As he spoke, he turned to look elsewhere. Xu Yuehuai immediately noticed the king's flustered state and pressed him further, asking, "What exactly is the relationship between the king and the crown prince of the Central Plains?"

With just this one sentence, the king knew that Xu Yuehuai was deliberately trying to trick him into revealing information. So he pretended to be completely unaware and began to speak vaguely: "Manager Xu, you really know how to tell jokes. What relationship could there be between the Crown Prince of the Central Plains and me? What kind of interaction could there be?"

Xu Yuehuai originally wanted to take this opportunity to ask a few more questions, but seeing the change in the king's eyes, she put her mind to it.

"Of course, I was just satisfying my own curiosity," she quickly replied evasively.

However, she still noticed the change in the King of the Underworld Moon's eyes; they were definitely acquainted.

Fearing she might try to probe again, the king simply started talking to her about the little princess, laughing, "I wonder what method you used to make my precious daughter suddenly have an appetite? I can not only satisfy your request, but also reward you handsomely."

In fact, Xu Yuehuai didn't have anything in particular she wanted; her request had already been granted.

"I dare not ask for more. It is already an extraordinary favor that the king has granted my request." She quickly shook her head.

Then the king waved his hand and rewarded her with some gold and silver jewelry, but did not forget to continue to make demands: "However, the princess's condition is not particularly stable, and she specifically asked for your care. So this matter must be entrusted to you. You must not let me down."

However, Xu Yuehuai suddenly seemed a bit troubled, because she still had many things to do and couldn't let this matter be wasted here.

She pondered for a moment, then began to politely decline: "I'm really sorry, if I didn't have any heavy responsibilities, I would certainly take on the responsibility of taking care of the princess. However, I also have many things to do, so the task of taking care of the princess will have to be done by someone else."

Having said all that, the king had no way to force him directly.

"Since that's the case, then I won't make things difficult for you any longer." He said, conceding, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Xu Yuehuai changed.

The so-called heavy burden is probably only for Qi Guze.

They thought the matter was over, but a few days later, the little princess ate the same food again and found that it tasted wrong. She started acting up again, even pushing all the food that had been brought to the ground and yelling at everyone below.

"What's wrong with you all? How many times have I told you not to eat these! Why do you keep sending them over?" the little princess scolded, and then picked up a teacup and threw it at them.

The maid beside her looked at the cooks who came to deliver the food with a helpless expression in her eyes, and quickly sent them away.

"Hurry up and leave, do you really want the princess to scold you?" She sent the people away, then turned around and began to soothe the princess's emotions, "Princess, you still need to eat, after all, you eat the same thing every day."

But the little princess was still very unhappy. She threw everything she was holding away and started to act up: "I don't care. The food was fine before. Why did it suddenly change? Go tell Father to bring Xu Yuehuai back to me. If it's not her cooking, I will never eat again."

As she spoke, her eyes inexplicably became a little red. The maid was at a loss and hurriedly went to find the king.

The king then went to the princess's bedchamber and saw the mess. For some reason, his heart stirred with emotion. He didn't want his precious daughter to suffer any more harm, so he patiently asked, "What happened? Why aren't you eating properly again? Not eating or drinking, isn't that just hurting yourself?"

"Just tell your subordinates what you want, why bother with all this nonsense?"

This is the king's youngest daughter, and also a lucky star for Mingyue, so naturally he will dote on her.

At this moment, the princess opened up and directly stated her request: "I want Xu Yuehuai to make me the food and drinks. The food the cooks made before made me feel nauseous and want to vomit."

The king was heartbroken to hear this, but he couldn't agree to it right away. So he comforted the princess, saying, "Calm yourself down and eat something. I'll talk to Xu Yuehuai about this."

He coaxed her for a long time, and gradually the princess's emotions stabilized. She was finally willing to drink some water, but she still refused to eat.

Soon the king sent someone to find Xu Yuehuai. She knew her chance had come, and she could negotiate again. However, she pretended to be difficult and only came to see the king after some persuasion: "I wonder what the king wants to see me about?"

The king looked worried: "Of course it's about the little princess. She only recognizes you now. If she's separated from you, she won't eat or drink. I want to discuss with you how you can stay in the Dark Moon Kingdom."

These days, Xu Yuehuai can't find any clues about Qi Guze at all, and even the only clue, Zhang Ting, has completely disappeared.

It seems that she has no choice but to rely on the power of the Dark Moon Kingdom.

She pondered for a moment and then said, "I can go and calm the little princess down now, but I need the king to grant my request—to find Qi Guze and ensure his safety."

The king had anticipated this situation, so he agreed without hesitation: "I will have someone do it right away, and I will inform you immediately of any news."

They quickly posted Qi Guze's information all over the city to find him.

After the king granted Xu Yuehuai's request, notices were posted all over the city.

It immediately attracted a lot of people, who gathered around the notice board and started pointing and whispering: "What exactly happened? How come another person has gone missing out of nowhere?"

Someone rested their chin on their hand and chimed in, "I've never seen it before, and I'm not even familiar with the name."

"These are people from the Central Plains. I'm afraid we're about to go to war."

"No, I have to go back quickly and stock up on some food."

At first, there were quite a few people who came to watch, but later people gradually lost some interest. However, every time someone passed by, they would go up and take a look. But everyone who saw the notice became worried.