After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Every word Shen Yuyao said hit Xia Yu's heart hard.

During the days of traveling, Xia Yu even slept with one eye half open at night. He really didn't want to experience the pain of losing Xia Xiaoxian again.

He had only been with Xia Xiaoxian for less than three months, but he was already so heartbroken.

How heartbroken would those parents be whose own flesh and blood were stolen to serve as medicine for the devil?

Xia Yu's brows were furrowed, and flames of anger flashed in his wide-open eyes.

Really not human!

brute!

"Your Highness?" Shen Yuyao raised her eyes and looked over.

Xia Yu came back to his senses and said, "This matter must be investigated thoroughly!"

Shen Yuyao rubbed her brows with her fingers. It was easy to say, but how could she get the real evidence that Prince Lu was committing a crime?

Shen Yuyao looked at Xia Xiaoxian.

"Don't even think about it!"

Xia Yu scolded lightly, he thought Shen Yuyao wanted to use Xia Xiaoxian as bait to lure those thieves into a trap.

Shen Yuyao glared at Xia Yu.

Stupid King Ning, what are you thinking about?

How could Shen Yuyao let Xia Xiaoxian be the bait?

That was Shen Yuyao's life. Did she still want to live?

For a while, the two of them were thinking about their own things and didn't say anything.

Xia Xiaoxian looked at Prince Ning, then at Shen Yuyao.

Oh no, why did the atmosphere become so awkward just because my parents said something wrong?

"Mother, Xiaoxian is hungry!"

Xia Xiaoxian pulled Shen Yuyao's sleeve and asked her to look at her sunken belly.

"My little princess, you just had some sweet-scented osmanthus cake, why are you hungry so soon?"

Zisu was a little confused. The little princess was just a baby, why could she eat so much?

"It doesn't matter. If we hurry up, we can still get into the city before the gates close."

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Once we enter the city, there will be a lot of delicious food!"

After saying that, Xia Yu stood up and walked out of the carriage.

Shen Yuyao only heard the sound of horse hooves outside the carriage, which made her even more anxious. Even Dao Yan's carriage began to shake slightly.

Shen Yuyao lifted the car curtain and asked Xia Yu: "My Lord, the little princess just had some meat patties, there's no need to rush."

Xia Yu nodded slightly and said, "Well, let's go into the city earlier. I want to walk around a bit more."

Shen Yuyao knew in her heart that Xia Yu wanted to use his spies in the Ning Palace to find out some facts.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, because the emperor was suspicious, most of the princes inherited this trait.

Among the nine princes, eight are quite scheming, and the only one with a simple mind is the Prince of Qi.

Therefore, each prince not only arranged his own spies in the capital, but also in the fiefdoms of his brothers, and everyone knew it tacitly!

At this time, Xia Yu was angry that King Lu did not fight for it, and he was also angry that he had never received such information.

Eyeliner doesn't work.

Isn't Xia Yu, the Prince of Ning, simply a blind man?

Shen Yuyao was originally entrusted with the imperial order. If she wanted to investigate Prince Lu's crimes and obtain solid evidence, she really had to come up with a good idea.

The carriage continued to travel for a while before finally arriving at the gate of Qingzhou City.

Qingzhou is not like Haozhou. Xia Yu discovered that the city gates of Qingzhou did not allow people to enter and exit freely.

Instead, one must pass through two checkpoints of guards and explain the reason for traveling before being able to enter or exit.

Zhang Yu arrived at the city gate first and handed the token to the guard at the gate.

The guards hurriedly moved the roadblock away and said that the young lady and the young master of the Duke's Mansion were going to pass through Qingzhou, so they should get out of the way.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Shen Yuyao's Black Dragon Guard command order and Xia Yu's King Ning's order were not taken out.

Shen Yuyao half-opened the car curtain and looked out.

Shen Yuyao discovered that the situation at the gate of Qingzhou City was very strange.

It was almost evening, and logically, there should be fewer people entering the city and more people leaving.

But at this time, the people entering and leaving the Qingzhou city gate were exactly the opposite.

Many people were queuing up, waiting to enter the city gate.

Shen Yuyao felt even more strange when her carriage passed by these people waiting in line to enter the city.

Most of the common people who were queuing to enter the city were holding a baby boy in their hands.

Shen Yuyao's eyes turned cold when she saw this. It seemed that Qingzhou City was indeed a bit strange.

She looked at Xia Yu, and from Xia Yu's eyes, Shen Yuyao could tell that Xia Yu should have noticed something.

As Shen Yuyao and his companions entered the city, there was a sudden commotion at the city gate, and the noise became louder and louder.

Shen Yuyao lifted the car curtain and motioned Zhang Yu to go and see what was going on.

"Master, please let my grandson enter the city!"

"I beg you!"

An old man with a hunched back bowed to the military officer with both hands.

"Grandpa, I won't go. Don't beg them!" There was stubbornness in the little grandson's eyes.

"Old man, it's not that we brothers don't want your grandson to go in, it's that your grandson is not a registered population in Qingzhou."

A thin-looking city gate guard said to the old man, "There is a curfew in Qingzhou City now. Anyone who is not registered will be driven out of Qingzhou City! If the leading city gate captain finds out that I let the person in, I'm afraid I won't be able to do my job!"

"General, please have pity on me, your father-in-law. I have lost my son and daughter-in-law. For the sake of this one grandson, please let him go into the city and hide!"

As the old man spoke, he knelt down before the guards guarding the city and kowtowed repeatedly.

Those who were queuing up to enter the city also pleaded for the father-in-law.

"It's getting dark, so please let this old man and the child go into the city. It's too unsafe outside the city at night."

"Yes, Lord Jun, this old man is so pitiful."

"Just be kind and turn a blind eye and let them in!"

"Last night, a foreign woman was unable to enter the city with her baby boy. This morning, the foreign woman was found dead in a grove outside the city, and the baby boy was nowhere to be found."

"Yes, yes. Three days ago, someone broke into the Zhang family in Hongyue Village on the outskirts of the city. The twin boys in the family were snatched away, and the rest of the family was killed!"

"Outside Qingzhou City, the night is really scary now. People say there are man-eating monsters!"

"The villagers in several villages near the city all had relatives in the city, so they went to seek refuge with their relatives. Those who could escape also fled with their children. Now many villages around are empty, it's really terrifying."

The guard listened to the people around him talking, nodded frequently, and a look of pity appeared on his face.

"What are so many people arguing about here?" A man who looked like a captain at the city gate walked out from the crowd.

"Captain Yu, this old man is not from Qingzhou, and he doesn't have a badge. He wants to hide in the city now."

The guard at the city gate bowed respectfully and replied: "Look?"

The man turned his head and looked at the old man, whose clothes were already tattered. He snorted and said, "Qingzhou belongs to Prince Lu, so we have to do what Prince Lu tells us!"