Chapter 304 Watching the Third Prince

The news of the third prince's return spread quickly in the Dongyou Imperial City like a gust of wind.

Shangguan Nanfeng was having a headache about the Emperor's affairs. In the past few days, he and his mother had tried every possible means, but his father didn't say a word.

After searching the entire palace for the imperial seal, there was no trace of it. Everything pointed to that eunuch Zhu.

As for Eunuch Zhu, none of the hundreds of people he arrested were correct.

Several days have passed, and there is still no clue. My mother has even sent people to look for him outside Dongyou City.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Nanfeng simply pushed all the books on the desk to the ground. It had been so long, and he felt depressed when he thought of the palace.

If his mother hadn't stopped him, saying that he was not legitimate without the imperial seal, he would have even wanted to take the throne directly.

"The Second Prince, the Third Prince is back." Just when Shangguan Nanfeng was feeling depressed, a servant rushed in with even bigger news.

"What?" Shangguan Nanfeng stood up and looked at the servant kneeling on the ground in disbelief.

How could Shangguan Nanxing come back? How could his uncle let him come back so easily? Or did his uncle not receive his letter?

Until this time, Shangguan Nanfeng had not thought that something might have happened to his uncle.

"Where is he now?" Shangguan Nanfeng suppressed the anger in his heart and asked the servants.

"The third prince is near the city gate." The servant heard the master's unfriendly tone and quickly told what he saw.

"What is he doing at the city gate? Come, prepare the horses and follow me to take a look."

Shangguan Nanfeng gave the order while quickly walking out of the study.

So what if Shangguan Nanxing comes back? He still has a way to make him disappear without anyone noticing.

In a shabby house in the city, there were several beggars huddled together. Eunuch Zhu was lying on his side inside. Although he was rich, the people in the city were looking for him very hard, so he didn't dare to live in the inn.

After much thought, I decided to disguise myself as a beggar woman, which would be safer.

He ran to several places and was driven away each time. The beggars here were considered to be good-tempered. They were willing to accept him only because they saw that he was old. However, they usually didn't care about him, which was what Eunuch Zhu wanted.

"Why are you still here? The Third Prince is back, let's go and see what's going on."

At this time, a younger beggar walked in from outside. He was wearing tattered clothes, but his expression was very excited.

When Eunuch Zhu, who was lying on his side, heard the beggar's words, his dozing eyes suddenly opened.

"You are just bragging. The Third Prince is such a noble man. I haven't seen him in all these years. How come he is waiting for us to see him today? He is not a monkey who is playing tricks."

The middle-aged man at the side turned his head, his hair disheveled and his beard untidy, and looked at the little beggar who came in and said sarcastically.

"Hey, don't disbelieve me. Today, the Third Prince really seemed to be deliberately showing off to us common people. He is still at the city gate."

When the little beggar heard what the big beggar said, he looked unconvinced and retorted.

"I have never seen the Third Prince. Take me to see him."

After hearing what the little beggar said, Eunuch Zhu's expression changed and he thought of something, so he climbed up, still hunched over, and moved to the side of the little beggar.

"If you want to see it, I will take you there. But you are not lucky enough to see the third prince." The little beggar supported Eunuch Zhu and walked towards the city gate.

"You are a person who has never seen the world. You want to go and see something when it's a little bit popular. Even if he is really the Third Prince, so what? If I go, he will give me two steamed buns to eat."

The big beggar spat a few times, turned over and continued to lie down. Anyway, he still had half a steamed bun in his arms, so he didn't need to beg for food today.

At the city gate, Shangguan Nanxing walked very slowly, which caused the people to surround him. Shangguan Nanxing was not annoyed, as this was exactly what he wanted.

He just jumped off his horse, walked to a vendor nearby, and asked about his income and expenditure, under the pretext of caring about people's lives.

It was the first time for the merchant to speak to such a distinguished person, and he was so nervous that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Shangguan Nanxing chuckled and didn't care much. This was not his purpose anyway. He was just stalling for time.

"I didn't expect the third prince to be so handsome." A woman at the side said quietly, causing several women next to her to nod frantically.

"How can you make a living by looking good? I, Old Liu, am very strong. I can dig five acres of land a day. Strength is the real thing."

The burly man next to him saw that his crush also nodded, so he grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction.

The implication is that the Third Prince is all show and no substance.

"How superficial." When the woman next to him heard what the man said, she didn't want to say more to him. She just said it softly and then looked at Shangguan Nanxing again, unable to move her eyes away.

"Make way, make way..." At this moment, the little beggar and Eunuch Zhu squeezed into the crowd desperately.

Eunuch Zhu raised his head and looked at the man in black clothes not far away. With just one glance, he was sure that this man was the third prince.

"Third brother, what are you doing here?" Just as Eunuch Zhu was about to rush forward, Shangguan Nanfeng's voice came from a distance.

Then a group of guards drew their swords to clear the way, and the onlookers were frightened and gave way.