When Yuan Yao thought of the Empress Dowager, he thought of the Minister of Revenue and his family.
Po Yue once said that the Minister of Revenue who committed suicide was one of the Empress Dowager's men!
The Empress Dowager, she was the champion of the previous palace intrigue!
She must be no simple character...
For a time, Yuan Yao had a terrible headache.
Meanwhile, the trouble with the Chu envoy was still unresolved.
Now, foreigners have entered the capital again.
The Empress Dowager's birthday is approaching...
How busy must the Emperor be, with his nine thousand years of service?
My heart aches!
At this moment, Huaiyao asked, "If the Empress Dowager returns, will Jiang Lanyue also return?"
Jiang Lanyue?
Yuan Yao had almost forgotten about this person.
Huairou said helplessly, "Huaiyao, why do you have such a big prejudice against Lanyue?"
No matter what, she's still our sister.
"Who said she's my sister?" Huaiyao said irritably. "I get annoyed just seeing her! She's always acting like a doormat, crying and whining all the time. It's so annoying!"
"Alright, let's not talk about her anymore." Huairou gently comforted her, "Anyway, she won't be staying in the capital for more than a few days."
She's back. Just bear with it for now. After Grandmother's birthday celebration, she'll go back to Mount Fotai, won't she?
"Hmph!" Huaiyao snorted coldly.
The sudden mention of the Empress Dowager's return to the capital caused everyone to lose their appetite.
After having some desserts, the Crown Prince stood up first: "Yao'er, we should go back to the palace. You should go back early too."
Yuan Yao stood up: "I'll have someone prepare some desserts for the princes to take back to the palace."
With that, she went out to give instructions.
Jiang Chengyan glanced at the Crown Prince, then stepped out the door: "You all go back first, I'll go back with Yuan Yao!"
"Chengyan." Huairou frowned slightly. "The Empress Dowager said we should go back early. What if you stay too late and encounter danger?"
"What are you afraid of?" Jiang Chengyan turned around and said with a stern face, "There are as many people who want to kill me as there are who want to kill Yuan Yao."
Being with her is actually safer!
“Chengyan!” Huairou shook her head at him.
Huaiyao pulled Huairou aside: "Don't worry, Yuanyao has secret guards around her."
“But…” Huairou was still worried.
"If Yuan Yao is alright, then Cheng Yan will be fine too." Huai Yao frowned: "Alright, Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace!"
Hurry back to the palace and teach me that lousy embroidery. I still can't do it, and I have to hand it in tomorrow. It's so annoying!
I think I should get a bodyguard too, so he can help me copy homework and embroider every day!
The hidden guards in the shadows: "..."
Po Yue slowly raised her hand and covered her ears.
Hopefully, the princess won't hear Princess Huaiyao's nonsensical words...
When the Crown Prince, Huairou, and Huaiyao left, each of their maids carried two large food boxes.
The Crown Prince's face flushed slightly: "Yao'er, you really don't need to take so much..."
He, the crown prince, actually indulged in gluttony. If those pedantic ministers found out, they would surely impeach him again...
Yuan Yao, small as a child, stood in front of him, tilting her head back and blinking: "Your Highness, secretly take these back to the East Palace."
Eat slowly when no one's around; no one will know!
She had planned it all out.
Huairou will definitely take some to the Empress, and Huaiyao will certainly take some to Consort Lin.
She packed a separate copy for the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.
The crown prince is also pitiful.
As the crown prince, even eating a few extra bites of his favorite food would be met with complaints from his subordinates...
Shaking her head, Yuan Yao turned and went back.
Springtime all year round.
The lobby was already filled with guests.
The staff were moving back and forth, serving complimentary desserts to the guests.
Some people stand in front of the counter and simply say what they want to take away.
Each person who packed up their food left with a food box in their hand...
The more Yuan Yao looked, the more her brows furrowed.
What are you looking at?
A voice suddenly rang in my ears.
Yuan Yao patted her heart and turned around: "Second Prince?"
