"I'm going to the palace. Please make sure you don't let anyone else come in the courtyard. Especially, no one should be allowed to come near my study." Chen Jingke warned again and again before going out to the palace.
The two little girls sent him to the door of the courtyard and then returned to the courtyard to play. After a while, Yang Tianlu stood at the door and asked them if they needed anything in the courtyard. He asked someone to prepare it.
Yi Nu rolled his eyes and said, "I'm going to ask Yangdu Guan to prepare some fabrics and needlework. Then we can make clothes for real people and embroider to relieve boredom. Do you want to come with us?"
Yuzhu shook his head and said, "I'm not going. Ask him for more, and we'll do it together. Oh, by the way, let him call someone over to fill up the water in the bath, otherwise we'll have to do it ourselves."
Yi Nu stood up and said, "Well, wait for me here for a while, and don't run around."
After saying that, he walked to the door. He glanced around inadvertently and found no one nearby. He didn't have to worry about being heard, so he said:
"Why did you come here? Aren't you afraid of being seen?"
Yang Tianlu cupped his hands, which looked like a salute to people in the distance, but he said: "We met openly for a legitimate reason, no one will doubt it."
Yi Nu also knew a little bit, and just asked a question out of habit. So she did not continue to dwell on this problem, but said: "Is there something wrong? Are you on a mission?"
Yang Tianlu shook his head and said: "There is no mission. You are the person assigned by the empress to be with Xiao Zhenren. Apart from protecting Xiao Zhenren, you will not be allowed to perform any other tasks."
Yi Nu nodded. She often walked by the river without getting her shoes wet. If she carried out any mission to spy on secrets, she would be discovered sooner or later.
At that time, there will be a rift in the relationship between the royal family and Xiao Zhenren. A smart person like the queen will not do such an unwise thing.
Yang Tianlu asked: "You have been in contact with Xiao Zhenren for a few days. I came here to ask you what you think of him."
Hearing this, Yi Nu seemed to have thought of something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it quickly disappeared: "As you said, he is a good person and an interesting person."
The change in her expression was not hidden from Yang Tianlu. Seeing this smile, he finally decided to tell the plan: "You can follow him from now on."
Yi Nu was stunned for a moment and said with some confusion: "What do you mean by this? The mission given to me by the Saint and the Empress was to follow him."
Yang Tianlu said: "No, I mean to put aside the will of the saint and the empress, you follow him and become his person."
Yi Nu's face changed drastically, with a look of fear in his eyes. He looked around subconsciously, and then lowered his voice and said, "You want to betray the saint and the empress, and don't want to live anymore?"
Yang Tianlu said: "No, the saint and the empress are kind to me. Back then, I swore to be loyal to them to the death and would not break my promise."
Yi Nu said doubtfully: "Then what do you mean?"
Yang Tianlu smiled bitterly and said: "We are all people with no future. We will either die on the mission, or we will be silenced if we know something we shouldn't know."
"A few of us will die at the same time, but you are different. You are still young, and you don't have any secrets that you shouldn't know..."
"Little Master is your chance to escape. As long as he opens his mouth, the Saint and the Empress will let you go."
Yi Nu's handsome brows furrowed and he said, "Who else among you?"
Yang Tianlu said: "Who else can we do is Yao Yunyang and us. When the saint asked me to choose someone as a partner to protect the little real person, I thought of this method."
"Later, I discussed with Yao Yunyang and others, and everyone agreed that this method was good. At that time, we only had three levels of confidence, and we just wanted to take a gamble."
"Subsequent developments proved that we made the right bet. Xiao Zhenren's abilities far exceeded our imagination. His status in the hearts of saints and empresses is irreplaceable."
Even though he had already guessed, Yi Nu was still very moved when he heard this answer, and his eyes immediately became wet.
She was the youngest among their group and as petite as a girl, so she was taken care of by everyone, but she didn't expect that everyone would plan for her to this point.
But at the same time, many doubts arose in her heart, and she said, "Why do Your Majesty and Your Majesty pay so much attention to the little real person? Could it be that he is Your Majesty's illegitimate son?"
"Illegitimate child?" Yang Tianlu chuckled and said, "Let me tell you this, in your Majesty's mind, the importance of the little real person is second only to the empress and several legitimate princes and princesses."
Yi Nu said in disbelief: "How is it possible? Is it just because he cured your mother's disease?"
Yang Tianlu said: "I can't tell you now, so don't ask. When you become his, it won't be too late to ask."
Yi Nu immediately knew what kind of secret this should involve, and couldn't help but look at him worriedly: "You... aren't in danger?"
Yang Tianlu was very pleased and said: "Don't worry, your majesty still needs me to protect and monitor the little real person now. There will be no danger."
Having said this, he said sternly: "Don't talk about him. What do you think about what I just said?"
Yi Nu shook his head and said: "Your idea is good, but there is a fatal flaw. I am already in my late teens..."
"It won't take long. I will still look like this after two or three years. No matter how slow he is, he will still be able to react abnormally. By then, will he still be willing to protect me after he realizes that he has been deceived?"
Yang Tianlu said: "Your worries are not unreasonable. We have also considered this, but we all believe that the worst may not happen."
Yi Nu said: "Why do you think so?"
Yang Tianlu said: "Xiao Zhenren is a very emotional person. As long as you are sincere to him, he will not really leave you alone. It would be safer if you could give birth to a son and a half before he finds out.
Already."
After all, she is a young girl. When Yi Nu heard such words, she could not help but feel a little embarrassed: "What kind of bad idea did you come up with? He is only ten years old."
Yang Tianlu smiled and said: "There are many parents who are eleven or twelve years old, and we all believe in your methods."
"Bah, shameless." Yi Nu finally couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to leave. Halfway through, he turned back and said, "I'll send you some fabrics and needlework, and I'll arrange for someone to come and refill the bathroom every morning."
Yang Tianlu knew that such a big matter could not be decided in a short while, so he did not rush him and deliberately raised his voice and said:
"Okay, Miss Yinu, I'll have someone bring you what you need in a moment, and I'd like you to say a few nice words for me in front of the little real person in the future."
Yi Nu waved his hand and said, "I see you are quite sensible. I understand."
After saying that, he turned around and returned to the courtyard.
Yuzhu, who had been waiting for her, said with some confusion: "What took you so long to talk about?"
Yi Nu said proudly: "Hey, you just asked me to say something nice about him in front of a real person. I saw that he was quite sensible, so I reluctantly agreed."
Yuzhu said with some dissatisfaction: "The real person has told us that we are not allowed to interfere with external affairs. If he finds out, what should we do if we are kicked out of the temple?"
Yi Nu smiled and said: "Don't worry, sister, I understand. I don't care about ordinary people."
"It's just that this Yangdu Guan is a close confidant of Zhenren and the great steward of Guan Nei, so we can't be left out in the cold. Besides, it's easy for us to do many things with his help."
Yuzhu thought so, and her expression returned to normal. After all, she was a child with an immature mind, so she was quickly diverted by Yi Nu and put the matter behind her.