OBS Chapter 274 Uncovering the mole
Chapter 274 Uncovering the mole
When the people in the hot spring villa knew that the princess had been released from the palace, they waited anxiously for the whole day. Instead of waiting for the princess to come back, they waited for their own prince to return to the villa with his shadow guards.
Butler Cheng came out with a happy face, followed by Princess Wei and several children.
Housekeeper Cheng and the children came forward to pay their respects to the prince. Prince Qin Zhao Defang bowed to Princess Wei. After Princess Wei returned the greeting, she asked anxiously, "Uncle, where is Li'er? Why didn't she come back?"
"Sister-in-law, Li'er has been locked up in the palace to learn etiquette. She is exhausted these days. She will rest in the palace for two days before coming here."
Yuli grumbled unhappily, "Miss, you are such a fool. If you don't want to learn etiquette, just throw a tantrum and roll around. Why do you tire yourself out?"
Zhao Wuji was also filled with righteous indignation, his face puffed up with anger, "The emperor's uncle is back. From now on, who dares to bully the emperor's aunt and force her to do something she doesn't like?"
The King of Qin patted his nephew's head approvingly, "Yes! Wu Ji, the emperor's uncle is back and will not allow anyone to bully your emperor's aunt."
Xiao Wuji looked up at the King of Qin and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Uncle, you are responsible for protecting Aunt Huang now. When the members of our "Wei Feng" team grow up, I will take them to protect Aunt Huang!"
Several members of the "Weifeng" team puffed out their chests, each with a look of determination on their faces!
Qin Wang Zhao Defang was secretly happy in his heart. Li'er, this clever guy, was afraid of death and cunning. She organized a big-foot female army guard and created a "Tai Chi Gate" to recruit peerless masters. These extremely smart children formed their own "Wei Feng" team. After several years, the protection forces around her would definitely be extremely powerful.
After entering the Hot Spring Villa, the King of Qin said to the housekeeper Cheng who was following behind him, "I came to the Hot Spring Villa to investigate the princess who was framed and detained in the palace by the emperor. Do you know who the traitor is?"
Steward Cheng replied in panic, “I am also somewhat suspicious of the Emperor’s sudden decree to summon the princess to the palace and then detain her.
"My Lord, Xiangcao, the maidservant beside my cousin, has secretly asked me a few times these days whether the princess has left the palace. She looked suspiciously nervous, but when I questioned her, she refused to say anything and only said that she had something to report to the princess."
King Qin's eyes turned cold, "Bring the maid Xiangcao to my Tingyu Pavilion, and I will interrogate her in person."
Butler Cheng bowed and accepted the order, then hurried towards Qiu Shui Pavilion where Madam Lin and her daughter lived.
Lin Xian'er and her mother were fiddling with some jewelry that they had bought from the capital yesterday. She picked up a jade hairpin inlaid with emeralds and put it in her mother's hair. She stepped back to take a look and said with a sweet smile, "Mother, this hairpin is elegant and gorgeous without being cliché. It goes perfectly with your embroidered Shu brocade. Wear it to attend Madam Liu's birthday party tomorrow!"
Madam Lin looked in the bronze mirror and smiled with satisfaction, "Xian'er, you have always had excellent taste. I will listen to you and wear this jade hairpin to attend Madam Liu's birthday banquet tomorrow."
"Miss Lin, the prince has ordered his subordinates to invite you to Tingyu Pavilion."
Yun Yi's voice came from the yard outside the door.
Lin Xian'er's heart was beating wildly with surprise. My cousin has returned to Beijing and is coming to the hot spring villa. He asked me to go over and meet him?
"Mother, I'll change my clothes and go meet my cousin!" Lin Xian'er's voice was filled with uncontrollable surprise.
Mrs. Lin said with a smile on her face: "Go! It's not easy to get to see your cousin once, Xian'er, you must seize the opportunity."
"I understand, mother." Lin Xian'er responded shyly and hurried back to the house to change into her most beautiful clothes that her cousin would definitely like.
"Vanilla, where is Vanilla?" Lin Xian'er called out to the maid she had been using for these days.
