Xiao Diyuan returned to his residence after taking classes from the Taixue Hall, changed his clothes, and then took a book to the big banyan tree in the imperial garden.

Since returning from Zhaoguo, he has had to study in Taixue Hall for most of the day every day, and only has some free time after class.

At this time, it is early summer, and the branches of the big banyan tree are luxuriant, and the shade covers the sky, like a large umbrella that is opened.

Xiao Diyuan stood on the tree, reached out and touched the words on the trunk, pondered for a moment, took out a knife from his pocket and cut off the word "court" engraved on it.

After cutting it off, he jumped up on the trunk of the tree, and reclined on the trunk of the tree where he usually read a book.

The setting sun shone sparsely on him from the dense foliage, making him feel like he was being gently caressed by a pair of gentle hands.

He unconsciously thought of Jiang Yuetang.

If one day, she grows up and snuggles up in his arms so meekly, it must feel very good.

As he thought about it, his face turned red, and he hurriedly rolled over, hugged the thick trunk, closed his eyes, and imagined that it was her in his arms.

Just as he was thinking nonsense, Ding Cong trotted under the tree and said: "Second Highness, the people sent by His Majesty to search for them in the whole city have returned, saying that they did not find those two, but Your Majesty did not give up, and sent more than 100 people to sneak into the streets and alleys of the capital in the guise of peasants to find them. ”

Xiao Diyuan opened his eyes abruptly and said, "Our people have a harvest?"

Ding Cong hurriedly said: "I haven't found them." ”

Xiao Diyuan sat up and said, "They probably changed their appearance and hid." ”

Ding Cong asked, "Then what should we do next?"

"Withdraw the people first, and then keep an eye on His Majesty's side. ”

"Yes. Ding Cong immediately took the order and left.

As soon as Ding Cong left, Xiao Diyuan continued to lie down and read, and he couldn't see any mood ups and downs from his face.

Knowing that the more than 100 people did not find the two people, the Liu family was very uneasy and immediately came to see Xiao Hong.

"Your Majesty, please be sure to find them, otherwise there will be endless troubles. As soon as Liu entered the door, he knelt down at Xiao Hong and pleaded.

Xiao Hong and the crown prince Xiao Dikai were reviewing the folds, and when they heard it, they put down their pens and turned their faces to her.

"I've sent another group of people to search for secretly, so you don't have to worry too much. Xiao Hong was relieved and reached out to help her up.

Liu refused to get up, and said to Xiao Di: "The queen mother needs to have a private chat with your father about something, so you can retreat first." ”

Xiao Di hurriedly retreated.

As soon as the Liu clan closed the door, he immediately grabbed Xiao Hong's hand nervously and said, "Your Majesty, you have to catch them no matter what." ”

Xiao Hong patted the back of her hand and said, "Of course." ”

"And during this time, we must pay close attention to the movements in the capital, so as not to cause something to happen to them. ”

Xiao Hong snorted coldly and said, "This is our territory, where can we allow them to mess around?" It's just that these two people are obviously from Zhaoguo, and they should also have a certain understanding of the situation in the capital of Shuguo, which makes me wonder. ”

Liu Shi hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?"

Xiao Hong glanced at her and said, "Think about it, if they are not familiar with the situation in the capital of Shuguo, will Zhaoguo dare to send them?"

"It's also possible that there is their internal response here. Liu said.

Xiao Hong listened to it for a moment, patted his forehead like an initiation, and said, "I didn't expect this layer. So the question is, who exactly has such a relationship with them?"

This is indeed a puzzling question, it stands to reason that the person who can have a personal relationship with the person sent by Zhaoguo must be the one who knows the whereabouts of the three princes of Zhaoguo, but looking at Zhaoguo, only Xiao Hong and the Liu family know the whereabouts of the three princes of Zhaoguo.......

The husband and wife looked at each other, and for a moment both frowned at the same time.

Liu Shi was slightly stunned for a moment, and then immediately grabbed Xiao Hong's hand and said: "The concubine is guaranteed by a human head, this matter is definitely not done by the concubine, I hope Your Majesty will be clear." ”

Xiao Hong stared at her for a while, and said, "I believe in you." ”

But who else but her?

The husband and wife took out all the people who might know a little bit and analyzed it, and it turned out that they didn't seem to dare to do it, and besides, what good did they do to do it?

"Forget it, don't mess around with it yet. Xiao Hong rubbed his forehead and said.

His heart was a little heavy, as if there was an iron ball in it, and he was a little uncomfortable panting.

Seeing that his face was not good, Liu Shi hurriedly said, "Okay, don't talk about it." ”

She thoughtfully massaged him and lit sandalwood in the room.

Xiao Hong reclined on the dragon chair and enjoyed her massage, and finally felt more comfortable, before saying to her, "You go back to the room first, I will pass you after dinner." ”

"Yes. The Liu family, who was worried about the crying of the third prince Xiao Dining, hurriedly retreated.

In the past year or so, Liu always had a hunch that maybe Xiao Hong would not be able to protect her and her two children in the near future, so it was inevitable that he would often feel uneasy.

It stands to reason that the king of a country is the most capable of protecting his family, and she used to think so, but now she doesn't think so.

Since she repaired the relationship with the second prince Xiao Diyuan, the relationship between the crown prince Xiao Dikai and her has become more and more distant, but even so, Xiao Dikai is her biological son after all, and she always has to take extra care of her.

Fortunately, Xiao Hong has not let the second prince Xiao Diyuan interfere too much in court politics in recent years, so the crown prince Xiao Dikai was able to establish his prestige among the ministers, but the Liu family gradually found that the crown prince Xiao Dikai has many deficiencies in the ability to govern the country, strictly speaking, he is not the best candidate to succeed to the throne, so she has always been a little worried in her heart, worried that Xiao Dikai will be accidentally squeezed out of the crown prince.

For a prince like Xiao Diyuan, who is both capable and popular with the people, as long as he wants to, it is not easy to squeeze out Xiao Dikai, and the Liu family is even more afraid that Xiao Diyuan will know his own life story one day because of this worry.

Although Xiao Diyuan will be a vassal next year, but the vassal is a double-sided sword for him, on the one hand, it seems that he will be far away from the capital, and political matters are more difficult to approach, but on the other hand, he has more opportunities to act independently, although he is still under the supervision of the imperial court even after the vassal is established, but after all, the emperor is far away, and it is easy for him to carry out a conspiracy.

Liu returned to his palace with a heavy heart, and found that the third prince Xiao Dining's face had changed from crying, so he hurriedly took him over, opened his shirt and breastfed him.

Once the little one had eaten his mother's milk and was held by his mother, he stopped as if he had suddenly found a support, biting the bulging bud and sucking it vigorously.

Liu gently wiped the sweat from his head with a handkerchief and muttered, "If only you were in your teens now!"