The emperor shook his head, his expression suddenly became serious, and then he leaned close to Qiao Yuange's ear.
Qiao Yuange paused immediately.
She felt a tingling sensation in her ears, and a burst of the emperor's fragrance wafted towards her face. His warm breath made the air around them stagnate.
Her ears turned red and her eyes flickered. She was like a frightened deer, smart but timid.
The emperor naturally didn't realize that his approach would make Qiao Yuange so nervous that he even straightened his whole body.
His lips moved slightly, and the breath rushed over.
He lowered his voice and said, "Did you see? These guards have very different faces."
Qiao Yuange immediately rolled his eyes, and the mood that Ji Dongyu had just had disappeared in an instant.
She said without any anger: "Your Highness, they are not the same person, isn't it normal for them to look different?"
Is your gatekeeper a copy and paste? He is a flesh-and-blood person.
The emperor still shook his head and said to Qiao Yuange calmly, "When I have nothing to do, I often go this way. I know exactly what the guards here are like. I always feel that some bad people have sneaked in among them."
Is that a brand new face?
When Qiao Yuange understood what the emperor meant by these words, he suddenly felt terrified.
Something is wrong. The guard at the side door must have been arranged by the emperor. The emperor knows exactly who he has arranged. If the person has been replaced, it would be fine if he didn't know, but he knows it, so this is a very serious problem.
The palace gates and city walls are, to a certain extent, actually the hard outer shell of the palace.
If something goes wrong in one of them, it will affect the safety of people in the palace.
As for who this matter is directed at, that goes without saying.
Qiao Yuange immediately calmed down, put away his previous nonchalant attitude, and came in front of the emperor.
She was half a head lower than the emperor, and her hair brushed across his cheek, sending a faint fragrance that made the emperor calm down a little.
"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Qiao Yuange asked.
The emperor thought carefully for a while with his hands behind his back, took a breath, and said to Qiao Yuange: "This matter is urgent. We need to investigate who replaced these guards and see who couldn't help but want to take action?"
"Just pretend you don't know about this matter. After all, you are just a maid, what can you do?"
After the emperor finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Qiao Yuange followed behind him and thought that no matter what, this person must not be Xiao Yuli.
Her life in the harem was already difficult, and she thought that she had met her cousin Xiao Yuli, who could help her. But who could have imagined that after meeting Xiao Yuli, her life became even more difficult.
After entering Taixing Palace, the emperor quietly went into the side hall, as if he had something to say. Qiao Yuange wisely stood at the door of the main hall.
The head nanny came in with a booklet, flipping through it. When she saw Qiao Yuange, she immediately said to her, "After your highness granted the marriage to the virtuous prince, this matter has been put on the agenda. Here are the accounts sent by the courtyard over there, saying that they want the emperor to review them, and the empress dowager has already approved them."
The eldest nanny said this and suddenly whispered, "You don't know, maybe the Queen Mother and the virtuous prince are unhappy, so they want to extort a lot of money from the emperor!"
As soon as Qiao Yuange heard this, he felt that there was no need for this. Although the virtuous prince lived in the imperial palace, he had already set up his own household a long time ago. He had a mansion outside and received a salary every year. In theory, he had already saved enough money to marry a wife. If he asked the emperor to reimburse the money for marrying a wife, wouldn't it be a bit too much?
How come? The emperor guarantees to find a wife for you and also guarantees that you will marry her, how is it possible for him to provide such considerate service?
Why can't you work hard yourself, my king?
The head nanny handed the account in her hand to Qiao Yuange.
Qiao Yuange took a breath and looked at the accounts, his eyes became a little numb.
"What? Twenty bolts of silk? Why? Are they going to open a silk and satin shop?"
"We need cloth too? We need some jewelry too? We need a hundred dan of grain, twenty maids and servants, and salaries too. Are we going to marry a wife or..."
Qiao Yuange said while complaining.
But at this moment, Qiao Yuange suddenly stopped...
Is this to marry a wife, or to take this opportunity to make a fortune?
A prince, who does not have much real power at this time, wants a lot of money, so it is self-evident what his purpose is.
Xiao Yuli hadn't given up yet? He was still trying to develop his own power.
That guy.
"Still what to do?"
Just when the head nanny and Qiao Yuange were checking the accounts here, they heard a man's voice coming from above their heads. The voice was so cold that it gave Qiao Yuange a chill.
Qiao Yuange raised his eyes and saw that Xiao Yuli had changed into a light green robe embroidered with bamboo. He was standing there with his hands behind his back. Although his expression was calm and he even had a smile on his face, when he looked at Qiao Yuange, the smile did not reach his eyes.
Behind Xiao Yuli is Fang Yuan.
The material of Fang Yuan's clothes was not very high quality. Although she was going to be a princess, she always looked shabby, which made people feel pitiful, as if she was forced to do something unsuitable.
When Fang Yuan saw Qiao Yuange, her eyes suddenly became cold, as if there was a knife hidden in them.
Qiao Yuange closed the door and his expression suddenly became calm.
She had always been extremely beautiful, with delicate features that made people jealous, but now she raised her eyes and straightened her body, her aura was even more chic and repressive than Fang Yuan.
She tapped the account holder on her hand, raised her eyebrows, and said helplessly, "Cousin, you are really asking for too much. If I had known that your father, the emperor, wanted so many things, I would have married you."
Of course, what Qiao Yuange said was ironic, but whether he was dead or alive, the emperor was just walking out of the main hall of Taixing Palace. As soon as he took one step, he heard Qiao Yuange's words.
He rushed over angrily, snatched the account, raised his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Is it possible to marry you with just this little thing? I will increase it tenfold and want you to marry me now. Do you agree?"
Qiao Yuange thought that it was the perfect time for the emperor to come out. She immediately changed her expression, turned around and said to the emperor with a smile: "Your Highness, you are embarrassing me. Can you see where on my body is worth so much money?"
Before the emperor could speak, Fang Yuan, who had been holding back her anger for a long time, came up without knowing when to ask Qiao Yuange, "So what you mean is that I'm not worth that much money?"
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