With a wave of his hand, the Prince's Mansion's fortune exploded throughout the entire cap

Jingjing watched Gu Feng's departing figure, carefully recalling the scent she had just smelled.

However, only Wang Chun was by her side, and no one heard her true feelings.

Wang Chun watched as her mistress looked towards the departing Second Young Master and said softly, "Princess, it's getting dark and the wind is strong. Let's go back inside first."

The princess said that although the princess is young, she has her own opinions.

As long as it's not easy to break the rules while outside, everything should be done according to the princess's wishes.

"Princess, today the manor has prepared crab-stuffed oranges, as well as fresh lychees sent by Her Majesty the Empress."

As soon as she heard about the delicious food, Xiao Jingjing's attention immediately shifted: "Crab-stuffed orange? Great! Wangchun, let's go home!"

Little Jingjing, led by Wangchun towards the dining hall of Fuluyuan, opened her innocent eyes and asked, "Wangchun~ what is lychee? I've never heard of it."

Does such a thing exist in the Immortal Realm?

[Never mind, things in the immortal realm are all called spiritual fruits or something like that.]

[Since it doesn't contain words like "spirit" or "immortal," it probably isn't from the celestial realm.]

"Princess, the lychees were delivered by fast horse from the southern border, they are very rare. Our palace received ten, plus the seven bestowed by the Empress, making a total of fifteen."

However, it seems there are still some this year.

The princess did not reveal her origins, which means they cannot be known to outsiders.

Inside the dining hall, Lu Wenshu saw Xiao Jingjing and immediately reached out to hug her: "Jingjing! Let your mother hold you."

Little Jingjing wrapped her arms around Lu Wenshu's neck and nuzzled against her, saying, "Mother~ Jingjing missed you so much~ Why didn't you come back with us just now, Mother?"

"Just now? Your mother and your aunt were just discussing your eldest cousin's marriage."

Little Jingjing showed little interest: "Oh, I see!"

Lu Wenshu recalled that yesterday, when Xiao Jingjing was not around, she took her elder brother and sister-in-law to the Prince's Mansion to inquire about the birth of Songchuan.

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In the study of Prince Jing in the front courtyard, Xiao Chengyan and Lu Wenshu sat behind the desk, while Lu Wenshu's brother and sister-in-law and Lu Fusheng sat in front of the desk.

"Brother, are the midwife from that day still around, and the doctor who took your pulse before, still alive? Are there any clues?"

Lu Yunfan's face stiffened: "Of the two midwives, one passed away, and the other left the capital to follow her son to Suzhou in the northwest; as for the doctor, it was Dr. Gao Li, a famous physician at the Gao family clinic in the south of the city, who treated her. However, since Empress Dowager Gao passed away, the Gao family has disintegrated and their whereabouts are unknown."

Despite her forced composure, Liu Shuang's face was pale and her voice was low: "The only gain is that the old nanny who had returned to the Liu family to live out her days is still alive. She said she always felt that when I was pregnant with my second child, it didn't seem like a single pregnancy."

"At the time, she was only concerned about me. After I fainted during childbirth, she left to get some ginseng soup. She didn't know what happened after Matsukawa came out."

Lu Wenshu frowned slightly: "What about the little maid from that day? Wasn't your personal maid with you the whole time during childbirth?"

Liu Shuang closed her eyes and gently shook her head: "One of them was holding Song Chuan and telling you the good news, while the other was busy tending the charcoal fire."

The implication is that, apart from the two midwives handling the situation, no one was monitoring their actions.

Lu Fusheng interrupted his mother's increasingly distressed words: "Uncle, have you come across any new clues today?"

Xiao Chengyan nodded slightly, picked up a brush and wrote the character "女" (woman).

Once they could see clearly, they used a candle nearby to light the paper, turning it to ashes.

"Your Highness, is this clue genuine?"

Lu Fusheng thought of the list of all the sons of officials and merchants in the capital that he had collected in recent days. His pupils contracted slightly and his eyes tightened.

