"Boss, two bowls of noodles, both with increased meat."

Xiaoqing counted sixty dollars from the sachet and handed it to the owner of the restaurant with some distress.

The boss looks quite feminine, and his voice is also sharp, obviously a father-in-law.

But even if it is a father-in-law, the boss doesn't know Xiaoqing's identity.

This imperial city is extremely large, and Xiaoqing has been low-key and hidden.

But the boss recognized Xia Yan, as soon as he saw Xia Yan, he hurriedly saluted, and said respectfully: "The villain has seen His Highness." ”

Xia Yan said: "I only eat noodles today." ”

"Yes, yes, yes," the boss bowed and retreated.

At this time, in the restaurant, there were many people eating noodles, most of these people were guards, as well as officials and officials of various departments and departments in the imperial city, and some powerful people in brocade clothes, but they did not gossip, but avoided Xia Yan from afar.

What's even more exaggerated is that some female officials or female officers with a little posture actually threw away the copper plate directly and quietly ran away... I don't know what that means.

This frustrated Xia Yan's plan to eavesdrop on information through the restaurant.

After a while, a small eunuch brought two bowls of noodles.

This time, the big meat on the noodles is extremely fast, and it is both bowls.

Obviously, the fathers-in-law are not people without insight, they don't know Xiaoqing, but they always feel that those who can follow the side of the Third Highness can't be offended, so they just have a bowl of water...

Xiaoqing happily ate it.

Xia Yan was a little strange, why Xiaoqing, as the person next to the queen, was still so short of money.

But he also ate quickly.

———— detected that you have a bowl of large meat noodles in your body, do you want to redeem it?

———— exchange options: 1. True qi, 2. Good chopsticks below, 3. Recommendation letter from Shan Gonggong

"Exchange True Qi."

Xia Yan is not interested in option 2, and he doesn't know what to say about option 3, the most important thing is that he still doesn't know how 2 and 3 will appear, and trying in this kind of place is probably too conspicuous.

As soon as the thought fell, a stream of sweet true qi flowed out of the acupoint, and the warmth in the lower abdomen also increased a little, and the progress of the opening up of the space also improved.

Xia Yan glanced at the information, and his true qi changed from "second-rate: (1/200)" to "second-rate: (2/200)".

This may seem slow, but for others, I am afraid that it will take several days to improve.

If possible, he would use the power of the prince to make the boss keep making the meat noodles go down until the store went bankrupt, but... He wouldn't do that, because then he would be exposed.

Where, then, can he "act recklessly"?

An answer popped up directly: the palace of the three princes.

Of course, the three princes can dispose of their own belongings at will, right?

But the question is, he is just a fake third prince, a replaced third prince, if he really returns to the palace of the third prince, will something happen? After all... He didn't even know if the third prince had a princess or not.

However, in this palace, the only place he can arbitrarily dominate is the palace of the third prince.

Must go once.

No other way.

"Xiaoqing." He said.

The girl in Tsing Yi raised her head, sucked a "sigh" in her mouth, and looked at him with her eyes wide open.

Xia Yan said: "Send me back to where I live." ”

"Elysium?" Xiaoqing asked.

Xia Yan shook his head.

Xiaoqing thought for a while and said, "You want to go back to the Prince's Mansion?" ”

Xia Yan was silent, as long as he didn't speak, the other party would probably add information.

Sure enough, Xiaoqing said: "However, you said before that the Prince's Mansion was haunted, so you drove out all the maids and guards of the Prince's Mansion, and then moved out and slept in the palace arranged by the mother, why do you have to go back so soon?" ”

Xia Yan's pupils condensed slightly.

A small thread came together.

The third prince said that he was haunted and seriously ill, and then moved out of the prince's palace and slept in the palace arranged by the queen, and after that... It was quietly replaced by the former owner of this body.

Later, the former lord was poisoned by the colorless and tasteless holy water of the afterlife, and then he crossed over.

Is that so?

Wrong!

Not so!

If the third prince really wants to use someone who looks like him to get out, then... He can do it completely in the Prince's Mansion.

