"Early this morning, this sister heard that there were assassins in the mansion last night, and the First Prince even personally came. I wonder if it frightened the princess? Oh my, this sister was both scared and worried when she heard about it." Yun Youlian's beautiful eyes flashed with a hidden agenda as she brought up a topic.
After those words, Qu Tan'er raised her eyebrows.
This woman really didn't know her own limits. She dared to directly test her attitude? Regarding the incident with the assassin, it seemed that she had also learned about it from the study. How could Yun Youlian, a woman deep in the inner mansion, know faster than her, the princess consort? At this moment, Qu Tan'er could confirm that Yun Youlian was indeed a pawn arranged by Mo Yihuai for the Eighth Prince—a pawn placed conspicuously on the chessboard.
As for why it was said to be placed conspicuously?
The brothers were playing the most common power struggle in history. Would someone like Mo Yihuai, with ambitions, assign such a brainless and foolish woman to monitor the Eighth Prince's mansion? What information could she possibly discover with her level of competence? But if he had ambitions but didn't send out pawns, it would be even more suspicious. Otherwise, how could Yun Youlian have lived so comfortably these past few years?
In the shadows of the Eighth Prince's mansion, there must be the First Prince's important real spies.
Similarly, in the First Prince's mansion, there should also be Mo Liancheng's spies.
Yun Youlian seemed surprised, "What? Hasn't the princess received any news?"
"En, I know. I just met the First Prince in the study and heard about from him. But it was just a misunderstanding, so you don't need to worry."
"Oh, that's fortunate. Was the princess scared last night?"
"Last night..." Qu Tan'er seemed a bit hesitant, her cheeks showing a hint of shyness.
"What's wrong? The princess seems to be hiding something?"
"Cough, it's nothing. I was with the Prince all night and didn't notice anything unusual. So, there was nothing to be afraid of."
At those words, Yun Youlian's facial expression distorted.
Looking at Qu Tan'er's shy expression, even a fool could imagine what a man and a woman might do together at night.
Qu Tan'er secretly observed Yun Youlian's expression, and it was evident that she had misunderstood. This way, when she reported to Mo Yihuai, it would probably confirm the story from the study. Look, she was so diligent. She performed in the study, and now she was helping him perform here too? Ten outings... it didn't seem very cost-effective. Should she increase the pay?
But the thought was quickly dispelled when she thought about Mo Liancheng's words about sending guards.
"Oh, I'm a bit sore and tired. I want to rest for a while. Is there anything else, Yun meimei?" Qu Tan'er asked calmly and gently, but there was a hidden message to ask her to leave.
**(meimei, ordinarily means younger sister, in this context used to show heiracrhy in the harem...)**
Yun Youlian naturally understood.
"I have one more small matter. I heard that the princess left the mansion yesterday, and I also wanted to go out for a walk, so I wanted to find the princess to go together. It's best to pick a day and leave at sunrise. The weather today is quite nice, what does the princess think?" Yun Youlian bit her teeth, forcefully letting the words out.
"Today? Today might not be possible. I just said that last night... the Prince is really good at tossing people around. There's no way. Now, all this princess wants is to take a hot bath and get a good day's sleep." After saying this, Qu Tan'er even instructed Jing Xin to prepare for bathing.
"Oh, is that so? What about another day?" Yun Youlian was unwilling to give up.
"Actually the Prince won't allow me to leave the mansion, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you." She jokingly said, she had limited outings, and she didn't want to waste them on Yun Youlian.
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