On the wedding night, the prince asked me to see an andrologist

Chapter 497 Maybe I’m overthinking
Chu Lixuan glanced sideways at the fourth prince and said, "Stop daydreaming here. Even if you find such a person, your father will not agree. Just save it."

"Father just thinks that my son is useless and wants to give me a test."

The fourth prince said weakly.

Chu Lixuan sneered, "Who told you to hang around in front of your father all day long with nothing to do?"

"Hey! I just have a bad life!"

The fourth prince let out a long sigh.

Ning Muqing stood up and said, "They still have to load the cargo. They will set sail in about half an hour. I will go to the small kitchen in the cabin to see if there is anything to eat or drink."

During this trip, both Ning Muqing and Chu Lixuan had hidden their identities.

It is impossible for the fourth prince to bring anyone around to serve him. For other things, he can still ask for guards, but if he can do things like eating, he still has to do it himself.

This will prevent others from discovering any flaws.

It was impossible for Chu Lixuan to do it by himself, and it would be outrageous to ask the fourth prince, a child, to do it himself, so Ning Muqing became the real version of the Queen Mother.

"Go."

Chu Lixuan raised his hand and said.

Ning Muqing exited the cabin and walked along the corridor to the kitchen.

This ship looks very big up close, but when you get up, it is actually medium-sized. It is divided into three floors, one below the deck and two above.

Naturally, the fourth prince lived alone on the top floor, while other officials lived below. The sailors and servants on the ship all lived below the deck, together with the stacked cargo.

Due to the limited area of ​​the cabin, the corridors and movable space are relatively narrow, barely able to accommodate three people.

Ning Muqing went down the stairs and saw officials from the Ministry of Agriculture instructing the guards to carry the luggage.

She didn't disturb them, looked at them twice and continued walking down.

The galley is on the deck. The helmsman of the ship is preparing to set sail. There is a busy scene everywhere. Things on the cabin have not been put back yet and are everywhere.

Ning Muqing walked around the entire boat and already had a rough outline in her mind. After leaving, she randomly pulled a servant over and asked about the location of the kitchen, then walked in that direction.

The kitchenette is at the end of the cabin, opposite to the deck.

Ning Muqing brought hot tea and some snacks out, and was about to go back with the food box. When she walked near the deck, she suddenly felt a strong feeling as if she was being watched.

It seemed like someone was watching her secretly.

Ning Muqing frowned, turned her head sharply, and followed the direction of her sight.

Less than thirty meters away from her, there was a cargo ship parked at the ferry. People were coming and going on the ship, and people on the dock were unloading the things on the ship.

"Did one or two of them not have enough to eat? Let's move a few more boxes quickly while the sun isn't too harsh now!"

The supervisor on the dock was shouting loudly to urge people to work.

"If anyone wants to be lazy and can't move the goods, get out of here as soon as possible. If you can't move the goods, find someone else. Don't waste our time."

"This ship is so big, and most of the things have not been moved, they are all waiting."

There was a faint sound of curses.

Ning Muqing looked over and saw a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old standing on the noisy cargo ship. He grasped the railing tightly and stared at his ship with a bit of hatred in his expression.

Probably because he didn't expect Ning Muqing to suddenly look over at him, the young man was a little frightened. He immediately lowered his head in a covert manner, pulled up the black hat behind him, and soon merged into the vast sea of ​​people and disappeared.

Ning Muqing frowned. There was nothing she could do, so she returned to the cabin with snacks and tea.

Chu Lixuan and the fourth prince were originally discussing something in a low voice in the cabin, but they suddenly stopped when they heard a knock on the door. "Come in." The fourth prince cleared his throat and said.

Ning Muqing entered the room with her things, closed the door and said, "Fourth Prince, do you know what the cargo ship next to us is for?"

"I haven't checked this. What happened?" The fourth prince was startled.

Chu Lixuan also raised his eyes and looked at Ning Muqing.

