"Impossible!" Wet nurse Zhao immediately disagreed, "When His Majesty was young, it was Princess Zhenmin who raised him. Princess Zhenmin is three years older than His Majesty, although she is his cousin, His Majesty regards her as a biological sister. It couldn’t have been someone from the palace."
Su Rong responded with, "Oh? Then who could be my mother’s enemy?"
Wet nurse Zhao thought for a while but couldn’t think of anyone. If Su Rong’s aunt really was Princess Zhenmin, who could be her enemy, to the extent of affecting Su Rong.
"Can’t you think of anyone either? Since we’ve come this far in our conversation, why don’t you tell me who you met yesterday? Who is trying to investigate my origins?" Su Rong asked.
Wet nurse Zhao looked at Su Rong in shock, "How did you know that, Miss?"
Wet nurse Zhao was genuinely surprised. Someone had secretly contacted her, and it should have been very discreet. That person’s martial arts skills were exceptional, Su Rong should not have found out about it at all.
Su Rong smiled at Wet nurse Zhao, "I grew up in Jiangning County, and I just told you that people try to kill me every year. How can I just let them? I can sense every little movement."
Wet nurse Zhao suddenly understood, "Do you have a group of secret guards around you, Miss?"
Su Rong shook her head, "I don’t have the secret guards you’re talking about." She paused for a moment, "If my mother really is the Princess Zhenmin you mentioned, all she left me was a marriage contract. She didn’t leave me any secret guards."
Wet nurse Zhao wanted to ask, "How do you protect yourself then?" but felt it inappropriate to ask, after all, she and Su Rong had only known each other for two days, and they were already discussing deep secrets. She didn’t want to probe further, so she stopped there and asked Su Rong, "Miss, have you ever saved a young man who was being chased and killed on the back mountain of Chenghuang Temple while you were there fishing? And you took his dagger as a reward?"
Su Rong nodded, "Yes, that is true."
"That man is the current Crown Prince." Wet nurse Zhao was also surprised, "Yesterday, the man who came to me is from the Crown Prince. As for why the Crown Prince wants to investigate your origin, I do not know. Anyway, I asked the reason, and he said that the Crown Prince ordered it. You saved his life, so he wants to investigate your origin. I guess it must be related to the marriage contract with the Duke Residence. The Crown Prince must also be very confused about how a common daughter of the Governor’s Residence has such a marriage contract with the Duke Residence, right?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Su Rong narrowed her eyes.
She looked at Wet nurse Zhao, "So, the Crown Prince sent someone to investigate me with the intention of repaying my kindness after finding out my identity? But when I took his dagger, we were even."
Wet nurse Zhao sighed, "The current Crown Prince is benevolent, you think that a dagger made you two even, but the Crown Prince probably doesn’t think so, after all, his life is extremely precious."
"That’s true." Su Rong agreed, "So, he approached you, knowing that you were coming to the Governor’s residence to teach me manners, and wanted to find out about me through you. Did you tell him that you suspect my mother is Princess Zhenmin?"
"This matter is of great importance, I didn’t confirm it, so I didn’t say it." Wet nurse Zhao shook her head, "I just said that this is my first time seeing you, Miss, and I’m not clear about the details. I also didn’t promise to help the people of the Crown Prince to investigate you."
Su Rong nodded, "Just now, you were adamant that the person who wanted to kill me could not be from the palace. But just a few days ago, someone tried to kill me. At that time, I had that dagger with me. I used it to block his sword, and just because of that, the person who tried to kill me suddenly withdrew."
Wet nurse Zhao was startled, "Miss, are you saying that the person who tried to kill you was someone from the palace? Did they recognize the dagger that the Crown Prince gave to you?"
"Probably." Su Rong took out the dagger and handed it to Wet nurse Zhao, "Is this the dagger?"
"Yes, I left the palace four years ago, so I have seen the Crown Prince’s dagger." Wet nurse Zhao nodded, "It has the words ’echo’ engraved on it. If you heat it up with fire, it will show up. This is indeed the name of the Crown Prince. The person you saved that day was indeed the Crown Prince."
"So, are there many people who have seen the Crown Prince’s dagger?" Su Rong asked.
Wet nurse Zhao shook her head, "Probably not, after all, the Crown Prince wouldn’t be playing with his dagger every day."
"So, the people who could see the dagger are all of high status. They have old ties with the Crown Prince or are close to him, at least close enough to give up on killing me for his sake." Su Rong said, "The Crown Prince should know who wants to kill me."
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