"No need to look for it, it's right here."
Duoduo patted the bundle beside her.
Lüdou crawled out from under the bed. Before she could even brush the dust off her clothes, she hurried over to check.
"Thank goodness, everything is here."
"You scared me to death! I thought it was lost!"
Lüdou let out a long sigh of relief, then stepped back a little to brush the dust off herself.
A look of guilt appeared on Duoduo's face.
She hadn't put the things away last night and had completely forgotten about it.
Just now, she had looked at her right hand and tried to move the bundle out.
Fortunately, she succeeded.
Otherwise, it definitely would have caused a huge uproar.
"I probably just grabbed it earlier and forgot about it myself," Duoduo explained to Lüdou guiltily.
Lüdou smiled. "I was just worried it got lost. Didn't you say the things inside are very important, Princess?"
"I just regret sleeping so deeply. If it had been stolen, I wouldn't have even known."
Lüdou brushed herself clean, washed her hands, and came over to comb Duoduo's hair.
Duoduo turned around and hugged Lüdou's waist.
"Lüdou, you are so good to me!"
Lüdou froze for a moment. "Princess, what's wrong?"
Duoduo turned back to let Lüdou comb her hair, flashing her a big smile.
"I just feel that I am very lucky!"
"Whether it's you, Father, Mother, or the teachers, everyone is so incredibly good to me!"
Lüdou's hands moved nimbly as she combed Duoduo's hair.
"That's because you are a good person, Princess, so everyone likes you."
Duoduo pursed her lips and didn't reply.
Once her hair was done, Duoduo had Lüdou grab the bundle, and she went to find her father.
"Greetings, Father!"
Duoduo bowed to Xiao Yi.
"Mm, come eat. We will head back after the meal."
Seeing Duoduo approach, Xiao Yi picked up his chopsticks.
Seeing that Xiao Yi had actually waited for her to eat, Duoduo felt very apologetic.
She hurriedly sat down in her chair and started eating breakfast.
"Our people sent word. Prince Rui sent someone to bring Princess Rui back this morning."
Xiao Yi put down his chopsticks after finishing his meal.
Duoduo popped the last dumpling from her bowl into her mouth and also put down her chopsticks.
She chewed and swallowed the dumpling before looking at Xiao Yi.
"Have they already returned to the city?"
Xiao Yi nodded.
Duoduo hopped off her chair. "Father, I'm done eating. Let's go back too."
Duoduo stepped forward to push Xiao Yi's wheelchair.
Yun Xiao, who was waiting at the door, quickly came over and took over pushing the wheelchair.
Duoduo glanced at Yun Xiao.
"Father, is it just the few of us going back? What about Ling Feng and the others?"
"They have other things to do," Xiao Yi explained mildly.
The group got into the carriage, and it sped off in the direction of the capital.
"Your Highness, we have a tail behind us."
Yun Xiao reported in a low voice from outside the window.
Xiao Yi waved his hand at the window, signaling him to ignore it.
Duoduo poked her head out and looked behind the carriage.
Behind their carriage was a farmer carrying a load on a shoulder pole.
Duoduo pulled her head back and looked at Xiao Yi curiously.
"Father, there is only a farmer behind us."
Just a farmer, how could he be a tail?
Xiao Yi didn't speak; Li Jin spoke up first.
"Princess, think about it. Is a person walking faster, or is a carriage faster?"
"Of course the carriage is faster!" Duoduo answered without hesitation.
Then, Duoduo immediately realized.
"That person can actually keep up with the speed of the carriage. He must be a martial artist."
After Duoduo spoke, she saw Li Jin nod in satisfaction.
"But there are so many of us, and he is just one person. What can he do?" Duoduo didn't quite understand.
"For tracking, one person is enough," Xiao Yi explained calmly.
Sure enough, just as Xiao Yi said, that person followed them all the way into the capital.
The carriage traveled slowly along the streets.
Duoduo felt a bit bored. Hearing the sounds outside, she felt an itch in her heart.
She wanted to lean over to the window to look, but because Xiao Yi was there, she didn't dare.
[There is an ambush ahead!]
[Someone is waiting for the Prince of Pingyang's carriage to pass by, and then they will run out to stage an accident!]
[When that happens, it will be two lives lost, and the Prince of Pingyang will be hit with a lawsuit.]
[The court officials will condemn the Prince of Pingyang one after another, and he will be reprimanded by the Emperor!]
...
"Stop the carriage! Stop!"
Duoduo didn't have time to read the rest of the text; she hurriedly shouted.
"Neigh!"
The horses were suddenly pulled back, raising their front hooves and neighing.
Xiao Yi's wheelchair slid backward uncontrollably.
Li Jin hurriedly reached out and grabbed Xiao Yi's wheelchair, preventing Xiao Yi from flying out of the carriage.
Duoduo had spoken up suddenly just now out of desperation.
Now that she realized what she'd done, she felt very apprehensive.
Duoduo hurried over and pushed Xiao Yi back to his original position.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Yun Xiao, recovering from the shock, hurriedly asked from outside the window.
Xiao Yi had also been startled just now; he almost stood up.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Li Jin grabbed the wheelchair.
Sitting in his wheelchair, he looked at Duoduo with a displeased expression.
"What is the matter that you had to call for a stop so urgently?"
Duoduo flushed red.
She clutched her stomach. "My stomach hurts."
Xiao Yi's expression softened.
"Yun Xiao, stop the carriage at a restaurant."
"No! I want to get off right now. Father, you come with me!" Duoduo clutched her stomach and grabbed Xiao Yi's hand.
A strange look flashed through Xiao Yi's eyes.
"Why don't I accompany the Princess? Your Highness, you can return to the manor first," Li Jin offered to bail Xiao Yi out.
Duoduo grew a little anxious. "Father, I suddenly want to go check out the grilled fish shop."
"Come take a look with me, and I'd like to ask you for some advice while we're at it, okay?"
Xiao Yi looked straight at Duoduo and noticed her gaze was a bit evasive.
"Alright," Xiao Yi agreed.
"So, do you want to deal with your stomach ache first, or go straight to the shop?" Xiao Yi asked for Duoduo's opinion.
Holding her stomach, Duoduo said, "I can hold on."
Xiao Yi nodded and shot a meaningful look at Yun Xiao outside the window.
Yun Xiao paused for a moment, then nodded.
The carriage began to turn around and head toward the West Market.
Yun Xiao watched the carriage leave. He adjusted his clothes, blended into the crowd, and slowly walked forward.
Duoduo looked at the golden words in the void; they had stopped scrolling.
Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief.
Right then, she genuinely felt a pain in her stomach.
Duoduo clutched her stomach, trying to ease the pain.
It must be because she lied just now, and heaven was punishing her!
Xiao Yi was somewhat stunned to see Duoduo's pained expression.
Duoduo wasn't faking it after all?
"Duoduo, what's wrong?" Xiao Yi pulled Duoduo's hand.
Duoduo raised her small face and gave Xiao Yi a pitiful smile.
"My stomach hurts!"
"Stop the carriage!" Xiao Yi shouted loudly, and the carriage came to a halt once again.
"Li Jin, be quick. Carry the Princess to the clinic to get checked out."
Li Jin was dumbfounded. "Doesn't the Princess know medicine herself?"
Xiao Yi pursed his lips.
Seeing Duoduo's condition just now, he had panicked for the very first time.
