"Sister-in-law." Under the bright lights, the Seventeenth Prince Xia Chengjun smiled politely and mischievously at me, breaking my silence just now.
I finally came to my senses and realized that I had been sizing him up for a long time without realizing it.
"Why are you here?" I felt curious.
"The emperor was afraid that something might happen to his sister-in-law when she left the palace, so he sent me to escort her."
Oh I see.
This time Xiao Qi also went to Anguo with us. As usual, he should pray with Xia Yan at the ancestral temple, but because I had to leave the palace temporarily, he came to escort me.
This makes me feel embarrassed.
"Let's go, sister-in-law, the carriage is already waiting outside."
"Um!"
Prince Huan's palace was brightly lit, and the guard saw me coming and quickly saluted.
I waved my hand: "Everyone, get up. I'm here to see the princess."
"Queen, please come in."
Didi learned the news in advance and brought the princess to me to see: "After all, mother and son are connected. The princess seems to know that the empress is coming, and she is not asleep yet at this hour."
I hugged my daughter lovingly and kissed her face: "It's heavy again. By the way, where is Xia Huanzhi?"
Didi and I have similar temperaments. We never mince words when talking to each other. When I mentioned Xia Huanzhi, Didi immediately showed an indignant look: "I don't know what happened recently. I've been back very late these days.
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As soon as I heard this, I became interested: "What's wrong? Nothing happened in the past few days."
Didi is different from me. She lives in seclusion. Besides her son, she is her husband, and then there are all the big and small things in the palace. She knows very little about the affairs of the court. It would be too easy for Xia Huanzhi to find a reason to fool her.
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"What?" Didi raised her eyebrows, looking surprised.
I said frankly: "I really haven't had much to do recently. Xia Yan and Shi Qi were praying at the ancestral temple, and Xia Huanzhi came back early."
"Impossible, he has been homeless all day." Di Di was angry and resentful, as if he wanted to tear Xia Huanzhi into pieces.
"This is incredible. I haven't been at home all day. Could it be that I went out to fool around?" I asked in a jealous tone.
Thinking about it, it's really not very kind. Xia Huanzhi took care of my daughter, and I made him suffer injustice. Alas, I felt that I was too heartless.
Didi has an explosive personality, and is always on fire whenever she gets angry. After hearing what I said, without saying a word, she handed the two children to the housekeeper and took me out of the palace quickly.
Xiao Qi was startled: "You two..."
"Shut up, don't think that because you are the Seventeenth Master, I don't dare to hit you!" Di Di, who was on fire, had no sense at all and pointed at Xia Chengjun and cursed.
Xiao Qi looked aggrieved and looked back at me, as if asking, what on earth have I done?
I saw that Didi was running very fast, so I quickly followed behind. Fortunately, I was wearing casual clothes when I came out, so it was not that difficult to run. Xiao Qi was frightened and quickly led others to chase after us.
"Didi, where are you going?"
"Go to the brothel. Xia Huanzhi must be there."
I was startled. This was far from my plan. I stood on tiptoe and stood in front of him: "Oh, Xia Huanzhi will definitely not be there."
"Why?"
"Uh... I think I heard someone say that Xia Huanzhi always goes to a place called the Dark Palace recently. Do you know where it is?"
"The Dark Palace? There are beauties in that place?"
