Chapter 317

"What child?" Zhou Changfeng looked at his mother with a puzzled expression.

I had a bad feeling.

If that child wasn't Xu Qingshi, yet the mother mistook him for Xu Qingshi...

What will Prince An think of the Zhou family?

"Go and take a look," Old Madam Zhou urged somewhat guiltily.

If that child really has some extraordinary background, wouldn't she have caused some trouble for the Zhou family?

Thinking of this, Old Madam Zhou felt even more uneasy.

Zhou Changfeng had some questions, but instead of asking Old Madam Zhou, he thought he might as well go and see Prince An.

Thinking of this, Zhou Changfeng disregarded everything else and went directly to find Xu Heming.

Royal Palace

At this moment, Zhu Jingchen was reviewing memorials in the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Fuzi, who serves the Third Prince, requests an audience," said Eunuch Liu as he entered, bowing low.

"Hmm? Does Little Third Son have something to discuss with me?" Zhu Jingchen raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Perhaps His Highness the Third Prince has something important to discuss with you," Eunuch Liu said with a smile.

"Let him in. I want to see what this little brat has to do with me," Zhu Jingchen said curiously.

"Yes!" Eunuch Liu hurried out and said to Xiao Fuzi who was waiting outside, "His Majesty wants you to go in. You must speak properly later."

Eunuch Liu spoke a warning to the young eunuch.

"Your humble servant Xiao Fuzi greets Your Majesty, long live the Emperor!" Xiao Fuzi never imagined that he would one day meet the Emperor.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fuzi felt both excited and a little scared.

"Hmm, I heard that the Third Prince asked you to speak with me?" Zhu Jingchen asked casually.

"Your Majesty, the old lady of the Zhou family said that the Third Prince burned down her courtyard and asked you to take silver to ransom him." Xiao Fuzi repeated Zhu Hanyu's instructions word for word.

"What?" Zhu Jingchen, who was reviewing memorials, wondered if he had misheard.

His third son asked him to use money to redeem him.

The question is, when did he become so ambitious as to burn down the Zhou family's courtyard?

Also, the Zhou family, which Zhou family?

Zhu Jingchen frowned, unable to recall which Zhou family would be worth his son setting fire to their yard.

"Your Majesty, His Highness is still waiting for you to redeem him." As Xiao Fuzi said this, he was so frightened that he lay down on the ground and dared not say anything. But he was also afraid that if the Emperor did not go, his master might really be detained in the Zhou family.

"Which Zhou family?" Since Zhu Jingchen couldn't remember which Zhou family it was, he decided to ask directly.

“It’s the Zhou family of Zhou Zhonghe, the Minister of War,” Xiao Fuzi quickly said.

“Zhou Zhonghe?” Zhu Jingchen thought for a moment, then remembered that this was the family of Xu Heming’s former wife.

"Did Xiao Sanzi and Qing Shi go to burn it?" Zhu Jingchen asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, no, it's not that. The Prince An's heir is missing. It seems he disappeared at the Zhou family's residence. The courtyard that was burned down was where the Prince An's heir used to live," Xiao Fuzi quickly said.

"You mean, something happened to Qingshi at the Zhou family's place?" Zhu Jingchen frowned. He quite liked Xu Qingshi, and the thought that this lovely child might be burned to death at the Zhou family's place sent chills down his spine.