Even though their appearances had changed, Shen Qingyin still had a strange feeling the moment he saw Xiao Chucheng.

To be precise, it is an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

She had lived in the Shen family for more than ten years, and even with the old lady, whom she thought she was close to, she had never had this feeling.

When Xiao Chucheng saw Shen Qingyin, he was also stunned.

"Who is this?" he asked.

Feng Yunmo hurriedly introduced him: "This is Brother Yan's wife, Madam Yan."

The Brother Yan he mentioned was Mu Beiyan, whose alias was Yan Bei.

Shen Qingyin stepped forward to greet him.

Xiao Chucheng nodded slightly.

After sitting down, he still looked at Shen Qingyin in a daze, with undisguised surprise in his eyes.

At this moment, Shen Qing was dressed like Mu Beiyan, like a middle-aged man. Although some of his original outlines could still be seen, they were very blurry.

Judging from his appearance, he is slightly younger than Xiao Chucheng, who is over 40 years old.

Being in Xituo Kingdom, they did not intend to reveal their identities easily.

Shen Qingyin had someone serve tea. After drinking the tea, Xiao Chucheng seemed to finally come back to his senses.

"Your Majesty, why are you locked in the corner tower of Sandalwood Temple?" Feng Yunmo asked.

We were in such a hurry along the way that we didn't have time to explain in detail.

Xiao Chucheng's face darkened slightly. He put down the tea bowl but did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Do you know what the situation is like in the court now?"

Feng Yunmo and Mu Beiyan told everything they knew.

Listening to their words, Xiao Chucheng's face became more and more ugly.

When they talked about the fact that the Xituo Kingdom had been fighting with the Beixin Dynasty for two months, Xiao Chucheng stood up angrily.

His eyes were slightly red, and veins on his forehead were bulging. He was obviously angry, but he was trying his best to suppress it.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Ridiculous, really ridiculous!"

"Your Majesty, you are the only one who can stop this war right now," Feng Yunmo cupped his hands, a trace of sadness on his face, "I believe that if my aunt were here, she would never want such a thing to happen—"

Xiao Chucheng lowered his eyes and nodded: "I understand."

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then said to Feng Yunmo: "I have written a letter, you take it to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately."

"Okay." Feng Yunmo agreed immediately.

Xiao Chucheng wrote the letter himself, thought for a while, took off the jade ring on his hand, and handed it to Feng Yunmo together with the letter.

"I don't have any proof on me right now. I hope Prime Minister Yuwen can recognize this ring and ask him to ask He Dong, the commander of the Armored Guard, to come see me... After he meets He Dong, I will have a way to make him believe my identity."

Fengyunmo nodded.

If Xiao Chucheng wants to return to the court and take back his power now, he must rely on the power of the Armored Guards.

But without an important official like Yu Wenjin to come forward, it would be impossible for outsiders like himself and Mu Beiyan to invite the commander of the Iron Armor Guard.

Not only will it fail, it may also backfire, causing the other party to be suspicious, leading to worse consequences...

"Brother Feng, I'll go with you!" Mu Beiyan was worried.

When we first entered the city, the prince had no time to react.

And at this moment, nearly an hour had passed.

Sure enough, when they arrived outside the Yuwen Mansion, they saw a group of soldiers arriving at the gate of the Yuwen Mansion almost at the same time as them.

"These soldiers are not the Iron Armored Guards, but the Lingxiao City Guards!" Feng Yunmo identified them at a glance, "The prince is so fast!"

After the king disappeared, the first thing he thought of was to send troops to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This is not just about sending troops quickly, the most important thing is to think quickly.

"Let's go to the back door." Mu Beiyan said.

However, when they got to the back door, they found that there was also a team of soldiers guarding it.

The two of them looked at each other quickly, and walked along the street outside the Yuwen Mansion to the alley next to it. There was a side door of the Yuwen Mansion in the alley.

However, just as the two of them reached the alley entrance, they saw another group of soldiers coming towards them.

"Brother Feng, you go in first and explain to Yu Wenjin. I'll meet you outside." Mu Beiyan made a prompt decision.

"Okay." Feng Yunmo took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the alley and jumped onto the roof of Yu Wen's house.

As soon as Feng Yunmo's figure disappeared, the team of soldiers also entered the alley.

Mu Beiyan pretended to be just passing through the alley. He put his hands behind his back and walked slowly to the other side of the alley, leaving only his back to the officers and soldiers.

After leaving the alley, he squatted down in front of a woman selling chickens.

"Auntie, how much is this chicken?" Mu Beiyan asked while turning his head to look at the situation in the alley.

The team of soldiers had already surrounded the side door.

"Thirty cents? That's a bit expensive, ma'am. Can you make it cheaper?"

Mu Beiyan seemed to be bargaining with the old lady, but actually his attention was entirely on the alley.

The woman selling chickens was a little unhappy: "Thirty cents is not expensive at all? Look how fat this chicken is!"

"It's still too expensive, can it be cheaper--" Mu Beiyan said absentmindedly.

"Then I'll save one cent, twenty-nine cents." The old lady finally gave in.

"It's still too expensive, can it be cheaper——" Mu Beiyan's eyes were never on the chicken.

"Well, well, then twenty-eight cents will do." The old lady gritted her teeth.

"It's still a bit expensive...if it's cheaper, I'll buy it--"

"Hmph, I see you're not here to buy chickens. Are you here just to make me angry? I don't want to sell them to you. Go away!" The old lady became angry.

A woman nearby couldn't stand it anymore, so she came over and said with disdain, "It's shameful for a grown man to be so stingy when buying a chicken—"

Mu Beiyan looked embarrassed.

How would he know what a chicken was worth?

It was true that only from the place where he was squatting could he see the situation in the alley clearly.

He can't leave here easily.

"I, I really came here to buy chicken...If it's cheaper, I'll buy it!" he said.

"You've bought them all?" The old lady looked surprised. "Are you sure you've bought them all? Keep your word and don't go back on your word."

"No regrets." Mu Beiyan still stared at the side door of Yuwen Mansion.

The old lady's eyes flickered. "Well, if you buy them all, then it'll be twenty-five cents each, regardless of size. There are forty-five chickens here in total, so let me calculate--"

The old lady started counting on her fingers, and Mu Beiyan was startled.

"Forty-five?" He came back to his senses and glanced at the chickens next to the old lady. "Aren't there only eight?"

The old lady chuckled: "Did the young man next to you see it? He is my eldest grandson. The one in front of him is fifteen. And the one opposite is my old man. He has fifteen and now he has twelve. And, there is also the baby over there. That is my youngest grandson..."

Mu Beiyan was about to speak when he saw the side door of Yuwen Mansion suddenly opened. Two people who looked like servants walked out, appearing to want to go out. The officers and soldiers refused, and the two sides started arguing.

Mu Beiyan's heart moved, and he immediately said: "Okay, I'll buy them all, don't count it out, I'll give you five taels of silver, but I have a request!"

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