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"Uncle Thirteen, I'm listening …"

Prince Huan lifted his head upon hearing her voice and was slightly startled. "Mo'er, why have you come out?"

When Zhao Qingyan saw that there was still someone in the room, he placed the food in his hands to the side and clasped his hands in greeting. "Mister Ouyang."

Ouyang Xiu stood up and saluted back, "Your Highness."

Prince Huan's gaze fell onto the food box and he could not help but ask, "You're not here to bring me food, are you?"

Zhao Qingyan nodded. "I heard from Han Yan that Thirteenth Uncle hadn't had a proper meal in recent days, so he went straight to the kitchen to heat up some food to bring over." I saw that the door was ajar, so I just walked in. "

"You'd better not tell me that you're the one who cooked the dishes," Duke Huan sighed softly.

Zhao Qingyan turned around and looked at the sunlight, "At this hour, there's no one left in the kitchen."

Seeing that his face was still pale, Duke Huan could not help but ask, "Why aren't you taking a good rest? Why are you running to the inner courtyard when you have nothing better to do?"

With Ouyang Xiu here, Zhao Qingyan could not urge the King to eat, so he decided to ignore the food box and went straight to the point, "I heard that Royal Uncle had ordered for us to quickly find out the reason for the destruction of the Sky Prison. "Since he was tired of staying in the house, he came over to ask about the situation."

Duke Huan curled his lips, "As long as we interrogate the few jailers who were on duty that day and sign their names, this matter will be finished. You don't need to worry about such a simple matter? "

"Uncle Thirteen can't eat such a simple task?" Zhao Qingyan asked back bluntly. Due to his weak body, his voice was very soft, but he had no intention of retreating. "The amnesty will be here in half a month. At this moment, the Sky Prison is being robbed, and people are already panicking.

Duke Huan and Ouyang Xiu looked at each other, not knowing whether to be angry or to laugh. "At a time like this, can't you just pretend to be stupid?"

Zhao Qingyan smiled with a hint of mischievousness, "Uncle Thirteen, if I had a way to prove that the people who robbed the prison were brought into the Sky Prison by those jailers, would you need me to play dumb?"

Duke Huai was stunned, and after a moment, looked at him suspiciously, "You really have a way?"

Zhao Qingyan said, "I can try."

Prince Huan sized him up before sighing all of a sudden, "If you do this, it'll be very easy for me to think that the person who robbed this prison was brought in by you."

Zhao Qingyan smiled leisurely, "If I wanted to rob a prison, how would I let you discover my flaw so quickly?"

Duke Huan choked and scolded with a smile, "You child."

Zhao Qingyan picked up the food box and placed it in front of Duke Huai, "Honorable envoy, let me treat you to something to eat. "Otherwise, if you were tired, I think I wouldn't be able to steal from a lazy kid."

Duke Huan brought the food box over to him, indicating that he would eat it later, "Alright, then Vice Envoy Zhao, do you have any good ideas? You might as well tell me. "

"Capture him if you want." Zhao Qingyan spat out two words. When she saw the two of them staring at her blankly, she could not help but laugh. "What's wrong?"

Duke Huan knew that his thoughts were always strict and would not be as simple as it seemed, so he nodded, indicating for him to continue.

Zhao Qingyan spread out his hands. "That's all, that's all." Let's release them first. It's a normal situation, after a few days I have ways to make them expose a flaw. "

Prince Huan frowned, "I don't know what method you have in mind, but since they released the criminals, they should know that they are unable to escape this calamity, so how could they fall into your trap? After all, we don't have time to wait for their suspicions to subside. "

Zhao Qingyan smiled gently. With a gentle smile in his eyes, he said, "It's human nature to avoid benefits and harm. However, they might not be as smart as Thirteenth Uncle. "

Duke Huan was stunned and went silent as he guessed a bit of what he meant.

Zhao Qingyan reminded him, "The destruction of the Sky Prison is not only due to those guards. If they wanted to punish them, the Department of Justice, the Assistant Minister, the Minister, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs should be punished. Below them were the inner and outer prison guards who were on duty that day. All the officials were punished with salaries, while jailers on duty were punished with light punishments. Amnesty is approaching and the task is heavy, so the detention will not be suspended until later. "

Prince Huan muttered to himself, "This won't do either."

Zhao Qingyan asked, "What does Official Ouyang think?"

Ouyang Xiu said, "This punishment is very good, but it will leave them with a bit of a fluke. It's just that I wonder, what method does the young prince plan on using to find flaws in them? " After a slight pause, he added, "If the young prince is troubled, there's no harm in not saying it."

"It is not difficult at all. I am just saying it for fear of making sire laugh." Zhao Qingyan pondered for a moment before replying with a smile, "The commoners often visit them in prison, so give the jailers some money and make it a convenient rule. "According to my understanding, the Celestial Prison also has such a rule."

