C90 (2/2)

Ahhh!

Gu Xiao who was bent over reading in front of the candle flame suddenly sneezed loudly, ”Who's talking about me so late at night?”

He felt the soreness between his neck and stood up, wanting to stretch his muscles and bones.

He did not know what that Grand Princess was doing recently, but for the first time, he did not come to bother him. However, this was not bad, he did not need to do anything while staying at the Prince Jing's Mansion.

The bright moon outside the window shone under the floating black clouds, sometimes dimming and sometimes brightening. Gu Xiao, who had gotten into bed, dozed off with a cold feeling and went to sleep.

In the front hall, Lu Wanru finally got a reply from a servant when the moon was high in the trees.

At that time, she was already drowsy in the antechamber. If she was in the prime minister's residence normally, she would have already showered and gone to bed. Although she didn't know what was in the letter, her father said it would be effective.

Her father's confident tone convinced her that the letter must be useful, or else she wouldn't have waited so long. The person on the opposite side of the long corridor had not appeared for a long time. Lu Wanru also understood that there was no point in getting angry.

Finally, just as she was about to give up and return home, a figure appeared in the darkness hurriedly. Lu Wanru was overjoyed.

When the face was close enough, the candle flame landed on the face of the man, instantly extinguishing Lu Wanru's enthusiasm from head to toe.

”Miss Lu, the prince and wangfei have rested for a while. The wangfei said that she will carefully consider Miss Lu's suggestion. It's getting late, so Miss Lu should come back on a later date.”

The way the attendant spoke was extremely courteous, unlike the previous servant girl, who was unruly and arrogant, just like a country bumpkin.

Lu Wanru looked at the sky outside and could only give up.

”Then I'll have to trouble you to tell the prince that I'll come back tomorrow.”

Lu Wanru calmed her emotions and said gently. She was very different from the person who smashed the cup in the afternoon.

”You mean, the Queen went to the Prince Jing's Mansion in the afternoon?”

In the study room, Feng Chaoying uncertainly repeated what he had just said. Didn't the empress want to keep her grounded recently? Freedom so soon?

”Yes, and he even carried an imperial edict stating that there was an assassination attempt in the palace, and that he was ordered by the emperor to bring people to search the Prince Jing's Mansion.” The person kneeling on the ground was dressed in black, and only his eyes could be seen.

”Search Prince Jing's Mansion? ”Your Majesty, you're really generous.” Feng Chaoying's tone was cold, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with this matter. Have you found out who those people are? ”

Feng Chaoying paused for a moment, then thought about what happened. There was such a huge power hidden in the palace, but he did not receive any news, if not for the fact that they revealed it earlier, no one would have noticed.

The black-clothed guy paused, ”Not yet. Miss's Dark Guard was sent to protect Godly Doctor Gu, this subordinate has been staying in the Prince Jing's Mansion for the past few days. The other people that were sent did not report back.”

”Is Miss hurt this afternoon?” Feng Chaoying's tone was heavy, although he was someone who knew that Qu Yiyu would not harm anyone, only after hearing the people beside her say it in person would he feel at ease.

The news of his Prince Jing's Mansion being attacked had already spread amongst some of the royalty and families. Since Qu Jingxi did not try to hide this matter, it would be even easier to obtain this news.

”No, the dagger's appearance was too sudden. Prince Jing originally wanted to use his own body to block the dagger, but at that time, before Subordinate could make a move, a little fox appeared and took the dagger away.”

”little fox?” Feng Chaoying immediately caught on to the main point. He had never heard of Prince Jing having the habit of keeping pets before, where did the little fox come from?

”Yes, it seems like the young miss has previously saved the life of this little fox, and now the servants of Prince Jing's Mansion are saying that the fox is here to repay the gratitude.”

A fox repaying a favor?

Feng Chaoying frowned, this was a story that only existed in legends. He had fought on the battlefield for many years and had never believed in it.

”Go back, little miss is watching everything. No matter what little miss wants to do, you don't need to interfere. You only need to ensure her safety.” Feng Chaoying waved his hand, signalling that he could leave.

As if he thought of something, Feng Chaoying called out to the black-clothed guy who was about to leave.