The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

In the Honglu Temple.

It wasn't until dusk that the head envoy told Zhao Xuan the news that she would marry the True King Gu Jingfeng instead. Zhao Xuan immediately stood up from her chair, walked up to the head envoy, and demanded, "How could this happen? Why are you telling me now?"

The envoy hurriedly defended himself, "I was delayed because I went to investigate the truth of this matter. Specifically, it was the virtuous prince who resolutely opposed this marriage, and the virtuous concubine fanned the flames. The strangest thing is that His Royal Highness the True Prince is very happy to marry the princess, and as the principal wife. The position of principal wife in the True Prince's palace has been vacant for many years! I think the True Prince is not bad either, he loves flowers..."

Zhao Xuan put her hands on her hips and yelled, "Bullshit! You're more like a flower thief!"

The envoy hurriedly bowed to Zhao Xuan tremblingly.

"Princess, please be careful with your words! I beg you, I beg you. You are a fake. Even at this time, you are still picky. You are lucky to have a prince to marry! If Xia Kingdom directly rejects the marriage and returns you to Yue Kingdom, then all of us will have ten heads on our heads and not enough to chop off!"

Qiuju hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Thank you for your hard work, my lord. Our princess is aware of everything. Please go back and get some rest."

The envoy then bowed to Zhao Xuan again and walked out of Zhao Xuan's dormitory.

As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, the chief envoy beckoned the four eavesdroppers who were hiding by the door and whispered, "Watch out, don't let her get into any trouble. This is just one night. After tonight, when the wedding is over tomorrow, we'll be leaving right away!"

The four of them nodded solemnly.

In the dormitory, Zhao Xuan stomped her feet in anger, but she stepped on the hem of her long skirt and almost fell down.

Chunlan hurriedly supported Zhao Xuan and persuaded her, "Princess, don't worry, we will slowly find a solution!"

Zhao Xuan sat down on the edge of the bed in anger and asked, "How can I not be anxious? It's only one night! The wedding is tomorrow! Once the wedding is over, I will be the True King's princess! What kind of place is the True King's palace? It's a den of dragons and tigers!"

Zhao Xuan pounded the bed with her fists and muttered, "That damn Xiao Wu! How dare he not marry me!"

Chunlan and Qiuju looked at each other.

Chunlan probed: "Princess, this Xiaowu is..."

Zhao Xuan then realized she had let something slip and hurriedly explained, "Oh, for the sake of convenience, I gave the virtuous king a nickname, Xiao Wu... Oh, now don't worry about this name, tell me, what should we do now?"

Chunlan bit her lip and thought hard: "How about we take advantage of the time tonight... to escape! We can return to Jiaoyang Valley and find a solution!"

Qiu Ju immediately objected: "No! Not to mention whether the three of us can escape safely, even if we do, all our previous efforts will be in vain!"

Chunlan was worried: "But I can't really marry that scumbag, right?!"

Zhao Xuan waved her hands at the two of them. "Stop arguing, let me think about this... The marriage went wrong, and the root cause is still the virtuous king... Chunlan's idea is definitely not right. We can't run away. Everyone is waiting for us to save them! Help..."

Zhao Xuan suddenly stood up and whispered to Qiuju, "Qiuju, didn't I ask you to prepare a nightgown for me? Where is it? Bring it to me right now!"

Qiu Ju quickly asked, "Where are you going? Are you going to the True Prince's Palace?"

Before Zhao Xuan could reply, Chunlan suddenly realized, "Princess, what a great idea! In the dead of night, sneak into the True King's mansion and cripple him. Ideally, make him stay in bed for a year or two. Then we'll see how he gets married!"

When Qiu Ju heard this, she grabbed Zhao Xuan's arm and tried to stop her, her face flushed with anxiety: "Princess! No!"

Zhao Xuan looked at the two helplessly: "What do you think of me?! The True King didn't offend me, why would I hit him for no reason? And cripple him?! If I had to hit someone, it would be the Wise King!! Beat that Emperor who messed up the matchmaking!!"

This time, even Chunlan was frightened and grabbed Zhao Xuan's other arm tightly.

Zhao Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Don't worry! I'm just going to the Xianwang Mansion to talk to him. If he has the ability to ruin this marriage, that's great. If not, then forget it. At worst, you can just accompany me to marry into the Zhenwang Mansion and compete with me in wits and courage!!"

