Chapter 173 Another Dog Hole
"Yes, even if she really wanted to find Prince Ning, she would not send the letter after leaving the East Palace."
Yu Bai echoed.
In this letter, Zhao Tian said that she didn't want to stay in the East Palace as a widow. She was originally Prince Ning's person. She wanted to go to Prince Ning's mansion and asked Zhao Zhixiong not to look for her. She would show up after Prince Ning's business was accomplished.
This means that after she escaped from the Eastern Palace, in order to avoid causing trouble, she did not enter the Ning Palace under her original identity.
When the Guanjue faction handed the letter to Zhao Zhixiong, they stated that they were from the Eastern Palace and told him that they had discovered the secret letter by accident.
It was said that the carrier pigeon suddenly fell to the ground before it flew out of the East Palace. It might be because Zhao Tian did not feed the pigeon and it was hungry.
As to why they found the secret letter but did not find Zhao Tian leaving the East Palace, the secret guard did not explain.
"Well, I also think that this time is totally wrong."
Lu Yuan nodded aside.
Zhao Zhixiong's brows wrinkled into a shape of a "川" as he listened to their analysis.
He is neutral and does not want to support any prince.
But his second daughter might have been spoiled by him. At first, she refused to marry anyone other than Prince Ning, and later she calmly accepted the imperial decree to marry her into the Eastern Palace.
Now, he entered Prince Ning's palace again with a concealed identity.
What on earth is she trying to accomplish by doing all this?
Although the Empress is in great favor now, the Eighteenth Prince has been demoted to a commoner and has been missing for many days, and the Nineteenth Prince is only five years old and is still far from that position.
Although the Crown Prince's position seems to be stable, the Emperor is in his prime and there are still variables.
Prince Ning had many concubines, and each of them had useful connections or money behind them.
Moreover, he has the most offspring. If the emperor lives another 20 years, it is hard to say whether the throne will fall to the prince or the emperor's grandson.
......
“Swoosh~”
Just as Zhao Zhixiong was calculating the current situation and trying to determine whether he should allow his second daughter to be willful.
A feather arrow broke through the air and hit the window frame outside the study with great force.
"Come here, catch the assassin."
The guards in the yard were immediately on alert, and a group of people quickly chased in the direction from which the arrow came.
"Sir, there is a letter on the arrow."
The guard who stayed behind took down the arrow, found the letter on it, and hurriedly took it to the study.
Zhao Zhixiong took the envelope, opened it and read it, and he became uneasy.
"I have to go to Prince Ning's Mansion."
After saying this, he stood up and walked out.
"Master Zhao, no."
Yu Bai and Lu Yuan said in unison.
It was already dark, and Zhao Zhixiong went to Prince Ning's Mansion without any legitimate reason, and it was the same night that Zhao Tian left a letter and left the East Palace.
This move is inappropriate in any way.
If the fact that Zhao Tian went to Prince Ning's Mansion were to be exposed by someone with ulterior motives, Zhao Zhixiong would be in big trouble.
Given Prince Ning's personality, not only would he not speak for Zhao Zhixiong, he would also completely distance himself from the matter.
"But......"
Zhao Zhixiong also knew that he was impulsive.
But the letter that the arrow just sent said...
If he doesn't go to Prince Ning's Mansion again, his daughter might be in danger.
"Well, forget it. You two gentlemen, please take a look at this secret letter first."
After a moment's hesitation, Zhao Zhixiong sat back in his chair and pushed the secret letter to Yu Bai and Lu Yuan, asking them to take a look.
He was the Minister of War and had read a lot of military books, but he was not good at getting along with his colleagues in the court.
Otherwise, he would not have spent money to support these retainers.
As for matters in the rear house, he had neither the mind nor the energy to care about them.
And his second daughter was really good at making trouble for her, and the troubles she was looking for were all about the affairs in the backyard of Prince Ning's mansion.
If she had entered Prince Ning's Mansion openly, it would have been more appropriate for her mother to handle the matter.
But she had just changed her identity and entered Prince Ning's Mansion when something went wrong. Who could make the decision for her?
All he wanted to do was to take her out of Prince Ning's Mansion and then find a way to send her back to the East Palace.
"Sir, I think we should first send someone to sneak into Prince Ning's mansion to verify what is said in this secret letter before making any plans."
After reading the secret letter, Yu Bai felt a little dizzy.
What is going on?
As far as he knew, the backyard of Prince Ning's mansion had already been crowded with people, and Princess Ning did not have a reputation for being jealous.
Why can't there be room for Miss Zhao Er?
"Sir, it would be better to send a few skilled men to pick up the Second Miss directly. The Second Miss really shouldn't go to the Ning Palace."
This time, Lu Yuan’s idea was different from Yu Bai’s.
He even agreed with Zhao Zhixiong that Zhao Tian should be sent back to the East Palace as soon as possible.
However, they all seemed to have overlooked the letter from the Eastern Palace that was supposedly from Zhao Tian, which said, "She was originally Prince Ning's woman."
Since she is Prince Ning's person, why do they think the Eastern Palace will keep her?
Zhao Zhixiong's eyes rested on the letter brought by Yujian.
'Miss Zhao sneaked into Prince Ning's mansion through a dog hole. After reaching the main courtyard, she saw Prince Ning but was bumped into by Princess Ning. Princess Ning drew her knife and stabbed her, but Prince Ning remained indifferent.'
Dog hole, another dog hole.
Did the Eastern Palace and Prince Ning's Mansion have an agreement to dig a dog hole in the wall and wait for his daughter to drill into it?
"Someone come."
Zhao Zhixiong thought about it and decided to listen to Lu Yuan for the sake of his daughter's life.
No matter what, let's get the person out first.
"Master, I'm here."
This person is Sun Zhixiong's trusted aide Zhao Chuan.
Zhao Zhixiong has no ambition, so he does not disregard the rules to raise secret guards.
In addition to the guards provided to him by the court, he and his children and grandchildren each had two attendants.
Although he knew that there were no secret guards in Prince Ning's Mansion, but with the skills of the guards in his mansion, there was no way they could successfully "pick up" a living person from Prince Ning's Mansion.
So, he decided to let Zhao Chuan Hua Yinzi find someone to help him do this.
There are many forces in the capital that engage in this kind of business.
"You are like this..."
Zhao Zhixiong gave a few instructions, and Zhao Chuan agreed and left.
"Gentlemen, please go back and rest first. I will wait for you."
It was getting late, and it was indeed inappropriate to keep the guest waiting with him.
Zhao Zhixiong took the initiative to suggest that they leave first.
Yu Bai and Lu Yuan looked at each other and felt that it was time for them to withdraw.
It’s not that they were unwilling to accompany Zhao Zhixiong in the study, but they were worried that they would not be suitable to get involved in what would happen after Zhao Tian was brought back.
"Sir, we will go back first. If you still need us to help you tonight, please send someone to call us anytime."
Yu Bai and Luyuan stood up and said goodbye.
They lived in Zhao Zhixiong's mansion, ate his food and used his things, so of course they had to provide service at all times and in all places.
"Well, that's natural."
Zhao Zhixiong stood up to see them off. He sat down again after Yu Bai and Lu Yuan walked out of the study and disappeared into the night.
His eyes unconsciously fell on the two secret letters spread out on the table.
"My daughter doesn't want to stay in the East Palace as a widow. She is the Ning Wang's woman,......"
Is this really written by his daughter?
Living as a widow? Originally the Ning King's person? What does this mean?
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