Six years later, the princess came back with three cubs

Chapter 83 Mantis Catching Cicadas
"Sister Chunlan, what are you thinking? Why are you silent?"

Of course, I was thinking about how to cheat a few banknotes.

Chunlan suppressed her thoughts and smiled more kindly at the three children, "Three little masters, you don't need so much, this is enough."

As she spoke, Chunlan raised her hand and took about twenty bank notes from Mu Yanxi.

I don't know whether it was because I was too excited or I couldn't hold it steady, but all the twenty or so bank notes fell to the ground, fluttering everywhere.

Chunlan groaned, and hurriedly said to Mu Yan: "My lord, please go to the next room and help the servant bring a lamp. It's too dark, the servant can't see clearly."

"it is good."

Mu Yanli left without saying a word.

"Sister Chunlan, it's okay, I'll help you."

Mu Yanxi made a gesture to help pick it up, but Chunlan hurriedly stopped her, "Farewell, Second Young Master, put away the bank notes in your hand, and don't spill any more."

Mu Yanxi took it very seriously, "Sister Chunlan, you are right, then you can pick it up, I will take the other banknotes back and put them away first."

"Well, you have to hide it."

"Don't worry, I know."

Soon only Chunlan and Mu Yanxi were left in the room.

Chunlan was thinking about finding an excuse to push Mu Yanxi away, but Mu Yanxi turned around and walked to the round table first, picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Chunlan put on the table, and stared back at Chunlan while eating.

"Look what I'm doing, hurry up and pick up the banknotes, by the way, don't tell my brother."

Chunlan understood and nodded again and again, "Don't worry, Miss, I will definitely not tell the two young masters, you should eat quickly, the eldest son will be back soon."

Mu Yanxi gave Chunlan a look of "you're very interesting", then sat on the stool and concentrated on eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

Chunlan secretly rejoiced, while squatting to pick up the banknotes, while taking advantage of Mu Yanxi's inattention, she quietly stuffed the banknotes one by one into the socks.

"I've picked them all up. There are twelve pieces in total, a total of 1 taels of silver."

Mu Yanxi blinked, "Why are there only twelve sheets? The thickness should be about twenty sheets."

Chunlan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly explained: "Maybe I haven't seen some places, I'll look for it again."

"I found it, I found it! It turns out there are three more under the cabinet."

Looking at the three crumpled banknotes in Chunlan's hand, Mu Yanxi smiled, "Let me just say, there must be more than twelve."

"Yes, Second Young Master is really astute, otherwise these three bank notes will be lost for nothing."

"Don't worry, my son regards money as his life, no one can cheat a tael of silver from under my nose."

Chunlan laughed awkwardly and felt guilty, and quickly changed the subject, "It's getting late, and this servant will send the bank note to Eunuch Fan first."

"Well, go ahead, sister Chunlan, be careful."

"You three little masters, please don't worry, the slaves will definitely help you with your affairs."

Seeing Chunlan's back leaving happily, the sneer on Mu Yanxi's face was no longer concealed.

Mu Yanxi squeezed her chin, narrowed her beautiful fox eyes slightly, "She is so courageous, she actually stole 6000 taels of silver from me, how should I punish her?"

"Ah, I thought of it, let her help me try the new medicine!"

Mu Yanxi turned her head to look at him, "What new thing have you researched?"

Mu Yanxi smiled mysteriously, "The secret must not be leaked, you will know when the time comes."

Mu Yanli suddenly said: "She will not go to find Eunuch Fan, but just run away with the bank note?"

"She doesn't dare."

"why?"

Mu Yanxi sneered, "If she really has the guts to put down so much banknotes and run away, she will definitely try to steal the rest, after all, those are the big ones."

"Too."

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"Master Fan, these are given to you by the three young masters of the Mu family. I would like you to intercede for Miss Mu in front of the emperor on their behalf."

Fan Da took the bank note, and after seeing the denomination, he was first surprised and then overjoyed.

He put the banknotes into his cuffs, his eyes fell on Chunlan, and suddenly became sharp.

"Come here."

Fanda's apprentice Xiao Xiuzi came in from the outside, "Master."

Fan Dapi stared at Chunlan with a non-smiling smile, "Take off all the clothes on her body, leaving nothing behind."

Chunlan was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, and hurriedly knelt down, "Master Fan, please forgive me, is it a slave girl who can't do well?"

Fan Da smiled darkly, "Whether you are doing well or not, you will find out later."

In Chunlan's mild resistance, her clothes were quickly stripped off, leaving only her bellyband and socks.

"Master, look at this..."

Fan Da raised his eyelids and snorted, "Isn't it clear enough for the teacher, don't keep anything!"

Xiao Xiuzi quickly responded.

"what--"

In Chunlan's shameful exclamation, the apron on her chest was torn off, followed by the white socks on her feet.

Looking at the woman's unobstructed body, Fan Da smiled with satisfaction.

"Very well, you can go back."

Chunlan sobbed and picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, covered her face and ran out in shame and indignation.

Fan Da took out the bank note in his cuff, his eyes lit up with excitement.

"Master, did you just think that Chunlan was greedy for money?"

Fan Da picked up a bank note, flicked his fingers, "This thin one is a full 1000 taels, if it were you, can you not be tempted?"

Xiao Xiuzi laughed fearfully and flatteringly, "I don't dare."

But Fan Da thought of something, and told Xiao Xiuzi with a sinister face: "Go and watch and see where she has gone."

"Yes."

After leaving the eunuch's mansion, Chunlan did not go back to Shanglin Garden, but went to Ningshou Palace.

She was only temporarily sent by the Queen Mother to Mu Ning's side as an errand, but in the final analysis she was still from Ningshou Palace.

midnight.

In normal times, the Ningshou Palace had already turned off the lights at this time, but today it was brightly lit because of the empress dowager's coma.

The empress led the concubines from all the palaces to gather outside the empress dowager's bedroom to serve the sick. Several imperial physicians knelt in front of the empress dowager's bed, discussing the treatment plan in a low voice.

Except for the nanny and palace servants who served the Empress Dowager personally, the rest of the palace servants and servants all knelt and waited in the side hall of Ningshou Palace.

After kneeling all night, everyone was tired and sleepy, and several of them even dozed off lying on the ground.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Chunlan in the corner got up quietly.

After leaving the Ningshou Palace, Chunlan successfully escaped the patrol of the imperial guards all the way, and came to a remote and uninhabited rockery.

With the help of the faint starlight, Chunlan quickly groped behind the rockery to find the bank note hidden in the mouse hole.

Chunlan, who was immersed in the joy of the windfall, did not notice that there was a black shadow approaching quietly behind her.

"what--"

When she realized something was wrong and wanted to yell, the other party chopped her unconscious with a hand blade.

Because the Empress Dowager was unconscious, Emperor Dongfeng naturally couldn't go to bed early, and he was still pretending to read the book in the imperial study.

As the No.1 in front of the imperial court, Fan Da naturally had to accompany him.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Xiuzi wandering outside the hall, and Fan Da paused in his heart.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late at night, my maidservant will bring you some supper."

　Two more~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)