Chapter 351 Taken to the Room by the Eldest Princess
Wu Chengsi wanted to leave the hall and go to the Donghua Hall to check what was going on, but he was worried that Xue Yujin would come over at any time and that she would suffer a loss.
Princess Taiping was still smiling and talking to the crown prince's concubine.
Wu Chengsi listened quietly and gradually made some discoveries.
The two seemed to be having a conversation, but if you listened carefully, you could see that Princess Taiping had been leading the conversation.
Basically, what the two discussed was inseparable from the East Palace.
Princess Taiping seemed to be constantly praising Ya Ruo, but in fact she was inquiring about information about the East Palace.
Yaruo didn't realize it and was flattered by Princess Taiping, who made her smile happily.
Yaruo glared at Xue Ne fiercely and hummed:
"Sister, don't look at how majestic the Xue family is now. In a few days, I will bring them back to their original form!"
Wu Chengsi's ears perked up.
Princess Taiping turned her bright eyes slightly and asked with a smile: "Are you kidding me, sister-in-law? How can Xue Rengui get into trouble easily if he is so favored by his father and mother?"
"Don't you believe me?" Yaruo said unhappy.
Princess Taiping smiled and said: "Of course I know the capabilities of the emperor's sister-in-law, but I really can't think of any way to make Xue Rengui lose the trust of his father."
Ya Ruo was about to answer when a follower behind her suddenly said: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess, why not tell Her Highness the Princess after the plan is successful."
Wu Chengsi raised his eyes and looked at the man, only to see that the attendant had a mustache and a pair of triangular eyes, like slits.
His pupils were stuck to his upper eyelids, giving him a cold feeling.
When Wu Chengsi was curious about the identity of this person, Princess Taiping suddenly looked at the person, frowned and said, "It's you!"
Wu Chengsi was surprised again. How could Princess Taiping know an attendant from the East Palace?
"Taiping, do you know him?" The prince's concubine asked Wu Chengsi's question.
Princess Taiping said calmly: "I have met this person before with my third cousin."
Princess Taiping’s third cousin is Wu Sansi.
Wu Chengsi thought for a moment that this person must have belonged to Wu Sansi before. Later, after Wu Sansi was captured by the Japanese, he took refuge in the East Palace.
From this point of view, this person's time to seek refuge in the East Palace will not be too long.
That he was able to be favored by the crown prince's concubine and take him with him in such a short period of time shows how capable he is.
Wu Chengsi was secretly vigilant.
This person just stopped Yaruo, obviously aware that Princess Taiping was seeking information.
This actually gave the Crown Prince's concubine's words a little more credibility.
Could it be that Dong Gong really has some handle on Xue Rengui? It seems that Xue Yujin needs to be reminded later.
Ya Ruo seemed to have great trust in Xiao Hu and never mentioned the matter of dealing with Xue Rengui.
Princess Taiping did not ask any more questions, and the conversation between the two turned to the recent expansion of the East Palace.
At this time, the atmosphere of the birthday banquet had been completely restored, and everyone began to talk to their acquaintances.
There were also people leaving the table to toast, mostly people from the lower zone, toasting to people from the upper zone.
At this moment, Wu Chengsi noticed Yan Yaosheng standing up, whispered something in Miss Wei's ear, and then left the hall.
Wu Chengsi thought for a while and whispered to Zhili: "I'm going to Donghua Hall. If Miss Xue comes while I'm away, you can come and find me."
Zhili opened his eyes wide and nodded vigorously.
Wu Chengsi did not hesitate any longer and quietly exited the hall.
Except for Yan Yaosheng, many people had already left the hall because they wanted to go east. An ordinary guard like him would naturally not attract anyone's attention.
Of course, Princess Taiping discovered it immediately.
After leaving the hall, Wu Chengsi walked eastward.
Most of the servants and maids of the Wei Mansion were concentrated near the hall, and they met almost no one along the way. Soon, Wu Chengsi found the Donghua Hall.
Although he told Princess Taiping that she would not come to Donghua Hall again, he was not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, this was the only clue after all.
Wu Chengsi walked along the corridor to the courtyard and looked around, when he heard a voice behind him.
"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"
Wu Chengsi turned around and saw that it was Feng Wu who appeared behind him.
"Did you find anything?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Feng Wu came in with Princess Taiping's entourage. Wu Chengsi ordered her to stay in the Donghua Hall after entering the Wei Mansion.
