In a courtyard on the outskirts of the city, a scholar-looking man was sitting under the shade of a big tree reading a book.
The black shadow quickly ran towards the scholar-looking man, then knelt down on one knee in front of him, clasped his hands and shouted respectfully: "Your Highness!"
"Huh?" The scholar-like man raised his head and looked at the man in black in front of him with a pair of clear eyes.
His eyes were clear and deep, the bridge of his nose was straight, his thin lips were slightly narrowed, and that handsome face turned out to be the same Bai Xinglan who had seen Ye Qiqi in a restaurant a long time ago.
Bai Xinglan frowned slightly, looking at the panic of his men, and said in a low voice: "Why are you so flustered?"
"Your Highness, I have found the princess!" The man in black said with a hint of excitement in his voice towards Bai Xinglan.
"What!?" Bai Xinglan, who was extremely calm one second, had thrown away the book in his hand the next second, stood up, looked at the man in black, and said in disbelief: "What did you just say?"
"Your Highness, my subordinate said that the princess has been found!" The man in black raised his head, looked at Bai Xinglan standing in front of him, and repeated it excitedly.
"Really the princess? Did you admit it?" Bai Xinglan asked with excitement shining in his eyes.
"Really!" The man in black nodded and said, "I saw the piece of longevity lock jade. It is exactly the same as the picture that His Highness showed to me before. It is definitely a princess, there is no mistake."
"Where is the princess? Where did you find her?" Bai Xinglan asked anxiously as soon as he heard about the longevity lock jade.
"When I go back to Your Highness, I saw Your Highness the Princess at the gate of Prince Jing'an's Mansion. She... She seems to be with Prince Jing'an." The man in black continued with some hesitation: "I asked specifically before I came back. Look, the princess’s name is now Ye Qiqi, and she seems to have been granted a marriage to Prince Jing’an by the Emperor of Mo Kingdom.”
"Nonsense!" Bai Xinglan frowned, looked at the man in black kneeling in front of him, and said in a displeased voice: "How can I, the princess of the Ye Kingdom, be so casually given a marriage by the emperor of the Mo Kingdom to a mere mere mortal? Your Majesty!?"
"This..." The man in black didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Wait a minute, Ye Qiqi?" After Bai Xinglan said what he just said, he came back to his senses. He frowned and thought for a while, and then said uncertainly: "Ye Qiqi... I should have seen her before. Yes, at that time I also thought she looked a bit like my uncle and aunt, but after shaking hands with her, I realized something was wrong with her bone age. The princess should have been thirteen years old in a few years, but Ye Qiqi's bone age seemed to be the same. She looks like a teenager...are you sure it's her?"
"Sure!" The man in black nodded towards Bai Xinglan and said, "Has Your Highness forgotten that we found out before that the Queen was framed by the noble concubine and took those cardamom beauty pills that are circulated in the world? , I heard that after taking the medicine, you can stay young forever. However, the Queen was pregnant at the time and gave birth prematurely after taking the medicine. Therefore, Her Highness the Princess may also have the properties of the medicine in her body. If so, In this case, it is possible that Her Royal Highness the Princess' growth will be delayed."
"So... Sister Qiqi may indeed be... because of the medicine..." Bai Xinglan nodded.