That night, at Prince Rui’s mansion.
Looking at his wife who was already sleeping beside him, Prince Rui reached out to tuck the corner of the quilt for her, then quietly got up, put on his clothes and left the bedroom.
Han Qijing had been waiting at the door for a long time.
"Your Majesty..."
"Shh!" Prince Rui made a gesture for silence, then pointed to the gate of the courtyard, indicating that he should go out before speaking, so as not to wake up his wife.
Han Qijing quickly shut up.
After leaving the courtyard, Prince Rui asked, "What can you say during the day? Why do you have to avoid the princess and report in the middle of the night?"
Han Qijing lowered his voice and said, "The prince ordered people to check on Miss Qingtian last time, and we have checked.
"She is the only daughter of Ye Qingchen and his wife. She fled from the famine outside the Great Wall to Beijing with the Ye family.
"We also asked people in the village, and they all said that Ye Qingchen and his wife doted on their daughter.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Everyone was extremely careful when investigating this matter to ensure that the Qin residence was not alerted..."
"No, wait a minute!" Prince Rui was confused and raised his hand to stop him. "When did I ask you to investigate this? Why are you investigating a little girl for no reason?"
"..." Han Qijing was also confused by the question, "Didn't the prince personally give his orders to his subordinates on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?"
Prince Rui raised his hand and rubbed his brow, trying hard to recall for a long time but still finding nothing, he said helplessly: "I guess it was drunken talk that night.
“The world is so big, it’s normal for people to have similarities.
"You can't just look up someone's family tree just because they look a bit like the princess!
"What will happen if this gets out? Quickly bring everyone back!
"You too, can't you even tell the difference between serious talk and drunken talk these days? That's ridiculous!"
After saying this, Prince Rui turned around and wanted to go back.
Although it is spring now, it is still a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings.
Wouldn’t it be nice to sleep with your wife in your arms in the middle of the night? Why do you have to come out and listen to these irrelevant things?
Unexpectedly, Han Qijing stopped him with a serious expression and said, "Your Highness, although this order may just be a drunken joke, I have found out something else through this incident.
"This is a serious matter. Your Highness, please move to your study and listen to my report."
Prince Rui had originally thought of going back quickly, perhaps he could continue his previous sleep, but now it seems there is no hope.
He raised his hand to tighten his coat, walked quickly to the study in the front yard, slumped down in a chair, and said casually, "Okay, go ahead."
"Reporting to Your Highness, after receiving the mission that day, I also briefly investigated other related matters besides Miss Qingtian's..."
Han Qijing swallowed nervously when he said this.
Prince Rui looked up at him in confusion and asked, "What on earth is going on that's making you so nervous?"
Han Qijing has been with Prince Rui since he was a child. It can be said that he was trained by him personally, but he has never seen him so hesitant and unhappy.
Han Qijing took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Your Highness, I misunderstood your intentions. So while investigating Miss Qingtian, I also started looking into what happened after the young master's untimely death..."
Hearing this, Prince Rui slowly sat up straight.
His sleepy eyes had completely opened at some point, flashing with complex and ambiguous emotions.
His face darkened as he asked, "Who told you to investigate this? Can you handle the consequences if it alarms the princess?"
Han Qijing fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Highness, please calm down. After I have reported everything clearly, I will leave it to you to deal with."
"You'd better give me a reason not to punish you!" Prince Rui narrowed his eyes and tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers.
"After extensive investigation by my subordinates, it seems the young master may not have died young..."
As soon as Han Qijing said this, Prince Rui immediately sat up straight, his whole body tensed like a bow that was pulled to its fullest.
"What did you say?"
Prince Rui's hands were tightly gripping the armrests of the chair, veins bulging on his face.
He squeezed out the short sentence word by word from between his teeth.
Only he himself knew how violently his heart was trembling at this moment.
Han Qijing didn't even dare to raise his head, and whispered: "I accidentally found out the person who was responsible for burying the young master.
“The other party didn’t know the young master’s identity, but he clearly remembered taking over a stillborn baby girl at the back door of Shahe Villa.
"The reason he still remembers it so clearly after all these years is because when he brought the lifeless baby girl to the wilderness to bury her, the child suddenly burst into tears..."
"Crack!"
Prince Rui used too much force and broke the armrest of the chair.
"You mean, the child didn't die at all?"
He had only heard of such stories of resurrection in novels and plays before, and never imagined that it would happen to him.
"What about the child? Since the child is not dead, why not send the child back?"
Prince Rui stood up suddenly, ignoring the bleeding hand from the wood wound, and grabbed Han Qijing's collar, shaking him and questioning him.
"Your Majesty..." Han Qijing felt like he was about to be strangled to death.
Prince Rui then let go of his hand.
Han Qijing suddenly fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
Prince Rui put his hands in his hair and paced back and forth.
He knew that he was too excited just now, but it was not easy for him to apologize to his subordinates. He could only try hard to suppress his desire to know the details and wait for Han Qijing to catch his breath.
It was just a few breaths, but it felt extremely long and painful to Prince Rui.
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