After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

It was a cool spring day, and a drop of lake water slowly flowed down his forehead. He couldn't help but shiver from the cold.

Shangguan Qingyue opened his big innocent eyes, with a hint of regret in them.

[Well, my uncle can swim, so this method won’t work. What a pity.]

She comforted Shao Yihui and said, "Uncle, don't worry. Yue'er will think of another way for you."

Shao Yihui: ...

Shao Yihui handed Shangguan Qingyue back to Wu Yonggui as if he had thrown away a hot potato, and asked him to take her to change clothes. He then went back to the side hall of Kunning Palace to change clothes.

Behind him, Shangguan Qingyue was reluctant to leave, "Uncle, come and play with Yueer when you have time!"

Shao Yihui's steps became quicker.

However, as if it weren't raining, the ship was late and encountered headwinds.

After taking a few steps, he met Shangguan Qiyou who was strolling with Nanny Li.

Shao Yihui learned his lesson and selfishly didn't want to confront these five kids. When he saw Shangguan Qiyou, he subconsciously wanted to take a detour.

There really was a small path, and Shao Yihui went in without thinking.

On the opposite side, Shangguan Qiyou saw him and raised his hand to stop him when he saw him go in. "Fake uncle, don't go in. That's..."

However, Shao Yihui had disappeared.

Shangguan Qiyou looked up at Madam Li, "Madam Li, why did my fake uncle go to the cold palace?"

Nanny Li looked confused. Why did the young master call Mr. Shao his fake uncle, and why did Mr. Shao go to the cold palace?

"This slave doesn't know either..."

Shangguan Qiyou suddenly remembered something and hid behind Li Mama in fear, "Mama, mother said there is a monster in the cold palace, shall we go find someone to save our fake uncle?"

Nanny Li couldn't help but skip a beat, thinking that if the young lady said the five words "save the fake uncle", she would definitely cry...

Back to the point, if she was asked to find someone to rescue the people, she could only report to the princess.

Nanny Li picked up Shangguan Qiyou and said, "Then my young master, come with me to find the princess!"

"Okay! Hurry up! Don't let the fake uncle get eaten by the monster!"

Upon hearing this, Nanny Li twitched the corner of her mouth for some reason.

After eating... not to the point of...

Just... forget it, she should just go find the princess!

On the other side, Shao Yihui found something wrong as he was walking.

There was no one around, it was damp and dark, with dead branches and leaves and even feces on the ground. In front was a dilapidated courtyard with peeling paint on the brick-red door. It was obvious that no one came here, no one cleaned up, and no one was on duty.

Cold palace?

Since it is the cold palace, it holds his grandfather, father's concubine. There is nothing to be afraid of.

If I go back now, I'd lose face.

Shao Yihui continued to walk forward. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed before his eyes. The shadow came and went very quickly. He suspected that he had seen it wrongly. Why did he suspect that he had seen it wrongly, and why did he not confirm that he had seen it wrongly? Because in the next second, it pounced on his face...

“Ahhh@#￥%%￥##@…”

The monster screamed and attacked frantically.

Shao Yihui stretched out his hand to block, but he was no match for the opponent's hand speed. He was scratched several times and was caught off guard.

When he calmed down, he grabbed the thing, which was still furry... Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, the thing nimbly slipped out of his hand. At the same time, the pressure on his face disappeared. Shao Yihui looked carefully and it was gone.

What the hell?

Shao Yihui looked at the bloodstains on his body, didn't dare to go any further, and turned around to walk back.

As soon as he walked out of the alley, he ran into Zhao Ying, Shangguan Shu, and Shangguan Qiyou.

Shao Yihui: ...

Zhao Ying looked at him with a complicated look. She blinked, feeling a little guilty. After a while, she said to Nanny Li, "Go call the imperial physician."

Kunning Palace.

Queen Hyomin hasn't returned yet.

The imperial physician applied medicine to Shao Yihui but remained silent and knew nothing about anything.

