Then Lin Yuxin picked up the food box and headed straight for Xiao Hao's room.
Entering Xiaohao's room, I saw him still doing his homework. I went in and asked softly:
"Xiao Hao, have you had dinner yet?"
"elder sister!"
Xiao Hao's eyes lit up when he saw Lin Yuxin return! Then he shook his head:
"Not yet, Xiaohao wants to wait for his sister to eat together!"
"Let's go! I'll take you to Mother's for a meal! Oh, by the way, your sister is going on a long trip in three days, it might be for a few months, so be a good girl at home!"
Lin Yuxin patted Xiao Hao's head and gave him some instructions.
"Is my sister going on a long trip? Can she take Xiaohao with her? Xiaohao doesn't want to be separated from his sister."
When Xiao Hao heard that Lin Yuxin was going on a long trip, he felt sad. Ever since he came to the Zhao family, his sister had always been very busy and often went out of the house for a whole day.
He rarely spends time with his sister, and hearing that she was going to be away for so long filled him with unease.
"My sister is going on important business this time, it would be too dangerous to bring you along."
Lin Yuxin was a little at a loss when she saw that Xiao Hao was upset. How do you comfort a child who is upset?
"Is my sister going on a long trip? Can she take Xiaohao with her? Xiaohao doesn't want to be separated from his sister."
When Xiao Hao heard that Lin Yuxin was going on a long trip, he felt sad. Ever since he came to the Zhao family, his sister had always been very busy and often went out of the house for a whole day.
His sister rarely spends time with him, and now that he hears that she's going to be gone for so long, a feeling of unease instantly fills his entire being.
"My sister is going on important business this time, it would be too dangerous to bring you along."
Lin Yuxin was a little at a loss when she saw that Xiao Hao was upset. How do you comfort a child who is upset?
"Xiao Hao, don't be afraid! Xiao Hao doesn't want to be home alone! Xiao Hao wants to stay with his sister. Does your sister not want Xiao Hao anymore?"
Xiao Hao looked at Lin Yuxin with pitiful eyes, and tears slowly began to well up in his eyes, making Lin Yuxin feel a pang of heartache.
After a moment of deep thought, she decided to bring him along. After all, Xiao Hao's identity was not ordinary; he couldn't be a hothouse flower. He needed to experience the hardships of life.
After much deliberation, Lin Yuxin looked at Xiao Hao with a serious expression and said:
"Xiao Hao, I agree to take you, but you must listen to me. Also, I will have Xueying accompany you to protect your safety."
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, sister."
When Xiao Hao heard that his sister had agreed, his eyes lit up and he immediately promised.
"Oh, by the way, these are some snacks bestowed by the Empress. I'm giving them to you; you can eat them when you're hungry."
Lin Yuxin remembered something and quickly took out the food box that the Empress had given her and handed it to him.
Xiao Hao happily took the plate, then opened it and saw that it contained exquisite and beautiful pastries. He exclaimed in surprise:
"It's so beautiful, I don't want to eat it!"
"Even if it's pretty, it's still food. If you can't finish it, keep it and eat it slowly!"
Lin Yuxin looked at Xiao Hao's happy face with amusement.
"Um!"
Xiao Hao carefully picked up a piece, took a bite, and instantly squinted his eyes at how delicious it was.
"So delicious!"
"Hehe, alright, eat less now, it's time for dinner. Let's go! Have a good meal with your mother and the others before you leave."
After he ate one piece, Lin Yuxin stopped him from eating any more, then took Xiao Hao's hand and said...
"good."
Xiao Hao was happy, and so Lin Yuxin led him away.
Lin Yuxin led Xiao Hao, who hadn't eaten yet, to her mother's yard.
When Lin Yuxin arrived, the food was already on the table, and they were just waiting for her.
"Mother, eldest brother, second brother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Third brother is back too?"
Lin Yuxin greeted everyone one by one, and was quite surprised to see her third brother. Whenever her third brother had a case, he would lose his appetite and not even go home.
"No, quickly help Xiaohao sit down!"
When Zhao Hanyue saw the two of them coming over, she quickly invited them to sit down.
"Yes, the case is closed. I had nothing to do these past two days, so I came back to visit."
Lin Shixiao said with a smile.
"How's the case going?"
Lin Yuxin pulled Xiao Hao to sit down and asked Lin Shixiao curiously.
Although she knew some of the inside details of the case, she was still very curious about the specifics.
"The hint you gave me a few days ago was a real eye-opener. I went back and discussed it with my boss, and we found that animals are the most likely candidates to still be able to fly."
“We checked the households in the capital that kept pets and found that five official families kept birds. Princess Xibao had one, which was an eagle. It was very fierce and could not possibly have come out of the palace.”
"There is one in the Ji family mansion. It is said that the Grand Tutor gave it to his wife a few years ago to keep her entertained. However, it has been several years and is considered an old bird. It would be a bit difficult for it to fly so far to commit a crime."
"The other two are, one is at the home of the Vice Minister of Works, and the other is at the home of a wealthy man in the capital. These two are parrots, but I asked around and they said that these two birds were just bought and haven't been trained much yet, so they probably don't know how to commit crimes."
"The last one is related to Prime Minister Hou. When we first started investigating, we couldn't find anything. We only found that there was a parrot in a house in the east of the city. We were lucky, though, because that very night, we saw Hou Mingyuan enter that house."
"Later, after inquiring around, I learned that the house belonged to Hou Mingyuan's mistress, and that the parrot was in that house. The mistress had a younger brother who was eighteen years old this year and had just passed the imperial examination last year. His name was Liang Bo!"
"The next day, we spread the word that a girl from a certain family was pretty, and the parrot actually showed up. So they caught the bird on the spot. However, since it was a bird, they couldn't identify the accomplice."
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