Chapter 181 He Expected It

Chapter 181 He Expected It

Zhuang Xianhui lowered her eyes and nodded, walked into the Di Sheng Palace, and knelt down heavily on her knees.

"Uncle Huang."

Gu Mengzhen was startled and immediately stood up to help.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

He frowned with concern and massaged his niece's knees personally through her clothes.

"I have already said that there are no outsiders here, so you can just simply greet them. Why are you going through such a big ceremony? What should I do if my knees are injured?"

"Xiao Shenzi, go to the Imperial Hospital and ask a female minister to come over and see if the third young lady is injured."

Xiao Shenzi reminded weakly.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has been ordered to rest today, and only Lord An is in the Imperial Hospital."

Gu Mengzhen reacted and changed his instructions.

"Then please go outside the palace."

"If I remember correctly, the Leng Mansion is the closest, right? Go and ask Lord Leng to come over."

Xiao Shenzi bent over and responded.

"Yes."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhuang Xianhui tried to stop him.

"Eunuch Shen, wait a minute."

"Don't bother Lord Leng. Don't worry, Uncle Huang. I am fine."

"Your nephew is entering the palace again, and I have an important matter to report to you."

Gu Mengzhen supported his niece and walked carefully to the nearest seat, showing tenderness.

"Be good, Hui'er, sit down first."

Even Fang Zhixuan followed Gu Mengzhen and stood up, so Zhuang Xianhui was naturally frightened.

"I dare not."

"Uncle Huang and father, please take a seat first."

Gu Mengzhen smiled as he was told without any objection.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Having said that, he trotted away, quickly sat on the dragon throne, and urged Fang Zhixuan at the same time.

"Sit down, bro."

Fang Zhixuan immediately took a seat.

Gu Mengzhen turned his eyes to his niece and gave careful instructions.

"Hui Er, please sit down too."

"Be careful with your knees when you move them."

Zhuang Xianhui nodded and took a seat.

"Thank you, uncle Huang."

After everything settled, Gu Mengzhen started asking questions.

"Tell me, what else is important?"

Zhuang Xianhui lowered her eyes and rubbed her hands nervously.

"Please forgive me, uncle. What I just reported was just a prank, just as father said."

"This morning, I did go to the Tao Mansion, but I didn't see my uncle. Brother Mu Zhan was playful and insisted on playing chess with me. He said that if I lost, he would use this incident to tease my uncle."

"Uncle Emperor knows that I have never lost in chess games with him before, but I was defeated miserably this time. I had no choice but to follow his advice and enter the palace. I had no choice but to deceive Uncle Emperor once."

"After returning home, I felt guilty and was muttering to myself. My elder brother overheard me. He said that Brother Mu Zhan's actions might have something to do with the government, so he ordered me to go to the palace immediately and clarify everything to Uncle Huang."

"I have no intention of influencing the affairs of the court, so I hurried to the palace to ask to see my uncle the Emperor."

"Please, Uncle Huang, don't blame my eldest uncle. He really didn't make an appointment to meet with Master Tao privately."

Fang Zhixuan remained calm and said nothing.

Gu Mengzhen sighed deeply.

"Oh, you kid."

"Didn't I tell you long ago not to have close contact with the young master of the Tao Mansion?"

"You are still young and don't understand the affairs of the court. I can only simply tell you that Tao Muzhan is not one of us."

"Fortunately, Wei'er discovered it in time and reminded you, otherwise, I would have suspected Fengzhe again."

Zhuang Xianhui argued in a coquettish manner.

"No, Uncle Huang."

"In the early years, after the Emperor's uncle's warning, this nephew wanted to stay away, but Sister Yuan insisted on staying with Brother Mu Zhan."

"To the outside, she is the eldest daughter of the Xu family; to the inside, she is actually the princess of the emperor's uncle. She insisted that the three of us play together inseparable. How dare I, your humble nephew, disobey her wishes?"

When mentioning Xu Yingyuan, Gu Mengzhen's expression became solemn.

