The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

Qing'e's answer made Xiao Aiyue very satisfied. She raised her eyebrows proudly at the wet nurse standing beside her.

"I told you, the dream I had last night will definitely come true!"

Qing'e asked curiously, "What did your Majesty dream last night?"

Xiao Aiyue smiled brightly: "Last night, I dreamed that Tian Shiliu gave birth to grandchildren for me. Three at once, and each one was chubby and so adorable!"

Huh? Qing'e thought, the princess didn't show any signs of pregnancy? How come she gave birth to three children in the queen's dream? The queen really dared to dream.

Qing'e chuckled: "It shouldn't be that fast, right?"

The wet nurse rolled her eyes at Qing'e and nodded at Xiao Aiyue.

"Your Majesty is right. His Majesty advised you the same thing last time. Going out for a honeymoon to enjoy the beautiful scenery will make you feel relaxed. The couple will surely be as happy as honey and will definitely get pregnant."

Xiao Aiyue groaned, "If Your Majesty hadn't said so, I wouldn't have agreed to let them go out and play. Humph, it must have been Tian Shiliu who instigated it. It's so dangerous out there. Oh, I'm worried about my life. I don't even know how many guards Xiaowu brought with him."

Xiao Aiyue said this and looked at Qing'e.

Qing'e thought, the prince only brought a secretary, but could she report this to the queen like this? Of course not, but she couldn't lie to the queen, so Qing'e chose an ambiguous answer.

"Your Highness, please rest assured. The prince has taken everything he can."

"Then I'm relieved."

Xiao Aiyue smiled at Qing'e.

"You will continue to keep an eye on every move in the palace for me. The prince and princess are not here, so you must be more alert! Go, go to the dressing table and pick out a piece of jewelry. It will be a reward from me."

Qing'e happily responded, "Yes, thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

In Jiaoyang Valley.

The secretary applied gold medicine to the big swelling on Gu Zhanghua's forehead and reported to Gu Zhanghua about his trip down the mountain to see Prefect Wang.

"I rushed to the home of Magistrate Wang in Fucheng. He was still in his study, arranging the encirclement and suppression plan for tomorrow morning with his subordinates. In a moment of desperation, I knocked out a servant who was delivering midnight snacks, disguised myself as him, and secretly showed Magistrate Wang the token of His Highness. Magistrate Wang didn't alert anyone else and arranged for me to meet secretly in the back garden."

Gu Zhanghua asked hurriedly: "What did he say?"

The secretary put away the medicine for wounds.

"When Magistrate Wang learned you were in Jiaoyang Valley and were negotiating with the headmaster about surrender, he was terribly worried. He was so worried about your safety that he couldn't even wait until tomorrow morning and immediately wanted to bring people up the mountain to protect you. I repeatedly reassured him, saying you were fully capable of handling the situation. Only then did he relax and say he would follow the prince's arrangements."

"That's good, that's good. I'll go tell the boss now."

Gu Zhanghua raised his leg and walked towards the door, but the secretary grabbed Gu Zhanghua.

"Your Highness, I haven't finished yet."

Gu Zhanghua turned around and looked at Shishu: "Anything else?"

The word "worry" was written all over Shishu's face.

"Your Highness, when I went to see Prefect Wang, I passed by the prefectural yamen. It was already late at night, and there was still a huge crowd gathered at the gate. Some were dozing off, while others were still angry and waiting to see whether the prefect would keep his word this time. If he still doesn't move his troops, they will go all out and smash their heads against the stone lions at the yamen gate to death to force the yamen to send troops!"

Gu Zhanghua took a breath.

"Is the situation so serious?"

"That's right! Magistrate Wang also said that he can control his subordinates, but he may not be able to control those merchants. They are like hungry wolves, eager to eat the people of Jiaoyang Valley alive!"

Gu Zhanghua asked the secretary, "Then we hand Hao Xiong and Dong Tian over to Prefect Wang. Is that a good idea?"

