The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Du Mingxian was somewhat surprised that there were no guards here. After the Fourth Prince went in, she quietly went up to a corner and slipped into the space before the guards noticed.

The moment she entered the space, the guards all looked in the direction where Du Mingxian disappeared, but... they saw nothing, so they looked away.

When Du Mingxian went in, she poked a hole in the window. Now, inside the space, she can see part of the situation through that hole.

A man dressed in black with a full head of white hair was sitting with his back to her, opposite the Fourth Prince.

Upon entering, the fourth prince clasped his hands in greeting, but said nothing and simply stood quietly.

The person opposite the Fourth Prince spoke, his voice aged, "Our things were stolen, it must have been done by the Da Shun people. I'm entrusting this matter to you to investigate. If you can't find out, you know the consequences."

The fourth prince's face paled, but he still answered respectfully, "Yes."

"Spend more time with your elder brother, the Crown Prince, and try to get some information out of him. You haven't found a single person I asked you to find. You're all useless. Are all the princes of your Great Shun Dynasty this useless?"

The fourth prince's face paled even more.

Du Mingxian could see his restraint.

"Yes, we will do our best to investigate."

“This time we’ve mobilized a lot of manpower for a thorough search, leaving no place unchecked. This time it’s not just about the things we’ve lost, but also about finding the people we couldn’t find last time. I refuse to believe they can just disappear into thin air again.”

"Yes."

"You people from Da Shun are really cunning. You're useless at doing things, but you're good at playing tricks. Do you think we Tapo people are afraid of you?"

The fourth prince did not respond.

What followed was a one-sided outburst from the old man, consisting entirely of insults. His mouth was... very foul, which made Du Mingxian quite angry. She even considered going in and killing the old man to end it all.

After the old man finished venting, the fourth prince asked in a low voice, "Can I go and contact my brother now? Since he is seriously injured, if I go and show him concern, he will be more likely to trust me."

"Hmph, I can let you go, but you need to remember what you're supposed to do."

"Yes."

"Let's go."

"Yes." The fourth prince left.

Those who came with the Fourth Prince also left with him, but two people remained guarding the door of the old man's room.

Du Mingxian knew that the Fourth Prince had gone to see the Crown Prince, and immediately wanted to follow him, but found the old man sitting in the room talking.

"Let the Fourth Prince make his appearance first. Once the matter is settled, his death is imminent. After he dies... you can succeed him."

"Yes, but we cannot be careless about Father's disappearance."

Du Mingxian listened to the conversation inside in shock, wanting to see who it was, but the hole she poked was limited, and she couldn't see anything, only hear the old man and that person's conversation.

Moreover, the person's voice was deliberately disguised; she had never heard it before.

Listening to the two talking, and thinking about the Fourth Prince going to see the Crown Prince, she struggled with the decision and then flashed out of the space, walking away as fast as she could.

As soon as she flew out, she sensed someone following her. In a panic, she quickly entered her spatial dimension.

The people chasing her were already in front of her; they were the two men standing at the door of the old man's room.

"I clearly saw a dark figure over here just now, how did it disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Another person behind this man said, "Your lightness skill is the best. No one can escape your lightness skill. Since no one can, you must have seen wrong. Let's go back. The master's safety is the most important thing."

The man was still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"Don't worry, although there aren't many guards in the palace right now, the entire capital is under our control. No one will be foolish enough to come in. Besides, it's all ours."

"I still feel uneasy, like there was a shadowy figure just now."

"You must be seeing things. Go back." After saying that, the other person left. The guard, who was quite skilled in light footwork, glanced around and indeed found no trace of anything. In the end, he could only suspect that he had seen things wrong and turned to leave as well.

Du Mingxian held her breath in the space. Although she knew that the two people wouldn't notice her in the space, the situation just now was too urgent, and she was really frightened.

She was almost discovered; she probably couldn't beat the person who had just found her.

Once the person left, she rushed out as quickly as possible and left the area. When she realized that no one was following her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

But she didn't know where to find the Fourth Prince, so she could only sneak up and investigate.

The Crown Prince is currently a hostage, and since the other princes can live in the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince certainly won't be too far away.

Du Mingxian focused on the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace and searched around for a long time before she finally saw the Fourth Prince coming out of a palace, with two people guarding the palace gate.

After the fourth prince came out, the two palace guards locked the palace gates. The two men didn't care at all and went straight to sleep.

Du Mingxian became suspicious and quietly went around to the back, climbed over the wall and went in. She found that there was no one in the courtyard, only the dim light of candles coming from the main hall.

She didn't dare go in. Looking around cautiously, she walked to the window and poked a hole in it. When she saw that it was indeed the Crown Prince lying on the bed, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hurry up and push the door open to go inside.

The prince, lying in bed, heard someone enter but did not move.

When Du Mingxian entered, she saw that the Crown Prince's face was deathly still. "Your Highness."

The crown prince heard a woman's voice and thought he was hallucinating. He turned around and found Du Mingxian standing in front of him. He stared at her in shock, "You...you..."

"Your Highness, your condition is very bad. Wait a moment, I brought some food with me when I came in. Please eat something first before you talk."

Du Mingxian turned and went out. Under the cover of darkness, she took out a food box from her spatial storage, and then took out some food, including a soup that Xiao Zhoushi had made for the Emperor.

Because there was soup every day, the family had had their fill, so Xiao Zhou forced the soup to Du Mingxian.

Du Mingxian didn't really want to drink it either. No matter how good the food is, you can't eat it every day. So she secretly put the food into her spatial storage, and that's how she put it to use right away.

The Crown Prince was even more surprised to see Du Mingxian carrying things. When he saw a bowl of soup in her food box, he was shocked and asked, "How did you get in with all this stuff?"

"Your Highness may not know, but something happened outside. The palace is very lax, with only a few guards, so it didn't take me long to get in."

The crown prince naturally knew something was wrong, "I..."

"Your Highness, please don't speak yet. Eat something first, and then we can talk."

Du Mingxian stuffed a steamed bun into his hand.

The prince had never eaten such things before. Seeing the buns in his hand, he felt warm and smelled delicious. Under Du Mingxian's watchful gaze, he ate the buns little by little.

Du Mingxian offered him another one, but the Crown Prince waved his hand, saying, "I can't eat anymore."