Her guards

Chapter 128 The Young Master is Good at Hiding

"The young lady of the Ding'an Duke's Mansion is their shield."

"This young lady has been in contact with the young master because of what happened last time. Her maid is a servant of the young prince of the Mo family. If we whisper some rumors to scare her, she will definitely believe that the remnants of the Sun family will seek revenge on her."

That's why the maid said that if they stopped her, they would bring not her people, but government officials.

Therefore, the young lady from the Duke of Ding'an's mansion immediately concluded that someone was trying to harm her by shouting and screaming...

Is this young lady stupid or just being presumptuous?

The old man shook his head.

However, it has caused them considerable trouble.

“If Xiuyi takes over, the traces of the bookstore will definitely be discovered. There’s no time to erase them. Let’s abandon this line and not let the young master trace it back to us.”

The middle-aged man responded with a hiss, "Behind the Linjiang Bookstore lies the Huzhou Bookstore, waiting to build momentum for the General's conquest of the world. This is a huge loss."

The old man waved his hand: "It's alright. Having this little prince is the biggest boost we can get, it's worth it."

The middle-aged man frowned: "But we can't see the person, and we can't take them away..."

“We should have arrested that maid back then; now I’m afraid the little prince has already escaped,” another man said, frowning.

According to custom, they should have either killed the people or taken them away.

“That maid kept mentioning the young lady of the Duke of Ding’an’s mansion. I think there might be something we don’t know about,” the old man said. “Before we came here, the general instructed us to be careful and not to act on our own. We shouldn’t end up like the Seventh Master, who failed to capture the young prince and brought trouble to Qin’an City.”

After saying that, he took out a whistle from his sleeve.

"As that maid said, let the general investigate this young lady from the Duke of Ding'an's mansion."

Let's see what kind of impressive background this young lady who came to visit relatives has that makes this maid so proud.

At the old man's whistle, several well-trained carrier pigeons, carrying secret messages, braved the cold wind and, after several transfers, delivered them to Longxi in the shortest possible time.

General Wei Cui's study was warm and cozy, with several thin strips of paper scattered on the desk, covered with densely written small characters.

The paper had already been passed around among the men sitting inside, their expressions a mix of surprise and doubt.

"Just as the general predicted, the person was indeed right next to that Miss Ding'an, and she was the maid who was impersonating Liu Chan."

"Is the young prince also hiding in the Duke of Ding'an's mansion?"

"Is this young lady unusual? What's unusual about her?"

"They are children from the branch of the second uncle of the Duke of Ding'an, who came to the capital to stay temporarily."

"What's so special about this?"

"Let alone a collateral branch, even the Duke of Ding'an himself is nothing special."

"The Yang family is nothing more than a nouveau riche. They raised Deng Shan when he was young, and they were lucky enough to benefit from his success."

Wei Cui waved his hand to stop the discussion in the room and gestured to the servant standing to the side.

"Upon receiving the secret letter, the General ordered us to investigate," the servant said. "This young lady from the Ding'an Duke's mansion named Yang Luo is not from the branch of the Ding'an Duke's second uncle, but is from Baima Town, the daughter of the Ding'an Duke Yang Bin's own sister."

It turned out she was Yang Bin's younger sister's daughter. The people in the room were relieved, but still puzzled.

So what...

“I initially thought, so what? But firstly, this young prince could use her as a hiding place, and secondly, A-Jiao could be summoned at her beck and call…” Wei Cui said, smiling, “Everyone knows what kind of temper A-Jiao has, how could she be easily ordered around? So I thought and thought, and I finally remembered who this Miss Yang from the Duke of Ding’an’s mansion who suddenly returned is…”

Who is it? It's my niece, everyone looked at Wei Cui.

Wei Cui smiled slightly: "Deng Shan's daughter."

Deng Shan's daughter?
The emperor's daughter?
Is this young lady from the Duke of Ding'an's mansion a princess?!
The people in the room looked astonished.

How could that be? When?
Wei Cui's voice continued to come.

"Not many people know about this, because it happened before Deng Shan became wealthy."

"But it's not impossible to investigate. I specifically looked through the information I had found about some of Deng Shan's former subordinates and officers. Someone mentioned that Deng Shan once said in the army that he was very worried about his newlywed wife's safety after being separated from her."

"At that time, Deng Shan had not yet been recruited by the Chai family."

He looked at Master Wei as he spoke.

"You know, right? This young lady, who claims to be from a collateral branch of the family, had her maid impersonate the princess's study companion. Not only was she not punished, but the young lady herself later became the princess's study companion..."

Master Wei quickly stood up and nodded: "I know, we went to find out about this young lady's background after the incident."

