Chu Youchen stopped and raised his hand, and the people he led surrounded Su Bei.

The Su Bei in front of him was wearing a fine cloth dress with only a silver hairpin in her hair. Although her dress was not gorgeous and her face had a bit of childishness, she was not at all as graceful and cold as in the portrait.

But Chu Youchen raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Princess Huicheng, long time no see."

"What do you want to do?" Su Bei said lightly.

"Something happened in the capital, I think you know about it. Since my third brother and I are in the same boat, I naturally have to protect his family for him. You also know that Prince Rui has done a lot of dirty work behind the scenes from being an unknown person to becoming the crown prince today." Chu Youchen chuckled.

Su Bei cursed in her heart: You and him are the same, not much better! I don't believe you! But she showed surprise on her face, "Really? I heard the news of the prince's death, and I was worried about the safety of my mother and me..." She wiped her eyes while speaking.

Chu Youchen glanced behind her and then winked at the servant.

Su Bei stepped forward and opened the door, wiping his eyes and said, "How dare I let her stay here any longer? I would have asked the maid to take her away long ago."

"Oh?" Chu Youchen narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "In that case, I will escort Princess Huicheng back!"

"Thank you, Your Highness King Mu!" Su Bei bowed.

As soon as she got on the carriage, Su Bei guessed that Chu Youchen would not take her back to Beijing. Sure enough, the carriage turned a corner and was not heading back to Beijing.

Chu Youchen suddenly rode forward and said, "Princess Huicheng, if we go back to the capital directly, I'm afraid that Prince Rui will ambush us along the way, so I will take you to the villa to hide first."

Su Bei lifted the carriage curtain and agreed, "Brother Royal is really thoughtful. What is the situation in the capital now? I heard that my father is ill, how is he doing?"

"My father hasn't attended court for a while. The affairs of the court are all handled by Prince Rui. He has already exiled my grandfather and uncle, and he should take action against my fourth brother's mother's family soon."

"But... didn't they say that Prince Su had already..." Su Bei choked up, "Why did he still want to deal with us, an orphan and a widow?"

"I had the same doubt, but..." Chu Youchen looked at her deeply, "He used the excuse of visiting you to expose your double and hang the maid at the city gate. He dealt with you in such a high-profile manner, I guess he must know more about the death of the third brother!"

After hearing what he said, Su Bei's heart suddenly dropped to her stomach. Chu Younan should not be dead. The so-called death news should be made by Chu Youheng. That's why Chu Youheng wanted to use her as a hostage to threaten Chu Younan.

Fortunately, the little glutinous rice balls had already been sent away.

But during this month, she insisted on breastfeeding herself. She felt empty inside when the little baby she held in her arms every day suddenly left.

But she suddenly remembered something and quickly leaned out of the car and asked, "Your Highness Prince Mu! Can you help me rescue Yun Rou?"

"I'm afraid not! If I take action now, I'm afraid it will alert the enemy!" Chu Youchen said, speeding up his horse.

Poor Yunrou...

Su Bei sighed secretly.

But she herself was not in a good situation, and she was afraid that Chu Youchen was also planning to use her as a hostage! The carriage went around and around, and did not stop until dark. After dawn, it slowly drove into a courtyard.

Walking towards the room, Su Bei carefully watched the servants working in the yard. Judging from their accents, this place should be not far from the capital.

After Su Bei rested, Chu Youchen also entered the room. He took out the portrait, looked at it carefully, and gently stroked the cheek of the woman in the portrait with his fingers.

What kind of blood-seeking technique is this? He couldn't find that kind of extraordinary person, but he had investigated during this period of time and found that Su Bei was probably the one who had drifted out of Su Duo's mansion. She looked 70% like Bei Shijing, so Chu Youchen boldly speculated that Su Bei should be Bei Shijing's daughter.

Since whoever controls the Snow Girl can control the world, then if he controls the Snow Girl's daughter, can he also...

Of course, he couldn't rely on Su Bei alone. Although he had no one to rely on, money made the devil work. When Chu Yan exiled him, he didn't confiscate his property. As the eldest son, he had accumulated a lot of money over the years...

If he killed Chu Youheng before Chu Youchen came back, then he would be the only prince that could be used at the moment.

Thinking of this, he looked at Bei Shijing in the portrait and thought of Su Bei who lived in the same courtyard. He couldn't help but feel angry and pressed the maid who came in to serve tea onto the desk.

The maid's face was deformed by the pressure, and a brush was stuck in her nostril, but she was still secretly happy that she had just been promoted to a maid serving tea, and she was favored by the master. It seemed that she was really beautiful. If she got pregnant with the young master, would she be promoted to a concubine by the master? I don't know if the master has married. If the mistress died, would she be promoted to the main wife?

I feel like life is full of hope...

But before she could finish her fantasy, Chu Youchen had already put down his robe and strode out the door.

Huh? Did the master start it? Is it over already? The little maid was confused.

Chu Youchen left because he felt ashamed. He used to be able to control a wild horse like Yaruo, but since he was abandoned, he has been getting worse and worse...

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Capital city.

After the court was dismissed.

Chu Youheng was feeding Chu Yan medicine as usual.

It's like a loving father and a filial son.

"Father, Zhang Xian was the Minister of Personnel and sold official positions privately many times. I demoted him to Chizhou. You won't be angry, right?" Chu Youheng said softly.

Chu Yan nodded with satisfaction, "The Zhang family did a lot of dirty things in the early years by taking advantage of the deposed queen. I didn't punish you for the sake of our relationship. You did the right thing!"

"There is also Zhang Guangjin. He is the Minister of Revenue, but he has repeatedly embezzled public funds. I have asked him to work in the Imperial Palace to manage horses."

Chu Yan curled his lips, "You are still too kind. If such a serious problem is found, the house should be confiscated and fined!"

"Yes! I understand. I will make another decree right away." Chu Youheng said humbly.

Chu Yan nodded with satisfaction. He had never known before that Chu Youheng also had the ability to manage government affairs.

Chu Youheng finished feeding her a bowl of medicine soup and said, "There is one more thing..."

"Go ahead!" Chu Yan said easily.

He thought it was the same topic as before, but Chu Youheng said slowly: "It's about Princess Huicheng. She is full-term. Ruwei went to visit her a while ago, but found that she was not right. After testing her, she found out that she was a substitute..."

Chu Yan frowned, "What?!"

"I'm afraid that there's something fishy about my third brother's death, so he let Princess Huicheng leave a long time ago..." Chu Youheng finished speaking, and knelt down in fear and trepidation, "I'm stupid, and I'm afraid I'm just making random guesses. Please judge for me, father!"

Chu Yan frowned slightly but didn't say anything.

Chu Youheng then took out a wooden box from his sleeve pocket, which contained some small red pills.

He fell to the ground and spoke earnestly, "I have obtained these magical medicines, which are said to make people energetic after taking them, but I dare not give them to you at will. If you allow me, I will test the medicines here for you to see!"