The patrol leader never expected that the eldest prince would be angry about this matter, and for a moment he looked a little embarrassed.

Jiang Qingqing noticed that the leader's attitude was not right. She looked at the eldest prince who insisted on meeting every patrolling sword-carrying guard.

He kindly helped the eldest prince to speak up.

"My brother wants to take care of the sick guards. If one person is sick, the patrol team will be short of one person. In order to prevent this from happening again, we naturally need to pay more attention to it."

The voice of a five-year-old baby is sweet and cute, and what he said does make sense. No one dared to make the eldest prince and Princess Dunming unhappy at this critical juncture.

"The guards' resting place is not far away. Please come this way, Your Highness." The team leader hurriedly led the two of them out of the patrol camp and walked towards the room under the platform.

According to the rules, a girl like Jiang Qingqing, if she wanted to go to the guard room, she had to stand at the door and not look away to avoid suspicion.

But Jiang Qingqing was determined to check whether the sword-carrying guard who had caught a cold was the one who had done business at the shop at the crossroads.

She just followed the eldest prince in so carefreely.

The eldest prince did not realize this, and the guards on patrol did not dare to speak of it.

The room was relatively tidy, but Jiang Qingqing stared straight ahead at the person on the bed with his head covered by a quilt, waiting for him to lift the quilt.

"Zhu Song, the Crown Prince and the Princess are here to visit you." The team leader shouted to the person on the bed.

The person in the quilt moved slightly, and Jiang Qingqing stared at the movement of the quilt.

It was a very ordinary face, not very handsome, at most it had a nice nose and eyes. Jiang Qingqing half-squinted her eyes and looked at the figure.

She had only seen the man's back and thought she only needed to remember the figure. However, after arriving at the patrol camp, she realized that the figures of the palace guards with swords were all uniform and similar.

They are about the same height and build.

This is tantamount to writing it down in vain.

In the end, Jiang Qingqing could only pin her hopes on this human voice.

At least the sound sounds familiar, right?

She stared at Zhu Song's face, waiting for him to speak.

Zhu Song poked his head out from under the quilt. He originally thought that it was the team leader alone, but he never expected that the eldest prince and Princess Dunming were already standing in the room.

He was so scared that he sat up from the bed, turned back the quilt, and lay on the ground in a mess, shivering.

"Your Highness, he caught a cold a few days ago and hasn't gotten out of bed for a few days. I'm afraid his throat isn't very good and he can't speak. I apologize on his behalf."

It was probably the first time that the team leader saw his subordinates in such an embarrassing state, so he had no choice but to apologize on behalf of the Crown Prince and Princess Dunming.

Jiang Qingqing's eyes flashed with disappointment as she looked at the man's pale face, although she couldn't tell whether he was sick or not.

It's a bit abrupt to chase him here to see him now.

She turned and walked out of the room, standing in the yard, unable to help but put her hands on her hips and ponder the current situation.

How come that person is not in the patrol camp?

Could it be that the person has become cunning and knows how to deceive others?

If this is true, then it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qingqing regretted herself. The shop at the intersection had been exposed. If that person was well-informed, he would have abandoned the car to save the king.

Jiang Qingqing was disgusted with herself for having completely cut off a clue.

Just as she was feeling regretful and annoyed, the eldest prince followed the leader out of the room, and the topic between them was vaguely about caring more about the health of the guards.

At this point, the patrol camp inspection came to an end, and the eldest prince took Jiang Qingqing back to Kunning Palace along the same route.

Ever since the courses at the Imperial Academy ended, the prince's mansion has been of no use. The eldest prince returned to Kunning Palace, the second prince returned to Chuxiu Palace, and the third prince Jiang Chen simply stayed in Huaning Palace.

The two people came back one after another, and Empress Xu told them to wash and change clothes before coming back.

It was as if Jiang Qingqing herself was still in Kunning Palace enjoying the loving care of the palace maids, lying comfortably on the Luohan bed, eating fruit, with her eyes half closed and in a daze.

Emperor Qing came to Kunning Palace in a rage. Empress Xu saw the usually gentle emperor getting angry, which was rare. She felt worried for a moment and then dismissed half of the palace servants in the hall.

"Where is Qingqing?" The first thing Emperor Qing said after sitting down was to ask Jiang Qingqing where she was.

Empress Xu immediately understood what Emperor Qing was angry about. She personally brought a cup of tea and placed it next to Emperor Qing's hand, saying softly, "I went out for a walk with the eldest prince this afternoon and am now resting in the side hall."

"Still asleep?" Emperor Qing asked back.

Empress Xu nodded without hesitation.

When Emperor Qing heard this, his anger subsided a little, but his heroic eyebrows were still deeply furrowed.

"What's going on? Qingqing is still very well behaved after returning to the palace. She even practices calligraphy on her own in the palace." Queen Xu said softly.

She signaled to the palace maid beside her to bring the rice paper that Jiang Qingqing used to practice calligraphy, and handed it to Emperor Qing, so that Emperor Qing could see Jiang Qingqing's efforts.

Emperor Qing looked down at the familiar handwriting on the rice paper and couldn't help but ask, "Whose calligraphy did Qingqing use to practice?"

"It should be Prince Xiao's. When Qingqing was in the Imperial College, it was Prince Xiao who personally taught her. So Prince Xiao can be considered our Qingqing's first teacher."

Empress Xu has always had a gentle personality, and her tone of voice is calm and gentle.

With such a peaceful place around, Emperor Qing's brows finally relaxed a little. He looked at the handwriting which was quite pleasing to the eye, then put it aside and sighed helplessly.

Then he raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

Upon seeing this, Empress Xu quickly stood up, walked around behind Emperor Qing, and personally pressed his temples to relieve his tension.

"Has someone from the previous dynasty criticized your actions again?" Empress Xu heard something.

The reason why Jiang Qingqing was suddenly brought back to the palace was because someone reported Princess Dunming for acting in an unsafe manner during the morning court session.

Empress Xu and Emperor Qing discussed it again and again and decided to bring Jiang Qingqing back to the palace early to prevent those ministers from being too radical and hurting her.

But I never expected that this group of people would become addicted to reporting.

Thinking of this, Empress Xu's expression showed a rare hint of displeasure.

"An official from a small village near the capital reported that he saw Princess Dunming coming to the village and behaving strangely, which was not in line with the image of a princess. I brought that person to the palace to ask what he meant by strange, but he was hesitant and couldn't say anything. After a long time of questioning, he just said that Qingqing brought Princess Qiyang to the village and pointed to their back mountain and said that this place had good feng shui."