The maid's road to success

An Wenniang learned a lot about An Zizhong's arrangements from the letters sent by various channels. The evidence of the intention to treason has reached the ears of the emperor, and many secret guards have been sent out recently to investigate privately. Lord Cheng'en is working hard to eliminate the evidence and try to minimize the damage before the Sixth Prince arrives. An Zizhong guessed that the Sixth Prince might not be peaceful on his way back to Kyoto. What Lord Cheng'en suspects most now is that the part of the evidence that has not been exposed is also in the hands of the Sixth Prince.

Because An Zizhong is still the eldest princess's son-in-law, and he is very efficient and careful in his work. He has taken over many chores and is now the focus of many forces. It is often inconvenient for An Wenniang to collect as much useful information as possible and then send it to Master Yuxi. Master Yuxi has a safe enough way to pass the news to An Zizhong's ears, and then Master Yuxi and An Wenniang will arrange what needs to be done.'

An Zizhong meant that although Duke Cheng'en would send people to assassinate the Sixth Prince, there was a high possibility that he would not succeed because the Sixth Prince was protected by the Sixth Princess.

An Wenniang didn't understand at that time that the safety of a prince could actually be protected by the women in the harem?

So I paid more attention to the news about the Sixth Princess, and also inquired about her life and family.

The Sixth Princess was born into a family of military generals, which was only slightly weaker than the former Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion. However, since the Crown Prince, the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion had no one who could replace the Crown Prince, and it had always been supported by Huaiyuan Marquis. However, the Sixth Princess's maternal family, the Shuobei Han family, had been fighting on the battlefield for generations. The Han family originally originated from a blacksmith, but he accidentally joined the army and won considerable military merit with his bravery. Since then, with the accumulation of many generations, it finally became one of the most outstanding families in Kyoto.

The Sixth Princess is the best of this generation. If she hadn't been born a girl, she would have been the head of the next generation. What a pity. People in this world believe that a girl should be born to sleep on, to wear clothes, and to play with tiles. They naturally believe that a girl should play with the pottery wheel from birth and grow up to be a good helper to serve her husband's family.

"Young lady, are you very interested in the Sixth Princess recently?"

An Wenniang nodded. She had indeed been paying special attention to the Sixth Princess's affairs and growth recently.

"A very wise old man once lamented that there were not many talented men who could compare to a woman who had a beautiful face. A woman who could lead a spring breeze was no match for her. The Sixth Princess was such a person."

Bai Mei was confused by what she heard, but An Wenniang was very moved. She didn't understand it before, but her ancestors explained to her carefully that this world is always harsh on women. Women are born to take care of their husbands, raise children, and serve their parents-in-law. Women's virtues are all restrictions on women. Men use rules, worldly views and critical words to confine women in a small backyard, where they can only take care of trivial matters at home.

But there are also very talented women. I still remember hearing a story when I was young. There was a scholar who was writing all day long, but he didn’t have any good works. One day, a friend went to his house as a guest and accidentally discovered an excellent poem. He couldn’t wait to share it with others. The scholar just said that he had worked hard to write it. Later, it was reported that the poem was written by the scholar’s ​​wife. She thought that she could be praised by the world for her literary talent, but she only got insults from her husband and oppression from her parents-in-law. Finally, she committed suicide by jumping into the river after a few years.

This is just a story, but it symbolizes the harsh criticism of women in this world. Talented women should be suppressed, and it is believed that women’s virtue lies in their lack of talent. Women with great abilities should be restrained, and women are said to be merely vassals of men.

Going out frequently is considered promiscuous, talking too much with men is considered fickle, being unable to have children is considered committing the seven grounds for divorce, and not agreeing with your husband bringing one woman after another into the house is considered jealous.

However, there are women in this world who are strong and capable of supporting the household better than their husbands, and there are also women who dare to fight for their country in wars. Who says that a woman's happiness and well-being must be decided by men?

Unexpectedly, the old ancestor was always sad at this point. An Wenniang now understood the old ancestor's regret. She was once a person who was forced to bow her head and compromise by secular rules. Now, the Sixth Prince's wife is more intelligent and resourceful than many men. She still has to rely on the Sixth Prince, and everything in her life will be spent for the Sixth Prince's rise and fall.

"Young lady, do you feel sorry for the Sixth Princess?"

An Wenniang nodded and placed the stack of papers in front of Baimei.

