Chen Yutian couldn't defeat Xuan Xi, so he had to agree to take her to the eldest princess's palace to test it out.
On the way, Xuan Xi asked him in detail how he planned to test.
Chen Yutian's method was actually simple. He planned to pretend to be investigating the disappearance of the eighth princess, and make some sideways inquiries to see if he could gain anything. After all, he suspected that the maid was responsible for the disappearance of the eighth princess.
After hearing his plan, Xuan Xi pondered for a moment, "It sounds feasible, but I don't know if the other party will be that easy to deal with."
Chen Yutian smiled faintly, "Dare to kidnap a real princess in the inner garden of the palace. This kind of thing cannot be done if you are not brave. If you are brave, it will naturally not be easy to deal with."
Xuan Xi nodded.
The two of them were walking when they suddenly heard a burst of crying from the nearby garden.
"Prince, come out and see your mother and concubine quickly..."
"Come out quickly..."
The voice is so sad and plaintive, it seems to contain countless sorrows, which can't help but make people lament.
Chen Yutian and the two heard this strangely.
How could anyone cry so miserably in this palace garden?
Out of curiosity, the two of them ducked in the direction of the crying, and within a moment, they were on the roof of the villa.
Xuan Xi looked down following the source of the sound, and his eyes suddenly focused!
I saw an unkempt woman in this garden, crying and laughing in front of a tomb.
The woman hadn't dressed up in an unknown amount of time, nor had she bathed or changed clothes for an unknown amount of time. Her whole body was dirty, and she looked like one of those crazy beggars outside who make a living by begging.
She was holding a sour sesame seed cake in her hand, crying and laughing at the air.
"Wang'er, look, this is your favorite sesame seed cake..."
"Come out and take a look. This is your favorite sesame seed cake..."
Seeing the woman's crazy behavior, both Chen Yutian and Chen Yutian had a hint of doubt in their eyes.
The two looked at each other, then nodded at the same time and left the roof.
"What do you think?" Xuan Xi took a deep breath and looked at Chen Yutian.
Chen Yutian held his chin with the knuckle of his middle finger and pondered for a moment, then said, "Weird, so strange."
"Yes, not to mention the crazy behavior of the woman, let's talk about the tomb. It is in the inner garden of the palace or in the harem. How could there be a tomb suddenly built in the yard?" Xuan Xi nodded slightly.
"This is indeed strange." Chen Yutian said, "Even if the customs of the barbarian country are different from ours in the Central Plains, I think it is still impossible to build a tomb in one's own yard. It seems that I will have to find an opportunity to find out what this is. What's going on? Now, let's go to the princess's palace first."
Xuan Xi nodded.
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When the two came to the eldest princess's palace, they did not see the maid who accompanied her that day.
The eldest princess was a little surprised when she saw Chen Yutian, "Huh? Is it you?"
Chen Yutian smiled faintly, "I didn't expect that Your Highness the Princess would still remember me. It's such an honor. I'm Chen Yutian, the master of Jiulong Mansion of the Xuan Dynasty, and this is our Princess Xuan Xi."
The surprise on the eldest princess's face slowly subsided and she looked at the two of them slightly.
"It turns out that you are the envoy of Zhongyuan who has been rumored in the palace recently. I wonder what you want to see me for?"
Chen Yutian smiled and said: "Since His Highness already knows our identities, then the reason for our mission to your country must also be clear to His Highness."
The eldest princess nodded, "I have indeed heard about this matter. But in my opinion, I feel that my father and Lord Taigong are doing this too much. Even if we don't rely on you, I think our barbarian warriors can find out the truth of the matter. "
Chen Yutian did not comment and directly explained his intention.
"Actually, the reason why I came here this time is because of the disappearance of the eighth princess, and I want to ask your highness a few questions."
The eldest princess' expression moved slightly, "It turns out it's about the disappearance of the eighth sister. I wonder what you want to ask?"
"It's nothing. I just learned from the eighth princess's personal maid that the eldest princess and the eighth princess usually have the best relationship, so I would like to ask your highness a few questions related to the case."
As Chen Yutian said, his eyes turned to the side of the palace gate.
He saw no sign of the maid.
Did that person know in advance that he was coming, so he hid?
Chen Yutian smiled bitterly and shook his head. How is this possible?
The eldest princess' expression changed and she sighed.
"The eighth sister and I have a really good relationship on weekdays. I feel uncomfortable when such bad luck happens to her. Just ask me. As long as I know something, I will definitely tell the truth."
Chen Yutian didn't know what he found at this time, his eyes flashed slightly, and he saluted to the eldest princess.
"In that case, I would like to thank Your Highness in advance."