Ning Muqing shook his head and said, "Nothing happened, maybe I was too suspicious. Just now I went to get tea and snacks, and suddenly I saw a strange young man on the opposite cargo ship, staring at me, not knowing who he was. I was observing something, so I looked in his direction, and he ducked away."

"What kind of boy."

Chu Lixuan was a person who came off the battlefield and was very alert in this regard.

"The eighteen-year-old boy is wearing coarse black clothes and a very wide hat. He looks like he has wheat-colored skin. He is tall and looks very strong. He should be good at martial arts."

Ning Muqing recalled the scene in her mind and described it.

The fourth prince, who was still a little nervous at first, relaxed and said, "I often see people dressed like this when I go out to eat, drink and have fun. They are probably the coolies who often move goods at the ferry. My family is poorer, so when I see a person dressed as rich, I will If you look twice, it’s nothing special.”

"Then why is he looking at me like that?" Ning Muqing asked.

The fourth prince thought for a while and then casually guessed, "Maybe it's because you look more scary now? You're more eye-catching? Or maybe the guard uniform you're wearing is made of better material, so I'm curious to take a second look?"

"Is anyone really curious about ordinary guards?" Ning Muqing was a little doubtful.

The fourth prince smiled and said, "Auntie, you don't want to be a soldier. Ordinary people like this who have never seen how rich people live are everywhere. As long as I go out and the carriage passes by the street, I can attract many people to watch. , just get used to being noticed.”

Ning Muqing nodded and said nothing.

"What do you think is wrong?" Chu Lixuan said calmly.

"What could possibly be wrong with this? It's just that I was looked at twice, and at such a long distance." The fourth prince said smoothly.

"I didn't ask you, so don't say anything." Chu Lixuan glanced at the fourth prince angrily, then looked at Ning Muqing and said, "You tell me."

"I can't say what's wrong. In short, I just felt that something was wrong with that man. He didn't look like an ordinary coolie moving goods on the dock. His eyes were murderous."

Ning Muqing thought about it and said seriously.

Seeing Chu Lixuan's serious expression, she also felt that this matter was not a trivial matter, and added some details, "There are indeed a lot of porters near the cargo ship, and they are indeed curious about what other people's lives are like.
But when I saw that young man, there was no dust on his clothes, and there were no traces of moving anything on his hands. He just stood there and looked at me straight in the eyes.
And at that time, I also heard the supervisor’s voice yelling and urging them nearby, telling them to move it quickly, but there was no one urging the boy while he was standing, as if he didn’t have to do anything. "

"Is there a possibility that he was tired from working, so he just stopped to take a rest." The fourth prince couldn't help but added.

"This is impossible." Ning Muqing shook her head decisively, "Fourth Prince, you rarely leave the palace, and you have never been in contact with such truly low-level people. There is no such thing as stopping to rest in their lives, only continuous work. You have to work to eat, so if anyone dares to be lazy when moving goods and is discovered by the supervisor, there may be no work next time. "

"Is their life so hard?" The fourth prince didn't understand the sufferings in the world, and he just felt sad after hearing this.

"It is precisely based on this that I feel that this young man does not know ordinary people. I just don't know why he stared at our boat, and then quickly escaped after being discovered by me. I feel very strange."

Ning Muqing continued.

Chu Lixuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Does he have any characteristics?"

"No." Ning Muqing shook his head and said, "He seems to be a very ordinary person, with an unremarkable appearance. He is one of the people who can't be found after joining the crowd. Except for the fact that his eyes are a bit strange, his behavior makes me... It feels a bit dangerous.”

Chu Lixuan narrowed his eyes and said nothing for a while.

The fourth prince looked at Ning Muqing, then at Chu Lixuan, and sighed, "Then what are you worried about? Isn't this a very ordinary person?"

Ning Muqing and Chu Lixuan looked at each other and understood the thoughts in each other's eyes.

She smiled and said, "I probably think too much. Don't worry, Fourth Prince."

(End of this chapter)