C54 (1/2)
”Are you talking about the hidden guards?”
Yun Zihuang's confused look caused Zhao Dehai to feel extremely depressed. He knew that this princess of Taiping was not shrewd, but he had never been so stupid that she was beyond cure.
”It's the Hidden Guard. The Canton Princess once told the crown prince that the Residence of Marquis secretly trained the Hidden Guards. It was a top secret of the Residence of Marquis that no one knew about it.”
An indescribable feeling began to arise in her mind once more. This belonged to the original owner, but this time, it did not fluctuate too much.
It should be the original owner, because he had leaked the secret of the manor to ingratiate himself with the crown prince.
”Yeah, I told you, what's wrong?”
Zhao Dehai gritted his teeth. He had never seen such a stupid princess. She was not worthy of being the Crown Prince's consort, much less being a mother to the world!
”Your Highness, because of the matters between the princess and Second Miss Yun, I've been worrying about my body. Now that I'm recuperating in the Eastern Palace, the princess should go visit me.”
”My current appearance …”
She shook her head, depressed. ”What's more, father …”
She only said half a sentence of each sentence. The good thing was, there was too much room for others to think, so she could save herself the trouble.
Indeed, in the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through the old fox Zhao Dehai's mind. Princess Taiping's appearance was already mediocre amongst the famous courtesans in the capital. Normally, whenever he saw the Crown Prince, he would carefully dress up, but now that he had turned into an ugly ghost, he would never stare at his terrifying face to see the Crown Prince. He rolled his eyes. Thankfully, this was not the main reason for his visit today.
”Princess, the Crown Prince needs to calm his mind and recuperate from his illness. He needs more manpower to complete his tasks. His Highness has ordered the princess to hand over the hidden guards to this old servant.”
”Last time, I lent the hidden guard to His Highness the Crown Prince. Until now, I still lack two people, and haven't returned them to him yet.”
”What?” The princess lent her guard to the crown prince? ”When?”
”Ah, the Hundred Blossom Poetry Meet. Second Sister said that the Crown Prince has matters to attend to and doesn't have enough people by his side, so she asked me to lend the hidden guards to the Crown Prince. ”At that time, I gave all of the hidden guards to second sister to bring to His Highness the crown prince. Even now, the hidden guards have not returned to me, so why is the crown prince here to borrow my hidden guards?”
Zhao Dehai frowned. What was going on?
”At the Hundred Blossom Poetry Meet, the princess handed over all of the hidden guards to Second Miss Yun?”
”That's right, there's no one else around for me to use. The hidden guards are specially made for me by father.” These few days, it's time to hire someone. Go back and ask the crown prince, when will the hidden guards return it to me? Even if you don't give them all back to me, you can give me two first. ”
”Princess, you must be joking. There are more than a hundred thousand guards in the imperial guards. Even the personal guards of the mansion have a few hundred people. Why would the princess be lacking people?”
Yun Zihuang said angrily: ”Don't say anymore, only the hidden guards listen to me the most. Your Highness is lacking people, you should go and transfer to the Imperial Guards!”
Zhao Dehai was speechless. If His Highness the Crown Prince was able to mobilize the imperial guards, why would he need to come over and humbly ask the princess to borrow his guard?