The man in black patiently and gently helped Helian Yu put on her clothes, tied a small flower bud on her neck, and pinned a pearl hairpin on her hair.

"Is that enough?"

Helian Yu looked into the bronze mirror and said alms, "Hmm, you have good skills. Let's go!"

At the same time, Qingyan Courtyard.

"Sir, the young lady has been teasing the men in black to dress her up, and half an hour has passed. The two of them just left the yard, and Fang Ritu and Zhang Yuelu have followed them quietly." A woman dressed in black, wrapped tightly with only a pair of eyes showing, reported.

As she finished her words, Chang Zuo walked in under the moonlight, which was covered with white frost on the ground: "Sir, it should be Queen Mother Chu's people. The young lady will not be in danger."

"The Imperial Master was very quick." The ending swayed lazily, teasing or mocking. Helian Chi followed Chang Zuo closely, "Watching Xiao Yu'er being kidnapped, I really don't know whether to say that the Imperial Master was too rational or too hard-hearted."

Under the cold moonlight, dark green shadows danced in the courtyard. Several people stood facing each other, only Xie Rangchen sat freely on the stone bench.

"I can guarantee her safety, why can't I let her temper do what she wants?" Xie Rangchen held the wine pot in one hand and the wine glass in the other. The ethereal sound of drinking wine rippled with the fragrance of peach blossom wine, soothing the anxiety in people's hearts. "Your Highness, go to bed early. You will be needed to take charge of the examination room tomorrow."

Helian Chi waved his sleeves, sat directly on the stone bench opposite Xie Rangchen, snatched a glass of wine from him, and poured it into his mouth, "National Master, too, rest early."

After saying this, he placed the wine glass on the stone table and strode away.

Chang Zuo stood aside: "Sir?"

Xie Rangchen picked up the wine glass, applied some force with his fingers, and the white porcelain glass turned into powder in an instant. He opened his hand, scattered it into the wind, stood up and walked into the house.

Chang Zuo didn't understand what it meant, so he asked the secret guard beside him: "What do you mean, sir?"

The secret guard shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

On the other side, Helian Yu hugged the man in black's neck and yawned several times.

"Sister Luwu, haven't you arrived yet?"

"You guessed it. The princess is really smart."

"I just guessed it. My sister's body is fragrant and soft, and smells like osmanthus."

Lu Wu concentrated on walking, jumping up and down while holding Helian Yu: "Then can you guess who the old lady is?"

"The Queen Mother?" Helian Yu touched Lu Wu's earlobe. "Sister Lu Wu, why don't you have pierced ears? Don't you have earrings you like?"

Lu Wu: "..."

Why is Princess Zhaoyang so noisy?

"Are Sister Luwu and Jia Xian just playing around?"

Helian Yu thought of what Zhuo Liu said that day. Pu Hongwen was in collusion with Jia Xian. It was obvious that Jia Xian was not a simple person, even though he had been thrown into jail.

"Yes." Lu Wu was desperate. "Your Highness is still young, it's better for him not to know these dirty things."

"Dirty?" Helian Yu rubbed Lu Wu's neck skillfully, "I really want to hear Sister Lu Wu's story. Sister Lu Wu must be very sad, right? Maybe it will feel better if you tell it out."

Lu Wu felt amused, "Your Highness is different from what is said in the legend."

"In the legend?" Helian Yu's eyes sparkled in the dark night. "What am I like in the legend? With graceful manners? With the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix? With elegance and dignity?"

Lu Wu: "..."

These words are not meant to describe children!

"It is rumored that Princess Zhaoyang has a unicorn destiny and is favored by His Majesty. It is not an exaggeration to say that she can reach for the stars and embrace the moon." Lu Wu still explained.

"This." Helian Yu lay on Lu Wu's shoulder and muttered softly, "Sister Lu Wu, don't believe it easily. What if one day I am not beautiful anymore and can't say sweet words anymore, my father will definitely banish me to the cold palace. The emperor is heartless, and the imperial family is the most heartless~"

Lu Wu's eyes twitched and she almost slipped: "Your Highness, there is still a difference between a princess and a concubine. You should read less storybooks."

Helianyu: ???

