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"Are you talking about the hidden guards?"

Yun Zihuang's confused look caused Zhao Dehai to feel extremely depressed. He knew that this princess of Taiping was not shrewd, but he had never been so stupid that she was beyond cure.

"It's the Hidden Guard. The Canton Princess once told the crown prince that the Residence of Marquis secretly trained the Hidden Guards. It was a top secret of the Residence of Marquis that no one knew about it."

An indescribable feeling began to arise in her mind once more. This belonged to the original owner, but this time, it did not fluctuate too much.

It should be the original owner, because he had leaked the secret of the manor to ingratiate himself with the crown prince.

"Yeah, I told you, what's wrong?"

Zhao Dehai gritted his teeth. He had never seen such a stupid princess. She was not worthy of being the Crown Prince's consort, much less being a mother to the world!

"Your Highness, because of the matters between the princess and Second Miss Yun, I've been worrying about my body. Now that I'm recuperating in the Eastern Palace, the princess should go visit me."

"My current appearance …"

She shook her head, depressed. "What's more, father …"

She only said half a sentence of each sentence. The good thing was, there was too much room for others to think, so she could save herself the trouble.

Indeed, in the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through the old fox Zhao Dehai's mind. Princess Taiping's appearance was already mediocre amongst the famous courtesans in the capital. Normally, whenever he saw the Crown Prince, he would carefully dress up, but now that he had turned into an ugly ghost, he would never stare at his terrifying face to see the Crown Prince. He rolled his eyes. Thankfully, this was not the main reason for his visit today.

"Princess, the Crown Prince needs to calm his mind and recuperate from his illness. He needs more manpower to complete his tasks. His Highness has ordered the princess to hand over the hidden guards to this old servant."

"Last time, I lent the hidden guard to His Highness the Crown Prince. Until now, I still lack two people, and haven't returned them to him yet."

"What?" The princess lent her guard to the crown prince? "When?"

"Ah, the Hundred Blossom Poetry Meet. Second Sister said that the Crown Prince has matters to attend to and doesn't have enough people by his side, so she asked me to lend the hidden guards to the Crown Prince. "At that time, I gave all of the hidden guards to second sister to bring to His Highness the crown prince. Even now, the hidden guards have not returned to me, so why is the crown prince here to borrow my hidden guards?"

Zhao Dehai frowned. What was going on?

"At the Hundred Blossom Poetry Meet, the princess handed over all of the hidden guards to Second Miss Yun?"

"That's right, there's no one else around for me to use. The hidden guards are specially made for me by father." These few days, it's time to hire someone. Go back and ask the crown prince, when will the hidden guards return it to me? Even if you don't give them all back to me, you can give me two first. "

"Princess, you must be joking. There are more than a hundred thousand guards in the imperial guards. Even the personal guards of the mansion have a few hundred people. Why would the princess be lacking people?"

Yun Zihuang said angrily: "Don't say anymore, only the hidden guards listen to me the most. Your Highness is lacking people, you should go and transfer to the Imperial Guards!"

Zhao Dehai was speechless. If His Highness the Crown Prince was able to mobilize the imperial guards, why would he need to come over and humbly ask the princess to borrow his guard?

Then, he thought for a moment, "Princess, the mobilization of the royal guards requires a military seal. The soldier talisman is in the hands of the Marquis. It should be in the hands of the princess, right? "

The old fox's eyes lit up. If he could swindle the imperial guards' talismans back, then this would be a great achievement!

"Where is the decree?"

Zhao Dehai was stunned, "Princess, this old servant came today under the imperial edict of the Emperor. I do not have an imperial edict."

She looked at Zhao Deshai as if she was looking at an idiot, "You dare to ask for a soldier token without an imperial edict? This was the Emperor's intention? Or do you mean it yourself? "

Cold sweat instantly broke out from Zhao Dehai's forehead. He bent down in fear, his heart thumping wildly. His identity sounded like the head eunuch of the palace, but in reality, he was just a lowly servant. This was because he had been by the side of the emperor all year round, and was also the head steward of the palace. All the civil and military officials respectfully addressed him as "Steward Zhao", and no one didn't give him face. However, with his status as a servant, how could he have the qualifications to ask for a soldier token?

Not to mention that the emperor didn't issue an imperial guard decree, even if he did, he absolutely wouldn't have the right to pass the decree down.

He couldn't even ask about the weapon token!

"Princess's words will cause this old servant's death. This old servant is only a lowly servant, how could I dare to ask about the marquis' military talisman …"

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes continuously and suppressed his voice to a whisper, "His Highness the Crown Prince is very worried for the Marquis and the princess, so he privately ordered this old servant to send a message to the princess. The Marquis' token is very important, the princess must have it firmly in her hand and must not fall into anyone else's hands!"

"Oh, I understand. I wonder how many people the crown prince can use it with, how can there be a shortage of people?" You asked me to borrow the Hidden Guard, whose intention is that? "

"How much guts do I have? How dare you deceive a princess? You are the future crown prince's consort, and will become the empress of this world. This old servant dares not lie to the princess. In fact, the prince himself has some secret matters that he needs to attend to. That's why he has asked the princess to temporarily borrow his guard. "

"You're spouting nonsense in front of this princess again. I already asked my second sister to bring the secret guard over to His Highness the crown prince. Why would he come back to borrow money from me?" Hmph, you cunning old servant, I don't know what intentions you have. If it were in normal times, this princess would definitely grab your ears and ask the emperor and the crown prince about this matter. "Right now, I don't have the time to waste words with you. Hurry up and get lost!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Princess, please calm your anger. This old servant isn't worth it for the princess to be angry over." "This is the crown prince. He ordered the old servant to give it to the princess …"

He took out a letter and was somewhat unwilling to give up. He probed, "The Crown Prince is very concerned about the princess. It's just that the Crown Prince is not feeling well right now and can't come visit her. "His Highness the Crown Prince is deeply afraid that the duke's manor will be unstable and that the princess will lose. Only if the troops are mobilized with military talismans can the princess and the duke's manor be safe and secure."

"When did you go to the East Palace?"

This seemingly stupid sentence made the old fox break out in cold sweat. At this moment, he wasn't sure if he should laugh at Princess Taiping's stupidity or cry. If word of this got out, he would be beheaded!

As the head eunuch of the imperial palace, the person at the side of the emperor was actually secretly working for the crown prince. If the emperor knew, he would definitely die miserably.

He hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Princess, please be cautious. This old servant naturally didn't go to the Eastern Palace, but the Crown Prince knew that this old servant had come to the house of the Marquis and was worried about the princess. Thus, he secretly ordered the old servant to send a few words to the princess along with this letter. "Princess, you must not spread the news of this matter. It will bring disaster to the crown prince!"

"What else does His Highness the crown prince want you to bring over?"

At this point, the old fox was truly terrified, and did not dare to say anything further. After all, this was Hou Mansion and Yun Fei's trusted aides were everywhere. If his words were not careful and reached the ears of the guards, even if he had a few heads, it would not be enough to chop them off.

"This old servant will now take his leave. If the princess has any words or letters to say, please pass them to the crown prince."