The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

In Qingfeng Courtyard.

Until noon, Yulan didn't see any movement in the two children's bedroom. Feeling strange, she quietly pushed the door open and walked in. She came to the bed and lifted the curtain. When she looked closely, she was shocked. There was no sign of Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua on the bed.

Yulan searched the house and confirmed that the two children were not inside. She hurried out and asked everyone she met in Qingfeng Courtyard. However, no one knew where Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua had gone.

At this time, Butler Zhong rushed in and said to Yulan, "Oh no, oh no! Concubine Shu has sent someone to take the Fifth Prince back to the palace. What should we do?"

"Could it be that Xuan'er has already gone to school with the Fifth Prince? Uncle Zhong, please calm the person down first. I'll go to the palace school and look for him. Maybe I can find him!"

Butler Zhong clasped his hands together and repeatedly prayed to heaven and earth: "God bless you, young lady, don't lose both yourself and the Fifth Prince this time!"

But soon Yulan returned home in despair. The eunuch sent by Xiao Aiyue was already impatient and kept asking questions. Yulan had no choice but to tell the truth that Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua suddenly disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown.

Xiao Aiyue was almost going crazy when she heard the eunuch's report. Only then did she realize that her uneasy mood a while ago was not because the diplomatic mission was about to depart, but because she sensitively predicted the sudden disappearance of her son and Zhao Xuan.

Gu Li rushed over upon hearing the news, and Xiao Aiyue immediately burst into tears, "Your Majesty, you should finally believe it now, right? Nothing good will ever happen to Xiaowu if he's with Zhao Xuan. Zhao Xuan is just a little wolf cub, always bullying my Xiaowu! And now, look what's happening, he's missing! This is horrible! Your Majesty! Please save Xiaowu!"

Gu Li remained calm. While comforting Xiao Aiyue, he sent people to look for them near Qingfeng Courtyard. He thought that maybe the two children really had sneaked out to play, which was not impossible.

The sky gradually darkened. Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua had been hiding in the big box for a whole day. They ate steamed buns when they were hungry and drank water when they were thirsty.

Gu Zhanghua admired his sister Xuan more and more. The medicinal herbs under her body were pressed tightly by the two of them, and they were warm and soft, just enough for the two of them to lie down.

"Sister Xuan, I want to pee."

"Hold it! I just told you to drink less water, but you wouldn't listen! We have to wait until the guards are asleep before we can sneak out. Otherwise, if my master and your brother the Crown Prince find us, they'll send us back immediately, and then the game won't be fun anymore!"

"But I, I can't hold it in..."

"Hold it even if you can't. Don't think about peeing. Think about something else. For example, when we suddenly appear in front of my master and the crown prince, it will definitely scare them. How fun it is!"

Gu Zhanghua thought about it and then started chuckling.

Zhao Xuan hurriedly reminded: "Keep your voice down."

"I know... Ouch, that's bad!"

"what happened?"

"No, it's nothing..."

When it was late at night and everyone in the delegation had checked into the inn and gone to sleep, Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua climbed out of the box. The horses had been pulled to the stable, and there were only ten large boxes parked in the backyard, and it was quiet.

Zhao Xuan looked at Gu Zhanghua's shy appearance in the moonlight, feeling puzzled.

"Don't you want to pee? Why don't you pee?"

Gu Zhanghua stammered, "I, I... I peed..."

Zhao Xuan was surprised and asked, "When did you pee? Why didn't I see it?"

"Right, right...in the box..."

"What?! You peed in the box? How are we supposed to hide it then? It smells so bad!"

"Sorry……"

Gu Zhanghua's pants were still wet. It was late autumn and he couldn't help shivering when the cold wind blew. Zhao Xuan saw it and hurriedly climbed into the box again to take out Gu Zhanghua's small schoolbag, opened it, and took out her own set of clothes.

"Here, change quickly, it's so cold!"

"But this is for girls..."

Zhao Xuan shook out the clothes and looked at them. It was a red top and skirt. She asked Gu Zhanghua, "Is there any difference?"

"Uh... not pants..."

Zhao Xuan argued: "You can wear a skirt just as well! It keeps you warm just like pants, and you're not naked!"