The secretary looked at Gu Zhanghua, and they both stared at each other, both at a loss.

Zhao Xuan was too embarrassed to see Gu Zhanghua, so she quickly ran out of the house, wiped her face with the stream water nearby, and came to her senses.

She really wanted to find out what happened last night after she blacked out. But Chunlan and Qiuju were not around. Should she just ask Gu Zhanghua? No, no, no, she couldn't bring herself to ask.

Zhao Xuan was scratching her head, wondering if she should ask Hao Xiong. Then she saw Gu Zhanghua and his attendant walking towards her quickly.

Zhao Xuan looked at the big bump on Gu Zhanghua's forehead, covered her face with her hands, turned around and tried to run away.

Then Gu Zhanghua shouted anxiously, "Boss! There's a change of plan!"

Zhao Xuan stopped immediately.

"What? Your token doesn't work either?"

Gu Zhanghua walked up to Zhao Xuan.

"It's not that the token is ineffective, it's that the development of the situation is beyond our expectations. When the secretary went there, the merchants at the government office gate had not left. When he came back after meeting with Prefect Wang, he went to take another look. The crowd is getting bigger and bigger. I'm afraid that if we hand Hao Xiong and Dong Tian over to Prefect Wang, it will cause public outrage."

The secretary added, "I'm worried that even if Prefect Wang intervenes, those merchants won't let it go. If I let the government escort Hao Xiong and Dong Tian back to Liyang, I'm worried about their safety along the way. They might even get pelted with rotten eggs before they even leave Fucheng!"

Zhao Xuan was thinking about the lawsuit: "Can't we escort him secretly?"

Gu Zhanghua rejected it outright: "No, there are hundreds of merchants. If the news leaks out, the safety of Hao Xiong and Dong Tian cannot be guaranteed."

Zhao Xuan was furious. "This won't work, and that won't work. I'm going to risk it all. I'm going to go to the Tiandao League right now and give my life to Hu Yiba. I'll ask him to let Jiaoyangyu live. Is that going to work?"

Zhao Xuan squatted on the ground, hugged her knees with her hands, and buried her face.

Gu Zhanghua also squatted in front of Zhao Xuan.

"Don't worry, I have a solution."

Zhao Xuan's voice was a little hoarse: "What else can you do? I don't have the Evil-Slaying Sword, but I have my life. Everyone has their own responsibility!"

Gu Zhanghua thought that the boss was finally unable to hold on any longer. Although he had only been in Jiaoyang Valley for a short time, he had already deeply realized how difficult it was for the boss. This girl, who was of the same age as him, was strong, brave and responsible. Even if he had to do everything he could, he would still lend a helping hand to her.

Gu Zhanghua touched Zhao Xuan's hair, and Zhao Xuan raised her head and looked at him with red eyes and the tip of her nose. Her eyes were so helpless that Gu Zhanghua felt a little pain in his heart.

Gu Zhanghua smiled faintly and pulled Zhao Xuan up.

"It's unreliable to let the government escort them, so we'll escort them ourselves. We have to go back to Liyang anyway."

"We escort them ourselves? Hao Xiong and Dong Tian?"

"Why are you so surprised? Am I, a prince, and you, a princess, not qualified enough?"

Zhao Xuan made a gesture of tying a rope.

"Tie up Hao Xiong and Dong Tian? Take them back to Liyang?"

Before Gu Zhanghua could say anything, the secretary who was listening at the side couldn't help laughing.

"Princess, we'll just return the same way we came to Jiaoyang Valley. Once we get to the city gate, we'll just have to put on some pretense."

Zhao Xuan's eyes widened: "Is there such a good thing?"

"Of course it's not that simple," Gu Zhanghua looked at Shishu, "but I'll have to trouble you to go to Fucheng again."

The secretary hurriedly bowed to Gu Zhanghua and said, "I obey your orders. Your Highness, please give your instructions!"