Traveling through time and space

"I was asked to do this. I got up early to buy groceries and came back. I met an old woman at the side door. She said she was Madam Hao's sister and she had something to ask Madam Hao. She wanted me to see if Madam Hao was in the mansion. If she was, she wanted me to ask Madam Hao to go out and see her. After entering the courtyard, Aunt Fang asked me to ask Madam Hao. I knew Madam Hao, so I went straight to her courtyard. However, after calling twice, no one answered. I pushed the door open, but seeing no one in the house, I called a few more times. I went to the entrance of the mansion again and told the person that I couldn't find Madam Hao."

"You were at the door and someone was looking for you. Is there any witness? After entering the yard, were there any passersby who went to look for Matron Hao?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"Yes, Aunt Fang can testify. I ran into Sisters Zelan and Peilan on the road, and I told them that someone was looking for Madam Hao at the back door."

"Rumei, go and verify it."

"Madam Wu, why did you go to Madam Hao's room when you are not at home taking care of your grandson?" Gu Yuanyuan gestured for her to stand up and talk, after all, she was old.

"The princess also knows that Madam Hao used to run the Nansheng Embroidery Workshop. Lotus often consulted with Madam Hao. Today, Hu Zi was feeling unwell and was clinging to his mother, so Lotus could only stay with Hu Zi in the house. The old woman came to see if Madam Hao was there. The first time she came, she couldn't find Madam Hao. After the old woman cleaned up the house, Lotus asked her to come and deliver the bundle."

"What's in the bundle?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"I don't know." Nanny Wu changed her address. Originally, she was called "old woman", but Gu Yuanyuan kept asking with a gloomy face, so she changed her address to "slave". "Princess, I really don't know."

"Dongmei, take your men to her yard and search it thoroughly," Gu Yuanyuan ordered. Gu Yuanyuan untied the bundle, and the other two returned. Jiangxiang was cleared of suspicion, but Baiying wasn't. Butler Chen hurried over, and Gu Yuanyuan motioned him in to speak. He said, "Little Hu is unconscious, and Hehua is making a fuss at the door. We need to take the child to the clinic, and I've come to ask if they can release him."

"Bring them all here." Gu Yuanyuan ordered and sighed coldly. These secret agents were placed around him. They were really capable.

"Bai Ying, why are you lying? Who are you? Who is behind you? What is your purpose in coming to the Princess's Mansion?" Gu Yuanyuan asked. The person lying on the ground did not speak, and soon heard the noise of commotion outside.

"Hu Zi is dying! Please let me out! I'm not a servant in this princess's mansion," the woman yelled. "Princess, please let me take the child to see a doctor! Hu Zi is dying!" The woman came in, crying and making a fuss.

"Hehua, I've treated you and your family well over the years," Gu Yuanyuan said, genuinely resentful. "Hehua, we have a doctor at home, why are you taking Huzi to the clinic?" Gu Yuanyuan pointed at Liu Ling'er, asking her to check on Huzi. The child, who had been crying bitterly outside, was brought in. Aunt Wu quickly stepped forward to take the child, only to find that Huzi's tears only intensified.

"Greetings, Princess." Xu Kun arrived. "What happened? How did Hu Zi get hurt?"

"Put Hu Zi down, his leg is broken." Liu Ling'er stepped forward, looked around, and pinched it.

"You take the child downstairs. Aunt Wu, you go with me, and Xu Kun stays." Gu Yuanyuan waved her hand, unable to bear to see the child suffer. "You woman, you're truly cruel! Hu Zi is your own son, yet you're willing to kill him just to get out." Gu Yuanyuan noticed Bai Ying's fierce gaze. "Lock her up in the woodshed and keep a close eye on her," Gu Yuanyuan ordered. "Hehua, who are you to?" Gu Yuanyuan was truly impatient.

"Princess, I, my brothers and sisters' lives are in their hands."

"You are an orphan, where did your brother come from?" Xu Kun asked puzzledly.

"They are not dead. I found them. After I got married, they left the capital, so I said they were all dead."

"So you gave them the money in the house." Xu Kun's voice was unusually calm.

"My husband, I'm sorry, I only have this one brother. My family can't just let the incense die out. My stepmother said that if I don't listen to them, they will kill my brother."

"Where are your family members? Do you know who kidnapped them?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"I don't know, for the past year or so, it's always my stepmother who comes to see me. She comes every three days, and I tell her about the latest situation in the Princess's Mansion."

"Then why did you go to Mrs. Hao's room today? Do you know Mrs. Hao's identity?"

"Half a year ago, my stepmother told me that Mrs. Hao was a relative of her mother's and asked me to talk to her more often."

"You are still lying. Why did you send this bundle to her room today? It's just some ordinary embroidery samples."

"A common woman, a common woman."

"Tell me everything you know, or I'll divorce you."

"You've truly wasted my life rescuing you. Besides telling them about the recent situation at the mansion, what else did you tell them?" Gu Yuanyuan felt like something was amiss. "Xu Kun, do you often tell her about things happening at the farm?"

"No, I understand. But now I think about it, ever since I went to the farm, she often asked all sorts of questions and wanted to move in with me. I said I was just a servant and not qualified to live in the farm with my family." Xu Kun realized it belatedly and felt a little panicked.

"That's good, Xu Kun. This princess is going to ask you seriously. This woman has definitely betrayed me. Will you and Hu Zi stand with her, or will you go your separate ways?" Gu Yuanyuan asked solemnly.

"Husband, you can't leave me. You are a slave and I am a free man. If I marry you, your son will be free. Otherwise, your son will be a slave for life." The woman shouted.

