In the Qianqing Palace, Princess Hui'an met Emperor Jingxuan.

Princess Jingning was also there.

After all, the two met on the way, so Princess Jingning came over to join in the fun.

"Huian has met the emperor."

Princess Hui'an bowed respectfully.

Emperor Jingxuan sat behind his desk, looking at her with a stern face.

Princess Hui'an suddenly looked up and met her father's sharp gaze.

Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly lowered her head.

Emperor Jingxuan asked, "Did Su Mo escort you back?"

"yes."

"Only him?"

"And the Su family army."

Emperor Jingxuan looked at Princess Hui'an solemnly and said, "I heard from the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and your second brother that you secretly left the marriage team and entered the capital of Southern Xinjiang ahead of time?"

Princess Hui'an's eyes flickered, and she said in a normal tone, "I went to look for my little follower."

Emperor Jingxuan frowned: "Who is the little follower?"

Princess Hui'an said, "Qin Su."

It is true that she went to find the little follower, but she did not escape from the marriage team halfway, but ran away in the capital.

Emperor Jingxuan asked, "Who took you there? Your second brother said he met a powerful mask master. Who is he?"

Princess Jingning glanced at Emperor Jingxuan in slight surprise, but quickly lowered her eyes and continued to listen.

Princess Hui'an said solemnly, "It was the secret guards arranged by the Royal Grandmother. I have lived with the Royal Grandmother in the nunnery for so long. When she heard that I was going to marry far away in Southern Xinjiang, she was worried that I would be bullied in Southern Xinjiang."

Emperor Jingxuan asked suspiciously, "Didn't your third brother give it to you?"

Princess Jingning's eyes paused.

Princess Hui'an mustered up her courage and faced the Emperor Jingxuan's scrutiny: "It's not my third brother, it's my grandmother! If you don't believe me, you can send someone to the nunnery to ask my grandmother to see if it's true."

She has already gone to the nunnery to talk to the Empress Dowager, and is not afraid that the Empress Dowager will not protect her.

Emperor Jingxuan asked again why the marriage was cancelled.

Princess Hui'an's statement was not much different from that of the envoys - the person Princess Hui'an was to marry was the third prince of Zong Zhengming. After Zong Zhengming was executed, all his descendants were demoted to commoners.

Zong Zhenghui himself had no children and no suitable marriage partner.

Emperor Jingxuan also asked about the Wei family's movements and whether Zhuge Qing was Wei Qing.

Princess Hui'an played dumb.

Emperor Jingxuan thought that his daughter was simple-minded and it would not be difficult to hide the truth from her, so he gave up questioning her further.

After coming out of Emperor Jingxuan's bedroom, Princess Hui'an hung her head, looking dejected.

"What's wrong?"

Princess Jingning asked calmly, "Isn't it enough for you to be happy after going out to play for a few months?"

Princess Hui'an said with a chill in her heart: "Father asked me so many questions just now, but he didn't care about how I was doing, whether I was sick, whether I ate well, and whether I had a hard time on the road."

Princess Jingning was silent.

After a while, he whispered, "Father is not the same father as before. He has changed."

"It's still a bit uncomfortable." Princess Hui'an said in a low voice.

Princess Jingning moved her lips as if she wanted to comfort him, but she didn't say anything.

Princess Hui'an said, "I will go and pay my respects to my mother."

Princess Jingning looked at him and said, "You have learned all the etiquette after going out for a while. No need to worry, my mother has gone to bed, you can go back to Qixiang Palace."

"You send me off." said Princess Hui'an.

Princess Jingning glared at her, but finally followed her.

"It's too late. I won't go in."

After Princess Hui'an finished speaking, she quickly walked into Qixiang Palace and soon came out holding a heavy wooden box.

"Jingning, this is my little treasury. I've saved it up over the years, and all my favorite treasures are here."

"Show me your vault?"

"for you."

Princess Jingning was completely confused by this operation.

If you want to take a look on normal days, this girl won’t let you.

Princess Hui'an said sincerely and cautiously: "If, if one day I do something to let you down, please forgive me for the sake of the small treasury."

Although Princess Jingning did not think that her sister, who was such a fool, would do anything to let her down, she had no choice but to accept the treasury that was delivered to her door.

"Then it's settled!"

Princess Hui'an returned to Qixiang Palace in a good mood.

"Mother!"

She threw herself into Empress Xian's arms.

Concubine Xian was sitting on the chaise longue and was bumped into by her. She wanted to be angry, but when she thought that it was her daughter who was lost and found, she was only relieved and heartbroken.

"Were you scared after going to Southern Xinjiang? Let mother take a look. Have you lost weight?"

Huh? I didn't lose weight, I even gained some weight.

Princess Hui'an nestled into Concubine Xian's arms lovingly, hugged Concubine Xian's waist, and said softly, "Mother, I miss you so much."

Concubine Xian said, "Humph, you missed me so much that you fled the capital?"

The son did not hide the matter from his daughter.

Princess Hui'an said confidently: "I did that to avoid marriage."

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Concubine Xian didn't buy her tricks: "Who took you away?"

Princess Hui'an said, "It's the guard that my little follower left for me!"

This is not a lie, Su Xuan is the guard that the little follower left for her! Concubine Xian's face darkened.

Princess Hui'an said hurriedly, "Mother, don't blame the little follower. If she hadn't arranged it in advance, I would have been captured and married to the Third Prince of Southern Xinjiang. I wouldn't have waited until the real King of Southern Xinjiang took back the throne and cancelled the marriage."

"You." Empress Xian tapped her forehead with her fingertips.

As long as her daughter returns safely, Concubine Xian doesn’t want to pursue the matter any further.

Empress Xian held her daughter in her arms and sighed, "You are not a child anymore. I think we should marry you off as soon as possible, so that your father won't always worry about you going to marry a foreign prince."

Last time we avoided the Western Jin Dynasty, this time we avoided Southern Xinjiang, who knows if there will be Wei and Northern Yan next time?

His Majesty's temper became more and more unpredictable, and her methods of winning his favor were no longer of much use to him.

Princess Hui'an's eyes flickered: "Jingning hasn't even married yet."

Empress Xian said, "She's almost there."

Princess Hui'an was startled, and sat up straight from Concubine Xian's arms: "She, she and Su Xuan's marriage is settled?"

Concubine Xian asked curiously, "Who told you it was Su Xuan?"

Princess Hui'an hesitated and said, "The Queen... doesn't she like him?"

Concubine Xian said calmly, "I was quite fond of him at first, but he got first place in the imperial examination this time, but he suddenly became ill and could not take part in the palace examination. The Queen asked someone to inquire about it and found out that Su Xuan had been weak and sick since childhood. The Queen didn't want her daughter to marry a sickly man, so she stopped mentioning Su Xuan."

Princess Hui'an stood up suddenly and walked out angrily.

Empress Xian held out her hand: "Hey - it's so late, where are you going?"

Princess Hui'an clenched her fists: "Jingning! Give me back my little treasury!!!" - After Su Mo sent Princess Hui'an back to the palace, he returned to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion with his two younger brothers who were disguised as Su's soldiers.

Everyone in the family had gone to bed, only the oil lamp in the old marquis' study was still on.

Su Li was a little afraid to go see her grandfather, fearing that she would be beaten again.

Su Xuan walked into the study with a calm expression.

(End of this chapter)