Gu Zhanghua no longer argued, and he was really cold, so he grabbed the clothes from Zhao Xuan's hand and ran behind the box to change.

Zhao Xuan then hurried to the corner of the backyard to urinate.

When the two men climbed into the box again and fell asleep, it was dawn and the delegation set off again.

Along the way, Zhao Xiaoman patiently told Gu Deming about the customs and habits along the way. With the help of Zhao Xiaoman, Gu Deming quickly combined theory with actual conditions and understood a lot of things.

The two of them got along very well and didn't feel tired. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and they were hundreds of miles away from Liyang City.

That night, Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua, like they had done in the past few days, climbed out of the box in the dead of night, took care of their respective urination and defecation problems, and then lay back in the box. Zhao Xuan suddenly heard Gu Zhanghua's sobbing.

"why are you crying?"

"I miss my mom. She must be very sad because she hasn't seen me for so many days."

Zhao Xuan patted her head and said, "Yes, we should write a letter to your mother and tell her that you and I are hanging out. How could I have forgotten about this?"

At this time, in Xiao Aiyue's Qilan Palace, Gu Li was hugging Xiao Aiyue, whose eyes were swollen like two peaches, and comforting her softly.

"Don't worry, I've already dispatched the capital's garrison troops, as well as the Kyoto prefect's capable men, to look for Xiaowu and Xuan'er..."

"Don't mention Zhao Xuan to me!" Xiao Aiyue choked up, "It's been three days. What does Xiaowu eat? What does he drink? Where does he sleep? Is he cold? Is he scared? Does he miss me? My Xiaowu! My life!"

Gu Li had no choice but to continue to persuade: "My beloved, please stop crying. Be careful not to cry your eyes blind. I believe that Xuan'er is not a child who is reckless. She might have gotten lost in the woods and can't find her way home..."

When Xiao Aiyue heard this, she screamed in shock, "Ah? He must have been starving and would have died long ago! My Xiaowu! My child! If I can't find Xiaowu, I won't live either!"

As she spoke, Xiao Aiyue broke free from Gu Li's arms, threw herself towards the foot of the bed, and cried out, "I won't live anymore!"

Gu Li hurriedly grabbed Xiao Aiyue and said, "My beloved concubine! Don't worry! It's not too late to die after you have the exact news!"

"Ah?" Xiao Aiyue was overcome with grief. "Your Majesty, have you determined that Xiaowu will not survive?"

"I! That's not what I meant!"

Now Gu Li was in a dilemma as to whether to persuade her or not. Looking at Xiao Aiyue crying bitterly, he could only sigh to the sky.

Gu Zhanghua in the box was also crying silently. The lid of the box was open for ventilation. Zhao Xuan simply sat up and pulled Gu Zhanghua to sit up, so that the two of them faced each other.

Zhao Xuan said, "Xiao Wu, let's play a kissing game! My master always plays it with me!"

"I don't want to play, I want to go home!"

Zhao Xuan stroked Gu Zhanghua's messy hair, then tucked her own messy hair behind her ears before whispering, "You must like playing rock-paper-scissors. If I lose, I'll kiss you, and if you lose, you kiss me. How about that?"

Gu Zhanghua blinked and thought for a moment: "Then let's play for a while."

In the first game, Zhao Xuan lost, and immediately leaned close to Gu Zhanghua's face and kissed him. In the second game, Zhao Xuan won, and Gu Zhanghua was a little stunned, not knowing who should kiss whom?

Zhao Xuan giggled: "Silly! Since you lost, of course you get to kiss me!"

Gu Zhanghua finally reacted and immediately moved forward and kissed Zhao Xuan hard on the face.

Zhao Xuan wiped her face in disgust: "Why are you so hard? You spit all over my face! Be gentler next time!"

Soon, Gu Zhanghua fell in love with this game. When he lost, he would kiss Sister Xuan, and Sister Xuan's face was soft. When he won, Sister Xuan would kiss him, and Sister Xuan's mouth was also soft. Gu Zhanghua felt very happy and really wanted to play this kissing game forever.

But when they woke up the next day, Zhao Xuan told Gu Zhanghua a decision: they must get out of the box immediately because they had no steamed buns to eat or water to drink.