After a house full of cannon fodder read my voice, the whole family went crazy.

In the evening, the Ninth Prince went to the small palace to deliver a message.

Qiao Wanshu will stay with him to take care of her temporarily, and will be returned to Qiao's family after the situation calms down.

Although Mrs. Chen is worried about her daughter, she also knows that this is probably the best choice at the moment.

The Qiao family was placed under house arrest in a small palace because of their fourth son, Qiao Jingyang. Even the adults could not guarantee food, water, food and clothing, let alone take care of a child like Qiao Wanshu.

Although the Ninth Prince is only a child, he is still a prince who is valued by the Emperor.

After much deliberation, this was the only option.

In Chen's heart, there is still an unspeakable expectation.

In case, the emperor really doesn't care and wants to uproot the Qiao family.

Maybe Qiao Wanshu staying with the Ninth Prince is her only chance to save her life.

Whether it was Old General Chen, Qiao Zhongtian or others, they were vaguely prepared for this idea, but no one said it out loud.

After receiving the reply from the Qiao family, the Ninth Prince understood to some extent what the Qiao family meant by "entrusting an orphan".

He looked at Qiao Wanshu silently, and did not hand her over to others, but stayed with her personally.

When it was time to prepare for rest at night, the Ninth Prince did not let Qiao Wanshu be alone in a room. Instead, he asked the palace maid to prepare the beauty couch in his room, which was only separated from the bed by a screen.

Qiao Wanshu has been in this world for so long, and this is the first time she has been in the same room with people other than Qiao's family.

She was originally a little wary of the Ninth Prince. She always felt that although he was young, he was an invisible person.

Moreover, in the original book, there were only a few descriptions of him. The feeling of being out of control made Qiao Wanshu always feel very uncomfortable.

[I can’t sleep. It’s such a long night. How can I stay up? 】

Qiao Wanshu lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

She raised her head and looked at the figure lying on the beauty's couch outside the screen, muttering silently in her heart: "That guy can sleep." After such a big thing happened, you still acted like a normal person. Are you really calm, or are you heartless? 】

After trying to count the sheep with her eyes closed for a while, she still didn't feel sleepy at all. Qiao Wanshu simply turned over and sat up, pupated twice, and jumped off the bed.

She walked out quietly with her bare feet.

As soon as he turned around the screen, he saw the Ninth Prince with a book covering his face, lying on his side on the beauty's couch with his arms folded.

"Why are you wandering around if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"

He took down the book, and there was no trace of the drowsiness in his eyes that he had just fallen asleep. Instead, he looked very awake.

"Can't sleep, miss my mother."

Of course, it was impossible for Qiao Wanshu to say that she came down to find out some information.

At least get a side view of what kind of person the Ninth Prince is.

"That's right. How old you are is the age when you miss your mother. But it's a pity that I am the only one here, not your mother."

The Ninth Prince looked at Qiao Wanshu, half-smiling but not smiling, which made her feel that no matter what she was thinking, he had already seen through it.

"I...I'm going to sleep."

With such a "door god" blocking her way, it was really difficult for Qiao Wanshu to sneak out and do something in the middle of the night. She turned around slowly and consciously went back to the bed to lie down.

Strangely enough, after walking around like this for a while, she soon felt sleepy and fell asleep without even realizing it.

The Ninth Prince was reading a book outside and listening quietly for a while.

After making sure there was even breathing coming from inside, he smiled and shook his head.

That little girl Qiao Wanshu is really interesting. She was turning around before and couldn't fall asleep, but she just came down and turned around, and she was able to sleep peacefully?

He really doesn't understand the world of children.

It was already dark, and the Ninth Prince still had no sleepiness.

He was concentrating on his book when he suddenly heard a sound on the door.

A maid carried a food box and pushed the door open.

"Your Majesty Ninth Prince, please have a midnight snack."

She didn't get the Ninth Prince's permission, so she just walked over with the food box.

Take out a bowl of cheese.

"Take it away, this prince is not in the habit of taking late-night snacks."

The Ninth Prince glanced at the maid and suddenly felt that she looked familiar.

"Are you... Qingwu?"

He suddenly frowned: "This prince remembers that you have been sent out for making mistakes, so why would you still be the one to deliver midnight snacks to me?"

The movement outside had already alarmed Qiao Wanshu.

She rubbed her eyes and half sat up, looking out through the screen.

When she heard the Ninth Prince calling the maid's name, the heavy sleepiness she felt at first dissipated immediately.

【Qingwu? Isn't that the name of the maid bribed by the queen? But she had never been kicked out before, and she had always been working as a spy beside the Ninth Prince. Why were you kicked out so early this time? 】

[Could it be...that the prince was also reborn, so he noticed something? 】

Qiao Wanshu was lost in thought when a sudden change occurred outside.

Seeing that the Ninth Prince was very wary, Qing Wu suddenly took action and grabbed his shoulder.

"You can eat as long as you are told. Where does all this nonsense come from!"

That maid is actually a practitioner, and judging from her movements, it is obvious that her skills are not weak.

But the Ninth Prince is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.

He quickly dodged and avoided Qingwu's grasp.

When he turned over and jumped off the couch, he locked Qingwu's arm with his legs and twisted it, using the force of his body rotation to slam the maid to the ground.

The situation suddenly reversed.

Qingwu tried to forcefully force the Ninth Prince to drink cheese, but failed. Instead, he was suppressed in an instant and became a prisoner.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, are you okay?"

The guard outside the door heard the noise and couldn't help but barged in.

"Take her down! Take the spilled cheese to the royal doctor for examination to see if it is poisoned."

The Ninth Prince arranged everything in an orderly manner.

While he was talking, the maid Qingwu suddenly bit her mouth hard, and a stream of smelly black blood immediately poured out of her mouth. She tilted her head and lost her voice.

"Your Highness, she committed suicide."

The guards were also caught off guard and looked at the maid Qingwu who had committed suicide in shock.

"Dead? She acted quickly. Drag her down, take good care of the body, and don't let outsiders get close."

The Ninth Prince was instructing the guards when he saw Qiao Wanshu holding a pillow and hesitantly sticking her head out from behind the screen.

"Scared you? Sorry."

He immediately walked over quickly, picked up Qiao Wanshu, and put her back on the bed himself.

"Sleep peacefully, I won't leave here until you fall asleep."

The Ninth Prince also wanted to coax Qiao Wanshu to sleep, but he had never been coaxed since he was a child, so he didn't know where to start.

Qiao Wanshu tentatively grabbed his hand, and when she saw that the Ninth Prince didn't let go, she closed her eyes with peace of mind.

The Ninth Prince stared at the little hand holding him, his eyes flickering, and even his breathing quietly relaxed a little.