After Prince Consort Shen left, Hua Lingling kept watching him go away. Then he turned around and went back to the yard. The door to the small courtyard was closed again.

The face that was originally as gentle as water and full of smiles immediately became full of disgust. She spat on the ground.

She thought, an old man older than her father. He calls her "cousin" every day. So fucking disgusting.

Thinking of something, she raised her sleeve and wiped her mouth hard. Walk around the corner. Two maids were waiting for her.

She directly ordered coldly.

"Go get me some bath water. I want to take a good bath."

A maid quickly retreated. Another maid accompanied her.

This is a three-story courtyard.

Hua Lingling walked through the front hall and arrived at the backyard. Prepare to go back to your own yard.

I just happened to meet a mother and daughter coming towards me. Shi Xiuqin and Wang Yujiao.

She said sarcastically with a hint of disgust on her face.

"Oh, you came here to meet Chen Lang. What a pity, he's gone."

Hua Lingling glanced at the thin white clothes on Wang Yujiao. He snorted coldly and continued.

"Wang Yujiao, even if you take off all your clothes, Chen Lang won't even look at you. You'd better stop wasting your time."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and went straight into the yard.

Wang Yujiao looked angry and pushed Shi Xiuqin away.

"It's all your fault. You just kept dilly-dallying, and now everyone has left. And you still have to be scolded by that little bitch Hua Lingling."

Wang Yujiao clenched the handkerchief tightly. I feel deeply unwilling.

She and Hua Lingling are obviously cousins, and she thinks that she is more outstanding than Hua Lingling in terms of appearance. But why did Prince Consort Shen see Hua Lingling first?

On the road to exile. What a hard life they had. I almost lost my reputation.

Prince Consort Shen came to rescue people in person, spent a lot of money, and secretly rescued Hua Lingling. If she hadn't discovered the clues, Prince Consort Shen wouldn't have saved her and her mother.

But she didn't want to stay in that cold and damp little yard forever, eating other people's leftovers and fending for herself.

She also wants to be like Hua Lingling! Be able to have maids to serve you. There are delicious meals. Can wear new clothes and jewelry.

Shi Xiuqin saw the unwillingness on Wang Yujiao's face. I sighed helplessly in my heart.

I feel that my daughter has been completely led astray by her mother and only thinks about vanity and comparison.

He had previously advised his daughter that being able to live a peaceful and stable life was a blessing. Don't think about anything else.

But the daughter didn't listen at all.

Shi Xiuqin looked at Wang Yujiao twice again, then turned and left. She had other things to do.

At the beginning, Prince Consort Shen saved more than just the three women. She remembered that there were two more.

…

Suddenly this incident happened. Hua Lingxuan and Hua Lingyi no longer thought about running into Prince Consort Shen. Rushed straight back home. Tell these things to Jiang.

So we held a family meeting. Let’s see what to do in this situation?

Hua Wanru frowned.

"Who were the people exiled at the time? Were there others besides Hua Lingling?"

"Too many people were exiled back then." Hua Lingxuan also frowned.

"I remember that besides the people from the West Mansion, there seemed to be other people."

"Well, I'll go to the government office and check it out."

Hua Lingyi also stood up and said, "I'll go ask around in that alley again! Who knows, maybe we'll find some poison."

Jiang nodded, and after the two of them left, she looked at Hua Wanru and said.

"Ru'er, I suddenly feel that something will happen in the Princess's Mansion. It's actually a good thing for us not to get involved with their family."

Hua Wanru nodded. But when she thought about what Shen Jialin did for her in her previous life. She couldn't help but want to tell him the truth.

Jiang saw her hesitation. He sighed helplessly.

"Do whatever you want, but try to be covert so that no one knows it's you who did it."

"Although Prince Consort Shen is only a prince consort, the strength of his Shen family should not be underestimated. So you have to be more alert. Do you understand?"

Hua Wanru nodded, sincerely thanked Jiang, and left.

the next day.

Hua Lingxuan had already found out: "The exiled family. In addition to those people from the West Mansion of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, there is another unknown family, the Bai family."

"The Bai family used to be a fifth-rank student in the Hanlin Academy, studying for a bachelor's degree. I don't know what happened, but the whole family was exiled."

Hua Lingyi found his bad friends. I learned this from the people who went in and out of that small courtyard to do business every day.

There were three women imprisoned in the yard. One is the concubine of Prince Consort Shen. Prince Consort Shen always called him cousin.

There were two other women. One of them was older, probably in his thirties. There was another one, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Jiang narrowed her eyes, walked around the ground twice, and frowned.

“I always feel that this matter is not simple.”

Then he looked at Hua Lingxuan and said.

"Tell your father about this as soon as possible. He might know something. It would be better to be prepared in advance."

Hua Lingxuan nodded.

…

Zhang Weiwu rode at full speed all the way. Three horses died from running. Finally arrived at Bianjing City.

He didn't dare to rest and just tidied up and washed up. Just go to the palace to pay homage to the old emperor.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Weiwu is outside the palace gates asking to see you." Eunuch Lian reported

The old emperor raised his eyebrows. Thought about it.

"How many days have Hua Changjue and the others been gone?"

Eunuch Lian thought about it.

"Your Majesty, it should be more than a month."

The old emperor nodded and continued to review official documents.

Eunuch Lian understood that this meant that the emperor did not intend to summon him. So he stood quietly aside and said nothing more.

Zhang Weiwu stood under the scorching sun from morning till evening. He appears calm and composed on the surface, but he is actually very panicked inside.

Could it be that the old emperor already knew that they were colluding with the King of the South? It's impossible if the old emperor knew about their collusion with the King of the South. How could we possibly let them go? Their family should have been imprisoned and beheaded by now.

After thinking about it, he decided that he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

He went directly to the Prince's Mansion. He wants to meet the emperor's eldest grandson.

The emperor's eldest grandson has been in a bad mood recently. Although the main wife and two concubines were decided. But they were not the ones he wanted to marry.

Because the person he most wanted to marry was Hua Wanru.

The thought that my cousin Shen Jialin might marry my sweetheart. He was so angry that he was at his wit's end.

Fortunately, the eldest princess disagreed.

The two are not engaged yet. Then he still has a chance.

The emperor's eldest grandson was fiddling with an exquisite little glass ornament in his hand. It was made of transparent material and had a peony flower inlaid in the center.

This was the thing he gave to Hua Wanru in his dream, and it also symbolized her status as his legal wife.

He remembered that in his dream, Hua Wanru liked him very much.

He carefully placed the things in a box and then instructed his follower Shu Qidao.

"Go in person and give this to Miss Hua of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion."