C824 824 Your Miss Shen is awake?

Yan Xiao was too lazy to bother with him, he only glanced at him, then walked in front of him and quickly walked towards Prince Rui's Palace.

Master Shen...

Yan Xiao coldly snorted in his heart. That old man disliked him being ten years older than his daughter, and now that he had left Qin Er in the Prince Rui's Palace, he was probably going to go crazy from anxiety. However, he did not plan to return Qin Er to him.

He had gone from seven to ten years old, so why should he return that girl to him?

Yan Xiao thought tyrannically in his heart.

Prince Rui's Palace —

Just as he returned to the Duke Palace, he saw Luo Xiong standing in front of the Prince Rui's Palace's door and waiting. When he saw coming up, he immediately went up and greeted him, and lowered his voice, "Pavilion Master."

"Let's go in first."

When the two of them arrived at the study room, Luo Xiong didn't wait for Yan Xiao to ask anything and directly said, "Your Highness, in these two days, there have been many chests sent from various stores to the Grand Preceptor's estate, saying that the Grand Preceptor Pang had arranged for Pang Yue Qiu to get married, but this subordinate realized that those dowry were not from the Grand Preceptor's estate, but rather from the people who sent the goods inside."

Yan Xiao sat in front of the desk, his fingers thoughtfully tapping on the table, muttering to himself, "The dowry is being watched by the people of the shop, this is interesting."

He smirked. "Go check out the shop assistants who are in charge of delivering the goods."

"Yes."

"Also, try to get close to the dowry and see what's inside."

"Yes, Pavilion Master."

Luo Xiong accepted the order and left the Prince Rui's Palace.

Yan Xiao sat in front of the table, his fingers caressing his lower jaw, he thought for a moment, then muttered: "Grand Preceptor Pang …"

From that day onwards, Yan Yuan sent almost all of his hidden guards to look for Liu Ruo Qing, but everything was just an illusion. Liu Ruo Qing had never appeared in the Jindu before.

Again and again, disappointment, had ignited hope again, making Yan Yuan unwilling to give up just like that.

"You really don't plan to meet Yan Yuan?"

Qin Xuan looked at Liu Ruo Qing who was seated across him in a daze, and asked.

In the past few days, Yan Yuan had sent a lot of people to look for her. Although he helped her avoid the pursuers of the hidden guards, this was the Jindu, and was Yan Yuan's territory. How long could a prince of the Nanling help her?

Liu Ruo Qing regained her senses and looked at Qin Xuan's inquiring gaze. She lightly pulled the corner of her mouth, but her face seemed to be devoid of any color.

She knew that perhaps she wouldn't be able to hold on for too long, even if Yan Yuan found her, so what?

Would he be happy if he knew that only a few days remained before his survival?

It was better to let him believe that she had died a long time ago than to watch her die without being able to do anything.

She just did not expect Yan Yuan to recognize her after she impulsively made a trip to King Jing Palace that day.

At that time, the palm strike he used to kill her must have been taken back because he recognized her.

"Yes, it's gone."

She didn't explain too much to Qin Xuan, but when she thought about how Yan Yuan had been sending people over to look for her these past few days, she couldn't help but crease her eyebrows.

She looked at Qin Xuan and said: "Your Highness."

"Hmm?"

"Your highness came all the way to the Easternum this time and even released the news that you had heavily injured a closed door guest. It can't be that you came all the way here just to investigate my identity, right?"

Qin Xuan raised his eyebrows at Liu Ruo Qing's question. Facing her calm and relaxed gaze, he scoffed, "Perhaps this king has come all the way here because I admire Princess Hua-Yang's ability?"

Liu Ruo Qing snickered and looked at Qin Xuan silently.

Every time Liu Ruo Qing used this kind of gaze to stare at Qin Xuan, she would always make Qin Xuan feel uncomfortable. After being stared at by her for a few seconds, he raised her hands in surrender.

Liu Ruo Qing made a "please" gesture, only to see Qin Xuan let out a long sigh and said: "This king came here today because I have something to talk to Yan Yuan about."

"That being the case, since the prince has been in the capital for so long, other than seeing you make tea here every day without doing anything else, I have never seen you do anything important."

"…"

Was he being looked down on?

Why did he hear a hint of disdain from this woman's mouth?

"This King didn't take any action, so he was naturally waiting for an opportunity."

"It's been so long. Is the time up yet?"

Liu Ruo Qing said anxiously.

Qin Xuan humphed twice, "Just tell me what you want this king to do."

Liu Ruo Qing did not beat around the bush and continued: "Since Your Highness came all the way to the Jindu, he must have met with some big incident that concerned the peace between the two countries. When Your Highness went to find Yan Yuan, he explained the situation.

Qin Xuan looked at Liu Ruo Qing in understanding, and laughed: "So that's your idea."

Liu Ruo Qing shrugged and did not deny it.

"Do you think he has the heart to run the courthouse now?"

Qin Xuan raised his eyebrows, and retorted with a question: "All of his focus is on you, Easternum has already reached the Weak Crown, there is still Yan Xiao in the court, and all the ministers are he, even if he becomes the idle prince, the Easternum will not fall, what do you think?"

"…"

Liu Ruo Qing choked to the point that she could not refute Qin Xuan's words.

When he thought about how she looked when she saw Yan Yuan in King Jing Palace, he felt as if he had lost all his vitality and was just waiting for death to descend on him at any moment.

She thought, if not for the fact that Heng Er was already here, she guessed that he would have long ago …

Liu Ruo Qing's heart was in extreme pain, and she was unable to calm down from the pain. She was glad that she allowed him to have a son, and that his son was able to keep him alive.

Otherwise, when she returned alive, she wouldn't even be able to see the last time.

Thinking of this, Liu Ruo Qing's heart started to throb uncontrollably.

"However …"

Qin Xuan immediately said, "This king indeed has a very urgent matter to discuss with the Easternum this time."

Liu Ruo Qing's eyelids twitched lazily as she glanced at Yue Yang. How could this person not gasp for breath when speaking?

Was this not in accordance with his temperament at all?

"Alright, it looks like the time is almost here. I'll make a trip to King Jing Palace tomorrow."

The palace.

Yan Jue walked over to Yan Xiao's side and looked at his unreadable smile, then asked: "It's rare to see that you have such a frown on your face, is your family's Miss Shen awake?"

His voice was neither loud nor low, but it was just enough for the people inside or outside the hall to hear him loud and clear.

"Things have gotten better in the past few days. If nothing unexpected happens, Mr. Lu will wake up tomorrow morning."

Yan Xiao's low voice carried some unconcealable joy, and he said to Yan Jue with a sidelong glance: "After she wakes up, I'll be able to confirm who exactly did this to her."

As these words were spoken, a person not far behind them stopped in his tracks, and his body stiffened as well.