The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Chapter 115 Don't go to these strange places next time.

Xiao Yuxi stumbled over, and as soon as she pushed open the hidden door in the wall, the parrot grabbed the box and ran out.

Xiao Yuxi looked up and met the eyes of the person inside the room.

Xie Yaochuan stepped forward and covered Xiao Yuxi's mouth, making a shushing gesture before slowly releasing his hand, looking at the wall behind the bookshelf in shock.

He had been in the study for quite a while and hadn't noticed the hidden door at all.

Xie Yaochuan's eyes darkened slightly. He had come to the Yanhou mansion to search it because of the previous human trafficking incident and the large number of people present.

Xie Yaochuan squatted down and looked at Xiao Yuxi, "Little Yuxi, what are you doing here?"

"Xi Xi fell from up there!" Xiao Yu Xi pointed to the air.

Xie Yaochuan frowned slightly. He had searched for a long time before finally getting into the study, and he had no idea there was a secret passage inside. The little girl had just slipped and fallen into the secret passage.

Xie Yaochuan pushed the door to the secret passage again, but it wouldn't open.

"What's in there?" Xie Yaochuan asked the little girl with a smile.

"There are tables and chairs, several bowls, and a room full of gold and silver jewelry!" Xiao Yuxi said, counting on her fingers.

Xie Yaochuan then noticed the parrot flapping its wings and struggling to carry a box.

He reached out and grabbed the box, snatching it away without making a sound.

The parrot froze for a moment, seemingly unable to believe what had happened.

How could anyone be so shameless as to steal a parrot's treasure!

Xie Yaochuan opened the box and saw it was full of gold. He was silent for a moment, then turned to Xiao Yuxi and asked, "Are there many of these?"

Xiao Yuxi nodded, then spread her arms and gestured to indicate a huge mountain peak, "So many, so many! I've never seen so many before!"

The little parrot stared intently at his hand. Seeing that he had no intention of closing the box, it flew directly to his head and frantically flapped its wings at his face.

"Bad guy! Stealing things! Bad guy! Stealing things!" The parrot was trained to be used for entertaining guests, so it doesn't know many swear words; it can only repeat these two words over and over again.

"Okay, okay, here you go." Xie Yaochuan said as he closed the box.

Seeing his leisurely movements, the parrot slapped him again, shouting, "Liar! Liar!"

He only calmed down when the box was back in his paws, and continued to fly while pulling on the box.

Yan Hou's businesses involved many shady dealings in the capital, and he could indeed make a lot of money.

The street that Princess Lanyue burned down was his most profitable place.

Brothels and casinos.

However, when he was investigating the previous human trafficking case, all the clues pointed to the Yan family mansion, which was extremely strange.

Yan Hou usually appeared nonchalant in court, only taking advantage of the chaos and avoiding any substantial work.

He was just a completely useless, incompetent prince.

He did run some casinos and brothels, and they all knew it. He just loved to gamble, and he wasn't the one who actually managed them; he just kept throwing money into them.

Most of the other shops were losing money.

I heard before that Princess Lanyue even used the dowry bestowed by the late emperor to subsidize the shops under Lord Yan's command.

As it turns out, he actually had just as much money as he should have.

They really outsmarted Princess Lanyue.

Princess Lanyue was also a pitiful person.

only……

Xie Yaochuan picked up Xiao Yuxi and carried her out of Yan Hou's courtyard to the backyard of Yan Mansion before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Don't go to these weird places next time, or you'll lose your head." Xie Yaochuan laughed and made a throat-cutting gesture.

Xiao Yuxi suddenly clutched her fragile neck, looking aggrieved. "I fell down from up here! I didn't intentionally choose a place like this! I didn't want to fall!"

Xie Yaochuan then noticed the dust on Xiao Yuxi's body, reached out to help pat it off, turned Xiao Yuxi over completely, and asked her, "Is there anywhere that hurts?"

Xiao Yuxi shook her head. When she went out, Yingrui specially dressed her in a full set of padded undergarments. Apart from her hair being disheveled, she didn't feel any pain anywhere.

Xie Yaochuan breathed a sigh of relief, recalling what she had just said about falling from above, and some thoughts came to mind. "Do you remember where you fell from?"

Xiao Yuxi thought for a moment, turned around in all directions, and looked at her brother Yaochuan who was looking at her expectantly. She obediently raised her head and said, "Xixi doesn't know the way."

Xie Yaochuan sighed inwardly. This really was...

Xie Yaochuan raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You just fell straight down?"

Xiao Yuxi nodded, and said to Yao Chuan with some curiosity, "After Xixi fell down, she walked a long way, and when she went back, the hole disappeared! It was all dark inside."

Xie Yaochuan's eyes flickered slightly. The place they were in was underground; the place he had initially been in was a fake basement. The only part that would actually be used was the inner room. The hole she mentioned was probably for ventilation. It was just the right size for a small child like her to walk through, which didn't mean the corridor was actually very large or deep; it was probably just a ventilation opening.

When they went in, the vent was open, and she just happened to fall in. When they left, the vent was closed, so she couldn't leave through that spot anymore.

He had seen this structure elsewhere before; it was very ingeniously designed.

“This parrot can’t just keep clinging to the box like that; it’ll be easily spotted. This box is quite unique though,” Xie Yaochuan said, looking at the pattern on it. “Maybe I should just leave it here for now…”

"Dream on! Dream on!" The parrot slammed the box into Xie Yaochuan's head, then struggled to fly higher and higher, finally clearing the walls of the Yanhou Mansion.

"Step by step!" Xiao Yuxi opened her arms and jumped, but could only see him fly further and further away until he disappeared from sight.

Xiao Yuxi's eyes reddened, and tears instantly streamed down her face, making her feel incredibly wronged.

"Brother Yaochuan is bad! He made Bubu disappear!"

Xie Yaochuan was startled. How could this girl suddenly start crying without any warning?

She hurriedly squatted down and wiped the tears from her face. "Don't be afraid. Birds know their way around. Once Xixi gets home, she'll know that Bubu is inside the house."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuxi wiped away her tears and asked cautiously, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Xie Yaochuan patted her head. "Don't be afraid."

Xiao Yuxi wiped her eyes with Yao Chuan's sleeve before looking at him obediently, with a hint of curiosity, "Why did Yao Chuan go there?"

Xie Yaochuan paused, realizing this was indeed a fatal question that he couldn't answer.