Quick Travel: Saving the Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Role

After taking him out to play, Wuyou became much more cheerful. After coming back, he hung the lantern on the head of his bed. He extinguished it the next day and asked someone to replace the lamp oil and continued to hang it.

Li Changle was trembling with fear all day long, but the next day when he went to court, Li Changhuan did not mention the matter, nor did he let her go to the imperial study after the morning court.

Li Changle was nervous and troubled for the entire morning court session. Finally, she could not bear it any longer and went to the imperial study to ask to see Li Changhuan.

Li Changhuan said this yesterday just to make her feel uneasy. When he heard that she came to ask for an audience, he picked up the memorial beside him and took a look, then said, "Please let Third Sister in."

The palace maid left, and Li Changle quickly came in. After paying her respects, she said, "Last night, His Highness said he had an important matter for me. I wonder what it was? And why didn't he mention it during the morning court?"

"The Dongli invaded our border, and although they have been repelled, the Third Princess of Dongli committed suicide to apologize. The Dongli envoys will be returning to Dongli soon. I would like you to escort them and at the same time go to the border to comfort the local soldiers and civilians. I wonder if you are willing to do this for me?"

This was something she should have done, and Li Changhuan was also planning to go there in person once the empress felt better.

Now the empress's health has not recovered, and Li Changhuan can't stand Li Changle, so he plans to take this opportunity to let her work hard.

Li Changle was very surprised. She had thought that her younger sister, the Emperor, would not allow her to have access to military power. But now, she was asked to appease the soldiers and civilians on the border. What was the meaning of this? Was he trying to set her up?

But this is indeed a good opportunity. Even if you can't seize the military power immediately, you can still gain some favor from the border generals.

For those generals fighting on the battlefield, Li Changhuan, the princess with superb martial arts skills who can personally lead them in the charge, is much more powerful than her, a princess who only has a reputation for being virtuous.

Seeing that she was hesitant to answer, Li Changhuan asked, "Is your Majesty unwilling?"

Li Changle bowed quickly and said, "I am willing to share the worries of the princess."

"Then, Imperial Sister, please go back and prepare. I will ask the Empress for permission. It will probably take two days."

"Yes."

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After that night, Li Changhuan asked Shangguan Hui to keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion, especially Xiao Yanzhi. Sure enough, some clues were found within a few days.

Xiao Yanzhi learned from the Prime Minister's husband that the Prime Minister had another son.

It turns out that before Prime Minister Xiao Yunxiu married her current husband, she had a childhood sweetheart.

However, the situation was chaotic at that time. Xiao Yunxiu went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Their hometown was hit by banditry and her husband was abducted by the bandits. Everyone said that the situation was very bad.

Xiao Yunxiu was heartbroken and returned to the capital. She won the favor of Pingyang Hou, who married his legitimate son to her, who is now the prime minister's legal husband. A year later, they gave birth to Xiao Yanzhi.

At that time, Xiao Yunxiu was only a ninth-rank proofreader, and was later appointed as the magistrate of Zhengyang County. At that time, the prime minister Zhengfu had just given birth and could not take him to the office.

In the second year of Xiao Yunxiu's tenure as county magistrate in Zhengyang County, she reunited with her ex-husband Lin Zhi. Their old love was rekindled and they had a son.

After Xiao Yunxiu learned about this, she took the child to Zhengyang County and soon became pregnant. Lin Zhi became jealous and tried to harm him many times, but he ended up hurting himself and died by accidentally consuming poisonous soup.

As for the child, they encountered bandits on their way back. Xiao Yunxiu only had time to protect her own two children, and the whereabouts of the child were unknown.

These were all said by Xiao Yanzhi's father. Shangguan Hui presented them to Li Changhuan. After reading them, Li Changhuan raised his hand and shattered the paper into pieces.

Shangguan Hui said, "These are all from the Prime Minister's husband, so I'm afraid they can't be trusted. If you say that the young master is really the child from back then, then there must be something hidden."

The Prime Minister's husband is obviously not a good person.

After hearing this, Li Changhuan's brows were also filled with some sadness.

"Send people to Zhengyang County to investigate the people around Lin Zhi back then. Maybe some of them are still alive. First, we need to confirm whether he is the Prime Minister's son. Before that, we must not let the news leak out."

If it could be proved that it was Prime Minister Zhengfu who killed his father and deliberately lost him, causing him to fall into prostitution, Li Changhuan would definitely avenge him.

Shangguan Hui bowed and said, "Yes!"

What surprised Li Changhuan was that Xiao Yanzhi went to the East Palace before Shangguan Hui came back after finding out the truth.

It was the steward of the Eastern Palace who sent someone to inform her, and Li Changhuan immediately returned to the Eastern Palace.

She thought Xiao Yanzhi had bad intentions, but when she returned to the East Palace, she saw him and Wuyou sitting opposite each other drinking tea, and Wuyou seemed to be in a good mood.

The female official serving beside her called out, "The princess has arrived."

The two men immediately stood up and turned around to salute.

"I have met His Highness."

"Everyone, get up." She walked straight to Wuyou and sat down next to him. Xiao Yanzhi also sat back.

"Mr. Xiao, what's the important matter that brought you to the East Palace today?"

Shangguan Hui was not at home, and the housekeeper didn't know what happened that day. When she heard that the prime minister's legitimate son came to visit the nobles in the East Palace, she couldn't drive him away, so she let him in.

However, she also knew that the Queen intended for His Highness to choose a concubine, but His Highness refused and had no interest in the Prime Minister's son. She was worried that the Prime Minister's son would say something unpleasant to Master Yan, so she immediately sent someone to invite Li Changhuan back.

Now, hearing His Highness' tone, I couldn't help but feel fortunate that I had self-awareness.

Xiao Yanzhi saw her arm around Wuyou's shoulder, which was a gesture of protection and possession.

A strange look flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, I have come here uninvited today because I really have something important to discuss with Master Yan. I have heard that Master Yan's father is called Lin An."

When Li Changhuan heard the name, his eyes pierced him like a sharp sword, full of ill will.

"Don't be nervous, Your Highness." Xiao Yanzhi soothed him, "When I saw Young Master Yan that day, I felt he looked very familiar. I went back and asked my father, and he told me that my family had a younger brother who was unfortunately lost on her way back to the capital after completing her term. His whereabouts are unknown. The servant who took care of my brother at the time was named Lin An. Young Master Yan's description just now matches Lin An's. So, Young Master Yan must be my brother who has been stranded for over a decade."

What he said made sense. Because he thought they looked similar, he went to check, and when he checked, the person matched, so he couldn't wait to come to the East Palace to find Wuyou.

Li Changhuan frowned. "There are many people with the same name and similar appearance in this world. How can you be sure that this Lin An is that Lin An?"

Lin An used to be a prostitute in Lanhuafang, and even the person next to Li Changhuan was from Lanhuafang. The three of them knew it very well, but Xiao Yanzhi couldn't say it directly.

He said, "It is precisely because of so many coincidences that I wanted to come and see Master Yan. My father said that my brother has a cinnabar-red mole on his Danzhong point."

Although he was mentally prepared, Li Changhuan was still surprised at this moment.

The Dan Zhong point is between the two chests. Wuyou does have a red mole on the Dan Zhong point, which is very beautiful. Every time she lies on the couch, she is reluctant to leave and only feels satisfied when the skin on that area turns red.