There is a secret room in Qianhua Palace.
When Yuan Yao rushed back, the guards were being punished in a secret room.
Stepping into the dark room, the stench of blood assaulted the nostrils.
Hearing a voice, someone inside asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me!" Yuan Yao, with her short legs, held onto the door of the dark room and walked in with difficulty.
This secret room was built underground in Qianhua Palace.
The dark room was enormous, filled with all sorts of weapons, including many instruments of torture. Tall candle holders illuminated the room brightly.
Nevertheless, it was still eerie.
Yuan Yao mustered her courage and went inside: "Father..."
The Ninth Prince sat at his desk, and upon seeing her, his eyes turned icy: "Danqing!"
Yuan Yao, with her short legs, walked towards the Ninth Prince: "Sister Danqing didn't come in; I asked her to show me the way!"
“You…” The Ninth Prince was taken aback.
There were several pools of blood on the ground.
Yuan Yao looked down and asked, "Father, did you hit my bodyguard?"
Upon hearing this, the Ninth Prince frowned slightly: "He disobeyed my orders and took you out of the city without permission. I have already shown mercy by not killing him."
That means that silly bodyguard must have been beaten!
If you ask him to change into women's clothing, he will actually do so.
If you tell him to put on rouge and powder, he will.
Earlier, when asked to do a plank, he held it for several hours without uttering a sound.
Silly, yet loyal...
It's so heartbreaking!
How can someone like that be punished because of her?
Yuan Yao walked up to the Ninth Prince, opened her bright black eyes, and looked up at him: "Father, I forced the guard to leave the city today. It has nothing to do with him. He is innocent and should not be punished!"
If you must punish someone, punish me instead!
Looking at the tiny figure before him, the Ninth Prince's forehead veins bulged: "You... are you pleading for a mere bodyguard?"
His little dumpling actually made him punish her for the sake of a bodyguard?
Is she...blaming him, her father?
Realizing this, the Ninth Prince was extremely displeased, radiating a chilling aura: "Little Yao'er, are you challenging your father's authority?"
Yuan Yao shook her head, replying without the slightest fear, "Yao'er no! In Yao'er's heart, Father is the most powerful person in the world, and also the father Yao'er respects and loves the most!"
The Ninth Prince subtly curled his lips, then coldly said, "In that case, listen to your father and go out first."
"No!" Yuan Yao said in her childish voice, "Unless Daddy returns my intact bodyguards!"
"Return it to you?" The Ninth Prince laughed in anger: "That guard is my man."
"But Father gave him to me!" Yuan Yao's little voice was particularly loud: "Since Father hasn't taken him back yet, then he belongs to Yao'er!"
Yao'er's people, Yao'er will protect them!
"Oh……"
A very soft laugh echoed in the empty, dark room.
Are there still people inside?
Yuan Yao was startled and quickly leaned against the Ninth Prince.
Nine Thousand Years Old: "..."
He couldn't help himself, so he raised his hand and gently patted Yuan Yao's little head reassuringly: "Don't be afraid." After saying that, he said to the air: "Come out."
Soon, a figure, like a ghost, silently landed in front of Yuan Yao.
He's so tall...
Yuan Yao raised her head.
The newcomer was dressed entirely in black, with not a single inch of skin showing, making him appear like a shadow.
The man spoke up: "Princess."
The voice was so ethereal, it was impossible to tell if it was a man or a woman...
Yuan Yao stared at him expectantly: "Who are you?"
“Me?” The shadow paused for a moment, then replied, “I am me, and I can be anyone.”
Yuan Yao: "???"
Can't understand!
Seeing her bewildered expression, the shadow said, "Canfeng has indeed found a good master."
A lingering wind?
And who is that?
Yuan Yao was even more confused.
At that moment, with a "whoosh," another dark figure landed and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, Master, Princess."
"It's you!" Yuan Yao exclaimed with delight, and quickly stepped forward, asking, "Are you alright?"
So, her bodyguard was named Canfeng?
The Ninth Prince, who had been absent for some time, had already taken out his fan and waved it lightly, saying, "I have not punished your guards."
Hearing this, Yuan Yao blushed slightly: "Father, I'm sorry, Yao'er was wrong..."
Her words must have hurt her father's feelings.
It's all her fault, she was too impulsive!
The Ninth Prince looked down at her, his voice soft and feminine: "I am very pleased that you spoke up for your own people."
"Father, aren't you angry with me?" Yuan Yao's eyes lit up.
The Ninth Prince bent down and scooped her up: "In your eyes, is your father such a petty person?"
"Ah! Father is so good! You scared me to death!" Yuan Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
On her way back, she was both anxious and uneasy.
Thank goodness!
She must be too cute for her father to bear blaming her!
Thinking it over, Yuan Yao hugged the Ninth Prince's neck, gave him a big kiss on the cheek: "Smack!"
A loud sound echoed in the dark room.
"You little dumpling..." The Ninth Prince narrowed his eyes and pinched her cheek with his slender fingers.
There are still people here.
He cannot lose his dignity as the Ninth Prince.
Yuan Yao smiled brightly.
The Ninth Prince pinched her twice more before turning to Canfeng's master: "How did the task I asked you to do go?"
Shadow replied, "The Xuanping Prince's Mansion just had a son last month, and it was said to be the son of the Princess Consort. However, yesterday, the Princess Consort and the Prince had a fight. The Princess Consort went back to her parents' home overnight, crying and complaining that she did not want to raise the child."
The witnesses and physical evidence are all ready. Tonight, I will deliver the body and evidence to the Prince of Xuanping's residence. Your Majesty, please be prepared.
“Prince Xuanping?” The Ninth Prince murmured the name. “He does have guts, but unfortunately, he has no brains.”
Yuan Yao, standing to the side, was completely bewildered.
Who was the Prince Xuanping?
What about the corpse?
Why did the princess cry and go back to her parents' home after the Prince of Xuanping had a baby?
Could it be...
Suddenly, the image of the wet nurse who tried to kill her on her first day here flashed into Yuan Yao's mind...
I remember that after that wet nurse committed suicide, the Ninth Prince ordered a thorough investigation of the powerful families and the submission of a list of wives who had given birth to children…
It turns out that the wet nurse who wanted to kill her came from the Xuanping Prince's mansion!
You mean the Prince of Xuanping?
This feud has been formed.
Considering Yuan Yao's presence, and knowing that some things were inconvenient to say, the Ninth Prince spoke up: "Canfeng, take the princess away."
"yes."
Like a gust of wind, Canfeng picked up Yuanyao and quickly left the dark room.
Dusk was approaching, and a gentle evening breeze was blowing.
Yuan Yao, with her hands behind her back, walked on the bluestone bricks and said in a childish voice, "Canfeng?"
"Your subordinate is here."
"Lingering wind".
"Your subordinate is here."
Yuan Yao was particularly satisfied: "Hmm! Canfeng is so well-behaved!"
Remnant Wind: "..."
good?
He's an adult, not a child...
Canfeng knelt on one knee and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you, Princess, for pleading for me and allowing me to be spared punishment."
Also, last time, it was the princess who pleaded for him, and that's why Canfeng didn't lose his finger.
From now on, for the sake of the princess, I will be willing to die a thousand deaths!
What a silly goose!
Yuan Yao sighed and asked, "Canfeng, from now on, whatever I ask you to do, you will do it for me, right?"
Canfeng nodded: "Yes."
Yuan Yao paused for a moment, then murmured, "Then, if I were to tell you to die one day, would you go?"
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