Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Seeing Old Madam Shen walking away, Xiao Chenze jumped off the roof and knocked on Shen Li's door.

Shen Li rolled her eyes upwards.

This is the helplessness of living in the palace. One person leaves and another comes. It’s so tiring.

"Please come in."

Xiao Chenze pushed the door open and opened it wide to prevent anyone from gossiping.

"Your grandmother is gone," he said casually as he approached, his hands behind his back. "She seemed very angry to me. What's wrong? Did she feel the palace wasn't taking good care of you?"

Shen Li looked at the ceiling, and after a while he replied lazily: "Didn't the eldest prince hear everything? Why are you asking me?"

Xiao Chenze was stunned.

I didn't expect that she knew I was eavesdropping. Was I so careless?

The table was filled with supplements brought by the old lady. Xiao Chenze sat down at the table and picked up one to take a look. "How have you rested these past two days?"

Shen Li glanced at him lazily, "Prince, if you have something to say, please speak directly."

She was not familiar with the old lady, and even less familiar with the eldest prince, not to the extent that he could stay and chat in her resting place.

Not to mention that this era does not allow it, even in my own era, men and women had to be careful about the boundaries between them.

"Okay, I'll be frank." After hearing her say that, Xiao Chenze stopped chatting and said, "Master Liu is the leader of the Shadow Guard, and he has a few people under him who can be used. You should be more alert recently, and be careful that he sends people to plot against you. But don't be too scared, I have arranged people outside to protect you. They will hear any movement here and will rush in..."

"So, you were on the roof to protect me?"

"Yes, sort of."

The person in front of him was too calm, which was somewhat beyond Xiao Chenze's expectations. "Speaking of which, you should be grateful to the Queen Mother for insisting on keeping you in the palace. Otherwise, if you returned to the Shen Mansion, it would be much easier for the Liu family to send someone to look for you."

"You're right." Shen Li glanced outside and saw no one, so she pointed to the wardrobe next to her and said, "Open it and see, there's a surprise inside."

Xiao Chenze stood up curiously, walked over and opened the wardrobe.

The moment the cabinet door opened, a tightly bound palace maid fell out.

It rolled to Xiao Chenze's feet with a plop, which really scared him.

"This...this is..."

Shen Li instantly looked very scared and said weakly, "Last night, she said she was ordered by the Queen Mother to come and take care of me, and she added something to the tonic soup she brought me. I smelled something wrong, so I asked her to drink a sip to test whether it was hot or cold, but she refused and tried to kill me with a hairpin. I was so scared that I struggled hard and accidentally stabbed her in the face with the hairpin. She fainted at the sight of blood, so I tied her up and dragged her into the closet. I didn't know who she belonged to, so I didn't dare tell anyone else. Since the eldest prince's people will protect me, please help me find out if she was sent by the Liu family."

Xiao Chenze couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he saw the palace maid's miserable appearance with blood all over her face.

How could this be accidentally pierced?

It was obvious that he had stabbed it hard, and not just once. Look at those holes, one, two, three...

The palace maid had one bare foot and a foot binding stuffed in her mouth. She had woken up at this time. When she saw the eldest prince, she started to whimper and tears came out of her eyes in anxiety.

Looking at Shen Li again, her eyes were innocent, tears filled her eyelashes, and she stepped back pitifully, which made anyone who saw her feel distressed.

This little fox is really good at pretending.

If I didn't know that she didn't blink when sewing human flesh with needle and thread, I would have been fooled by her pitiful appearance.

"Did you stuff the foot binding into her stomach?" Xiao Chenze asked.

"Yes, it was the middle of the night, and I was afraid she would wake up and scream and startle the Queen Mother. I couldn't find anything else, so I had to take off her socks and stuff them in her mouth." Shen Li looked innocent, as if she was about to cry. She said, "I was so scared at the time that my heart is still beating fast. Crown Prince, please help me."

