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"I have something to ask you to do." Princess Yucheng leaned back in the rocking chair with her hands in her sleeves.

Although his appearance was lazy, there was a murderous look in his eyes.

"Just follow the princess' orders!" Su Qinchao shuddered when he saw Princess Yucheng's expression.

"Tomorrow you will take my seal and go to Henan Province to pick up the Prince of Huaining." Two days ago, Princess Yucheng received a secret letter from Henan Province.

The letter was secretly delivered by Princess Huaining. The person was covered in blood when he arrived. He managed to deliver the secret letter to Lu Yong with one breath before he fell to the ground and fainted.

After waking up and asking carefully, I found out that this person was the foster brother of Princess Huaining.

Originally, there were a total of ten people holding the princess's secret letter, but he was the only one who got out of Henan Road alive, and he survived by falling into the river halfway.

Prince Huaining favored his concubine over his wife, causing the princess to be bedridden for a long time. The princess was afraid that she could not protect the prince, so she sent someone to risk her life to go to the capital to find Princess Yucheng to seek justice.

Lu Yong, who was standing aside, explained the reason before handing the box containing Princess Yucheng's seal to Su Qinchao.

"My background is extraordinary. I am the daughter of Wang Wan, the richest man in Henan Province. Her family is also deeply rooted in Henan Province. You'd better be careful." Princess Yucheng said her plan with anger on her face.

"I will send a few more secret guards to help you secretly. You must not delay in picking up the prince. Come back as soon as possible."

"Yes, I will follow the princess's orders!" This was not the first time Su Qinchao had helped Princess Yucheng with her affairs. He did not ask any more questions and went downstairs after taking the seal.

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The next morning, Su Qinchao took Guanqi out. They rode at full speed all the way, traveling day and night for more than a month before arriving in Henan.

It is the time to eat mushrooms in Henan Road at this time of year, when spring comes and flowers bloom. Both sides of the road are lined with stalls selling fresh flower mushrooms.

However, the two were not in the mood to go and went straight into the city. After entering the city, they found a restaurant closest to the palace and rented a room to live in.

As soon as they entered the room, they asked the waiter to get some hot water and cleaned themselves up.

I ordered some food to fill my stomach, and then, seeing that it was still early, I took a quick rest to recuperate.

It was late at night, around 15:55, that he changed into night clothes, led Guanqi to climb over the eaves and walls, avoiding the palace guards and entering the princess's courtyard.

"Coo, coo, coo" Su Qinchao imitated a few night owl calls and then gently knocked on the window frame a few times.

Seeing the lights on in the room, Su Qin winked at Guanqi, asking him to stay in the dark to get some fresh air, then he slowly opened the window and slipped in.

"Su Qinchao, the General of the Imperial Guards, pays homage to the princess!" As soon as he entered, Su Qinchao knelt on one knee in front of the screen and handed over the seal and his fish bag.

"Princess, it is indeed someone sent by the princess." A maid who was about seventeen or eighteen years old came out from behind the screen, took the thing in Su Qin's hand, looked at it again and again, and then told Princess Changning, who was lying in bed behind the screen, with certainty.

"General Su...please stand up, Mi...er, serve tea." Princess Changning's voice was extremely hoarse, and she managed to finish the sentence intermittently.

Afterwards, he couldn't stop coughing several times, as if he was going to cough out his heart and lungs in the next moment.

"May I ask where the prince is now? The princess ordered us to bring him back to Chang'an as soon as possible!" Su Qinchao refused the tea handed over by the maid and spoke bluntly with a bow.

"He was still in the princess's courtyard half a month ago. Later, the princess's condition worsened, so the prince took the prince away! He said he was afraid of the disease. Now the princess and I can't go out, so we don't know where the prince is."

The maid glanced at the princess, then anxiously told Su Qinchao what she knew.

"So that's it!" It seems that the situation is not that simple, Su Qinchao thought to himself, a dignified princess is actually under house arrest here.

Su Qinchao thought about it, and asked the maid to draw a portrait of the prince before saying goodbye and leaving. Before leaving, he specially comforted the princess:

"Don't worry, Princess. I will definitely succeed in rescuing the prince. I will inform you when the time comes."

After leaving the princess's courtyard, the two went to the main courtyard of Prince Changning and the concubine's Qinfang Pavilion to investigate. After a round, they did not find the prince.

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"I still have to find a chance to sneak into the palace during the day and ask someone." Su Qinchao took off his nightgown and threw it on the chair next to him. He scooped up some water to wash his face before lying on the bed to think carefully.

How can I get in? Su Qinchao has not thought of a solution yet, and his disguise skills are not good enough. I don't know where the secret guards arranged by Princess Yucheng are. They won't appear when there is danger.

After thinking for a long time without any result, Su Qinchao simply stopped thinking about it and ignored watching the chess game. He just covered his head and fell asleep.

He was so exhausted from traveling so long that the two or three hours of sleep during the day were completely useless.

The next morning, after they had breakfast, they left the house. They spent the entire day hiding around the palace and observing. It was not until the evening that Su Qinchao came up with a plan.

It turned out that the people in this place loved to eat mushrooms, and the palace was no exception. Almost every day someone fell ill after eating mushrooms, and doctors often went in and out of the palace.

There were only a few doctors that the palace often hired, so he just had to find one of them and disguise himself as a servant to sneak in.

Su Qinchao did what he said. He chose a doctor who looked particularly honest and loyal. After showing the doctor his Jinwuwei fish bag, he stated his request.

Naturally, the doctor did not dare to refuse. He just waited for the palace to summon him, and then he took the disguised Su Qinchao and sneaked into the Changning Palace.

When they arrived at the servants' room of the palace, Su Qinchao followed the doctor to see the sick eunuch. While the doctor was boiling medicine, he chatted with the eunuchs who were playing mahjong in the corridor.

Su Qinchao played mahjong with these young eunuchs for half an hour and spent more than a tael of silver before he managed to find out where the prince was.

It turned out that the prince was imprisoned in a small courtyard called Qinlan Garden on the east side of the palace. The prince even specially transferred away the people who served the prince, leaving only the seven-year-old prince alone.

Every day, he was only given two steamed buns and half a bowl of water, completely disregarding the prince's situation in the courtyard.

I heard from one of the young eunuchs that the prince is now so thin that his bones are just skin and bones, and he is still wearing the same clothes he wore before he went in.

Su Qinchao was furious after hearing these words. He also had young children who he loved and cared for on a daily basis. How could someone treat their own children so cruelly?

Is it possible that a prince is unwilling to raise a child? No wonder the princess was so anxious to ask him to come and pick him up.

After returning, the two of them worked until midnight before sneaking into Prince Changning's Mansion again. It took them more than half an hour to find the Qinlan Pavilion on the east side.

Su Qin glanced at the plaque on the door to confirm that he had found the right person, and as usual, he left Guanqi to watch in the dark.

He sneaked in alone and searched most of the yard stealthily before he found the frighteningly thin prince among a pile of messy brocade.