"The Sixth Princess is also a powerful person. She secretly followed her grandfather to suppress bandits and kill enemies when she was a teenager. She was the one who made the plans most of the time. She was raised by Old Master Han himself. Old Master Han had lamented many times that the Sixth Princess was born with the wrong gender. If she was a boy, the Han family would be even more prosperous. At first, Old Master Han thought of letting the Sixth Princess find a son-in-law at home, but the Empress Dowager valued her and issued an edict to make her a princess. From then on, she entered the backyard of the palace. With a lot of strategies in her mind, she could only guard her one-third acre of land in the backyard."

Bai Mei rarely heard An Wenniang praise someone like this, and she was a little curious.

"She is so powerful, why did she let Liu Yan win over the Sixth Prince? Why couldn't she just control the Sixth Prince directly? Why did she have to suffer so much?"

An Wenniang looked at the trees outside the window. The weather had just warmed up and a lot of new buds had sprouted, but after growing for so long, they still couldn't get out of the wall.

"She was wrong because she was too proud. Her background and upbringing prevented her from competing with Liu Yan and other women for favor. Her identity and status prevented her from attacking the Sixth Prince. However, her abilities and means made it impossible for her to tolerate those women shouting at her, so she ended up living like this."

Bai Mei nodded. She could understand it this way. A woman is either stupid and knows nothing and can accept everything, or she is smart but cruel. The most pitiful one is the one who has both means and is not cruel enough.

An Wenniang had been paying attention to the affairs of the Sixth Princess. Unexpectedly, she received news from her within a few days.

"Zhuye asked me to meet? Don't you know what's going on in Kyoto right now? Tell her there's a message coming."

An Wenniang listened to the message from the fruit and vegetable peddler.

"I told her that not only Duke Cheng'en's men are in Kyoto right now, but also the Emperor and the Fourth Prince's men are secretly investigating in Kyoto. However, Zhuye said that this is a serious matter, and the fewer people who know about it, the better."

An Wenniang immediately thought of the letter that Zhuye had sent back, which mentioned something about the Sixth Princess that Concubine Yun knew. Could it be that Zhuye had already found out?

He quickly asked about Zhuye's location and the agreed time.

An Yun put some makeup on An Wen Niang's face and went to the cosmetics shop that Zhuye had mentioned. There are people in this world who you cannot accurately describe their appearance even if they have just finished talking to you. They are extremely ordinary and featureless. An Wen Niang's current appearance is of this type.

She was wearing grey clothes and a simple silver hairpin on her head. She walked into the cosmetics shop and whispered to the waiter.

"Where's the bamboo leaf?"

As he spoke, he showed the wooden plaque on his wrist. This was a special wooden plaque of the Black Hawk, with different patterns engraved on it, each representing an identity. The one on An Wenniang's was the symbol of the Eagle Master, and An Zizhong also had one in his hand.

"backyard."

The waiter and the shopkeeper protected An Wen Niang as she entered the backyard. Fortunately, there was no one in the store at the time. The two of them directly closed the door to the backyard and carefully guarded the front shop to prevent anyone from rushing in.

"Why did you call me here?"

An Wenniang went straight to the point and said that Zhuye was also doing well with Concubine Yun, as she was delicate, fair and pretty.

"When Concubine Yun was in her fiefdom, she once planned to tell the Sixth Princess that she was going out. For some reason, there were no servants in the Sixth Princess's courtyard, so she went into the room by herself. She saw a pornographic picture and a jade dildo on the Sixth Princess's bed. At the moment, she thought that the Sixth Princess couldn't stand the loneliness and was amusing herself. But when she heard someone coming, she was afraid that it would be embarrassing for the Sixth Princess to see her holding those things in her room, so she hid under the bed. It turned out that the Sixth Princess was actually doing that kind of thing with the maids."

An Wen Niang was a little confused. What happened? Why could Concubine Yun be so scared?

"That's right, that's right, it's just the same thing that men and women do, except it's the Sixth Princess and the maids."

An Wenniang was so surprised that her eyes almost popped out of her head. It was actually sunglasses? The Sixth Princess actually had such a fetish? (Mojing was the ancient name for lesbians, and gay men were called Duanxiu.)

"Also, the Sixth Princess seems to have trained a group of assassins, at least a thousand of them, and entrusted them to the Han family."

An Wenniang was speechless now. The Sixth Prince did not dare to raise assassins, at most he would train more secret guards in private. How dare the Sixth Princess? What could she do? She simply had a rebellious heart.

