Moreover, he didn't come away empty-handed today; at least he now knows that with that token, he can enter He Liufeng's study.

However, ever since she was punished last time, Qingdai has been indifferent to her. How can she find Qingdai's token?

Over the next two days, Zhang Xueliu quieted down, but she seemed preoccupied every day. Although she tried her best to hide it, Qu Qingxi and Qingdai still noticed, but neither of them said anything, naturally knowing why Zhang Xueliu was like this.

Zhang Xueliu had searched Qingdai's room when she was away, but she couldn't find it. Zhang Xueliu guessed that Qingdai must have the token with her, and she needed to find a way to get it.

Qu Qingxi carried the nourishing soup that had just been made in the kitchen to Cangyuan's courtyard. Cangyuan's health had recovered quite well in the past two days, and his complexion looked much better.

Cang Yuan was clearly pleased to see Qu Qingxi coming over, and when he saw the food box in Qingdai's hand, he couldn't hide his smile.

"Your Highness, you've arrived. Please have a seat." The room was warm. Cang Yuan was wearing an inner garment with an outer robe over it. He spoke with slight excitement when he saw Qu Qingxi enter.

"How are you feeling today?" Qu Qingxi asked Cang Yuan with a smile.

"I feel much better today, and I'm going to take my medicine soon."

"That's good. You need to get better soon. This is a medicinal soup that I asked the kitchen to specially prepare for you. Try it." Qu Qingxi turned to look at Qingdai.

Qingdai immediately opened the food box, took out a nourishing soup, ladled a small bowl for Cangyuan, and placed it in front of him.

Cang Yuan took the small bowl, took a sip, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. "This soup is really delicious."

"I'm glad you like it." Seeing that Cang Yuan liked it, Qu Qingxi's expression softened.

"By the way, Your Highness, have you found out where the murderer is?" Cang Yuan asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Qu Qingxi's smile faded slightly, and she shook her head a little, "We've only found some clues so far, but we haven't found the person or the mastermind behind it all."

“They are really cunning.” Cang Yuan sighed, then said, “Your Highness, if the people of the Prince’s Mansion have not been able to catch them, it means that they must be very familiar with the capital. Otherwise, how could they have escaped from the experts of the Prince’s Mansion?”

“That’s quite possible.” Qu Qingxi nodded slightly upon hearing this, then turned to Qingdai. “When we get back, we should have the people in charge of investigating this matter focus their attention on those in the capital. Perhaps that way we can find out more specific clues.”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Just as Qingdai finished replying, a maidservant came in carrying a bowl of medicine.

Before the person even got close, the bitter smell had already permeated the entire room.

When the maid saw Qu Qingxi, she quickly bowed to her, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness, greetings, Young Master Cang."

"Get up," Qu Qingxi said softly. "Is this Cangyuan's medicine?"

"Yes, Your Highness." The maid nodded, then handed the medicine to Cangzhu, who in turn handed it to Cangyuan.

Looking at the bowl of dark, black medicine in front of him, Cang Yuan's face scrunched up. He covered his nose with one hand and hesitated to take the medicine with the other.

Seeing Cang Yuan acting like a child, Qu Qingxi couldn't help but lower her head and smile. Then she turned to the little maid who had delivered the medicine earlier and said, "Go and get some candied fruit."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will go right away."

Upon hearing Qu Qingxi's instructions, Cang Yuan looked at Qu Qingxi somewhat embarrassedly, forcing a smile on his face, "Actually, it's fine. There were no problems when I drank it. The medicine just smells a bit bitter and unpleasant."

"Yes, this medicine does smell bad." Qu Qingxi nodded in agreement, but the smile on her face showed that she was just being perfunctory with Cang Yuan.

Cang Yuan looked at Qu Qingxi, who was smiling, and didn't want Qu Qingxi to think that he was afraid of even a bowl of medicine. He was worried about losing face in front of Qu Qingxi, so he gritted his teeth, picked up the bowl with one hand, pinched his nose with the other, and drank all the medicine in the bowl in one go.

After Cang Yuan finished drinking the medicine, although he had already told himself that he must not show that he was in pain from drinking the medicine, he still couldn't help but frown. After finishing the medicine, he immediately threw the bowl to Cang Zhu, signaling him to take it away quickly.

Qu Qingxi raised her eyebrows slightly but did not speak. Cangzhu looked at Cangyuan in shock. Why was their young master so brave today?

Just a couple of days ago, he complained about it every day, refusing to drink it no matter what. One minute he said the medicine was too hot and needed to be cooled down, and the next minute he said it was too cold and tasted even more bitter. Cangzhu kindly prepared candied fruit in advance, but Cangyuan complained that he was no longer a child and asked why he was being coaxed with candied fruit.

Today was quite agreeable; I didn't even have to persuade her.

The maidservant soon returned with the candied fruit. She handed the box containing the candied fruit to Cangzhu as usual. Cangzhu wasn't sure if Cangyuan would eat it, so she tentatively held it up to Cangyuan. Cangyuan then took two pieces of candied fruit and put them in his mouth.

Cangzhu blinked, surprised that the young master would be so easy to talk to today.

Immediately, Cangzhu seemed to remember something, looked to the side, and when she saw Qu Qingxi, an absurd thought flashed through Cangzhu's mind.

The young master has never really liked those girls. Although he always smiles when he's around them, he actually hates being around them and usually avoids them as much as possible.

But this time, their young master not only took the initiative to shield Princess Nanqing from an arrow, but also acted this way in front of her. This was really too strange.

Could it be that their young master has some improper thoughts about the Princess Consort of Nanqing?

Although Princess Nanqing is very beautiful, she is already married, and her husband is a high-ranking prince. What is the young master thinking?

Cangzhu froze on the spot. He couldn't imagine what would happen if their young master really fell in love with a married woman.

"Cangzhu? Cangzhu?" Seeing Cangzhu standing by his bedside in a daze, holding a box of candied fruit, Cangyuan couldn't help but call out twice. It wasn't until the second time that Cangzhu reacted.

"Ah? Young master? What's wrong? Do you want more candied fruit?" Cangzhu realized that Cangyuan wanted more candied fruit, so she pushed the candied fruit in her hand towards Cangyuan.

"I said, take the candied fruit away and go get me some water." Cang Yuan was speechless as he looked at Cang Zhu, who was staring blankly at him.

"Huh? Oh." Cangzhu snapped out of her daze, quickly put the candied fruit aside, and poured Cangyuan a glass of water.

After handing the cup to Cang Yuan, Cang Zhu stood silently to the side, but this time he began to observe Qu Qingxi.