Jiang Tinghuai suddenly realized what had happened.
Back at the New Year's Banquet, after the court officials learned that the little one was not his imperial father's biological child, they had voluntarily pooled a fortune to buy up all the properties around the Lin Residence.
Presumably, that was also why Prince Jing had started paying more attention to the Lin Residence.
This was enough to make their hearts pound with fear, but he absolutely could not let the little one follow this trail!
"Ah!!"
Jiang Tinghuai's mind was a complete jumble. He could only scream on instinct first to draw the little one's attention.
Jiang Yingcheng jumped at the shriek, her whole body visibly trembling. "What happened? What happened?!"
Jiang Tinghuai had simply shouted without thinking. Even he had no idea what had happened, so naturally, he could not answer her.
His frantic gaze darted about, then froze the instant it drifted toward the window. Wild delight suddenly burst into his eyes. "Ah! Isn't that your Aunties Yu Ke?"
Qiao Zhimiao had once cleared the Qiao Family's name of a wrongful accusation with the little one's help, so he remembered her somewhat.
Jiang Yingcheng craned her head in the direction her Crown Prince brother was looking. Sure enough, she spotted Zhang Yuke hurrying through the crowd.
She abruptly leaned out and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Aunties Yu Ke!"
Zhang Yuke stopped in her tracks.
"Chengcheng?"
"Guan Xi?" Zhang Yuke accepted the Flower-Permeated Glutinous Cake the little one offered and gave her cheek a pinch while she was at it. "I actually did see him just now. I'll take you to find him."
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"
And so the group headed deeper into the Lantern Festival.
Guan Xi and his companions had set up a stall in the