Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

"Lord."

He shouted again, his voice filled with grievance, like a wounded dog.

"You side with him..."

"No." Huo Chang'an patted his head; he really looked uncomfortable.

Dali's hair and clothes were very clean, and I heard that he had been learning to write from the strategist.

He has been studying diligently, which is largely due to Jingya's influence.

Unfortunately, he only had one younger sister.

"It was Jingya's own choice."

These words were even more hurtful, and Feng Dali almost cried.

Yes, she's good-looking, comes from a good family, and is well-educated...

"I am indeed no match for you."

"No, he just showed up a little early."

……

Three furtive little heads peeked out from behind the crowd.

"Uncle Dali is so pitiful." Nianxi also wanted to cry.

"What do you know? Uncle Dali is only sad for a while, but he'll be happy for a lifetime. As for that flower... let's not talk about it. Although he's quite proud of himself now, later on... hmph." Shao Songchen gave a rather ominous smile.

"Just wait, he'll regret it someday."

Aunt Jingya...tsk tsk...sigh!

He seemed to have said everything, yet he also seemed to have said nothing at all.

Jintang didn't quite understand and asked in confusion, "What happened to my aunt?"

Nianxi rolled her eyes at Shao Songchen.

"You know nothing!"

"Hey, you little brat! Of course I understand! It's Uncle Dali who doesn't. Aunt Jingya is so fierce, he must be crazy to like her!"

"You're the idiot!" Nianxi retorted, "An idiot like you will never be able to find a wife when you grow up!"

"Who cares! I wouldn't even take it if you paid me!"

Wow, let's see what he's capable of.

Even if he offered himself to someone else, they wouldn't want him!

*

Huo Chang'an showed Sang Ning the letter from Emperor Qiguang.

“I don’t believe what he said, but being imprisoned in a secret room and starving to death… I think the suffering my father endured was real.”

After searching for so long, there's been no trace of my father.

It seems that after he entered the palace, he never came out again.

Huo Chang'an was already mentally prepared.

"It was Yan Mingyu who did it!" He was absolutely certain!

The late emperor must have fallen for his tricks too.

Why would a legitimate crown prince commit patricide and kill his confidant?

"Could it be that the late emperor wanted to install the third prince instead, and he objected?" Huo Chang'an guessed.

“Don’t forget, he also sought out the late emperor’s illegitimate son before,” Sang Ning reminded him.

Yes.

But what threat could an illegitimate child raised outside the palace pose?

The late emperor would not pass the throne to someone else...

Wait, that illegitimate child seems to be Ning'er.

Sang Ning suddenly slapped Huo Chang'an's thigh and shouted, "I understand!"

"You took a picture that's too heavy!" Huo Chang'an's expression cracked.

Sanning: "???"

Oh, I wasn't taking a picture of your thigh just now.

But she didn't take a picture of the middle either?

She patted it again.

"Oh, I see, I see. How did you..."

"What you made is...too small!" The man's ears turned red again, and he shifted his body back uncomfortably.

Recently, Sang Ning had nothing to do, so she learned needlework from Yu Cui and Yu Bai and made a few modern-style underwear for Huo.

Was it made too small?

He's special, isn't he?

Sang Ning's eyes darted around restlessly.

Huo Chang'an grabbed his face and lifted it up.

"Tell me what you just realized!"

It's broad daylight now; once a fire starts, it won't be easy to put out.

"I understand you put it on the right, right?" Sang Ning blinked.

"..."

Huo Chang'an really wanted to bury his face.

It's burning hot.

"I mean, you made yourself clear before!"

"Oh, that! Let me explain it to you." Sang Ning began to 'recreate the real situation'.

The old emperor said: "The crown prince is a bit useless!"

Father said: The Third Prince is not very useful either. The Second Prince is even less useful.

The fourth and fifth princes have just been weaned.

The old emperor joked: "I wish your four sons were mine."

Father is angry: Your Majesty, please don't joke around.

The old emperor: I'm not joking anymore. Actually, I have an illegitimate son. Go and find him.

Huo Chang'an listened intently and then asked, "The late emperor knew he had an illegitimate son, but he didn't know where he was?"

"Oh, you forgot! Du Xin went to the palace before! He must have calculated for the late emperor that he had another child. You should understand that, can't you calculate how many children someone has?"

That's true, of course it can be calculated.

But can you also tell whether it's a boy or a girl?

Sang Ning saw through his thoughts at a glance, and she had a very reasonable explanation: "Because I am from another world, I can't accurately calculate the heart-crossing!"

Just like how he couldn't figure out Sister Fu's whereabouts back then.

Once something is broken by some external energy, it becomes inaccurate!

That's fucking smart!

Sang Ning felt it was a pity she wasn't a detective.

Huo Chang'an's eyes remained fixed, as if he were deep in thought.

Sang Ning revealed the truth: "The Crown Prince overheard their conversation, so he placed the old emperor under house arrest, imprisoned Father, and even tried to kill you brothers!"

"Does the Crown Prince have such great abilities?"

"You forgot again! He has Northern Mongols and Gu Masters by his side!"

Huo Chang'an nodded in realization.

If the late emperor and father were unprepared, he could indeed succeed, since it was in the palace, and apart from the crown prince, no one else had that opportunity.

"Ning'er, you're so smart!"

"Please call me: Detective Sang Ning."

Huo Chang'an smiled.

After laughing, his eyes were filled with frost.

Yan Meng has sent word that there are indeed unusual developments in the southern border region.

He wanted to bring his father's remains back safely.

They also need to agree to a truce in a timely manner and lure Hong Kang to the front.

"Let me speculate on what Jingya and Xiaoshizi are up to," Sang Ning said, her gossip-loving nature stirring.

"Jingya truly deserves to be called the first woman to rise to prominence! She saw a handsome man, gave a shout, and acted when the time was right!"

Huo Chang'an: "..."

"Given her fierce and impulsive nature, she should throw the persimmon onto the bed now..."

"Don't overthink it, that's impossible." Huo Chang'an sensed something was wrong and quickly interrupted.

“No matter how fierce Jingya is, she is still a young lady raised in a marquis’s mansion, not a female bandit. Xiaoyanzi is even less likely to be one. You’re forcing him… cough cough, otherwise would I have let them leave?”

"Oh, hehe." Sang Ning grinned.

But yesterday, after Jingya made her decision, she came to see her and taught her a saying: "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may!"