After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Small stones whizzed past her, and Liu Qingyu subconsciously covered her mouth. She was panicked but knew that if she made any sound, everything would be gone.

"What's wrong?" Wan Ning immediately became alert and grabbed Ziheng's wrist.

"There is a strange noise." He said, protecting Wan Ning behind him and tiptoeing forward to check.

Wan Ning poked her head out from behind him and looked at him carefully, then reached out and held him, saying, "The Waking of Insects has passed, it may just be a small animal that has come out to move around, don't be nervous. The camp is ahead, and there are soldiers guarding it. If we chase after it now and attract the guards, it will be troublesome."

Ziheng listened carefully to make sure the noise had stopped, then turned back with a smile and praised, "Yanyan, what you said makes sense. I'll take you back."

As she said that, she took Wan Ning's hand and was about to walk forward, but Wan Ning stood there motionless, waiting for Ziheng to turn around and look at her in surprise. Before he could ask any questions, Wan Ning immediately pointed in the direction of the camp and explained carefully, "It's not far ahead, I can walk by myself, you should go back quickly, don't let anyone find you."

Ziheng stared at her lovingly and replied gently, "Yanyan, I'll stand here and watch you go first."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Wan Ning reluctantly left, looking back every two steps. Ziheng turned away only after her figure became smaller and smaller and disappeared from his sight.

After the surroundings completely calmed down, Liu Qingyu slowly stood up with the help of a tree branch, because his feet were numb from squatting for too long. After making sure there was no danger, he limped towards the camp with a lantern in his hand, his mind full of speculation about who the man who had a secret meeting with Princess Le Yan was. To make the princess go through so much trouble to go out of the palace for a secret meeting, this man must not be an ordinary person; since he went out of the palace to meet, he must not be someone in the palace.

Liu Qingyu analyzed as she walked. She remembered that the princess had been missing for a while. Could this man be the princess's lover outside the palace at that time? She returned to the camp and walked into the tent in such a daze. Gao Rulan called her several times but received no response.

So Rulan ignorantly stepped forward and patted her shoulder. Liu Qingyu was so excited that she almost jumped up: "It's you, Rulan?"

"What's wrong with Sister Qingyu? She seems absent-minded since she came back just now." Gao Rulan joked.

"No, nothing. What's going on outside? Have you found Princess Mengzhu's maid?" Liu Qingyu picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

"Well, it's not that easy. We sent people out to look for her but found nothing. Fortunately, Princess Mengzhu was not greatly affected." Gao Rulan was still so naive and worried about the princess' life.

Liu Qingyu sneered and said, "She is just a little maid. She will soon be forgotten. Princess Mengzhu may not be used to it now, but she will get used to it soon. Besides, this maid was not brought by the princess from Tumo. There is no affection for her."

Gao Rulan opened her mouth in surprise, her bright eyes filled with innocence and disbelief. She murmured, "Oh, so that's how it is."

Liu Qingyu rolled her eyes at her. Seeing how innocent she was, she was not going to share what she saw tonight with her, lest it be known to everyone. Ever since she was taught a lesson by Wan Ning at the hunting ground and stepped on by Du Ruo, and now she has to swallow her anger and make compromises to participate in the talent show, she has actually been holding back a breath in her heart. Now that she has discovered Wan Ning's secret, she suddenly has the illusion of turning the tables. She no longer feels inferior to others, and naturally she has to make good use of this information.

"You usually act noble, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless behind the scenes. Humph, Princess Le Yan, you can wait for this great gift!"

Ziheng had not left the woods on the other side. He stood on a high place and looked down at the camp with lights on not far away, and remained silent. Suddenly, a man in black appeared behind him, holding a sword in one hand and saluted him.

Ziheng turned away from him and said coldly, "Have you found out?"

"Yes, it's a beautiful girl named Liu Qingyu. She has returned to the tent and has not been announced." The man in black reported.

"She is sensible enough to send someone to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't cause any harm to the princess," Ziheng ordered.

"Yes!"

After the Flower Festival ended the next day, Wan Ning brought all the concubines back to the palace, and no one mentioned the disappearance of Princess Mengzhu's maid. But the princess couldn't be left without someone to take care of her, so Mu Xiu sent Biluo, the maid he brought from Tumo, to take care of her.

But Biluo was sent by Feiyu, the new queen of Tumo, when she left. Biluo grew up in Tumo, and has been practicing martial arts since she was young. She is now a martial arts expert, but she always has a cold face and often fails to take good care of the details. I still remember that when Queen Feiyu gave Biluo to Mengzhu, she said: "Biluo is agile and will definitely protect the princess."

Mengzhu didn't believe the new queen's kindness, and felt that she was smiling but hiding a knife behind her. Especially when King Tumo praised her for her thoughtfulness in front of him, he became even more disgusted with her. In the end, he had practiced hard and was willing to go to Nanye as a hostage just so that his father could look at him more. But now, when he was seeing her off, she wanted to steal his attention from her.

So when she saw Biluo, she would think of the face of Queen Feiyu, and she became annoyed with her. But she had no choice now, so she became even more silent in the Jade Butterfly Palace. But there were also benefits. In the past, a young princess was accompanied by a simple maid, and no one took her seriously, and her rights were often infringed. Now, she was accompanied by a fierce female warrior, and she could deter others as long as she practiced martial arts in the courtyard every day, so others dared not to provoke her.

After a few days of peace, everyone in the palace began to prepare for the Qingming Festival. Every year, the Qingming Festival is a very important event to worship ancestors. Now there are fewer people staring at Wan Ning. She counted on her fingers to calculate how long she can stay in this palace. After all the calculations, it will be after the Dragon Boat Festival, so there are only more than three months left.

"There aren't many days left?" Wan Ning sat up in shock and sighed softly.

"What do you mean, not many days?" Wan Tao happened to come over at this time and asked another question after hearing it.

"Nothing... nothing." Wan Ning looked up at her and changed the subject: "I was just saying that Concubine Xia will arrive in Liucheng soon."

Wan Tao stepped forward and placed a plate of preserved fruits in front of her, smiling and saying, "It's here, it's here. This plate of preserved fruits was sent by Zhu Li, the shopkeeper, and I came here to tell you the news."

"That's right. They are escorting escorts, so they move much faster than tourists." Wan Ning picked up a piece of dried plum and put it in her mouth. The sour taste penetrated the sweetness and filled her entire mouth. She closed her eyes because of the sourness and said, "Why are these dried plums so sour?"

"Sour? Princess, try the dried apricots and peaches. They look pretty good."

Wan Ning took a piece of it doubtfully and put it in her mouth. It was even more sour, as if she had taken a bite of the preserved fruit. She waved her hands repeatedly: "It's too sour, too sour. Keep it. If any concubine in the palace gets pregnant in the future, give it to them."

"Concubine? Princess, you are joking again. There is no concubine in this palace who can be pregnant." Wan Tao said, "But the Queen Mother did send someone to Xiang Wanxuan today."

"Why is she here?" Wan Ning asked.

"The Empress Dowager sent some cakes and asked about the beauty pageant. The nanny said that the Empress Dowager was very anxious about the beauty pageant and urged the princess to enrich the emperor's harem as soon as possible." Wan Tao explained. She knew the relationship between Le Yan and the emperor, so she picked up a few words from the nanny's words and told Wan Ning.

"She came to ask about the progress of the talent show, and brought me some pastries." Wan Ning lowered her head and thought about it. Since she only had more than three months left, she needed to speed up the progress. She suddenly looked up and told Wan Tao, "Wan Tao, go get the talent show results booklet."

"Is Princess Le Yan here?"