The man with the wine-stained nose had just finished speaking.
A young man beside him chimed in right after.
"Exactly, in our Great Han, we only recognize Ji Youzhi as our Divine Hunter. Don’t go around claiming to be his relative here. Do you know who our Lord Divine Hunter’s niece is? And you’re here randomly claiming him as your uncle?"
"HAHAHA! Let me tell you, kid, our Divine Hunter’s niece is the Princess of our Great Han! If you have nothing to do, hurry along. Don’t loiter here, or else when the patrolling Soldiers see you near the Celestial Prison, they might just arrest you and lock you up in there."
With that, the two jailers walked away.
Xiaosuisui stood there, somewhat confused, scratching her head. The Princess... Isn’t that me?
As Xiaosuisui murmured to herself, the voices of the two jailers chatting up ahead continued to drift over.
"Hey, I heard that our Princess is exceptionally ugly and wears a veil all year round."
"I’ve heard that too. This just proves that our Emperor truly loves his subjects as if they were his own children! He’s even willing to bestow the title of Princess on someone whose appearance is ruined. Just imagine how much he cares for the realm!"
"Wait, what did you say? Exceptionally ugly? Wears a veil all year round?"
The jailer with the wine-stained nose abruptly stopped. He suddenly turned his head towards the little girl who was scratching her head, and said with great uncertainty, "This... This little girl is also wearing a veil! Could she... could she really be the Lord Divine Hunter’s niece?"
The younger man was also taken aback by these words and hurriedly said, "Should I... go and ask?"
The man with the wine-stained nose didn’t give him the chance. He sprinted over to Xiaosuisui and asked in a deep voice, "Little girl, what’s your name? Who’s your uncle?"
"I am her uncle!"
The words of the man with the wine-stained nose had just fallen when a deep male voice came from not far away!
The two jailers hastily saluted.
"Greetings, Lord Divine Hunter!"
Xiaosuisui was overjoyed and immediately stretched her arms towards Ji Youzhi. "Uncle Qi!"
Her voice, sweet and childlike, was incredibly pleasant to hear.
Ji Youzhi stepped forward, smoothly scooped her into his arms, and planted a hearty kiss on her little cheek. Even with the veil on, his little darling smelled wonderfully sweet!
"Why did you come to the Celestial Prison? And without anyone accompanying you!"
As he spoke, he glanced around and asked, "Where’s your beautiful sister? Isn’t she always by your side?"
Speaking of her beautiful sister, Xiaosuisui sighed.
Hearing her sigh, Ji Youzhi’s hand trembled, and he almost dropped Xiaosuisui.
"Since when did you learn to sigh?"
A child not yet five years old sighing... that feeling...
"I... I just came to find my beautiful sister."
She came here looking for her beautiful sister?
Ji Youzhi asked her, puzzled, "Why did you come here to find her? Did she commit an offense and get thrown into the Celestial Prison by His Majesty?"
Ji Youzhi had just returned from outside. As soon as he entered the city, he received news from the Palace instructing him to investigate the assassination case of the Princess of Nanjiang. The assassin had reportedly already been caught and was locked up in the Celestial Prison. He had rushed all the way and had not yet seen the case file for the Princess of Nanjiang’s assassination.
"It’s Brother Xie Si. I heard he assassinated the Princess of Nanjiang and is locked up in the Celestial Prison. My beautiful sister went to save him. I couldn’t find my beautiful sister, so I came here."
Ji Youzhi was very surprised to hear this. "The one who assassinated the Princess of Nanjiang was Xie Si?"
Xiaosuisui nodded. "Yes, it’s him!"
Hearing this, Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but lower his head in thought. How could things be so coincidental? No wonder His Majesty personally appointed him to handle this case instead of leaving it to the Ministry of Justice for investigation!