Feng Wu shook her head.
Wu Chengsi felt slightly disappointed and ordered: "You continue to monitor here." After saying that, he turned around and went back.
On the way back to the hall, Wu Chengsi's mind was racing at high speed.
The young man who died should be Captain Xu whom Xu Wenqing heard about.
Judging from his military rank, his status in that organization should not be too high.
Generally, when low-level people meet with high-level people, the high-level person takes the lead.
In other words, someone else should have given him the Woyang jade plaque and invited him to meet at the East Flower Hall of Wei Mansion.
Or maybe I left some new instructions for him in Donghua Hall.
The senior members of any organization are often the decision-makers, while the lower-level members are the actors.
The superior asked Lieutenant Xu to come to Wei Mansion, probably for some purpose.
Now that Xu Xiaowei was captured by them and silenced by the organization, they had two reactions.
First, give up this action.
Second, change a member to perform the operation, or if there are multiple people performing the operation originally, then they only need to add one more person.
Wu Chengsi can only hope that they will not give up the action now.
Just as I was lost in thought, a loud shout suddenly came from the front: "How dare you not kneel down when you see Her Royal Highness?"
Wu Chengsi looked up and was slightly surprised.
It turned out that Princess Chengyang was walking towards her along the corridor. Wu Chengsi quickly stepped aside, lowered his head, and bowed down: "I have met Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess."
A white and tender palm with black nail polish appeared in Wu Chengsi's field of vision.
The hand gently lifted his chin, and Wu Chengsi was forced to raise his head and meet Princess Chengyang's eyes.
Taking a closer look, Wu Chengsi finally saw a wrinkle in the corner of the eldest princess's eyes.
After all, she is not as good at maintenance as Wu Mei.
"Are you the guard who was standing behind Taiping just now?"
As Princess Chengyang spoke, a faint fragrance floated over.
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Yes."
Princess Chengyang's palm suddenly moved down and landed on Wu Chengsi's chest. She slowly stroked it with her fingers and nodded: "Not bad."
Wu Chengsi decided not to think about what she meant by her words, and said respectfully: "Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, I have to serve the princess in such a humble position."
Princess Chengyang withdrew her hand, raised her hand lightly, and led the people past him.
Just as Wu Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard Princess Chengyang's voice ringing again.
"Come with me."
Just four words, but with Wu Chengsi's current status, he couldn't refuse.
Unless your identity is revealed.
Wu Chengsi only hesitated for a moment, then turned around and followed Princess Chengyang. Now that his identity was exposed, his trip today would have been in vain.
As he was walking forward, he felt an unkind gaze. He turned around and saw that it was the guard sitting next to Princess Chengyang at the birthday banquet.
Not long after, Princess Chengyang stopped in front of a house.
A servant behind her who looked like a servant of the Wei Mansion said, "Your Highness, the eldest princess, this is where she is."
Princess Chengyang didn't reply and just opened the door and went in.
Wu Chengsi also followed in. The room was even more luxurious than expected.
He thought there was someone waiting for Princess Chengyang inside, but unexpectedly there was no one there.
Princess Chengyang went straight to the couch in the house and sat down.
Autumn-like eyes looked back and forth between Wu Chengsi and the guard for a while, and then waved to Wu Chengsi.
"Come forward."
After she waved, she suddenly took off her coat, revealing her white shoulders.
Wu Chengsi's heart suddenly suddenly understood what she wanted to do.
No wonder the guard looked at him with that look.
Princess Chengyang must have originally planned to come here with him to go to Wushan.
Unexpectedly, after meeting Wu Chengsi on the road, the eldest princess actually liked the new and disliked the old.
Wu Chengsi looked at the eldest princess, her eyes were full of aggression without any tenderness.
Maybe to her, the guards around her are just toys.
At this point, Wu Chengsi really couldn't hide it anymore.
Just when he decided to reveal his identity, Princess Chengyang raised her eyebrows and said, "Why don't you come?"
Wu Chengsi decided to struggle again and said: "The humble post belongs to Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping. Please leave the humble post and leave."
Princess Chengyang burst into laughter.
"You don't have to worry that she will punish you. As long as you feel comfortable serving me later, I will say hello to Taiping and ask you to come over."
As soon as she finished speaking, a crisp voice came from outside the door.
