C6

"Are you afraid of me?" Huai Jin asked even though she knew it. After all, facing Cui Xiang, she had no intentions of retracting her aura.

"Princess has a noble status, this servant is naturally afraid."

His appearance was not too different from Huai Jin's previous life, except because Huai Jin had been with another man for a long time, he did not pay much attention to his own safety. And now in the mirror, his skin was creamy and his eyes were like a painting. Although it was not as exaggerated as when a city collapsed, he could still be considered a beauty. A pair of curved eyebrows were spread out in front of his forehead. They were like the wings of a swallow, and they were filled with unswerving determination, causing his appearance to give off a heroic air.

Huai Jin secretly cursed, but she did not show it on her face, and continued to sit there, and said: "Cui Xiang, Bu Cai."

Originally, cloth dishes were not Cui Xiang's job, but now that Huai Jin had given the order, she naturally could not reject it. She walked over to the table and scooped a bowl of lotus seed porridge for Huai Jin.

Taking the porridge, Huai Jin stirred the porridge on the bowl without eating it, and only looked at Cui Xiang. Cui Xiang's head drooped even lower.

Seeing her like this, Huai Jin had a plan. Since there was someone who still dared to keep her by his side, he naturally could not decline her "good intentions". Coincidentally, the original owner had some things that she needed to ask about.

Thinking about it, Huai Jin's hand that was holding onto the spoon stopped, and she suddenly placed the blue and white porcelain bowl on the table, which produced a clear and melodious sound. Somehow, Cui Xiang's heart also shook along with the sound.

"Everyone else can leave. Cui Xiang, you stay behind."

The palace maids who were at the side all retreated, leaving Cui Xiang alone. After they left, the cold feeling crawled back onto Cui Xiang's body.

Just as Cui Xiang was panicking, Huai Jin picked up the bowl of lotus seed soup and took her first bite. She only took one bite before putting the bowl down and pushing it in front of Cui Xiang.

"It's cold."

Cui Xiang carefully took away the lotus seed soup, scooped another bowl and handed it over to Huai Jin.

However, before he could completely hand the bowl over, a gust of wind came from the left.

Huai Jin did not withhold her strength, and that slap actually landed on Cui Xiang's face, forcing him to take two steps back before she managed to stabilize herself. The bowl in her hand fell to the ground, bringing about a floor full of filth.

"Are you trying to scald me to death!" Huai Jin deliberately raised his voice, his tone filled with anger.

When the people outside heard the noise, they all retreated a little. Their eyes were filled with sympathy as they looked towards the palace, but they were also suspicious.

Princess Anping was notorious for being difficult to serve, and the maids at her side would be swapped out in less than two months. However, Cui Xiang was an exception. She stayed by the princess' side for half a year, and could be said to be an old man by the princess's side. Usually, she was extremely quick-witted and capable, and had never made any mistakes.

Everyone outside the hall speculated. Although their feet were some distance away, their eyes kept looking in.

"Princess!" Cui Xiang's mournful screams came from the hall, causing everyone to look away.

Huai Jin tightened her grip on Cui Xiang's neck and grabbed onto Cui Xiang's throat. Her sharp gaze swept over Cui Xiang's face, and her mouth was filled with warning: "I'll ask you one question, you answer me one question. Other than answering me with one word, don't even think about taking your life!" Huai Jin didn't have to do this to find out more information about the original owner, it was just that she didn't like to waste any more energy on things that she could solve directly.

Unable to make a sound, Cui Xiang could only blink her eyes to express that she understood. After receiving a reply, Huai Jin loosened her hand a little, allowing her to at least speak.

There were many things that Huai Jin wanted to ask, but just as the words were about to reach her mouth, the first thing Huai Jin asked was "Who is Xuanping Marquis?"

Huai Jin originally thought that this person must have a huge grudge with the original owner, that was why the original owner was willing to cooperate with the Prince Jin in order to get his head. But in the next moment, Huai Jin knew that she was wrong, because this Xuanping Marquis was none other than the original owner's grandfather!

"Ten years ago, the father of the princess, General Huai Sheng, was executed in Sui Yang's stead after losing the war. The princess' mother also hanged herself after General Huai Sheng died. The Huai family is only left with the Xuanping Marquis and the princess, who are in their sixties. It was also that year when the Xuanping Marquis reported that an old man was unable to raise a princess and sent her, who was only eight years old, to the capital to be raised by the empress dowager. " Even though Cui Xiang was puzzled as to why the princess would ask him this, he still told her in detail for the sake of his life.

In terms of founding a country? Huai Jin could not help but sneer in her heart, although she did not live in this kind of feudal era, she knew that the emperor was always suspicious, but she would never be this magnanimous, even more so, the father of the original owner had committed the crime of conspiring against him. It was just that Xuanping Marquis was clever, he knew that the emperor would not be able to trust him, and actually sent his granddaughter to the palace as a hostage, that was because he was ruthless!

Huai Jin then asked the empress dowager, Zhao Yang, Li Consort Yuwen Fei and the others about the original owner's information, etching it deep in his mind. had told them everything he knew earlier, but when he got to Prince Jin, he was stuttering.

"You are someone from the Prince Jin, right?" Huai Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at Cui Xiang.

"This servant was sent to the princess by Esteemed Empress Dowager. How could it have anything to do with the princess?" When he said this, Cui Xiang's eyes flashed clearly.

"You are a member of the Prince Jin." Huai Jin confirmed.

"Your servant …"

"Princess!"

Cui Xiang's words were interrupted before she could finish, and when she saw that it was Ran Mei who entered the room, she heaved a sigh of relief.

Feeling the change in Cui Xiang's emotions, Huai Jin released Cui Xiang's hand and looked up and down at the Ran Mei who had just charged in.

As if he didn't sense the unusual atmosphere in the hall, Ran Mei walked to the center of the hall by herself, and stopped only when she was right in front of Huai Jin. She bowed and said, "This servant Ran Mei greets the princess."