Prince Huan asked, "You plan to use this method to bribe them and bring you in?"

Zhao Qingyan nodded slightly, "I was just about to go to the Sky Prison to meet Ran Shou."

The corners of Duke Huan's eyes trembled. "You want to see Ran Shisan Qian? How could they agree to let you in?"

Ouyang Xiu said, "The prisoner and the prisoner were secretly transferred to another cell. On the file, the identities of the two people remained the same. The prisoner had a physique very similar to that of Ran Shisui. His injuries covered most of his face. Thus, the young prince only needs to go see that ordinary prisoner. "

Prince Huan asked, "What's the situation with the guards over there?"

Ouyang Xiu said, "His Majesty said that if he doesn't run this time, then he won't run in the future either. He doesn't have any guards that he wants to keep up with."

Prince Huan looked at his nephew and saw that he was also looking at him. After a moment of silence, he nodded and agreed, "Then I'll leave this matter to you. The amnesty distribution was tight and there was no extra silver on the account. You can directly take out a few blank silver notes from the Qilin Pavilion, the kind that needs to be stamped with the official seal before it can be used. "

Zhao Qingyan thought for a moment. "That's good as well. I don't want my father to find out and scold me."

Prince Huan raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you were planning on asking Fourth Brother for silver."

"I wouldn't dare." Zhao Qingyan quickly denied it and muttered, "I just plan to take a portion from my mother and return it later."

Duke Huai could only helplessly reply, "For such a large sum of silver, if you take out the Qi Kingdom to make up for it, you would be scolded lightly by Fourth Brother."

Zhao Qingyan exclaimed, "Father won't hit me, will he?"

Duke Huan rolled his eyes in annoyance, "I'm afraid that Fourth Brother will scold you and come over to scold me as well!"

Zhao Qingyan shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture of helplessness. "You can't blame me for that. I'm also helping you solve your problem."

Duke Huan was so angry that he started laughing out loud, "Go, go. Help me clear my troubles and quickly go back and rest. Don't fall sick at this critical juncture!"

Zhao Qingyan bowed and agreed, "I will go back and rest now. Master, please don't forget to eat. It will be cold again in a while …"

Duke Huan had an expression that said he wanted nothing more than for him to hurry up and leave, "I know, go ahead."

Zhao Qingyan smiled and stopped messing around with him. He cupped his hands towards Ouyang Xiu and said, "Mister Ouyang, I'll ask Hao Yun to go get the results of this investigation and the current status of Ran Shisui. "In addition, I would like a timetable for the rotation of jailers."

Ouyang Xiu replied, "Yes, I will prepare everything and send someone to send it to the Qilin Hall."

Zhao Qingyan thanked him, "Then I'll be troubling Official Ouyang. When everything is settled, we will inform the Lord. " He turned his head to look at Duke Huai and pointed at the food in front of him. Without waiting for him to curse or laugh, he quickly walked away, leaving behind a trail of shadows.

Prince Huan smiled wryly as he shook his head. "This child …"

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "In the end, you still keep these things in your heart."

Prince Huan sighed. "I'm not afraid that he won't care. I'm only afraid that he will be too difficult for himself."

Ouyang Xiu replied, "You can't take everything into consideration. This young prince has his own plans, so I don't need to worry too much about it."

Prince Huan looked at the closed door and helplessly said, "That's right, even if we're worried, what can we do? "Let him be …"

— —

"Your Royal Highness, Young Master's carriage left the south city gates this morning."

Hearing this, the Qi King was slightly startled, but he did not show any expression on his face. Putting down the book in his hand, he asked faintly, "Has there been any movement from Mo'er's side?"

The guard on one knee shook his head. "Young master has been staying in the grass garden all this time. He went out to meet the Thirteenth Prince, so he came out very quickly. However, the Young Master seems to be planning on returning today. "

King Qi said, "That's fine too, let him come back and watch him."

The guard lowered his head and replied, "Yes. Is there anything you need to pass on to Young Master? "

The Qi King laughed, "There's no need. You just need to know what's on your mind. There's no point in exposing it. Also, take a few men with you and go out of the city and find Merle's carriage and burn it down on the spot. Do things in secret and don't let anyone find out. "

The guard asked, "The young master's carriage was sent out of the house, and the wangfei knows about it. How should I answer that? "

The Qi King thought for a moment, then ordered, "Go to Mo'er, meet Jin'er, and have her leave the house from the bamboo garden. If the wangfei asks, just say that Jin'er rode the horse carriage out. "

The guard said blankly, "This way... Can you hide it? "

The Qi King laughed, "Mo'er will use his carriage to send them away. Naturally, he will think of a good excuse beforehand. You can ask Jin'er, Mo'er definitely gave her instructions, and just do as Mo'er says. When it's done, come back and let me know. "

The guard replied, "Yes, this lowly one will go now." He stood up and silently retreated.