"Auntie, are you in there?"
It's Princess Taiping's voice.
Wu Chengsi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but was not too surprised.
Yang Xuan has been protecting himself secretly, and he must have informed Princess Taiping to come over.
Princess Chengyang frowned, then smiled and said: "It's Taiping, come in."
The door was pushed open, and Princess Taiping came in with people.
Entering the inner room, she glanced at Wu Chengsi, then smiled at Princess Chengyang and said, "Auntie, did my guard offend you and call him over to punish him?"
Princess Chengyang smiled and said:
"That's not the case. Your bodyguard is very pleasing to my eyes. Taiping, why don't you give him to your aunt, and my aunt will give you two better guards someday."
Princess Taiping covered her mouth and smiled and said:
"Auntie, this guard is responsible for boiling the bath water for me. No one else can control the hot or cold water. Only he can help me adjust the water. If you like it, I have some good ones in my house. I will send them to you another day.
How is the house?"
Princess Chengyang's face changed slightly and said: "In that case, I won't force him. You can take him back."
Princess Taiping smiled slightly, turned and left the house without looking at Wu Chengsi, and Wu Chengsi quickly followed.
As soon as they left, Princess Chengyang's face instantly turned livid.
The guard at the bottom of the stairs took two steps forward and said softly: "Your Highness, let me serve you in this humble position."
Princess Chengyang raised her hand and slapped him, saying angrily: "Get out!"
…
In the corridor of Wei Mansion, Princess Taiping covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled:
"Second cousin, you are so awesome, you are actually attracted by Aunt Chengyang, she is very discerning."
Wu Chengsi said angrily: "Don't associate with this woman in the future, and don't learn her bad habits!"
Princess Taiping blinked and pretended to be puzzled: "What bad habit is it?"
Wu Chengsi said seriously: "The eldest princess has fallen into extravagant desires. Even if she is a princess, no one will respect her."
Princess Taiping made a sound and pouted: "I know, I came here specially to save you, and you still have to scold me."
"By the way, why did you come here suddenly?"
"It was Feng Wu who suddenly came to me and said that you were taken away by Aunt Chengyang."
Wu Chengsi nodded, as expected, and asked again: "When did you become so close to that Turkic concubine?"
Princess Taiping chuckled and said:
"Second cousin, you don't know how stupid that Turkic woman is. I just called her "Royal Sister-in-law" and praised her a few words, and she wanted to give me her heart."
"..."
Wu Chengsi was silent for a while and said: "So, you used her to find out information about the East Palace?"
Princess Taiping raised her chin and said: "That's natural. We will have to deal with them sooner or later in the future, so naturally it is better to have more information.
From her tone, it can be seen that she no longer has any affection for Li Hong.
Wu Chengsi sighed secretly.
After having been in contact with Princess Taiping for a long time, I found that she and Wu Mei were of the same type, both had a ruthless spirit and were good at political struggles.
The only difference is that she is still young and her level is lower than Wu Mei.
But having said that, if we really face political struggles in the future, Princess Taiping will undoubtedly be a good helper.
Soon after the two returned to the hall, Princess Chengyang also came back with someone.
She had a harmonious smile on her face, and she didn't show any signs of discomfort when talking to Princess Taiping.
It was as if what happened just now had never happened, and there was no barrier between the two.
The birthday banquet is coming to an end, and the people in the hall are no longer as restrained as they were at the beginning. Many people seem to have forgotten that there is still a good show waiting to be performed.
Naturally, Wu Chengsi would not forget it and kept staring at the door.
After a long while, he focused his eyes and saw two people entering the hall. The woman walking in front was Xue Yujin.
Not long after she entered, everyone in the hall noticed her, and their eyes were fixed on her.
Xue Yujin frowned, ignored everyone's gaze, and walked all the way to Xue Ne.
After seeing Miss Wei Er standing next to Xue Ne, her expression changed.
"Brother, could it be that you called me here just to attend the birthday banquet of Wei Mansion?" Her eyes were filled with anger.
Xue Ne lowered his head, not daring to look at her.
Yaruo was already impatient with waiting, and sneered, "It was my order to call you here!"
Xue Yujin turned his head and looked at her.
"Xue Yujin, you have been rude to me many times. Do you think that I will just let it go?" Ya Ruo said coldly.
Xue Yujin trembled with anger, glared at Yaruo, and said, "How are you going to treat me?"
