Hang Baiqiu said with a cold face: "Don't worry, wait until we get to the Prince's Mansion..."
When Chai Yan saw that Hang Baiqiu had started to close his eyes and rest after finishing speaking, he didn't ask any more questions. He leaned back, rested the back of his head with his palms, and slowly closed his eyes to the rhythm of the sedan's rocking.
I don't know how long it took, but Chai Yan was suddenly woken up by Shangguan Peining's voice, saying that he had arrived.
Before he opened his eyes, Chai Yan saw Hang Baiqiu on the opposite side calling: "Wake up, we are here!"
Chai Yan immediately opened his eyes, smiled and nodded: "Wake up."
Hang Baiqiu paused for a moment, thinking that it turned out that he hadn't slept at all...
After the sedan stopped and landed, Chai Yan got out of the sedan first, and then raised the curtain as before: "Secretary Hang, be careful when you bump into each other."
Hang Baiqiu didn't speak, just lowered his head slightly and walked out of the sedan calmly.
Then, the four bearers carried the sedan and left on their own.
Chai Yan raised his head and looked around, and found that he was outside a luxurious mansion. Directly in front of him was the gate of the mansion, with a plaque hanging on the lintel.
"Prince's Mansion..."
Chai Yan looked at the plaque and read it softly.
"Chai Yan, although the prince and the princess have easy-going personalities, you should try to speak as little as possible for a while and always pay attention to your words and deeds. Do you understand?" Hang Baiqiu warned.
Chai Yan responded hurriedly: "I understand, if you don't let me speak, I will never speak..."
Hang Baiqiu nodded and walked towards the door: "Go in."
Under the steps at the main entrance of the Prince's Mansion, there are two unicorn stone elephants sitting on the left and right, with majestic and lifelike expressions!
By this time, the sky had darkened, and eight luxurious bright yellow lanterns had been hung in front of the main entrance of the Prince's Mansion, making the light extremely dazzling.
Under the dazzling lantern, eight guardsmen wearing armor and holding halberds stood in a row, all of them tall and straight, looking mighty and powerful.
As soon as Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan walked down the steps, a small door on the main door opened, and a young man in his early twenties with makeup came out.
Chai Yan took a closer look and saw that this man was actually wearing a eunuch uniform. He immediately rolled his eyes secretly. It turned out to be a dead eunuch!
This eunuch obviously came to greet Hang Baiqiu. He walked down the steps and said politely to her: "Hang Secretary, you are here..."
After finishing speaking, the eunuch focused his attention on Chai Yan. He had never seen Chai Yan and did not know where he came from.
Chai Yan was looked at by a eunuch, and goosebumps immediately appeared all over his body.
Hang Baiqiu returned a simple salute, then turned sideways and introduced: "Eunuch Xu, he is Chai Yan, and he is my assistant!"
Eunuch Xu nodded with a smile and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Sir Hang. In order to ensure the safety of the Prince's Mansion, strangers must be searched before entering..."
"Of course!" After Hang Baiqiu replied, he nodded to Chai Yan, meaning that Chai Yan would be subject to a body search.
Chai Yan doesn't care, anyway, his things are all in the storage bracelet, you can search if you like, as long as this dead eunuch doesn't come!
"Come here and check him out..."
Seeing Eunuch Xu turn around and call a sergeant on duty, Chai Yan breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, you are a damn eunuch!
Chai Yan didn't know that the Eunuch Xu in front of him was the eunuch in charge of the Prince's Mansion. It was his turn to do something like searching someone's body.
"What's in the gourd?"
The sergeant inspected Chai Yan from head to toe, and finally fixed his gaze on the wine gourd behind his waist.
"It's nothing, it's empty inside." Chai Yan patted the wine gourd and said.
"It's empty? Open it and take a look!" The sergeant didn't believe it and insisted on Chai Yan opening it.
Chai Yan cooperated very well, untied the wine gourd, pulled out the spout, and then poured it down hard to prove that there was nothing in the gourd.
The sergeant took the wine gourd, shook it first, then poured it down vigorously, then put it to his nose and smelled it, and found that it was indeed empty.
But the sergeant's brows had already frowned slightly, and then he heard him say: "People can go in, but gourds can't!"
Chai Yan immediately became angry and thought to himself, "You've gone too far. It's just an empty gourd. Why would you want to take it off?"
However, due to the presence of Hang Baiqiu, Chai Yan asked with a smile: "Brother, do you think an empty gourd will pose a threat to the Prince's Mansion?"
"Chai Yan..." Hang Baiqiu stretched out his hand to press Chai Yan, and then said to Eunuch Xu: "Eunuch Xu, look at this..."
Eunuch Xu took the jug and looked at it. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he said, "It's okay, let him take it in..."
The sergeant disagreed, pointing to the gourd and saying: "Eunuch Xu, please smell it. There is no smell of wine in this jug. It has obviously never been filled with wine. I think it is very suspicious. For the safety of the Prince's Mansion, it cannot be taken away by him."
Go into the house!"
Eunuch Xu was stunned, and quickly picked up the gourd and smelled it. Indeed, there was no smell of wine at all. He immediately cast a suspicious look at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan suddenly admired the sergeant's observation skills, but it was useful to keep this gourd with him, so he said: "But this is a treasure passed down by my master. I can't just come to the Prince's Mansion and give it to him."
Lost it..."
Hang Baiqiu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Eunuch Xu, I can guarantee for him that this gourd is by no means anything suspicious."
Eunuch Xu thought for a moment, nodded and said: "The Zajia family naturally trusts Secretary Hang..."
After saying that, Eunuch Xu returned the gourd to Chai Yan and waved to the sergeant: "It's none of your business..."
"But Eunuch Xu, this..." the sergeant became anxious.
Eunuch Xu said displeasedly: "This is the envoy of Hang Bai Qiu Hang of Wude Department, the person whom the Crown Princess trusts the most. Don't you believe her words?"
"Don't dare!" said the sergeant.
"Then why don't you back down?" Eunuch Xu's voice was a bit shrill.
"Secretary Hang, please come inside!" After the sergeant retreated, Eunuch Xu led the two of them into the Prince's Mansion.
While Eunuch Xu was leading the way, he turned around and said, "Mr. Hang, the Crown Princess knew that you were coming, so she specially ordered the Za family to hold a banquet in the side hall..."
"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Xu!" Hang Baiqiu said politely.
Eunuch Xu immediately showed a charming smile and said: "What did Secretary Hang say? It should be, it should be..."
Chai Yan listened and watched beside him, and suddenly he felt goosebumps again. These eunuchs put on makeup and powder to imitate women, it is really uncomfortable!
After passing through the back hall continuously through the corridor, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu finally arrived at the door of a side hall of a main hall.
At this time, the side hall was already brightly lit, and various dishes had been placed on several tables, and the fragrance of the dishes could still be faintly smelled.
Suddenly, a bright voice came from the hall: "Bai Qiu, you are here..."