— —

"Your Highness, the carriage of the young prince has left the city today."

King Xin suddenly raised his head. "Aren't the city gates sealed?" How can his carriage get out of the city? "

"I'm not sure either. I heard that someone gave the order to let anyone from the King's Manor leave the city."

The Xin King frowned slightly. "Mansion? All of the Duke Palaces? "

"Yes, all of the Duke Palaces, everyone."

King Xin slowly exhaled. "Alright, I understand. You may leave."

"Yes, this old servant will take his leave."

The king watched him leave, and only after a long time did his brows slowly relax. A bitter smile appeared on his lips. "Royal brother, ah, royal brother, which part of this game are you playing?"

This time, if the fish caught the hook, it would be able to hold onto the rod, making it likely that it would be an extremely large fish.

A big fish that could kill Zhao Qingyan or even kill her.

— —

Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded. Gongzi, who was taking a nap on the roof, suddenly opened his eyes and descended from the roof. A short blade landed in his hand as he flipped his wrist. "Who is it?"

"Jiang Wuyan." The white-clothed man walked out from the darkness. His long white robe was dyed half red with blood. The quiver on his back was already empty, and his prodigal son Wuya had also been stained with blood.

Gongzi was slightly startled, and his taut muscles loosened up a bit. "Lord Jiang, what are you doing?"

Jiang Wuyan coughed lightly, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He wiped the blood from his lips with his sleeve, and his eyes that had been a little unfocused for a moment due to coughing just now regained their calmness. "Some of my friends were being hunted down, so I helped." The pursuers have already left. I arranged for my friends to wait in the mountain hundreds of miles away from here.

Gongzi creased his brow and didn't say anything else. He only asked, "Then what does Lord Jiang Zhen want right now?"

Jiang Wuyan threw the 'Prodigal Son Wuya' on her back to the side, spread out her arms to show that she had no other weapons, and said, "I wish to see young master."

Gong Sou looked at the already dark window behind him and hesitated: "Young master just took a break, is the town lord in a hurry?"

Jiang Wuyan said: "If it's not convenient to disturb, I can stay here and wait for Young Master to wake up."

"Gongzi, let him in." The faint sound of flint scraping against stone rang out in the silent night. Candles lit up in the room as the green-clothed gongzi's voice faintly rang out.

Gongzi shrugged and stepped aside, "Then be at ease, Lord Jiang." I'll watch your bow for you. "

Jiang Wuyan thanked him and walked to the door with large strides. Then, she lightly tapped the door twice: "Sorry for disturbing you." Without waiting for his master to reply, he pushed open the door and walked in.

Gongzi bent down and picked up "Lobo Wuya", then he flew back to the roof and hugged his bow as he lay down on the floor, squinting his eyes.

From this position, he could hear the sounds of conversation, but he couldn't hear the whispers. As long as the young master had orders, he could receive it immediately, and could even go straight through the roof.

When Young Master Qing Yi was resting, he didn't like keeping more people by his side. There were three to four bedrooms in such a huge courtyard. Apart from the young master in green, only Gongzi was lying on the roof. To the azure-robed young master, he only needed someone to run errands for and act as a guard.

When Shadow and Feng Qiong weren't around, this chore fell on Gongzi.

He yawned loudly, squinting at the beautiful moon, wondering if it would snow any more in recent days — he couldn't lie down on the roof now that it was snowing. The view from the roof was much better than the pavilion in the courtyard, which could barely withstand the snow.

And, by the way, I can eavesdrop on some interesting things...

"It's already late into the night. What's the matter for Lord Jiang to come all the way here in such a hurry?" He was wearing a long robe and his eyes were drowsy. In contrast, the mask on his face was tight. He was straight and meticulous, not like something he had put on at the last minute. It was likely that this guy, who never showed off his appearance, would even sleep while wearing a mask.

Jiang Wuyan simply sized him up. Her gaze did not linger on him for long. She went straight to the point and asked, "Young master, you should know where I've been these past few days, right?"

The man in cyan slightly raised his eyebrows and asked back with a smile, "The lord of the town is not my subordinate, so he came and went as he pleased. How do I know where you are from?"

Jiang Wuyan smiled lightly, "This matter concerns Yun Mo's safety, and involves the success or failure of the amnesty. How could young master not know about this? The speed of Feng Yunxuan's message is extremely fast, why do you have to keep me in suspense? "

The green-clothed young master smiled. His smile looked too good under the light of the candlelight. "But I didn't think that these insignificant abandoned soldiers from the Light Wind Palace would be worth Lord Jiang risking his life to save them."