The two pieces of news today completely broke An Wenniang's heart. Such shocking news was actually heard by Concubine Yun who was hiding under the bed.

"Also, we don't have enough delicate beauty. Concubine Yun seems to be afraid that we will suddenly cut off her delicate beauty, so she wants a lot."

An Wenniang drank a whole cup of tea before she controlled her emotions. She took out a hairpin from her head and gave it to Zhuye. She brought it with her specially to replenish Zhuye's stock.

"Thirty is enough for her to use for a while. Tell her to forget about this matter and protect herself carefully. As long as she doesn't do anything bad, we won't hurt her reputation."

Zhuye nodded, took off the peach blossom silver hairpin on her head, replaced it with the narcissus flower silver hairpin that An Wenniang had given her, then quickly left with her things.

An Wenniang looked at Zhuye's leaving back and felt anxious. She had to tell An Zizhong about this matter immediately as it was of great importance.

In this world, we often hear about men looking for prostitutes, or directly hear about homosexuality, but we have never heard of anything happening between women. First, the world cannot tolerate such things, and second, if a woman is exposed to have such a habit, her family, herself, and all the people related to her will be ridiculed. In the mildest case, she will be thrown into a pig cage and die quietly. In the most serious case, all the women in the family will have to become nuns to prove their innocence. As for raising a dead soldier, it is not a trivial matter.

The Sixth Princess had the Han family raise assassins without telling the Sixth Prince? Why? Aren't the Han family and the Sixth Prince on the same boat? How could they do such a thing and hide it from the Sixth Prince? So what exactly do they want to do?

An Wenniang couldn't wait. This matter was too important and would even affect their plans. She had to meet An Zizhong immediately to discuss how to deal with it.

When An Wenniang came out, the sky was already a little gloomy, just like when she was asked by the ancestor to go to the charity hall to take the fourth young master away. It was not winter yet she felt so cold that her bones ached.

Pedestrians hurriedly packed their things, trying to get home before dark.

An Wenniang walked towards An Zizhong's house holding the ready-made sachet she got from the cosmetics shop.

She was very worried that once such a thing was exposed, all their previous efforts might be in vain. It was unexpected that Duke Cheng'en wanted to rebel, but it could still be arranged again. However, the Sixth Princess also had ambitions. What should she do?

When An Zizhong was leaving court, he saw An Wenniang standing at the gate and had not entered the house. Even though she could be disguised, An Zizhong could still recognize her at first sight.

"Why are you standing outside?"

An Wenniang looked at An Zizhong anxiously, and An Zizhong immediately realized that something must have happened that made An Wenniang feel uneasy.

He quickly motioned for her to go inside. An Zi Zhong was not in a safe situation right now. Today, An Wen Niang came to see him dressed up in a different way and waited for so long. He was afraid that the news that he had met a stranger would reach other people's ears tomorrow.

However, An Wenniang is not the kind of person who cannot distinguish between priorities. Since she came to me like this, she must have something very important to say.

He walked to the study and motioned Zhuhai to go outside to guard and check if anyone was eavesdropping, and then asked An Wenniang to sit down and talk slowly.

"Zhuye is here. Concubine Yun rushed back to Kyoto to clean up the house. She brought some shocking news."

An Wenniang told An Zizhong everything Zhuye had told her in detail, not daring to leave out a single word.

An Zizhong became more and more frightened the more he listened, his brows furrowed. He had been ignoring the Sixth Princess, and was actually building up her own power behind the scenes?

Didn't the Han family always claim to be a family of loyalty and bravery? How could they secretly raise assassins with their daughter who had become a nun? Since they were now in the same boat with the Sixth Prince, why did they keep such an important matter secret?

An Zizhong thought of several possibilities. One was that the Han family might have other plans, and the Sixth Prince would definitely not agree with their goal, so he could not tell them.

Second, the Han family and the Sixth Prince are not truly of one mind, and have always been on guard against the Sixth Prince.

Third, the Han family has been playing their own game from beginning to end, and no one can guess the layout on the chessboard!

An Zizhong had never expected that the Sixth Princess actually had a special hobby, nor did he expect that the Han family actually raised assassins. Moreover, the Han family already controlled an army of 100,000, and the military power in their hands made the Fourth Prince very wary. Why did he still want to cultivate a force belonging to the Han family?

If Concubine Yun had not overheard the Sixth Princess and her maid in bed by chance, no one would have known that the head of the Han family, who was always regarded as a barbarian, actually had such means with the Sixth Princess.