Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Seeing Jiang Yu's complacent look, Jiang Xue could only temporarily suppress her uneasiness.

"Even so, I have to work hard to fight in the court I dislike the most."

Jiang Yu smiled and said warmly: "It's a matter of time, isn't it?"

Jiang Xue's eyes were full of concern and she said: "I only have one request. If brother Huang feels that he is alone, please don't forget that I am there. Although I am a woman, after all, I bear the title of princess, so I can always help. busy."

"Is it too difficult to support a tree alone?" Jiang Yu smiled, "If you care, you will become confused. No matter how hard I am, my father and grandfather will support me."

"It's up to you. I've been taking care of things in the house these past two days. Do you need my help in any way?"

"It's nothing. Brother Huang has also seen it. I have replaced all the guards of Gu Mansion with my confidants. It will be much easier and safer in the future."

"Then you are still angry with Gu Lintan?"

"Zhi Qi?" Jiang Xue sneered, "It's just a show. Aren't the less men can get, the more precious they are?"

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Yu frowned and said, "Gu Lintan is an unfathomable person. Since you know this, just stay away. Why bother bothering him."

"I always have to hang him first and don't make him alert." Jiang Xue said.

"Anyway, you should be careful in your actions. You should put yourself first in everything. If you notice any danger, just break up and call it quits."

Jiang Yu warned him again and again before bidding farewell.

"It's getting late, I'll leave first."

"Fu Dong, go get someone to harness the chariot and send the emperor back home." Jiang Xue ordered.

"No, I'm going to Sajin Alley." Jiang Yu said with a smile, "Zhilin and I haven't seen each other for many years. I have been busy these past few days and haven't caught up with him yet. I made an appointment to go to his place tonight."

Jiang Xue nodded and said: "Brother, be careful in everything. Fudong, send His Highness out."

After Jiang Yu left, Xiaochun asked: "Your Highness, do you want to take a bath?"

Jiang Xue walked to the back room, sat on the dressing table, and signaled Xiaochun to remove her makeup.

Xiaochun came closer, gently removed Jiang Xue's hairpin, and took a comb to trim her hair.

"Xiaochun, what did Aunt Dong ask you to do today?"

Jiang Xue leaned on Xiaochun and asked lazily.

"My aunt asked me about the Gu Mansion." Xiaochun replied.

"What did you say?"

"The slave had the warehouse stolen, and the princess and the consort quarreled over the guard. Aunt Dong seemed a little unconvinced after hearing this."

"Do you have any further questions?"

Xiaochun frowned and shook his head.

Jiang Xue saw that her expression was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

"My aunt is not a confused person. The slave has been with her since she was a child. She always has a sharp eye for everything in the palace and can find clues. The slave feels strange that the aunt doesn't seem to believe what the slave says, but she doesn't ask any more questions."

"Not surprising, Aunt Dong first wants to use you to inquire about the Gu family, but more importantly, she wants to test your loyalty."

Jiang Xue turned around, took Xiaochun's hand that was combing her hair, put it on her shoulder and stroked it gently.

"If you are loyal to me, it will be useless no matter how much she presses. Aunt Dong will not do useless things. When she goes back to meet the queen mother, she will know how true and false what we said today is."

"I didn't mention the quarrel with the consort to my mother, but you did. Thinking about it, the queen would only think that it was because of my grudge with the consort that she had to use the palace guards."

Jiang Xue patted her hand and said, "Xiaochun, luckily it's you. If it were that silly girl Fudong, I don't know how to deal with it."

Xiaochun suddenly put down the grate, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, there is one more thing."

Jiang Xue was confused and said: "That's all, why are you kneeling?"

Xiaochun said: "Aunt Dong gave this servant an order today."

Jiang Xue turned around and pulled her up, saying, "Let you monitor me?"

"No," Xiaochun said, "The empress asked her slave to record the daily interactions between Her Highness and the Prince Consort. She will enter the palace with the token every half month and present the recorded matters to my aunt."

Jiang Xue laughed out loud: "Queen Mother actually wants you to be a spy? Do you agree?"