"Don't call me Second Prince," Jiang Chengyan said unhappily. "Others will hear it soon."
"If I don't call you Second Prince, what should I call you?" Yuan Yao asked curiously.
"Whatever you want," Jiang Chengyan said smugly.
Let her be?
Yuan Yao tilted her head: "Can I give you a nickname?"
ah!
It doesn't seem like it will work!
Yun Chan had told her to stop giving other people nicknames.
Not everyone is like a petty grudge, refusing to hold it against her...
Jiang Chengyan frowned deeply: "Why don't you just call me by my name?"
"I'm not the crown prince, why should I be bound by so many rules?"
Call me by my name...
All right.
Yuan Yao awkwardly said, "Cheng Yan."
"Mm," Jiang Chengyan responded.
Yuan Yao smiled brightly.
Jiang Chengyan looked at her, his originally stern face slightly flushed: "Um, say it again and let me hear it."
You little brat!
Yuan Yao pouted and called out again, "Cheng Yan, Cheng Yan..."
Jiang Chengyan was quite satisfied; his ears turned bright red.
Yuan Yao's voice was beautiful, and his name sounded even better when she called it...
Jiang Chengyan coughed lightly: "I'll wander around by myself first. You go ahead and do your work. Call me when you're leaving."
"Okay, but don't go too far!" Yuan Yao said.
"I know. In the palace, the Empress Dowager controlled me. Now that I'm out here, you'll still control me..." Jiang Chengyan muttered with a straight face, and walked towards the courtyard of the back kitchen.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao was both amused and exasperated, and went up to the third floor.
How can you compare her to the Empress?
The Empress is his biological mother; she's disciplining him for his own good.
At most, she felt that he was a prince of a country and should not be injured or endangered on her territory...
Yuan Yao thought for a moment and said to the air, "Po Yue, keep an eye on the Second Prince and make sure he doesn't get hurt."
Po Yue: "..."
He said sullenly, "Not good."
Um?
Yuan Yao frowned, tilted her head back, and turned around: "Po Yue, why do you always like to contradict me?"
Po Yue was silent for a while before replying, "Can Feng won't go against the princess's wishes. The princess will send Can Feng."
Yuan Yao: "?"
She's getting angry.
She discovered that Po Yue, this secret guard, was truly... every word he uttered hit the nail on the head!
The hand that was hitting him trembled slightly.
She gritted her teeth and glared straight ahead: "Po Yue, don't let me catch you!"
Po Yue said softly, "Princess, I am above your head."
Yuan Yao: "..."
She looked up at the dark figure squatting on the beam: "When we get back to Qianhua Palace tonight, you'll be punished by eating ten bowls of rice. No water and no vegetables allowed!"
"puff……"
A very soft laugh came from another beam.
The princess's methods of punishing people were always so unique.
Yuan Yao looked up and became even angrier.
"Canfeng! Are you all healed? Why are you running around like this?"
Canfeng, perched on the beam, coughed lightly and clutched his shoulder: "Your Highness, I am now fine."
Yuan Yao raised an eyebrow.
Judging from Canfeng's appearance, he must have just arrived recently.
Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with him.
She said, "Canfeng, come down."
After two breaths, Canfeng jumped down from the crossbeam.
Yuan Yao looked him up and down, then stroked her chin and said, "I'll have someone bring you some clothes to change into. Don't wear the bodyguard uniform anymore."
It's pitch black and really ugly.
ugly?
Po Yue said in a muffled voice, "The uniforms of the Dark Guard were personally selected by His Highness."
"Really?" Yuan Yao looked up at him. "But I didn't ask you to change it."
Po Yue: "..."
He seems to have taken 10,000 points of damage.
Po Yue said, "The jade in the fish pond is in my possession."
Yuan Yao: "?"
She narrowed her eyes: "I hid it well, why did you touch my jade? Are you trying to make me cry?"
“No,” Po Yue said, “you were being watched when you buried the jade.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao's expression immediately turned serious: "Who is it?"
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