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

Early on the second morning after the birthday banquet, Wan Ning hurried to King Qi to resign.

Prince Qi was about to leave, and the two of them simply exchanged a few polite words without trying to persuade him to stay. He had already walked a few steps, but then turned back and asked Wan Ning to go to the other courtyard before leaving, as someone wanted to see her. Although she didn't know what it was, she still deliberately passed by the other courtyard on the way back.

The small gate of the courtyard was a little deserted. Looking inside through the half-open door, I saw two little maids leading a fat old lady with gray hair. The fat old lady looked quite old, with a round, rosy face and a healthy body. Although she had difficulty moving, her clothes were very clean and tidy.

It’s strange to say, I’ve lived in Prince Qi’s Mansion for so long, but this is the first time I’ve heard of such a person in the Mansion.

A maid was massaging the old lady's shoulders, and perhaps the force was a little too strong, which made the old lady look unhappy, and she stretched out her hand to hit her. The maid moved to the side to hide, and just in time saw Wan Ning standing at the door with doubts in her heart, and immediately bowed and called out: "Good luck to Princess Le Yan."

This greeting startled the old lady. She sat up with her eyes wide open and looked at Wan Ning from head to toe. This look made her very uncomfortable. The old lady pulled the little maid next to her and stood up tremblingly. It was not known whether it was because of fatness or excitement that she walked unsteadily. She asked tentatively, "Princess Le Yan? But is she Concubine Lan's daughter Le Yan?"

"Exactly."

"Oh, God," before she could finish her sentence, tears flowed from the old lady's eyes, and she beat her chest and stamped her feet in tears, "I never thought that I would see the princess again one day. Since the young lady passed away, I have dreamed of seeing the princess again. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of you for the young lady."

Wan Ning digested her words. It was obvious that the young lady she was referring to was Lan Fei, Le Yan's biological mother. Seeing her sad and wailing appearance, she must have a close relationship with Lan Fei. But Wan Ning always hated sensationalism, so she casually comforted her with a few words and patted her back with a complicated expression.

The fat old lady actually grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit on the recliner next to her, while she watched with tears and laughter. She said to herself: "I thought I would never see you again, and I was worried that if I really saw you one day, you would change a lot, and I would not recognize you because I am old and dim. But you, you look so much like the young lady back then, I recognized you at the first sight!"

Wan Ning was a little overwhelmed by the excessive enthusiasm. Seeing the light of day fading, she promised to visit again. Finally, she left under Rong Po's reluctant eyes. Her eyes seemed to want to find the appearance of the deceased lady from this face, greedy and reluctant. Wan Ning couldn't bear to look at the heartbroken eyes anymore, so she took Wan Tao and others back to the room to pack their luggage and left the Qi Palace.

The journey back to the palace was so long this time. When she returned to the familiar Xiang Wanxuan, the first thing she did was to go to Yuxi Palace to find Prince Mu Xiu. The two of them needed to align their respective gains. Then, based on all the information, they would discuss the next plan.

Before Wan Ning had even stepped into the gate of Yuxi Palace, Meng Zhu suddenly rushed over from nowhere and shouted happily: "Sister Le Yan, you are finally back. Before we parted, you said you would be back soon, but now it has been so long. Don’t you know how boring it is here when you are not here?"

"Of course I know. It's just as boring as if you weren't here. So after we finished our work, we came back immediately." Meng Zhu grew very fast. In just over half a month, her height suddenly jumped up a lot. Now she is almost as tall as Wan Ning's shoulders.

"We brought a lot of new things back from the palace this time. Zhu Zi and Shui Yue are counting them with Wan Xuan now. If you go over now, you should be able to eat and play with them." Wan Ning deliberately teased her with delicious food and fun things. After all, she was still a child, so how could she resist? Her eyes were obviously shining, and she ran out excitedly, completely ignoring the voice of Bi Luo who was following behind her and asking her to slow down. Before walking out the door, she did not forget to point to Mu Xiu's current location with her finger.

Wan Ning followed this direction and found Mu Xiu and Yin Zhu who were enjoying tea in the secluded courtyard of Yuxi Palace. Yin Zhu left with an excuse to get Wan Ning a new set of tea sets, leaving the two of them alone to chat.

"Princess Le Yan just came back from outside the palace, and she rushed to Yuxi Palace without stopping. Aren't you afraid that someone with ulterior motives will use it to make a fuss? If the time comes, I will send you to Tumo to marry. Are you willing?" Mu Xiu joked.

