After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 172 A Little Clue

As expected, after hearing these words, the emperor's expression became a little strange.

He pondered for a while, then looked at Mr. Jin and asked: "Jin Aiqing is sure, does the Liu family have any dealings with Liao County Duke?"

Mr. Jin said yes at first, but then added: "For the time being, I have only found out that the Liu family has contacts with the Liao County Duke, but I am not yet sure what the relationship between them is...".

Therefore, Mr. Jin is not sure whether Duke Liao has something to do with the beggars in the city.

After all, he hasn't dared to investigate Mr. Liao yet. He doesn't have any evidence, right?
The emperor glanced at Mr. Jin and seemed to think about it for a while, then said: "Since you are not sure yet, then check it carefully. After all, the Liao family was also responsible for Da Sheng, or should we check it out?" It’s better to investigate clearly and carefully, and don’t accuse people unjustly.”

Master Jin felt relieved immediately after receiving this correct statement. He quickly raised his hands and said, "Yes, I understand!".

The emperor nodded: "Jin Aiqing has anything else to do?".

Master Jin hurriedly said: "I have nothing else to do, so I will leave first...".

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have something to report!"

Before Master Jin could exit the Imperial Study Room, Chen Hai, who had been standing like a wooden stake beside him, suddenly spoke.

Master Jin stepped back for a moment, then turned to look at Chen Hai, seeming a little surprised, wondering what else Chen Hai had to say.

The emperor glanced at Chen Hai and asked, "What's the matter?".

Chen Hai did not answer immediately, but turned to look at Master Jin first.

Master Jin was stunned for a moment when Chen Hai looked at him. Then he saw the emperor also looking at him, and he suddenly said clearly: "I will retire first!".

After saying that, Master Jin turned around and walked away quickly. It was not until he was out of the Dizhao Palace that Master Jin calmed down and thought about it curiously.

I don’t know, what exactly is Chen Hai trying to report?
Ordinarily, what Chen Hai checked recently is the same thing as what he checked?

In this case, Chen Hai and the emperor's report should also be about these things.

But if it is, then why do you let yourself leave? Is there any inside story about these things that he can't hear?

In the imperial study room, the emperor looked at Chen Hai and asked: "What are you going to say? So cautious!".

Chen Hai did not dare to look at the emperor, but lowered his head and said with his hands in his hands: "The things that my subordinates want to report may have something to do with Miss Jinse...".

Something related to Jinse?

After hearing this, Eunuch Yang glanced at Chen Hai in surprise, looking a little confused.

The emperor looked at Chen Hai, frowned and asked, "Are you talking about something related to that girl?".

He thought for a moment, and then continued to ask: "What did you find?".

Chen Hai replied: "Previously, my subordinates received orders from Mr. Jin and carefully checked the list of children handled by the strict manager. They found that in that list, there were five children whose whereabouts were unknown. Five of them were missing. Among them, the situation of a little girl among them was investigated by my subordinates and found to be somewhat consistent with the situation of Miss Jinse."

The emperor looked solemn, stared at Chen Hai and said: "Tell me the specific situation you found.".

Chen Hai agreed, and then started to talk about how he investigated this matter.

Of course, Chen Hai did not explain in detail how he checked these things, because he knew that the emperor did not care much about these things, so he focused on what was recorded on the list he found from Strict Management.

The people on that list were all children who had been disciplined under strict managers.Of course, Chen Hai didn't say anything to those who could find out the whole story. He was mainly talking about a girl on the list.

It is said that the girl came to Jinsheng City from Yilai during the severe drought a few years ago, following the villagers from the same village.

But after entering the city, the girl was sold by a man from the same village for three coins, and then she ended up in the hands of the strict manager.

At that time, Yan Guanshi was a local snake in a certain area in the west of the city. He had nothing to do all day long, begging and cheating on the streets with a dozen beggars under him, and then he squeezed money from those beggars.

When the girl fell into the hands of the strict manager, she was naturally forced to beg and steal.

According to what Chen Hai found out, the children who begged under the strict management had no food, water, or clothing, and were often beaten and kicked. They were not as good as those real beggars.

And obviously, the girl Chen Hai was talking about also experienced something like this.

The more the emperor listened, the more serious his expression became.

"You mean, that girl might have encountered something like this before? So, what happened to the little girl you mentioned?"

Chen Hai lowered his head. Even without looking up, he could tell that the emperor was not in a good mood at this time.

He hurriedly said: "When I return to the emperor, I am not sure whether the little girl is indeed Miss Jinse. However, according to the strict manager's explanation, the girl disappeared on her own in the end. I checked the time and she was there. Not long after the girl disappeared, Miss Jinse entered the palace."

Judging from the coincidence of the timelines and the fact that both of them fled from Yilai due to severe drought, it is very likely that the little girl Yan Guanshi told about is really the current palace. The palace maid named Jinse.

It's just that unless you ask Jinse himself about this kind of thing, it will be difficult to determine for a while.

But ask Jinse about this...

If the little girl Chen Hai mentioned just now is really Jinse, it would be a bit painful to ask again now.

Especially since Chen Hai had seen Jin Se's appearance when he met the beggar boy outside the city, he really couldn't bear to ask Chen Hai.

The emperor thought about it carefully and finally said: "You can continue to investigate this matter secretly. As for the girl, don't reveal anything for the time being."

Regardless of whether the little girl Chen Hai was talking about was really Jinse, the emperor felt that there was no need to let Jinse know for the time being.

Chen Hai hurriedly responded yes.

Eunuch Yang also bowed his head and said yes.

The sentence after the emperor obviously meant to give instructions to Eunuch Yang.

This was instructing him to take good care of his subordinates and not allow them to spread today's events to Jinse's ears.

After the emperor glanced at them, he waved his hand to Chen Hai, and Chen Hai bowed and exited the imperial study.

After he left, the emperor looked at Eunuch Yang and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't the secret guard still find out any news?"

Eunuch Yang knew what the emperor was asking about, and immediately shook his head slowly: "Go back to the emperor, there is no useful news coming over there yet!".

Speaking of this, Eunuch Yang was also a little helpless and nervous.

He really didn't expect that Chen Haixian would find out something that the secret guards he sent out had not found out for a long time.

(End of this chapter)