If not abolished

Chapter 291 People in the Study (2)

"What's the matter? Stop hesitating and tell me quickly." Sun Ruoji was very impatient and anxious.

"My lady, I actually saw your personal maid sneak into the study when you were at your place yesterday. I saw her once last night and again this morning."

"Did she go there secretly alone? Could she have been bribed by someone to steal things from the study?" Sun Ruoji guessed when she heard this. After all, even she couldn't enter and leave Zhu Zhanqi's study at will, but a maid went there repeatedly. How could this not be suspicious?

"Your Highness is right. I thought so at first, so I secretly followed her in this morning. I didn't know until I went in. I was shocked when I saw it!"

"What did you see?" Sun Ruoji thought, if he really saw something shameful, then it would also be a credit.

"I followed her secretly. After she went in, she actually opened a secret room. I followed her into another secret room."

"Secret room? Then what? What's inside the secret room?" Sun Ruoji asked anxiously.

"I hid in the corner and saw her go into the secret room. I handed the food box in and came out. I was afraid of being discovered, so I came out too. Although I didn't see it, I can be sure that there is someone hiding in your Highness's study. Otherwise, who would the food be for?"

"You are right, but who on earth could allow His Highness to hide secretly in the study?" Sun Ruoji thought for a long time but could not come up with an answer.

"Your Majesty..." The maid called out when she saw that Sun Ruoji hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Okay, I know about this. You are not allowed to tell anyone else about what happened today. Do you understand?" Although Sun Ruoji didn't know who that person was, she was not stupid. How could she not know what the King of Han had been doing all these years? Now that the King of Han was not in the capital, it was obvious who did those things. It was normal for him to hide someone in the study.

"I understand, but Your Majesty, what if His Highness is hiding a woman in the study?" the maid suddenly asked.

Sun Ruoji hadn't thought of that yet. She originally thought that hiding someone in the study was perfectly normal. But now that it was revealed that the person hidden was a woman, then...

"This... shouldn't be possible, right? Your Highness doesn't look like that kind of person. Besides, if Your Highness really likes someone, there's no need to hide it. Just bring the person back to the palace. The Princess doesn't look like someone who would object."

"That's true. Then, Madam, do you still need me to investigate?"

"No, you don't have to worry about this anymore." Sun Ruoji said in a warning tone, and then he thought of something and asked, "Wait, did you see clearly how to open the secret room?"

"He had his back turned to the box at that time, so I didn't see what it was or how it was opened. But it should be something on the antique display shelf, and it was closer to the left side," the maid recalled.

"Got it. You must keep this matter to yourself. No matter who asks you about it in the future, you just say you don't know. Got it?" Sun Ruoji reminded him again.

"Yes, I understand." The maid naturally knew the seriousness of the matter.

On the other side, Wang Jundai took a nap and felt better. After she finished her meal, Xiangqin and the others suggested that she should also take the initiative to deliver something to Zhu Zhanqi.

"Why are you all like that? Don't worry, even if I'm not favored enough, your monthly salary will not be less." After all, no matter what, Wang Jundai is the housekeeper. Besides, even if the palace has no money, she has her own dowry, so it won't be a big deal.

"My lady, aren't we doing this all for you? Look, Concubine Sun has just been favored for one day, and she dared to speak to you like that early in the morning. If she continues to do this for a few more days, her tail will be soaring to the sky. Moreover, if she gets pregnant again, then you... No matter what, you must have a child, so that you can have hope in the future, right? Are you going to live a lonely life like this? Even the lady and the master don't want to see you like this."

"I... let me think about it." Wang Jundai felt sad when she heard her parents, but did she have to give birth to a child to live the life she was living now?

For several days, Sun Ruoji either took the child to see Zhu Zhanqi or brought food to him.

Zhu Zhanqi's mood also improved a lot, and he suddenly asked a question that day.

"Has the Princess ever come to deliver anything?" Zhu Zhanqi asked casually.

