What should I do? Chu Yao's forehead suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

The footsteps are getting closer! The person inside is coming out!

Suddenly, Chu Yao had an idea and immediately jumped down the stairs in two or three steps.

Then he pretended to run over, stepped hard on the steps with one foot, and shouted.

"Mother!"

At this moment, the door was opened.

Concubine Xian looked at him and asked, "Didn't Yao'er go back?"

Chu Yao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't mention it. I had already walked to the door when I suddenly realized that I had left my father's jade pendant behind."

As he said that, he walked in and put away the jade pendant on the table.

"My son is back now. Please have a good rest, mother."

"Wait a moment!"

The virtuous concubine stopped Chu Yao who was about to leave, looked at him and smiled: "Yao'er, help your mother to bring a letter to your grandfather."

What is the Xiao family going to do next? Just when Chu Yao was wondering, Concubine Xian had already returned to her bedroom.

She took out a small porcelain bottle from a secret compartment, dipped the brush in it a few times, and began to write on the paper.

The strange thing is that wherever the brush passed, not a single word was left behind.

After writing, Concubine Xian thought about it and decided to pull out a hair, cut it into two pieces, stuff half into the envelope, put the other half on the letter paper and fold it up, then wrote another line on the paper.

Everything was ready, and Concubine Xian came out again. She looked at Chu Yao with a serious expression.

"This letter must be delivered to your grandfather intact, remember?"

Chu Yao nodded and patted his chest, "Don't worry, mother!"

Watching his leaving back, Concubine Xian paced back and forth slightly uncomfortably.

Outside Changhua Palace As soon as he saw him coming out, Xiao Duzi went to greet him, "Third Prince, what did the Concubine Xian say to you?"

Hearing this, Chu Yao glared at him and said, "What did my mother say to me? What does it have to do with you?"

Xiao Duzi smiled ingratiatingly, "I am a little worried because you have been staying for a long time."

Chu Yao snorted. He kept asking questions about this and that. What a tactless guy. He is even worse than Xiao Anzi!

Speaking of Xiao Anzi...

His eyelids trembled slightly. After returning from Changhua Palace that night, he never saw Xiao Anzi again.

Could it be the mother...

"Your Highness, where are you planning to go?"

Xiao Duzi's voice interrupted his recollections.

He took out the letter and shook it, "First return the jade pendant to father, then leave the palace to help mother deliver the letter."

Seeing that he wanted to take the letter to the imperial study, little Duzi was immediately frightened.

What if the emperor suddenly wanted to open the letter and take a look? He immediately advised bitterly: "Your Highness, let me deliver the jade pendant."

"presumptuous!"

Chu Yao glared at him and shouted, "How dare you! Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

He also wanted to take the opportunity to tell his father that the news had been successfully leaked.

"I deserve to die, please forgive me, Your Highness."

Xiao Duzi immediately knelt on the ground and slapped himself twice in the face.

"This is my father's jade pendant. Are you allowed to touch it?"

"But this letter..."

Although Xiao Duzi was also afraid of him, it was obvious that he was more afraid of the Xiao family and Concubine Xian.

Holding the envelope, Chu Yao was a little hesitant.

As soon as he heard that his mother was going to send a message to the Xiao family, he subconsciously wanted to give it to his father.

But for some reason, I always feel uneasy.

Thinking of this, he stuffed the envelope into Xiao Duzi's hand and said, "Wait here!"

"Your Highness!" Xiao Duzi held the letter and felt it was extremely hot.

The Third Prince is really going to make him suffer! He looked around cautiously, then held it tightly in his arms.

It's easy to tell with your toes that there must be some extremely treasonous content in this.

He must not let anyone else know about this. If anything goes wrong in his hands, he will be dead!

After entering the imperial study, Chu Yao told what happened in Changhua Palace and about the message.

Emperor Qixuan nodded and said, "You did a good job. It really cannot be opened."

Since there is a mysterious Xiao Shi in Changhua Palace, wouldn't it be safer to let him deliver the message?

But Concubine Xian did not, which shows that the letter was most likely a test for the third prince.

After Chu Yao left, Emperor Qixuan walked to the window. His face remained calm, but his hands behind his back were unconsciously clenched.

"The fish finally took the bait."

Suddenly, he turned around and looked somewhere, "Two people are not safe, send a few more people, and make sure they arrive before the Xiao family."

