Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

Seeing her like that, Lu Anyuan knew she was having a nightmare. He stepped forward, hugged her shoulders tightly, and stroked her back little by little.

"Yixing is a good boy, purring his fur, you won't be scared."

"Pfft! I'm an adult now, why do I need to use these childish tricks?"

"You're having this nightmare, why don't you just roll out of bed?"

"I think so too. Maybe it's because I'm a good person. Even if I dream, there will be gods protecting me and preventing me from falling."

Seeing that she was in the mood to joke, Lu Anyuan naturally felt relieved. "I always feel that you seem to have changed a little, just recently."

Xu Yixing was startled, but his expression remained calm: "What changed?"

"I can't explain it, but I feel like you're more, more like a woman?" Lu Anyuan racked his brains to describe this feeling, and as expected, Xu Yixing despised him.

I just feel sorry for you having to be alone in the future. I've been nice to you recently, and you're getting carried away, right?

"So I used to look like a man?"

"That's not the case. Never mind. It's good this way anyway."

Xu Yixing was greedy for Lu Anyuan's embrace and kept hiding in his arms and refused to come out. When he looked out the window, he saw nothing but white.

"Snowing?"

"Yes, it started snowing late last night. It was still okay in the capital, but the snow at the Xiaoling Mausoleum was almost calf-high overnight. It was a hassle to get back."

"Have the other princes returned? Did the emperor say when to let them leave?"

"There is no clear order, but judging from the situation, we should wait until the snow melts." Lu Anyuan pricked Xu Yixing's forehead with his stubble. Under normal circumstances, he would have cleaned it up, but he was exhausted these days and hadn't had time to do it when he came back this morning, so he just used it to tease her.

"Go aside!"

"Hahahaha, I'm just hoping they'll leave, but why are you so anxious to get them out?"

"Alas, I just want to see you quickly become the crown prince, so that I can rest assured... and become the crown princess."

Lu Anyuan had no doubts and just felt that the second half of the sentence was very much to his liking. Who would have thought that one day in the not too distant future, when he woke up from a dream, he was shocked to realize that the second half of the sentence had been altered and was not the original intention.

"Don't worry, even if we can't get pregnant for the time being, I will definitely not let my father replace you. You are my only wife, no one else will do."

Xu Yixing's eyes were filled with tears and he buried his head tightly in his neck. Well, well, I just hope you can always be as happy as you are today.

Lu Anyuan just went home to sort things out and then hurried back to the palace. Now that he is the regent, although he no longer has to worry about funerals, he still has to deal with government affairs on a daily basis.

As soon as he left, Yingwu came in to report: "Today our people went to Chengping Street. There are no special liquor stores there, only restaurants, and the wine there is also very ordinary. I wonder if the tavern that the master wants to investigate has any characteristics?"

"You guys are really quick on your feet." Xu Yixing could actually have expected this result. The codeword given by his uncle might not have any special meaning and was just used to confirm his identity.

"But there is a house on Chengping Street that was once the private residence of the Second Prince."

"Really?" Xu Yixing's eyes lit up. She had forgotten that before being awarded the "Qibei Palace", Lu Chiyan had no mansion in the capital. He only had a private house to house his concubines. She didn't expect that there was one in Chengping Street.

"Yes, but I don't know who lived there before. Now the house has been sealed and there is no new owner yet."

Xu Yixing's eyes moved. Wasn't the second prince the culprit for Chao Guoan's death? Could it be that his son had some connection with his uncle because of this incident? Unfortunately, his uncle refused to say more, and there was probably no definite evidence.

"Ask Yingjiu to go home and take the things Yingsi has prepared to Chao Jianyi. Tell him that the deadline is June next year and let him decide for himself."

Ying Wu hesitated for a moment. He felt that this was a bit risky. Why not use his own people and use an outsider? But it doesn't matter. At worst, if we fail, we can take our master and fight our way out of the capital. The world is so big, are we afraid that there is no place for us to stay?

"Yes."

Xu Yixing was simply trusting his subordinates. The emperor seemed to be feeling unwell and might be dissatisfied with him. He might leave a will to divorce him and choose new candidates. It would be better for him to act first.

After lying sick at home for more than ten days, the emperor sent all the princes back to their fiefdoms as soon as winter came. He ignored the pleas and reluctance of the concubines and did not even let them celebrate the New Year before leaving.

In fact, Xu Yixing wanted to see them off on the day of departure, but Lu Anyuan used her leg injury as an excuse to stop her from going. That was fine, but the third prince had been serving the emperor medicine since the first day of the empress dowager's kneeling, and he was still dressed in the clothes after returning from the Xiaoling Mausoleum, which made Lu Anyuan seem very unfilial.

Unfortunately, the emperor still let him go. It was said that Concubine Gong cried all night at the door of the emperor's bedroom, but still couldn't save her poor son. In the end, she wiped her tears and left with her family.

After the princes left, it was obvious that the ladies in the palace suddenly became much more boring. Those who had sons could often see their sons and grandchildren, but now that they were gone, there were many more people in the lonely empty court. In addition, they suddenly became low-key. After all, everyone could see that the seventh prince was about to ascend the throne of the crown prince, so it was better for them to be invisible and not bring any trouble to their sons.

Except for the Queen. The Queen had always been aloof, but she had started to summon Xu Yixing frequently in the past few days. She didn't care what they talked about, and if there was nothing to talk about, she would just let Xu Yixing sit there alone without even giving him a book.

Xu Yixing didn't understand what she was trying to do at first, and thought she wanted to use the future empress dowager's money to set some rules for him. However, after going there a few more times, it seemed that this was not the case. Sometimes, the empress even called him over as if it was a task to be completed, and she would not see him at all, nor restrict what he could do in Zhaoren Palace.

So she guessed, this might be an order from the emperor? He called her all day, making her exhausted and not having time to complete the task with Lu Anyuan at night? But this method was too absurd. . .

For a whole month, Xu Yixing did not enter the palace except for the few days when she was uncomfortable with her menstrual period. Otherwise, she seemed to be living in Zhaoren Palace. Later, she learned to be smart. Every time she entered the palace, she would secretly bring some account books, miscellaneous articles, etc., and read quietly under the window. Anyway, the queen didn't care, so she just thought she was going to school.

Lu Anyuan frowned frequently about this matter, but he was extremely busy now. Occasionally, he would mention it in front of his father, but was rejected by his father with "It is your duty to be filial to the Empress". He had no choice but to comfort Yixing every day.