You have asked for permission to marry, why should I restrain myself?

Chu Bai looked at the person in front of him and frowned.

The clear pupils looked at him with a hint of vigilance.

Sensing Chu Bai's defensiveness, Chen Hu grinned, revealing his big white teeth.

He is a big guy, estimated to be about 5 feet 70 centimeters tall, and he looks very silly when he suddenly smiles like that.

Chu Bai: ...

"Sir, our aunt is looking for you. Can you please lend me some space to talk?"

Before Chu Bai could refuse, three people walked out from behind the man.

The leader was the woman whom Chen Hu met in the teahouse last time, and whom he called aunt.

She changed into a light blue dress, and the feather beads on her head swayed gently as she walked.

"Sir, can you please move aside and talk?"

Chu Bai looked at her and said:

"What if I say no?"

These guys are all experts. If they really start fighting, the chances of him escaping from them will be zero.

"You can naturally refuse, sir."

The woman said, then changed the subject:

"Don't you want to know your own life experience?"

life experience?

Chu Bai's eyes flickered slightly.

The reason why he wanted to stay in the Duke's Mansion was that he wanted to use the power of the Duke's Mansion to investigate his own life experience.

But now her origins have not been found out and Lin Zhaoyue has disappeared first.

Chu Bai hesitated for a moment before making a decision:

"I'll go with you."

The woman called Aunt smiled. She didn't expect the Ninth Prince to compromise so quickly, so she said:

"Sir, aren't you afraid that we might kill you for your money?"

"If you really are out to kill for money, I can't escape, right?"

Although he said that he couldn't escape, there was no fear in his eyes.

A hint of admiration flashed across the woman's eyes, and she said:

"Please follow me, sir."

Chu Bai followed them to the largest inn in the capital. As he stepped through the door of the inn, what caught his eye was the hall with exquisite and elegant furnishings.

Flying eaves, brackets, carved beams and painted buildings.

This inn is divided into five floors in total. The top floor, from which one can enjoy a night view of the capital city, is a place reserved for dignitaries to stay. There are only five rooms on the top floor.

Walking up the stairs to the top floor, even the corridor was covered with expensive Persian carpets, which was extremely luxurious.

Chen Hu was the first to open the door.

When Chu Bai entered, a strong scent of sandalwood hit his nose.

There was a large bed with intricate carvings and gorgeous brocade bedding. At the head of the bed stood a fine porcelain vase half the height of a person, with a few intricately blooming white herbs in it, and in the middle stood a round table.

After everyone entered the house, Chen Hu closed the door.

"Sir, please sit down."

The woman said as she poured him a cup of tea herself.

Chu Bai took it, looked at her, and got straight to the point:

"Who are you?"

The woman sat down opposite him and said slowly:

"Have you ever heard of the Red Yan Kingdom?"

Chu Bai nodded: "I've heard a little bit about it."

The Chiyan Kingdom is located in the center of the five major countries. It has grasslands in the south and deserts in the north. It is mainly based on animal husbandry and has rich mineral resources. The people are tall and strong.

It is the smallest country among the five, but has strong military force.

In addition, the minerals in hand are needed by the five countries, so these years have been quite peaceful.

However, even though there was no external threat, there were many internal worries. I heard that the internal strife within the royal family of the Red Flame Kingdom was extremely serious.

“Although the Red Yan Kingdom is ruled by the royal family on the surface, it is actually a struggle among five major tribes, and each tribe is managed by a large family.

The five major families are the Wen family, the Shan family, the Wu family, the You family, and the Hua family. The Hua family is the most powerful, with a hundred thousand strong troops under its command. The second is the Wen family. The Wu family, the You family, and the Shan family form a three-way competition.

His Majesty will select people from large families to enter the palace to show his favor. Now the Queen of Chiyan Kingdom is Hua Yuewan, the legitimate daughter of the Hua family, and the Imperial Concubine is... Wen Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family. She gave birth to the ninth prince Chu Yun sixteen years ago. Ten years ago, the court was in turmoil, and the Wen family was suppressed by several other families. In the end, the Queen couldn't even protect her own child and was buried in the sea of ​​fire!

But the queen always believed that the Ninth Prince was not dead, so she sent her subordinates to look for him. Fortunately, Rong Qing lived up to the queen's trust and found the Ninth Prince. "

As he said that, he knelt down with a plop:

"Rongqing pays respect to the Ninth Prince. I am late in coming and have caused you to suffer over the past few years. Please punish me."

When the others saw Li Rongqing kneeling, they also knelt down.

Chu Bai just moved his eyes and said:

"How did you determine that I was the Ninth Prince you were talking about?"

Hearing Chu Bai's question, the woman's face flashed an unnatural look, and said:

"Of course I checked it."

"check?"

Ever since he could remember, he had been on the road to being sold. He didn't even have an identity, and the black market had been burned down. How could they start investigating?

And it was such a short time, Chu Bai obviously didn't believe it.

The woman looked at him and said:

"The Ninth Prince's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to the Empress'."

Hearing Li Rongqing's words, Chu Bai smiled:

"There are so many similar people in this world. Are you sure that I am the Ninth Prince based on this one thing? That's too much of a joke."

"No, there is evidence, Ninth Prince."

Chen Hu raised his head and said:

"There is a red phoenix totem on the right shoulder of the Ninth Prince. It only appears when it is hot. It is a mark that only the royal family of the Red Yan Kingdom possesses."

Chen Hu went to check Chu Bai, and found out only that the Ninth Prince was bought from the black market by Miss Lin II of the Duke's Mansion.

Now that the black market has been burned down, they are short of manpower and it will take a lot of time to thoroughly investigate Bai's origins.

Chen Hu couldn't wait any longer, so he had to take a different approach and sneak into the Duke's Mansion to peek at the Ninth Prince taking a bath.

Sure enough, I saw the red phoenix on his right shoulder.

Although the Duke's Mansion was heavily guarded, he could still get into the servants' quarters.

There was indeed a red phoenix pattern on his right shoulder, but how did he know that?

Chu Bai looked at Chen Hu. Chen Hu noticed Chu Bai's gaze and immediately began to kowtow:

"Chen Hu deserves to die for peeping at the Ninth Prince bathing. Please punish him, Ninth Prince."

As he spoke, he banged his head.

Chu Bai: ...

After a moment of silence, he said:

"Get up first!"

Upon hearing this, several people stood up.

Sit down, Li Rongqing looked at Chu Bai and asked:

"We have observed the Ninth Prince for a period of time and have confirmed that he has lost all his memories of his previous life in the palace. But why did he name himself Chu Bai?"

These few days, they observed Chu Bai's route and deliberately placed some things that Chu Bai liked or was familiar with before, but Chu Bai was unfamiliar with them.

"It was taken by Miss Lin Er. Is there a problem?"

Second Miss Lin?

Li Rongqing frowned slightly:

"Chu Bai is the ninth prince's nickname. Few outsiders know it, but why does Miss Lin know it? Does Duke Lin know the ninth prince? What does he want to do?"

Chu Bai shook his head and said:

"They don't know me, and I don't believe everything you say. And even if I am the Ninth Prince you mentioned, so what? I am just an ordinary person now.

Besides, in Chiyan Country, I am already a dead person, right? "

Li Rongqing shook his head and said quickly:

"Ninth Prince, as long as you come back with us, you will still be the Ninth Prince of Chiyan State. Moreover, the Queen has never given up looking for you over the years. She misses you very much."

Without that memory, Chu Bai did not have much admiration for the Empress they were talking about, and said calmly:

"I won't go back with you."