"Grandpa Lu, what do you mean..."
A gust of cold wind happened to blow, and Su Liuye felt a chill rush up his spine.
Mr. Lu said, "It has been rumored before that the secret guards around the fifth princess. From this point of view, the dancing girl is most likely a secret guard. Now after so many years, the secret guards are probably still there."
Secret guards are passed down from generation to generation and will always follow their master.
Since the fifth princess was a military commander, it was normal for her to have several secret guards around her. The most important thing was that even Mr. Lu knew about it, so the emperor knew better.
For so many years, the emperor has not mentioned the secret guards around the fifth princess, which means that the emperor has long known about the existence of the secret guards, and he allowed these secret guards to follow the fifth princess.
If Su Liuye really offended the fifth princess, she might let the secret guards get rid of her directly, even if they dealt with Wu Ji.
Su Liuye's face darkened slightly, and she immediately thought of the man waiting for her in the alley that night. Could that man be the secret guard sent by the fifth princess?
Thinking of this possibility, her face became even uglier.
The man just grabbed her, leaving some marks on her wrists. He was obviously a practicing practitioner. If she hadn't screamed that night, she might have been taken away.
It seems that the Fifth Princess really wants to target her...
"Girl, what are you thinking about? Have you really offended the fifth princess?"
Mr. Lu asked.
Su Liuye returned to the Kingdom God for a moment, but did not speak.
Seeing her expression, Mr. Lu snorted through his nose, "Did you really offend the fifth princess? If I guessed correctly, you must have met them when you went to the temple today, right?"
"Grandpa Lu, how did you know?"
Su Liuye was surprised.
Mr. Lu said, "What's so surprising about this? Lingyuan Temple is a temple that the royal family must go to for worship. At this time every year, people from the palace will go there to worship. You can meet them at Lingyuan Temple. Accident.”
As he said that, Mr. Lu took another puff of cigarette and said, "Girl, I'm almost done with this cigarette. Please help me go to my room and bring me the cigarette case. It's just in the cabinet."
"Okay, Grandpa Lu, please wait."
Although Su Liuye was also curious as to why the old man actually asked her to get the cigarette case, she had nothing to do anyway so she agreed and went over.
According to what Mr. Lu said, she quickly found a small black wooden box on the cabinet. It looked unremarkable, only about the size of an adult's hand, and it felt light in the palm of her hand.
I opened it and took a look. It was filled with Mr. Lu's tobacco.
She took the box over and said, "Grandpa Lu, this is your cigarette case."
Mr. Lu didn't waste any time and took out a jade pendant from the secret compartment at the bottom of the box. "Take this. It was given to me by the late emperor. It can save your life."
"Grandpa Lu, do you want to give this to me?" Su Liuye was surprised and quickly refused, "I can't have such a valuable thing! Grandpa, you'd better take it yourself!"
I had known for a long time that Mr. Lu was highly regarded by the late Emperor in the palace, but I didn't expect that he would have such a valuable thing on him! This is equivalent to a death-free gold medal, and its value is extraordinary.
"Just take it if I ask you to." Mr. Lu said impatiently, "I don't have any use for this thing. It's useless if you leave it here. Besides, I'm already this age and can use this thing. There are not many opportunities left.”
"this……"
"Take it, take it! Take it quickly!" The old man stared.
Su Liuye was moved in her heart and held the jade pendant firmly in her hand, "Grandpa Lu, I will take the jade pendant first. If I don't use it, I will definitely return it to you."
Mr. Lu ignored her and just stared, as if he would curse her if she didn't leave.
Su Liuye returned to the room with the jade pendant. A closer look revealed that the jade pendant was transparent and engraved with a lifelike flying dragon, which looked very domineering.
The jade pendant looks like a high-quality jade pendant, but it feels cold in the hand.
She thought for a moment, thought of a money bag to put the jade pendant in, and took it with her.
Since this jade pendant can save life, it must be carried with you.
Dinner was eaten at the house, and Qin Lian was in a much better mood than before.
After the meal, Su Liuye returned to the room to rest.
It snowed heavily again at night, and the cold winter kept blowing. Early the next morning, it was white again with a thick layer of snow outside.
She put on thick clothes and went over to boil hot water to freshen up. Just after breakfast, she saw Uncle Zhou and Xiao Wu packing things in the hall, packing up some New Year's goods they had bought on the street.
Su Liuye looked confused, "Uncle Zhou, what are you doing?"
"Mrs. Chu, are you awake?" Uncle Zhou looked over and said with a smile, "We are just about to pack up the New Year's goods and send them to my young master."
"For Mr. Xiao?"
Su Liuye was slightly stunned.
"That's right. The young master still has things to be busy with. Even if he has to be busy outside during the New Year, I have no choice but to pack up the New Year's goods and bring them to the young master."
"That……"
"By the way, Mrs. Chu, these are prepared for Mr. Chu."
Uncle Zhou patted the package next to him.
"For my husband?"
Su Liuye felt a little strange in her heart. She hadn't heard news about Chu Yan for a long time, and she didn't know what he was busy with now.
She stepped forward and looked at the contents of the package. They were all festive New Year items.
Uncle Zhou had never told her about these things. Uncle Zhou was preparing them all. Su Liuye looked a little ashamed, "Uncle Zhou, do you want to send these things over now?"
"Yes, I will send it over when it is packed. Mrs. Chu, you also know that the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, so I have to send it over now."
"Uncle Zhou, let me deliver them for you." Su Liuye said, "I have already troubled you to pack these things for me. It's still snowing today, so I can't ask you to deliver them for me, and I haven't seen you for a long time. Husband, this is a good time to go and have a look."
"but……"
Uncle Zhou looked at the snow outside and was a little worried, "The young master and Mr. Chu are not in the capital now, and it will take a day to get there from the city. Mrs. Chu, do you want to go there?"
"where are they?"
"They are in the nearby Pingyang Town. The road is difficult to walk in snowy weather. Madam, you should wait here and I will go there."
Pingyang Town?
Su Liuye frowned. She seemed to have heard of this name, which was a relatively prosperous town near the capital.
It is indeed quite far from here, so we can only go there by horse-drawn carriage. It snowed all night last night, and the road there was not easy to walk. The journey that originally took one day now took about a day and a half.
Su Liuye thought for a while and said, "Uncle Zhou, I'd better go there. I happen to have something to talk to Mr. Xiao."
