Yu Yiluo stared at Shi Ran without blinking, with a smile on her lips.
He got off Empress Xian's body and walked towards the women's seats step by step.
The noble ladies who were still whispering about Shi Ran's identity quickly shut up when they saw Yu Yiluo walking towards them.
Yu Yiluo walked straight to Shi Ran and stopped.
[By doing this, the Crown Prince should be able to notice. The gentle and kind Crown Prince and the dignified and sober Lady seem to be a good match.]
The prince: “…”
Luo'er is going to tie the red thread again.
[After all, relationships can be cultivated, so getting married first and falling in love later is not a bad idea.]
[But it also depends on whether the Crown Prince and Shi Ran are willing, otherwise marriage first and love later would become forced love.]
Shi Ran put down her tea and watched Yu Yiluo stop in front of her. She stood up, folded her hands at her waist and leaned forward, "Your servant Shi Ran greets the little princess."
She lowered her head slightly, waiting for Yu Yiluo to speak.
"Get up," Yu Yiluo stared at her without blinking, pretending to be puzzled and asked, "Your last name is also Shi? What is your relationship with Lord Shi? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"My dear little princess, the man you are talking about is my grandfather. I was raised on the farm before."
It turned out that she was Mr. Shi’s granddaughter. The other noble ladies became jealous when they heard this.
Mr. Shi holds a high status among the civil servants. Shi Ran returns to Beijing at this juncture. Could it be that he wants to enter the Prince's Mansion?
Mr. Shi is now very old and will probably retire soon. His son is just an insignificant official, so Shi Ran has to be the one to secure his position.
However, when they heard that she had returned from Zhuangzi, these self-proclaimed noble ladies began to feel disdainful again.
The girls raised on the farm were either illegitimate daughters who were not presentable or concubines' daughters who were not favored.
They grew up in the capital, so how could they lose to a country bumpkin from a farm?
"I see. Please sit down, Miss Shi." Yu Yiluo smiled adorably. "So Shi Yue'er is Miss Shi's younger sister."
Shi Yue'er, who was standing next to her, wanted to find a hole to crawl into, for fear that Yu Yiluo would reveal the trouble she had caused in the Duke of Rong's Mansion last time.
My sister just returned to Beijing yesterday and doesn’t know what she did. Now that the little princess has mentioned it, I’m afraid she can’t hide it anymore.
Although she knew that this matter could not be kept secret, she did not want her sister to find out so soon.
Shi Ran bowed and glanced at Shi Yue'er beside him as he sat down.
Shi Yue'er felt her gaze on her and shrank her neck.
…
at the same time.
After the prince and Lin Qi left, Feng Hongyu sent the maid away, saying that she needed to rest, and climbed out of the side window, heading towards the prince's study.
No one is allowed to approach the prince's study, and important matters are discussed in the study, so things must be placed in the study.
While carefully avoiding the palace servants, she was thinking about how to enter the prince's study and find the city defense map without being discovered.
With a dizzy head, I finally arrived not far from the study.
Feng Hongyu hid behind a pillar and stuck her head out to see what was going on in the study. Looking at the empty study door, she frowned slightly.
How could such an important place as the study be left unguarded?
At this time, two guards came over while talking.
"I don't know what's going on today, my stomach keeps feeling uncomfortable."
One of the guards rubbed his stomach, then his face changed. He covered his stomach and ran while saying, "I'm going to go again. You keep watch."
"Why don't you stay here? My stomach hurts too."
The guard who stayed behind covered his stomach and followed.
After the two figures disappeared, Feng Hongyu let out a long breath and quickly went into the study.
With such a good opportunity and time being tight, she quickly began to search the study.
Little did she know that when she entered the study, the two guards from before poked their heads out from around the corner.
"In."
"We'll go back later."
The two waited for a while, but Feng Hongyu still didn't come out. One of them whispered, "Why hasn't she come out yet? Could it be that they can't find her?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has instructed that they must ensure that the concubine can obtain the city defense map, otherwise they will be deemed to have failed in their duties.
"Looks like we have to go give her a heads up."
Feng Hongyu was still searching everywhere when she suddenly heard footsteps at the door. She stopped searching and her heart immediately rose to her throat.
"I feel a little better now. Is it really okay for the two of us to leave together just now? The city defense map is in the study."
"What could possibly happen? His Royal Highness is such a cautious person, he would definitely put the city defense map in a hidden place. Why would he just leave it lying around and wait for someone to take it?"
Listening to the conversation between the two and confirming that they would not come in, Feng Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief while thinking about the hidden places in the room.
She looked around, and her hand inadvertently fell on the armchair in front of the long table, feeling the difference of the armchair.
He gently moved his hand away and carefully observed the place where his hand had just touched, and found an invisible mark on it.
Feng Hongyu looked at the length of the mark, had a guess in his mind, and began to raise his hand to feel around in the hidden place of the armchair.
Finally, she touched a raised area at the corner and Feng Hongyu raised her lips silently.
It really is a mechanism.
She moved the tilted wood and the handrail suddenly bounced back. Worried that the noise would be heard outside, she quickly grabbed the bounced handrail, looked at the city defense map lying inside, and reached out to take it impatiently.
The prince was indeed cautious. Who would have known that a chair could hold such a secret?
After opening it and confirming that it contained what he was looking for, Feng Hongyu carefully wrote down the things on the city defense map. After confirming that he had written everything down, he put the city defense map back.
This thing absolutely cannot be taken away. It is not easy to get it in. If it is taken away, you have to find a chance to put it back in.
Moreover, the prince would definitely check whether such an important thing is there at all times.
Feng Hongyu carefully put the things back and began to think about how to get out.
There are no windows on the sides or back of the study, so you can't get in through the windows, you can only go through the main door.
There were guards guarding the main gate again, unless the two of them left.
Feng Hongyu frowned, looked at the sky outside, and became anxious.
She had to leave quickly. In order to make the maid believe that she was really resting in the room, she had already wasted a lot of time sleeping in her room for a while.
If she didn't find an opportunity to go back quickly, the maid might also find out that she was not in the room.
When Feng Hongyu was getting anxious, another "ouch" sound was heard at the door.
"You're not going to the toilet again, are you?"
"My stomach hurts too, you stay here first."
"No, people have urgent needs. How can this wait?"
"How about going together?"
One of them discussed, "It won't be a big deal. The Crown Prince's concubine is ill, and no one else will come near here. No one will know that we left our posts together."
"You have a point."
Hearing the footsteps fading away at the door, Feng Hongyu took the opportunity to open the door and returned to her room by the same route she came.
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