"Do you know those people and who are behind them? Being able to lay secret moves around the princes early is definitely not something ordinary people can do." Xia Luotong couldn't help but frown. Could it be that besides the princes, there are other forces behind them? Secretly controlling?
"Could it be the forces from the surrounding countries?" Xia Luotong thought of the assassins on the day when the dragon boat prayed for blessings.
"We don't rule out this possibility, but we don't know who these people are yet." Regarding this situation, Wu Zechen obviously showed a cautious look.
"What about those assassins? Did they all run away?" Xia Luotong asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I sent people to keep an eye on a few of them. The emperor doesn't know about this." Wu Zechen said calmly and gently stroked Xia Luotong's head.
"That's good." Xia Luotong nodded, feeling a little relieved.
Neither of them wants the emperor to know about this. It's not that they want to think badly of the emperor. In fact, the emperor is such a person, so they have to guard against it!
If the emperor knew that Wu Zechen had discovered the traces of those assassins and was eyeing those assassins, he might do something unexpected.
For example, they accused Wu Zechen of being too powerful secretly and took action to suppress Wu Zechen.
Another example is that the frame-up of Wu Zechen is related to those assassins. Not only will the assassins not be able to target him, nor will they be able to catch the person behind the scenes, but they will also cause a lot of trouble.
Needless to say, this kind of thing seems to be something that the emperor can do, not to mention the accumulated grievances between two generations, which Wu Zechen and Xia Luotong had to guard against.
In fact, if Wu Zechen hadn't always been cautious, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to survive until now. After all, the persecution from his relatives was the most difficult thing to guard against.
Just as Wu Zechen and Xia Luotong were talking about the assassin, Zhuxuan's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and Xia Luotong immediately called her in to answer.
"Princess, the second lady of Xia Mansion is here to visit. She is already outside the palace gate now."
While Zhuxuan was replying, she had a not so good look on her face. It was obvious that the matter was not just as simple as Xia Zhilu coming to visit.
However, Xia Luotong was a little surprised. Normally, before coming to the door, you should hand in the greeting card in advance, otherwise the host might not be available to receive you. Xia Zhilu was so impatient that she didn't even want to hand over the greeting card, so she just blocked the door. ?
Just when Xia Luotong was puzzled, Wu Zechen beside him said: "Didn't I reject her invitation yesterday?"
"Xia Zhilu handed over a greeting card yesterday?" Xia Luotong looked back at the man next to her in surprise. Why didn't she know about this?
"When I just returned to the palace yesterday, when you were sleeping soundly, I made the decision and asked Zhuxuan to refuse." Wu Zechen frowned, his eyes full of displeasure, and asked Zhuxuan, "Who else is there besides her? "
"No, there are only Miss Xia Er and her personal maid." Zhuxuan replied, "Yesterday, my maid refused Xia Mansion's invitation in accordance with the prince's instructions, but today Miss Xia Er still came to the door and said He said some unpleasant words..."
Not so nice words?
Is Xia Zhilu worried?
Xia Luotong raised her eyebrows, and her expression immediately turned cold. It seemed that Xia Zhilu really thought she was easy to bully?
She always acted recklessly on her. If she hadn't had other plans, just because Xia Zhilu had teamed up with Jiang Xin to assassinate her before, she wouldn't have let Xia Zhilu be free until now.
In fact, she could roughly guess what Xia Zhilu would say, but she still said to Zhuxuan: "Tell me and see what she said about me."
Zhuxuan thought for a moment and then told what happened outside the gate: "Miss Xia Er said that she just wanted to see the eldest sister with good intentions, but she was repeatedly blocked and couldn't even enter the palace gate. She also said Princess, you have not returned to Xia Mansion since you entered the palace, saying that both Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia miss you very much..."
Zhuxuan looked at Xia Luotong's face getting colder and colder, and her voice gradually became quieter, but thinking of her responsibilities, she should tell Xia Luotong everything about the situation, so she insisted on finishing her words: "She made a lot of noise. Xiao, when the slave came in to reply, there were already some onlookers outside the gate."
"So this is her purpose? She wants to use this to ruin my reputation? Ridiculous!" Xia Luotong sneered, suppressing the anger in his eyes, and ordered Zhuxuan, "She wants to enter the palace gate? Dreaming! Zhuxuan, You know what to do, right? Go and send her away! Can’t she do it? Then don’t give her any face!”
"Why are you still angry? It's not worth being angry with a person like that." Wu Zechen noticed that something was wrong with Xia Luotong's mood, and couldn't help but pat her back gently, helping her calm down, and spoke softly to comfort her. With.
In fact, with Xia Luotong's temperament, she would not be angry at all towards someone like Xia Zhilu, and would even watch the other person's actions happily. However, today's reaction was really different. Even Zhuxuan noticed that she was different from usual. .
Xia Luotong couldn't help being stunned after hearing this. He looked at Wu Zechen and then at Zhuxuan, and saw that both of them were looking at him in surprise. Thinking about his emotions just now, he was really excited!
After being stunned, thinking about his current state, he couldn't help but smile: "Maybe it's because I'm pregnant, so I even have a bad temper."
She felt annoyed just now, and when she heard that Xia Zhilu was doing it again, her irritable mood rose.
Seeing her helpless and annoyed look, Wu Zechen couldn't help but smile softly and pinched her cheek gently: "No matter what you look like, I like you, just don't make yourself angry."
Xia Luotong couldn't help but was stunned. When he raised his head, he ran into his doting gaze, and his face immediately turned red.
This man! Zhuxuan is still nearby, and he is getting thicker and thicker by saying such things!
Seeing Xia Luotong blushing, Wu Zechen smiled even more and lowered his head to kiss her between the eyebrows, causing her face to turn red as if on fire.
Seeing this, Zhuxuan couldn't help but snicker secretly, pursed her lips, and hurriedly excused herself. She was naturally happy that her prince and princess had such a harmonious relationship. She had watched her princess go through it all. As long as the princess could be happy, she would That's enough.
Turning around and going out, the look on Zhuxuan's face immediately turned cold when she thought of Xia Zhilu outside the palace gate.
Zhuxuan knew not only all the things that Xia Mansion had done to his own princess, but she also knew a lot. Such a group of people were not worthy of being called relatives at all! Today, you actually dare to come to your door and pretend to be kind!
When Zhuxuan returned to the gate of the palace, many people had gathered outside, and Xia Zhilu looked pitiful, as if the palace had bullied her.