"Miss, Xiangcao was just called away by Steward Cheng. May I serve you?" The maid Qiuju stepped forward and said.
"What does Housekeeper Cheng want from her little maid?" Lin Xian'er complained casually, but she didn't take it to heart. "Qiu Ju, hurry up and help me change my clothes."
Lin Xian'er was wearing a simple and elegant light blue skirt, and an exquisite white jade and gold headpiece on her head. She was lightly made up, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, her waist was slender, and she walked into Tingyu Pavilion with light steps and a happy heart.
She knew that this kind of dress was her cousin's favorite. On her eleventh birthday, her cousin was amazed by her and praised her, "When Xian'er wears simple and elegant clothes, she is really out of this world, like a little fairy."
Lin Xian'er walked into Tingyuxuan with joy and hope in her heart, but was stunned after entering the house!
Prince Qin Zhao Defang sat in the main seat with a solemn expression. A maid was kneeling on the ground, and her back looked very familiar.
"Cousin, when did you come back to Beijing? I heard that you have performed great feats on the front line again. Mother and I are so proud of you!" Lin Xian'er's heart was beating fast, and she tried hard to smile naturally and cordially.
: "Lin Xian'er, you don't feel guilty." Qin Wang Zhao Defang called her by her full name, with a cold and disgusted look as if he was looking at a strange stray dog.
Lin Xian'er said in surprise: "Cousin, I haven't done anything wrong, why should I feel guilty? Why is Xiangcao here? Did this slut do something wrong and make you angry?" As she said that, she walked forward and sat down on the right.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang felt disgusted when he looked at her, and looked at Xiangcao who was kneeling on the ground: "Xiangcao, tell me again, after the princess performed surgery on Lin Xian'er and saved her life, how did Lin Xian'er repay the princess for saving her life."
Vanilla looked up at Lin Xian'er. The fierce and vicious warning in Lin Xian'er's eyes scared her so much that she quickly lowered her head.
After gritting her teeth, Vanilla said resolutely, "After the princess performed the surgery to save her life, Miss Lin was not grateful. Every day when she touched the scar, she would curse the princess with hatred for deliberately harming her.
The day before the princess was summoned to the palace and detained by the emperor, Miss Lin dragged her sick body into the capital to stroll around the East Market. She neither went shopping nor ate delicious food, but seemed to be looking for someone aimlessly.
When she met Zhao Zhiya in the teahouse, Miss Lin took the initiative to greet her. She didn't care about Zhao Zhiya's verbal humiliation. Zhao Zhiya didn't know how to persuade her, so she went back to the private room upstairs with her.
All the maids and servants were driven out. The two of them talked secretly in the room for a while, and then Lin Xian'er came out with a satisfied smile.
On the afternoon of the second day, the princess... the princess was suddenly summoned to the palace by the emperor and detained. Miss Lin asked me to go to the gate of the manor to get information. After learning that the princess was taken away by someone from the palace, she smiled proudly and scolded the princess for what she deserved!
I have spoken the truth, Your Majesty, please understand." Xiangcao spoke clearly and repeated the details.
Lin Xian'er felt as cold as if she had sunk into an icy lake. How would her cousin deal with her when he found out that she was the one who betrayed the secret of the silly princess?
Seeing Xiangcao's eloquent speech, Lin Xian'er's heart was filled with anger again! How dare this traitorous slave betray her master?
Qin Wang Zhao Defang's cold eyes were like knives. He glanced at Lin Xian'er and said, "What a venomous snake that repays kindness with enmity. Lin Xian'er, do you think that my indulgence of you and your daughter has no bottom line?"
Lin Xian'er quickly went over the whole thing in her mind and knew that with the methods used by King Qin and those shadow guards, it was useless to deny it.
She stood up and stepped forward, kicking the maid Xiangcao to the ground, "A lowly servant who sells out her master for fame will not have a good ending!"
Then she turned around and knelt on the ground, all the grievances and resentment in her heart welled up, and tears instantly flowed down her face, "Cousin, I admit that I was the one who revealed to Zhao Zhiya that the princess knew medical skills."