Chapter 236 No Longer Helping in the Fight for the 5th Princess 12
Chapter 236 No Longer Helping in the Fight for the 5th Princess 12
"Sister, do you want a prince?"
"What do you mean, sister?"
Xie Xinran knew the other person's character, so she simply stopped hiding. After making sure that there was no one outside, she asked her trusted palace maid to guard the man from front, back, left, and right, and then took him to the inner room.
"Sister, you also know that the Queen now regards us as thorns in her side. When the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, how can she let us go? How will we live in peace and tranquility then?
I know that the Emperor will not allow the prince of the Xie family to grow up safely, but my sister is different. The Wen family has always been a civil official family, and when the time comes, we will have the support of the Xie family..."
Wen Yurui curled her lips and smiled. It was no wonder that the two of them got along very well. Their thoughts and ideas were quite similar. When their eyes met, everything was said without words.
Xu Tao also asked Qiu Guo to pretend to be herself and sneaked into the teahouse box. Not long after, a young man with ordinary looks came upstairs, opened the door and slipped in when he saw no one was paying attention.
"This slave has met his master."
"No need to be polite. I called you here this time because I want you to thoroughly investigate the biological mother of the Third Prince's four children, and to have Xiao Fuzi pay more attention to any abnormalities in the Third Prince."
"Slave takes orders."
After an incense stick of time had passed, Xu Tao slowly walked downstairs, changed into his clothes, and took people to stroll around the princess's mansion with great fanfare. The craftsmen saluted and greeted him, then continued to work on their work.
She walked to the back garden and took people for a stroll, not missing a single blade of grass or tree. As they walked through the rockery, an inconspicuous stone caught her attention.
To ordinary people, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but her intuition told her that something was wrong. She continued to lead her people around, then claimed to be tired and asked the palace servants to prepare the meal.
After sending everyone away, Xu Tao took advantage of the limited time and hurried into the garden. He touched the small stone but there was no response. He then found a small bulge on the stone.
She was still far from the height required for that place, but regardless of the difficulty, she took out a ladder from the space, climbed up and pressed hard, and a passage slowly opened.
I lit a torch, made sure it was not extinguished, and walked in. There was a switch inside. I pressed it and the door slowly closed. Facing the completely enclosed environment, it was impossible not to be afraid.
He swallowed his saliva, holding a desk lamp in his left hand and a torch in his right hand, and stepped on something with a "crunch". He looked down and saw that it was a bone. His face turned slightly pale, and he continued to walk forward. After walking about a hundred meters, he found a different world inside.
Seeing dozens of boxes of things stacked together was really shocking. He waved his hand and put them all into the space. He knocked around and made sure there was no mechanism. Then he erased all traces and left.
Yingchun's face was filled with anxiety. After searching for a long time, she finally found the princess in the back pavilion and breathed a sigh of relief. "Princess, you made it easy for us to find you."
"I chased a butterfly here, and I'm so hungry."
Yingchun quickly opened the food box and placed the meals out one by one.
A sneaky figure saw this and quietly left.
Xu Tao looked in that direction and winked at Dongxue.
Dongxue understood immediately and left immediately. She came back half a cup of tea later and said, "Please punish me, Princess. I lost the person."
"It's okay. That guy was quite capable, so it's normal that he lost."
After dinner, I returned to the palace. Pipa, my mother's maid, was waiting at the gate. She hurriedly asked, "What happened to my mother?"
"This servant greets Princess An Ning. Don't worry, Your Majesty is fine. I would like you to come and discuss something with me."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tao hurried to Yunhua Palace and asked, "Mother, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Wen Yurui touched her daughter's head, asked her confidant to keep watch, and told her daughter what she was thinking.
"Mother, you don't have to do this for me, I..."
"An Ning, Mother is not doing this entirely for you. Mother is also doing this for herself and the Xie family."
Xu Tao propped up her chin, her eyes blank. Of course, she hoped that the person sitting on the throne would be her own brother, but she didn't think the other princes were easy to get along with.
Now she was considered the emperor's favorite princess, and blindly rejecting them seemed to offend them greatly. Her original plan was to find a young prince to get along well with.
The mother now has this idea, and she feels a little complicated. According to the spiritual spring water in her space, there is a high probability that the mother can give birth safely, but there is still a small probability. The palace is so complicated, what if she is poisoned? She dare not gamble. Besides, the baby may not be a boy.
Wen Yurui naturally knew her daughter's concerns and stroked her hair gently, "An Ning, mother doesn't want to keep putting up with it."
"Okay, I'll go with Mom."
Xu Tao knew her mother's temperament. It must be that the Queen had touched her sore spot, otherwise her mother wouldn't have acted like that.
"Would you like to sleep with your mother today?"
Of course Xu Tao agreed. After taking a bath and smelling fragrant, the mother and daughter snuggled together and chatted until midnight. Then they yawned and fell asleep in a daze.
Wen Yurui gently stroked the well-behaved face, secretly hating the shameless Queen in her heart. Her nephew had been spending years in gambling houses and brothels, learning a lot, and she actually wanted to marry An Ning to such a rotten guy, and even dared to threaten her with the Wen family.
‘Hmm~’
Hearing her daughter's groan, Wen Yurui patted her back gently and slowly fell asleep.
The next morning, Xu Tao opened her eyes and stared at the curtains. After a while, she rolled over and over in bed, yawned loudly, turned over and took a nap for a while. When she woke up again, she was old enough to have lunch.
"Little lazy pig, you're finally awake. If you don't wake up sooner, your mother will want to call the imperial physician to take a look."
Xu Tao scratched his head and smiled foolishly. He let the palace servant help him wash and dress, then sat on a stool and ate with relish. The food cooked by the imperial chef was delicious.
I felt a little sleepy after eating and drinking, but I still had to go to my grandfather's house to discuss something. My grandfather happened to be taking a day off today.
When they arrived at the Wen Mansion, the servants already knew who the distinguished guest was and took him directly to the backyard.
"An Ning, you haven't been here for a while. Grandma has prepared a lot of good things for you. Come and see if you like them."
Her granddaughter comes often, and Mrs. Wen no longer feels the strangeness she used to feel. Privately, the two of them get along as ordinary grandparents and grandchildren.
"Wow~ I like them all so much. Thank you, grandma. You look a lot younger these days. Look at you..."
After Xu Tao's flattery, Old Mrs. Wen smiled so hard that she couldn't stop and kept calling her "good boy".
The grandfather and grandson spent a few moments in a gentle embrace, and then Xu Tao went to find his grandfather. The two of them discussed over a cup of tea in the study, and then called over the two uncles from the Wen family. The four of them continued to discuss for an hour before concluding.
Xu Tao got a satisfactory answer and refused the dinner offer, as her mother was still waiting for her news in the palace.
"An Ning, I finally found you. I couldn't find you these days."
An Rou pouted. Every time she went to look for her fifth sister, she came back empty-handed. But today, when she came to Concubine Shu's palace, she was finally blocked.
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