Chapter 435: Is there something wrong with Madam Kong?

"What's that sound?" Xia Miaoyuan blurted out.

But the Second Prince covered her mouth with one hand, and then made a gesture of silence with his other hand.

Then, Xifeng, who was serving on the side, quickly walked to the door, looked out, and confirmed that no one was eavesdropping before closing the door.

Xia Miaoyuan's heart tightened, [What is he doing?]

At this time, the Second Prince took three or two steps to the back window and opened it.

A black shadow jumped in.

The Second Prince was not panicked at all, he stood still and looked at the man in black.

The man in black pulled down his veil and bowed to the Second Prince.

At this time, Xia Miaoyuan realized that the man in black looked familiar, [So familiar, I seem to have seen him before, who is this person? 】

The second prince said, "No need to be polite. You are here this time. What did your great prince find out?"

Hearing this, Xia Miaoyuan remembered that this man was a trusted follower of Yue Haoyun, and his spirits immediately lifted.

【Hurry up, hurry up, is there any important news? 】

"Your Highness!" said the man in black.

"These days, the prince asked his subordinates to investigate the four old ministers who retired and returned to their hometowns. The subordinates found them, but they have all passed away."

"The prince asked his subordinates to report to the second prince first. And let the subordinates tell you, please rest assured, he will not give up. He will work hard to investigate."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the second prince and Xia Miaoyuan changed.

【Ah! How could this be! 】

【Originally, there were very few people who knew about it back then. The only four ministers have now retired and are no longer in the court. 】

【Now they have been found, but they are no longer alive! 】

【Ah! What can I do? The road to finding the old ministers who knew about the incident is cut off. 】

The second prince listened to his sister's voice, his face became even more gloomy. He suppressed his emotions and said to the man in black woodenly: "Please tell the prince that even though I got nothing this time, I am still grateful to him."

The man in black bowed his head and saluted, then jumped out of the back window and disappeared into the night.

The second prince stood blankly by the window, looking at the direction where the man in black disappeared, motionless.

Xia Miaoyuan felt distressed when she saw her brother so lost.

She took hold of the second prince's big hand and shook it vigorously, "Second brother, it's okay. Miao'er believes that there must be other ways."

[Even if we can't find the old ministers of that year, we still have the Dai Viet witch. Other people who went on the mission that year may still be alive in the world. ]

[As long as we persevere, we will definitely find out the truth. ]

The second prince listened to his sister's voice, and a fire ignited in his heart.

He squatted down and hugged his sister tightly, as if he was drawing strength from his sister.

...

The next day.

The first night that the delegation stayed in Chang Mansion was not as comfortable as the royal palace, but it was still acceptable.

Today's arrangement is for the reception envoy to take the second prince and Han Qingbo to visit Dai Viet's camp outside the capital.

On the surface, it was said that the two countries were exchanging experiences with each other, but in reality, Dai Viet was deliberately showing off its military strength in front of the Daxia envoys in order to shock them.

The Second Prince and Han Qingbo knew it very well, and they were reluctant to go, but this was arranged by the host after all, and it was difficult to refuse, so they had to bite the bullet and go.

However, they deliberately did not bring Xia Miaoyuan with them today.

First, she had just suffered from the summer heat and needed to rest for two days. Secondly, visiting the camp outside the capital would inevitably require staying outdoors for a long time, and everyone was worried that Xia Miaoyuan would suffer from heat stroke again.

Therefore, Xia Miaoyuan was arranged by the Second Prince to stay in Changfu to rest well, and was not allowed to go out to play when the sun was out during the day.

Xia Miaoyuan, who always liked lively occasions, was unwilling to accept this arrangement, but she could not change the Second Prince's decision, so she could only waste time in the room in boredom.

"Come on, Xiaojuzi, how about we play the game of cat catching mouse?"

"I'll be the cat, you'll be the mouse, and when I say start, you run as hard as you can!"

Xiaojuzi was dozing on the bed, and Xia Miaoyuan put her face next to Xiaojuzi and told her about her proposal.

But Xiaojuzi didn't seem to be interested in this proposal at all.

Xia Miaoyuan repeated it four times before Xiaojuzi raised his eyelids impatiently and glanced at her.

But he only glanced at her, then closed his round eyes, changed his posture and continued to lie down.

"Hmph! Stinky cat!" Xia Miaoyuan was a little angry.

"It's said that you raise a cat for a lifetime, but you only use it for a moment. I usually give you so many delicious foods for free. I want you to play with me for a while, but you don't even want to."

Xia Miaoyuan hugged her shoulders, looking indignant.

The maids in the room couldn't help laughing.

"This princess is so bored, and you still have the nerve to laugh at me!" Xia Miaoyuan said angrily, pouting even longer.

At this time, Li Ma Ma walked in from the outside with a tray.

As Li Ma walked, she smiled and said, "Little Prince, it's not that Little Orange doesn't want to accompany you, it's just that your game is not suitable for it!"

Xia Miaoyuan raised her chin and said, "Why?" "

I'm a cat, and you insist on making me play the role of a mouse. How can I be willing?"

Xia Miaoyuan scratched her head, "That's right."

She leaned down and said to Little Orange, "Then you stay as a cat and I'll be a mouse, how about that?"

Little Orange cried out "meow", and this time he didn't even raise his eyelids.

Everyone in the room chuckled.

Li Ma suppressed her laughter and said, "Okay, Little Prince, don't rush to play, drink this summer heat soup first."

As she spoke, she had already taken the empty bowl and filled a bowl from the soup pot.

Without waiting for Nanny Li to feed her with a spoon, Xia Miaoyuan said first: "I can drink it myself!"

Nanny Li did not insist, but silently tucked a towel under Xia Miaoyuan's chest.

The cooling soup was still chilled, Xia Miaoyuan took the bowl and took a big sip.

But as soon as the cooling soup entered his mouth, Xia Miaoyuan felt something was wrong.

"Isn't this soup cooked by Madam Kong? Why doesn't it taste as good as yesterday's?"

Madam Li smiled and said, "Our little prince has a really good mouth! This soup today is definitely not cooked by Madam Kong."

Xia Miaoyuan frowned and said, "Well, let's just make do with it." He took the bowl and took another sip.

"Then why didn't she cook soup today?"

Madam Li replied, "This morning, Madam Kong was supposed to cook cooling soup. But before she could go to the kitchen, someone suddenly came to find her, saying that someone from her family wanted to see her urgently."

"She didn't even have time to change her clothes, and she hurriedly asked for leave from the steward and went out."

Xia Miaoyuan felt a chill in her heart when she heard this.

[Wow, could this Madam Kong really be a spy from the Bamboo Spirit Sect?]

[She said her family came to see her for something urgent, could it be that the Bamboo Spirit called her?]

Thinking of this, Xia Miaoyuan could no longer drink a sip of the summer heat soup.