Huo Chengche ignored Consort Xue's questioning gaze and looked indifferently at Lady Fende, who was staring at him with a sinister gaze.
The fact that a seven or eight-year-old girl could reveal such a sinister look in her eyes shows what she has learned from her mother, Princess Linhuang.
Huo Chengche withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "When I took Niannian to find Zhuangyou, I was thinking, what if I had persuaded Niannian not to go through such an obvious trap? What if I had just sent a little eunuch to check?"
Wouldn't all of Princess Linhuang's efforts that night have been in vain? She even went so far as to use all her influence in the palace, only to place all her bets on such an easily exposed trap.
Consort Xue was not present at the time and did not know the specifics, but she knew that "the people who were lying in ambush around Zhuangyou at that time should have been almost all of Princess Linhuang's power in the palace."
"Yes, so it's more like a cover-up." Huo Chengche chuckled. "So I thought about it carefully, and since Princess Linhuang's people are all under control, including herself, who else can be her trump card?"
Having heard Huo Chengche's words, Consort Xue looked at the Lady of Fende County who had been brought along and suddenly realized what was going on.
"Fende is lying in the inner chamber of the side hall! Such a small child, only seven or eight years old, and unconscious, would indeed go unnoticed. Even I forgot about her!"
“Hmm,” Huo Chengche bounced the little bundle in his arms, “So I had someone bring a basket with a tiger cub that weighs about the same as a certain baby. I went to the bedside of the ‘unconscious’ Lord Fende and said…”
Fu Man walked out, and with the exact same tone as before, he looked at Lord Fende with a sinister smile and repeated what he had just said.
"Your Excellency, we've succeeded. We've knocked the person unconscious and put them in a basket. They might wake up at any time. There's no time to lose, so please take them away quickly. Otherwise, if this little thing wakes up and starts yelling and attracts attention, all our efforts tonight will be in vain!"
Then, as expected, the "unconscious" Lady Fende immediately got up and left the bed. Dragging the basket, she quietly made her way out. The guards at the door had already been taken care of by Princess Linhuang, and they immediately let her through when they saw her.
Inside Yifu Palace, Fuman was following along, while outside, Gu Ran was on guard. Upon seeing Fende appear, he immediately followed her, leading his men to ambush her and the person she was meeting, capturing them alive and bringing them over.
And that's how the incident that just happened in the courtyard came about.
Consort Xue looked at Huo Chengche with a complicated expression. "So, when you were listening to me speak slowly and deliberately in the hall just now, you were actually waiting for them to arrest someone?"
Huo Chengche smiled faintly, tacitly agreeing with her words.
Consort Xue's expression was complex and inscrutable as she looked at the tall young man standing on the steps. The cold moonlight shone on his dark robe, highlighting his extraordinary temperament, as clear and refined as ink, noble and silent, and... as if he had everything under his control.
"Grandpa Fuman! You're alright now!"
The baby's soft, sweet voice rang out, immediately breaking the stagnant atmosphere in the courtyard.
Upon hearing his little crown princess speak, Fu Man immediately dropped the fake smile he had been giving Fende. Instead, he met the little boy's clear, innocent, dark eyes, scratched his head, and chuckled, becoming extremely attentive.
"Yes, yes! This servant is alright! When the little eunuch from Yifu Palace came to find this servant, this servant had already gotten up. This servant thanks Your Highness for your concern, it is truly an honor for this servant!"
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