After the old emperor fell asleep again, Wang Xiu also woke up Li Defu.
He seemed to have had a terrible nightmare. When he woke up, he was dripping with cold sweat and looked terrified.
Wang Xiudao: "The emperor has gone to bed. We can't stay in the palace for fear of leaving at night."
Li Defu calmed down and suddenly remembered that Ambassador Sun was gone.
He sighed and said, "Nothing happened just now, right?"
Wang Xiu shook his head, mainly not knowing what to say.
Li Defu understood and slowly got up. He first glanced at the sleeping Emperor Shunyuan. He looked at Emperor Shunyuan's tawny face and seemed to be darker, and he felt even more uncomfortable.
When he saw Wang Xiu out, he saw Lu Yunhong waiting outside, so he asked the young eunuch to hold a lamp for them and send them out.
It turned out that the young eunuch who came over was Qingfeng from the East Palace. When Li Defu saw it, his eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything.
In this way, Qingfeng used the light to lead Lu Yunhong and Wang Xiu to the East Palace.
On the way, Wang Xiu asked Lu Yunhong: "Have you not seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess?"
Lu Yunhong took her hand, squeezed it carefully, and said, "I saw it. It seems that I had a dispute with Hua Zimo. They are both in the East Palace now."
Wang Xiu thought for a while, then understood, and simply didn't ask any further questions.
What she actually wanted to ask the most was whether Lu Yunhong saw Zhou Ling come in.
Also, what does Lu Yunhong think about Zhou Ling?
Although she is not worried that the prince will silence the couple, but... no one can feel at ease when encountering such a thing, right?
Soon, the East Palace arrived.
The dark green gown on the prince's body had been taken off, and he was wearing light blue regular clothes. He said to Wang Xiu and Lu Yunhong apologetically: "You and your wife have been frightened tonight, but I will trouble you to take Jing Huan to look after me later."
I'm afraid I won't have much free time in the next few days."
Lu Yunhong nodded slightly but did not refuse.
Seeing this, the prince said to Wang Xiu again: "The eldest sister is very angry. Go and see her. She is in Qixia Pavilion."
It was a resting room in the inner hall, and the eldest princess always took a nap in that place.
Although he didn't know exactly what happened, Wang Xiu still went there alone.
After walking a few steps, she turned around and saw the prince inviting Lu Yunhong to the main hall. She didn't know if Zhou Ling was still there, so what would the prince do?
It's really rare for the prince to be so stable when such a big thing happened.
Wang Xiu thought and soon arrived at Qixia Pavilion.
The eldest princess angrily sat on the Arhat bed next to the window, making a mess on the low table and ornaments on it.
She stretched out her hand to rub her neck, and said very unhappy: "Don't come and tell me, I don't want to hear anything now!"
Wang Xiudao: "You know what I'm going to say?"
The eldest princess looked back unexpectedly and found that it was Wang Xiu who had arrived, so she said softly: "Why is it you?"
Wang Xiu explained: "The emperor's health has stabilized, and we husband and wife cannot stay in the palace, so we naturally have to leave."
"However, I heard you were here, so I came over to take a look."
The eldest princess was fuming and her eyes were red and red, but she held back her tears.
She said to Wang Xiu: "They are all a bunch of bad people, including Hua Zimo. Why is the prince willing to spare him?"
"It was me instead..."
Wang Xiu asked directly: "Are you going to kill Qiao Chuan?"
The eldest princess snorted coldly: "Isn't it a pity for him to die?"
Wang Xiu asked again: "Are we going to kill him?"
The eldest princess was so angry that she pouted and stopped talking.
Qiao Chuan had been with her for a long, long time, so long that she went out of the palace to get married, so long that she went to the palace overnight to inform the prince when she gave birth, so long that he accompanied her to Wuxi, and alternated day and night with Aunt Lu to help her take care of the child.
Trust is something that, once it collapses, is hard to pick up again.
She just hates it and is unwilling to do so!
Obviously, she is so kind to the people around her, especially Qiao Chuan and Grandma Lu.
They are also worried that they will not have money for retirement, they are also worried that other distinguished nobles will criticize them harshly, and they are also worried that they will have no one to take care of them and end up alone...
Granges, land deeds, house deeds, hundreds of acres of fertile farmland in the suburbs... Everyone says that the prime minister, concierge, and third-rank officials, who work as errands and general managers in the eldest princess's mansion, are more than just third-rank officials to outsiders?
What a pity...
She couldn't describe the melancholy in her heart, she just felt that she would never go back.
But she couldn't express these grievances to Wang Xiu, who had always been caring and caring for her, and could only swallow them silently.
She said to Wang Xiu: "It was Lu Yunhong who discovered me just now. You can say thank you for me later."
"As for the prince...forget it, I don't care about him anymore."
Wang Xiu knew that the eldest princess must be a little discouraged because of Zhou Ling's problem.
But she still advised: "You should have more confidence in the prince, and give him more time."
"On the contrary, now there is someone you should care more about."
The eldest princess's face suddenly changed, and she quickly asked: "Is it my father..."
Wang Xiu nodded, held her hand and said: "Birth, old age, illness and death are eternal. The only thing we can do is to relieve other people's pain and spend more time with them."
After the eldest princess heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she asked in a low voice: "How much time does the old man have?"
Wang Xiudao: "The emperor has already asked this question. I told him that there is still about half a month."
The eldest princess finally couldn't hold herself any longer and cried sadly.
Wang Xiu patted her shoulder and tried to comfort her, but there was nothing he could do.
At the same time, in the main hall, Hua Zimo, who had a big swollen forehead, was kneeling on the ground.
I saw his face was sad, his expression was full of guilt, and he kept his head hanging down. He looked very regretful and didn't know how to face it.
The prince and Lu Yunhong walked in, and the prince said: "I promised him that I would find out and give him an explanation."
When Hua Zimo heard the prince's voice, he turned his head suddenly and knelt down. His voice seemed to be broken in his throat. He wanted to cry, but he couldn't. He kept choking and was so sad.
But the prince turned a blind eye until he and Lu Yunhong were seated and Yu Deshui brought tea.
Although he glanced at Hua Zimo, he didn't even dare to plead for mercy and retreated directly to the corridor.
In the main hall, Hua Zimo sobbed: "Your Highness, I really didn't betray you. I just... just saw that face, so I felt compassion."
"My servants have been secretly investigating what happened back then, but the old people in the palace who knew the truth are no longer here. Those who don't know the truth are still very confused."
"Your Highness, I really didn't convey any news to them. I just knew...that person existed."
Huazimo didn't want to bear the charge of being a traitor and kept crying until his eyes were swollen from crying.
But the prince was unmoved and did not even listen to what he said seriously.
The prince asked Lu Yunhong: "If you have found anything else, why don't you tell me together so that I don't have to go through some detours?"
Lu Yunhong asked doubtfully: "Is Zhou Ling unwilling to have a heart-to-heart relationship with His Highness?"
The prince sneered: "Have a heart-to-heart relationship? Do you look down on him, or do you look up to me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he laughed suddenly, as if he knew that this was an impossible thing.
Seeing this, Lu Yunhong said, "Actually... I didn't find anything."
The prince glanced sideways at him, his face full of displeasure.
That look seemed to say: You pretend, you keep pretending!