Yaruo was very proud and put his hands on his hips and said, "Just now, Duke Dai offended me. Do you want to know what happened to him?"
Xue Yujin said nothing and stared at her.
Yaruo pointed his riding crop at the man named Zhang and said, "Tell her."
The man named Zhang was not angry and said with a smile: "Dai Guogong was slapped dozens of times just now."
Xue Yujin's face turned pale.
Ya Ruo smiled even happier.
"If you don't want to be like Duke Dai, just kneel on the ground and kowtow three times to me, and I will spare you."
Xue Ne said angrily: "Your Highness the Crown Princess, you just said clearly that all you need is an apology from your sister-in-law. Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Yaruo said coldly: "The apology I mentioned is kowtow to apologize. You didn't understand it yourself!"
"you!"
Just as Xue Ne was about to stand up and argue, Miss Wei Er who was standing aside quickly grabbed him and begged: "Don't be impulsive, we can't afford to offend her."
Xue Ne glanced at Miss Wei Er, then at Xue Yujin, lowered his head, and his eyes became dim.
Xue Yujin kept paying attention to Xue Na's expression, and saw that he no longer spoke for herself, his face was full of disappointment and resentment.
At this moment, Wu Xiyue suddenly pushed the cup on the table, and the wine immediately spilled on the table.
"Everyone in Chang'an knows that County Master Xue and my second sister-in-law are as close as sisters. When you bully her like this in front of me, do you think I am a dead person?" He said with a sullen face.
The lady from the Wang family next to him saw him expressing his stance and also followed suit:
"It's really funny to have a birthday banquet but be treated like a court and the host doesn't say a word."
Xu Guogong's face was as dark as water.
He was not angry at all, but everyone in the capital knew that His Highness the Crown Prince loved this concubine the most, and this girl would probably be the queen in the future.
The head of a wealthy family like Wei Xuanzhen considers the interests of the whole family and will never offend the future queen for such a trivial matter.
All I can do is pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Yaruo stared at Wu Xiyue coldly, seeming to be quite afraid of him and did not show any signs of attack.
Xue Yujin nodded towards Wu Xiyue and Miss Wang, and then turned his attention to Princess Taiping.
"Your Highness, do you plan to stand by and watch?"
Yaruo sneered and said: "You don't have to think too much, Taiping is my sister, she will naturally stand on my side."
Wu Chengsi quietly reached out and poked Princess Taiping in the back.
Princess Taiping turned around and handed the round fan to him, taking the opportunity to give him a sideways glance, as if to say: "I know, don't rush me!"
Standing up slowly, Princess Taiping looked at Xue Yujin and said: "You are my good friend. Naturally, I will not sit back and let others bully you."
Yaruo was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Taiping, what do you mean by this?"
Princess Taiping said coldly: "You are no more than Liangdi, a third-rank concubine, but you still dare to call me by my name?"
Even flipping through the pages of a book can't match the speed of her falling out.
Yaruo's face turned purple and she said, "You...you actually spoke to me like this?"
Princess Taiping said with a cold tone:
"Before, it was only for the sake of the emperor's brother that I talked to you properly. Who knew you were so disrespectful that you acted recklessly on such an occasion? It has completely disgraced the royal family."
Everyone looked at Princess Taiping in surprise.
They originally thought that Princess Taiping could be a peacemaker at most, but they didn't expect that she didn't save any face for the crown prince's concubine.
Xue Yujin felt much better, while Wu Xiyue burst out laughing.
Yaruo's body trembled violently, her blood surged up, and her eyes turned red.
At this moment, the mustache behind her suddenly said: "Your Highness the Crown Princess, Your Highness the Crown Prince asks you to go back early."
Yaruo breathed heavily and said nothing.
Mustache said again: "Your Highness, we have a long time to come. Maybe in a few days, the situation will be completely different."
Yaruo looked back at him, finally nodded, and walked toward the door without looking back.
However, just as she walked to the door, a short and thin man suddenly walked in.
The man's face was pale, he walked unsteadily, and almost bumped into Ya Ruo when he entered the door.
Yaruo immediately vented her anger on him and shouted: "Can you walk? If you can't walk, I will chop off your legs for you!"
The man was a guest at the banquet. He ignored Yaruo's rebuke and shouted into the hall: "... people are dead, Yan... Yanshe is dead!"