Queen's Palace is still empty, and his mother's spirit tablet has been in a side hall of the Queen's Palace."

"It just so happened that an old man in the palace mentioned today that when the Ninth Prince's mother passed away when he was five years old, he carved a spirit tablet himself and placed it in a side hall for worship no matter how others advised him."

"The emperor probably still had some conscience at the time, so he let him go. And even now, twenty years later, the spirit tablet is still carved by the Ninth Prince himself. Even though he has been away from the capital for ten years, no one here has taken care of it because of the news of his military exploits from time to time."

Bai Chi already felt distressed. Such a young Fan Yunxiao had lost his mother, and his mother was accused of being a treason. How difficult it must have been for him to live alone in the palace.

The next second, Xiao Hei continued:

'After paying respects to his mother today, he used the excuse of reminiscing about his childhood to walk around the side hall, looking around, cleaning the entire side hall and talking about his childhood for a long time with those around him.'

"I was busy until the afternoon. I couldn't help crying for a long time while holding my mother's spirit tablet. While crying, I said that I was a motherless child. Then, I fell asleep..."

Bai Chi was a little confused: "You mean, he slept until now?"

"Hmm, he's awake, Master. You said he woke up just after the palace gates were closed..."