Gu Zhanghua was not capable of competing with his third brother in drinking. He basically got drunk after one glass of wine. He left early and went into the palace to have lunch with his mother. The mother and daughter were so happy that Xiao Aiyue, who always paid attention to her figure management, ate three bowls of white rice. After the meal, Gu Zhanghua chatted with his mother for the whole afternoon, and then had dinner with his mother. They returned to the palace after dark.

Gu Zhanghua was lying on the bed, but he still felt very excited. Looking at his third brother's attitude, marrying the Princess of Yue was a foregone conclusion and there was no room for regret. He couldn't help but wonder, how beautiful would his future sister-in-law be to be able to be so bewitching to his third brother?

At this moment, the candlelight on the bedside table suddenly flickered, and Gu Zhanghua saw a dark figure in front of his bed. Gu Zhanghua turned over and sat up. Just as he was about to call for help, he saw the figure stretched out a hand, holding a jade pendant in the palm of his hand. He handed it to him and said in a deep voice:

"Don't shout! I won't hurt you! Do you recognize this jade pendant?"

Gu Zhanghua took it and took a closer look. It was the piece he had given to the female hero at the foot of the Jiaoyang Valley. Gu Zhanghua hurriedly looked up at the person. Although her face was covered, her eyes could not deceive anyone. She was looking at the female hero.

Gu Zhanghua was delighted and asked hurriedly, "Benefactor? Why are you here? Could it be that the head of Jiaoyang Valley has replied?"

Zhao Xuan said, "Yes, but the matter of recruiting the enemy requires further consideration. I came here tonight because I have another urgent matter and I need your help!"

"Please tell me! I'll do it for you, even if it means death!"

Zhao Xuan looked at the sincere eyes that Gu Zhanghua gave her, but she felt angry and anxious in her heart. If she revealed her identity, saying that she was the Zhao Xuan of that year, it would be the simplest way to solve the problem. However, if she wanted to explain everything that happened to her to Xiao Wu clearly and make Xiao Wu believe that she was Zhao Xuan, one night might not be enough. There would not be enough time. If Gu Zhanghua didn't believe it, it would push things to a worse situation.

Seeing the female warrior staring at him but remaining silent, Gu Zhanghua quickly asked, "Is it troublesome? It's okay, just tell me and we can figure out a solution together!"

Zhao Xuan was desperate and went straight to the point: "Tomorrow! You must marry the Princess of Yue!"

Gu Zhanghua looked at Zhao Xuan in disbelief: "What? What did you say?"

Zhao Xuan stamped her foot vigorously. "Don't you understand? I tell you to marry the princess from Yue Kingdom!"

Gu Zhanghua now understood, but he still looked at Zhao Xuan in disbelief, puzzled.

"Lady, I just want to ask, why is this happening?"

Zhao Xuan said, "Don't ask me why. I'm just asking if you agree! Are you going to be the traitor?!"

Gu Zhanghua hurriedly said: "No! It's this matter..."

Zhao Xuan didn't wait for Gu Zhanghua to finish and asked again: "That's good! So you agree to help me?!"

Gu Zhanghua looked at Zhao Xuan's eager and eager eyes and blurted out, "My benefactor, there's no need to doubt me! Gu Zhanghua will do his best to fulfill your wishes!"

Zhao Xuan didn't say anything more and flew out of the open window.

Gu Zhanghua stared at the window for a while, then lay back down on the bed.

It was only then that Gu Zhanghua realized that what he had promised the heroine was simply impossible! Not to mention that his father had already re-issued the decree, allowing the Princess of Yue to marry his third brother. Even if he regretted it and asked his father to change his mind again, would his third brother agree?

Today, he saw with his own eyes how determined Third Brother was to marry the princess, determined to do so even if it meant going through fire and water! Was he really going to turn against Third Brother just to repay the heroine's kindness? That was definitely not an option! Was he really going to be ungrateful? That was definitely not an option!

Until dawn, Gu Zhanghua was dizzy with thoughts but still couldn't come up with a good idea. He secretly cursed himself for being incompetent. Over the years, he has always taken the ideal of "peace in the world and people living and working in peace" as his own responsibility, but he has wasted several years and achieved nothing. Even the recruitment of Yanwangzhai required the mediation of his benefactor, and now his benefactor was in trouble and he was completely helpless!

Thinking of this, Gu Zhanghua picked up the pillow and threw it to the ground in anger, but saw the dagger that Sister Xuan had given him under the pillow. Gu Zhanghua picked up the dagger and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he finally came up with a brilliant idea!