First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 450: Diverting trouble to the east

"Excuse me, is it the wife of Marquis Zhenbei in the carriage?" The voice of the maid of Duke Cheng'en came from outside the carriage.

"It's my wife." Lu Shui replied quickly.

Su Jixiang lifted the curtain of the carriage and half of his body stuck out.

"Oh, I saw the emblem on the carriage and knew it was from your family, so I thought of coming over to see if my sister was in the carriage. But I knocked." Lady Cheng'en smiled when she saw Su Jixiang.

"Greetings, Madam Cheng'en." Su Jixiang hurriedly got off the carriage and bowed.

"Oh, Marquis Zhenbei is here too!" As soon as Lady Cheng'en returned the greeting, she caught a glimpse of Wei Ling getting off the carriage behind Su Jixiang, and quickly bowed to Wei Ling.

"Greetings, Madam. I was accompanying you to do some shopping. We were passing by and saw it was surrounded, so we stopped to investigate. What's going on?" Wei Ling replied, feigning ignorance. "This is a rare opportunity for me to return to the capital, and I'm a bit shortsighted. I can't tell where these troops are coming from. What's going on? With such a scene under the Emperor's feet, aren't you afraid of being punished by the Jingzhao Yin?"

When Lady Cheng'en heard this, she immediately became more energetic, as she knew she had a chance to show her abilities.

"The Marquis of Zhenbei and his wife may not know! These palace soldiers are from the Princess's Mansion! Do you think the Jingzhao Yin dares to punish the Princess's Mansion?" The wife of the Marquis of Cheng'en said as she smiled, and a few wrinkles appeared on her well-maintained face.

"Ah?" Su Jixiang and Wei Ling were acting together, both of them looked surprised.

"This..." Su Jixiang shrank his head in feigned fear, "What is the Princess going to do?"

"Who knows? I only know that she sent messages to some of her close wives and mobilized troops. I was just passing by here. What a coincidence! Like you, I encountered this kind of thing on the road, so of course I had to come and take a look!" Lady Cheng'en laughed. She lowered her voice and said to Su Jixiang, "I heard that the prince consort kept a mistress here! The princess is here to arrest this mistress!"

Wei Ling and Su Jixiang looked at each other, both trying to hold back their laughter.

This wife of Duke Cheng'en was really good at talking. She knew that the eldest princess had sent a message to several wives that the eldest princess wanted to be close to. It was obvious that she was one of those wives. She even said that she just happened to meet her on the road...

If they really met on the road as she said, how would she know that the princess was here to arrest her mistress?

"Hi!" Lady Cheng'en's eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy. She gently patted the back of Su Jixiang's hand and said, "I have a good relationship with the eldest princess. If she really encounters any problems, I will definitely help her as a relative! Where are you going, sisters?" she asked.

She looked at the carriage convoy at the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. It was quite large! Obviously, they were not here to buy things!

"His Majesty has agreed to allow us to hunt in the royal hunting grounds," Wei Ling said, "so today we are setting off for the hunting grounds. It will probably take a few days before we return to the capital."

"Oh my. Look, look, at this critical moment!" Lady Cheng'en held Su Jixiang's hand again, "Then I'll go in first. If there's anything, I'll ask someone to bring a letter to you!" After saying this, she looked at Su Jixiang with regret, "You won't be in the capital for the next few days. What should I do if I miss you?"

"Just write to me, sister. I'm only going hunting for a few days and will be back in a few days. If I really hunt something good, I will naturally visit you at your house." Su Jixiang said with a smile.

"That's great! We'll have a good chat then." Lady Cheng'en said to Su Jixiang with a smile on her face. "Then I'll go in and take a look. You see, I'm afraid the princess will do something irreparable under impulse, so I have to go and persuade her!"

"Yes, thank you, sister!" Su Jixiang said with a smile.

Lady Cheng'en patted Su Jixiang's hand, and then couldn't wait to rush towards Xixia Street with a large group of maids and servants behind her.

Su Jixiang and Wei Ling stood beside the carriage and watched her go in with her men. The palace guards surrounding Xixia Street obviously knew the wife of Duke Cheng'en. When they saw her coming with her men, they just bowed and opened an entrance to let her in.

"Let's go. We can't see what's going on inside from here." Wei Ling patted Su Jixiang's shoulder gently and said with a smile, "The palace guards have surrounded this place so tightly, obviously they don't want outsiders to come in casually. It's useless for us to stay here. Now that you are so close to the wife of Duke Cheng'en, she will definitely tell you what happened inside."

"Yeah." Su Jixiang nodded and followed Wei Ling back to the carriage.

This kind of excitement cannot be seen up close. After all, the princess's people will definitely not let any outsiders in to watch her excitement.

After all, the eldest princess still has to save her face!

The carriage continued to move, this time heading towards the royal hunting grounds.

"This wife of Duke Cheng'en is quite interesting," Su Jixiang said to Wei Ling with a smile. "She was clearly summoned by the Princess to help out, yet she insisted on saying she was just passing through."

"Duke Cheng'en and Prince Cheng'en, both of them have the title Cheng'en. Do you think Duke Cheng'en will feel comfortable with this? Plus, the Princess is always arrogant and domineering, always wanting Prince Cheng'en to be superior to Duke Cheng'en. Even if they are related, over time, the Cheng'en Mansion will gradually become unable to swallow that anger." Wei Ling said in a gentle voice, "The Princess has always ordered the Lady of Duke Cheng'en around. In front of you, the Lady of Duke Cheng'en will naturally not admit that she was called by the Princess to cheer for her! But she can't help but want to watch the Princess' excitement. People are so contradictory!"

"I wonder how long it will take the princess to find that concubine." Su Jixiang asked, holding his chin.

"It was pretty quick, actually." Wei Ling laughed. "Not only did I have the Princess's men find the cake box, but I also revealed the fact that the Prince Consort had a mistress to the Prince of Chenliu's spies in the capital."

"Ah?" Su Jixiang's eyes widened in surprise. Then she immediately understood Wei Ling's intention!

"Are you trying to kill someone with someone else's knife?" Su Jixiang pointed his finger at Wei Ling's forehead and said, "You are so mean!"

"This matter is bound to get out of hand." Wei Ling caught the finger Su Jixiang had tapped on his forehead, placed it on his lips and kissed it, then smiled and said, "Given the character of the Prince Consort, he will definitely not let this go. He will definitely find out who leaked the information, so I can only deflect the blame. After all, it was the Prince Consort who arrested a large number of spies left in the capital by the Prince of Chenliu. They are already enemies, so this one more thing doesn't matter to me!"