The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Sima Yao arranged a place for Gu Nianzhi to stay in the mansion. Seeing that Gu Nianzhi did not bring any luggage, he was puzzled but did not ask much. Instead, he asked the maid to prepare clothes for Gu Nianzhi.

"Just like what is written in the book, Sima Yao is really as meticulous as dust." Gu Nianzhi touched the clothes on the table. The quality of this clothes was much better than the stage costume he was wearing.

"Mr. Gu, the water is ready. You can take a bath." The maid turned around and stepped back, closing the door.

Gu Nianzhi had indeed broken out in a cold sweat, and her clothes were not very breathable, so she felt a little sticky all over. She checked the doors and windows, walked to the bathtub behind the screen, and touched the water. The temperature was just right.

"Now that everything is ready, I'll just wash it quickly."

Gu Nianzhi quickly took off her clothes and sat in the bathtub.

She recalled every detail before her time travel, trying to find the key point that led to the time travel.

"Did he fall on the back of his head?"

Thinking of this, Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but lean down, made up his mind, and banged the back of his head against the bathtub.

It did hurt, but there was no sign of any crossing around.

"Did I hit my brain? Fortunately, I didn't put my clothes back on now. At least I should put my clothes on before trying again." Gu Nianzhi looked at her naked body soaking in the water and realized it belatedly.

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"Your Highness, this Mr. Gu has an unknown background. Do you really believe what he said?"

"It's only three days, so it doesn't matter if you wait. Bring me paper and pen." Sima Yao wrote a letter and handed it to Lin Heng, "Send someone to deliver it to my mother as fast as possible. Once I receive my mother's reply, everything will be clear."

Lin Heng took the letter and turned to go out.

Sima Yao paced in the room, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He immediately went to the stable, mounted his horse, and headed straight to the suburbs.

One end of the secret passage is connected to the dark room in Sima Yao's bedroom, and the other end leads directly to the backyard of an inconspicuous farmhouse in the suburbs.

Sima Yao tied the horse at the door of the farmhouse and walked straight into the backyard.

The entrance to the secret passage was piled with straw and other miscellaneous items to conceal its presence, as if it had not been touched for a long time.

Sima Yao leaned over to take a closer look and saw several layers of spider webs on the straw pile.

Obviously, no one has entered the secret passage from here in the short term.

If one does not enter the secret passage from here, then one can only enter from the secret room in the palace's own bedroom. However, there are guards and servants in the palace all year round. Even if Gu Nianzhi can climb walls and fly over eaves, he cannot enter the secret room without being noticed.

Sima Yao frowned deeply. It was obvious that Gu Nianzhi did not tell him the truth about how he appeared in the secret room.

Sima Yao rode his horse back home and passed through Tianzhu Street.

Almost all the neighboring countries that had diplomatic relations with the Da Sheng Dynasty set up their post stations on this street.

Guangjuxuan is the largest restaurant on this street. The owner of this restaurant is Liu Shineng, the former steward of Zhennan Palace.

Sima Yao went upstairs and asked directly:

"How many entrances and exits are there in the secret passage in the Zhennan Palace?"

"Two." Liu Shineng said without hesitation.

"Are you sure? Is there another entrance or exit?"

"I can't be 100% sure about other people's secret passages, but I personally supervised the construction of this secret passage. I can guarantee with my life that there are only these two entrances and exits. There is absolutely no third one."

"This is weird." Sima Yao looked out the window, as if talking to himself: "If both entrances and exits are blocked, he can't just appear out of thin air, right?"

Sima Yao was sitting facing the alley next to the Cinan State Posthouse.

A group of men dressed in the characteristic costumes of the Cinan Kingdom came out of the inn, turned into the alley, gathered together, looked around vigilantly, and when they saw that there was no one around, they quickly took off their coats and then dispersed.

Sima Yao took a quick glance and felt something was wrong. After the group of people took off their Zinan coats, they were actually wearing Qiangyi clothes underneath.

Since the great war fifty years ago in which both sides suffered heavy losses, the relationship between Cinan and Qiangyi has been extremely tense and they have never had any contact with each other. Moreover, the surrounding countries all respect their own costumes and it is impossible for them to wear costumes from other countries. What exactly do these people want to do?

"Has there been any unusual movement at the Cinan Kingdom Posthouse recently?" Sima Yao asked Liu Shineng.

"The number of people coming and going to the Cinan Country Posthouse has increased dramatically since half a year ago, but other than that, there is nothing suspicious."

"What about these past few days?"

“There seem to be more people coming in and out.”

"Remember, opening a restaurant is just a cover-up. Your most important task is to keep an eye on these post houses and prevent any trouble before it happens. Don't put the cart before the horse."

"I have always kept it in mind."

"Arrange a few people to keep a close eye on the Cinan Posthouse in the next few days to see where the people who left the posthouse went."

Abnormal things happened one after another in one day, which forced Sima Yao to be vigilant.

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Lin Heng had already arranged for someone to deliver the letter, and according to Sima Yao's arrangement, he went to Gu Nianzhi's residence and invited him to attend the welcoming banquet.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Gu Nianzhi anxiously asking the maid.

"Where are my changed clothes?"

"Sir, your clothes have been taken to the laundry room, and the servants are washing them now."

"Can I take it back so I can wash it myself?" When Gu Nianzhi said this, even the maid was stunned.

"Brother Gu, are there any important items in your spare clothes? You can rest assured. The palace has strict rules and there will never be any stealing." Lin Heng stepped forward and said.

“That’s not what I’m worried about…” Gu Nianzhi was embarrassed.

She had taken off all her clothes and put them aside. When she put on clean clothes, she was so focused on admiring the fine workmanship of the new clothes that she completely forgot that she had taken off her underwear and dirty clothes together. By the time she remembered, the maid had already taken them away.

Fortunately, she was going to perform on stage today, so she did not wear the thick sponge bra that adult women usually wear. Instead, she wore a professional elastic bra for adolescent girls that had a certain restraining effect and made her breasts look smaller. Her feminine features were not so obvious. However, the style was somewhat similar to the inner garments that the women of Dasheng wore next to their skin. If someone discovered that she was a woman, her situation would be even worse since the Third Prince was already suspicious of her background.

Seeing Gu Nianzhi's embarrassed face, Lin Heng did not ask any further questions. He arranged for the maid to take Gu Nianzhi to the welcoming banquet on time, and then left in a hurry.

Lin Heng was a thoughtful person. He concluded that something that made Gu Nianzhi so concerned but unwilling to speak out must be an important thing.

He rushed to the laundry room and asked the maid to put aside the clothes that Gu Nianzhi had just collected and not wash them for the time being. He picked up the clothes one by one, his eyes as sharp as torches, as if he wanted to see through them.

"This..." Lin Heng had never seen such clothes before.

It was a small piece of milky white fabric, half of which was thickened and felt soft to the touch. When I pulled the whole piece, it actually became a little bigger, but when I let go, it returned to its original shape.

I don't know what material the thickened parts and the whole garment are made of.

There is also a small piece of clothing made of the same elastic triangular cloth, with three holes, one large and two small. I don't know what it is used for.