Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Shen Ji choked, looking at Ye Chenyu with a helpless expression, and said, "Kid, that description isn't cute at all! Let me tell you, what I was thinking about just now was some embarrassing things your little royal uncle did when he was a child, how about it? Want to hear it?"

"I want to think about it, I want to hear it, Uncle Shen, please tell me a story!" Ye Chenyu said happily.

"Alright then, today I'll tell you about your little royal uncle's childhood!" Shen Ji carried Ye Chenyu towards the bedchamber.

Leng Quan crossed his arms and watched with amusement as Shen Ji carried Ye Chenyu away.

He chuckled to himself and said, "I wonder who it is that was so reluctant to come to the palace just now, but now they're offering to tell stories to the young emperor."

Ye Chenyu raised his small face and smiled at Leng Quan, clearly having realized Leng Quan's intention in bringing Shen Ji to the palace.

Leng Quan bowed respectfully, and seeing that the two had already entered the bedchamber, he smiled, shook his head, and turned to leave the palace gate.

Before Leng Quan even got close to the Regent's Palace, he could see a carriage already parked at the gate.

Puzzled, he stepped forward to check and found Ye San already sitting on the carriage shaft, gazing at the sky with utter boredom.

Hearing footsteps, Ye San turned around and saw Leng Quan returning. He waved to him and said, "Brother Quan."

Leng Quan stepped forward and asked, "Why aren't you following the prince properly? What are you doing sitting here like this?"

Ye San patted the seat next to him, gesturing for Leng Quan to sit down. After Leng Quan sat down, he said, "You had just left when the guards delivered a letter. The prince just received the news and will be heading to Yu Nan City soon."

Leng Quan guessed that he would go to Yunan City, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon!

He asked, puzzled, "We've only been back for a few days, and there's already news from Yu Nan City? How could it be so fast?"

Leng Quan glanced at the sky and asked, "But if we leave the city at this hour, we won't reach the post station before dark! What is it that makes Your Highness so anxious?"

Ye San whispered, "I just saw that the secret guards left in Yu Nan City came by fast horse to report that the news is probably bad. The prince's face was very gloomy!"

Leng Quan jumped off the carriage and said, "Could something have happened to Miss Xue? I'll go in and check it out."

"Miss Xue? Isn't Big Brother with her? It shouldn't be. Brother Quan, hurry up, I think the Prince is determined to set off immediately," Ye San reminded him.

Leng Quan patted him on the shoulder, jumped off the carriage, and turned to enter the Regent's Palace.

Before Leng Quan could even reach the study, Ye Shangyuan strode out through the archway.

Upon seeing Leng Quan, Ye Shangyuan urgently said, "We must set off for Yu Nan City immediately."

Leng Quan hadn't seen his lord look so nervous in a long time.

Seeing the chill emanating from Ye Shangyuan, he dared not say anything more, only responding. He then quickly followed Ye Shangyuan as he walked out the door, asking, "Is there any unusual activity at the Jingwang Mansion?"

Ye Shangyuan nodded slowly without saying a word, but quickened his pace.

Leng Quan stopped asking questions and quickened his pace to follow Ye Shangyuan.

Ye Shangyuan quickly boarded the carriage. Ye San didn't dare to delay for a moment. Once Ye Shangyuan was seated, he shouted "Giddy up!" and the carriage sped away.

Inside the carriage, Ye Shangyuan still clutched the intelligence he had received tightly in his hand, praying incessantly in his heart: Mu Mu, please be alright, I hope everything can be done in time.

Just as Ye Shangyuan was speeding towards Yu Nan City, something else happened in Shenjing Alley in Yu Nan City.

As soon as Mu Xue and Ye Yi returned to Shenjing Alley under the cover of night, they found the alley unusually quiet tonight.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing danger in each other's eyes.

Ye Yi stopped Mu Xue and said softly, "I will go in and take a look first. Miss Wu, please wait here for a moment."

Mu Xue wasn't blindly arrogant. She cautiously glanced into the depths of the alley, then leaned closer to Ye Yi and whispered, "Be careful. Take this."

Mu Xue took the opportunity to slip a small paper packet into Ye Yi's hand.

Ye carefully took it, held it in his hand, nodded, turned around and walked to the wall, leaped up, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Mu Xue also carefully leaned against the wall, quietly hiding in the night, secretly observing the movements in the alley.

Yoruichi hid in a big tree in Muxue's courtyard, watching the movements inside. Soon, she saw two strangers sneaking out of Kang Mama's room.

A whistle rang out from one of them, and he said to the person next to him, "Go back and report to the young master that the person is not here. Only that old man is here, and the matter has been taken care of."

When Ye Yi heard this, her heart skipped a beat. The "old thing" they were talking about was none other than Granny Kang.

He didn't make any rash moves. After the two left, he waited quietly for a while. Sure enough, several more men in black came out of the house.

The group stood in the courtyard without leaving immediately; they stood there quietly, no one speaking.

Waves of men in black quickly gathered in the courtyard.

Ye Yi squatted motionless on the tree, watching. He always felt that these men in black were well-trained and did not seem to be the guards of Prince Jing's mansion.

These people didn't say a word during this time. After everyone had arrived, the men in black, without uttering a word, withdrew in a well-trained manner.

Yoruichi waited a while longer, and when there was no more movement, he nimbly rolled off the ground, crouched down, and went to the window of Granny Kang. He cautiously looked inside, and before he could even look closely, he could smell a strong stench of blood.

My heart sank further; such a strong smell of blood was not a good sign.

He carefully reached the door and, through the crack in the door and by the moonlight, saw that Granny Kang was lying face down on the ground, her life hanging in the balance.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment. He rushed to Kang Mama's side and carefully helped her turn around. His fingers trembled slightly as he reached under her nose, but she was already lifeless. At this moment, Ye Yi's heart sank to the bottom.

He looked miserable, and before he could even put down Granny Kang, he suddenly remembered that there was a little maid named Susu.

He picked up Granny Kang, gently placed her on the bed, glanced at her silently, and then turned and walked towards the door.

Yoruichi dared not make any big moves. He cautiously wandered through the rooms, but apart from the corpses of a few servants who had arrived a few days ago, there was no one else he recognized.

Yoruichi searched the area carefully again, and found that apart from Steward Wang and Susu, the bodies of all the other servants were still there.

Fearing that Mu Xue was getting impatient, he made sure again that Butler Wang and Su Su were not there, and then he rushed back to the place where he had parted ways with Mu Xue.

As soon as Yoruichi arrived at the place where she had parted ways with Muxue, Muxue suddenly rushed out and asked anxiously, "How are you?"

"I always feel uneasy," Mu Xue said, her eyes fixed on Ye Yi.

Yoruichi looked at Mu Xue, hesitant to speak, her expression grave.

Looking at Ye Yi like this, Mu Xue felt increasingly uneasy. She asked urgently, "What happened? Tell me quickly!"