Chapter 42 The Prince Who Failed to Revolt
When Zhang Xiaojia arrived at the harem, he found his aunt sitting around a table with several concubines playing mahjong, laughing and chatting.
She tiptoed to the soft couch in front of the window and slowly lay down. Here, no one would dare to harass her.
3095 appeared in my mind.
Zhang Xiaojia bluntly raised her doubts: "What's going on in this world? Why did the Fourth Princess mistakenly think I wanted to enter the harem?"
A strange light flickered in 3095's eyes as it explained, "Didn't I tell you long ago that this is the third life?"
Zhang Xiaojia frowned and asked, "Yes, but the Fourth Princess's behavior and attitude are completely inconsistent with the plot I know. What is going on?"
3095 sighed softly and patiently explained, "In the second life, Yao Wanqing was reborn and successfully ascended the throne of Empress, while He Fei tragically died while guarding the imperial mausoleum. As for the original owner, she was completely despised by the emperor and ultimately spent the rest of her life in a desolate imperial temple. Now it's the third life, and of course there are time travelers and reborn people, but she only knows the plot of the second life."
Zhang Xiaojia had an expression of disbelief on his face: "The world is full of time travelers, like a sieve with holes everywhere."
3095 sneered, his tone filled with helplessness and sarcasm. "This is all thanks to you. We were originally just background characters and systems, but we are now qualified to enter the punishment world. In the punishment world, there are usually more than two travelers or reborn people. I am a 3095-level rookie system, but now I am quite famous in the main god system."
Zhang Xiaojia raised the key question: "In other words, there is a female time traveler who knows the plot of the second life and is currently lurking beside the Fourth Princess. Who is she?"
3095 shrugged and said helplessly, "How should I know? I went from being an obscure background system to the current female supporting system, all thanks to you. Well, I have to go look after the new white system I brought in. It's even more of a novice than you were back then. Goodbye."
Zhang Xiaojia hurriedly stopped it, "Wait, one last question. In the second generation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, did it expand its territory and achieve national prosperity?"
3095 replied briefly and decisively, "No."
"Okay, go ahead." Zhang Xiaojia waved his hand and watched 3095's figure gradually disappear.
Then she closed her eyes, letting the warm sunlight shine on her body, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
She had arranged for people from the Wude Division to secretly monitor the meeting between the Fourth Princess and her, and believed that they would pass on important information to the Emperor.
In another part of the palace, the Wude Envoy took advantage of the emperor's lunch to clear out all the people and reported to the emperor in detail the secret meeting between the Fourth Princess and the Princess of Lin'an County.
A complex light flashed in the emperor's eyes. After a moment of contemplation, he asked, "Tell me, if Jingwen had really been unconscious and sent to the imperial mausoleum, and Lin'an had taken the initiative to ask for a divorce and seduced me according to Yao's original plan, how would I treat Lin'an?"
Seeing no one answered, the emperor looked up and saw Xiao Maizi pouting slightly.
"Xiaomizi, come on, tell me the truth." The emperor ordered.
"As you wish, Your Majesty. I saw with my own eyes that when the Lin'an County Lady struck the drum for reporting to the emperor in the previous dynasty, she wanted to call out 'Daddy' several times, but she forced herself to swallow it back." Xiao Maizi answered respectfully.
The Wude Envoy continued, "Your Majesty, could it be that the Fourth Princess has also encountered some strange adventure like Yao?"
"Investigate!" The emperor uttered a word briefly and forcefully.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Dali Temple Minister hurriedly asked for an audience. Xiao Maizi hurried forward to welcome him in.
The Dali Temple Minister was sweating profusely, his expression extremely serious: "Your Majesty, I have an important matter to report."
The emperor frowned and said, "Speak!"
The Grand Court Minister said, "This morning, two people were sent to Lin'an, claiming they were causing trouble at her porridge stall. Since I was on duty alone today, I handled them myself. These two were the daughter of the governor of Hedong and the son of the fourth princess. They accused the porridge of being mixed with dirt. I was about to send them away, but just then, the governor's daughter suddenly knelt and kowtowed, demanding that I severely punish the porridge distributors, and spoke wildly. I have detained them both. I sincerely suspect that the governor's daughter was possessed by a ghost, which caused her to kneel and kowtow."
After hearing this, the emperor's eyes twitched.
"What outrageous words did she say? Tell me." The emperor asked.
The Grand Court official cautiously replied, "Your Majesty, the daughter of the Hedong Jiedushi claims that the Lin'an County Princess, while ostensibly benevolent, harbors ulterior motives, intending to seduce the Emperor and infiltrate the harem, harming the Empress. She also asserts that the Lin'an County Princess is proficient in poison techniques, and she vows to protect the deep bond between the Emperor and the Empress with her life, and will not allow the Lin'an County Princess's scheme to succeed."
When the emperor heard this, he thought it was also stupid.
The emperor decisively ordered: "These two people will be handed over to the Wude Division for handling. Jiang Xing, I will give you one day to investigate this matter thoroughly."
Jiang Xing, the military envoy, knelt down and accepted the order: "I obey your command."
After saying this, Jiang Xing and the Dali Temple Minister withdrew together.
The emperor then asked, "Where is Lin'an?"
The eunuch beside him quickly replied, "Your Majesty, the Princess of Lin'an is currently with Concubine Dowager Chen."
Upon hearing this, the emperor rose and headed for his mother's residence. He saw his mother enthusiastically playing mahjong with several imperial concubines, while Lin'an was curled up on a soft couch by the window, soundly sleeping, with a few drops of saliva hanging from the corners of his mouth.
In other words, Jingwen treated her as a treasure. When they were young, she drew maps on his body more than once. Whenever he thought about her entering the harem, he couldn't get an erection.
The emperor walked gently to Lin'an, stretched out his hand and hit her on the head.
Zhang Xiaojia (Lin'an) dazedly opened his eyes, and upon seeing the emperor, his expression immediately changed. He cried, "Dad, the fourth princess bullied me, you must kill her for me."
The emperor didn't bother to pay attention to her and said directly: "You should bring more guards and secret guards with you during this period. The fourth princess may have secret guards left to her by the late emperor. Okay, you can go visit the little uncle now."
Zhang Xiaojia blinked and looked at the emperor, saying, "Brother, won't you send me guards? Guards cost money. How much more money will I have to spend every month?"
The emperor smiled slightly and said, "You are not short of money, are you?"
Zhang Xiaojia pouted and said, "What if the warehouse doesn't have a single penny left in the future?"
The emperor shook his head helplessly and said, "As long as you don't mind, I will send guards to you."
Zhang Xiaojia's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he added, "The secret guards also want it, and they don't want me to pay for it, they want you to pay for it."
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