Chapter 1,155: Falling Into a Trap and Deceiving the Young Prince
The road to Princess Dachang's Mansion is winding and winding. The little maid who leads the way looks to be about eleven or twelve years old. She has a sweet smile and is also a very lovable maid. E Niang asked her questions along the way. No matter what she said, she didn't look down on others like the maids of the eldest princess's house. She had a very good personality.
After passing a corner, E Niang raised her eyes and looked at the garden in front of her. She suddenly stopped and asked in surprise: "Is that the upper garden of the eldest princess's residence?"
"Yes, you can go to the garden from here. The garden in the mansion is very beautiful. This is the time when the flowers and trees are in full bloom. It's the best time!"
The little maid also stood still and said with a smile.
"I...can I go and have a look?" E Niang pointed with envy, as if she was a little embarrassed by her suggestion, and her face turned slightly red after she finished speaking.
"This... Okay!" The little maid only hesitated for a moment before agreeing. Since the eldest princess called the people over, there must be a reason. It would not be a big deal if she just walked around. "We will start from the garden. How about we go there, take a long detour and then go back to the door of the house?"
"Thank you!" E Niang nodded repeatedly, took out a purse from her sleeve and handed it over.
The little maid took it, smiled, turned into the previous detour, and walked into the garden of the eldest princess's mansion.
The eldest princess of Ruian has lived in the Princess Mansion for many years. Every decoration inside is gorgeous and colorful, with many flowers and trees. From time to time, you can see carefully planted flowers, clinging to the branches, which makes people feel happy.
As E Niang looked at it, she praised her and asked her why from time to time. The little maid was smart. Although she didn’t know everything, she knew that she was inseparable. All the way down, the two of them were affectionate and affectionate, as if they were mother and daughter.
"Xiao Huan, I heard that the peach blossom grove in the eldest princess's mansion is very nice. Can I go and have a look?" E Niang had already found out the maid's name and asked her affectionately.
"Okay, but most of them have withered by this time." Xiaohuan smiled, turned a corner, and headed towards the peach blossom forest.
Before I reached the peach blossom forest, I saw a piece in the distance. It had indeed withered a lot, but there were still some on the branches. Far away, it looked like a sea of pink flowers. It was not rich and colorful, but it matched the surrounding water and mountains. In comparison, there are more delicate colors.
When I got closer, there were scattered petals on the ground. As the branches swayed, some scattered flowers also fell down.
"It's too late for this part of the princess's house. The peach blossoms in other places have faded early." Xiaohuan said with a pity look on his face.
E Niang looked at the forest. It was quite large and the other side couldn't be seen from here. The young prince should be on the other side. She rolled her eyes and suddenly squatted down with an "ouch" sound.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiaohuan looked over and asked.
"It seems that I twisted my foot!" E Niang stood up holding on to a branch on one side, moved her right foot, frowned tightly, looked at the little maid in embarrassment and said, "Xiao Huan, can you trouble me?" You go and find some medicine for sprains. We still have a long way to go before leaving the house. I'm afraid I won't be able to get out all the way!"
"This... Okay, then you wait here and don't run around, otherwise I won't find you in a while!" Xiaohuan looked at her appearance and felt that she was really bad at it, so she helplessly warned her.
The Princess's mansion in Ruian is huge. If you get lost, the little maid will be confused when she comes back.
I will definitely find someone, so I warned him with worry.
"Okay, I will, you go ahead, I'll be waiting for you here!" E Niang looked around, saw a stone bench on the side of the road, and pointed to that spot.
"Then I'm going to find ointment. Don't leave!" Xiaohuan nodded, said one more thing, and then left.
After Xiaohuan left, E Niang looked around. It was not the season to enjoy peach blossoms at this time, and there were no people at this time. She thought about it and turned to the right. She should be in this peach blossom forest. Since there were no peach blossoms on this side. , then look for it one by one.
E Niang first went to the right, and then turned to the right of that area.
This time I didn't go far when I heard the voice. After listening carefully, I found that it was indeed Shao Yuanhao. I was overjoyed and walked a few steps quickly towards that place.
Shao Yuanhao was making gestures with a sword, and two young men were waiting on him.
There was also a large box in front of him, which should be the gift that Princess Chen said she would send.
He danced with the sword twice, put it down, took out a bow from the box, tried it hard, and said to the boy on the side: "Can you try it?"
"Your Majesty, how can I do this? I have never used this before!" A young boy came out with a sad face and reached out to take the bow. However, he was pushed back a few steps by the bow. "Your Majesty, this servant has never used this before!" Why is the bow so heavy?"
"Shen, maybe my brother-in-law thinks I should practice my arm strength!" Shao Yuanhao raised his arms and tried hard to look strong.
"Your Majesty, be careful, don't get hurt!" A woman's voice suddenly came from behind them. E Niang suddenly ran over in a hurry and reached for the bow in the boy's hand, as if she was afraid that the bow would crush Shao Yuanhao.
