Chapter 401 Conspiracy
"Brother Prince, was there anyone accompanying you when you came?"
Xiao Chengqian was helpless. He felt very bad when he saw Huanhuan having to hide from him.
"Don't worry, Huanhuan. No one will know I'm here. You've lost weight after not seeing you for so long." Xiao Chengqian reached out and gently touched her head. "Let's go back to the Du Mansion. I'll be sad if you're like this."
Du Zhihuan saw the sincerity in his eyes and knew he was truly distressed for her. "Don't you think I look better after losing a little weight?"
Xiao Chengqian looked her over carefully again, smiled and kissed her forehead, then pulled her to the single couch behind the screen and sat down with his arms around her. "Hanhuan, besides missing me and wanting to see me, do you have anything else to say?"
Du Zhihuan asked, "I've noticed that there are people watching the Song Mansion and the Flower Manor these days. Are they your people?"
Xiao Chengqian didn't hide anything. "Last time we met, didn't you say that Wu Lingheng's men might come and force you to do something you didn't want to do? I was worried, so I arranged for someone to keep an eye on you and protect you. Are you scared?"
Du Zhihuan tilted her head to look him in the eye. "I'm a little scared, but if someone really comes knocking on your door, what will you do?"
Xiao Chengqian looked at the girl he loved in front of him, her heart and eyes full of him.
Even if he explained it to her, she would still stick to his side.
But Song Yu couldn't do that. Although she liked him now, he didn't dare to really open his heart to Song Yu.
"Of course we should give him a thorough trial. How can Wu Lingheng have the confidence to return to the capital? I guess he is waiting for you to show mercy and pardon him by virtue of your status as a husband."
Du Zhihuan blinked. "Will you show mercy and allow him to return to Beijing in the future?"
Xiao Chengqian smiled and said, "He is your biological father after all. If you want him to come back, you can let him come back."
"...Then when I turn eighteen, I might marry someone else."
"You don't have to wait that long."
How long will it take?
Du Zhihuan had to speak frankly, "Brother Crown Prince, I can probably guess what you are going to do, but now your sister is taking care of the little prince. His health is getting better and better, and it will not be a problem for him to get married and have children when he grows up. You said you wouldn't make me wait that long, you probably want to..." Du Zhihuan whispered in his ear.
Xiao Chengqian nodded, "I really can't hide it from you."
Du Zhihuan: "If this doesn't work out, it's a capital crime. I don't want you to take risks or get into trouble."
Xiao Chengqian said, "Don't worry about this. If Song Yu marries me, she won't be treating the little prince anymore. I have my own way of making the little prince willingly abdicate to me. I'll know if it's feasible when Wu Lingheng's people come knocking on my door. If not, we still have Song Yu."
Du Zhihuan instantly understood his intention. "Sister is a good healer. If we don't let her continue to treat him, the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine might become suspicious of Prince Rong's mansion. It's better to let Sister continue to treat the little prince. But Sister is not the one who actually treats the little prince."
Xiao Chengqian: "You mean to ask someone to pretend to be Song Yu and examine the little prince?"
Du Zhihuan nodded slightly.
Xiao Chengqian thought this was a really good idea, "...but it's too hard to find someone who can disguise himself and has medical skills."
"It's not hard to find. Wu Lingheng's people have already found me."
"What?" Xiao Chengqian was shocked. "Impossible. I have people guarding the house every day. There's no way I wouldn't know if a stranger came to my house."
"Are you sure your men will keep an eye on the Song Mansion for twelve hours without blinking?"
Well……
It is not impossible that the people below are cheating.
"Did the other party really find you?"
"Yes, my brother." Du Zhihuan told him truthfully, "There is a kind of Gu that can change a person's face without killing them..."
Xiao Chengqian lowered his eyes to suppress the excitement in his eyes.
This method is good, but... Song Yu will be imprisoned.
Sister Yu is also very cute and charming, and now she is attracted to him again.
He was a little reluctant.
But her adoptive father Song Mingen might also be his uncle.
My father wanted to take action against my grandparents that day.
He would also find ways to force Sister Yu to do something to the little prince.
Even if he doesn't do it, his father will do it.
But my father's method is easy to be exposed, but this recipe is secretive and unknown.
"Where is he? I want to see him. It would be safer to let the young prince voluntarily give up power."
Seeing him hesitate just now, Du Zhihuan thought that he was in love with Song Yu and couldn't bear to let her go.
"There's no need to meet him. You can arrange for someone to keep an eye on the Song Mansion, and my sister might also arrange for someone to keep an eye on my whereabouts."
Xiao Chengqian was puzzled: "How could it be?"
"Of course you're worried about me meeting you privately. After all, it was me who was engaged to you all these years. Now that the engagement has been taken back, it's natural for you to have some concerns."
Xiao Chengqian felt inexplicably strange in his heart. Sister Yu seemed to be attracted to him and was afraid that he would have any connection with Huanhuan.
"...The young emperor is seriously ill, so the emperor will naturally entrust you with important tasks. Looking at the entire imperial family, who can compare to you?"
Xiao Chengqian pursed his lips. The entire royal family was dominated by women and weak by men. Now only the prince Xiao Huairen was still running around outside.
Not only was he greedy for beauty and had a large number of concubines in his backyard, but his body was also hollowed out at a young age.
If the little prince collapses or dies of illness, the emperor will definitely pass the throne to himself.
"Hanhan." Xiao Chengqian looked at her face, "Is there really such a Gu?"
"I saw him demonstrate it myself, it can't be fake. Mother will wake up in a quarter of an hour, so we should hurry and discuss it carefully."
Yun Que took Su Beiqing's pulse and felt a little anxious.
Why hasn’t the lady come back yet?
Madam is about to wake up.
Yunyan pressed her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Miss, you know your limits and will come over when the time comes."
Yunyan then opened half of the door and whispered a few words to Yunyan at the door.
Yunyan responded with lip language: "Don't worry, even if someone is following us, they can only be outside."
Du Zhihuan opened the door gently at the right time. Seeing Yunyan giving her a reassuring look, Du Zhihuan quickly returned to the private room opposite.
The moment Du Zhihuan came in, Su Beiqing on the couch woke up by pressing her solar plexus.
"Mom, have you rested enough? Can we go home now?"
Su Beiqing didn't expect that she was so sleepy that she fell asleep directly. Was it because of her age?
Looking at Du Zhihuan, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.
"How long have I slept?"
"Less than three-quarters of an hour. It's my fault for letting you go shopping so early in the morning."
"It's okay, just going shopping is a good way to stretch your muscles. Let's go, we'll go back soon. Your father is waiting anxiously."
Half an incense stick of time after the mother and daughter left the restaurant, Xiao Chengqian left from the back door and got on the carriage prepared by Long Wu. He went to the shop under his own name, changed his clothes, and then got on his own carriage with a pearl necklace and a canopy and returned to the yamen.
At the same time, Xiao Yanxu and Gu Yining left the Nine-Story Tower.
"Ning'er, are we going back now, or where are we going?"
"Leave the city! We won't be able to see Miss Yu today because we don't have classes at Fenggong Academy. Tomorrow we'll wait for her on the road and bring her some farm vegetables, eggs, pheasants, and local specialties. She gave us medicine and silver, so as simple country folk, we have to thank her in any way."
Xiao Yanxu smiled and said, "Will Yu girl accept it?"
"That's our gift, she will accept it. Oh, and by the way, the people below have to keep a close eye on our son. It's been so long and we haven't found anything."
Seeing the two of them walking away, Song Mingen led Wen Can and hurried to catch up.
"Brother, why are they still out of the city?"
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