I just want to live a good life

Chapter 328 Only One

When Ye Yin came back, Kang Dahong was carefully serving the prince dinner.

Ever since that man caught the Crown Prince "attacking Lu Zhu's breasts", the Crown Prince has never let Lu Zhu serve him closely again.

"Your Highness, would you like to try this spicy salad? Is it the flavor you want?"

Kang Dahong brought a small plate with a variety of dishes on it.

Mu Yunting frowned as soon as he saw the small plate, and felt that the taste was not right before he even tasted it.

Kang Dahong quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead and brought out a plate of roasted pig's trotters. "Your Highness, Concubine Xia loves this the most. I ask you to make it every few days. Why don't you try it?"

Hearing that this was Concubine Xia’s favorite, Mu Yunting finally picked up a piece and took a bite.

Kang Dahong breathed a sigh of relief visibly.

Unfortunately, just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Ye Yin came in. The Crown Prince had just eaten a bite of food with great difficulty, but now he had to put down his chopsticks again.

Kang Dahong looked at Ye Yin sadly and walked out.

Mu Yunting asked Ye Yin: "What's the situation at the Dali Temple?"

"Your Highness, Xia Changze knocked out the jailer and escaped by wearing his clothes. I have checked and it is true that he escaped on his own. But there is one thing that is very suspicious."

"what?"

Mu Yunting asked anxiously.

"Yesterday, a prisoner was put in the cell next to Xia Changze. He was only detained for one day before being released. Cai Ya said that Xia Changze was fine before that person was put in. That person seemed to have said something to Xia Changze. The last time Cai Ya saw Xia Changze, she felt that something was wrong with him."

"Where is that person?"

"He was let out."

"Released? What kind of place is the Dali Temple? How can you just go in and release him whenever you want?"

"I asked, and found out that the man was a murder suspect. He had just been transferred to the Dali Temple when someone in his case turned himself in, so he was let go."

Mu Yunting said in a deep voice: "Find this person."

"We've already sent someone to look for him."

Mu Yunting stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead a few times, and said, "Send someone to follow Xia Lian. Xia Changze may contact him after escaping from prison."

"What should we do if we meet Xia Changze?" Ye Yin asked.

"Bring it to me first."

After saying that, Mu Yunting leaned heavily on the chair.

Judging from his appearance, he probably can't eat again.

Ye Yin couldn't help but say, "If Concubine Xia were here, she would definitely enjoy the food on this table."

Hearing this, Mu Yunting's frown relaxed a little, and he said softly, "She just likes to eat strange things, like chicken feet and duck necks. There's not much meat in them, but she can still eat them with gusto."

"Not only does Concubine Xia like delicious food, she also hates to see it wasted. If she knew that Your Highness didn't eat a single bite of all the food, she would definitely accuse Your Highness of wasting food."

Mu Yunting curled the corners of his lips, revealing the only smile in the past few days, but the smile disappeared in an instant, replaced by a look of worry.

"She loves to eat so much, I don't know if she has been hungry in the past few days."

"Your Highness, a smart person like Concubine Xia would never let herself starve."

"She should still be alive, right?"

Mu Yunting said this with great difficulty.

Ye Yin could probably understand him. Concubine Xia had been missing for four days and there was no useful clue at all. It was inevitable that people would think of the worst case scenario.

He had seen the prince fall into despair because of Xun Zheng's "death". If it weren't for the appearance of Concubine Xia, it would have been hard to say when he would have gotten over it.

If something really happened to Concubine Xia, I can’t imagine how sad His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be.

Ye Yin really wanted to say something to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but without any clues, everything he said would seem too pale.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, there is news about the Concubine."

He rushed into the prince's bedroom like a falcon. Under normal circumstances, such reckless behavior would definitely be punished.

But his words brought great surprise to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so there was no punishment.

"Your Highness, look at this."

Falcon said as he opened his palm, revealing a silver bracelet.

Mu Yunting took the bracelet and took a quick look at it. It was a very ordinary silver bracelet. If there was anything special about it, it was that the workmanship was a bit rough.

"What does this silver bracelet have to do with Concubine Xia?"

"Your Highness, this silver bracelet was made by the Concubine herself. It is the only one in the world."

Mu Yunting's eyes lit up and he asked, "Really?"

"It is absolutely true. Your Highness, look at the pattern on the joint. This is the pattern drawn by the Queen herself."

Mu Yunting unconsciously clenched the silver bracelet tightly, "Where did you find this bracelet?"

"In a fruit forest at the foot of Longpan Mountain. It's the orchard that His Highness asked his subordinates to investigate the owner of."

Next, Falcon briefly recounted the story of how he discovered the silver bracelet.

Last night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince promised Leng Yue to help her buy back the house and orchard, and handed the matter over to Butler Ding.

Early this morning, Manager Ding asked his nephew Anan to go to the government office to check the current owner of the orchard. It turned out that the orchard was under the name of a farmer. Anan then rushed to the orchard to visit the farmer and wanted to talk to him about buying the house.

When Anan arrived at the house, he found that the door was ajar and there was no one inside, but there were signs that someone had lived there.

So he searched everywhere near the house and happened to pick up the silver bracelet in the orchard.

This silver bracelet was ordinary, and Anan did not think much about it after picking it up. Because he did not find the owner of this place, he returned to the city with the bracelet. At the city gate, he met Falcon who came to check the records of leaving the city three days ago.

The two knew each other when they were young and had a good relationship. Archie showed off to Falcon the unexpected gain he got from his business trip, which was the silver bracelet. Falcon immediately recognized that it was Concubine Xia's.

After finding out the situation, Falcon first asked people to guard the area around the house while he himself returned to the Prince's Mansion.

Because he was afraid that he had identified the wrong thing and made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince happy for nothing, he went to Duiyueju to ask Chunliu to identify the silver bracelet. Only after getting the confirmation did he come to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

That night, a fruit forest at the foot of Longpan Mountain was almost flattened by the guards from the Prince's Mansion.

Mu Yunting stayed in the empty house for a whole night and personally checked every inch of the house.

This night was a night full of hope for him.

This night was also quite fulfilling and exciting for Su Nuan.

The group traveled all day on empty stomachs. After they simply tidied up the room, Su Nuan started clamoring for food.

As soon as she mentioned eating, she got a quick response from Lao Liu.

Although the three, four, and five people didn't say anything, they all looked at Zhao Zong with expectant eyes. Zhao Zong had no choice but to ask them to go buy things.

This important task originally fell on the fourth brother, but Su Nuan rolled her eyes and whispered something in the third brother's ear, and the third brother took the initiative to take on this important task.

The others stayed in the courtyard waiting for dinner, but they waited for an hour.

"Where did Third Brother go to buy food? Why hasn't he come back yet? I'm almost starving!"