Chapter 18 Try it out

Ji Yanqing is now a frequent visitor to Anping Palace.

However, apart from paying respects, he hardly spoke to Princess Anping. The only thing he had to do in Anping Palace was to write storybooks.

But Ji Yanqing had practiced martial arts since childhood and had sharp ears and eyes. As long as he sat in Anping Palace, he could hear everything clearly except the sounds inside the house.

What's more, the place where he wrote the storybook was just right for him to see the vegetable garden where the princess often appeared.

No, it should be said that the princess deliberately placed the storybook where she could see it often.

In Ye Jinshu's words, seeing the scripts he loves being written makes him feel more motivated to work.

Ye Jinshu deliberately put Ji Yanqing under her nose, but she didn't know that she was also exposing her every move without reservation.

From Ji Yanqing's position, as long as he moved his eyes slightly, he could see what Ye Jinshu and her maids were doing, and hear what they were saying.

Over time, Ji Yanqing also summed up some behavioral characteristics of Princess Anping.

Most of the time, the princess was in her vegetable garden. If she was not in the vegetable garden, she would be discussing the plot of the story with the palace maids and eunuchs.

The stories told by the princess were always very interesting, and the developments were very unexpected, which gave Ji Yanqing a lot of inspiration when he was making up stories. However, sometimes, after Ji Yanqing analyzed the whole story of Ye Jinshu, he was surprised to find the mystery in it, and felt that what the princess said was not just a storybook.

Moreover, many of the princess's ideas are different from those of ordinary people, and what she says is always unexpected.

Ji Yanqing was very reluctant to enter the palace at first. He even investigated the relationship between the princess and different princes and princesses in the palace, and planned a scheme to escape unscathed.

The only thing that surprised him was that this princess was not as arrogant and domineering as the rumors said, and her days in the palace were not as helpless as Ji Yanqing had imagined.

There is no need to do anything deliberately. Just sit aside and write storybooks, occasionally listen to the princess' words and laugh when no one can see. It is quite comfortable.

Although he listened, Ji Yanqing never took the initiative to express any opinion on Ye Jinshu's words.

He was very aware that he was eavesdropping, and this was in the palace, so he had to pretend not to hear anything.

Until today, Ji Yanqing thought so.

but now.
Who told the princess to hire a killer to force her to sleep when she couldn't sleep?
"But my lady, I don't know where to hire a killer."

The conversation over there is still going on.

Xiao Cui questioned Ye Jinshu's words, but she did not object to Ye Jinshu's words themselves, but rather questioned where she could hire a killer.

In other words, Xiao Cui has subconsciously agreed with Ye Jinshu's decision to hire a killer to force her to sleep.

"That's easy. The assassin's job is similar to that of the secret guard. One kills people, the other protects people. Just ask the secret guard and you'll know where to find the assassin."

Ye Jinshu said this as a matter of course. After Ye Jinshu finished speaking, the voice of Xiao Cui, the senior palace maid familiar to Ji Yanqing, who was worshipful, rang out: "The princess is wise!"

Ji Yanqing:
Ye Jinshu began to wave towards the empty place, and Xiao Cui watched expectantly from the side, with no intention of stopping him.

Not only Xiao Cui, but also the other servants around Ye Jinshu are like this.

Having no one to rely on, and the palace servants close to him were so clueless, Ji Yanqing sighed as he looked at Ye Jinshu who was unaware and still smiling happily.

This is really a bad temper. If Ye Jinshu looks or does something that seems to be a little bit thoughtful, Ji Yanqing will just sit back and do nothing.

Ji Yanqing withdrew his gaze unnoticeably, but in his heart he had already begun to think about how to test Xiao Cui's loyalty when she sent him out of the palace later.

He has already seen that this princess has no means, so what about the maid beside the princess.

"Cui'er, do you remember the name of that intelligence building? When you send the gentleman out of the palace later, go to that building and hire a killer or assassin. Have him come to the palace on time to threaten me."

"Yes, Princess!" Xiao Cui agreed immediately, but after agreeing, she thought of another question. She asked carefully, "Princess, the palace is heavily guarded. Ordinary assassins can't get in. Even if they get in, they don't know how long they can survive."

The guards in the palace are no pushovers, especially since Ye Jinshu lives close to the emperor and empress's residences. There are more patrolling guards than anywhere else in the palace. It would be a waste of time for civilian killers to break into the palace.

Even if you are a top master, you can't get in without thinking twice, and even if you get in, you will die suddenly.

The palace is a place where even a mosquito that flies in will be slapped to death.

After hearing Xiao Cui's words, Ye Jinshu also began to think about this problem.

She had experienced firsthand how strict the guards in the palace were many times when she was convicted in her previous life, the previous life before, and the previous life before. Not to mention escaping, even if there were assassins from outside, one would be killed if they came one by one, and two would be killed if they came two by one.

In fact, she also considered asking the palace guards to force her to sleep, but when the guards saw her, they were so terrified that they would not even put a knife to her neck to force her to sleep, or even look at her.

After thinking about it, Ye Jinshu turned around and went into the house to take out the personal item given to him by the prince, a jade pendant that symbolized the royal family.

There is a four-clawed python engraved on it, which is very easy to identify.

Ye Jinshu casually took the jade pendant in his hand and gave it to Xiao Cui casually, without any of the cautious look he had when he first received the jade pendant.

"Cui'er, take this with you and find someone. Give the jade pendant to whoever takes the job." In this palace, her Princess Anping's things didn't work well, but the prince's things worked very well.

Xiao Cui carefully took the jade pendant from Ye Jinshu and agreed to this outrageous request in front of Ji Yanqing's unnoticeable but extremely shocked look.

After Ji Yanqing handed in his manuscript today, Xiao Cui escorted him out of the palace as usual.

On the way out of the palace, Xiao Cui rarely spoke to Ji Yanqing. It was estimated that she was thinking about finding the killer after leaving the palace.

Ji Yanqing looked at Xiao Cui's serious expression and found it a little funny. In the past, when they were on the road, this palace maid would always talk about how good the princess was and tell him to be grateful for her grace.

Ji Yanqing felt that this palace maid was probably a simple-minded person.

But how can the simple-minded princess and her simple-minded personal maid survive helplessly in this palace surrounded by wolves?
In order to figure this out, Ji Yanqing first had to determine whether this palace maid who seemed to be on the princess' side in everything was really who she said she was.

After sending Ji Yanqing out of the palace, Xiao Cui did not go back immediately as she did before, but continued to walk in a certain direction. That was the name of an intelligence building that the secret guard beside Ye Jinshu had just reluctantly mentioned. Xiao Cui only knew the approximate direction and had to look for it everywhere.

Xiao Cui took two steps and found that Ji Yanqing was still following her. She turned back in annoyance and said, "Why are you following me?"

Ji Yanqing was also a little confused by Xiao Cui's shouting. He said innocently, "My home is in this direction."

Xiao Cui didn't notice that Ji Yanqing no longer called himself a commoner after leaving the palace.

She was worried about not being able to find the place, and from what Ji Yanqing said, he should be very familiar with that area, so she couldn't help but feel happy: "Then do you know where Yanchun Tower is?"

(End of this chapter)