"Xu Kun, she betrayed your true feelings."

"Princess, I only ask that Tiger be kept. She betrayed you, so she must bear the consequences. You can do whatever you want with her."

"Okay, Xu Kun, the princess's mansion will never dare to keep such a person. As for how to deal with him, this princess hasn't thought about it yet." Gu Yuanyuan also saw that this woman was a fool. "Hehua, in the past year or so, you have only met your stepmother, and you heard everything she said. You have not met your biological father and your brothers and sisters. Just based on a few words from her, you gave the silver to her, betrayed this princess, and put your son, your bedmate, in danger. You are really a stupid woman." Gu Yuanyuan was helpless.

"No, she wouldn't lie to me."

"How are you going to meet your stepmother? Is this the last chance I'm giving you?"

"You're so confused. If you don't tell me, your son will be implicated."

"I really don't know. I just heard my stepmother mention it one day. She had a little sister in the empress's family, and she usually took good care of her."

"Do you know where they live now?"

"I don't know." Lotus shook her head desperately. "I really don't know. It's just that one time, she brought me some huoshao. She said she bought it at her doorstep, but I thought it was Zhengji's huoshao."

"Dongmei, have Liang Shang take people to Zhengji Fire and search for the people around it."

"Princess, I want to go with you. I know that woman." Xu Kun stepped forward and Gu Yuanyuan nodded.

"Princess, she's dead," Rumei trotted in and whispered behind Gu Yuanyuan.

"Who died?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"Bai Ying, there was medicine on her body, she committed suicide."

Gu Yuanyuan nodded. Who was the person behind this? It was just a shame. This clue was broken. No, two clues were broken. What a shame. "Send it to the palace. This person must have come from the palace. Have the palace investigate thoroughly to find out who's behind her?" Gu Yuanyuan ordered, exhausted. She ordered Lotus to be sent to the palace and returned to her inner chambers, but she had a bad feeling. The woman wouldn't be found. Someone was watching her mansion, and the slightest movement in the princess's mansion would be known. Sure enough, the person who had gone there returned moments later, saying that the woman was dead. Gu Yuanyuan was furious. This was truly a naked contempt for herself. "Bai Ze, Alua, and Ayu, we're going to go out and sweep the streets at midnight. All the secret guards and spies within a two-kilometer radius of the princess's mansion will report to the underworld." Gu Yuanyuan hardened her heart. This was too much.

"Princess, we are here to go too." Two more people appeared in front of Gu Yuanyuan, walking in from the door. "We are here to see you, Princess."

"Your subordinate Han greets the princess." Gu Yuanyuan pointed at them in confusion.

"The Emperor has placed us by the Princess's side since she became Ming."

"You two have such a cold and hot name. You've worked so hard. Now that you're out, let's go together." Gu Yuanyuan made up her mind. "Don't ask anything, just do it." Gu Yuanyuan realized that they were her shadows. Did they know the secret of her space? "Where do you two usually stay?"

"In reply to the princess, inside the mansion, the subordinates will wait in the trees or on the rooftops. Outside, they will be ten meters away."

"Alright, don't let others know of your presence. Just let them know, and when I call you, you just come out. If you follow me, I'll make sure you have everything you need."

"We, the subordinates, thank the princess." They squatted down and saluted.

"This is a gift for meeting you." Gu Yuanyuan bought a batch of bulletproof vests from the space, the kind that are invulnerable to swords and guns. Gu Yuanyuan asked Dongmei and Rumei to go into the house and carry out a large box, "One for each person." These shadows really make a living on the edge of a knife. With this, their lives are even more protected.

"Princess, it's so light." Ah Luan was very pleased. "Princess, don't worry. I will protect you until my death."

"Okay, thank you." After a simple meal, when the time came, Gu Yuanyuan came out of the inner room and found Gao Zeyang. "You three should also change into men's clothes. I will let you kill to your heart's content tonight." Gu Yuanyuan called out to Yan and the others, "Are you sure that the emperor only arranged for you two to be by my side?"

"There are people around the three princes, but they are all in the yard, not outside the princess's mansion." Yan thought for a moment and answered affirmatively.

"Use your channels to get them to protect the children. We're enough for the people outside." Gu Yuanyuan looked at the five people in front of her, all of whom were quite excited. Gu Yuanyuan explained the plan: each person would be assigned a specific area, and they would strive to wipe them out completely. No matter who they were, anyone who was targeting the Princess's residence would be killed. That night, everyone had a great harvest. Gu Yuanyuan got three bodies, Bai Ze got four, and they got four each. Gu Yuanyuan thought about it and realized that these people needed a place to stay. "Maybe we can find some signs of them so that we can report them to the Emperor."

"Princess, there's nothing here, only three of them have poison." Yan and Han searched carefully. Gu Yuanyuan thought about it and decided to send everyone to the yamen under the cover of night. The princess's mansion would pretend that nothing happened and they knew nothing. Of course, she knew nothing either. She talked to them and Ahan said that they would handle it and asked the princess to go back to the mansion to rest. Seeing that they were very serious, Gu Yuanyuan nodded, quietly returned to the inner room, went to bed, and when she woke up again, she heard voices talking in the yard.

"The Emperor is so kind to our princess,"

"Our princess herself has agreed." Dongmei and Xiaomaozi's voices were heard.

"What's wrong? Why are you so happy so early in the morning?" Gu Yuanyuan sat up and shouted outside.

"Princess, the rewards from the palace have been delivered." Dongmei went straight into the house.

"What reward? What time is it now?" Gu Yuanyuan stretched, put on her clothes, and got out of bed.