Xiao Ruyu smiled faintly, with two dimples on her lips.
"Okay, I am very pleased to hear your words, little princess."
Xiao Ru'an rubbed her cheek, carried her out the door.
"Let's go, Big Brother will take you home."
Although Lu Zongyuan was not arrested, the trip was not without results.
The officers and soldiers have begun searching along the carriage tracks in the woods.
Xiao Ru'an brought Xiao Ruyu back to the palace. As soon as they stepped into the palace gate, they saw Eunuch Yin walking towards them.
"Big prince, little princess."
Eunuch Yin smiled and made a "please" gesture.
"The Emperor has summoned the two of you. Please follow me."
Xiao Ruyu hugged Xiao Ru'an's neck tightly, feeling a little flustered.
[Dad won't punish my cousins for this matter, will he?]
Xiao Ru'an shook her head and comforted her, "No, father is not a person who cares so much."
Inside the imperial study, Emperor Shangwen was sitting on the dragon throne, watching the two of them enter the hall with a smile on his face.
"Greetings, Father."
Xiao Ruyu got off Xiao Ru'an and bowed politely.
"Hurry up, Yu'er, and come to my side."
Emperor Shangwen waved at her, held her on his lap, and pretended to ask, "Yu'er, did you instigate your two cousins to search the capital?"
Xiao Ruyu lowered her head guiltily, and seeing that he was not angry, she moved closer to him and acted coquettishly.
[How come I can't hide anything from Daddy? 】
[Dad, I was wrong. I won't come up with such tricks next time.]
Emperor Shang Wen laughed out loud, and surprisingly, he was not angry, but touched her head.
"As expected of my daughter, you have the same temperament as the queen, and you are smart and decisive in doing things."
After praising Xiao Ruyu, he looked up at Xiao Ruan who was standing, and pointed to a chair beside him, "Sit down and tell me how you captured the Lu family's evil party."
Xiao Ru'an was flattered and sat aside, telling him what had happened during the day.
"It's like this, during the day, I am..."
Emperor Shangwen nodded from time to time and patted his shoulder while listening to his narration.
"You did a great job on this. I want to praise you."
"I also heard something..."
He looked at Xiao Ru'an with a look of inquiry, "It was because of Ru'an's benevolent policy in the military camp that the people paid more attention to this matter, so they immediately reported it to the authorities after discovering the whereabouts of the Lu family's evil party. Is this true?"
Xiao Ru'an scratched his head a little embarrassedly and answered honestly.
"That is indeed the case, but the credit for this matter does not all belong to me."
"Little Princess, Lord Duan has made great efforts."
Not only did he not become proud because of this matter, he also gave the credit to others. Emperor Shangwen became more and more satisfied with him.
Xiao Ruyu couldn't help feeling happy as she watched the relationship between the two men improve.
[Daddy, Big Brother, you guys continue talking, I'm leaving first! ]
She gave the two of them some time to ease their relationship, jumped off Emperor Shangwen's lap, and left without looking back.
"This Yu'er..."
Emperor Shangwen looked at her back lovingly, smiling without saying a word.
After this matter was settled, Xiao Ruyu took some more herbs and asked someone in the palace to deliver them to the marquis's mansion.
She had just received a prescription from the imperial physician when she turned around and saw that Eleven looked absent-minded.
【Eleven? Eleven! 】
"Little princess, what's wrong?"
Eleven seemed to be in a bad mood, with a depressed look on his face.
Xiao Ruyu didn't think much about it, handed the prescription to him, and motioned for him to get the medicine.
Eleven hesitated to speak, but finally said, "Little Princess, Eleven has something to ask of you."
【you say.】
"After I get the medicine, Eleven wants to go back to the residence to rest for a while. I feel a little tired."
He rarely took the initiative to leave Xiao Ruyu's sight. Although she was puzzled, she just thought that the smoke in the day had clouded his head.
[Then go and rest. If you feel unwell, you can rest for another day tomorrow.]
Xiao Ruyu let him go generously, but she had something in mind secretly.
When Eleven's figure disappeared at the door, a small figure followed.
Eleven did not stop along the way, but walked straight to the opposite side of his residence.
Xiao Ruyu was confused and wondered which direction he was going.
Isn’t that Concubine Le’s bedroom?
She didn't dare to stop and hurriedly followed, fearing that she would lose him in the next second.
There were few people on the long street. Xiao Ruyu hid behind the stone lions and then hid beside the door frame. He looked out and saw Eleven stopped at the door of Concubine Le's bedroom.
11. What is this for?
The next second, a white shadow rushed out of the hall, smelling the scent.
When Xiao Ruyu saw the big chicken leg in Eleven's hand, he held his forehead helplessly.
Ergou, you are so greedy.
The civet cat was absorbed in gnawing on the big chicken drumstick in Eleven's hand, not noticing that Eleven's hand was gradually reaching towards the back of its neck...
Eleven, are you going to attack Ergou? !
At the critical moment, Xiao Ruyu jumped out from the darkness and shouted.
"Stop! Ergou is right!"
She rushed over, hugged the civet cat in her arms, and looked at Eleven in confusion.
[Eleven, I've already said it before, Ergou bit me that day because he was bewitched by a witchcraft.]
[Why are you still looking for it to settle accounts? ! ]
Seeing Xiao Ruyu speaking harshly to him, Eleven was stunned. His hand holding the chicken leg froze and he took it back at a loss. "Eleven just... wanted to see if there were any poisonous insects in Ergou's body."
"It's not that I'm afraid of hurting the little princess..."
Xiao Ruyu realized that he had wronged Eleven and apologized repeatedly.
[I'm sorry, Eleven. I was too anxious just now.]
The civet cat nestled in her arms and meowed softly, with a tone that sounded a little aggrieved.
She bent down and touched its head, speaking softly to comfort it.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Eleven looked at her actions, a sour feeling arose from the bottom of his heart, and he left in a hoarse voice.
"Little Princess, Eleven will leave first."
Looking at his lost back, Xiao Ruyu was a little confused.
Is he jealous of Ergou?
After racking his brains to figure it out, Xiao Ruyu simply stopped thinking about it and gently put the civet cat down.
Eleven felt very unhappy as he walked away. Xiao Ruyu's nervousness towards the civet cat just now really hurt him. He suddenly felt that in her heart, his status was not as good as that of the civet cat.
When he thought of this, he quickened his pace, not wanting Xiao Ruyu to see his sad face.
A few days later, a schoolboy about the same age as Eleven was peeking at the door of Xiao Ruyu's palace.
"Who's at the door?"
The servants in the palace were the first to notice him and walked up to him to ask questions.
Xiao Ruyu also heard the noise, and seeing that the student looked familiar, she pointed at him and said.
"Aren't you... the schoolboy who follows the eldest brother?"
The student saw that Xiao Ruyu recognized her and nodded repeatedly, "I am here to see Princess Fu'an."
After the ceremony, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ruyu respectfully.
"This is a thank-you letter from my master."
Xiao Ruyu was very surprised and couldn't wait to open the envelope.
What letter did the eldest brother write to her?