"No, just ask directly. I don't like the etiquette of you Central Plains people. It's too complicated."
Chen Yutian smiled and said nothing, but asked: "With all due respect, may I ask Your Highness if you know what the Eighth Princess likes to do the most on weekdays? And where does she like to go the most?"
The eldest princess raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Chen Yutian.
"Is this question related to the disappearance of Bamei? And you can just ask her personal maid such a question directly. Why do you have to ask me?"
"Whether there is contact or not, I will decide for myself." Chen Yutian still maintained the smile he deserved, "Please answer truthfully, Your Highness."
The eldest princess frowned even more.
I saw her looking at Chen Yutian, and after a moment, she sighed slightly, "I really can't do anything with you guys. Well, what Bamei likes most is to be with Shuwen, and she usually likes to go to One of the places is my place, and the other is Third Sister’s bedroom.”
Chen Yutian frowned, "It turns out that the eighth princess reads and writes, but why is there no sign of it in her room?"
Xuan Xi also looked at the eldest princess strangely.
The eldest princess smiled and said, "Don't look at me like that...Although the eighth sister likes to read and write, she just likes to accompany the third sister. To say that what she really likes to do is probably to be carefree. Have fun."
Chen Yutian nodded, it turned out that the eighth princess was actually such a person.
"Does Your Highness know where the Eighth Princess had been on the day of her accident?"
Hearing this, the eldest princess held her forehead and thought for a while, "The day the eighth sister had an accident... I don't seem to have seen her that day, and I don't know where she has been."
"That's it." Chen Yutian nodded, looked outside the palace door, and then smiled, "It's late, so we won't disturb His Highness much, so we will leave."
"You two, walk slowly, I will see you off not far away."
"Your Highness, stay."
After saying that, Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi left the palace.
The eldest princess kept watching the two people's backs disappear from her sight, and then she slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
At the same time, a figure appeared behind her unnoticed, looked at the direction the two were leaving, and said slightly, "Your Highness."
The eldest princess tilted her head slightly and said, "They probably didn't notice you, right?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, my breath-condensing technique is not ordinary. No one in the holy realm should be able to detect it."
"That's good. Do you think they have already suspected us when they come this time?" The eldest princess looked back at her personal maid.
"Impossible. Whether it's the matter of the two princes or the eighth princess, I have been extremely careful. It is impossible for them to doubt us without evidence. They should really come to ask about the eighth princess. "
"So best."
The eldest princess sneered lightly, turned and left the palace gate.
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After Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi left the eldest princess's palace, they went straight to the third princess's palace.
However, when they arrived, they were rejected.
The third princess was ill in bed and refused to see guests.
This is the news that Chen Yutian and the others got from the third princess's personal maid.
It turns out that the third princess Langxin has been suffering from a strange disease since she was a child. She has been suffering from the disease for many years and is difficult to cure with any medicine.
Even the most outstanding imperial doctors in the Barbarian Kingdom were at a loss to do anything after seeing it.
Jieli's favorite person was the third princess who was good at poetry and writing. He was worried about her strange illness, and even asked famous doctors for treatment from time to time, but there was no improvement.
Later, the third princess herself began to read medical books, but even though her medical skills were no worse than those of the imperial doctors in the palace, she still could not solve her strange illness.
At most, the frequency of disease attacks can be reduced through acupuncture.
Today happens to be the day when the disease attacks.
"In this case, I won't bother you. Farewell." Chen Yutian slightly bowed his hands to the third princess's personal maid, and then left with Xuan Xi.
"Shall we go find Gongsun?" Xuan Xi suddenly said on the way back.
Chen Yutian paused slightly, turned around, smiled, and asked, "Why?"
Xuan Xi said: "You went to visit the third princess just to find out where the eighth princess went before she disappeared, right? Since the third princess is sick and cannot see guests, the best way to see her is to go as a doctor. And there happens to be a successor of the Medicine Saint among us, so it is of course the most appropriate to go to him."
After hearing this, Chen Yutian smiled slightly, "A very reasonable analysis. I didn't expect you to make such an inference now."
Xuan Xi glared at him. .
"What do you mean now? The person you're talking about seemed stupid before."
"Okay, okay, you are the smartest..." Chen Yutian laughed. She is a girl who is about to get married, and she loves to act like a baby like a little girl.
"But what you said is not entirely correct." Chen Yutian suddenly changed the topic, "To be precise, you should be the only one who goes to Gongsun."
"Me?" Xuan Xi pointed to her nose, confused, "I'm going to find Gongsun, what are you going to do?"
Chen Yutian smiled faintly, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
"Me? Of course I'm going to find Taigong to find out about that crazy woman."