"I asked her to get close to Tao Muzhan in order to seal the throne. How could she pester you to go with her? That's simply ridiculous!"

"My dear brother, after you leave the palace, you must go to the Xu residence in person and ask Leng Man to take good care of her daughter and not bring my niece to get involved with Tao Muzhan again!"

Fang Zhixuan responded.

"My brother obeys the order."

The more Gu Mengzhen thought about it, the angrier he became.

"This girl from the Xu family is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything."

"I got close to Tao Muzhan, but there was no progress. I told her to get close to Prince Dijin instead, but she refused in every possible way."

"And now you are even more audacious, allowing Tao Muzhan to take advantage of my niece!"

"A person like this is not worthy of being a princess."

Zhuang Xianhui comforted her softly.

"Uncle Huang, please calm down. Why is it so?"

"Sister Yuan shouldn't know about the teasing, right?"

"Brother Mu Zhan may not have done it on purpose."

Fang Zhixuan continued his analysis.

"My Royal Brother, please understand. Perhaps this is all Prince Chen's plan, and the children did it unintentionally."

"If it has nothing to do with Fengzhe, I think, as my royal brother said, these are all Zhong Hua's ideas. I am so stupid that I didn't notice it at all. It seems that this person is really a hidden talent."

Gu Mengzhen nodded, thinking of his nephew, and smiled with relief.

"Today's matter was all thanks to Wei'er's cleverness. You have made another contribution and lived up to my expectations."

"Xiao Shenzi, give the order to reward Zhuang Wei handsomely."

Xiao Shenzi responded and left.

"Yes."

Fang Zhixuan and his daughter walked out of Disheng Palace together, got on the carriage, and headed towards the palace gate.

On the way, Fang Zhixuan lifted the curtain and took a look outside.

Ning Fengzhe just said a few words to the guards at the palace gate, then entered the palace and hurried westward with the guards.

Noticing that her father looked strange, Zhuang Xianhui asked with concern.

"What happened to father?"

As she spoke, she also opened the curtain and looked in the same direction.

"What did my uncle do in the palace?"

Fang Zhixuan's eyes darkened and he fell into deep thought.

"I guess he expected it."

Zhuang Xianhui was surprised at first, and then smiled sarcastically.

"No way."

"This plan of mine, cousin, is perfect."

"The plank road was built openly to make it difficult to predict; the secret attack on Chencang was even more unpredictable."

"He can predict only the smallest details. Doesn't he have to be a god to predict this?"

There seemed to be a cold wind blowing past, and there was no trace of warmth left on Fang Zhixuan's face.

"Do I need to elaborate on his intentions?"

"Saving Xi'er is the most important thing. Don't leave any evidence behind. Hurry."

Zhuang Xianhui became worried and even anxious.

"Father has to go to the Xu Mansion again according to the order."

"In that case, I'll go tell my cousin."

On the other side, Zhuang Wei was on leave at home and was surprised when he received a reward.

"A reward for me?"

"Could it be that Eunuch Shen remembered it wrongly?"

Xiao Shenzi lowered his head, was calm and polite.

"How dare I, a servant, misrepresent the emperor's will? You are joking, sir."

"Sir, there is no need to be modest or hide anything. The Emperor knows all your achievements."

Zhuang Wei was stunned.

What achievements?

"Then...thank you, Eunuch Shen."

Xiao Shenzi presented the reward personally with a big smile on his face.

"You are too polite, young master."

"Eunuch Fu suddenly fell ill, saying it was caused by getting angry. He just got permission to rest. The emperor cannot be without someone by his side, so I will return to the palace first."

Zhuang Wei respectfully walked a few steps forward.

"Eunuch Shen, take care."

Zhuang Rui walked over in a dashing manner.

"Brother, have you been rewarded again? I remember the Emperor gave us a reward during the flower viewing banquet."

Zhuang Wei avoided people and pulled him to a secluded corner.

"Obviously, something is wrong. Come with me and think about what happened."

So the two brothers began to discuss, and soon they came to a conclusion and went to the Tongshitai together.