The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

Old Hou, with a sad face, saw An Yi hiding in a tree and peeking out outside Xiao Yuanhuai's yard.

"Get down here right there." Lao An's eyes were wide open with anger. He put one hand behind his back, pointed at An Yi with the other, and shouted in a low voice.

He cursed inwardly that he was unlucky and flew down from the tree quickly.

Lao An asked anxiously, "What happened today? Why did the prince lock himself in the study as soon as he came back?"

An Yi knew that the prince was probably angry because of Fourth Miss Shen's matter.

He just asked Lao An to come over and whisper everything to him.

"What? You said that the girl the prince likes and the prince of Yu have already got engaged?" Lao An was so shocked that his voice involuntarily rose several degrees.

An Yimang covered Lao An's mouth with his hands in fear.

With a creaky sound, the door of Xiao Yuanhuai's study opened, and he said to the father and son calmly, "Come in."

Lao An pushed An Yi's hand away and followed Xiao Yuanhuai with his body bent.

"What do you want, my Lord?"

Xiao Yuanhuai sat on the couch, fiddling with the chessboard. It was obvious that he had been playing chess alone for quite some time.

The black and white pieces were in a stalemate on the chessboard. With a click, Xiao Yuanhuai gently dropped a white piece.

He began to collect the black pieces on the board one after another, and half of the black pieces were gone, and the white pieces won.

Xiao Yuanhuai then raised his eyelashes, looked at Lao An and his son, and ordered: "An Yi, tell someone to send the people imprisoned in Yujing Hutong to the Princess's Mansion."

“There is no need to hide our identities.”

An nodded and said yes. The thieves sent by Zhao Zhonglang to kidnap Princess Duanning were still imprisoned in Yujing Hutong.

The people in the Princess's Mansion must also want to know the person behind this. Is the prince going to sell out the Princess's Mansion?

An Yi thought again of what happened today when Miss Zhao cheated and pushed Miss Shen into the lake.

He was dazzled and the prince jumped into the lake to save Miss Shen, which made him confused.

Could it be that the prince wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife and ask the eldest princess to deal with the Zhao family?

Before An Yi could figure out what Xiao Yuanhuai meant, he heard Xiao Yuanhuai knocking on the corner of the chessboard with the chess piece and then ordered Lao An.

"Uncle An, our people have sent the household registration of the villagers of Xinghua Village registered by the government, as well as the list of names of the bandits on Black Bear Mountain and their letter of surrender, to the princess."

Lao An was a little hesitant. This was the biggest handle they held on the prince and the Zhao family. The prince had said before that now was not the best time to reveal it.

Why are we sending these evidences to the Princess's Mansion today?

Lao An thought carefully for a while, then asked, "Your Majesty, should we prepare an extra copy of the evidence? What if the princess doesn't do what we planned..."

"It doesn't matter, just send it to the Princess.

Zhao Qi attempted to move against Duan Ning just for Zhao Pingting's position as the Crown Princess.

This move has completely angered the Princess's Mansion and the Xue Family, and the two families have formed a life-and-death feud.

If the prince is successful, the Zhao family will also prosper.

The princess is just having trouble catching them, but we are delivering it to her, and I think my sister will seize the opportunity."

Xiao Yuanhuai laughed sarcastically, the Zhao family and the prince all deserved to die!

If it weren't for them, how could Zhao Zhao be forced to express her feelings for Xiao Li in public.

That’s right, Xiao Yuanhuai still feels that something is wrong and what Shen Baozhao said must be against his will.

Lao An received the order and went down to do the work.

Xiao Yuan remembered something and left An Yi to continue asking questions.

"Last time, when Censor Li went to investigate the Ning'an Marquis's residence, was there any progress?"

When Second Master Shen's personal servant contacted Censor Li, Xiao Yuanhuai thought that Censor Li had some kind of friendship with Second Master Shen, or that he had a grudge with the eldest branch of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, so he did not investigate further.

But when Emperor Chengde granted a marriage between the Fourth Prince and the eldest daughter of Censor Li today, the Li family seemed very happy.

An Yi thought for a moment and replied, "The master had someone keep an eye on Li Yushi before, and later discovered that he also rented a house in Yujing Hutong.

There is a concubine in the house, and that concubine just gave birth to Li Yushi's only son."

Xiao Yuanhuai raised his eyebrows, amused.

He said that how could Li Yushi, a fence-sitter, be so tough as to directly report to the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion and offend the prince.

Could it be that Second Master Shen also learned about this and used it as leverage? Second Master Shen was a very upright person and would not pry into such secret matters.

Could it be Zhao Zhao? But how did she know about Li Yushi's mistress?

Xiao Yuanhuai couldn't figure it out, but this didn't hinder his next plan.

"Send someone to deliver a copy of all the evidence to Censor Li, and at the same time congratulate him on the birth of his son.

No need to say more, just let him figure it out."

He wanted to see what our fair and just emperor would do now that the fourth prince's future father-in-law had reported the crown prince.

It's time to muddy this pool of water.

"Also, call An Er to come here for me."

Soon, An Er received the order and went to the study. His main task during this period was to protect Miss Shen Si of the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion.

The mission was easy, and there was no danger around Fourth Miss Shen. But he didn't know why his master had summoned him.

An Er was confused and just waited for Xiao Yuanhuai to ask questions.

"Has the Prince of Prince Yu's Mansion visited the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion to see Fourth Miss Shen recently?" Xiao Yuanhuai asked indifferently.

An Er thought for a moment and said, "I have never seen him. But Fourth Miss Shen has been to Prince Yu's Mansion several times."

"By the way, Prince Yu sent a box to the Ning'an Marquis's residence a few days ago, for the Fourth Miss Shen.

It was delivered by the servants of Prince Yu’s mansion, the prince did not go there in person.”

Xiao Yuanhuai understood in his heart, this is right. He knew Zhao Zhao would definitely not fall in love with Xiao Li.

If they love each other, why wouldn't they personally hand over such an important token of love to each other?

With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Xiao Yuanhuai felt better at the moment.

"Continue to lead people to protect Fourth Miss Shen, and pay special attention to the prince's people."

After saying that, he waved his hand and let An Er go down.

But he was worried because Zhao Zhao clearly knew his feelings, but she was like a hedgehog, raising all her defenses.

Keeping away from him made him feel very difficult.

Could it be that pretending to be Mei Qianhe gave her a bad impression? If I had known this would happen, I should have endured it. Why did I meet her in someone else's guise?

Xiao Yuanhuai, who was filled with regret, never expected that he had already exposed his rebirth in front of Shen Baozhao and there was no way to hide.

Lao An and An Yi are extremely efficient.

The princess and her family of four were having dinner when the steward reported that several people were being brought in at the door in heavy ties.

According to the person who brought the case, it was these people who kidnapped Princess Duanning the day before yesterday.

The eldest princess was very happy today. The huge rock that had been weighing on her heart had turned into powder, and her daughter now had someone to rely on for the rest of her life.

Therefore, this meal was a very enjoyable one.

Hearing that someone had brought a thief here, he was a little bit unbelievable. He quickly put down his chopsticks and ordered someone to bring the person over.