Beiyuan reluctantly went to Qionghuayuan and was worried about what to say when he saw the princess. The little girl who answered the door told him that the princess had gone to Rong'an Hall to ask the old lady for her pulse.

Beiyuan was relieved and went back to tell Murong Xiao exactly what he said, but was scolded by Murong Xiao.

"Are you a fool? If the princess goes to Rong'an Hall, won't you go there and wait for her? What's the point of running back and telling me?"

Beiyuan was very aggrieved: "The prince said that nothing should disturb the old lady, but my subordinates are afraid that the old lady will know about it and become suspicious."

"..." Murong Xiao had no choice but to give up temporarily and let him wait for an hour before inviting him again.

Beiyuan didn't expect that he still couldn't escape, and he became dejected.

On the other side, after the chief steward asked Li Da's body to be transported out of the house, he went to Qiangweiyuan to meet Su Nuanyu on the grounds that something was wrong.

"The person has been transported out and buried, and the prince has not pursued any further investigation. Third Miss, don't worry!"

"Don't worry, how can I be reassured?" Su Nuanyu shouted angrily, lowering her voice, "One miss, two misses, what kind of trash are you looking for?"

The boss was ineffective in doing things and didn't say anything when he was scolded.

Su Nuanyu added: "That bitch Chu Zhao is very smart now. Even if the prince doesn't pursue the case, there's no guarantee that she won't investigate in private."

"It's useless." The big steward said, "She only has two girls and a manservant around her. If you can find out anything, Miss Third, please don't be too nervous."

Su Nuanyu raised her hand and slapped him: "One man slave has made you miss twice, how dare you underestimate the enemy!"

The chief steward was slapped by two women one after another. He felt very embarrassed and his attitude was no longer so respectful: "The third lady also said to me, didn't you yourself succeed? People have been put into the coffin, and you can still do it under your nose." You crawled out again and almost let that maid pull you into the water."

"Can you blame me?" Su Nuanyu said bitterly, "If you hadn't given me the fake medicine, everyone would be buried under the ground right now."

The chief steward choked and argued: "My medicine is fine. That dose is enough to kill a cow."

"Ha!" Su Nuanyu curled her lips and looked at him sarcastically, "If you really don't have the ability, ask my father to send someone who does. He wants me to sit on the position of princess, but he doesn't even know how to use it. Even if you don't give me anyone, and you still look down on that Ma slave, why do I think that anyone Chu Zhao can find is better than you?"

The chief steward blushed and gritted his teeth: "I underestimated my enemy this time, but Miss Third doesn't have to ridicule me like this. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way again."

"What are you thinking of?" Su Nuanyu said, "It's only three things. You have assassinated her twice. She will definitely be more vigilant in the future, and this time she has alerted the prince. Do you think the prince will really ignore it?"

"Then what do you think we should do?" the chief steward said depressedly.

Su Nuanyu held the tea cup, lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then waved him over.

"You secretly kill a few more people, and claim that their deaths and that of Li Da are caused by evil spirits. The old lady believes in ghosts and gods the most, and she will definitely hire someone to exorcise the evil spirits. When the time comes..."

The chief steward listened quietly and gave her a thumbs up: "Miss Third is indeed smart, I am ashamed of myself."

"It's good that you know, and be more respectful in front of me in the future. Don't think that because my father trusts you, you can be arrogant to me." Su Nuanyu said proudly, "Go and do it quickly. If you fail to do it again this time, I will Dad can’t forgive you!”

"Yes." The chief steward responded respectfully, bent down and exited the door.

In Qionghua Courtyard, after Chu Zhao came back from the old lady, he went to A'ao's room. On the pretext of diagnosing A'ao's pulse, the two closed the door and whispered.

"Looking at the prince's attitude, I'm afraid Li Da's death will be left unsolved. It's almost impossible for you and me to find out the person behind the scenes." Chu Zhao said.

A'ao was also feeling aggrieved and couldn't help complaining: "Why is the prince doing this? Forcing the princess to do things for him can't guarantee the princess' safety. Even if he doesn't care about the princess, doesn't he want the palace to be safe?"

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Perhaps the prince wants balance more than peace!"

Because Chu Zhao is not the only one who is useful to him, Su Nuanyu and the natal families of other concubines are more or less useful to him, so he will not pursue another woman for one woman unless he no longer needs one of them. .

Therefore, even if he felt a little guilty about Chu Zhao now, at most he would only arrange a few people to protect Chu Zhao's safety, and would never pursue the truth with great fanfare to break the balance he thought he had.

Aao didn't understand these twists and turns, he just felt unfair for Chu Zhao.

"Princess, you can guess who it is, right?" He clenched his fists, a look of violence flashed across his eyes, "If it doesn't work, I will kill that person for you at night, retaliating with tooth to avoid future troubles."

"No, you can't take that chance."

Chu Zhao hurriedly dismissed his idea, and after thinking for a moment, he said solemnly, "A'ao, you are a smart boy. You must also know the prince's intention to purchase a large number of war horses. Therefore, in my opinion, Jingnan is The palace itself is a place of right and wrong, and rather than tracking down the murderer, I actually want to escape to avoid being punished in the future."

At this point, she stopped, looked into the young man's dark eyes, and said slowly: "A'ao, are you willing to come with me?"

"I do." Although A'ao was shocked, he did not hesitate. "My life belongs to the princess. I will go wherever the princess goes."

"After I go out, I will no longer be the princess." Chu Zhao said, "It may be difficult to follow me."

"Can it be harder than it is now?" The young man patted his chest, which was not yet thick. "Princess, don't worry, I have plenty of strength and can do many things. I can support you."

"Ha!" Chu Zhao couldn't help but laugh out loud at this serious moment, and reached out to rub his head, "I'm not going to be reduced to a child to feed, so I'll feed you!"

"I'm not a child." A'ao suddenly grabbed her hand and repeated with stern eyes, "I'm not a child. I'm already eighteen years old."

The young man's hands were dry and strong, with thick calluses on his palms. The rough texture made Chu Zhao lose his mind for a moment.

"Really?" She was so surprised that she forgot to take out her hand, and joked with a smile, "I see you look at least fourteen or fifteen years old. How old are you?"

Aao couldn't answer.

He didn't even know who he was, how could he know how old he was? He just didn't want the princess to treat him like a child, so he had to lie to the princess.

Fortunately, Chu Zhao didn't ask in detail and found a reason for him: "I know, you must be eating too poorly and delaying your growth. From tomorrow on, I will ask someone to make more meat for you. Make you strong so we can run away."

Aao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat guilty because he lied to the princess.

Chu Zhao didn't pay attention and took out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Then it's settled. Let's take good care of ourselves in the next time and make a careful plan to escape when the time comes. ,OK?"

"Okay, I will listen to the princess."

The warmth in his palms was withdrawn, and the young man silently clenched his hands into fists, as if he wanted to retain the slight warmth.

At this time, Qingyu knocked on the door outside: "Princess, the Northern Guards are here and want to take you to the front yard."

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