[Speaking of which, this guy is quite ruthless and smart. I was fooled by him before and really thought he was just a pervert who only knew how to have affairs.]

[It turns out that he is a pervert with good acting skills and a cruel heart! ]

The few people who heard the inner voice looked towards Chi Yang inconspicuously.

I thought he was a fool who only knew how to spend his time in debauchery, but I didn't expect him to be such a ruthless character.

I underestimated him before.

The prince narrowed his eyes slightly, and his aura turned cold.

It’s indeed him!

Among the Xiyue envoys, Fu Chong, who was wearing the dark green Xiyue court robe, glanced at Chi Yang lightly, then lowered his eyes, with a smile on his lips.

What a pleasant surprise! Emperor Qixuan withdrew his gaze from Chi Yang and thought for a moment.

"Now that the truth has been revealed, everyone please go back!"

With the departure of Emperor Qixuan and the Empress, the palace banquet came to an end.

Chu Yaoyao was carried by her mother and sat on the sedan chair, heading towards Qionghua Palace. It was already past her usual sleeping time, and the sedan chair was shaking so much that she felt drowsy.

Although they were in the sedan chair, it was not very warm. The imperial concubine did not dare to let her sleep here for fear that she would catch a cold, so she had to chat with her in a rambling manner.

"I can't believe so many things happened tonight."

"Fortunately, there was no danger, otherwise the Crown Prince and Miss Zhao might have been..."

Hearing what her mother said, Chu Yaoyao's dazed eyes suddenly opened.

She raised her chin proudly and patted her chest.

"I did a great thing tonight!"

[If I hadn't intervened, Brother Crown Prince and Sister Zhao would have been forced to marry someone they didn't like.]

The Imperial Concubine lowered her head and gently rubbed the tip of her nose with her nose.

"Okay, okay, our Yao'er is the best."

Chu Yaoyao felt a little itchy and hid aside with a smile. After playing with her mother, she was no longer sleepy.

The mother and daughter played for a while, and Chu Yaoyao vividly recounted the glorious story of how she heroically saved her brother.

From time to time, exclamations were heard from the sedan chair.

Chunshi and A Shi outside heard the voice, looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Return to your own room in Qionghua Palace.

Chu Yaoyao had just finished washing up when she heard a series of "dong dong dong" sounds outside, as if something was knocking on the window.

She quickly asked Ah Shi to open the window, and then a white shadow flew in and landed on the small table next to her bed.

After seeing it clearly, Chu Yaoyao couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"This is……"

"Gadfly!"

The Saker Falcon had white fur all over its body, except for its beak and claws, which were red. Tied to its red claws was a small bamboo tube about the thickness of her index finger.

"Is it here to...deliver a message?"

Ah Shi walked over slowly, reached out tentatively, and took down the bamboo tube.

Then the white Saker Falcon flapped its wings and flew out of the window.

Ah Shi took out the note, unfolded it, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Oh no, Princess. The King of Xiyue said in a letter that Shangguan Chang was rescued!"

"What?!"

"Who escaped?!"

Chu Yaoyao was sitting comfortably on the quilt, and stood up suddenly when she heard this.

He suddenly pulled the note out of A Shi's hand.

She glanced at it in shock. By the way, in the past two months, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Old Tutor Zhou, she has now learned more than 300 commonly used characters.

Although she couldn't write very well, she had no problem recognizing it! "Shangguan Chang actually ran away?!"

Now she was no longer sleepy.

She frowned tightly, paced back and forth on the bed, and in her anxiety she made her freshly combed hair look like a bird's nest, muttering to herself.

"Where could he go?"

Ah Shi held the note in his hand, his face solemn.

"Princess, do you want to report this to His Majesty?"

Although she didn't think that Shangguan Chang could cause much trouble, since the incident had already happened, she should report it to His Majesty as soon as possible.

Chu Yaoyao thought for a while and nodded.

Ah Shi put away the note and hurried to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, the three prince brothers were all there.

Emperor Qixuan looked at the imperial physician who was taking the prince's pulse and tightened his fingers slightly.

"How is the prince?"

The imperial physician bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is in good health."

Hearing this, Emperor Qixuan nodded, "I understand, you can go down."

When only the father and his two sons were left in the imperial study, the prince stood up from his chair.

"Father, don't worry. I have taken the detoxification pill."

Hearing this, Emperor Qixuan's brows finally relaxed a little, but the next moment, they twisted together again.

"What happened tonight?"

When talking about this matter, the prince looked embarrassed and angry, and looked as if he couldn't speak anymore.

In the end, it was Chu You and Chu Yao who spoke a few words each, telling everyone what they knew.

Based on those, Emperor Qixuan had a rough guess.

"Bang!"

Emperor Qixuan slammed the table heavily, his eyes were filled with fire and his face was ashen.

"How can this be absurd? A small and remote country is plotting against our crown prince in my Daqi Palace!"

The prince began to persuade.

"Father, please calm down. Fortunately, Yaoyao can predict the future, so we were able to escape without any danger this time."

"How dare you say that?!"

Emperor Qixuan glared at him unhappily.

"As the saying goes, a gentleman is no different from under a dangerous wall!"

"Knowing that there was danger, why didn't you report it to me? Why didn't you make more preparations?!"

The prince quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"This matter is indeed something that I have not considered carefully enough."

"snort!"

Emperor Qixuan snorted in annoyance and turned his head to look away.

I don't want to bother with you! The prince: It's over. I've made my father angry! He turned to his two younger brothers for help, but Chu You and Chu Yao only gave him a look that said he should fend for himself.

For a moment, the imperial study fell into an eerie silence.

Suddenly, Su Maowen knocked on the door outside.

"Your Majesty, Miss Ten is here and she said she has something important to report."

Hearing this, the prince spoke first.

"Father, Ah Shi came here late at night, it must be something important related to Yaoyao!"

Emperor Qixuan glanced at him indifferently, and there was a sense of "royal contempt" in his eyes.

Do I need you to remind me? Don't I know!

"Xuan!"

Ah Shi hurried in, bowed to the four father and sons, and took out the note.

"Your Majesty, just now, Shangguan Jin, the ruler of Xiyue State, sent a letter to the little princess."

"The letter said that Shangguan Chang escaped!"

"What?!"

Except for Chu Yao, who had no idea who Shangguan Chang was, the other two fathers and sons exclaimed in unison.

"Does the letter say where he is going?"

Emperor Qixuan took the note and glanced at it quickly.

But there was only one sentence on it: Shangguan Chang has escaped from prison.

Nothing else.

Chu You inexplicably thought of the Taihe Palace, where Yaoyao mentioned in her heart that there was a person in the Xiyue delegation who had strong malicious intentions.

Thinking of this, he expressed his doubts, and at the end, he mentioned a sentence.

“Is there any connection between the two?”