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Looking at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, Wu Cheng didn't know whether he should take out the other secret report in his sleeve. He pulled it back and forth in his sleeves with both hands, saying: His Royal Highness is angry now, and he will be even angrier after reading this letter, so I'd better take it slow first. At the same time, he said: If I don't take it out now, what if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blames me? He will be even angrier.

Wu Cheng was struggling with his conscience, and Zhu Zhanji was also immersed in his memories. When he came to his senses and saw the movements of Wu Cheng's hands, he asked curiously: "What are you doing? What's in your hand? Take it out."

Wu Cheng thought he was doomed. He tremblingly took out the thing from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji took it and opened it. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned. Finally, he held it in his hand and asked, "Why did you take it out now?"

Wu Cheng knelt down with a thud. "Your servant, the secret reports from the Prince's Mansion and the Hu Mansion were sent here together. I thought...I thought first..."

"What are you thinking about? Send me any news about the Hu family as soon as possible from now on."

"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong. Next time I will send you the news as soon as I get it." Wu Cheng was so anxious that he was sweating.

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "It says here that the third lady's room suddenly had a flood. What happened? Shanxiang is fine, right?"

"It was said to be an accident. Miss Hu was in the room at the time. The fire started because a candlestick was knocked over. When Miss Hu was rescued, she choked on the smoke several times and was unconscious for several days before waking up. She rested for a while and is now well."

Zhu Zhanji was still frightened when he saw the words "on fire and unconscious" on it. Fortunately, Shanxiang was fine.

"Are you sure there's nothing serious? Should we send a doctor from the palace to take a look?" Zhu Zhanji was still worried.

Wu Cheng was afraid that His Royal Highness would really ask the palace to send someone over, so he quickly tried to stop her, saying, "Your Highness, the Third Miss is really well now. If they really ask the palace to send someone over, it would be too conspicuous."

"Yes, it doesn't matter. When I go back this time, I will ask Grandpa Huang for an imperial decree to allow Shanxiang to come to the palace and take good care of her." I will definitely not let her be in poor health like in her previous life.

Zhu Zhanji continued to read the second half of the report: "This son-in-law of the Hu family is a promising one." Zhu Zhanji recalled the seven sisters of the Hu family in his previous life. He seemed to have only impressions of Hu Shanwei and Shanxiang. He seemed to have never seen the others, and there was no such thing as his second brother-in-law passing the exam. It seemed that many things were different in this life. If this person was really capable, he could use him in the future.

A few more days passed.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Wu Cheng ran over hurriedly with a letter in his hand.

"Why are you so reckless? What happened?" Zhu Zhanji rarely saw Wu Cheng like this.

"Hu...Xin, just...just arrived." Wu Cheng ran so fast that he couldn't even catch his breath, and his words were intermittent.

Zhu Zhanji immediately understood that it was a secret report from the Hu family. Seeing how anxious he was, could something have happened? Zhu Zhanji snatched it from his hand and opened it in two or three seconds.

Something big had indeed happened. Shanxiang returned to Jining. How could it happen so suddenly?

Wu Cheng looked at the changeable face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It couldn't be bad news. He was scolded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last time, but this time the news was sent to him immediately. He didn't even have time to ask about the situation of the person who sent it.

"After Shanxiang recovered from her illness, she returned to Jining with Madam Hu. Why was there no movement in the capital before that? What are the people down there doing for a living?" Zhu Zhanji kicked Wu Cheng angrily. He was still unable to calm down for a long time and paced around the room.

"What, Miss Hu San has returned to Jining. This..." Wu Cheng was also confused. Thinking that the person who delivered the letter had not left yet, he asked someone to call that person over to report.

"No, I have to go back to Beijing now and ask the emperor to issue an edict." Zhu Zhanji had already decided to go back and advance his plan.

"Your Highness, things in Beijing are not over yet. If you go back like this, His Majesty will definitely blame you." Wu Cheng advised him.

"Isn't Third Uncle here? Xia Yuanji is here too, so what trouble can there be? If I were a little later, Shanxiang would have already arrived in Shandong." Zhu Zhanji didn't listen to the advice at all.

"Your Highness, I have already gone to find the messenger. Let's hear what they have to say first."

"What are you talking about? Can what you said change the situation of Shanxiang returning to Shandong?" Zhu Zhanji couldn't hear anything now. His mind was full of Shanxiang's departure.

In the blink of an eye, someone arrived.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness live a thousand years."

"Okay, tell me what's going on. Why is Miss Hu San suddenly going back to Jining?" Zhu Zhanji didn't have the patience to listen to his nonsense.

"Your Highness, there was really no news about Miss Hu San returning to her hometown. Even Miss He Er, who was close to Miss Hu San, didn't know about it. It was only later when the Hu family started to prepare carriages and horses that they found out. I heard that it was because Old Madam Hu and Miss Hu San were not in good luck this year and it was not suitable for them to stay in the capital. There was a fire incident before, so they went to the temple to ask for divination, and they said that returning to their hometown for a while would resolve the problem, so this..."

Zhu Zhanji felt better after hearing this reason: "But did you say how long I have to stay before I can come back?"

“That’s not very clear.”

"Okay, go down and claim your reward."

"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness."

Wait until people leave.

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while. According to this, he couldn't let Shanxiang enter the palace this year. But now she has returned to Jining. What if she forgets him? No, he still needs to find a way to meet Shanxiang. What can he do?

Oh, got it.

"Go and check when the Hu family's team will arrive in Shuntian." Zhu Zhanji ordered.

Wu Cheng didn't know what His Highness was going to do, but he didn't dare to delay and went to do it immediately. Now, anything related to Miss Hu San was a top priority. He used to think that His Highness just had his eyes on a girl and at most would make her a concubine in the future. Now, he saw that His Highness actually intended to let His Majesty personally issue an order to let Miss Hu San enter the palace. He probably wanted Miss Hu San to be... her second master in the future, so he had to be attentive.

Wu Cheng got the good news and came to reply to Zhu Zhanji, "Your Highness, the Hu family's carriage will arrive in the capital in ten days."

"Ah."

Although it is already March, the wind in the north is still very cold.

Hu Shanxiang also felt the wind blowing in from outside while sitting in the carriage.

"Girl, eat something." Lingzhi brought in food.

"Well, has Grandma eaten yet?"

"The old lady used some. I heard that we are almost at Shuntian Prefecture. The old lady said that we should come down to Shuntian to eat something hot." Lingzhi said.

"We're almost in Shuntian. By the way, did you find the thing I asked you to find for me?"

"Not yet? I remember taking it, maybe I left it there. I'll look for it later."

"As soon as possible, find it and give it to me."

"it is good."