Xu Mingyi knew in her heart that the mistake naturally happened to her.
"Anyway, sir, thank you for your trouble."
In the last life, it was Mr. Yao's hexagram that allowed her to escape disaster.
But in this life, she has to rely on herself to avoid disaster for the entire Zhenguo Palace.
The girl bowed again and then walked to the study.
Yao Jing looked at the frail but tenacious back, the doubts in his eyes getting deeper and deeper.
Ah Zhu stepped forward and knocked on the study door.
"Come in."
The voice of Duke Zhen came from the study.
Ah Zhu pushed the door open and Xu Mingyi walked in.
"grandfather."
"It's Zhao Zhao."
Behind the desk, Duke Zhen Guo smiled and waved to his granddaughter, "Come here and sit and talk."
He was alone in the study at this time, not dealing with any important military affairs. Instead, he was carefully brushing two new large round walnuts with a hairbrush.
When he first entered the capital with the late emperor, the late emperor once worried that he was too hot-tempered and should find some elegant hobbies to cultivate his character. Otherwise, it would be useless to fight with people every two days... The old man racked his brains and chose one.
After a long round of shopping, I finally chose a plate of walnuts.
You can only be so elegant, and it won't be any more.
And the first few years when I tried to suppress my temper were quite tiring.
"Grandpa just came back from the palace?"
Ah Zhu moved a chair from the side and Xu Mingyi asked after sitting down.
The Duke of Zhen Guo nodded, held the clean walnuts in his hand, and said in a gentle tone: "I've almost finished all my work, and I can relax at home for a while."
He planned to take advantage of this period of time to sort through many of his thoughts.
Xu Mingyi nodded, and then asked in a low voice: "Does grandfather know about the prince falling into the water? Is there any clue in the palace?"
Duke Zhenguo looked straight, shook his head slightly, and said: "I heard something vaguely when I entered the palace today... I probably won't find anything new in this matter. The little eunuch may have already confessed."
Last night, the emperor summoned them to the imperial study. A group of civil servants talked a lot about it, but he just listened without interrupting.
The one who is most suspected is Concubine Rong, who is now pregnant.
However, Concubine Rong is pregnant, and the Emperor attaches great importance to this unborn child...
Perhaps there is something hidden, or he is waiting to be settled later, but in short, the emperor seems to have no intention of delving into the matter further for the time being.
Xu Mingyi didn't feel that surprised.
She had thought before that the palace would suppress the truth of the matter for some reason.
But what is the truth?
"It may not be Concubine Rong." She frowned slightly and said, "Even if you have the intention to compete for the position of crown prince, there is no reason to be so anxious. Besides, this matter is not only directed at the Crown Prince, but also respectfully.
Prince Wang——"
When it comes to competing for the position of crown prince, the prerequisite must be to give birth to a dragon son. But if Concubine Rong can really give birth to a dragon son, she will no longer have to worry about the emperor adopting a son from the clan, so why would she attack Prince Jing's son?
Duke Zhen Guo looked at his granddaughter in surprise.
He didn't mention Concubine Rong just now, but Zhao Zhao seemed to see through the current situation at a glance, not to mention being able to analyze the matter so carefully and rationally——
"If Zhao Zhao were a man, he would be more useful as a military advisor to me than Mr. Yao." When Zhen Guo Gong came back to his senses, Lao Huai said happily.
"If I'm not a man, I can't do it?"
Duke Zhenguo couldn't help but smile and said: "Of course you can do it! But how can my grandfather be willing to ask you to endure this hardship?"
"How can this be hardship? For me, as long as the family is reunited and safe, life is the sweetest." The girl said with a smile in her tone, but her eyes were very serious: "If my grandfather really has any use for me, I will
It's not too late to be happy. We have a big family and a heavy burden, so my grandfather shouldn't be able to carry it all alone."
In her eyes when she was young, her grandfather was like a big mountain that could block all wind and rain. He was always so reassuring. As long as her grandfather was around, she didn't have to worry about anything.
Now she no longer wants to be a child protected by the mountains, she also has to shoulder her due responsibilities.
The Duke of Zhen Guo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his eyes felt a little sore.
"Okay, Zhaozhao can indeed take care of his grandfather's worries..." He nodded and did not say anything more, "You don't have to worry about everything since my grandfather is here."
In his heart, he wanted his only granddaughter to be carefree forever.
But his thoughts are his thoughts, and she still has to choose how her child will live.
Zhaozhao wanted to live in a greenhouse without wind or rain all her life, so he protected the greenhouse for her. If she wanted to go out and do something, her grandfather would not stop her.
"The palace has deliberately suppressed the prince's matter for the time being, but I don't know if it will cause other waves in the future. Grandpa secretly had better pay more attention to it."
The Duke of Zhen nodded in agreement.
"Yes, that's how it should be."
Seeing that her grandfather really took her words to heart, Xu Mingyi said no more about this matter, and then talked about another matter.
"Grandpa, my granddaughter has something else to ask you."
The Duke of Zhen nodded and told her to just ask.
"Do we have any heirlooms in our house?" the girl asked in a low voice.
This seems to be a question that every child is curious about.
Duke Zhen Guo held walnuts in his hand, nodded and said, "Heirlooms, of course there are some."
"What is that-"
"Do you still need to ask?" The old man said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Of course we are Zhaozhao!"
This is the most precious treasure in his family!
Xu Mingyi couldn't help laughing.
"What about besides me?" She shamelessly accepted the name "Heirloom" and asked, "Are there any other unknown and important things that need to be properly preserved?"
The Duke of Zhen Guo thought for a moment and finally shook his head.
"Even though there are some rare treasures, they can't be called so important..."
After all, their Zhenguo government office doesn't lack them at all.
Xu Mingyi did not doubt that the old man's words were false.
However, could it be that she had not thought of it for a moment? Or, her expression made her grandfather not think of the existence of that thing?
"Why would Zhao Zhao ask this?"
"This is not what the granddaughter wants to ask, but what Mr. Zhan wants to find out secretly through Liu Yilai -" Xu Mingyi said straightforwardly: "My granddaughter suspects that the Zhan family and his son have an agenda."
She had no intention of hiding her attitude towards the Zhan family from her family, but Liu Yizhu had just been sent to the government at that time, and she didn't want Zhan Yunzhu to notice too much strangeness for the time being, so it took more than ten days to explain it to her grandfather.
If you want to say something, say it clearly. Xu Mingyi also told Zhan Yunzhu that he had been using Liu Yi all these years.
