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"Your Highness..." Song Qingning's voice trembled slightly.

This was the first time Xie Xuanjin had seen her so panicked. He looked at the files on the table, his gaze sweeping over the words "Song Qian" and then over "Prince Su".

Xie Xuanjin narrowed his eyes.

These past few days, Song Qingning has been investigating Prince Su, and is particularly interested in the relationship between Prince Su and Prince Yu.

He vaguely guessed what Song Qingning was thinking based on her reaction.

Song Qian was not from a prominent family. Although he was granted a title of nobility during the reign of the late emperor, he did not get involved in the power struggles among the princes.

After Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, Prince Su fled.

The general who was ordered to capture Prince Su was none other than Marquis Yongning, Song Qian.

This led to Prince Su being placed under house arrest, personally burning down his palace, and committing suicide in the fire.

And Prince Yu...

At that time, Prince Yu was traveling abroad.

That day, Ning'er asked about Prince Yu, and he carefully investigated Prince Yu's past when he was young.

Among the late emperor's sons, Prince Yu was a marginal figure, posing no threat to anyone, not close to anyone, and having little interaction with Prince Su.

Even Prince Yu's return to the capital was after Prince Su's burial.

While investigating Prince Yu, Xie Xuanjin discovered some other things.

Xie Xuanjin recalled Xie Yunli's unusual behavior that day, his gaze darkened slightly, and he pulled himself out of his thoughts, gripping Song Qingning's hand tightly. "If you are worried about your father-in-law, I will send more shadow guards to secretly protect him and the Marquis's residence."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness."

Song Qingning calmed down a bit.

She could guard against Song Changsheng and Song Qingyan, but if Prince Yu's purpose was indeed, as she suspected, aimed at her father, she wasn't sure.

Shadow guards are not a long-term solution.

The important person Shen Ao mentioned was Prince Yu. If her father's death in her previous life was related to Prince Yu, she couldn't afford to be careless.

Song Qingning took a deep breath, but quickly regained her composure after her brief moment of loss of composure.

Thinking about Wan Liang's report just now.

Now that she had brought the person back, she was even more determined to meet with him and clarify some things.

"Your Highness, I need to leave the manor," Song Qingning said.

Xie Xuanjin didn't let go of her hand. "I'll go with you."

Song Qingning did not refuse.

It was already night.

The two kept a low profile during this trip.

Uncle Qin prepared an ordinary carriage without any identification markings, and the two men wore cloaks to cover themselves completely.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in a small alley.

At the end of the alley, in a small courtyard, the two pushed open the door and entered.

The people in the courtyard seemed to hear the noise, and the lights that were on in the room suddenly went out, indicating that the people inside were on guard.

It wasn't until Wan Liang strode to the door and knocked rhythmically that the person inside turned the lights back on.

Then, the door opened.

The woman looked delighted. "Brother Wan."

"Cough cough..." Wan Liang coughed awkwardly, his gaze turning to the prince and princess in the courtyard.

The woman followed the gaze and immediately became serious.

Upon seeing Song Qingning, she smiled and said, "Second Miss Song..."

The woman spoke.

"Call her Princess," Wan Liang corrected.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then saw a man and a woman in the courtyard. Her gaze swept over the Prince of Huai, and a hint of hatred quickly gathered and then dissipated in her eyes.

"This humble woman greets the Prince of Huai and the Princess of Huai."

"No need for such formalities," Song Qingning said.

Song Qingning and Xie Xuanjin went inside, while Wan Liang stood guard outside the door.

Inside the room, the woman's expression was conflicted.

She looked at Song Qingning with gratitude in her eyes, but when she looked at Xie Xuanjin, although she tried to hide it, a trace of deep hatred still showed through her.

"I should call you cousin," Xie Xuanjin said. "You should be called Xie Fu."

On the way here, Song Qingning had already told him the woman's identity.

The woman was none other than [name omitted].

Just a few months ago, at a palace banquet, Xie Fu, the orphan of Prince Su, was disguised as a dancer to assassinate Emperor Yuan.

That day, Lady Liu received a message from Shen Ao and wanted to use it to help Song Qingyan gain merit.

Song Qingning instructed Vice Minister Meng to arrange for the dancers to be abducted beforehand, and she did not appear at the banquet.

The plans of Liu and Song Qingyan have failed.

After settling her in, Vice Minister Meng secretly sent her out of the capital.

Before leaving the capital, Vice Minister Meng arranged for Song Qingning to meet with her.

She originally resented Song Qingning for delaying her important mission to assassinate Emperor Yuan, but later, she learned that someone was waiting to expose her at the palace banquet, and she realized that her assassination plan had already been discovered.

Perhaps it wasn't insight, but rather that someone leaked her assassination plan, and that person wanted her dead.

Miss Song was kidnapped, but she was rescued.

"Xie Fu? I am no longer Xie Fu, Your Highness Prince Huai. My name is now Ping'er."

Without a home, even if she escaped, she would be like a drifting duckweed.

"Ping'er, are you willing to tell me now who leaked your plan back then?" Song Qingning asked.

Xie Fu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

She vividly remembered that a few months ago, when she met Song Qingning, Song Qingning had asked her the same question.

She could guess who had leaked the plan.

But he didn't tell Song Qingning.

She originally planned to find an opportunity to ask that person after leaving why he let someone expose her, because in that situation, exposing her would surely lead to her death.

Before she could find that opportunity, she was ambushed not long after leaving the capital.

They were sent by him.

Those people were trying to kill her at every turn.

Song Qingning saved her again.

She saved her and then devised a plan to fake her death, deceiving the assassins, after which she went into hiding to save her life.

During her return to Beijing, she also wanted to find an opportunity to ask him why he wanted her dead.

And that person's identity...

At this moment, Song Qingning asked the question again. Xie Fu glanced at her, pondered for a while, and then no longer hid it, "It is Prince Yu, Xie Bi."

The answer was exactly what Song Qingning expected.

Prince Yu, Xie Bi!

Having confirmed the answer, Song Qingning pressed further, "Are Prince Yu and Prince Su on good terms?"

Xie Fu thought of Prince Yu, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips. "It's more than just being on good terms. My father treated him better than anyone else. Although I was young back then, I still remember some of it."

"Back then, when my father was vying for the throne with the former crown prince, he sent Xie Bi away, saying it was to let him travel the country, but in reality, it was to let him escape the struggle."

"Later, when Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, my father was in a difficult situation. He still ordered his men to keep Xie Bi trapped in the southern territory and prevent him from returning to the capital."

"My father doesn't want him to get involved, he doesn't want him to be implicated."

"After his father's death, Xie Bi returned to the capital. Prince Yu? Ha, everyone knows he is a lazy prince who doesn't care about power."

"He truly didn't crave power; he was solely focused on avenging his father."

"If you wanted revenge, why did you leak my assassination plan? Why did you send someone to kill me?"

"I am my father's daughter. He has been so good to him. He shouldn't treat me like this!"

Xie Fu spoke, her expression becoming somewhat agitated.

Even his eyes gleamed with a hint of fire.

After calming down slightly, Xie Fu met Song Qingning's eyes.

"The reason I agreed to come to the capital with Brother Wan this time is to find Prince Yu and ask him why!"

"Princess Consort of Huai, you will help me, won't you?"