Yan Yuan's expression slightly relaxed as he heard Liu Ruo Qing continue to speak, "If I knew that we would come here, I would've brought the bracelet that he gave us back then. It's better to return such an important thing to him.
As his voice fell, a light chuckle came from within Yan Yuan's mouth. Behind him, he rubbed the top of her hair, then patted her head and said: "Don't worry, I have it with me."
"Hmm? You brought it? "
"I expected to pass by and take it with me before I left."
"You're still the most considerate one."
Liu Ruo Qing leaned her face against Yan Yuan's arm and said coquettishly, as if she was annoyed. As a result, Yan Yuan's face was full of smiles.
The two of them stayed at a nearby inn. Liu Ruo Qing's stomach had already started to bulge, but other than her stomach becoming bigger, she did not have any reaction to being pregnant, which made Yan Yuan even more worried.
Since her body was infected by the venom from the Gu worms, he was naturally worried that the venom would affect the child in her womb.
"How is it, tired?"
"Not tired."
Liu Ruo Qing shook her head, just at this time, someone came in from the outside with a letter and passed it to Yan Yuan.
"Why is there a messenger here?"
"It's Sixth Brother."
Yan Yuan answered as he opened the letter.
They did not deliberately hide their journey, and it was not difficult for Yan Xiao to find where they were going or where they were staying.
"What did Sixth Brother say in his letter?"
Liu Ruo Qing moved closer to Yan Yuan's side, and asked curiously.
"Sixth Brother intentionally revealed this information to Qin Sang, Qin Sang has already spread it. Recently, the crown prince of New Yi Kingdom has made her move."
Yan Yuan replied as he read the contents of the letter.
"Are you trying to scare the crown prince and pull out the person behind the scenes to work with him?"
"Yes."
Yan Yuan nodded his head, although he was not in the capital, his connection with Sixth Brother was not broken, and the situation with Yizhou was also in his hands.
"If we don't strike out at them, they won't dare to act rashly. Once they are given a chance to mature, they will become even more difficult to deal with."
It was much more effective to shake the person behind the crown prince of New Yi Kingdom than to do nothing.
Liu Ruo Qing understood what Yan Yuan meant, she thought for a moment, then said: "But we still don't have a clue about that army, how hidden are they?"
she complained casually.
"With Second Brother being such a cautious person, hiding an entire army would not be an easy thing to do."
Liu Ruo Qing seemed to have thought of something, and laughed: That's true, second sister has given all the rewards from King Carefree's residence to Crown Princess to manage, second brother is still worried, we have to look through every month's books personally.
Hearing that, something flashed past Yan Yuan's mind, "What?"
"Hmm?"
Liu Ruo Qing was startled, then immediately understood what Yan Yuan wanted to ask, so he repeated: "When I was at the King Carefree Palace, didn't that Miss Xie come to find me often?"
As she said that, she looked at Yan Yuan with an ambiguous gaze, and her eyes did not hide the teasing look. Naturally, she attracted Yan Yuan's unhappy gaze.
"Get down to business."
He patted Liu Ruo Qing's head and said seriously.
"Fine."
Liu Ruo Qing adjusted her bangs, and smiled at Yan Yuan's slightly dissatisfied face.
"Naughty."
Ye Zichen knocked on her head helplessly, while his eyes were filled with a pampering that never faded away.
Liu Ruo Qing gave him a fawning smile, as he played around with his long fingers, he said, "Miss Xie told me that although the Crown Princess is in charge of the Prince's Mansion's pay, all of the pay and expenditure books were personally made by Second Brother and he has never missed a month."
Liu Ruo Qing spoke carelessly but Yan Yuan's mind was already racing with thoughts. In his mind, he immediately recalled the person who appeared behind Yan Xie when he left the King Carefree Palace that day with an account book in his hand.
His every word and action was filled with a well-trained respect. This was not the bearing an ordinary manager should have. Even though that person tried his best to conceal it, he could tell from his steps that he was someone who knew martial arts and his martial arts skills were not low.
Liu Ruo Qing saw the change in Yan Yuan's expression, it was as if she had said something that made him think. She did not disturb him, and only stared at him without uttering a word.
After a long while, Yan Yuan stood up and walked to the front of the table, holding a brush and quickly writing something on a piece of paper.
She took a look at him, and the surprise grew in her eyes.
This letter was sent back by Yan Yuan, regarding the matter of the King Carefree Palace account book that she mentioned earlier.
In the letter, Yan Yuan made Yan Xiao secretly send people to investigate the income of each village in the King Carefree Palace, as well as the identity and background of each village's manager.
After Yan Yuan ordered his men to send the letter away, Liu Ruo Qing asked, "You suspect that Second Brother's personal reading of the account books is related to that mysterious army?"
"Yes."
Yan Yuan nodded his head and said to Liu Ruo Qing: "When we left the King Carefree Palace that day, there was a person dressed like a merchant who came to find second brother with an account book. That person was a rare expert."
It was doubtful that an ordinary prince's mansion would have such a strong martial art.
"Again …" Second sister has always been in charge of the Duke Palace's internal affairs. Since Second sister has passed the information on to Crown Princess, it is naturally managed by Crown Princess. Second brother is a man, if there wasn't some special reason, why would he personally go through the Duke's Palace's books of income and expenditure? "
"What if Crown Princess doesn't have any experience?"
"That should be Second Sister-in-Law. She shouldn't have come over to take a look herself."
Liu Ruo Qing did not say anymore. All the evidence indicated that the mysterious power behind the Yizhou was related to the King Carefree, even though she did not wish for it to be Second Brother.
Hiding an army was a capital offense to begin with, and they had also repeatedly sent assassins to assassinate the prince of the middle court. No matter which one of them it was, they would still be sentenced to death.
In the end, if they were certain that it was the King Carefree, all of the people from the King Carefree Palace would be implicated, and they would pity a child as young as Yao'er.
Yan Yuan saw that Liu Ruo Qing's expression was gloomy, and did not want her to worry about these things, so he said: "Let's wait for Sixth Brother to investigate everything first."
Yan Yuan's letter had already reached the capital half a month ago.
And the news that Yan Xiao intentionally leaked out to Qin Sang that day, and let her spread it out, had finally, successfully spread to the Yizhou.
"Master, Yan Xiao has already found out about Crown Prince Long Di. If we let him continue to investigate deeper, he will definitely investigate our heads."