"There is no doubt that she is a woman within one year of Matsukawa's age."

Girls born within six months of their younger brother's birth all resembled their family members, but none resembled their younger brother, father, or mother.

Liu Shuang closed her eyes in despair.

There was nothing to doubt in the capital, so he must have gone to other prefectures.

But once you leave the capital, the world is vast, where else can you go to find it?

"Sister-in-law, you and my brother are both very good-looking, so your niece must be outstanding too. We'll find someone."

Lu Wenshu lowered her voice, speaking cautiously: "Both the Prince's Mansion and the Lu family support merchant caravans. They travel all over the country and have seen a lot, making them easier to find."

Liu Shuang seemed to have found a lifeline: "Yes, the caravan! Use my portrait to find them!"

Xiao Chengyan's brow twitched slightly: "No. Sister-in-law is a woman after all. If the caravan openly uses your portrait to search for someone, it's inevitable that someone will use this as an excuse to attack the Liu and Lu families."

Lu Fusheng nodded, "Yes, Mother. We'll leave this to His Highness. Only my second brother's portrait can be used."

"Yes, yes, Matsukawa. Matsukawa has feminine features, so if the artist paints him more delicately or softly, it's hard to tell if he's male or female."

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"Jingjing, come and look at these lychees!"

Lu Wenshu placed Xiao Jingjing on a high stool between herself and her mother.

Little Jingjing turned and hugged Fang Yuhua: "Grandma~ which one is Lychee?"

Fang Yuhua pushed the plate next to her to a place where Jingjing could reach it: "These are lychees. Look, if you gently squeeze them here, the shell will crack open, and the white flesh inside will be sweet and juicy. Jingjing, have a taste."

"Okay~"

Following Fang Yuhua's instructions step by step, Xiao Jingjing exclaimed, "So sweet!"

[It's white, and it looks pretty too~]

Seeing that she liked it, Fang Yuhua gently touched the pearl hairpin in her hair and said, "If Xiao Jingjing likes it, Wangchun can come to Fuluyuan to get it tomorrow."

"Huh? Didn't you say it wouldn't be much?"

Seeing Xiao Jingjing's puzzled look, Fang Yuhua gently pinched her little nose: "It was delivered by your cousin from the southern border at top speed."

"Cousin-in-law?"

"He is your sister Chan'er's father."

Little Jingjing's big eyes sparkled: "Then Sister Chan'er will get to eat lychees too?"

"have."

Little Jingjing ate the lychees in a hurry, her voice a little muffled: "What about my brothers? And Father, Uncle and Aunt, and my three cousins?"

Lu Wenshu chuckled, "Everything's there! You can just relax and eat. Little housekeeper~"

After saying that, Lu Wenshu tapped Xiao Jingjing's forehead with her index finger.

Inside the Prince's study, Xiao Chengyan lit the note on a candle flame and threw it into a nearby charcoal brazier, letting it turn to ashes.

Qingzheng looked at the prince, who was turning his wheelchair and looking out the window, and asked with lowered eyes, "Your Highness, yesterday I received a letter from Yuexi, who is by the side of the Second Young Master. There is still no trace of the Tang family in the Northwest."

"Wu Wang, have you found that skeleton?"

Dressed in white, with an aloof and otherworldly air, Wu Wang gently tossed the teacup in his hand: "A little girl, about five or six years old, you can see that her ribs have been cut open."

Xiao Chengyan's tone was icy: "Besides those two sentences, haven't you discovered anything new?"

Wu Wang looked innocent: "It's all just a skeleton now, so of course you can only tell its age and gender, not that it has any fractures."

"Where's the poison?"

Wu Wang blew on the hot tea in front of him and said casually, "No."

Qingzheng stepped forward, sword in hand: "Lord Wuwang, besides your medical skills, you also know divination and the like. Do you have any strange formations that require a young girl's corpse?"