Where is her privacy! How can anyone know her unique little quirk? Helian Yu kicked his calves twice and groaned twice to show his dissatisfaction.

Lu Wu carried Helian Yu to a pavilion.

A figure was sitting in the pavilion, dozing off.

"Madam, Princess Zhaoyang has arrived."

Lu Wu put Helian Yu down, and Helian Yu walked straight forward.

"Empress Dowager?" Helian Yu looked at her face and eyebrows. "Did you not get enough sleep and couldn't sleep at night, so you sent someone to look for me in the middle of the night? How vicious."

Queen Mother Chu was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Helian Yu: "Children's words are indeed interesting, but that is the case with ordinary people. As a princess, your words and actions must be in line with your status, you——"

"Your erhu playing is terrible." Helian Yu retorted to her.

Queen Mother Chu blushed and was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment, and she couldn't immediately continue her interrupted thoughts.

"Father said you were worshipping Buddha at Mount Wutai, why did you secretly return to Nanjing?" Helian Yu pretended to be surprised and covered his mouth, "Ah my, are you deceiving the emperor?"

"Deceiving the emperor?" Queen Mother Chu's eyes were like a thousand-foot-high ice pond that could not be melted. "Do you know how cruel your good father is?"

"He killed his father and brother." Helian Yu counted on his fingers, "I heard that he also raided the entire Hua family, the entire Lin family, the entire Hu family, and killed all nine clans of the Bian family."

"It seems you know everything." Queen Mother Chu looked at Helian Yu with an increasingly mysterious gaze. "You know everything, yet you're still pretending to be innocent. Even the emperor can get his eyes pecked by an eagle sometimes!"

Helian Yu raised a fake smile and pointed at himself: "Should I be mature at my age?"

Queen Mother Chu: “…”

Lu Wu: "..."

"Let's get straight to the point. What do you want to talk to me about?" Helian Yu sat down next to the Queen Mother and moved a little to the side to avoid being annoying. He yawned and said, "You have to send me back to bed after this, otherwise Master will punish me tomorrow, and Yingyue Caiyun will also nag me. Fourth brother is definitely the most nagging one! It's better for Chang Zuo to be quiet."

"I can't see clearly at the moment, are you pretending or have always been like this." Queen Mother Chu stared at Helian Yu with a slightly sarcastic tone.

"You're just pretending." Helian Yu closed his eyes due to sleepiness. "Once people have concluded something, they won't believe it no matter what the truth is."

"You're not that old, but you're talking so much!" Queen Mother Chu's expression softened a little, "Did you read this from a storybook?"

Helian Yu woke up suddenly and almost fell to the ground. Lu Wu rushed over to help him up, but was glared at by Queen Mother Chu.

Helian Yu said righteously: "No! Because I am mature! These are the life experiences I have figured out!"

Queen Mother Chu's eyelids twitched, and she deeply doubted whether bringing her out was the right thing to do.

"Do you know who the secret guard following behind is?" Queen Mother Chu asked, looking at Helian Yu with interest, observing her reaction.

Lu Wu fell to her knees, "It was Lu Wu's fault that caused others to follow her."

"I don't blame you." Queen Mother Chu still stared at Helian Yu, "You know there are secret guards behind you, right?"

"Of course." Helian Yu spread her hands. "I am a princess. Is it abnormal for me to have secret guards around me? Doesn't the Queen Mother have any? Eh~ Really not?"

Queen Mother Chu's head was buzzing with annoyance: "How shameful!"

"Queen Mother, what on earth did you kidnap me for? To chat?" Helian Yu's eyes sparkled. "Or did you deliberately let Fourth Brother find out that you kidnapped me, so that Father would know that we were in contact, and then make Father suspect me? So that I would have to join forces with you to destroy Father together?"

The Queen Mother Chu's eyes twitched. She had just had a sudden urge to meet her little granddaughter who was currently in the limelight, but she ended up staging a big drama by herself.

"Listen to the Imperial Master and read less storybooks."

A crack appeared in Helian Yu's smile.

It is a fact that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are not on good terms. Could it be that her guess is wrong?

besides!

What does this have to do with the storybook?

(End of this chapter)