"Who is it!"
The crown prince clutched his chest, heartbroken!
He carefully nurtured these vegetables for a month to make them lush and green, and who stole them from him!
The heartbroken prince rushed to the chicken coop, counted the chickens, and sure enough, two of the eighteen chickens were missing!
He counted them before going to bed last night and there were eighteen!
Who is it! Who is it! Who is it!
Could it be the Minister of Works or the Minister of Revenue? He's only offended those two recently!
The Crown Prince stormed into the Marquis of Changxing's residence without even eating. The Marquis of Changxing and Chuanhai rushed to greet him, and when they heard that the Crown Prince had come to see Chuanwen again, they were all filled with big questions.
The Crown Prince angrily explained his purpose, and both Marquis Changxing and the other man were about to complain: why don't they go to the yamen to solve cases anymore!
"Your Highness, you're too late. My maid Wen was summoned to the palace by the Emperor yesterday," Marquis Changxing explained. "You left yesterday, and the Emperor sent someone to take Wen away right after."
The crown prince stormed back to the palace, determined to find the thief who stole vegetables and chickens!
Right under the nose of the imperial city, they actually dared to steal from him, the crown prince! Just wait until they're skinned alive!
Inside the palace, Chuanwen was having a meal with the Emperor and Empress. They had two stir-fried vegetables and a pot of chicken stew with mushrooms. Although he complained that eating chicken so early in the morning was a bit greasy, Chuanwen still ate with great relish.
I got up really early today, so I need to eat more to nourish myself.
Rewind to three hours earlier, before dawn, when Chuanwen was dragged out of bed.
It was the emperor who still hadn't attended court, saying he wanted to take a few more days off while the crown prince was overseeing the country, and also to train the crown prince's ability to govern. He said he would take her on a day trip to the vegetable garden. Chuanwen was puzzled, wondering where the emperor had a vegetable garden. It turned out they were visiting the crown prince's vegetable garden!
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