Consort Xue looked at Huo Chengche and said, "Your Highness, please."
Huo Chengche nodded slightly and turned around to signal Zhuangyou to follow with the little baby.
"Isn't Your Highness afraid of being tricked?" Zhuang You, carrying the dozing little baby, followed Huo Chengche and asked in a low voice.
Huo Chengche raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zhuangyou, who was watching Consort Xue warily, and smiled coolly, "Miss Zhuangyou, aren't you on guard against me now?"
Zhuang You choked, then lowered her voice, "Your Highness, as far as I know, it's not something a human could do to seriously injure so many people in that instant."
Upon hearing this, Huo Chengche's deep eyes finally showed a faint ripple. "Is that so? Then perhaps it's because I was born with good genes."
Upon closer reflection, even he himself didn't know what was going on. Even if he was incredibly skilled in martial arts in his previous life, he had already been reborn, and at this point, he had only been practicing martial arts for a few years.
But he had a feeling, an intuition about his body that he didn't need to consciously think about: what he could do and what he could cope with.
When Huo Chengche spoke, he didn't have the carefree, playful air of Xuandi. Zhuangyou couldn't even bring herself to sneer and refute him, especially when she saw Huo Chengche's thoughtful expression, as if he really wasn't joking.
"Brother Crown Prince, that one! Niannian wants that little flower, hehe~"
The baby's soft, childlike babbling echoed on Zhuangyou's shoulder.
Huo Chengche turned to look at the sleeping baby, his thin, hard lips curving slightly. His heart stirred, but he resisted the urge to hold his soft little wife in his arms and let the sleeping baby scare him.
Upon hearing this, Zhuang You's face immediately turned indignant. They had only been in the capital for a few days, and her precious little darling had already been charmed by this sesame-filled little prince, calling him "Crown Prince Brother" in a sweet and cuddly voice all day long!
When Huo Chengche looked away, he met Zhuang You's angry gaze, which was grinding her teeth. He raised an eyebrow and suddenly spread his hands at her triumphantly.
Zhuangyou: ...
This big bad wolf is too arrogant!
"What is Your Highness so proud of? All the toys in our little princess's toy basket are very much to her delight. Before you show off, Your Highness should think about how to make yourself more important in our little princess's heart than that nine-linked rings that our prince gave her!"
Zhuang You gritted her teeth and mocked.
Huo Chengche immediately stopped laughing.
Knowing when to stop, Zhuang You turned serious and asked, "As far as I know, Consort Xue and Princess Linhuang seem to have a good relationship. Is Consort Xue's word credible? I would never allow our little princess to be in danger!"
"Could it be that I am?" Huo Chengche glanced coldly at Zhuang You.
However, after glancing at the chubby little baby in her arms, he suppressed his temper and coldly explained,
“Consort Xue wouldn’t be foolish enough to make a move in Yifu Palace. Besides, if she were in cahoots with Princess Linhuang, she wouldn’t have sent Liang Xishun alone to meet us. What if he was killed by the assassins in the garden? The situation just now didn’t seem like a pre-arranged plan.”
As long as Consort Xue is not in league with Princess Linhuang, waiting for the guards to escort them back in the dark of night at Yifu Palace is definitely safer than going back alone.
The main hall of Yifu Palace was brightly lit, and once inside, the view immediately became brighter.
When Huo Chengche saw that Consort Xue had dismissed everyone else and left only the head maid and the chief eunuch by her side, he knew that she had something else to say.
Sure enough, after Consort Xue sat down, she got straight to the point and said, "Lin Huang was here with me just now."
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