"Her Majesty, it seems that nothing has been sent yet." The attendant said after thinking for a while.

Zhu Zhanqi said nothing, and people around him couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy.

At night, Sun Ruoji was waiting for Zhu Zhanqi's arrival in his yard as he had done in the past few days.

But unexpectedly, no one showed up after waiting for a long time.

Sun Ruoji looked at the sky and immediately said to the people around him, "Go and ask around to see where His Highness has gone."

"Yes."

After a while, the person who went to inquire came back.

"Did you find out? Did His Highness sleep alone in the front yard today?"

The person who responded hesitated and couldn't say anything for a long time.

"Speak up, you are mute. Where did the prince go?" Sun Ruoji asked.

"In reply to Her Majesty...Your Highness...Your Highness has just gone to the main courtyard." After the maid finished her reply, she immediately took a step back and lowered her head.

"What? Why did His Highness go to the main courtyard? Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the month." As expected, when Sun Ruoji heard that Zhu Zhanqi actually went to Wang Jundai's place, he stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It's only one day. Why do you have to be like this?" The nanny beside her waved her hand to let the maid go out, and immediately came over to persuade Sun Ruoji.

"No, the one in the main courtyard, usually doesn't say a word, why did Your Highness suddenly come over? If it weren't for these days, I would have been hanging around Your Highness every day, Your Highness must have felt a little annoyed. No wonder Wang Jundai didn't do anything these days. It turned out that she was playing hard to get. I really underestimated her. Well, since she has also made a move, I won't be polite either."

"Your Majesty, maybe you are overthinking it. Maybe it's just that His Highness suddenly had this idea." The nanny advised.

"Mammy, you don't understand. For men, what they can't get is always good. What they get too easily is not cherished. I can't keep getting close to her every day. Look at Wang Jundai, she didn't do anything, but Your Highness went to her eagerly. Doesn't this prove this point?" Sun Ruoji didn't listen to the persuasion at all and insisted on her own opinion.

"I still think that Your Majesty is making a big deal out of nothing. This is just one incident, and it doesn't mean anything. Please relax."

"Mammy, you don't know that Wang Jundai is good at using such tricks. You don't know that when I had just given birth to Yaoyao, she somehow let His Highness give her the child to raise. She is my biological daughter. Later, she generously said that she would return the child to me. It was obvious that she could not take care of the child. But she got a good reputation from His Highness." Sun Ruoji didn't remember at all that she didn't like her daughter in the beginning. She just thought that it was Wang Jundai who instigated Zhu Zhanqi to take his daughter away.

"Your Majesty, please don't think about those things anymore. Look, Sister Yao is by your side now, and no one can take her away. Don't worry." The nanny knew that she was a little hysterical again. Whenever she talked about those things, she became mentally abnormal.

"Yes, Yaoyao is my daughter. No one can take her away." Sun Ruoji slowly calmed down. "Where is Yaoyao? Where is she?" Sun Ruoji suddenly started looking for his daughter again.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's already so late. Yaoyao has fallen asleep. Can you please go to bed early too?" The nanny hurriedly grabbed her.

"Oh, Yaoyao is asleep, right? Then I'll take a rest."

"Yes, let's go and rest." The nanny quickly pulled everyone into the room.

Fortunately, Sun Ruoji made a fuss for a while and then fell asleep quietly, otherwise who knows what would have happened?

At this time, on the other side, Zhu Zhanqi suddenly had an urge to go see Wang Jundai.

"Let's go to the main courtyard today." Zhu Zhanqi put down the book and stood up and said.

"Yes. Then I will ask someone to go to the main courtyard and tell them."

"Well, just go ahead. If you don't want to do it, tell us in advance." Zhu Zhanqi stopped him.

"Yes."

Just like that, Zhu Zhanqi brought his people to the main courtyard. Wang Jundai had already prepared to settle down, but suddenly she heard Zhu Zhanqi coming, so she hurriedly put on her coat and went out.