Su Yue grabbed Dalu, "Why are you so sneaky?"

Dalu glanced back subconsciously and dragged Su Yue into the house.

Su Yue saw that his breathing was uneven and he was panting slightly. It was obvious that he had come back at a high speed.

She looked slightly calm, "What happened?"

Dalu hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "I was being followed, and it took a lot of effort to get rid of the person following me."

"Do you know who is following you?"

Dalu hesitated longer this time.

Su Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, "It seems you know the people who were chasing you back then?"

Dalu sighed, "To be precise, he is the master of those people."

Su Yue's heart moved slightly.

Dalu and Zheng'er are from Nanping, and the people who chased them were also from Nanping, and now there is a group of Nanping people living here in the capital.

"The people who are chasing you are members of the Nanping royal family?"

Dalu looked cold and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "Rebellious ministers and traitors are not worthy of being called members of the royal family."

Hearing the meaning of the words, Su Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, "So Zheng'er is from the Nanping royal family? You know that I am impatient to ask questions. You'd better explain the matter clearly at once, otherwise it will be difficult for me to help you."

Dalu clenched his fists and then whispered: "You guessed it right, Zheng'er is the little princess of the Nanping royal family, her real name is Duan Nanzheng, and I am Yang Mo, the commander of the imperial guard in Nanping Palace.

A year ago, the Bai family colluded with Nanping's aristocratic families and suddenly rebelled. Bai Shijie led his men into the palace. In the panic, His Majesty and the Queen only had time to send the third prince and the little princess out.

After I was ordered to escort the little princess to escape from the palace, I saw a fire in the palace. Later I heard that Bai Shijie killed His Majesty and the two princes. In order to avoid being humiliated, the Queen took the eldest princess and the second princess in the palace.

He set himself on fire.

I took the little princess all the way around, and was constantly being chased. I had to find a way to get to Yunzhao Country. Unexpectedly, they refused to give up, and sent people to chase after me, and even chased me and the little princess.

Lost.

Later, you saved me, Aunt Xu saved the little princess, and you know everything that happened next."

When Su Yue heard this, she was so shocked that she could not speak for a long time.

No one expected that the person her carriage ran over on the road turned out to be the commander of the Nanping Imperial Guards, and that the feverish little girl Zheng'er who was rescued by Xu turned out to be the orphan of the Nanping royal family.

"The person who was chasing you just now was Bai Jinghao?"

Dalu nodded, "Yes, Bai Jinghao is the second son of the traitor Bai Shijie. After Bai Shijie aspired to the throne, although he became emperor, he never got the national seal passed down by the ancestor of Nanping.

This is also the reason why they have been chasing us, they want to get the national seal so that their Bai family's throne can be justified."

Su Yue was surprised, "So the national seal is in your hand?"

Dalu hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Well, I hid him in a safe place."

Su Yue was very sensible and didn't ask where it was.

Dalu continued: "When I was waiting at the palace gate today, I saw many people leaving the palace. I thought that the ministers must be the first to leave the palace.

I was afraid that the young master would not see me, so I hurried forward to greet him. Who knew that the first person to come out was the envoy from Nanping Kingdom.

Bai Jinghao and I happened to have our eyes collided, and he recognized me.

Although I tried my best to deny it at the time, Bai Jinghao still followed me closely and sent people to follow me at a short distance.

Fortunately, I'm very skilled and familiar with the nearby terrain, so I took a long detour and ran several streets to throw them away before I came back."

When Dalu said this, his expression paused slightly, "Zheng'er and I must leave quickly, Bai Jinghao is afraid that he will find out here soon.

I will go to Zhou's house to pick up Zheng'er now, and we will leave immediately."

Su Yue stretched out her hand to stop him, "Where can you go?"

Dalu pursed his lips tightly, with a rather stern look on his face, "Let's take it one step at a time. In short, we can't continue to live here, it will cause trouble for you."

Su Yue did not let go of him, "Bai Jinghao was in the palace today, no matter what the competition was, he looked like he didn't care.

This shows that the real purpose of his coming to Yunzhao Country this time is not to visit and communicate, to exchange information or anything.

I suspect that he probably took the opportunity of this visit to search Zheng'er carefully, and his purpose was to obtain the national seal."

That's why he doesn't care about the competition in the palace. Everything is just a formality and no one is offended.

"If his goal is you and Zheng'er, there must be many people outside looking for your traces at this moment. If you go to pick up Zheng'er like this, it will only expose you two faster.

Are you willing to listen to my advice?"

Dalu didn't know this. He just didn't want to implicate Su Yue, so he proposed to leave.

"Ma'am, please speak."

Su Yue said: "Let Zheng'er and Tian'er stay at Master Zhou's house temporarily and don't have to come back.

As for you, you can choose to dress up a little and go out to attract their attention. It is best to find a way to get rid of it once and for all and not let them harass us repeatedly."

Dalu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do as Madam said. I'm just going to cause you trouble."

"It's easy to say. Just remember to repay him later." Su Yue chuckled and threw a box of ointment to him. "Apply this on your face. It will change your appearance, but it can't be exposed to water."

Dalu took the ointment and bowed solemnly, "Yang Mo has thanked Madam and Young Master for their great kindness. If there is a chance, I will definitely repay you."

After that, he went back to the house, applied the ointment, packed two more clothes, and left quickly.

Su Yue waited for him to leave, then arranged for Xu Qian to go to Zhou's house and tell Mrs. Zhou to ask her to stay with Zheng'er and Tian'er for a while.

To be on the safe side, Su Yue told Bai Hu to go watch on the roof of Zhou's house at night.

When Xiao Sanlang came back in the evening, Su Yue told Zheng'er's life experience, "...Bai Jinghao's purpose of coming to Beijing this time is probably to find Zheng'er."

Xiao Sanlang thought thoughtfully, "No wonder he's not here at the trade talks this afternoon."

Originally scheduled for this afternoon, the five countries will hold trade talks with each other to agree on the goods and prices that each country can exchange.

But during the afternoon meeting, Bai Jinghao did not show up at all.

"The mission will only stay in the capital for half a month. They will have to leave the capital in the middle of the twelfth lunar month at the latest. During this half month, there are roads outside that attract their attention. It is estimated that they will not be able to find Zheng'er for a while."

Su Yue nodded, "Are you going to Huitong Hall in the next few days?"

Xiao Sanlang shook his head, "I won't go, my errands have been handed over, and we, the scholars who have not yet joined the court as officials, do not need to be responsible for the following matters discussed by the five countries.

I will go back to the academy tomorrow to continue studying. By the way, I have made an agreement with Prince Wei and asked him to help pay attention. If your Majesty's reward comes, I will accompany you at home to receive the order."

Su Yue chuckled, "What? Are you afraid that Your Majesty will be stingy and refuse to reward me seriously?"

Xiao Sanlang was noncommittal, "Don't have too high hopes. I probably won't reward you lavishly."

Su Yue shrugged her shoulders and said she didn't care. Suddenly, her expression became serious, and she grabbed Xiao Sanlang's hand and made a silent gesture.
Chapter completed!