As for the sixty or so servants left in the mansion, Prince Kang found a reason to drive them out.
At the same time, let a few confidants follow them to see where they end up.
When the confidant came back to report, King Kang could only smile bitterly.
It was just as his daughter said, there were not many people loyal to him and his wife, and these more than 60 servants were actually spies from outside!
In addition to some ministers, the masters of these servants also include Prince Ning and Prince An!
Even the Emperor!
The only thing that made Prince Kang feel fortunate was that Prince Gong did not place any spies in his mansion.
My father has seven sons. Besides him, the ones who remain in the capital are Prince Ning, Prince An and Prince Gong.
He had always been at odds with Prince Ning and Prince An, but he was very close to Prince Gong.
Fortunately, Prince Gong is a good man.
......
Song Jiujiu drank her fill and fell asleep, so she missed her mother's selection of a maid.
Ye Peizhu left three maids behind and asked them to serve in Qingzhu Courtyard temporarily.
However, Qiuyun is the only one who is responsible for taking care of her and Song Jiujiu.
Ever since I heard Song Jiujiu's inner thoughts, I realized that there are not many people in this mansion who are loyal to her.
Ye Peizhu felt that her suspicion had grown, but Qiuyun was someone her daughter had clearly said she would never betray.
This led to her wanting to let Qiuyun do everything so that she could feel at ease.
As for the three maids, let's observe them first.
At this time, in the imperial study of the palace.
The old emperor, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on a high throne, fiddling with a string of Bodhi seeds in his hand.
Below the high platform, kneeling were more than twenty servants who had just left Prince Kang's mansion.
"King Kang actually drove you all out. Tell me, what exactly happened?"
The old emperor's voice was a little hoarse, and his whole aura was intimidating without even being angry.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Prince Kang has been investigating the spies in the palace these days. He has ordered the arrest of more than 40 people.
More than half of these forty people bit their tongues to commit suicide, and the rest were locked up in the prince's mansion for interrogation.
The prince chased out the sixty-odd people I was with. I dare to speculate that the prince suspected that we were spies, so he chased us away.
Someone brave enough answered first.
Upon hearing this, the old emperor nonchalantly fiddled with the Bodhi seeds, his somewhat cloudy eyes filled with inexplicable emotions. "It seems that the third brother has grown more careful. You can go down now."
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
More than twenty people stood up and bowed before leaving, but as soon as they walked out of the imperial study, they were taken away by the guards who had been waiting at the door.
The old emperor stood up and stood in front of the window, looking at the plum blossoms blooming in the cold wind outside, and a strange smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
"The soil in the Imperial Garden could use some fresh fertilizer tonight."
"Your Majesty is right. Your Majesty, as for Prince Kang...should we place some new spies there?"
Eunuch Fuquan, who was waiting to serve on the side, asked in a shrill voice.
"Not for now, I want to see what the third brother will do next.
Fuquan, it's windy, please close the window."
......
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and it has been almost a month since Song Jiujiu was reborn.
Over the past half month, friends of King Kang and Ye Peizhu did not come to visit her and Song Jiujiu in person because they were concerned that Ye Peizhu had not yet finished her confinement. Instead, they sent people to deliver gifts to Song Jiujiu.
Ye Peizhu watched Qiuyun count the gifts one by one, planning to treat her friends properly after she was out of confinement.
Ye Peizhu was thinking about what happened half a month ago when she asked the secret guard to investigate Ye Shuxun's life experience. However, half a month passed in the blink of an eye and there was still no clue.
She was anxious and even wanted to tell her mother directly that Ye Shuxun was not her biological son!
But reason told her not to do that.
Ye Peizhu calmed down and thought about it, and decided to wait until she was out of confinement and her daughter's full-month ceremony was over, if the secret guard still hadn't found out anything.
Then she would go to the general's mansion in person and tell her mother about this!
During the first month that Song Jiujiu became a baby, she ate and slept, slept and pooped, pooped and ate, and repeated this cycle all day long. From time to time, she would mutter to herself about her past life.
Song Jiujiu has become somewhat accustomed to these pleasant days.
After she had drunk her fill, she waited for her mother to burp her milk and then fell asleep in a daze.
But this time, after she fell asleep, she had a strange dream for the first time in a long time...
Ye Peizhu stayed by her daughter's side, gently patting her little belly to coax her to sleep.
But after a while, she saw her daughter's little face wrinkled, her arms and legs were kicking hard, and her little mouth was pouting, as if she was having a nightmare and couldn't wake up.
It was the first time that Ye Peizhu saw her daughter in this condition. She was so scared that she quickly called out to her daughter.
"Baby! Baby, wake up! Are you having a nightmare? Mommy is here, don't be afraid, wake up quickly!"
Hearing her mother's anxious voice, Song Jiujiu opened her eyes with a start.
"Baby, you're finally awake! Did you have a nightmare? Don't be afraid."
Ye Peizhu held her dazed daughter, who seemed still immersed in a dream and had not yet come to her senses, in her arms and rocked her gently.
Song Jiujiu was stunned for a moment. Seeing her familiar mother and Qiuyun standing beside her, at a loss but also very worried about her, she pouted and burst into tears.
The crying was so heartbreaking that Ye Peizhu felt extremely distressed.
"Mother! Why is my sister crying? Don't cry! My fifth brother is here!"
Song Le'an's voice came from outside, and soon Song Le'an ran in, holding a rattle in his hand to tease his sister.
Song Jiujiu looked at her fifth brother with tears in her eyes, and stretched out her little hands towards him.
[Fifth brother, hug me! Woo woo woo! My poor fifth brother!]
Song Le'an heard his sister's thoughts and immediately took his tiny sister carefully from his mother's arms.
"Sister, you are looking at fifth brother eagerly. You want fifth brother to hug you, right?
"Sister, don't cry. Look, the rattle is so fun, clang clang clang!"
Song Le'an had always wanted a younger sister. In order to welcome the arrival of his sister, he even practiced how to hold the baby so that the baby would not feel uncomfortable.
It comes in handy now. He can hold his sister steadily in his arms whenever he wants to hug her.
Song Jiujiu opened her tearful eyes and looked at her fifth brother who was coaxing her with a gentle face. When she thought of the scene in her dream, she couldn't help but want to cry.
Her fifth brother is such a good boy, why would anyone want to harm him!
Ye Peizhu wiped Song Jiujiu's tears with a handkerchief, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had stopped crying.
"Your sister probably had a nightmare. She should be fine after a while. An'er, why did you come here suddenly?
If my mother remembers correctly, today doesn’t seem to be a day of rest.”
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