Xiao Ru'an understood what he meant and waved his hand to interrupt him in dissatisfaction.

"Whatever the emperor decides is the emperor's will. Prime Minister Lu, please be respectful in your words."

Seeing that he was unmoved by any persuasion, Prime Minister Lu had no choice but to give up.

Eleven, who was not far away, took all these words to heart, and his expression changed slightly.

After the palace banquet was over, Eleven carried Xiao Ruyu back to the bedroom.

Along the way, Eleven didn't say a word, and Xiao Ruyu noticed something was wrong.

【Eleven, why do you look unhappy? 】

Her little hands were hanging around Eleven's neck, and her eyes were blinking.

Eleven was silent for a moment.

"Princess, I think you should be wary of some big princes in the future."

Xiao Ruyu was very puzzled. Her eyes were clear and had the innocence of a child.

[Why do you say that? Did you hear something today? ]

Eleven was unable to put it into words and hesitated for a long time before telling Xiao Ruyu what he had heard today.

【I believe in my eldest brother.】

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Xiao Ruyu shook his head seriously and firmly.

[My eldest brother is not that kind of person. Even if someone wants to harm me with ulterior motives, he won't do that.]

Seeing that Xiao Ruyu trusted him so much, Eleven said nothing more.

[The previous curse incident has not been investigated yet. We should take this opportunity to follow Prime Minister Lu and see what tricks he has up his sleeve.]

The palace banquet was over and everyone returned to their respective residences.

Thinking about how Prime Minister Lu wanted to sow discord between her and Xiao Ru'an just now, it proved that he still had a lot of bad intentions.

We might as well take advantage of this time, maybe we can find something.

Eleven agreed and held her in his arms and secretly went to where Prime Minister Lu lived.

In the cover of night, they just reached the door and bumped into a palace maid.

The palace maid was so frightened that she thought she had seen a ghost in the middle of the night and covered her eyes in panic.

"Don't come over here, don't come over here."

Xiao Ruyu felt a little helpless, and a soft voice sounded.

"Is this princess so scary?"

When the palace maid heard that it was Princess Fu'an, she knelt down immediately to pay her respects.

"Please forgive me, Princess. I was blind and didn't see clearly that it was the princess who came."

Xiao Ruyu's eyes fell on the package in her hand, her eyes flickering.

【11. Ask her what's in her bag. 】

Eleven looked at the palace maid and asked expressionlessly.

"Sneaky, what do you have hidden in that bag?"

The maid was startled and answered honestly.

"Princess, this package contains Prime Minister Lu's luggage. Prime Minister Lu has informed the emperor that he has returned to his residence to recuperate."

"But I left in a hurry and didn't have time to pack. I am rushing to the palace gate to hand it over to the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Has Prime Minister Lu left the palace?

[Why is this dog-skin plaster willing to leave? Is he up to some new trick? ]

Xiao Ruyu was muttering to himself when he saw the anxious look on the palace maid's face and quietly transferred a bit of spiritual power from his wrist.

After checking inside and finding nothing unusual, she was a little disappointed.

After letting the maid go, she felt a little depressed.

[I didn't expect to let this bad guy go just like that. I haven't caught him yet.]

On the way back, Eleven carried her on his back.

Xiao Ruyu's head drooped dejectedly on Eleven's shoulders, and her little hands tightly hugged his neck.

"Don't worry, Princess. The truth will be revealed someday."

Eleven's voice was steady. He comforted Xiao Ruyu while dragging her up.

For some reason, Xiao Ruyu always feels familiar at this moment.

It seems like it was also such a dark night many years ago...

That day she was injured by a wild beast while collecting herbs. In the critical moment, it was her junior brother who saved her.

It was the same feeling when he carried her back, dying, and let her lean on his back.

Generous, powerful, and full of hope.

It seemed like it happened in the previous life.

…

Before I knew it, half a year had passed.

Xiao Ruyu finally learned how to walk. As soon as she got off the ground, she started running.

The long-lost feeling of running made her feel like she was reborn.

The maids in the palace couldn't keep up with her and kept shouting anxiously behind her.

"Princess, please be careful."

The nanny is old and she gets out of breath after running just a few steps.

Eleven appeared behind him and stopped the nanny who was still chasing.

"Leave the princess to me."

He spoke calmly.

In half a year, Eleven had grown taller, his face had slowly started to mature, and a heroic look could be seen between his brows.

Eleven followed Xiao Ruyu closely.

Xiao Ruyu had just learned how to run, and his legs didn't have enough strength, so his legs went weak while he was running.

Just as she was about to fall to the ground, suddenly a force grabbed the back of her neck.

Eleven pulled her back steadily, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Princess, you have just learned to walk, so just take a few safe steps. If you keep running like this, you will fall down sooner or later."

Xiao Ruyu made a face at him.

"I'm still here, I believe in you!"

After saying that, before Eleven could react, she stumbled outside again.

Xiao Ruyu has been staying in this deep palace for more than a year and feels very bored.

After wandering around the palace like a headless fly for a long time, she bumped into a school.

Listening to the reading sounds around him, Xiao Ruyu lay down on the steps and peeked in curiously.

[So this is the school in the palace, the one inside must be the teacher. ]

In her previous life, she only practiced in the Medicine Valley and had never attended a proper school.

While looking around, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Ru'an.

At this time, the school was over and people were walking out in groups of three or four.

Xiao Ru'an was surrounded by several people, one of whom spoke cheerfully.

"My Lord, your scholarship is becoming more and more sophisticated. I haven't even understood the poem this teacher is talking about yet, but you can draw inferences from it before I can understand it."

His fawning attitude made the other people somewhat dissatisfied.

"Hey, hey, hey, you've said all the good things."

"How can the eldest prince compare with a pig-brain like you?"

The others were a little unhappy because they were flattered first.

Xiao Ru'an felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose modestly.

"As long as you read these poetry collections in advance and understand them more, you will be able to understand them just like me."

"No, no, no, then how can we compare with the eldest prince? Even if I, Guan Peiqian, have another brain, I can't compare to you."

The person who spoke first began to praise Xiao Ru'an again.

But Xiao Ruyu on the side was no longer calm. The more she heard this name, the more familiar it sounded.

【Guan Peiqian! That’s him! The big bad guy! 】

A childish voice suddenly appeared in his ears. Xiao Ru'an was stunned for a second and looked down at a place not far away.

Xiao Ruyu looked at the situation inside with a righteous look on his face, and the muttering in his mind had not stopped yet.

[This Guan Peiqian is the one who later became an accomplice of the evildoer in the storybook. He not only deceived the eldest brother into fighting for the throne, but also framed the eldest brother and harmed the eldest prince in various ways.]

[Big brother, you must stay away from this treacherous villain! ]