All I can say is, if you are not from the same family, you won’t enter the same door.
At this moment, the eldest princess did not go out to greet the guests, but went to the most secluded room in the east wing of the princess's mansion.
In the room, a tall young man in gorgeous clothes and with extraordinary demeanor was already waiting there.
As soon as the princess came in, the young man who was playing chess with himself asked, "Grandma, what's going on?"
The princess sat down on a chair and rubbed her temples in annoyance. "Don't mention it. Little Ten is more likely to cause trouble than to help."
After that, he briefly recounted what had happened.
People only know that the eldest princess and her husband love to grow flowers and plants, and they have a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days to invite friends to enjoy flowers, recite poems and have fun. However, few people know that the eldest princess, who seems to be not involved in the princes' struggle for power, has secretly stood on the side of the eldest prince.
The person in front of him was none other than the eldest prince.
After finishing her words, the princess sighed again, "What a wasted opportunity."
The eldest prince's hesitant hand placed a black piece, "That may not be the case. Nephew thinks that our plan can proceed as usual."
The princess pondered for a moment, "Su Jingxing is not moved by soft or hard tactics. Even if we spread the news that he saw Xiao Shi's body today, we may not be able to force him. I am afraid that if we force him too much, it will backfire."
"Aunt," the eldest prince raised his eyes and looked at her steadily, "Now those guys down there are very restless. Do you think we can still take our time? Regardless of success or failure, I have to at least take a gamble and not let others get there first."
The princess still felt something was wrong. "Look at Xiao Shi's expression. If Su Jingxing hurts her face, she may not be willing to do so."
"Whether she is willing or not is not up to her. When this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, the emperor, who always cares about his reputation, will not care whether she is willing or not. Besides, with the mountains of gold and silver behind Su Jingxing, do you think the emperor will not be tempted? He may be eager for Xiao Shi to find such a good marriage."
The eldest prince placed another white piece and said leisurely, "I have been planning this move for Xiao Shi for so long. In order to make her interested in Su Jingxing, the secret agents I arranged in the palace were almost exposed. It would be a pity if they were defeated in vain like this."
Everything should be put to good use!
Since Xiao Shi is the most beloved daughter of the Emperor and the Empress, then using their most beloved daughter to set up the plan must be different from using other insignificant daughters.
After hearing what he said, the princess paused and said, "Well, it's up to you to decide. But there is one thing."
"You've been having people give Xiao Shi the medicine that affects her temperament. I think you need to control the dosage. I think that girl is getting crazier and crazier, and she's becoming more and more moody and unpredictable. If she continues like this, I'm afraid she'll be hard to control."
"Don't worry about this princess. She is my sister and such a good chess piece. Of course I will cherish her well..."
The princess nodded and said, "I've been gone for too long. I don't want others to get suspicious. I'll leave first."
"Grand aunt, please help me keep an eye on Miss Wang Er and Miss Jiu."
"Are you planning to..."
The eldest prince's eyes darkened. "Grandma, your garden is so big that even if you are familiar with the garden, the possibility of meeting someone in such a place by luck and coincidence is almost zero."
The eldest princess also felt the same way.
Not to mention the Tenth Princess, she must have asked someone to keep an eye on Su Jingxing and follow him.
But Miss Wang Er and Miss Jiu also said it was a coincidence...
Her garden is not just one and a half acres!
"Don't worry, I will test it thoroughly and have someone keep an eye on it."
"Excuse me, Grand Princess. There is another person who also needs your help." The eldest prince narrowed his eyes. "The one who chased Su Jingxing on the street a few days ago and was later brought into the building by Miss Jinzhaolou Qianqian."
Of course, the eldest princess also knew the news.
"What do you want me to investigate about her?"
"Identity." The eldest prince uttered two mysterious words through his thin lips.
"Do you think there's something wrong with her identity?"
"At first, I thought she was a trick played by my good brothers to get close to Su Jingxing. But later, the secret agent sent me a message, and my good brothers also thought it was a similar trick played by me or someone else."
"But she belongs to no one. Despite this, she was taken in by Miss Qian Qian of Jinzhao Tower. Later, she went to sing outside the Su Mansion for a few days. Grand Princess, do you know that Su Jingxing did not have anyone drive her away, but let her make trouble outside the mansion for a few days. This has never happened before."
The eldest princess has a lot of things to do every day, and although I heard about it once, I didn't really delve into it or pay attention to it.
"Then?"
"Then, the girl left Kyoto eight days ago and went to Rong County. After arriving in Rong County, the people who followed her lost sight of her and there has been no news of her until now. She has not returned to the capital either. Only the little girl from Jinzhaolou who accompanied her returned to the capital alone two days ago."
"The most interesting thing is that on the way to Rong County, the girl met Chu Qing, the boss behind the Yidu Bookstore. Because the carriage broke down on the way, Chu Qing took the girl's carriage to Rong County."
The eldest princess's expression also became serious.
"The owner of the bookstore is so elusive that even the prince consort wanted to ask for a rare copy a few days ago, but he was nowhere to be found."
"Grand Princess, you must have sensed that girl's uniqueness, right? A man like the former bookstore owner didn't mind that the carriage came from a place like Jinzhaolou, and took the initiative to have a chance encounter with the girl. Grand Princess, you should have sensed that this chance encounter was man-made."
The princess pondered.
indeed.
The boss of Yidu Bookstore, a bookstore that is a holy place for scholars, rarely goes out, and the carriage breaks down? What do the people under him do for a living? Obviously, it can only be deliberate...
"Think about it, Princess. Su Jingxing, who didn't even give face to the royal princess, treated her specially. Then there was Qian Qian from Jinzhaolou who was hard to figure out. And then there was the owner of Yidu Bookstore. All of these people were related to that girl..."
"I understand. Tell me the girl's specific appearance. I will use my connections among the ladies to find out which girl is similar to her."
"However, your secret agents can't find her whereabouts now, and I am afraid that I am too lazy to do anything about it."
The eldest prince smiled subtly, "Auntie, you are blind to the truth. I don't want you to look for her, but to check her background."
An idea flashed through the eldest princess' mind, and her beautiful eyes widened.
"You mean, that... the one with Miss Wang Er, Ajiu!! But, that Ajiu's appearance..." I heard that girl was very pretty...
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