Why play this drama of "the prince's mansion is haunted, and then move to the queen's palace"?

In this case, it is highly likely that there are two possibilities.

First, the palace of the three princes is really haunted;

Second, the third prince was involved in some right and wrong, and if he continued to stay in the Third Prince's Mansion, something bad would happen, but he didn't want the queen to know about this, so... He chose the "haunted" rhetoric and ran to the queen to take refuge.

In other words, the third prince may have guessed that someone wanted to "replace him", but he was unwilling, but he was also unwilling to expose it.

Most of the royal affairs are treacherous.

Xia Yan felt that it was the second kind, if so, then... It's about a quick fix.

Many thoughts flashed, and the young man raised his head, looked at the girl in Tsing Yi and said, "You can go with me." ”

Xiaoqing drank the last sip of the big meat noodle soup, sighed with satisfaction, and then said softly: "Okay, after all, the Three Princes' Mansion is not far from here." ”

...

...

The carriage moved again, the wheels gurgling, and many people could be seen busy on the road in the light snow.

After about a stick of incense, the carriage stopped in front of a luxurious mansion.

Xiaoqing probed the carriage with a face and shouted, "It's here." ”

Xia Yan lifted the curtain to check.

Seeing him hesitate, Xiaoqing said, "Is there really a ghost?" ”

Hearing her say this, Xia Yan was even more sure that it was the second possibility, because Xiaoqing's tone was obviously unbelieving... Moreover, this is the Royal Palace. It would be strange if there were ghosts in the palace that could not be dealt with.

Xia Yan said calmly: "I'm worried that the person who assassinated me before is hiding here. ”

Xiaoqing said: "If you are really worried, then we will not go in... Tonight, we rushed back to the Moon Shadow Palace overnight.

Tomorrow morning, I will have someone move for His Highness, and all the important items will be moved to the Moon Shadow Palace.

The Moon Shadow Palace is under the control of the mother, and anyone who wants to assassinate Her Highness cannot reach it. ”

Don't say it sooner...

Xia Yan was quite in favor of this proposal.

But it's coming...

Forget it, still don't go in, here... There can be no small amount of risk, especially now that it's night.

If you really want to come, wait until your strength has increased to a fairly stable level.

...

...

In the middle of the night, Xia Yan returned to the Moon Shadow Palace again.

At the end of the day, he lay down on the bed.

After a while, two palace maids came to the palace with wooden barrels, one boiled water, the other spread herbs in the bucket, and burned the wood incense of the gods, which was arranged by the queen to take care of his daily life and diet.

Xia Yan didn't refuse this arrangement, after all, he didn't come to warm the bed.

In a few moments, he was soaking comfortably in the tub and his hands were stretched.

His gaze passed through the long wooden pillars of the palace.

The light snow in the courtyard has stopped, and the red lanterns are gently swaying in the cold wind, which is extremely cold...

"Who?!"

Suddenly, he felt a sharp sense of horror.

It was as if something was staring at him through the crack in the door.

And his shouting also made the palace maid startled.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" A palace maid asked.

Xia Yan said: "There seems to be something outside the door." ”

"Didn't you?" As she spoke, the other palace maid held up an ever-bright lamp and walked over, walked for a while, stopped in front of the wooden pillar outside the door, pointed to the narrow dark cloud on the wooden pillar and said, "Your Highness is talking about this, right?" ”

Xia Yan thought for a moment and nodded suspiciously.

The palace maid said: "It's just that a little black appeared on the wooden pillar, maybe the humidity is too heavy, and it is damp... This Moon Shadow Palace is also an old mansion. ”

...

...

The next afternoon.

Light snow is beginning to clear.

The cold wind swept the silver dust and flew in the clouds.

Two carriages came from afar and stopped at the Moon Shadow Palace.

The eunuch guards quickly got out of the car and began to move the contents of the car to the palace.

The belongings and books of the Three Princes' Mansion have been relocated.

This portends the... Xia Yan's first pot of gold has finally arrived.