The palace guards walked in from the rear in a grand and majestic manner. Wanqing was entrusted by Empress Xu and walked into the courtyard with a solemn and steady demeanor.

She walked to the center of the road, first raised her hand respectfully to salute the eldest princess on the high platform, and after completing the etiquette, she proudly read out the contents of the palace's imperial decree.

The content is roughly about how the emperor and empress in the palace also attach great importance to the eldest princess' birthday. Because the emperor and empress cannot leave the palace at will, they sent the third prince and the little princess to the princess's residence to celebrate the eldest princess' birthday.

Jiang Qingqing stood up along with everyone else, lowered her head and listened to the announcement of the imperial decree.

Waiting for the last sentence to fall, she looked up at Wanqing.

The other party was also looking at her.

She was silent for a moment, then blinked at Aunt Wanqing, who pursed her lips and nodded.

What is this? Morse code?

Jiang Qingqing herself didn't understand what hints she and Aunt Wanqing had given each other.

As for the adults' procedure here, the eldest princess first thanked the emperor and empress for their kindness, and then specially allowed the senior palace maid Wanqing to come to the high platform, which was also a way to give face to the emperor and empress in the palace.

After all, Wanqing came with Empress Xu's imperial decree.

After getting on the platform, Wan Qing walked straight to Jiang Qingqing and whispered, "Your Highness, Princess, is well."

When Wanqing approached her, she noticed the hesitation in Wanqing's eyes, and then she realized that Wanqing had something to say to her.

"Aunt, Qingqing wants to change clothes." Jiang Qingqing pursed her lips and looked at the eldest princess, her expression frank and calm.

The eldest princess nodded slightly. She was about to send her maid to accompany him when Jiang Qingqing interrupted her.

"Aunt, Wanqing will be with me, that's all."

As she spoke, Jiang Qingqing pulled Wanqing, turned around and ran downstairs.

The princess had no time to call her. She could only see a petite light yellow figure jumping down the platform, dragging the palace maid Wanqing with her.

Princess Qiyang heard the noise and looked over. Seeing the worried look in the Princess' eyes, she consoled her and said, "The guards in the Princess's residence are very strict. Your Highness should be fine."

“This child…”

The eldest princess shook her head helplessly, she sighed softly, then turned her attention back to the guests in front of her, occasionally chatting with them.

Xiao Linting, who was in the audience, saw Jiang Qingqing leaving and his eyes darkened. He was about to get up and chase after her, but at this moment, a colleague from the court came over, holding a wine glass in his hand and came to him with a smile on his face.

Even though Xiao Linting usually deliberately acted dignified in front of his peers and juniors, he still had to socialize with the ministers in the court out of necessity.

Although he was still chatting with his colleagues, his eyes were still looking in the direction where Jiang Qingqing left with concern.

As a last resort, he could only look at the dark corner, where the shadow was swaying slightly.

On this side, Jiang Qingqing pulled Wanqing a little away from the home court and stopped on the path.

Wan Qing looked at Jiang Qingqing who suddenly stopped and asked, "Your Highness, aren't you going to change clothes?"

"From your expression, it seems like you have something to say to me?" Jiang Qingqing waved her hands, indicating that she was just making up the lie.

Wanqing nodded in understanding. She almost thought that the little prince was going to the toilet.

"Last time His Highness came to the palace and asked me to find out something, I have found out, but...are you really not going to tell the Queen about this?"

As Wanqing spoke, she took out a piece of paper from the narrow sleeve of her palace dress. She lowered her voice slightly and asked with some uneasiness.

Jiang Qingqing couldn't wait to receive the note.

The note clearly read:

On the 26th day of the first lunar month, at the beginning of the Xinmo year, the three palaces in Qianxi were rewarded

With just a few words, all suspicions were placed at the last place in the palace.

Jiang Qingqing was a little unfamiliar with this place, but she quickly stuffed the note into her sleeve and said to Wanqing with a smile: "It's just a small matter, there's no need to tell mother, I just want to check where this batch of silver came from."

As she spoke, Jiang Qingqing pulled Wanqing towards the locker room.

At this moment, the sky was filled with colorful clouds and the sun was about to set. The dim atmosphere made the cold and simple Princess Mansion look a little desolate.

But Jiang Qingqing, who had been used to the Princess's mansion these days, did not feel any discomfort.

Under Wanqing's protection, she solved one of her three urgent problems.

Jiang Qingqing, who had just finished tidying up her clothes, was walking out of the dressing room. Wanqing turned her head when she heard the noise behind her, and the two of them walked halfway in silence.

Seeing that she could hear the noisy sound of a party ahead, Jiang Qingqing wanted to quicken her pace and walk over.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the bushes on both sides of the road.

Ever since Jiang Qingqing witnessed the slightly dirty things happening in the Imperial Garden at her fifth birthday party, she paused and subconsciously pulled Wanqing to a stop.

Just as she steadied herself, the people in the bushes realized what Jiang Qingqing meant.

“Swish!”

There was a hurried voice, and a man stood out from the bushes. He was wearing black clothes and it was hard to tell which family this servant was from.

"How dare you!" Wan Qing reacted quickly. She pulled Jiang Qingqing behind her and scolded her with a deep breath.

The man was dressed in black, with a scarf covering his face. He suddenly raised his hands behind his back. The moment Jiang Qingqing raised her eyes, she saw a cold knife light flash before her eyes in the dusk.

"Someone come and rescue Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Wanqing also saw the other party's malicious intentions. She didn't dare to stand there any longer and turned around to pick up the little princess and run away.

But when she turned her head, she did not see the petite figure of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

At this moment, cold sweat broke out on Wanqing's back. What if the little princess went out of the palace?

She looked around for Jiang Qingqing's figure, and finally saw a tender yellow figure next to the gangster.

Wanqing exclaimed.

Jiang Qingqing's reaction speed was much faster than Wanqing's. After she noticed that something was wrong with the bushes, she quickly picked up the pebbles on the ground to make the garden more beautiful, and even picked the largest stone she could lift.

Wan Qing's scolding actually gave Jiang Qingqing some time to buffer. She ran to an open space on the other side, swung her arms, and held a pebble in her hand.

Following Wan Qing's shout of "Protect the emperor", Jiang Qingqing smashed the black man's head with the stone in her hand.

The pebble, as big as a small sandbag, hit the man's temple accurately.

At the moment of being hit, Jiang Qingqing had nothing else in mind.

Just thinking

——She is really an amazing person. Her archery practice in the Princess's residence these days has not been in vain.

The pebble had great gravity and made a dull sound when it hit the object.