The prince of love, the wealth has come to me

This brings us to the other force behind Xiao Mingchen besides the Xianji Palace - the Dark Pavilion.

This is the secret guard organization founded by Xiao Mingchen.

The secret guards inside are either his brothers who have been through thick and thin with him, or homeless orphans. They are united and loyal to him.

Internally, they are the secret guards of the palace, protecting the safety of the palace; externally, they are a well-known assassination organization in Shengjing, taking money from people and helping them get rid of disasters.

However, when the Dark Chamber accepts a mission, they will investigate it thoroughly and will never help the evildoers or become accomplices of the evildoers. The people they kill are all people who deserve to die, so they feel at ease taking the money.

Xiao Mingchen opened the letter, read it quickly, and then slammed the table.

"Who gave this mission?"

"The second young lady of the Imperial Censorate, Jiang Wanrou."

"What a talent! A girl in the boudoir actually knows the existence of the secret chamber."

This time she hit a wall. She only knew one side of the story about the Dark Pavilion. She knew that the Dark Pavilion could help people kill people, but she didn't know that the Dark Pavilion only killed bad people.

Besides, the task assigned to them was to kill their master's woman.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chi Feng raised his hand weakly, "Your Majesty, I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it."

"It's inappropriate to talk about it."

Chi Feng: “…”

Xiao Mingchen frowned and looked at him, "I've seen you hesitate to speak these days, but are these the words you were planning to say?"

"...Yes, Your Majesty, did you figure it out?"

"Yeah." Xiao Mingchen was speechless. It would have been difficult for him not to notice Chi Feng's constipated expression.

"Go ahead."

Chi Feng organized his words and said, "I went to the princess's place to get something a few days ago and found some storybooks in the corner of her desk."

"The folding method of these notebooks is exactly the same as that of the prince."

Chi Feng just reported the truth without adding his own guesses. In fact, he even thought that it was the prince's book.

Some of the book titles looked very familiar, as he was the one who bought them for the prince back then.

Hearing this, Xiao Mingchen thought carefully and realized that he had locked all his notebooks in his private vault since that incident happened a few years ago.

There are two sets of keys to the private vault, one with Uncle Fu and one with him.

Ling Yueqing had only been to the private vault once and took the Yunyue Whip. Uncle Fu accompanied her the whole time, so she had no chance to take the storybook.

Although Uncle Fu is always grumbling, his martial arts skills are quite good and he is very alert. It is almost impossible to get the key from him, let alone from him.

If the notebook in Ling Yueqing's place was really his, it would mean that she could avoid the guards who were checking her, and could also open many of the locks he had looted from various places in a short period of time.

But how is this possible?

Thinking of this, Xiao Mingchen said, "Tell Uncle Fu to come see me tomorrow morning."

"You guys go down first and take on the mission of assassinating the princess. I will arrange the follow-up matters."

"Yes." Everyone went downstairs confused.

Xiao Mingchen did not sleep all night. He thought that he did not like Ling Yueqing, but when he thought that her identity might be unknown and that she came here for other purposes, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Early the next morning.

Everyone gathered in Xiao Mingchen's study.

On the desk was a book box filled with storybooks, and sure enough, the only ones missing were the ones that Chi Feng had seen at Ling Yueqing's place.

"Uncle Fu, the princess went to the private library that day, and she didn't move the bookcase next to the door, right?"

"No, we came out after the princess took the Cloud Moon Whip."

"Have you forgotten the key to your private vault these days?"

Upon hearing this, Butler Fu immediately said excitedly, "How is it possible? That is more important than my life. I hold it in my arms when I sleep. How could it be lost?"

Everyone: "..."

There is no need to hug each other when sleeping.

"Uncle Fu, I know you are very excited, but don't get excited yet."

Xiao Mingchen explained to him helplessly, "The current situation is that a few books in the private library are missing, and now they are found in the princess's room."

"How is this possible? How could the princess get into the private vault? How could the prince confirm that those notebooks are yours?" Butler Fu's little head was filled with confusion.

Xiao Mingchen gestured to Chi Feng to explain, so Chi Feng told Butler Fu again about his discovery of the sketchbook.

Butler Fu pondered for a moment and said, "Who knows, maybe the princess likes to read the same books as the prince? And maybe they also have the same habit of folding pages?"

"Otherwise, why would the princess marry the prince? This is a match made in heaven, with a tacit understanding! Do you understand?"

As he spoke, Butler Fu's tone gradually changed from guilty to righteous, and even his eyes were slightly contemptuous. How could a bunch of single guys understand what mutual understanding was? And he had to be experienced.

At this moment, he had not forgotten that he had been single for the longest time among all the people present. Although he had no practical experience, he had rich theoretical experience.

The CP he supports is protected by himself.

"How do you explain the missing books in that bookcase?"

Butler Fu racked his brains but couldn't come up with a reason, so he could only keep silent.

Everyone turned their eyes to Xiao Mingchen. How and what to investigate the matter would ultimately be decided by him.

After a long silence, Xiao Mingchen finally spoke, "Tonight, the king will ask the princess to take a walk in the garden. You should find the right time to test it out, but don't reveal your identity."

At the end, he emphasized, "Pay attention, only test her, don't hurt her."

"……Yes."

Butler Fu hesitated for a long time and finally said nothing. He had lived half his life and had met too many people. The princess had clear eyes and was definitely not a bad person.

But this matter must have a result, and besides, the young couple’s affairs must be resolved by themselves in the end.

Today's time seemed to pass by exceptionally long. The sun slowly went off work, and the moon yawned as it changed its post.

Ling Yueqing and Xiao Mingchen had finished dinner and were just about to go back home when Xiao Mingchen invited her to go for a walk together for the first time.

Ling Yueqing thought it would be nice to take a walk after dinner, and besides, there was such a handsome guy to accompany her, so she readily agreed.

Xiao Mingchen used the excuse that he wanted to be alone with Ling Yueqing, so he didn't let Chi Feng, Zhu Yuying'er and the others follow him.

Ling Yueqing didn't think too much about it. The words that could come to her mind now were "under the moon and flowers", "sweet and sweet", "lovely and infatuated", "blushing and heartbeating" etc.

Who made her a perennial single?

The two of them were walking along the garden path of the palace, chatting casually.

"Princess, what hobbies did you have before you got married? What did you like to do?"

How would she know what the eldest daughter of the general's mansion liked? Even if she knew, she couldn't tell him. What if he asked her to perform one on the spot? She couldn't set herself up for failure.

After holding it in for a long time, he replied, "I like to lie down."

Xiao Mingchen: “…”