"Princess, help!"
Shen Yuyao was just about to stand up to pick up the little fairy baby and feed him some complementary food when suddenly a person stumbled in and knelt down in front of her.
Shen Yuyao looked up and saw that it was the concubine Xu Yunxuan!
"Why are you in such a hurry? Stand up and sit down and talk." Shen Yuyao knew that she was not an ordinary person from the Great Xia Dynasty. She had not even learned all the etiquette of the Great Xia Dynasty. She suddenly knelt on the ground today. There must be something big going on!
"Princess... Sister Yuyao, you really have to save my Xu family!" Xu Yunxuan listened to Shen Yuyao asking her to get up, and without hesitation, she stood up and sat down on the couch.
"My family just sent word that my father has been imprisoned by the emperor for treason and will be executed in the autumn! Dozens of people from the entire mansion have been trapped inside. Today, a servant risked his life to crawl out of a dog hole and come here to tell me the news!"
Xu Yunxuan took the cup of tea handed to her by Zisu, took a sip, and then she calmed down.
"Now that the prince has not returned yet, I have no experience at all and don't know how to help my family. I can only come to ask the princess for advice!"
Xu Yunxuan knew that Shen Yuyao was so calm at the gate of the palace that day, and so composed in front of the emperor. Now, the only one who could save her family was probably this princess!
Shen Yuyao was shocked when she heard this. Treason is a serious crime!
This crime is certain. Not only will the more than one hundred members of the Xu family be buried with them, but in all likelihood, the Ning Wang Mansion will also be implicated.
Simply because the current emperor had doubts, the Duke's Mansion was able to exit the vortex only after the Duke resigned from his post and returned home with his family.
The Xu family is just a merchant family, how can they bear the death penalty for treason?
The emperor only put her father in prison at this time, and did not execute him immediately. He must have wanted him to bite other more important people.
Really?
Could it be that they were all targeting the Ning Palace? This was the Ning Palace where Shen Yuyao and Xiao Xianbao had made their living!
For a moment, Shen Yuyao was in a state of confusion and had no idea what to do.
[Xu's father is a good man...]
[Her father, Xu Wansan, has been at the top of the Great Xia Dynasty's rich list for over ten years.]
[Although he was born into a merchant family, he once donated money and materials to support the current emperor in his efforts to regain the Great Xia tribe's territory... In other words, he has the merit of following the emperor!]
After the empire was stabilized, he donated supplies to the border troops every year... including Yanmen Pass guarded by his eldest uncle and the Youzhou camp guarded by his second uncle.
[It was precisely because of this that Xu Wansan was suspected by the Emperor, who suspected him of plotting rebellion!]
[Alas! This Xu Wansan has the ambition to enrich the people, but lacks the ability to discern the will of the emperor... What a pity!]
Shen Yuyao couldn't help but sigh in her heart as she listened to Xiao Xianbao's series of thoughts.
But she was just a little princess after all, and she didn't know how to resolve this crisis!
[The current emperor is known for his ruthless killing, and now he's even accused of treason. The only person who can change his mind is the Empress!]
Yes! To save Xu's family, the only way is to go to the palace and ask for an audience with the Empress who loves her people like her own children!
Duke Shen Ao is from the same hometown as the current emperor, so Shen Yuyao has known her father since she was a child. The only thing she is afraid of is his first wife, the current queen!
Now that you have a goal, all that remains is to figure out how to achieve it step by step.
Shen Yuyao's heart moved.
at the moment...
"Xu Yunxuan, didn't you come from a book? Doesn't the book write that the Xu family would suffer such a disaster?" Shen Yuyao said jokingly.
"I'm wearing a romance novel. All I remember from the book is the love story between the hero and the heroine, and the only villain in the book is you." Xu Yunxuan frowned slightly.
"You were mentioned in the book. I was canonized as the principal wife... and then... I remember that was the end of the story. I don't remember the author writing any sequels!"
"Besides, you don't have it now. Do you think I'll continue writing after I wear it?"
Xu Yunxuan was puzzled.
[Hahaha. My mother turned out to be the villain...]
[As expected, the only thing my mother lost was her life, but Xu Shi also lost her love!]
"Although I don't quite understand what you said. But as far as I know, Mr. Xu is also a loyal man who serves his country and his people." Shen Yuyao said seriously:
"I, Shen Yuyao, will do my best to rescue him, but the officialdom is so complicated these days that I don't want to get involved too much. This matter has far-reaching implications, so let's wait for the prince to return and discuss it with everyone before making a decision!"
"Hmm...it seems that this is the only way!"
Shen Yuyao sighed with emotion. Xu Yunxuan had just come into this world and had only met her family twice, at the three-day bath and the hundred-day banquet, yet she was able to lend a hand at the critical moment. It seemed that she was not a heartless person!
But who is behind this?
After a few days, Prince Ning Xia Yu finally returned to the palace!
Shen Yuyao was waiting in the front hall of the palace early in the morning. Zi Su brought Xiao Xianbao, Xu Yunxuan brought Xiao Yan, and Ling Xiangxiang brought Xia Linan, also waiting in the front hall.
As soon as Prince Ning arrived at the gate of the palace, the doorman informed him that the princess, concubines, princes, and princesses were all waiting in the front hall. Prince Ning knew that something big must have happened, and hurried into the front hall.
As Prince Ning entered the front hall, he felt a little strange. Hadn't Chunhua Garden and Jinxiu Garden always been at odds? Why did the princess and the concubine come to the front hall together today?
"Long live the prince!" Shen Yuyao led everyone to pay their respects to Prince Ning, and then asked Zi Su and Ling Xiangxiang to take the children to the backyard.
"Your Highness, something big has happened!" Shen Yuyao said directly when she saw Zi Su and the others leave.
"Recently, while the prince was escorting the Duke back home, Concubine Xu's father, Master Xu, was imprisoned by the emperor and is scheduled to be executed in the autumn!"
"I already know about this matter. Does the princess have any idea?"
On his way back to Beijing, Prince Ning had already received a letter via carrier pigeon and learned about this matter. He also guessed that someone must have set up a trap for his Prince Ning's mansion.
The previous Prince Ning’s Mansion was indeed too eye-catching!
The principal wife is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, the first of the "Six Founding Dukes", and the concubine is the legitimate daughter of the richest man in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.
I had originally planned to bide my time, but now it seems I can't avoid it. As a prince, I have to face reality head-on, no matter how harsh it is.
Now he can be considered to be living a new life, and many things are no longer treated in the same way as in his previous life.
"Your Highness...I don't have any ideas, but I think what happened to the Duke's Mansion and Mr. Xu must be related to Your Highness!" Shen Yuyao didn't hide her thoughts and directly expressed her thoughts. "I wonder Your Highness..."
"Well, it's really because my Ning Wang Mansion is too eye-catching now!" Xia Yu stood upright in the hall without changing into his tight clothes.
"When the enemy comes, we will stop him with soldiers and when the water comes, we will block it with earth!"
It is early summer. At nightfall, the streets and alleys of Kyoto are already lit up with colorful lanterns, creating a bustling scene.
Xia Yu looked at the painting on the table. The person in the painting was exactly like Shen Yuyao from Chunhuayuan. The more Xia Yu looked at it, the more he felt that they were not the same. Compared with the person in the portrait, the current Princess Shen Yuyao had a more tenacious and transparent look in her eyes.
Yes, this was a painting that was made by a painter in the previous life for the princess who died young. She only had the same facial features as Shen Yuyao now, but her temperament and figure were very different.
Xia Yu smiled, just like when he saw the chessboard with the words "Long Live" in front of the palace that day.
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