Ning was bound to fight back this night. She retorted, "You're not here as early as me. You've already come to Chu Country as a hostage and are living next to Xiang Wanxuan." Then she lowered her voice and said seriously, "I came to you to discuss something important. Please listen carefully and use your expertise to help me analyze it. First, I got some information about Princess Le Yan's whereabouts."

"Princess Le Yan? Isn't she sitting right in front of me?" Mu Xiu pointed at Wan Ning and almost got a roll of the eyes from Wan Ning.

Wan Ning endured it and ignored his teasing. She continued her own train of thought: "Princess Le Yan was seen in a small village near Beiqi with a seriously ill man. I wanted to go there to investigate, but the person who led me ran away, so I can't judge whether the source of the information is reliable."

"Le Yan has been raised in the deep palace since she was young. I'm afraid she has no chance to come into contact with other men."

Wan Ning nodded and continued with her opinion affirmatively: "Yes, so we can't rule out the possibility that the old man recognized the wrong person, but it would be best if someone could investigate it."

Mu Xiu spread his hands and said helplessly: "You and I are already in the cage, who can go and see?"

Wan Ning waved her hand and called to Mu Xiu, saying, "Come closer to me." Seeing that he really leaned over, she suddenly lowered her voice and asked seriously, "Do you have anyone you can send to go to Lu Village for us?"

Mu Xiu choked on the water when he heard this and said in surprise: "Sister, I am a hostage of the Chu Kingdom, not a guest of honor. How can anyone be sent out to do things for me?"

"Given our relationship, don't hide it. Tell me in secret, do you really not have a few confidants?" Wan Ning asked.

Mu Xiu poked her head gently and said, "Have you watched too many TV dramas?" Then he said very seriously, "No, I am helpless and have no one to rely on when I am old. What's your second thing?"

"Oh, the second thing is related to the butterfly jade pendant. First of all, no jeweler in Nanye has ever seen it, and even this material is extremely rare. But by chance, I saw a piece at Prince Qi's birthday banquet, and Prince Qi gave it to the emperor and brought it into the palace."

"So what? It's just the same material. It's not the butterfly jade pendant we are looking for." Mu Xiu asked back with some confusion, but it also gave Wan Ning the feeling of reporting work to her superior in the workplace.

Wan Ning would not indulge him here. If she felt uncomfortable, she would definitely fight back. She rolled her eyes at him on the spot, and then reminded him in a friendly tone: "Mr. Jiang, please pay attention to your attitude. I am not your subordinate reporting to you now." Mu Xiu realized that once he started working, he would involuntarily bring some oppressive attitude to make people feel a little uncomfortable, so he quickly adjusted his attitude and changed to a more equal approach.

Wan Ning noticed his change, smiled knowingly and continued to explain: "That is to say, the output of this kind of jade is extremely limited. If we can know the annual output and where it goes, we can probably get a rough idea of ​​where the butterfly jade pendant may appear. Leave the investigation to me, but I'd like to trouble you to find someone to help with the matter in Lu Village. There must be someone around Prince Mu Xiu, maybe in the inn outside the palace?"

Wan Ning's analysis seemed to form a closed loop, but she overlooked a fatal problem: the butterfly jade pendant might not be in the shape of a butterfly at this moment, it could be any shape at this moment.

Mu Xiu no longer denied it, nodded gently and picked up the tea to drink. He had not gained nothing in the palace during this period. When they parted from the hunting ground, his mission was to keep an eye on the emperor, or to investigate the emperor. Naturally, he completed it very well, and even knew what happened that year.

Mu Xiu recalled the young and beautiful new princess Feiyu who was seen swaying in front of the king at the Tumo banquet. She had a friendship with the emperor. At that time, in order to cope with the possible outcome of the war, the emperor's retired emperor increased the war investment and looked for a woman to be sent to marry.

The crown prince Ziheng couldn't bear it, so he reached an agreement with the emperor: if he returned victorious from the battlefield, the Chu Kingdom would give up the arrangement of sending Feiyu to marry. Unfortunately, at the age of a teenager, even though Ziheng could see the situation on the battlefield clearly and was invincible, he could not stop the betrayal of those around him and fell into the trap woven by the enemy and the traitor.

Mu Xiu was lost in thought, and Wan Ning patted his shoulder gently and asked, "What happened next?"