Xiao Diyuan was not calm after hearing the news, but he didn't show it.

Liu's visit to see a demented child and his expression of concern when he saw it all validated his judgment, and now, he only needed to see if the demented child was the same age as him and looked like one of Xiao Hong or Liu, so that he could make a more accurate judgment.

But it all had to be done in secret, and it had to be done in a way that didn't hurt the demented child.

Xiao Diyuan closed his eyes and pondered for half a light of incense before he had an idea.

The next afternoon, Xiao Diyuan sent someone to disguise himself as a peasant to the demented child's house named Ding An to chat with his parents, and by the way, he would find a way to get the demented child out of the door, and he would hide not far away and watch.

When he arrived at the place, Xiao Diyuan saw that it was a private house built on a slope, and the shape was no different from that of the local private houses, except that there was a verandah outside the house. Xiao Diyuan hid behind a big tree on the east side of the corridor and asked the man dressed as a farmer to knock on the door.

The man knocked on the door for a long time but didn't see anyone answering, so he looked towards Xiao Diyuan to ask Xiao Diyuan's opinion. Xiao Diyuan motioned for him to knock again after a while, and asked him to report his identity and name.

The man nodded, and said to the door: "May I ask if this is Brother Ding's home? I am from Lujia Village, my name is Lu Ai, I came to Lemon Street to shop today, and I heard that there is a waterfall behind this mountain, so I wanted to come and see it on a whim." I don't know the way, if Brother Ding is at home, I wonder if he can help me lead the way?"

The people in the room still didn't respond, but the man heard the faint sound of chairs moving and people moving inside, so he raised his voice and said, "Brother Ding, if you hear it, please reply to me, okay?"

After a while, a man's voice said, "Go straight back from the right hand side of my house, turn left when you reach the third junction, and then go straight for about half a mile." ”

The man said: "I see that there are woods behind this mountain, and it is snowing now, I am afraid that I will accidentally fall into the ditch, you are more familiar with this road, you take it to be safe, I can pay you 10 yuan as a reward for you to take me there, how about it?"

The people inside were whispering.

The knocker outside the door waited nervously.

The door suddenly opened from the inside, revealing the figure of a man of medium height in his fifties, who looked at the man standing in the doorway with alarm in his eyes. When he noticed that the other party was dressed as a peasant and looked kind, he relaxed a little and asked, "Are you alone?"

"Yes," the man replied, rubbing his hands, "it's too cold outside, can I go in and have a cup of hot water or a roast?"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before leaning over to let him in, then closed the door.

Xiao Diyuan immediately jumped onto the roof from the side of the house, cautiously came to the opposite position of the living room, and lay on the roof to listen to them.

The people sent by Xiao Diyuan have been talking to the demented child Ding An since they entered the house. Dementia rarely sees people, and he is happy to be talked, so he will answer whatever the person asks him.

Considering the other party's intelligence, the person asked very simple questions, but no matter how simple the questions were, Ding An could answer a lot of them happily.

After talking for a while, the man asked Ding An, "Do you want to go with us?"

Ding An hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

But his father categorically objected, saying, "The snow is too big, and the road is very difficult to walk, so you better stay at home." ”

Ding An let out an 'oh' helplessly.

The man got up and said, "Brother Ding, let's go." ”

After that, he took Ding An's hand and said, "The snow is falling outside, it's beautiful, don't you want to come out and take a look?"

Ding An said yes repeatedly.

Ding An's father wanted to talk about it, and finally gave permission.

So the man took Ding An's hand and walked out of the door.

Xiao Diyuan immediately looked at Ding An from the roof.

But seeing that it was a young man with a puffy face, dull eyes, pale skin, and trembling walking, at first glance, there was not the slightest shadow of Xiao Hong and Liu on his face.

Xiao Diyuan looked at it carefully, and finally saw that his nose and chin were somewhat similar to Liu's, and immediately left from the back of the house.

He had already told the man that he would leave on his own after seeing Ding An, and this would also reduce the Ding family's suspicion of the purpose of their trip.

On the way back to the palace, Xiao Diyuan was a little distracted, and there was an indescribable sadness in his heart.

Now, it is obvious that he is not the biological son of Xiao Hong and the Liu family, this one is called Ding An, but why did Xiao Hong do this? Did Xiao Hong send someone to kidnap him who was in the resort at the time? If so, for what purpose?

He finally fully understood why he had not been able to get the love of the Liu family since he was a child.

Now, all the doubts point to Xiao Hong, and only he knows the whole thing best. Or rather, he should have single-handedly planned the whole thing.

Xiao Diyuan should have hated Xiao Hong, but he couldn't hate it. In the past sixteen years, after all, Xiao Hong has given him a lot, and he is not a person who likes to hate.

However, that thing was sinful, so the most important thing he should do was to make Xiao Hong say everything.

However, if Xiao Hong knew about this, he might not be able to leave Shuguo alive.

Therefore, he had to think long-term.

He thought a lot along the way, and felt that his whole body was more tired than ever. When he returned to the palace, he lay down and fell asleep.

But he didn't fall asleep, his heart was in turmoil.

The question became clear – where would he go from here?

If he insists on continuing to pursue the truth, there will inevitably be a day when he will go toe-to-toe with Xiao Hong, and that day may be his death. If he pretends to be unaware, he can continue to be his second prince and nothing will change. However, the latter is not what he wants.

He couldn't have known and paralyzed himself and said he didn't know, and he didn't want to deceive himself in order to save his life, but he didn't want to die.

There is nothing more cherished than life.

He remembered what Jingwu told him again - you must not act rashly in the past two years, otherwise there will be more evil and less luck.

He had to pretend he didn't know anything until he was a vassal.

Well, then pretend that everything is as it was yesterday, and secretly he will still investigate the matter closely.

At the thought of this, he was less sad, and went to sleep. In the middle of the night, I had a dream that a fifteen-year-old girl came to his house and bathed in his bathing room.

He listened to the sound of water outside, and couldn't help but imagine her without clothes, and he had an irrepressible impulse. In order to avoid making a mistake, he hurried out of the house.

When he woke up, the scene in the dream was still vivid, but the face of the girl in the dream was blurred, but he still remembered that he was moved by her in the dream.