Farewell Flower Festival

"Your Highness, who do you think wants to deal with the prince?" Han Lie asked.

Chao Yan quietly observed Mu Tianqi's expression again, and there was no fluctuation.

"The prince just returned to the capital after winning a battle, so he must be envied by others," Mu Tianqi looked at Zhao Yan, "some time ago, the emperor even asked the princess to learn horse riding in the palace, which made some people even more jealous."

Hearing about the jealousy, Chaoyan thought of Minister Liu. He had taken the initiative to show his goodwill to Mu Tianling before, and his daughter was also close to Mu Tianling. Now all the limelight has been stolen by her, so he must be feeling uncomfortable, but he wouldn’t kill anyone. Even if someone wanted to kill someone, it should be directed at her. What does it have to do with her brother? . . . .

After Shen He sent Mu Tianqi away, Han Lie asked Chao Yan if she wanted to test the other party, but Chao Yan denied it.

Han Lie said, "Women shouldn't be involved in men's affairs. If the Fourth Prince asked you to do this, the prince should not want to be kept in the dark."

Chao Yan looked a little angry and said, "It has nothing to do with His Highness." Then he said, "Your Highness would not let me do these things."

Han Lie asked back: "Does he know that you did these things?"

This one sentence touched Chao Yan's sore spot. She took a deep breath and left.

When passing by the garden, Shen He called Chao Yan, "Would you like to walk with Dad?" Chao Yan nodded and said with a smile, "Okay."

The two of them walked in the garden and came to the pear tree again.

Shen He looked at the branch tenderly and said, "It will bloom next spring." Chao Yan said, "When the flowers bloom, I will give Dad a gift." Shen He smiled and asked, "What gift?" Chao Yan raised her hand and hushed, "Dad will know when the time comes."

Shen He saw Shen Ming standing in the distance. He probably had something to report, so he asked Chao Yan to go back first and took Shen Ming to the study.

Previously, Shen He asked Shen Ming to go to Dingcheng to investigate Liu's affairs. After Shen Ming arrived in Dingcheng, he found that the pawnshop owner had passed away. He encountered bandits on the way to purchase goods. The boss, his employees and two hired bodyguards were all killed.

This clue was broken, so Shen Ming led people to Pu County. After finding the village where Liu had lived before, they went there to investigate. They discovered that Liu had never returned to the village and the house she lived in had long been abandoned.

In addition, Liu's elder brother, Lao Wang, and his family bought a big house after returning to Pu County. Less than half a year after they lived there, it caught fire and the whole family was burned to death.

At this point all the clues were lost.

Shen Ming left some people to continue the investigation in Dingcheng and Pu County, and he came back to report the situation first.

Just now, Shen Ming received a letter via carrier pigeon from Pu County, saying that the people who stayed there had found Lao Wang’s son Xiao Wang, and Shen Ming planned to set off for Dingcheng today.

Shen He was worried that there was a trap. Shen Cheng's incident sounded the alarm for him. He couldn't let Shen Ming get into trouble, so he decided to have Xiao Wang brought to the capital.

Shen Ming still felt that it would be safer for him to go there alone to avoid any mistakes. Shen He gave him another important task, which was to protect Chao Yan.

Two days later, when it was getting dark, a carriage entered the city and headed towards Xiaoyao Palace.

Two guards secretly escorted a person into the mansion. After arriving at the study, Shen Ming brought the person in.

When Shen He saw Xiao Wang, he didn't recognize him.

The other person was skinny and looked like a completely different person compared to before. The only thing that remained the same was that his eyes were still prying around.

Shen He asked him what happened that year and where his aunt Liu had gone. Xiao Wang didn't know where his aunt Liu had gone. His father and mother were both burned to death. He escaped the disaster by getting up in the middle of the night because he had diarrhea and went to the toilet.

At that time, he was hiding in the toilet and secretly saw that it was two officials who set the fire. After that, he did not dare to show up, so he disguised himself as a beggar and escaped from the county town. He lived as a beggar ever since.

The next day, Shen He sent people to Pu County to investigate the county government officials at the time, focusing on the background of the county magistrate, legal advisor and head of police.

……

Han Lie's body had almost recovered. After staying in the palace for another two days, he went out and bought snacks and candied fruits for Chao Yan at Xinghuazhai to thank her for her meticulous care for him these days.

Chao Yan didn't want to complain about his choice of words anymore, so she asked Liu'er and Dong'er to help him pack his luggage.

"Princess, are you eager for me to leave quickly?" Han Lie asked.

Chao Yan said: "How can you say that? I'm just afraid that you'll be fired if you're absent from work for too long."

"What's, fired?" Han Lie asked curiously.

Chao Yan said: "Even if you don't have a salary, you are the emperor's right-hand man. The emperor must miss you very much during your absence these days."

Han Lie smiled and said, "Princess, please stop flattering me. When you figure it out, come find me anytime."

Chaoyan: “……?” What have you figured out? You should be the one who should have figured it out. Stop thinking about me. I’m already taken.

Mu Tianling came over on the afternoon of the day Han Lie left the palace.

Shen Ming was out on business and Shen He was not at home either. It was Shen Cheng who received Mu Tianling. He asked him if he was here to see Chao Yan. Mu Tianling said he had a few questions for Han Lie. Shen Cheng said he had gone back in the morning and asked him to go to Han's house to take a look.

"I also have a few questions for the princess." Mu Tianling said.

Shen Cheng suspected that he was deliberately looking for trouble and said that Chao Yan was not there, but he was slapped in the face the next moment.

"Brother, don't you have something to do? Go and do it first." Chaoyan walked over and said.

Shen Cheng had a puzzled look on his face, wondering what he was supposed to do.

Chaoyan winked at him, and Shen Cheng glanced at Mu Tianling a little worriedly, saying that he would be back soon. He then whispered a few words to Chaoyan before leaving.

"Why is Your Highness here?" Chao Yan's eyes were smiling as she spoke. She now fully understood the saying that a lover's eyes see beauty in everything. Whenever she saw someone, she felt happy in her heart, and wanted to be affectionate with him, to kiss and hug him. She even felt a little annoyed about getting married. In her heart, she kept reminding herself to be reserved, dignified, and reserved...

"I came to see how your calligraphy is going." Mu Tianling curled his lips into a smile, his dark and deep eyes exuding an incomparable attraction, both bewitching and devoted.

do not care.

Chao Yan reached out and hugged his slender waist quickly, and said without thinking, "When will Your Highness marry me?" As soon as she said this, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She pretended to look down at the ground and changed the subject, "Is Your Highness busy recently?"

The next moment, she heard Mu Tianling's low voice, which lingered on her eardrum like the fragrance of the dark night, making her feel numb as if she were being electrocuted. "Don't worry, Yanyan. I will keep my virginity for you."

Chaoyan's face suddenly turned red, and she thought to herself when did this guy become so good at flirting? She couldn't resist him at all.

Seeing Chao Yan blushing and her eyelashes drooping shyly, Mu Tianling couldn't resist and really wanted to marry her home quickly~

When Shen Cheng came back, he saw that Mu Tianling had not left yet, so he left while muttering something. When he came back after a while, he was relieved to see that Mu Tianling had left.