Chapter 652 The Third Princess
"Okay, mother, if Second Sister doesn't want to take my pulse, then I won't. I'll get better slowly with nursing care."
The second princess behind the big tree was obviously relieved.
Jiang Lianzhu asked Dabao again, "The Second Princess is not in good health. Where will she live in the future? Should she return to the Second Princess's Mansion, or stay in the Imperial Palace? If she lives in the harem, I can arrange a good palace for her, closer to where I live. In the future, if she gets sick, I can treat her in time..."
Without waiting for Dabao to answer, the second princess behind the tree hurriedly said, "Go home, go home, I want to go home, I miss home..."
Dabao hummed, "Alright, then let's reopen the Second Princess's Mansion and let Second Sister come home to live! I'll also send some more reliable people over to take care of Second Sister."
The second princess suddenly smiled happily.
A grown-up princess is no longer suitable to live in the palace.
What's more, she is the princess of the late emperor.
The late emperor is no longer around, so it's not very convenient for the princess to return to the palace.
Then, Dabao said to the servants around the second princess, "You are all the old people who serve the princess. If you serve well in the future, you will be rewarded."
The servants and palace maids bowed happily again and again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
"Long live the emperor!"
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Dabao spoke to the Second Princess in a friendly manner and gave orders to clean up the Second Princess's mansion, send the Second Princess back home, etc.
Only after the accompanying steward agreed did Dabao and Jiang Lianzhu leave the yard.
The two walked side by side.
Dabao asked in a low voice, "Mother, where is my second sister?"
"I'm just pretending. I think I'll be fine soon."
The second princess was wronged by everyone at the time and had no way to defend herself. She might have been so angry that she lost her mind.
Afterwards, I woke up.
It was hard to explain, the evidence was overwhelming, so she just pretended to be crazy so that people wouldn't question her, and she would know nothing.
This is also a smart way to protect yourself.
A helpless move.
Dabao sighed, "She was truly wronged. Fortunately, she was able to live to see the day of her vindication, but my parents didn't..."
Jiang Lianzhu patted his shoulder and said, "Everyone has their own destiny. Don't overthink it."
Dabao immediately regained his composure and returned to his normal expression.
"Mother is right."
The mother and son were talking in whispers, and the palace maids behind them consciously kept a certain distance.
All the eunuchs of the Inner Guard, headed by Eunuch Si and Eunuch De, were convicted and arrested. Now the entire imperial palace has been replaced by a new group of people. When Eunuch Si and others were in power, they suppressed many talented people.
Now that they have been excavated and re-employed, they can quickly get started and get on the right track. The only problem is that their number is small, and the palace needs a new batch of fresh blood.
Suddenly, Jiang Lianzhu's consciousness moved.
She can now sense nearby movements without the use of a drone.
There was a slight crawling sound.
Rustling...
She stopped.
Dabao also stopped.
"Mother? What's wrong?"
Jiang Lianzhu glanced at a dilapidated palace next to her. The door to the courtyard was ajar, and she could see weeds growing inside. Some of the weeds had even grown through the cracks in the door and out.
Jiang Lianzhu asked the attendant behind her, "Is anyone living in this palace? Why is it so deserted?"
The attendant ran up and replied, "My Lady, this is where the Third Princess lives..."
Jiang Lianzhu was puzzled. "What's going on? Why is the Third Princess living in a place like this?"
The attendant explained the matter in a low voice, "It's like this. When the late emperor was alive, the third princess's mother, Concubine Ning, committed a capital crime. The late emperor spared her life because she gave birth to a princess and imprisoned her in the cold palace for several years. The third princess was close to her mother and grew up in the cold palace with her. She was not very favored by the late emperor. Later, Concubine Ning died of illness in the cold palace, and the third princess did not ask to move to another palace and has lived here ever since..."
Speaking of Concubine Ning, Jiang Lianzhu knew a little about her.
In the past two days, the concubines of the late emperor who were placed in the harem by her have heard about Concubine Ning.
At that time, several favored imperial concubines were pregnant, but their pregnancies were aborted. The empress produced evidence that it was Concubine Ning who did it. Murdering the late emperor's children was a capital crime, so the late emperor was furious and locked her up in the cold palace.
In fact, it was just a trick of the Queen. She killed the concubines herself and put the blame on Concubine Ning, killing two birds with one stone.
As a result, Concubine Ning died in the cold palace, and even the third princess was not favored by Emperor Xuan.
Jiang Lianzhu felt that this Concubine Ning was quite pitiful. And this Third Princess, whom she had never met before, was like an invisible person, not even eligible to attend banquets held by the royal family. Now that she had come here today, no matter what, she was also the daughter of the Xuan Emperor...
The grass where I live is so thick!
It's too miserable.
The rustling sound in the grass must be a poisonous insect.
If the princess inside is bitten, she might lose her life.
"Your Majesty, shall we go in and take a look?"
When Dabao heard that it was the third princess, he nodded immediately.
"I also want to meet this third sister."
The attendant immediately knocked on the door.
After knocking several times, a young girl's voice came from inside.
"Who is it?" Very clear.
The attendant replied, "Third Princess, the Emperor is here to see you. Please open the door quickly."
There seemed to be a sound of something being knocked over inside, and then the yard opened.
A simple girl's face came into view.
She had a slender figure and wore a cloth dress without any jewelry on her head. She looked extremely plain, even plainer than the attire of the palace maids. However, the palace maids all wore uniforms, and her clothes were obviously not a uniform.
She has a small face, small facial features, and is not tall. She is well-behaved, simple and natural.
She opened the door and bowed to Dabao, "Xuanruo greets the new emperor, may the emperor be blessed."
"Third sister, no need to be so polite! Please stand up."
Jiang Lianzhu looked at the third princess. The little girl was probably about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was timid and had fine calluses on her hands, as if from long-term labor. Looking at the yard again, she saw that a simple homemade bamboo clothes rack had fallen over. The third princess must have been hanging clothes there and when she heard them coming, she overturned the clothes rack in a hurry.
The yard was paved with cross-shaped cobblestones for people to walk on. Except for the cobblestone road, the rest of the yard was overgrown with weeds.
Her bamboo clothes hanger was also on the pebbles. There was a well next to it, and an old locust tree next to the well.
The main houses are dilapidated and in disrepair.
Several of the rooms are no longer habitable and are half-collapsed, overgrown with weeds.
Jiang Lianzhu looked around for a while, "Third Princess, why aren't there any servants around you?"
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