The princess traveled through time for a year to help the prince build his kingdom and then left

At dusk, at the Prince's Mansion.

Chu Tianxing had just returned from Concubine Qi's place, and Concubine Qi had gotten angry with him again.

He sat quietly in front of the antique desk in the study, as motionless as a sculpture, and he didn't know how long he sat there.

The room was completely dark, with no candles lit and no light coming in. Only the occasional croaking of frogs or insects outside the window made the night seem especially quiet and deep.

He silently sorted out the events of the past two days in his mind, feeling extremely depressed.

Li Bo, the cook in Prince Yan's Mansion, may seem ordinary, but he is actually an important chess piece carefully placed by Concubine Qi many years ago.

He was very secretive and usually just worked quietly in the kitchen, and no one knew the secret behind him.

Perhaps it was because of Uncle Li's superb cooking skills that gave him the opportunity to get close to King Yan, or perhaps it was because his simple and honest appearance made it easy for people to let down their guard, so he was able to hide safely for many years.

After Prince Yan returned to the city, Concubine Qi informed Chu Tianxing of Li Bo's existence and asked him to use him when necessary.

"Remember, this chess piece will play a huge role at the critical moment." Concubine Qi repeatedly reminded.

Two days ago, when Chu Tianxing ordered Li Yong to mobilize the spies in Prince Yan's Mansion to search for Doctor Song, he suddenly remembered this person.

He whispered to Li Yong, "Personally contact Li Bo, the cook of Prince Yan's mansion, and give him a pack of 'Half Incense'. Ask him to find a way to put it into Prince Yan's food."

Chu Tianxing did not tell Concubine Qi about this, and was thinking of giving her a surprise when the time comes.

Li Yong took the order and went to see Li Bo the next day. He gave him a packet of poison worth "half an incense stick" and a silver note worth one thousand taels.

Uncle Li promised to do it this morning when he was on duty in the kitchen.

Early in the morning, Chu Tianxing sent Li Yong to keep an eye on the outside of Prince Yan's mansion.

After Li Bo put medicine in Prince Yan's porridge, he has been feeling uneasy.

When the secret guard brought back the empty bowl of porridge, he knew he had succeeded. He pretended to go out to buy some and quickly left the Prince of Yan's Mansion through the back door.

In accordance with the prior agreement, Uncle Li made a successful gesture to the person arranged by Li Yong outside the palace gate.

When the news reached Li Yong, he was waiting in a carriage on the side of Huayang Street.

After receiving the letter, Li Yong issued the order to kill the person without hesitation.

He got off the carriage, and a secret guard disguised as a farmer drove the carriage onto Huayang Street, hit Li Bo to death from behind, and then abandoned the carriage and ran away.

After Li Bo died, Li Yong did not go far away, but hid in another carriage nearby and observed the movements in Prince Yan's Mansion.

After lunch, Chu Tiancheng walked out of the dormitory with Yan Yi's help and took a walk in the yard.

Li Yong's informant in Prince Yan's mansion soon reported: "Prince Yan was seen walking in the yard."

Li Yong was shocked when he heard this, and immediately used his Qinggong skills to quickly run back to the Prince's Mansion to report to Chu Tianxing:

"The mission failed, King Yan is safe."

Chu Tianxing was furious and went crazy for a while, but he knew that he would be unable to hide the truth sooner or later, so he did not dare to delay for even a moment and rushed to Changqiu Palace without stopping.

As soon as he saw Concubine Qi, Chu Tianxing fell to his knees with a plop and said in a trembling voice:

"Uncle Li's poisoning failed and the person died. I have come to ask for your forgiveness, mother. Please punish me!"

After saying this, he lowered his head, not daring to look up at Concubine Qi.

Concubine Qi was so angry that her face turned blue and she was shaking all over. She grabbed something at hand and threw it to the ground.

Vases, teacups, porcelain... each exquisite object shattered in her anger, making crisp sounds.

These voices seemed to be mocking her incompetence and anger, making her mood even worse.

Concubine Qi believed in her own vision and she always believed that Li Bo would become the sharpest weapon in her hands.

Unexpectedly, Chu Tianxing rashly used this key chess piece without even discussing it with her.

"madness!"

Concubine Qi pointed at Chu Tianxing's nose and cursed, "The most urgent task now is to find out why the King of Yan was not poisoned. Someone come!"

At this moment, a palace servant came to report that a letter was found at the door of the bedroom.

Concubine Qi opened it and saw the following words written on it:

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. I hope you will do it on your own."

At the bottom of the letter, there was a lifelike black eagle drawn.

Concubine Qi handed it to Chu Tianxing. He was shocked after seeing it. He was very familiar with this black eagle. It was the symbol of Prince Yan!

"The Prince of Yan knows everything. What...what should we do..." Chu Tianxing looked at Concubine Qi with horror.

Concubine Qi sat dejectedly on the chair, her face pale. Now, not only did they lose an important chess piece, but they also alerted the enemy.

Night falls at Pingyang Marquis Mansion.

After dinner, Zhu Shijie accompanied Song Que for a walk in the courtyard.

"Prince, I want to ask you about someone. Is it convenient for you?" Song Que suddenly said.

Zhu Shijie smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite, doctor. Just tell me."

Song Que walked and talked:

"I used to be the imperial physician of the Southern Kingdom. The palace is full of people who eat people without leaving any bones. Fortunately, I was able to survive because of the care of the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Shu.

Later, Concubine Shu was framed and poisoned. I was the last doctor to treat her, but it was too late. Before she died, she asked me to protect her young son.

After Concubine Shu passed away, the people who harmed her did not let her child go. The child was also poisoned, and when I went to treat him, I received a threatening letter from someone I didn't know.

Later, I gave the child a drug that made him fake his death. I also gave a lot of silver to the eunuchs who were transporting the body. After leaving the palace, I went to the mass grave and found the child.

The common people were so scared that they dared not return to the palace, so they took the child and fled to the countryside under a false name. Later, they met a knight who took a fancy to the child and wanted to take him as his apprentice.

I could hardly protect myself at that time, so I agreed, thinking that if my child learned martial arts from the knight, he would be able to protect himself in the future.

Over the years, I have been wanting to find that child. As long as I know that he is doing well, I will be relieved. I am old now, and I am afraid that if I go to the underworld one day and see the Concubine Shu, I will not be able to explain myself. "

After listening to this, Zhu Shijie asked, "Song the Divine Doctor asked me to find that child. Could it be that he is in the Eastern Kingdom?"

Song Que nodded, "At the beginning, the knight said that he wanted to come to the Eastern Kingdom to develop his martial arts."

"Okay! I'll leave it to you, Prince."

Song Que was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up to salute, then added: "The son of Concubine Shu should be twenty-one years old this year. He was only five years old when he left me. His name is Xingxing."

"What other characteristics or tokens does he have?"

"The Concubine Shu gave him a star-shaped gold pendant to hang around his neck."

"What's the knight's name?"

"He just said his last name was Hu."