Because of a war in the northern border, the Ye Palace became the most powerful in the capital for a while, and even the emperor showed courtesy to Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo.

It happened that tribute goods from the Western Regions were arriving in Beijing, and the emperor specially selected some valuable items from them and sent them to the Night King's Palace.

"Oh, the sun rises from the west? For no reason, His Majesty sent so many good things here." Lu Yanluo came in from outside and was dazzled by the jewelry in the eunuch's hands.

The eunuch flattered, "Your Majesty is thinking about the prince and princess, and has selected a lot of expensive things, please take a look at them, princess."

Lu Yanluo curled her lips without caring at all.

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Chu Xuan smiled and raised his hand to signal Lu Yanluo to come over: "This is the silk tribute from the Western Regions. It has a unique color and is as light as a veil. It is most suitable for making clothes for you and Yuanyuan."

Before Lu Yanluo could answer, a small person outside the door suddenly rushed in like a small cannonball.

As she ran, she shouted happily, "Yuanyuan is going to have beautiful clothes to wear! Yuanyuan is going to wear exactly the same clothes as mommy."

Behind him, Chu Yao deliberately put on a stern face and scolded: "Chu Xiaoyuan, walk properly, believe it or not, I will break your legs!"

As Chu Yao grows older, he becomes more calm and steady, but Chu Yuan, on the contrary, becomes more mischievous as he grows older, which gives Chu Yao a headache.

Chu Yuan hurried a few steps upon hearing this, hiding behind his father and making faces: "Yaoyao is annoying, always scolding me."

Chu Xuan laughed loudly, raised his hand and tapped Chu Yuan's cute little nose: "Naughty."

The family is having a great time and they always have endless things to talk about when they get together.

Upon seeing this, the housekeeper ordered people to put away the things sent by the emperor, even the silk that Chu Xuan specifically requested to be used to make clothes.

The servant stood in front of the silk, hesitating for a moment, and had to ask in a low voice: "Butler Li, the prince wants to use this silk to make clothes for the princess and the young lady. Should it be sent to the sewing room?"

Butler Li was stunned for a moment, and quickly patted his forehead: "Yes, yes, yes, send it to the sewing room quickly, don't make it dirty."

When Lu Yanluo heard the noise, she turned her head to look at Butler Li, but didn't pay much attention.

At dinner time, Steward Li brought people to deliver the food. Lu Yanluo suddenly remembered Steward Li's absent-minded look during the day, and asked, "Steward, has something happened at home recently? Why do you look a little unhappy?"

Butler Li tightened his hands in his sleeves, but his face was calm. He smiled gently at Lu Yanluo, "I'm fine. Thank you, Princess, for your concern. I'm just old and have a bad memory. I always forget things. I hope the prince and princess won't blame me."

Lu Yanluo nodded slightly. Ever since she came to the Night Prince's Mansion, Butler Li has been in the mansion. He is an old man in the Night Prince's Mansion.

"That's good. If you have anything to say, just let me know."

Butler Li thanked him repeatedly and agreed.

This matter did not attract Lu Yanluo's attention at first, but Butler Li became more and more taciturn in the mansion and often made mistakes, which made Lu Yanluo feel very abnormal.

She has been in the mansion for so many years, and although Butler Li has not been foolproof, at least he has never made any mistakes. However, he has made mistakes one after another in recent days, which is really strange.

Lu Yanluo felt something was wrong, so she avoided Butler Li privately and went to ask the servant who usually worked with Butler Li.

I didn't expect to actually ask some questions.

"Butler Li's mother has been ill recently and seems to be very ill. Butler Li has been so worried that his hair has turned white."

Lu Yanluo was silent for a while and asked someone to find a doctor. Steward Li was in charge of everything in the palace, and it was really not easy. Now that he was in trouble, the palace could not pretend not to know no matter what.

The next day, Lu Yanluo found Butler Li, explained her intention, and asked the doctor to go home with Butler Li.

Butler Li was flattered and knelt on the ground in gratitude: "Thank you, my lord, my princess! I will never forget your kindness in my life."

However, the doctor was called, but the result was not satisfactory. When the doctor came back after the examination, he reported that it was unknown what disease Li's mother had, and the doctor had not been able to find out what it was. He could only settle for the second best and temporarily give her acupuncture for a few days to stabilize the condition and then slowly wait for the results.

Lu Yanluo was a little worried, and told the doctor to do his best to cure Butler Li's mother.

As he was still speaking, Butler Li came uninvited, walked over with a dejected look on his face, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times to Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo.

"My Lord, Princess, after much thought, I have to tell you the truth. Otherwise, even if my mother gets better, she will never forgive me."

Butler Li had a sad face as he thought about what happened two days ago.

A few days ago, my mother suddenly fell ill. Butler Li rushed her to the clinic in a panic, but the doctor could not find out the cause of the illness. My mother's health continued to deteriorate.

Just when he was at a loss, a man suddenly came to him and threatened that as long as Butler Li followed his arrangements and framed Princess Ye, he could cure the old man's illness.

However, Li Guan had watched the Night King grow up, and he knew how much the Night King valued Lu Yanluo, so he rejected the man's temptation on the spot.

But the man seemed to have expected that Butler Li would eventually give in. He smiled mysteriously and said, "You can refuse, but your loyalty will eventually kill your mother. Butler Li, you have to be more cautious and think carefully about whether it is your mother or your loyalty that counts."

After saying that, he left.

From then on, Butler Li's mother's condition became more and more serious. She drank bowls of medicine every day, but it had no effect at all.

In the past few days, Butler Li has been in a dilemma. He can't give up his mother's life, but he also can't betray Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo.

It was a dead end both ways, no wonder he was so worried and absent-minded. Lu Yanluo was grateful for Butler Li's loyalty and stood up to help him up.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to cure your mother's illness. I will never let the old lady get into trouble because of us. But do you remember what the person who came to you privately looks like?"

Steward Li shook his head and said, "That person looks very ordinary. Besides, I was worried about my mother at the time, so I didn't go out of my way to see him. I don't have any impression of what he looks like."

After hearing this, Lu Yanluo understood that many aristocratic families and royal nobles would keep death squads and secret guards, most of whom were people with ordinary looks and not easy to be remembered. She thought that there must be someone instigating them. Even the illness of Butler Li's mother was probably not a simple one. It was probably someone who did it on purpose.

Lu Yanluo secretly sent people to investigate, but ultimately found nothing. This further confirmed her idea that the people behind the scenes were most likely people in the palace.

Now that she had this guess, Lu Yanluo naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death.