The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Bai Yimeng rolled his eyes, "He is not a foreigner."

"Yes, that's no problem. He is an old man in the palace, there's no way there can be any problem." For some reason, Yuwen Ji had an instinctive trust in Uncle Fu.

Perhaps because he was a little thirsty, Bai Yimeng grabbed Yuwen Ji's teacup and drank it all. "I wonder if the prince knows about the rebellion of Prince Sun in the fifth year of Shun'an?"

Shun'an was the reign title of the previous emperor, Yuwen Yun, and Prince Sun was the third son of the previous emperor. It is said that someone reported that Prince Sun was colluding with the State of Chen and intended to overthrow his father's rule and establish himself as emperor.

Emperor Shun'an should not have believed such a false accusation, but somehow he did. Not only did he believe it, he also immediately ordered that the Sun Prince and males over the age of fourteen be given white silk.

That was a prince, the biological son of Emperor Shun'an, and there were also his biological grandchildren in the palace. Emperor Shun'an ignored the opposition of the court officials and insisted on doing so. Many years later, until the 25th year of Shun'an, Emperor Shun'an learned that the case was deliberately committed by the bad guys.

Emperor Shun'an was filled with remorse, grief and indignation, and fell ill and died soon after. This incident caused a sensation at the time, and even in the early years of Chengde, people were still discussing it.

Perhaps because he did not want his father to be criticized, Emperor Chengde chose to vigorously suppress the rumors. From then on, no one from the court to the common people dared to mention this matter.

“This king has heard of this, but

"My father doesn't like people to talk about this. How did you know?"

"This is not important." Bai Yimeng smiled in a veiled smile. He drank two more cups of tea and said, "In that case, Prince Sun and his sons over the age of fourteen were ordered to commit suicide, and the males under the age of fourteen and their female relatives were taken into the palace as slaves. Am I right?"

"Yes, keep your voice down, we can't talk about this." Yuwen Ji covered Bai Yimeng's mouth with his hand.

"Let's not talk about it. We are talking about Uncle Fu." Taking Yuwen Ji's hand away, Bai Yimeng smiled with an obedient look.

"You mean, Uncle Fu is... the son of King Sun?"

"Smart! The records in the Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot be wrong. He should be the thirteenth son of Prince Sun. When he entered the palace as a slave, he was only eight years old. He should be fifty now, one or two..."

"Don't count it, fifty-three. Emperor Shun'an has been on the throne for twenty-five years! Father has been on the throne for thirty years. From the fifth year of Shun'an to now, it is exactly fifty-three."

Yuwen Ji's face gradually turned pale. After a while, he thought of something, "These are all old secrets of the palace. How do you know them?"

"I... I just guessed." Bai Yimeng looked embarrassed and moved towards the door little by little.

Yuwen Ji realized the seriousness of the situation and stepped forward quickly to block the way. He patted Bai Yimeng's shoulder with a fake smile and said, "Young man, tell me, how did you guess? Trespassing into the palace is a capital crime."

"I...I remembered that there was still chicken soup in the pot..."

"Don't worry about the kitchen, let's talk about this." Seeing Bai Yimeng's expression, Yuwen Ji understood most of it, "Tell the truth."

"I...I have long felt that Uncle Fu is somewhat similar to you."

"That's not an excuse. Tell me the truth. If you don't tell the truth, I will send you to the Ministry of Justice. When the time comes, I'll see what you will do when the board comes down."

Seeing her quibbling, Yuwen Ji vaguely saw his Xiaobai. Only someone like his Xiaobai could do such a thing.

In his previous life, Uncle Fu was discovered after Yuwen Ji ascended the throne. Now Bai Yimeng passed by the Imperial Household Department and out of curiosity went in to check the files.

"I... I couldn't sleep last night, so I wanted to go around the palace." Bai Yimeng smiled guiltily.

Yuwen Ji's heart instantly rose to his throat, and he stared at Bai Yimeng's eyes and observed them carefully. With these eyes and this expression, he was almost certain that it was the person he was thinking of.

"Just taking a casual walk, and you ended up at the Ministry of Internal Affairs? This reason is too far-fetched, I don't believe it." Yuwen Ji almost got the answer from those lively eyes. He felt like his head was going to explode, and his heart was beating wildly.

"I swear, at first I just wanted to relax. I was really bored, so I went to the palace. By chance, I entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I just glanced at the files, really just glanced.

I swear, I only took one look. Actually, I wanted to take the book back, but then someone found me and a lot of people came to catch me. I was so anxious that I threw the book away.

Bai Yimeng said it calmly, as if the whole point of the matter was that she didn't get the notebook back.

"Is it over?" Yuwen Ji's head was buzzing and his heartbeat had completely lost its rhythm.

"What else? By the way, after getting rid of the pursuit, I wanted to go to the Imperial Garden, but I was too sleepy, so I came back." Bai Yimeng yawned after he finished speaking, as if he had not slept well.

Yuwen Ji held his forehead with his hands. He felt like crying, but couldn't. His mind was in a mess, and he was completely at a loss. What should he do if the person in front of him was really Xiao Bai? What if he wasn't?

"If Your Majesty is alright, I'll go back. I told you to be careful. There's something wrong with Uncle Fu, so be careful." Bai Yimeng pretended to comfort him and said a few words, then walked back.

Not long after Bai Yimeng left, Su Beichen climbed over the wall into Prince Yi's mansion and climbed in through the window. "Have you confirmed whether that boy is Xiaobai?"

