Since Jiang's death, Mo Shaohua directly brought Bai Erran into Prince Ning's Mansion on the grounds that she needed peace of mind to raise her baby.
That day Sundial took Qianlan into Prince Ning's Mansion and settled him down. On the next day, the master Mo Shaohua personally brought him to Fan Duo and asked him to teach him some martial arts.
Fan Duo trained secret guards to the point of death. Mo Shaohua was worried that Bai Liran would feel sorry for this kid, so he specifically told Fan Duo to just stop with the light blue dot and never hurt him.
Fan Duo wondered when Mo Shaohua became so soft-hearted towards the secret guard, and Mo Shaohua explained Qian Lan's identity to him.
Knowing that Qianlan was Bai Linran's apprentice, Fan Duo knew it.
He had watched Mo Shaohua grow up, and he knew very well how much Mo Shaohua valued Bai Liran.
Without affecting the great cause, he hoped that Mo Shaohua could live a happier life.
Bai Lanran did not let herself be immersed in sadness. In the afternoon, Qianlan learned martial arts from Fan Duo. In the afternoon, she personally taught Qianlan some medical principles. Sometimes she would lock herself in the Nuan Pavilion and not let anyone in.
When she had a little free time, she would take Yun Shu out of the house without letting Mo Shaohua follow. She was so mysterious that she didn't know what to do.
Mo Shaohua asked Yun Shu to inquire, but Yun Shu dismissed him by saying that he was loyal to his master, and Bai Liran was now her master.
The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar Month was coming soon. Bai Liran asked Mo Shaohua to invite several princesses into the house, and she took them to lay the lanterns with her own hands.
If you want to have a chance to get close to the middle palace, you can just invite the eighth princess. But this purpose is too obvious, so you invite several more princesses.
Mo Shaohua still didn't agree with her getting involved, but he didn't want to see Bai Lanran depressed, so he could only follow her.
Mo Shaohua had a normal relationship with those princesses, and some of them were already married, so Mo Shaohua only invited the eighth princess and the tenth princess, who was gentle and somewhat reserved.
The eighth princess is naturally lively and restless.
The Tenth Princess is just the opposite of her temperament. She speaks softly and cannot be heard unless she listens carefully.
She was very gentle in everything she did, and Bai Lianran didn't dare to touch her hard, as if the slightest force would break her.
The eighth princess, Mo Chuqing, has a good impression of Bai Linran. She has always wanted to come and play with her. When she came today, she naturally became familiar with her.
Mo Chuqing's eyes lit up when he saw Bai Ranran skillfully making a cartoon version of the tiger lantern. He took the lantern and looked left and right. He liked it very much.
Seeing that she liked her, Bai Lanran smiled and said warmly: "If you like it, I will give it to you. Your Eight Emperors brother and I are going to go shopping during the Lantern Festival the day after tomorrow. Do you want Eight Princess to go together? Those lanterns on the street are much prettier than the ones I made.
Already."
"Brother Ba, are you willing to take me?" Mo Chuqing looked at Bai Ranran excitedly, "Brother Ba is not looking for me..."
She suddenly stopped talking here, quickly put away her emotions, and continued: "Okay, then I will secretly leave the palace on the night of my fifteenth to find my eighth sister-in-law."
Bai Lanran smiled and nodded, looking at the quiet tenth princess next to her, "Tenth princess, let's come too. The Lantern Festival on the 15th is very lively. It must be boring to stay in the palace all the time. Occasionally go out to have some fun."
When the tenth princess heard Bai Lianran calling her, she raised her head, met Bai Lianran's gaze, lowered her head and nodded shyly, "I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, I will take you out of the palace with you when the time comes. I will take care of anything you have to do." Mo Chuqing boldly intercepted her words.
"good."
The tenth princess responded softly, lowered her head and continued to apply paste on the lantern.
Bai Ranran looked at the eighth princess, and she didn't know what she was feeling in her heart. An unspeakable guilt grew up in her heart, but she quickly snuffed it out.
Speaking of which, although the prince's affairs were Mo Shaohua's handiwork, he was also responsible for his own death.
It is said that the queen is gentle and virtuous, but she commits murder and arson on New Year's Eve.
Bai Ranran didn't know. Did she know that Mo Shaohua did what happened to the prince and wanted to avenge the prince? Or did she not know that Mo Shaohua did what happened to the prince at all, but just wanted to kill Mo Shaohua?
Perhaps the most luxurious thing in the royal family is family ties. The emperor can watch his sons kill each other for power, and brothers can stab each other for power.
