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

At the same time, Jiang Xue still had a trace of worry in her heart. Chu Feimo had been away from Fengxiao for several days, but he had not made any response, which was not in line with his character.

With Chu Feimo's vengeful character, he would not let it go if Chu Jingming took her away in public. However, there has been no sign of trouble so far. Under the surface calmness of Fengxiao City, perhaps a bigger storm is brewing.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xue frowned.

"Does Prince Ming have any special plans recently?" she asked, feeling vaguely that behind the tranquility of Fengxiao City, there might be an unknown crisis hidden.

Jiang Xue was silent for a long time before asking, "As a careful person like Chu Jingming, he must have noticed something wrong in the city a long time ago. He must have started to secretly deploy troops since Chu Feimo entered the city."

Ah Shan answered truthfully: "My Lady, the prince has indeed planted spies in the Crown Prince's Mansion, and they will report immediately if there is any movement."

Jiang Xue thought, Chu Jingming monitored the Prince's Mansion so closely and cared so much about Yunyan, she understood the reason without even having to think about it.

"Ashan, the mastermind behind the incident in the east side courtyard of the city, is Chu Feimo?" Her tone was firm, as if she already knew the answer.

Ashan was slightly surprised. The prince had instructed that whatever the princess and Miss Yun asked must be told truthfully and nothing should be concealed.

"Yes, princess."

Jiang Xue sneered in her heart. That scheming man targeted the person Chu Jingming cared about the most just because Chu Jingming took her away from him.

"So, the child was taken away by him as well?" she continued to ask.

"That's right, Princess." Ashan lowered his head and replied again.

"Okay, you can leave first." Jiang Xue waved her hand to let A Shan leave. After he left, she stroked her chin lightly, frowning.

Chu Feimo took the child away but left behind the injured Yunyan, which was inconsistent with his style. Logically speaking, since he knew that Yunyan and the child were very important to Chu Jingming, why didn't he take them away together?

At this moment, a dark shadow jumped down from the tree outside the south wing and knelt in front of her.

"What did you find out about the East Side Courtyard?" she asked anxiously. After learning about Yunyan's murder, she ordered the spy who was secretly guarding to investigate the matter immediately.

"Princess, at midnight last night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a group of his men broke into the side yard, targeting Yunyan and her child."

The spy then reported: "The accompaniment includes Cui Shuji, the general of the Cui family, and Fang Qisheng, the young master of the Fang family."

Jiang Xue didn't know much about Fang Qisheng, but she knew something about Cui Shuji. She frowned and asked, "Hasn't the Cui family always remained neutral?"

During this period of recuperation, she was not idle and learned some about the situation in Fengxiao City.

As the top wealthy family in Xiyong, the Cui family is deeply loved by the people, and even the emperor has to give them some face. However, this does not mean that they can do whatever they want, and the royal family also has strict control over them.

For the long-term development of the family, the successive heads of the Cui family have insisted on being impartial and staying away from the vortex of struggle for the throne.

But now, Cui Shuji openly cooperates with Crown Prince Chu Feimo, which means that the Cui family is beginning to tend to support the crown prince.

"The young master of the Cui family seems to have reached some kind of agreement with the prince. Now the Cui family has decided to support the prince to ascend the throne." The spy continued to report.

Several key words flashed through Jiang Xue's mind:

The transaction, the side yard, Yunyan... She quickly sorted out the context of the matter. No wonder Chu Feimo only took the child away and left Yunyan behind. Cui Shuji must have played a key role in this.

"You said that Fang Qisheng, the young master of the Fang family, also went to the side yard?" Jiang Xue asked with a hint of worry in her tone. This meant that the Fang family had also turned to support the prince, which was not good news for her.

"Yes, my lord," the spy confirmed.

"The child was taken away by Master Fang."

Hearing this, Jiang Xue's face became solemn. She immediately turned around and walked quickly towards Fang Lansu's residence.

That child is Yunyan's flesh and blood. If Chu Feimo wants to use the child to deal with Chu Jingming, based on his personality, he will never let go easily.

But now the child is in the hands of the Fang family. Obviously, Chu Feimo’s goal is not the child itself, but to gain the support of the Fang family through the child!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xue became even more certain that Fang Lansu must want to use this child to hurt Yunyan.

Fang Lansu is very jealous and has long been dissatisfied with Yunyan. She has tried to assassinate her many times before but failed, and the hatred in her heart must be deepening.

She couldn't deal with Yunyan directly, so she chose to start with the child to take revenge on Yunyan.

Just when Jiang Xue arrived at the gate of Fang Lansu's yard, she was stopped by the Fang family's guards.

"You are not welcome here, please go back." The guard recognized her as the woman the prince had placed in the south wing, and said in a firm tone.

"When did it become your turn as a little soldier to teach me a lesson? Did Fang Lansu fail to discipline you, or did your Fang family ignore the rules and disrespect the master?"

Jiang Xue glanced at the guard coldly and then made a gesture.

The spy in the dark understood what was going on and quickly jumped onto the roof, lifted a tile and peered inside. After a moment, he shook his head to indicate that there was no one in the room.

Jiang Xue understood and took a half step back, no longer paying attention to the face distorted by anger.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ming is anxious to see your mistress. Since I cannot go in, you should tell her to come to the study within a quarter of an hour. Do you understand?"

The guard remained silent, but there was a flash of panic in his eyes. Jiang Xue saw it all.

Obviously, Fang Lansu was not in the palace at the moment. Although the palace was large, it took only a quarter of an hour to get from any corner to the study.

The guards were so flustered after hearing the order, which meant Fang Lansu was indeed not there. As a princess, she left the palace without permission, which was a serious violation in Fengxiao City.

Unless there was something important, she was not allowed to go back to her parents' home. Once discovered, she would be confined to her house at the very least, or even detained by the inner court for several days at the worst.

"You should know the rules of Fengxiao City. A quarter of an hour, only this quarter of an hour. If Your Majesty can't wait for someone, you will have to think about the consequences yourself."

Jiang Xue warned. With such a time limit, it would be almost impossible for Fang Lansu to return from outside and still be disadvantageous to her.

If she rushed back in a hurry, she would inevitably leave flaws in her panic, and then she could follow the clues to find the missing child.

"Your Highness!" After receiving the news, Fang Lansu hurried back to the prince's palace from the Fang family.

She had just received the so-called "bad seed" from her brother, and before she had time to deal with it, she hurriedly left it at home and found a maid to take care of it.

When she rushed into the study, her heart was full of anticipation. The prince summoned her so urgently, was he soft-hearted?

She felt excited when she saw the familiar figure in the study.

This was the first time the prince had summoned her since she became the princess. She was determined to seize this opportunity to win the prince's heart and not let other women get close to him.

My father once said that if the prince could treat her well, the Fang family would not have to rely on the prince.