But at the time he didn't think he needed to care. He looked nervous and uneasy as he listened to Wei Cui continue.

"That's impersonation. If she were just a young lady from a collateral branch of the family, would Deng Shan treat her so well?"

"So this also explains why your people bumped into this lady that night, and why A-Jiao was also present."

Wei Cui smiled as he said this.

"Ah Jiao must be under orders to protect her." A buzz of excitement filled the room. "So that's how it is!" "I see!" "No wonder!"

Master Wei suddenly realized again: "So, that young prince Mo deliberately hid by this young lady's side. She is a princess, after all. This is undoubtedly hiding right under the emperor's nose. What audacity!"

No wonder the maid was so smug, saying they had a safe place.

The more dangerous, the safer.

Who dares to investigate this young lady?

This young lady was also protected by someone dressed in embroidery.

This means that even this young prince, Mo, is now protected by the embroidered robes.

Deng Shan would inevitably have Xiu Yi investigate the whereabouts of this young prince, but in reality, the prince was under Xiu Yi's protection.

Upon thinking of this, Wei Cui couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Good, good, I told you long ago that this young prince Mo is extraordinary."

"But what does he want to do?" Master Wei asked. "Using this princess to get close to Deng Shan, and then kill him..."

"That's wonderful!" Another man stood up, clapping excitedly. "The Great General can then slay the traitors and protect the Great Xia!"

Wei Cui laughed again and waved his hand.

“That young prince has managed to hide for so many years, he can’t be so short-sighted,” he said, stroking his beard and smiling slightly. “I think he might be planning to become Deng Shan’s son-in-law.”

To become Deng Shan's son-in-law?
“Let Deng Shan’s daughter give birth to a child with the bloodline of the Mo family,” Wei Cui said, squinting. “Then eliminate Deng Shan’s other offspring, and ultimately make Deng Shan’s empire the Mo family’s empire.”

Similar to what Zhao Tan did back then.

The people inside nodded in agreement; it was indeed a safer approach.

"General, what should we do?" Master Wei asked hurriedly.

“Of course we will follow the prince’s lead,” Wei Cui said with a smile. He then gestured to a servant to bring a box. “Send this to the maid first to show my sincerity.”

Master Wei reached out and took it, then suddenly thought that if the young prince intended to become Deng Shan's son-in-law, he would eventually have to appear by this Miss Yang's side.

Therefore, as long as you keep an eye on the men who appear next to Miss Yang, you will definitely find something.

……

.......
Meanwhile, in the capital, accompanied by the melodious tolling of bells, the four-day course for the female students accompanying the students at the National Academy came to an end.

Moreover, this time it's not just a three-day holiday; the Chinese Academy is also on holiday as the year draws to a close, so there's no need to attend classes before the new year.

Even the ladies who were usually very polite couldn't help but cheer at this moment.

Princess Heisei laughed along and stretched, saying, "Finally, I can sleep in."

The girls who accompanied her laughed even louder. "Princess, it's a promise, you can't secretly study behind our backs."

As everyone escorted the princess out, they heard the voices of Princess Wuyang and Princess Nangong, who had rushed out as soon as get out of class ended, coming from ahead.

"Wei Jiao!"

"Ah Jiao!"

"How did you come?"

"Did you come here specifically to pick us up?"

Wei Jiao is here? Princess Heping looked up and saw Wei Jiao walking over in a bright red cloak.

"Princess, you're out of school." Wei Jiao waved to Princess Heisei. "That's great. Go home now, don't suffer here."

Princess Wuyang and Princess Nangong eagerly replied, "It's not hard work at all."

Princess Heisei smiled and asked, "Have you come here to suffer?"

Wei Jiao sighed and said, "I'm busy right now. This old man is so annoying. He made me come to listen to the lecture."

"Yes, Wei Jiao is the disciple of the Imperial Academy Master," Princess Heicheng smiled and gestured to him, "Go quickly."

Princess Wuyang and Princess Nangong were very unhappy, as they were not given a chance to speak. However, they noticed that Wei Jiao did not walk away as usual, following Princess Heping's words. Instead, he looked past Princess Heping and towards the back.

He suddenly smiled and said, "Miss Yang Luo, let's go together."

Yang Luo.

together.

With that one sentence, countless eyes instantly turned to look behind them.

Finally, there were three girls who seemed to have been chatting and laughing, but their expressions turned slightly surprised when they were called out. Two of them looked at the girl in the middle, "Yang Luo".

"Yes," Princess Heisei thought, "Yang Luo came in first place. She is the disciple of the chief priest."

(End of this chapter)