Zu An chuckled awkwardly, "You've misunderstood, sir. I have the utmost respect for Her Majesty the Empress, so how could I possibly do anything to offend her?"
"Hehe~" At this moment, Eunuch Lü's expression was as follows: (￢_￢)
Zuan really didn't want to waste any more time arguing with this old pervert, so he gave a few perfunctory replies and took his leave.
They quickly arrived at the side hall, where the Crown Prince was feasting, his mouth and hands covered in grease.
The Crown Prince stood to the side with a frosty expression, clearly wanting to teach the Crown Prince a lesson, but he was worried that this was in Kunning Palace and it would be bad if others saw him doing so, so he could only hold back. But the more he held back, the angrier he became, and he said coldly, "Has the Crown Prince finished eating? We should go back."
The fat man shook his head: "The people from the Empress's palace just said there are still many dishes that haven't been served yet, including steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, braised pork, braised duck, soy sauce chicken, cured meat, preserved pork belly, dried meat, sausage, assorted cold dishes, smoked chicken belly, steamed eight-treasure pork, and glutinous rice stuffed duck..."
The Crown Princess's eyelids twitched. This guy could only recite the Three Character Classic for a short time, and he could only remember these dish names perfectly. Was he a pig in his past life?
When Zuan arrived, it seemed that white smoke was faintly rising from the top of her head.
He hesitated. Was it a mistake to go talk to her at this time and risk getting into trouble?
However, the matter was urgent, and he couldn't worry about that anymore. He could only bite the bullet and go up to her: "Crown Princess."
"What is it?" The Crown Princess was very displeased.
Zuan was annoyed. This woman was so fickle. When I was wearing the mask, you were so gentle and lovely. How could you not recognize me in the blink of an eye?
He had no choice but to patiently say, "It's like this, Her Majesty the Empress just bestowed many gifts upon us, but I wasn't in the Eastern Palace yesterday, so I feel unworthy to accept these things. It would be better to give them to those who truly need them."
"The one who truly needs it?" The Crown Princess thought to herself that this guy was quite self-aware. "Forget it, he's already taken all the rewards he was entitled to. You can keep it for yourself."
As a crown princess, she naturally wouldn't deprive her subordinates of their rewards; otherwise, the empress would become the benefactor, while she would become the villain.
"Wait a minute..." A thought struck her, and she suddenly realized that there was indeed someone who hadn't received a reward yet.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel excited and went to call the fat man next to her: "Your Highness, we should go and thank Lord Eleven, the Golden Medal Master. He saved us yesterday."
Hearing her say that, Zu An, who had been feeling uneasy, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this Crown Princess was a smart person.
Because she was a smart person, Zu'an wanted to take the Crown Princess to the residence to deal with Cheng Xiong, but he was wary that she might realize what was going on later, or that someone else might notice something.
At this moment, he could not allow anyone to have any connection to the identities of the Crown Prince's Attendant and the Eleventh Golden Medal Holder.
So he could only subtly remind her, hoping the Crown Princess would think of the Eleventh Gold Medal herself, and that would solve the problem.
The prince was enjoying his meal when he heard this and waved his hand, saying, "No, I haven't finished eating yet."
"Eat, eat, all you know is eating!" The Crown Princess finally couldn't hold back anymore. Looking at the Crown Prince's jiggling fat as he spoke, her face showed disgust. "How can you not repay a life-saving grace? When the Emperor and the Junior Tutor find out, they will scold you again."
The Crown Prince shielded the food on the table in front of him, as if worried that she would drop it on the ground, since she had done such things before when she was in the Eastern Palace.
After successfully protecting the food, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "If we wanted to reward that guard, we could have just summoned him and given him a reward. Why did we have to make the trip ourselves?"
Zu An's heart jumped. In fact, what the Crown Prince said made sense. At this time, the ministers and guards were all subjects of the royal family. How could the master personally pay homage to his subjects?
Fortunately, the Crown Princess snorted coldly: "We should naturally express our sincerity in the face of being saved. Moreover, as members of the royal family, it is always a win-win situation to show goodwill to our subjects."
No matter how she tried to reason with him, the Crown Prince remained unmoved: "If you want to go, go by yourself."
Clearly, in his heart, his savior was not as important as the food.
The Crown Princess bit her lip, ultimately saying nothing more, and waved her hand: "Let's go!"
Zu An followed her at a distance and heard the clinking of the jade pendants on her dress. He sighed inwardly. She must be in a bad mood right now, otherwise she wouldn't be walking so fast that the jade pendants on her dress would be clattering so violently.
Court officials and members of the imperial family were accustomed to wearing jade pendants. Firstly, it symbolized that a gentleman was upright and honest, and that the pendants would make a sound wherever he went, so that no one would eavesdrop on him. Secondly, it was a form of decoration, and at the same time, it could restrain the wearer's behavior and demeanor. Only with a leisurely and elegant gait would the jade pendants produce the most pleasant and gentle sound.
Therefore, for the Crown Princess to walk with her jade pendants jingling was already considered somewhat improper, clearly indicating that she had just been quite angry with the Crown Prince.
With a sigh, he quietly left the group, took out the outfit of Gold Medal Eleven from the glass pearl in a secluded place, quickly changed into it, and then hurriedly headed to his residence in the palace.
Hopefully I can make it!
He prayed inwardly that Cheng Xiong's actions were clearly aimed at him. He might initially investigate the other Embroidered Robe Envoys as a formality, but it wouldn't be long before he went straight for him.
As expected, when Zu'an arrived, Cheng Xiong had already surrounded the courtyard with a large number of palace guards.
Cheng Xiongzheng said, "Eleventh Lord, this is a routine search. If you don't respond, I'll take my men inside."
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