Xiaochun nodded and said, "I agree. My aunt said that if I can't do it, I will go back to the palace to help her handle other affairs. There is no need to stay in the Gu Mansion."

Jiang Xue smiled and said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Xiaochun said: "This slave will do what His Highness wants."

Jiang Xue nodded with satisfaction and said: "But if something big happens, such as discovering that the consort has done harm to me, even if I don't agree, you will still go back to the palace to report it, right?"

Xiaochun hesitated for a long time, bit her lip, and nodded firmly: "Slave will."

Jiang Xue said: "You see, this is the purpose of the Queen Mother. She knows that you will not easily go against my wishes, but she also knows that you will put me first and consider me in everything."

"So if something happens, she will be able to help me in time."

Xiaochun said: "If such a day comes, will His Highness be angry with this slave?"

"No," Jiang Xue's voice was gentle, "You are all doing this for my own good. But Xiaochun, I hope you can know that my greatest wish is that my stepmother and father will be happy and safe."

Xiaochun nodded thoughtfully and continued to comb Jiang Xue's hair.

Not long after, Fu Dong came into the house and said to Jiang Xue: "Your Highness, as you ordered, I asked Guard Jiang to wait outside the house."

Jiang Xue nodded and said: "Let him come to the main hall, I will come out right away."

Jiang Xue asked Xiaochun to gather her hair into a ponytail and tie it with only a brocade and white silk ribbon. After looking in the bronze mirror to see that her hair was not disheveled and invisible to others, she stood up and left the back room.

When Jiang Qibin saw Jiang Xue coming out, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted.

Jiang Xue raised her hand and waved, asking him to sit down.

"How did you find the people you asked to find?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I pretended to be a young man from a wealthy family and claimed that my master had just arrived in the capital and wanted to find some good quality merchants to buy from. Among them, Dongji Silk and Satin Store, Liangji Tea Store and the grain store in the south of the city. In order to attract business, the clerk mentioned that even the purchases for the Prince Consort's House were made through them, but the clerk at the Grain Store on East Street didn't mention it."

"I asked them if they knew about the majestic Gu Mansion," Jiang Qibin said slyly. "I said that my master wanted to make friends with powerful people, so I asked them if they had any servants they knew. The guy from the grain store said that they had a relationship with the Gu Mansion. The servants are not familiar with each other. When the Gu family first established the government, they only purchased from them once or twice. They all seemed to be emergency food, and each time they purchased not much."

Jiang Xue nodded, thought deeply for a moment, and asked, "What do you think?"

"Of course, the grain store on East Street is the most suspicious. Since Huang Fu wants to buy grain and is familiar with the grain store in the south of the city, why does he want to buy rice separately in the east street and go to the south of the city to buy grain?"

"No," Jiang Xue said, "On the contrary. The Gu Mansion is in the north of the city, and East Street is also in the north of the city. Why would he go to the south of the city to buy something as heavy as food?"

Jiang Qibin said: "Yes, does the food in the south of the city have better quality?"

Jiang Xue shook her head and said: "You have been keeping an eye on Huang Fu these past few days. Since he wants to deliver the letter, he must get the letter back. If he doesn't make any move after a while, you can focus on checking these two grain stores."

Jiang Qibin nodded and asked, "What should we check?"

"Where do you get the goods from, who do you do business with on a daily basis, what is the name of the owner, and where are you from."

Jiang Xue said: "As well as the guys Huang Fu met and talked to that day, we will check them out one by one."

Jiang Qibin nodded and said yes.

Jiang Xue said: "It will be a bit hard for you to do these things alone. In the past few days, the Imperial Palace will find someone to help you."

"Your Highness, there are not many Wu Anlang around you. If I can do what I can do alone, I don't need to use other people's hands."

After all, Jiang Qibin remembered that Aunt Dong in the Queen's Palace had warned them before leaving the palace that the most important thing was to protect Jiang Xue's safety.

Jiang Xue said calmly: "It doesn't matter, I will make my own arrangements when the time comes."