Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao, then said, "Mr. Nie Zhao, what you told me... has been very useful. Now, I can confirm that my guess was true..."

Xiao Ce paused as he spoke.

Nie Zhao looked at Xiao Ce and then said, "Mr. Xiao Ce, if you have something to say, just say it... Don't worry, I will say what I should say, and I won't say a word that I shouldn't say..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao and then said, "So, I wanted to ask you, when my Uncle Xiao Dingshan came over before, did he look like someone else...?"

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao paused for a moment, then said, "Doesn't it resemble someone? Of course it does..."

Xiao Ce nodded: "Okay..."

Nie Zhao said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Xiao Ce, so you suspect they don't seem to be the same person?"

After hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce smiled and nodded, then said, "That's right... He's so elusive, I'm starting to doubt if he's really alone..."

Nie Zhao's expression grew even more surprised upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, and he then said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Xiao Ce, so, what else could they be but human beings..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao, then said, "That's right, he is of course a person... I'm just using a descriptive term..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao smiled and nodded, "Alright, although Mr. Xiao Ce didn't seem too surprised, I'm still very happy..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao and then said, "Aren't you disappointed?"

Nie Zhao shook his head, then said, "Actually, if you didn't know, I would doubt myself... doubt whether the people I met were really them... Now it seems that it was all true..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao and then said, "That's right... Mr. Nie Zhao, please continue to keep this news a secret this time..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao nodded and said, "Don't worry, that's for sure... By the way, Mr. Xiao Ce, I have another question... I'm just curious. If it's convenient for you, please ask me; if it's inconvenient, please don't answer me..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao and then said, "Okay...of course..."

Seeing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao smiled and said, "You two have always had a good relationship. Since I'm helping you anyway, why hide it from you..."

After hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "I also want to know. The King of Zhen has always been helpful to me... I'd like to know that too. Actually, next time you have the chance to meet King Xiao Dingshan again, you can ask him for me..."

Nie Zhao gave a wry smile, then shrugged helplessly: "My usefulness has probably been exhausted... Next time, if I'm going to look for someone, it'll probably be Xiao Yang..."

Or Nie Zhao looked at Xiao Ce and asked, "By the way, should we tell Xiao Yang about this?"

Xiao Ce nodded, then said, "You really didn't tell him?"

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao smiled and said, "That's right, I really didn't agree with him... At first, I thought he was just pretending to be smart, but I never expected that after spending some time with him, I would find that he's become a completely different person... Mr. Xiao Ce, I truly admire you..."

Upon hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce smiled and then said, "It's nothing..."

Then, Nie Zhao said excitedly to Xiao Ce, "By the way, Mr. Xiao Ce, there's something else I admire about you most..."

After hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce smiled and then said, "Oh? What is it?"

Nie Zhao said to Xiao Ce, "So, even after what Xiao Yang did to you, you can still forgive and forget..."

Upon hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce revealed a sly smile, then said to Nie Zhao, "Mr. Nie Zhao, I'm not the magnanimous person you describe. Because Xiao Yang didn't tell you, I've already repaid him a hundredfold, a thousandfold, for what he did to me..."

"So, to be honest, I punished him a thousand times more... Actually, what surprises me is why he's still alive... His vitality is indeed the reason I let him off the hook..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Nie Zhao smiled and nodded.

Xiao Ce said to Nie Zhao, "Mr. Nie Zhao, then we will still need your assistance in the future..."

Nie Zhao nodded, gratefully saying to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Xiao Ce, the help you provided is already more than enough..."

After hearing Nie Zhao's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "If you need help, you can contact Boudica of the British Empire, or Kimberly and the others..."

Nie Zhao nodded: "Mr. Xiao Ce, I know... I still want to thank you..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Nie Zhao, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries.

Nie Zhao then took his leave.

After Nie Zhao left, Yin Pan'er and the others came over directly.

Yin Pan'er didn't actually show much curiosity at first.

Da Lei was very curious.

Xiao Ce then said to Yin Pan'er, "Pan'er, aren't you even a little bit curious?"

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er smiled and said, "That's true, I'm not curious at all... Anyway, you can handle anything..."

Xiao Ce looked at Da Lei and the others.

Da Lei laughed and said, "Your Highness, you wouldn't tell me just because I'm curious... nor would you withhold information just because I'm not curious..."

After hearing Da Lei's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "That's right. Actually, he didn't say much. He just told me some news: my uncle is still alive..."

When Xiao Ce said this, Da Lei and Yin Pan'er were stunned and didn't come to their senses.

Yin Pan'er said to Xiao Ce, "Your royal uncle?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "It was Xiao Dingshan... I guessed correctly, he faked his death back then, it was actually a clever escape..."

Then Xiao Ce recounted what Nie Zhao had just said...

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er smiled and then said, "Your Highness, it seems your guess was right... The old prince is indeed still alive. But what is his purpose? Is it really as you guessed, that he initially wanted to help the original owner, but later found that the original owner wasn't a good person either, so he came to help you instead?"

After hearing Yin Pan'er's words, Xiao Ce nodded and then said, "That's right, it's very likely..."

Yin Pan'er smiled at Xiao Ce and then said, "Then why didn't I come to see you directly?"

Xiao Ce rubbed his head and said, "I'm not really sure either... They all have their own reasons... Who cares... Let's just do what we need to do..."

Yin Pan'er nodded after hearing Xiao Ce's words: "That's right, let's do what we should do..."

After exchanging pleasantries, they prepared to go to sleep.

Just as Xiao Ce was about to go to sleep, a loud commotion came from outside the door.

"Big brother...big brother..."

Xiao Yang's voice came from outside the door. Xiao Ce went out and saw Xiao Yang looking surprised.

It was obvious that he had overheard what Nie Zhao had said to him.

Xiao Ce let Xiao Yang into the house, and then said to Xiao Yang, "You know?"

Xiao Yang nodded: "My uncle said you gave him permission to tell me... Big brother, I knew it..."

Seeing Xiao Yang's red eyes, he was about to start being sentimental again.

Xiao Ce then said to Xiao Yang, "Alright, enough with the sentimental talk... You came here because you want..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Xiao Yang smiled and said, "I was just saying, isn't what my uncle said reliable? Although we didn't see if the old prince was really dead... there were still some people who actually saw the body... With so many people, it's impossible that not a single person saw that the old prince wasn't dead..."

Xiao Ce nodded to Xiao Yang: "I think it's true..."

Xiao Yang looked at Xiao Ce in surprise and said, "Brother, do you also think the old prince isn't dead? This is too unbelievable..."