Shangguan Qingyue had changed into clean clothes and was also sent over. The family of four watched Shao Yihui apply medicine.

Halfway up, Zhao Ying said, "It's my fault that I didn't tell you that you can't go to the cold palace..."

Shangguan Qingyue nodded in agreement, "Yes, there is a monster in the cold palace!"

Shangguan Qiyou said, "Uncle, you left so quickly that I didn't have time to tell you."

Shao Yihui finally couldn't help it. There was a monster in the palace, and no one cared? Isn't it absurd?

He asked, "What kind of monster is it? If it is a monster, why didn't you find a way to get rid of it long ago?"

What he didn't say was that with such a thing, people in the palace could really live there!

Shangguan Shu also had an impression of this monster. It was a childhood trauma, but as time went by, he forgot about it. Now, when he looked at it, he realized that it actually existed!

He looked at Zhao Ying, also full of doubts.

Zhao Ying said seriously, "I don't know either. Don't ask me. Just remember not to go there again."

Zhao Ying was obviously unwilling to say it, and Shao Yihui didn't force her, but Shangguan Shu smelled an unusual smell and planned to go back and ask his father.

After Zhao Ying and her companions had taken the medicine, they left. After they left, Shao Yihui asked a few palace maids if they knew what kind of monster was imprisoned in the cold palace. However, the maids shook their heads and said they didn't know. They only said that no one in the palace cared and no one asked.

The monster has been happening for many years, and some old people in the palace should know about it, but the Kunning Palace is newly renovated and there are no old people in the palace anymore.

Shao Yihui then waited with doubts until Empress Xiaomin came back. Empress Xiaomin discussed with Emperor Jianxi in the Yangxin Palace that since he had returned, he should change his name and be included in the royal jade book, and also go through some red tape such as the title of nobility, the granting of a mansion, etc.

Queen Xiaomin also said that she would cook dinner for him personally to welcome him.

After he finished speaking, Queen Hyomin noticed the scratches on his face. She asked angrily, "Who bullied you?"

Shao Yihui shook his head, a little embarrassed, "I went to the cold palace."

Empress Xiaomin frowned, and was surprised for a moment. After a while, she seemed to remember something. She couldn't help laughing, and looked like she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, until Shao Yihui asked her, "Mother, what's going on in the cold palace?"

Queen Xiaomin did not answer, but asked, "Is it the imperial physician that Ying'er invited for you?"

"Yes."

"So what did she tell you?"

"She told me not to go in again..."

"Then just listen to her! My son, curiosity kills the cat."

Queen Hyomin also kept it from him.

Shao Yihui was extremely curious, but he had to suppress it. He waited for the sunset and Emperor Jianxi arrived in time for dinner.

As soon as he saw him, of course he asked about the wound on his face. He repeated the story verbatim, but Emperor Jianxi burst into laughter with his belly bulging.

He asked, "Why is Father laughing?"

Empress Xiaomin sighed and wanted to consider her child's face, but she also felt that if she kept it secret any longer, her son would become suspicious, so she let Emperor Jianxi tell it.

Emperor Jianxi couldn't help laughing, "I am laughing at the monkey in the cold palace. He must have mistaken you for Cheng Qian and is taking revenge on you. Hahahahahaha..."

Shao Yihui: ...

"Father, what do you mean?" Shao Yihui frowned and said with difficulty.

Queen Hyomin replied, "Tsk, when your sister was a child, she went to Mount Emei with your father to worship the gods. At that time, she was crazy about Sun Wukong. When she saw the monkeys on Mount Emei, your sister stole one with a sack and brought it back."

"Not only that, he also forced your father to appoint Monkey as his consort..."

"Your father couldn't bear her crying and was about to agree, but then he found out..."

On the opposite side, Emperor Jianxi was already laughing.

Shao Yihui asked, "What did you find?"

"I found out that the monkey is a female!"

Shao Yihui: ...