Ning Chen held Yudie and helped himself to a few liberties. It was the middle of the day, though. He could hardly indulge in carnal pleasures in broad daylight, could he?

More to the point, last night he'd given away everything he had to the An Emperor. He needed to build his strength back up a little before exploring the true meaning of life again tonight.

"Oh, right, how come I haven't seen Zisu?"

Yudie said softly, "Sister Zisu didn't know when you'd be back from the palace, so she went to the clinic."

Ning Chen said "Oh," then added, "Right, later on, draw five thousand taels of silver from the accounts office for Brother Xie."

Yudie said "Mm!"

The two of them were all over each other when Xiao Yanxi walked in.

Xiao Yanxi said hello to Yudie, then looked at Ning Chen. "I just got word from Nanyue."

Ning Chen was about to speak when Yudie said, "You two talk. I'll go in and make you some tea."

Xiao Yanxi smiled. "It's nothing secret. Sister Yudie, there's no need for you to leave."

Yudie looked at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen smiled and nodded, then looked at Xiao Yanxi.

Xiao Yanxi said, "Nanyue has fallen into civil strife. What we guessed before has come true.

The Nanyue emperor abandoned his city and ran, and he's lost the people's hearts... Nanyue's Second Prince, Kang Feng, took the chance to seize power, and he pulled it off."

Ning Chen was surprised. "The Second Prince? Wasn't Nanyue's Fifth Prince the biggest threat to Kang Luo?"

Nanyue's Eldest Prince was Kang Xiao, but Kang Xiao had committed a grave crime and been banished. He'd been hiding out in the Great Xuan ever since.

Nanyue's crown prince used to be the Third Prince. Wary of Kang Luo, who was accomplished in both letters and arms and skilled in war and stratagem, he'd tried to get rid of Kang Luo... and Kang Luo had gotten rid of him instead.

After that, the biggest threat to Kang Luo had been the Fifth Prince.

This Second Prince…