Xiao Mansion Chu Yao had just picked up the tea served by the maid when he heard:

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Xiao Wentao bowed.

Seeing this, Chu Yao's eyes flickered slightly and he sneered in his heart.

It's really ironic. She clearly despises this useless prince.

Even in his own territory, he was able to do his job so well that no one could find any fault with him.

How hypocritical!

Even though he hated the Xiao family's hypocritical behavior, he still had to play along with them.

Chu Yao immediately stood up from his chair, walked over quickly and dragged his hand.

"We are all family, why should Grandfather be so polite?"

The two sat down again, and Xiao Wentao asked, "I wonder why the Third Prince came here this time?"

"My mother has a letter and asked me to pass it to you." Chu Yao took out an envelope from his arms.

"oh?"

Xiao Wentao paused as he was stroking his beard, then took the letter.

Then he gave the butler a look, and Butler Xiao immediately took the servants out.

"Your Highness, please have some refreshments first."

Chu Yao looked as if he understood, and nodded with a smile, "Grandfather, please do as you please."

Xiao Wentao hurried back to the study with the letter, tidied up the desk, unfolded the letter, and when he saw the half hair, a hint of satisfaction flashed across his eyes.

Looking at the blank piece of letter paper, he took out a candle, lit it, and placed the letter paper on it. Under the heat of the candle, the words gradually appeared.

After reading it, Xiao Wentao frowned and opened the envelope. After seeing the other half of the hair, his expression eased a little.

"Ruer is still careful."

Then, he called a few assassins with a serious face, "At all costs, we must make the prisoners escorted by the Li family army shut up completely!"

When he returned to the hall and saw Chu Yao looking around and touching things, Xiao Wentao looked kind again.

"Does the Third Prince like it?"

Hearing his voice, Chu Yao withdrew his hand, "This jade carving is really exquisite."

Seeing this, Xiao Wentao laughed twice, "Since you like it, give it to Your Highness!"

Chu Yao waved his hands quickly, "That won't do. How can I take away my grandfather's favorite thing?"

"That's nothing."

Xiao Wentao waved his hand nonchalantly, "A few days ago, someone below presented a piece of top-quality warm jade the size of a chessboard. If Your Highness likes it, you can take it back."

Hearing this, Chu Yao dug his thumb hard into the joint of his index finger, his nails almost digging into the flesh.

A chessboard-sized warm jade? Even my father and grandmother didn't have it in their private vaults! How could he make corruption and bribery sound so easy and calm?

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Xiao Wentao became suspicious and looked at him, "What's wrong with you, Your Highness?"

Chu Yao suddenly came to his senses and then scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

"Don't be ridiculous, but I have never seen a chessboard-sized piece of top-quality jade in my life."

I see.

Seeing that he looked so naive, Xiao Wentao's doubts disappeared.

"Hahaha..." Xiao Wentao stroked his beard and patted his shoulder.

"It's okay. Just tell grandpa if you want something in the future. Even if grandpa doesn't have it, he will try his best to find it for you."

After saying this, he called the housekeeper and asked him to send the warm jade to the shop and ask the master craftsman to carve it.

The butler leaned forward respectfully and said, "May I ask what style the Third Prince likes? Whether it is a flying bird or a fierce beast, the craftsman can carve it to be lifelike."

Chu Yao thought for a moment and said, "The butterfly doesn't need to be too big, just make it into a jade pendant."

Butterfly pendant, butterfly jade pendant, and butterfly jade hairpin, Yaoyao will definitely like them.

Hearing his answer, Xiao Wentao lowered his eyes, hiding the sarcasm in his eyes.

Butterfly?

This kind of mentality is really unlike the Chu family! In his opinion, a person's temperament can be known from his preferences.

Just like the late emperor and Your Majesty both liked ferocious beasts such as tigers, wolves and cheetahs.

Even the gentle prince likes birds of prey like the Saker Falcon...

Like flashy, fragile and short-lived butterflies? Humph! That's fine. What the Xiao family needs is such a useless, weak and incompetent puppet emperor.

It seems that Ru'er has taught the third prince very well.

Thinking of this, Xiao Wentao was in a good mood and immediately waved his hand.

"Okay! Grandfather will let them carve whatever the Third Prince likes."

Suddenly, there was a noise outside.

"Who the hell does he think he is? How dare he turn his face away from me!"

(End of this chapter)