"Jinzhi, please close the door. The little princess needs her diaper and clothes changed so she doesn't catch a cold." Axiang noticed Yun Duoduo's reaction, turned to look at Jin Jinzhi on the other side, and gestured for him to close the door.

Jin Jinzhi was gazing out the window, lost in thought, recalling the person who had put a sack over Yun Duoduo's head that day. She hadn't been paying close attention to what was happening here. When she heard someone calling her, she left her bedchamber and closed the door.

"Wow, the little princess is so clever! She can speak in complete sentences at such a young age!" Granny Liu was very happy and also very shocked.

"Quickly, go tell Her Majesty the Empress!" Another nanny slapped her thigh, her face beaming with joy.

"This is a wonderful thing! We'll both be rewarded!" The nanny smiled like a sunflower, as if this was the happiest thing that had happened to her all year.

"Yes, yes, I'll go find the head eunuch right now and have them tell His Majesty about this." The old women in Fu Shuang Palace were overjoyed to hear Yun Duoduo speaking more and more clearly.

"Alright, then I'll go to Shouchang Palace to find Granny Zhang. We need to tell the Empress Dowager about this!"

Several old women, their faces beaming with undisguised excitement, slipped away from the bedchamber as if they were on grease, rushing off to spread the news.

Completely ignoring Yun Duoduo's reaction, the person who had been holding diapers and clean clothes seemed to have forgotten about it and ran out with the diapers in hand.

The old women were all quite old, and Yun Duoduo watched as they ran with some difficulty, yet they seemed very anxious. They were trembling and swaying, and Yun Duoduo was afraid that they would fall at the entrance of Fu Shuang Palace.

Yun Duoduo's little bottom was still cold and damp. She blinked, a little helplessly, "Hey, don't go! The diaper hasn't been changed yet!"

...

Outside the bedroom of Fu Shuang Palace, Jin Jinzhi observed the surrounding terrain.

This palace is no different from the other palaces in terms of architectural structure, except that there is a back mountain in the backyard. If the assassin wants to escape, he will have to pass through the back mountain.

According to Xiao Jinyu, the area behind the mountain is shrouded in miasma and poison. If the assassin had been poisoned, he would likely have been poisoned as well. However, there seems to be no news from the palace of anyone who has gone to see a physician for poisoning.

Who could it be? Was the arsonist instigated by Ling Meiren? Is the perpetrator in the sack connected to them? Or is it another group of people?

He looked up and asked Xiao Jinyu, who was sitting on the roof, "Jinyu, have you noticed anything unusual lately?"

Xiao Jinyu was a sharpshooter. Most of the time, he would sit on the roof and shoot an arrow at anyone he saw who seemed suspicious. However, at night, he could only rely on his hearing to determine if there were any assassins around.

"No." Xiao Jinyu shook his head.

"A few days ago, I seemed to see the figure of an assassin, but then he disappeared."

Jin Jinzhi nodded. He was probably referring to the Third Prince Yun Yishu, who had been sleepwalking that day, not some assassin.

"On the day of the Lantern Festival, when you were celebrating with your families, did you go near the Fu Shuang Palace?" Jin Jin asked casually. He knew that His Majesty had given them a day off, but he still wanted to ask if there were any clues.

"No." Xiao Jinyu shook his head.

Xue Deyi, who was standing in the corner, walked over with his red spear in hand. "If you ask me, the Imperial Guards are really useless. So many guards couldn't even stop that assassin with the sack. They're utterly incompetent!"

"Who are you calling useless?!" Xiao Jinyu was displeased upon hearing this. Commander Xiao of the Imperial Guards was a member of their Xiao family. Anyone who spoke ill of Commander Xiao behind his back was looking down on their lineage.

"That's true, can't we even say someone's bad?" Xue Deyi rolled his eyes and glanced at Xiao Jinyu with utter disdain.

"If I, Xue Deyi, had been there that day, I wouldn't have let that assassin lay a finger on the little princess!" Xue Deyi boasted arrogantly.

From the very beginning, Xue Deyi had never taken Xiao Jinyu seriously. How dare a bastard son born out of wedlock challenge him, the eldest grandson of the Xue family?!

You dare to challenge me?!

"The assassins didn't actually harm the little princess that day; it was Jinzhi who arrived just in time. Where were you then?" Xiao Jinyu was extremely dissatisfied with Xue's smug attitude. Everyone was on their duty to protect the little princess; how could he have such a superior attitude?!

"All you do is talk hindsight!"

"Alright, stop arguing. It's all for the little princess. If anyone has any clues, report back immediately." After saying this, Jin Jinzhi returned to the bedchamber, hoping to find some clues left by the assassin that day.

...

Inside the Zichen Palace, Yun Beiye was extremely excited when he heard Zhao Zhongquan say that Yun Duoduo had learned to speak. He couldn't wait to hear his beloved daughter call him "Father Emperor."

"Quickly, prepare the carriage for Fushuang Palace!" Yun Beiye threw the memorial in his hand onto the table, tidied his appearance, and headed towards Fushuang Palace.

"Old Zhao, the weather's been getting hotter and hotter lately. Have you sent some ice or something for the little princess yet?" Yun Beiye looked at the bright sun in the sky. She had been too busy lately to visit her precious daughter often.

"Your Majesty, this old servant remembers it all. Every day, people from the Imperial Household Department send ice over. I've also instructed the palace maids in Fushuang Palace to fan the little princess when it gets hot at midday!" Zhao Zhongquan replied with a smile.

"Um."

"Your Majesty, we have arrived."

They talked like this until they arrived at the entrance of Fushuang Palace.

The sedan chair that appeared was from Yunbei at night, and the palace servants all knelt down to pay their respects.

He shouted loudly, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Yun Beiye ignored them, simply waving his hand and saying, "Get up, all of you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Duoduo, Father is here!" Yun Beiye walked into the bedchamber and saw Yun Duoduo shaking her arms and legs.

Yun Duoduo is practicing walking and strengthening her limbs. To others, her movements look like she is doing rehabilitation exercises.

Yun Beiye picked up Yun Duoduo and said, "Duoduo, your father heard you can talk now? Quickly call out 'Father'!"

"Father." The childish voice was incredibly cute and pleasant to hear.

"Did you hear that? Duoduo called him Father Emperor!" Yun Beiye clapped his hands happily.

"Duoduo, say it again!"

"Daddy!" Yun Duoduo called out in her childish voice, looking up at her little face.

"Did you hear that? Did you all hear that? Duoduo called for Daddy!" Yun Beiye danced with joy.

"Old Zhao, did you hear that?!"

Zhao Zhongquan stood to the side, pleased as he was, but also wanting to remind Yun Beiye to watch his expression and not let his aloof monarchial image crumble.