The bow fell into E Niang's hand. E Niang took two steps back, fell heavily to the ground, and screamed in pain: "Ouch!"
Shao Yuanhao and the boy were startled. Their eyes fell on E Niang who suddenly appeared. After looking up and down for a few times, Shao Yuanhao didn't recognize the person for a while: "Who are you? Why did you run out all of a sudden?"
Looking at the place where she ran out, the expressions of the two boys suddenly changed, and they hurriedly stood in front of Shao Yuanhao. One of them casually picked up the sword that Shao Yuanhao had placed aside, and said sharply: "Who are you? Where are you from? Here comes the assassin!"
"Being an assassin..." The other boy was less timid. After saying this, he raised his neck and the veins in his neck bulged. It seemed that the next sentence was loud and loud.
"This slave is not an assassin. I am the maid of Princess Qinghua. Didn't the Crown Prince meet my slave just now at the eldest princess's place?" E Niang saw something bad and was afraid that this timid little servant would do something bad, so she hurriedly explained, His hands shook wildly, and the bow fell to the ground.
Shao Yuanhao's eyes fell on E Niang, and he looked up and down a few more times, "It seems so!"
"This is my slave!" E Niang breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly.
"What are you doing here? Could it be that grandma asked you to come here?" Shao Yuanhao said impatiently, waving his hand, and the two boys left.
Since he was not an assassin, of course the servant would not stand in front of him like before.
"The eldest princess Ruian and Princess Chen asked the slave to come back. When they came here, they twisted. The slave was resting here. He happened to hear the young prince's servant talking. He didn't see clearly and rushed out because he heard that this bow is very good. It's heavy, I'm afraid that the young prince will accidentally crush it." E Niang was more than satisfied.
He said in fear, while pointing to the bow placed at his feet.
She had only taken two steps back. Shao Yuanhao, who had officially taken the bow, knew that even if he accidentally took it, he would probably have to take more than two steps back. The boy almost sat down just now, but he had to hold him back deliberately to avoid it. He was also ugly on the spot.
The boy holding the bow just now is older, fourteen years old, and has good arm strength. What's more, the woman in front of him, although she fell to the ground at the end, as if she couldn't hold it, Shao Yuanhao could see clearly. It was intentional, these two steps were mastered extremely well.
This woman is indeed not simple.
"Thank you then, go back!" Shao Yuanhao said nonchalantly, reaching out and taking out a few more arrows from the box on the ground, playing with them with interest.
The arrows are well made and the tips are sharp.
Such a thing was actually used as a child's toy. E Niang couldn't help but said to King Chen that she was speechless. This kind of thing looked like a sharp weapon at first glance. Could it be something that could be played with by children?
"Young prince, please be careful. It is better to return these things to His Highness King Chen. You are still young and you will have many opportunities to play with these in the future!" E Niang advised with concern.
"It'll be fine, I'm just taking a look!" Shao Yuanhao said nonchalantly, and looked through it a few more times. Suddenly he remembered something and looked at E Niang, "You said she was the maid next to my mother. My mother Aren’t all the maids around me gone? Why are you still here? Why are you looking for grandma today? "
He spoke one sentence after another, and was a little unorganized. A careless child asked so casually. He didn't think that the eldest princess and Princess Chen had asked him to leave before, but they just didn't want him to know about it.
E Niang was originally thinking of attracting the prince's interest. After hearing what he said, she was ecstatic. It would be best if she could handle everything calmly.
Originally, she came to see Shao Yuanhao. If Shao Yuanhao didn't ask anything, how would she continue to act?
"Your Majesty, slave..." She said this and looked at the two boys on both sides. Although the two boys no longer suspected that she was an assassin, they looked at her with wary eyes.
"You guys stay away from me first!" Shao Yuanhao waved his hand.
"Your Majesty..." The younger boy wanted to say something aggrievedly, but when he saw Shao Yuanhao glare at him, he could only helplessly step back more than ten steps with the other boy, and stood far away from the two of them. .
"Now I can tell you what happened and why I wanted to avenge my mother. My mother was not in good health. Could there be other reasons?" Shao Yuanhao put down the arrow in his hand and raised his eyes to look at E Niang. Since He is still a small child, but he is quite majestic inside.
"Your Majesty, your mother was deliberately angered to death by Mrs. Jiang, the wife of the Marquis of Xingguo. The princess had not given birth to you much at that time, and she was depressed because of the incident involving the late Crown Prince. Mrs. Jiang specially picked this time to make you angry from time to time. Mom, it was said that your mother killed my late son. Your mother was weak at the time. How could she be able to withstand this? Just...just..."
E Niang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, feeling very sad.
"What you said...is it true?" Shao Yuanhao's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth hard, the young man said angrily.
"Of course it's true. This is what I told Princess Ruian and Princess Chen just now. If the young prince doesn't believe it, you can ask Princess Ruian or Princess Chen, but don't say it was your servant who said it! "E Niang also said with red eyes and a sincere face.