The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 307 Appreciate him

When Cui Hengyue came out from the second destination, there was already a white belly in the east.

She has to go back quickly.

Thinking of this, Cui Hengyue quickened her pace.

Suddenly, a burst of fragrance hit her nostrils, which immediately aroused the glutton in her belly.

She followed the scent all the way until she came to a stall selling steamed cakes.

Really fragrant!

Cui Hengyue stuck out her nose and smelled it, then pointed her finger: "I want this, wrap it up for me."

"Okay!" The stall owner yelled enthusiastically, quickly wrapped the steamed cake Cui Hengyue wanted, and handed it over with a smile on his face.

"Guest, here you are, a total of twenty Wen."

Cui Hengyue took out copper coins to the stall owner, took the steamed cakes and left.

As soon as she turned around, she met a pair of sharp eagle-like eyes, and Cui Hengyue was so frightened that she almost lost her grip on the steamed cake.

It's Xie Yuan.

How could he be here so early in the morning?

After reacting, Cui Hengyue hurriedly lowered her head and walked around the road.

However, the sound of steady footsteps came from behind, following her all the time.

Cui Hengyue turned her head slightly, glanced back, and saw Xie Yuan following her closely, and was about to throw the steamed cake in his hand back, then quickly fled the street and dodged into the nearest alley.

Facing the sudden attack, Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, but reached out and waved the steamed cake in time.

Seeing that Cui Hengyue ran away, he ran after him.

After chasing two streets and three alleys, Xie Yuan blocked Cui Hengyue in an alley with no way out. He slowed down and approached Cui Hengyue step by step.

"There's no way ahead."

Cui Hengyue glanced back at the wall at the end of the alley, stopped, and asked him with a calm face, "Why are you following me?"

"Early in the morning, what did you want to do when you sneaked out of the house dressed like this?" Xie Yuan asked without answering.

"What do I do, what does it matter to you?"

"I saw it, it's none of my business."

Seeing that Xie Yuan insisted on getting to the bottom of it, Cui Hengyue pondered in her heart: should I knock him out?
After thinking about it, with her martial arts, before knocking Xie Yuan unconscious, she will definitely attract other people, and her identity will be exposed.

So, Cui Hengyue put away her anger: "What else can I do? I'm just greedy. I went out to buy food. Didn't you see it just now?"

Sneaking out of the house at the risk of being punished just for the steamed cakes at the stall?

Xie Yuan naturally didn't believe it: "If you tell the truth, I will help you keep the secret."

Cui Hengyue's heart moved: "Really?"

"a man of his words."

"make a deal."

Cui Hengyue took two steps forward, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday Wu Wuniang told me that her eldest brother will leave for the border at [-] o'clock today, so I rushed early and came to see off Prince Wu."

Because she was not sure how long Xie Yuan had been with her, she decided to tell the truth a little bit.

Xie Yuan frowned slightly: "As far as I know, you probably haven't seen Prince Wu before today, why did you send him off?"

"Who said I haven't seen him? I saw him yesterday at the Duke's Mansion."

"It's just a meeting, so you sneak out of the house to see him off?"

Seeing Xie Yuan's face full of disbelief, Cui Hengyue lowered his head slightly, showing a shy expression: "I admire him."

Accustomed to seeing Cui Hengyue's fierce look, Xie Yuan almost couldn't believe his eyes when he suddenly saw her showing the shy look of his little daughter.

"You admire Prince Wu very much?"

Cui Hengyue raised her head and said fiercely: "Why, it's not possible?"

"Yes." Xie Yuan thought to himself, still looking pleasing to the eye.

It's now.

Cui Hengyue took advantage of Xie Yuan's trance and walked forward, wanting to leave the alley.

But when she just walked to Xie Yuan's side, Xie Yuan grabbed her arm.

"I won't tell others about you sneaking out of the house, but I have something to ask you."

Cui Hengyue frowned, and shook off Xie Yuan's hand vigorously: "If you want to ask, just ask, don't move."

Embarrassment flashed across Xie Yuan's face, he took a step back, clenched his fist to his lips, and coughed to cover up his embarrassment: "Ahem——

"Last time you said that the Empress Dowager sent people to kill Lu'er, I investigated after I returned to the palace, and there was indeed such a thing.

"I want to know, why did the Queen Mother kill Lu'er?"

After the investigation, Xie Yuan felt that things were by no means what Cui Hengyue said last time, and she must know the reason.

Cui Hengyue was very surprised, she did not expect that Xie Yuan would go to check on the Queen Mother, she thought Xie Yuan was from the Queen Mother.
Now it seems that Xie Yuan may be her helper.

After thinking for a while, Cui Hengyue said, "What else could be the reason? Naturally, Lu'er knew about the bad things the Empress Dowager did, so the Empress Dowager wanted to kill her to silence her."

Murder?
Xie Yuan thought of the reason why Lu'er was locked up, a flash of light flashed in his eyes: "You mean that Lu'er's revenge is fake, but in reality it was ordered by someone, and this person is the Queen Mother."

Cui Hengyue did not speak.

"No." Xie Yuan pondered for a while and felt something was wrong: "You are the empress dowager's own niece, why did the empress dowager target you?"

Cui Hengyue finally spoke, with a quiet tone: "When my aunt entered the palace, she was conferred the title of noble concubine, but the queen mother was only conferred the title of concubine Shu when she entered the palace, her status was lower than my aunt's.

"I heard from many people that Concubine Shu and Concubine Gui did not get along in the palace back then, and the relationship between Cui and Wang was also very bad.

"I also heard that after my mother married into the Cui family, Concubine Shu repeatedly made things difficult for my mother."

Cui Hengyue didn't go any further, because these were enough to explain why the Queen Mother wanted to target her.

After Xie Yuan listened, he was thoughtful.

Cui Hengyue stared at him for a while, then said: "Of course, maybe Lu'er knew about other bad things the Queen Mother did, so she was silenced by the Queen Mother."

Xie Yuan was startled, and tentatively asked: "What else is wrong?"

"How would I know?" Cui Hengyue spread her hands, expressing that this was just her guess.

"Later, did you ever go to Lu'er? Do you know who the group who snatched Lu'er away?" Xie Yuan tried again.

Cui Hengyue knew it well, and replied calmly: "I just returned home, I don't have my own manpower, even the maids are arranged by others, how can I find them?

"That group of people come and go without a trace, maybe they belong to the Queen Mother"

Xie Yuan's eyes moved slightly, feeling that Cui Hengyue's words were not unreasonable, and secretly determined to find out the truth of this matter.

He looked at Cui Hengyue, and persuaded him gently: "Since the queen mother doesn't like you, you should not enter the palace in the future, so as not to cause unnecessary disasters."

He was actually reminding her?
Cui Hengyue felt Xie Yuan's kindness, and pretended to be distressed: "I hope that I will never enter the palace, but this matter is beyond my control. If the queen mother orders me to enter the palace, I cannot resist the order."

This is indeed a problem.

Xie Yuan thought for a while: "If you enter the palace again, please send me a message, maybe I can help you."

Cui Hengyue was overjoyed and said excitedly, "Thank you fourth cousin."

After thanking her, Cui Hengyue bid farewell, and then ran away in a hurry.

Xie Yuan couldn't help laughing: This little girl, when she helped her, she called him "fourth cousin", and when she didn't help her, she called him by her first name, she was really straightforward.

"How do you walk? Are you blind?"

Suddenly, noise came from the alley, Xie Yuan's expression changed, and he rushed out immediately
(End of this chapter)