"Get out of the way and stop bothering me!" Yuwen Ji rarely had a dark face, but today his face was particularly dark.

"Why, isn't that Long Ziyin your right-hand man? How did he make you angry?" Su Beichen was gloating, crossing his legs and drinking tea, "The tea is cold, change it."

"Heh, why are you ordering me around? You are all masters, and I can't afford to serve you."

Seeing that Yuwen Ji was really angry, Su Beichen put away his smile and drank his cold tea obediently.

"Tell me, what did you say to that kid last night?" He didn't dare to get angry with Bai Yimeng, but when he saw Su Beichen, his anger surged up all at once.

"Weren't you next door last night? Didn't you hear it? Why are you here asking me now?" Su Beichen suddenly smiled, "What did she do after I left?

"Did you know that she entered the palace in the middle of the night?" Yuwen Ji told Bai Yimeng everything. "Do you think she has anything to do with you?"

"It's unfair. I didn't encourage her to trespass into the palace. This is a capital crime. My father would beat me to death if he knew.

Actually, I don't think there's any need to think about it. She's just Xiaobai pretending. Isn't Xiaobai always like this? She's fearless and does whatever she wants. If you ask me, just go and ask her directly."

"What nonsense! No one is allowed to trespass into the palace without permission. It is a capital crime." Yuwen Ji was furious.

"Okay, why are you yelling at me? This matter is probably not as serious as you think. Judging from the morning court session, there seems to be nothing unusual in the palace. She probably went in for fun and came out soon. No one should know about it."

Su Beichen didn't take it seriously and took a sip of tea. "I came to see you for something serious. Prince Mu's Mansion received a blackmail letter this morning, and there was a problem with the letter paper. Come and take a look."

After Su Beichen said this, Yuwen Ji gradually calmed down. If there was really trouble, the palace would have been in chaos long ago. How could it be so peaceful?

Thinking of this, he calmed down a little. He picked up the letter and checked it again and again. "This paper is... a tribute specially given to my father. Ordinary people are probably not qualified to use it, let alone kidnappers. You suspect..."

"I don't suspect anyone." Su Beichen interrupted hurriedly. No matter which nobleman Yuwen Ji mentioned, he couldn't afford to offend him. "I just suspect that this person is someone in the palace, a palace servant or a servant who has access to tribute."

"It doesn't make sense. What hatred do these people have with the young princess of Prince Mu's Mansion? Besides, they have been in the palace all year round. How could they plan a kidnapping?"

Su Beichen handed Yuwen Ji a piece of paper with a waist badge pattern painted on it. "It's really hard to talk about hatred. If someone is narrow-minded, you can turn him into an enemy just by scolding him. Besides, is it difficult to leave the palace? Wouldn't it be possible with this?"

"Where did this come from?" Yuwen Ji took it and looked at it carefully.

"My friend saw the messenger and followed him to the palace gate. You know, the palace gate is a special place and he didn't dare to get close. Afterwards, he told me that he saw this badge hanging on the other party's waist."

Yuwen Ji recognized that this was the pass for leaving Chunxi Palace. Chunxi Palace was the bedroom of Concubine Shu. Yuwen Ji crumpled the paper and fell into deep thought.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you have also found out why that piece of poisonous osmanthus cake ended up in your hands?" Su Beichen said in a low voice.

Even though they were the only two in the room, Su Beichen still sneakily handed Yuwen Ji a piece of paper, "This was a few days ago when I was investigating the case of the young princess of Prince Mu's Mansion. I accidentally found out that the poison Xiaobai was infected with came from Barbarian Territory.

I took the opportunity to investigate the case and asked the servants of Prince Mu's mansion. Concubine Shu had been in poor health after giving birth. Prince Mu was worried about his daughter, so he invited a witch from Manjiang to make medicine for Concubine Shu. "

"Ah."

Seeing that Yuwen Ji was not surprised, Su Beichen was puzzled, "You are not surprised?"

"After Xiaobai got into trouble, I suspected Concubine Shu, but because I had no evidence and my father didn't want the harem to be disturbed, the matter has been delayed until now. Not long ago... Long Ziyin appeared, which reminded me of the scene back then."

After a while, General Yuwen Ji and Bai Yimeng found out about Nanny Sun and told Su Beichen.

"She's quite powerful." Su Beichen saw that Yuwen Ji had a bad face and swallowed the rest of his words.

Speaking of Bai Yimeng, Yuwen Ji couldn't help but think of the incident of breaking into the palace again, and his head started to hurt again. "If you have time, check the man who claims to be her uncle. I'm worried that she was deceived."

Su Beichen coughed and pretended to be serious, "Long Qiuyuan, Prince Yi has probably heard of this name, right?"

Seeing that Yuwen Ji really didn't know, Su Beichen couldn't help but remind him, "Marquis Zhenbei and the master of Wan'an Valley are sworn brothers. All the children in the Marquis Zhenbei's mansion are disciples of this master of Long Valley. Also, have you forgotten that Xiaobai goes there to live for a few months every year, sometimes even half a year."

"You mean, that little old man is Long Qiuyuan?" Yuwen Ji slapped his forehead. Why didn't he recognize him?

Yes, such an obvious clue, how could he ignore it? In the current situation, Bai Yimeng was not allowed to use her real name, so it was most appropriate to take her master's surname. Everything made sense. If it was just Long Ziyin, there would be no need to trespass into the palace, unless she was Bai Yimeng.