Shen Wan was reading by the window when she heard familiar footsteps, followed by Yin Shuang's voice, "Your Highness is back."

Shen Wan looked up and saw Xie Jingyan walk in. Upon seeing him enter, Yinshuang and Haitang tactfully withdrew.

Xie Jingyan walked up to Shen Wan and kissed her. "You missed me all day?"

Shen Wan, "..."

It's just that I leave early and return late, but you make it sound like I'm away from Beijing for ten days, half a month, or even longer.

Shen Wan nudged him and said, "You've sweated so much, go wash up."

Xie Jingyan asked, "Is the smell that strong?"

"It's almost suffocating me with the stench, don't you think?" Shen Wan said.

"..."

Xie Jingyan's lips twitched, he kissed Shen Wan on the cheek again, and then left.

After he left, Shen Wan remembered that she still wanted to know how much game he had brought back. When Yin Shuang came in, Shen Wan asked, "How much game did Your Highness bring back?"

Yinshuang said, "I inquired and found out that the prince returned empty-handed."

Shen Wan, "..."

After a day of hunting, I came back empty-handed...

The hunt turned out to be a complete failure.

By the time Xie Jingyan returned after washing himself from head to toe, it was time for dinner. Tonight's dinner was all prepared by Chef Li, and it was delivered from the outer courtyard's main kitchen covered with a lid, so no one knew what dishes were made.

When the table was opened, it was filled with wild game, while a plate of green vegetables sat forlornly on the edge of the table.

Shen Wan's eyes widened as she looked at Xie Jingyan and asked, "Did you do all of this?"

"Um."

"What did that maid say about you coming back empty-handed?" Shen Wan asked.

Xie Jingyan served Shen Wan some food, saying, "I had someone send the prey back to the manor beforehand, otherwise you wouldn't be able to eat this whole meal until tomorrow."

Thoughtful and considerate, she felt a sweet warmth in her heart, as if it had been coated with honey.

However, eating so much meat for dinner is hard to digest. After dinner, Xie Jingyan accompanied Shen Wan to stroll in the garden. Shen Wan asked, "Aren't you tired after hunting all day?"

tired?

That evening, Xie Jingyan showed her what it meant to have plenty of energy.

On this day, the weather was fine and the sky was clear.

It was the day that Prince Yanping, Tang Ze, and Lu Cheng entered the city patrol office.

The three were in high spirits.

Patrolling the streets from morning till night.

My buttocks are sore from sitting on the horse.

However, apart from arresting a few thugs, nothing particularly noteworthy happened.

All three of them were somewhat disappointed.

They say a new broom sweeps clean, and they were all itching to make an example of someone, but instead they've all become more law-abiding than ever before. Do they have to be so polite?

However, this was during the day. At night, when all was quiet, these three people did something that shocked the court and the public.

The next morning, Shen Wan had just opened her eyes, still feeling lazy and wanting to sleep a little longer, when Yin Shuang came running in, reporting that the city patrol had arrested people the night before. Shen Wan didn't hear clearly and asked, "Who did the city patrol arrest last night?"

"We've arrested the eldest master of the Duke of Tan's mansion," Yinshuang said.

"..."

A jolt came over her, and Shen Wan sat up abruptly.

She looked at Yinshuang, her voice rising, "The eldest master of the Duke of Tan's mansion?!"

"How many masters of the Tan State Duke's Mansion are there in the capital?"

"...Just one."

Shen Wan, “…???”

If she remembers correctly.

Is the eldest master of the Duke of Tan's mansion Tang Ze's biological father?

Did Tang Ze arrest his own father on his very first day at the Patrol Division?

Others might kill the chicken to scare the monkey, but he killed his own father to scare the monkey?

The black lines on Shen Wan's forehead kept falling.