Chapter 270: To Xiang Fei, as a Goddaughter

"Xie's girl, why don't you become my goddaughter?"

The more Xiang Fei looked at Xie Zhuoning, the more she liked him. She slapped her thigh and made a generous suggestion.

Princess Yunheng was naturally very happy about this and was even more excited than Xie Zhuoning herself. "Sister Ning, please agree to it quickly. From now on, we will be sisters!"

Originally, Xie Zhuoning only wanted to save Emperor Zhaowen and let him and Prince Yong restrain each other, so as to buy some time for her and Xiao Jinxuan.

Unexpectedly, there was a pleasant surprise.

Before long, the Queen and the Crown Prince Teng would take action and would surely take crazy revenge on her. It would naturally be a good thing for her to have more backers.

Xie Zhuoning immediately knelt down and offered tea to Xiang Fei, "My godmother, please accept my greetings!"

"Okay, okay!" Xiang Fei hadn't been so happy for a long time. She took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

Only Song Yuqiu was there, counting on her fingers, calculating the generation points seriously, "Sister Zhuoning and Princess Yunheng have become sworn sisters, so does that mean Sister Zhuoning follows Princess Yunheng in calling Prince Xuan little uncle? Or does Princess Yunheng follow Sister Zhuoning in calling him brother-in-law?"

Chaos, too much chaos!

Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu also set out from the palace.

But I didn’t expect that as soon as I arrived at the palace gate, I was stopped by someone, “Stop! What are you doing?”

Xie Zhuoning looked up at the gatekeepers and immediately stepped forward with Princess Yunheng's token, "Sir, we are leaving the palace to buy things for Princess Yunheng."

When they entered the palace, they did not use their own identities, but borrowed Princess Yunheng's token.

When she left the palace, she was disguised as a palace maid, under the pretext of purchasing goods for Princess Yunheng.

The guard took the token and took a look at it. He confirmed that it was real and his tone became much softer. "You two, please go back. The Queen has ordered that the palace gates be closed and the assassin be captured. No idle people are allowed to pass."

Xie Zhuoning had no choice but to accept the token and go back with Song Yuqiu.

Once they were alone, Song Yuqiu could no longer hold back and asked in a panic, "Sister Zhuo Ning, what does the Queen mean by this? In this way, won't we be trapped in the palace?"

After looking around to make sure there were no ears behind the wall, Xie Zhuoning frowned slightly, "When we left, the Queen was detained by His Majesty in Wanshou Palace. This order should have come from His Majesty."

Emperor Zhaowen asked Concubine Xiang and her daughter to keep his awakening secret for the time being, probably because he wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents.

"Then aren't we in danger?" Song Yuqiu squeezed his face in fear, revealing a mask of pain.

Xie Zhuoning chuckled and said, "Don't worry, we are just two insignificant palace maids now. Even if they want to target us, they can't target us."

Song Yuqiu heaved a sigh of relief. "I told you I'm lucky and I'm not that easy to kill. So, Sister Zhuoning, where are we going now?"

"Return to Jinghua Palace."

If they wandered around the palace, they might get bumped into and exposed, so they decided to go back to Jinghua Palace first and make plans.

Just as the two were about to leave, they heard a few palace servants talking as they walked -

"Have you heard? Just now, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan brought Miss Xie into the palace, saying that they were going to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager!"

"Everyone knows that the Empress Dowager raised His Royal Highness Prince Xuan and that she is the person His Royal Highness Prince Xuan respects the most. He has brought Miss Xie into the palace to meet the Empress Dowager. This probably means that he is determined to marry Miss Xie, right?"

"What about Princess Qingyi? She loved Prince Xuan for so many years but died with regrets. She is so pitiful."

"Oh, you are a lowly maid who does the dirtiest and most tiring work every day and whose life will be in danger if you make a mistake. You are worrying about what will happen to the princess who is so high and mighty. Is there something wrong with your brain?"

Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

There is nothing wrong with what you said!

However, doubts followed. Song Yuqiu pointed at Xie Zhuoning with a bewildered look on her face. "The eldest daughter of the Xie family has been taken by His Royal Highness Prince Xuan to see the Grand Empress Dowager. Then, Sister Zhuoning, who are you?"

Could it be that she has a sister who has been kept at home and never shown?

Xie Zhuoning smiled and chuckled, "Let's go find Xiao Jinxuan. He's here to take us out of the palace."

Soon, they saw the marks left by Feiyunwei on the road.

I followed him and saw Xiao Jinxuan.

He was dressed in a dark purple robe, with his hair tied up with a jade hairpin. He leaned forward slightly and looked at the flowers in the Yu Garden.

At first glance, it seems that the afterglow of the sun is casting an enveloping shadow on people, as beautiful as a painting.

Before Xie Zhuoning could call him, he raised his head and asked, "You're here?"

"Well, I heard the news you had spread, so I rushed over to find you."

The palace is so big, how could they have happened to hear the news as soon as Xiao Jinxuan entered the palace? It was obvious that someone had spread it deliberately.

"Why did you come to the palace?" Xie Zhuoning asked him instead.

And it happened to be at such a fortuitous time.

Xiao Jinxuan looked at her and shook his head helplessly, "Who told you to do anything without consulting me?"

If he hadn't heard the commotion in the palace and called Feiyuwei to ask, he wouldn't have known what had happened.

Then he saw that it was so late and they had not left the palace yet. He was worried, so he had to go into the palace to take a look himself.

Xie Zhuoning rubbed his brows and said, "A lot of things happened today. I'll tell you in detail when I get back."

Her mood was up and down all day, and she was never calm for a moment. She couldn't even express herself clearly in a few words.

"Yeah," Xiao Jinxuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Song Yuqiu's attention was completely on the woman standing next to him.

She was about the same height as Xie Zhuoning and was wearing the same clothes as Xie Zhuoning, except that she was wearing a veil on her face, so her appearance could not be seen clearly.

"Could they really be Sister Zhuo Ning's twin sisters?"

Just as Song Yuqiu was mumbling, the woman couldn't help herself and took off her veil, "Miss Song, it's me, Song Lan."

"Hey? Why are you here?" Song Yuqiu's eyes widened.

On the way here, she had already woven a bloody drama of sisterly rivalry in her mind!

However, when Xie Zhuoning first heard the news, he understood Xiao Jinxuan's plan.

If he wanted to take her out of the palace openly, he naturally had to bring "her" into the palace first.

Song Lan was, of course, the person who pretended to be her and entered the palace.

Xiao Jinxuan said: "I'll explain the details when we get back. Go change your clothes first."

Xie Zhuoning nodded, and immediately went with Song Lan to a deserted side hall to change clothes.

When she came out again, her hair was combed sideways and adorned with pearl hairpins. She was wearing a sky-blue dress with scattered water mist flowers, which made her look like a graceful willow in early spring.

Fresh and elegant, yet graceful and charming.

Song Lan smiled and said, "Young lady's clothes really only look good when worn by the young lady."

Although they have the same body shape, she looks like a dog instead of a tiger when she puts on the outfit.

"Yeah, it looks good." Xiao Jinxuan's eyes also showed some admiration, but he always felt that something was missing.

He plucked the flower he had just admired and pinned it in Xie Zhuoning's hair. "When I saw this flower just now, I was wondering what it would look like if it was pinned on your hair..."

Xie Zhuoning raised her head in slight surprise. The delicate and fresh flowers set off her fair and bright facial features, making her even more charming.

Xiao Jinxuan's heart skipped a beat.

Just as he imagined—

It’s really beautiful.