"Okay, I'll make the decision for you," Xiao Chenze suppressed his laughter and coughed twice before saying, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No, thank you very much." Shen Li rolled her eyes. "This palace maid is full of lies. The eldest prince should not be fooled by her."

"That won't happen. Don't worry. This prince is best at interrogating prisoners."

Good at interrogating prisoners?

Shen Li raised her eyes suspiciously and looked at him twice more.

Didn't everyone say he was just a lazy guy? Why was he pretending to be a capable person in front of me?

As soon as the palace maid brought the bowl to her last night, her head started to drip.

The space detected that the contents of the bowl were poisonous, so she pretended that it was too hot. When the palace maid bent down to test the temperature, she inserted a silver needle and the palace maid fainted.

In order to avoid exposing her flaws, she pulled out the palace maid's hairpin and stabbed her face with it several times.

The maid woke up in pain and was about to scream, but she was knocked unconscious by another punch and her socks were taken off to stuff into her mouth.

If she hadn't been worried that the palace maid would tell the truth, she wouldn't have bothered to say the last sentence to Xiao Chenze.

"Then..." Shen Li said slowly: "I will not delay the eldest prince's time. The eldest prince can take her down for trial."

When the palace maid heard this, she shook her head even more vigorously.

Xiao Chenze slashed the palace maid with his knife, knocking her unconscious, and whistled to the outside.

After a while, two strong-dressed men came in. Without saying much, they dragged the palace maid out.

There was no sound from beginning to end.

Shen Li couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

In ancient times, there were not so many aids, so people could only practice hard to master light skills. The masters reached the pinnacle of skill, which is really admirable.

The person was taken away, but Xiao Chenze had no intention of leaving. He turned around and asked Shen Li, "Aren't you curious why the Liu family wanted to kill you?"

He stood while Shen Li leaned against the head of the bed, feeling awkward no matter how he thought about it.

She couldn't see through him, just as he couldn't see through her.

The door was open wide, so even if someone came in, no one would suspect anything else. At most, they would think that he came in to check, just like checking in other rooms.

His heart was already in turmoil.

She knows medicine, she can defeat a killer disguised as a palace maid with her bare hands, she is also flexible and can act at will, and she is very clever and eccentric.

Which face is her real one?

What is her origin?

People say that the person who saved the old lady of Guan Yonghou is suspected of being a spy. Could she be a spy?

Not like it, and suspicious.

Shen Li lowered her eyes, not wanting him to see the disdain in her eyes for the Liu family's methods: "The Liu family's treatment of me may be related to my uncle. The Queen Mother kept me in the palace for this reason. She is doing this for my own good. I am very grateful."

Nanny Zheng stepped in and just heard Shen Li say this.

She bowed to Xiao Chenze with a smile and said with relief, "Miss Shen is really considerate. The Queen Mother is worried that you will leave the palace and the Liu family will cause trouble, so she kept you here. It's rare that Miss Shen understands the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts. Then stay in the palace for a few more days. It won't be too late to leave the palace after the Liu family's affairs are settled."

As soon as Old Madam Shen left, the Queen Mother was worried that Shen Li would not have a place to stay in the palace, so she asked her to come over and try to persuade her.

Unexpectedly, the girl was very clear about what was going on and there was no need for her to say much.

She understood what the Queen Mother meant. She simply wanted Shen Li to have more contact with the princes.

As the saying goes, time reveals a person's true character, and as the saying goes, love grows over time.

After all, you need more contact before you can possibly fall in love with one of them, and you may end up becoming a perfect couple.

Nanny Zheng laughed and tucked the corner of the quilt for Shen Li. "Lie down and sleep for a while. Poor thing, you're so weak and need to be replenished."

Turning around, she looked at Xiao Chenze curiously again, "Is there anything else, eldest prince?"

Xiao Chenze coughed lightly, shook his head, and walked out with his hands behind his back.