And the queen herself still has the prince to rely on. Now that the prince is gone, she must be panicked.
Bai Ranran is not a person without desires, but she also doesn't like this kind of life of fighting and killing.
The two princesses played with her until evening, and left without staying for supper.
Mo Shaohua spent the whole day reading in his study. After Bai Liran sent the two princesses away, she went directly to his study.
Bai Ranran pushed the door open and went in. Sundial stood outside and helped close the door.
The study room was filled with warmth. Bai Liran walked up to Mo Shaohua, hugged his neck from behind, and rubbed his cheek with her face. "You said that the Queen wants to assassinate you because of the Crown Prince, or for other reasons?"
The little face pressed against her cheek felt a little cold, so Mo Shaohua raised his hand and wrapped it around her face with his warm hands.
"The Queen and her mother-in-law have always been at odds with each other. As far as I know, she has been very close to Concubine Derong recently. If my guess is correct, Concubine Derong should have formed an alliance with her and given her the right to marry Prince Kang.
He made promises such as ascending the throne, allowing her to secure her position as Queen Mother, and ensuring the safety of her family."
He pulled Bai Linran behind him into his arms, worried that she would not be able to understand, and explained to her in detail, "Although she is the queen mother of whichever prince ascends the throne, she is at odds with her mother and concubine.
The concubine's family is very powerful, and what she fears most is that I or Yunli will get that position. She probably doesn't want Prince Kang to ascend the throne, she would rather have a prince without a living mother ascend the throne."
"As for the prince's matter, she probably doesn't know that I'm behind it."
He answered Bai Lanran's doubts, and Bai Lanran hugged him and chuckled, "Do you think it's too despicable for me to use the Eighth Princess to harm her own mother?"
Mo Shaohua held her hand with a far-reaching gaze, "What does it mean that she set fire to kill everyone in the courtyard? At least you didn't hurt innocent people."
This world is inherently cruel. The weak eat the strong, and the strong are respected. The lives of the weak are like grass and ants, and they will not take them seriously at all.
But his princess is different. Her princess is kind at heart.
After hearing Mo Shaohua's words, Bai Lianran's feeling of guilt disappeared.
During the Lantern Festival, Mo Shaohua took Bai Liran, the Eighth Princess and the Tenth Princess for a stroll on the lively street.
Today the streets are illuminated by lanterns, and all kinds of lanterns are floating on the river throughout the city.
It was the first time that the tenth princess came to the folk street. Her watery eyes lit up. She wanted it but was a little timid and didn't dare to get it. She looked around curiously like a little rabbit.
Bai Ranran sighed in her heart, with such a soft and waxy temperament, if she doesn't marry well, she will definitely not have a good life.
The eighth princess had sneaked out once before, but she was still attracted by the lively scene. She looked around excitedly and wanted to buy everything. The palace maids following behind her had their hands full of lanterns.
She was holding a little rabbit lantern in her hand, and she saw the lotus lantern next to her. She turned around and wanted to hand the little rabbit to the palace maids, but found that their hands were full.
She caught a glimpse of the sundial following Mo Shaohua, quickly looked away, and handed the lantern in her hand to the tenth princess beside her.
After walking around for a while, Bai Ranran grabbed the eighth princess and the tenth princess and said that she had ordered a jade crown for Mo Shaohua at Jinyuzhai before and forgot to pick it up. She happened to be passing by now and asked them to go in and pick it up with them.
Mo Shaohua was standing outside the door waiting, and by chance he met Mo Shaoyun and Mo Shaoyan who were going to the lantern festival together.
When Gu Chenyuan didn't go to the battlefield before, Mo Shaoyun spent every day with him. Now that she was ordered to go to the battlefield, Mo Shaoyun had nothing to do every day, so he often asked Mo Shaoyan to hang out together.
Nowadays, although they have all entered the court, he is a sinecure, he is not motivated, and he is very leisurely.
The three of them met and chatted outside for a while, waiting for Bai Lunran and others to come out.
About the time it took to burn the incense, Bai Liran, the eighth princess and the tenth princess came out of Jinyu Zhai.
Bai Lanran held a rosewood box in her hand and handed it to Yun Shu behind her to hold first.
The eighth princess held a jade box in her hand, as if she was not willing to give it to others as if it was a treasure, so she held it all the way.
Mo Shaohua glanced at the jade box in her arms and asked curiously, "What did you buy, holding such a precious thing?"
The eighth princess glanced at the box in her arms, raised her head and looked at Mo Shaohua, and said mysteriously: "Keep it secret."