When Qiao Jiaojiao arrived at the Yiku Palace, the Queen Mother was extremely fond of her as soon as she saw her. She gave her water and cakes, and even held her in her arms for a long time.

"Jiaojiao is so adorable."

The Queen's eyes were smiling and she looked in great spirits.

Qiao Jiaojiao has recovered by now.

[Next time I see cousin An Ning and Tan Hanchi, I will just play dumb! I will continue to make fun of them!]

[Wow, I still get mad just thinking about it! ]

[After they get married, they will definitely whisper about me in bed! ]

Qiao Jiaojiao was filled with grief and indignation, and she took a big bite of the pastry from the Queen's hand.

【etc!】

Qiao Jiaojiao: °???(???)???Wow!

[Soft and sticky, just the right sweetness! Why are the cakes here at Queen's so delicious? ]

[Delicious food is in front of us, so we don’t want to care about it! 】

Qiao Jiaojiao looked up and smiled sweetly at the Queen.

"My lady, it's delicious~~"

The Queen's heart softened, she wiped Qiao Jiaojiao's mouth, and said with a smile:

"If Jiaojiao likes it, come and eat often. Xiaosi doesn't like sweet things, so I usually eat alone."

The room was full of joy, and soon a palace maid came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Huang has been ordered to investigate the rumors."

The Queen raised her eyes indifferently upon hearing this and said, "Let him investigate. Everyone in Yikun Palace will fully cooperate with Eunuch Huang."

The palace maid responded respectfully and withdrew.

Qiao Jiaojiao was full of thoughts when she heard this.

[Speaking of this eunuch Huang, he is also a very sad person——]

[He is very capable, good at guessing Emperor Yong's thoughts, and absolutely loyal to Emperor Yong, so he is the most trusted by Emperor Yong.]

[In the later part of the novel, Emperor Yong is bedridden, the Crown Prince's party is almost destroyed, and the Second Prince is in power, having already established victory.]

[Later, on the eve of the second prince's ascension to the throne, Emperor Yong died, and Eunuch Huang followed Emperor Yong without hesitation.]

[Well, the novel doesn't give enough attention to Eunuch Huang. I don't know how much he knew about Emperor Yong's affairs, and what role he played.]

As Qiao Jiaojiao was thinking this, she saw Eunuch Huang come to the outside of the main hall and bow to the Queen from a distance.

He is a man who knows how to behave. Even when he was ordered to investigate something, he was always respectful to the Queen.

Qiao Jiaojiao looked at Eunuch Huang from afar, and suddenly she was startled!

【etc.......】

【I suddenly discovered a big problem! 】

[In the original novel, when the second prince ascended the throne, Emperor Yong was only in his forties, in the prime of his life! How could he die so quickly? ]

[It seems that the book mentioned that Emperor Yong was seriously ill. What was the illness? ]

[Damn, I don’t think I said that! ]

[At the time, the comments section was full of “good, good, good”, saying that the dog emperor finally made room for the male lead. ]

[I also read the original work as a brainless sweet story without thinking deeply about it. Now it seems that there are bugs and pitfalls everywhere! ]

Qiao Jiaojiao swallowed the pastry in her mouth with a gulp, her face full of shock.

[It's retribution, the dog emperor has definitely gotten his comeuppance! ]

[I wonder if he was still devoted to Yu Liu and the Second Prince before he died, or if he would think of his crazy wife and his other three sons who died one after another! ]

Huang Pei went down and asked around in the Yiku Palace, but found nothing.

He already knew the result.

If all this was really a plot set up by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness would never involve the Queen.

Huang Pei came to take his leave again, and at this time Mrs. Qiao also came into the palace to pick up Qiao Jiaojiao.

Qiao Jiaojiao completed the mission of rescuing the third prince, and now she can finally retire.

The Fourth Prince was reluctant to leave, so he took Qiao Jiaojiao to take a look at the loquat tree, and asked Madam Qiao to take some bamboo shoots out of the palace.

"Sister Qiao, these bamboo shoots are very delicious when fried. They are very tender. I'm sure you can chew them. You must try them."

Qiao Jiaojiao nodded repeatedly, "Xiao Si, I'll give you the soap tomorrow!"

Qiao Jiaojiao did not forget the gift she promised to give to the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince's eyes lit up when he heard this and he nodded happily.

————

East Palace.

The secret guard Bai Fan is reporting the progress of Huang Pei's investigation to the prince.

"Your Highness, Eunuch Huang has gone to the Yikun Palace. If nothing unexpected happens, the next step will be the East Palace. If the entire palace is checked, it will take until tomorrow to get to the Chonghua Palace."

"Also, Lord Qiao sent a message back today saying that the journey was slow and it would take about ten days to return to the capital, just in time for His Highness' wedding."

The prince's eyes were gloomy, and he suddenly said calmly: "It won't take ten days."

As long as Chonghua Palace is found tomorrow, my father will naturally be unable to hold back and will ask Lord Qiao to bring my second brother back to the capital as soon as possible.

"Has his family been settled?"

The prince suddenly changed the subject and Baifan almost didn't react.

He thought about it for a moment, realized who the prince was talking about, and nodded quickly.

"Your Highness, this was arranged by Song Ling himself, so there must be no mistakes."

The prince nodded when he heard this and waved his hand to let Baifan leave.

Peace returned to the palace. The prince stared at the chess game at hand and slowly took a white piece from the corner.

After a while, a deep sigh came from the mouth of the young crown prince, and soon disappeared into silence.

One general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of men, it is indeed true...

This is already the most appropriate way, but it is inevitable that someone will die in this game.

Wait till tomorrow——

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Return to Beijing.

Doctor Zou felt so miserable!

These days he has been diligently treating the Second Prince's injuries, but for some reason, the injury on the Second Prince's shoulder would never heal!

The flesh inside has almost grown back, but the skin layer just won't heal.

Even if it healed on the same day, the wound would surely split open if there was a bump on the road the next day, or if the Second Prince "forgot" to raise his arm!

Doctor Zou looked at the Second Prince's increasingly thin face and the still hideous wound and was so angry that he wanted to overturn the medicine box!

Doctor Zou: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Okay, okay, when you big shots are fighting, you totally disregard the life and death of a little guy like me, right?

This time when he returns to Beijing, he will definitely be accused of failing to provide adequate medical treatment!

After all, he couldn't just tell His Majesty that the Second Prince deliberately didn't want his wounds to heal, right?

Qiao Zhongguo had anticipated this incident and shed tears of sympathy for him in front of Doctor Zou.

Doctor Zou smiled on the surface but roared in his heart: Lord Qiao, you are not much better!

At dusk, the convoy arrived at the post station. Just as they settled in, the group returning to Beijing were greeted by an unexpected visitor.

Uncle Zhou is here!

Qiao Zhongguo was secretly shocked.

He knew that the situation in the capital had reached the most critical moment. He wondered if Zhou Bo's arrival at this moment had made him notice something!

Zhou Bo limped up to the second floor with a cane and knocked on the second prince's door.