Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

To deal with her, he couldn't use the same tricks he had used to deceive women in the past.

"Your Highness, Mother will be here soon, let's go to the main hall."

A woman in her twenties, wearing a light yellow palace dress, walked over.

Her square face, not very straight nose and slightly thick lips made her look very ordinary compared to these beautiful ladies.

But it seems that everything around her has nothing to do with her. Her brows are full of gentleness and grace, giving people a feeling of wanting to get close to her.

Looking at her, Meng Xiyue just felt that the years were peaceful.

She is a beautiful woman, and Meng Xiyue didn't know why she had such thoughts.

"Royal sister-in-law."

Nan Rongzhi's voice rang in her ears, and she came back to her senses and hurriedly saluted.

"The eldest prince's wife."

"No need to be formal."

Her gentle voice also makes people feel like a spring breeze.

"You must be Princess Yong'an, you are such a rare beauty. I heard that Mr. Ye Xiu has accepted you as his apprentice, but I haven't congratulated you yet."

When she said the second half of the sentence, envy was clearly revealed in her eyes.

Nan Rongzhi didn't speak until she followed the eldest prince away.

"My sister-in-law is the daughter of the Wang family of Longcheng, the largest family in Nanrong Country. The Wang family alone accounts for one-tenth of the officials in the court."

It doesn't come as any surprise that one family alone controls one-tenth of the territory of Nanrong Kingdom.

In other words, if the Wang family wanted to rebel, it would be easy to do so.

No wonder every emperor is so wary of the aristocratic families.

However, centuries-old families like the Wang family consider themselves noble, and they are used to seeing the masters coming and going in the imperial city, so they have no interest in the throne.

As for the emperor wanting to overthrow the aristocratic families, they are not afraid. Ordinary aristocratic families can be overthrown, but centuries-old families like them have long been rooted in this land. If the emperor wants to overthrow them, it will take at least a hundred years to completely eliminate them.

Moreover, the fact that they live far away from the capital also shows their attitude.

It can be said that the emperor can trust a family like the Wang family, which is powerful and clear-headed.

"The Wang family didn't participate in the fight at all, but the emperor insisted on marrying a girl from the Wang family, and they couldn't refuse."

"The Emperor's sister-in-law is a famous talented woman. She also came to Mr. Ye Xiu and asked to become his disciple, but was rejected."

Meng Xiyue then understood why she looked at her with envy in her eyes. It turned out that she was envious of her for being able to become the master's last disciple.

"What kind of person is this eldest prince's wife?"

"What kind of person is she?" Nan Rongzhi frowned slightly. "I haven't seen her many times. I heard that she spends all day in her mansion, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, or reciting poems and painting. She rarely goes out."

"She doesn't really care about the affairs of the mansion. Concubine Zheng handles them all. I just think she is as calm as a chrysanthemum and doesn't care about anything."

"No wonder I haven't seen her."

Meng Xiyue was even more interested in her. It was the first time that a woman was so attractive to her.

"Ah...I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Suddenly she was bumped by a maid. When she came to her senses, she saw the maid lying on the ground, frantically cleaning up the spilled food.

Meng Xiyue saw her nervous look and said softly, "It's okay, get up quickly."

But when her hand touched her arm, she was stunned.

The maid quickly dodged back to avoid her touching her, then quickly put away the tray and turned to leave.

"what happened?"

Nan Rongzhi noticed her unnaturalness and asked with concern.

"Just now... that maid, she had a dagger hidden on her body."

Meng Xiyue was sure that she did not touch wrongly, that feeling was that of a dagger.

Nan Rongzhi was shocked. Dagger? There were many distinguished guests attending the banquet today. As a servant, she secretly hid weapons. Who did she want to harm?

"There is indeed something fishy about that maid. She covered her face in broad daylight. I will send someone to check her background."

Nan Rongzhi was not sure whether the woman was here to cause trouble or was sent by Nan Rongwan to attack someone.

In case that woman was trained by Nan Rongwan and wanted to attack them, she would be prepared.

Nan Rongwan had never lived in this princess's mansion before. She only assigned a nanny to take care of it, so the management of the mansion was very lax.

Qiu'er found out all the information with just one silver ingot.

"That woman is an orphan who fled from the city to the capital. She accidentally saved the kitchen manager, and seeing that she had no one to rely on, she was allowed to come to the mansion to help. Her appearance was damaged, so she wore a mask."

It sounded like the woman was fine, and even seemed a little pitiful.

But Nan Rongzhi still found something wrong.

"Weicheng? Isn't that the hometown of Prince Consort Mu Ziyang?"

"And Weicheng hasn't had any natural disasters or man-made disasters in the past two years. She has no one to rely on, so why would she run from such a far place like Weicheng to the capital?"

"I also found out about this. It was said that the woman had a distant relative in the capital. She wanted to go and live with him, but when she arrived in the capital, she found out that the relative had already moved away." Qiu'er replied.

Nan Rongzhi, a police officer, was very perceptive and she intuitively felt that the woman was no ordinary person.

"There is no such coincidence. Besides, if it is true as she said, why would she carry a dagger with her?"

"The maid who shared the room with her said that she had never seen a dagger on her body, which shows that she was hiding it. She must have a secret."

Qiu'er told him everything she had found out, and then asked again.

"Your Highness, do you want to arrest her and interrogate her?"

"No, just send someone to keep an eye on her. We don't know if she's a friend or an enemy yet. Let's see what she's going to do."

From the brief meeting just now, it can be seen that the woman has no ill will towards them.

Or maybe she hasn't done anything bad yet, so she made mistakes out of nervousness.

"The bridal sedan won't arrive for a while. I'm a little hungry, so I'll go check the kitchen."

Meng Xiyue said thoughtfully.

"I'll accompany you..."

Nan Rongzhi was interrupted before she could finish her words.

"No, you'll attract too much attention if you go. My clothes just got dirty, so it's reasonable for me to go to the backyard to change clothes before going to the kitchen."

Meng Xiyue looked down at the yellowed hem of her skirt.

All the snacks that the maid just gave were spilled all over her.

"Then let Xiaoxiao accompany you, and be careful."

Nan Rongzhi said worriedly that this was the princess's mansion and she was afraid that she could not protect her.

"It's okay. The princess doesn't want to ruin her wedding on such a happy day."

Even if the eldest princess didn't like her, she wouldn't cause trouble for her on this day.

After saying that, Meng Xiyue called a maid from the princess's mansion and said that her dress was dirty, and asked her to take her to the backyard to change clothes.

Seeing this, the maid quickly led her to the guest room.

There were spare clothes in her carriage. When Xiaoxiao took them back and she changed into them, the maid had already left.