"Prince Xiao talked to Third Young Master Shen for a while and left in a hurry. After that, Third Young Master Shen entered Zui Jiangyue."

"Are you sure you read it correctly?" Li Chun confirmed again and again.

"My subordinate is sure." The man in gray was very sure.

Xiao Jue's appearance is so magnificent that everyone who has seen him will probably never forget it.

Li Chun also thought of this, so he had no doubts.

"So... Xiao Jue left to find that girl from the Shen family?"

"My subordinates also sent people to follow, but..."

Seeing the look on the man in gray, Li Chun nodded in understanding.

After all, Xiao Jue was born in Prince Yong's palace and was taken to the battlefield by his father very early.

If you don't even have this precaution, it must be impossible.

"So... now you are not sure whether Xiao Jue rescued the person?"

"That's right."

After receiving a positive answer, Li Chun couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and the man in gray turned his head when he heard the sound.

Recognizing that he was the subordinate he sent out to find out the news, he turned back to signal to Li Chun.

Seeing Li Chun waving his hand, the man in gray immediately turned around and left...

Looking at his back, Li Chun sighed.

Still can't completely relax.

It would be best if this matter had nothing to do with Xiao Jue.

But it is said that Xiao Jue has always had a good relationship with the younger son of the Shen family. If it is for Shen Qiaoran's sake, it is not impossible to help find his friend's lost sister.

Moreover, Li Chun also saw Xiao Jue's attitude toward the girl from the Shen family at the palace banquet yesterday.

When I think of His Majesty's decree to appoint a crown prince, and the impact it will have on the Li family.

Li Chun felt increasingly unhappy with Xiao Jue, the eldest son of Prince Yong, and the little girl from the Shen family.

Although the initial cause of yesterday's incident was because the third prince wanted to embarrass Shen Qiaochen on the spot, in the final analysis, it also had something to do with Xiao Jue and Shen Qiaochen.

Shen Qiaochen is just a courtier's daughter. Even if she is Shen Congyan's daughter, so what?

And that Xiao Jue was really too domineering, but he was just relying on the power of Prince Yong's Mansion and His Majesty's favor.

My grandson is the legitimate son of the middle palace, but this time he was implicated by the two of them, and was reprimanded by His Majesty.

And my daughter...

Since entering the palace, I have almost never been favored by His Majesty.

She was once a queen, but her life was worse than that of a noble concubine.

Thinking of the queen, Li Chun became increasingly unhappy.

When he sent his daughter to Prince Yan's palace to be a concubine, he originally planned to give his daughter the title of concubine after Prince Yan ascended the throne.

But unexpectedly, after the death of Empress Yuan, His Majesty actually raised his daughter as his successor.

The difference between a queen and an imperial concubine is more than just a word.

Therefore, just because the Li family had a daughter who was the queen, Li Chun's ambitions became bigger and bigger and he wanted more and more.

Over the years, Li Chun has always done well in external matters. He has become the left prime minister of the government and has a truly high and powerful position.

But the queen in the palace has not made any progress over the years.

That's all if she doesn't get His Majesty's favor. Even the third prince she gave birth to is not valued by His Majesty.

What's more important is that the Li family gave her so much support, but the Li family didn't get even half of the benefits from her.

Has she forgotten that if there is no Li family, what hope can she, an unpopular queen, have in the deep palace?

Could it be possible that she thought that she and the Third Prince alone could accomplish anything?

…

Getting back to the subject, the most important thing right now is to confirm whether what happened tonight is related to Xiao Jue.

If it is really related to him, then how much does Xiao Jue know now...

I don't know how long it took, but there were hurried footsteps outside the door.

Li Chun came back to his senses and saw the man in gray just leaving and coming back.

"Master Prime Minister." The man in gray walked up to Li Chun and said respectfully.

Seeing the solemn look on his face, Li Chun couldn't help but have a bad premonition.

really……

"Prime Minister, the brothers sent out by my subordinates have just come to report that they saw Prince Xiao and a man in black appearing in Zuijiangyue just now."

"Man in black?" Li Chun frowned.

"Exactly. Moreover, it is said that the man in black... is a woman."

"Female?" Li Chun asked suspiciously.

"Yes, the most important thing is that after seeing the two of them, the third son of the Shen family seemed to have taken action against Prince Xiao because of the woman in black."

Having said this, the man in gray looked a little strange.

But Li Chun didn't blame him, because at this moment, he suddenly remembered some rumors in Beijing.

This was also what the eldest son Li Jing told him as a joke one day.

With Li Chun's temperament, he originally regarded this as nonsense, and let it go after hearing it.

But what his confidant said today did make him dazed for a moment...

But soon, he came back to his senses and denied the idea.

…

"Have you found out the identity of that woman?"

"Not yet." The man in gray looked at Li Chun's face carefully and continued.

"The woman was covered in black clothes, and there was nothing on her body that could prove her identity."

"However, according to the brother who sneaked into Zui Jiangyue, somehow, Third Young Master Shen seemed to have recognized the identity of the woman in black, and then stopped."

"Therefore, my subordinates infer that the Third Young Master Shen and the woman should be acquainted with each other. Not only that, but there was also the Sixth Young Master of the Duke of Jin who was present at the time and seemed to be familiar with the woman."

Hearing this, Li Chun pondered for a moment.

"Are you sure that woman is not Xiao Jue's subordinate, and she has never shown her face?"

"My subordinates are sure. Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and Zuijiang Moon is already overcrowded. Third Young Master Shen and Prince Xiao took action, and everyone present saw it."

"And in the end, the woman followed them upstairs." The man in gray emphasized with great certainty.

"The most important thing is that someone who recognized Prince Xiao at the scene said that the black cloak wrapped around the woman belonged to Prince Xiao."

…

Li Chun closed his eyes and had some guesses about the identity of the mysterious woman in black.

If what the confidant said is true...

So the person who took Shen Qiaochen away from the float was indeed Prince Yong's eldest son, Xiao Jue.

One of my confidants once said that given the circumstances at the time, it would be impossible for ordinary people to quietly take people away from the float.

So, what if this person is Xiao Jue?

If it were Xiao Jue, could he do it?

…

The next second, Li Chun came up with the answer in his heart.

Xiao Jue almost never showed whether he knew martial arts when he was in Beijing on weekdays.

But as the crown prince of Prince Yong, he was also a military commander who had been on the battlefield.

If you don't know the slightest bit of martial arts, how can you convince the crowd in a military camp where martial arts is always respected?

But very few people know how high Xiao Jue's martial arts skills are.
Chapter completed!