Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

When Xiao Zuochen returned to Prince Yun's Mansion, Chu Yao was already lying on the roof with his legs crossed, with a plate of fruit beside him, looking quite comfortable. He saw Xiao Zuochen the first time and immediately jumped down to greet him.

"Hey~ Why did you suddenly come to the princess's mansion today? Didn't you tell me to go by myself?"

It would have been better if he didn't say anything. After he said that, Xiao Zuochen, who was originally gloomy, became even angrier. He turned around suddenly, pulled Chu Yao's collar with one hand, pushed him against the stone pillar beside him, and yelled at him.

"How dare you say that!? Who allowed you to take Yunyou with you? Didn't I say that you were the only one allowed to go? Do you know how dangerous it is to take Yunyou with you? If the princess sees the two of you going together, all the excuses I taught you before will be useless!"

Chu Yao was startled by Xiao Zuochen's sudden temper. He looked at Xiao Zuochen's arm that was grabbing his collar, and the veins were even exposed. He never knew Xiao Zuochen was so strong.

"Are you worried about me?"

Chu Yao was not at a loss at this time, he just asked calmly.

Xiao Zuochen was stunned for a moment, not expecting that his behavior did not scare him. Then he let him go.

"Hopeless!"

Xiao Zuochen left this sentence, shook his sleeves and turned back to the house. Yun Wei was originally following his master, and when his master returned to the house, he looked at Chu Yao, shook his head, and then disappeared into the yard.

"Really angry?"

Chu Yao looked in the direction Xiao Zuochen left, with a smile on his face, then went back to his room to "reflect".

He also had his own selfish motives in bringing Yunyou to the princess's mansion today. Although Chu Yao's brain was not very smart most of the time, after thinking about the excuse Xiao Zuochen mentioned to him yesterday, he still felt that Xiao Zuochen's behavior might be because he didn't care about him.

According to Xiao Zuochen's assumption... Chu Yao came to the Princess's Mansion alone to check the title deed. With his brain and unfamiliarity with the Princess's Mansion, he would definitely get lost, so there was a high probability that he would be discovered by the Princess. At that time, in order to protect himself, Chu Yao would have to follow the excuse Xiao Zuochen had prepared in advance, saying that he came to the Princess without Xiao Zuochen's knowledge. Because he was attracted by the Princess's beauty at the Princess Jiashan's birthday banquet yesterday, he couldn't help himself and made a mistake, so he broke into the Princess's Mansion privately. The Princess would have two reactions. One is to tie him up and hand him over to Xiao Zuochen for disposal. The other is that the Princess herself also thinks Chu Yao is good-looking, young, and strong, so she takes this opportunity to be with him...

That’s right, Xiao Zuochen really wanted to tease Chu Yao. If he wasn’t discovered by the princess, then nothing would happen. If he was really discovered, the worst that could happen was that he would have a different experience with the princess, and he wouldn’t lose anything.

Chu Yao finally realized that Xiao Zuochen was playing tricks on him, so he took Yunyou with him in a rage. Why didn't he take Yunwei with him? If he took Yunwei with him, Xiao Zuochen would immediately find out and stop him. But he didn't expect that he would really mess things up. Fortunately, Xiao Zuochen showed up in time, otherwise he would really be arrested with Yunyou, and he really didn't know what to do at that time.

But! Chu Yao was still very happy when he thought of Xiao Zuochen's angry expression just now.

"You're obviously still worried about me, yet you still dare to let me face the princess alone!"

Chu Yao was happy and angry at the same time, and Xiao Zuochen was angry. So the two did not meet for the next few days. But that afternoon, when Xiao Zuochen was going to interrogate the big man, he took advantage of Chu Yao passing by the front hall to talk loudly to Yun Wei about the arrangement, so that Chu Yao could hear it. But Chu Yao did not go with him.

Strangely, the next day, the prince consort came to see Prince Yun.

"Your Highness Prince Yun, something happened!"

Xiao Zuochen was stunned for a moment when he heard the prince consort say this. What's wrong?

He had no interaction with the prince consort, except for the first words they spoke in private at Princess Jiashan's birthday party the day before yesterday.

"The person you asked me about the day before yesterday, I have actually been in contact with her, but she disappeared these two days and I can't find her at all!"

"How did Uncle know that he was missing? Maybe he was out having fun and was not at home?"

"No. Actually...actually..."

The prince consort hesitated, wanting to say something but not daring to.

"Uncle, I call you uncle because I treat you as a relative. If you have any problem, you can tell me and I will find a way to help you solve it."

The reason why Xiao Zuochen dared to say this was because the prince consort had a good character and nothing bad had ever been reported about him.

"It's like this. There is only one woman named Li Jinxiu left in the Li family. I was engaged to her sister more than ten years ago, but then the emperor ordered me to marry the eldest princess, so the engagement was cancelled and I had no contact with the Li family. Seven years ago, I suddenly met Li Jinxiu. Because her family was broken up, she had to sell things on the street to make a living. I felt sorry for her, and I also thought of her sister, so I settled her in the old house in the western suburbs..."

Before the prince consort finished speaking, Xiao Zuochen suddenly realized something.

"Does my aunt know about this?"

After saying this, Xiao Zuochen felt that his question was a bit stupid. The person had been placed in the old house seven years ago, and it was impossible for the princess not to have discovered it over the years.

The prince consort also nodded.

"She found out last year."

Only discovered last year!? Xiao Zuochen's eyes were filled with shock. It turns out that the prince consort is so good at hiding! But since the princess knows about the existence of such a person, given her personality, this woman will most likely not survive.

Suddenly, Xiao Zuochen thought of what the princess did when she suddenly left the palace on the day of Princess Jiashan's birthday banquet! Yes, during the interrogation yesterday, Xiao Zuochen already knew what the princess did. And don't these two dates just happen to coincide with the date when Li Jinxiu disappeared?

The prince consort naturally didn't know what was going on. He was still worried that Xiao Zuochen would misunderstand his relationship with Li Jinxiu, so he explained it to the side.

"Jinxiu and I are just siblings. Although I have placed her in the old house in the western suburbs and I also rest there most of the time, there is absolutely nothing between us. I simply can't stand the eldest princess's personality. She seems to want to control everything in her own hands. It's too tiring for her to live like that."

"But my aunt should think that your relationship is unusual, right?"

"I explained it to her, but she didn't believe it at all. What can I do?"

"Then I might know why Li Jinxiu disappeared."

"What? How did you know that?"

"Uncle, come with me!"

Xiao Zuochen decided to take his son-in-law to see the big man directly. Although he had briefly interrogated him yesterday, he just thought that the princess was jealous of a woman. He didn't expect that the woman was the one he was looking for, so he had to interrogate her more carefully. At least make him confess his accomplice.

"where are we going?"

"Go to a place where you can get clues about Li Jinxiu."

Xiao Zuochen didn't say much, and directly took Yun Wei and left the house with the prince consort.

After Xiao Zuochen left, a man appeared on the wall in the courtyard - it was Chu Yao. He was just leaning on the wall to listen to the conversation between Xiao Zuochen and his husband, and when he saw Xiao Zuochen leave the house again, he gritted his teeth and hammered the wall.

"You're not taking me with you! Humph!"