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Chapter 108 Digging a rat hole with the secret guards

In the following half month, the palace became busy inside and outside.

That day, Xie Chuyue was lying in the courtyard of her Changle Palace when Phantom brought her a piece of letter paper. "Master, this is from the General's Mansion. They said it was given to you by Miss Jiang."

When Xie Chuyue heard the name Miss Jiang, she knew it was Jiang Shuying, so she sat up abruptly, took the letter and opened it. She thought Jiang Shuying knew that she was under house arrest and must be bored, so she wanted to ask her out to play.

She also wanted to say that this good friend is really worth making friends with.

As a result, I hurriedly opened the letter and saw that it said, "Greetings to Her Royal Highness, I have something to tell Her Royal Highness. If Her Royal Highness is free, can you come to the General's Mansion?"

Xie Chuyue looked at the letter in her hand and was stunned for a moment, so it was not an invitation for her to go out and play.

However, Jiang Shuying did not make any mistakes in terms of etiquette. At least she did not make any mistakes in front of outsiders.

No matter how good their relationship is in private, there is still a difference between the ruler and the subject on the surface, and Jiang Shuying really handles this very well.

After reading it, Xie Chuyue asked Huanying to pass on a message that she could not go out openly during the day and could only go out to find her at night when she was free.

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Xie Chuyue was bored that day, and suddenly she had an idea. She remembered that when she was just under house arrest, she was so bored that she tried to farm on her own and planted some vegetables. It has been more than 20 days now, so she decided to go and take a look.

Someone came to her small vegetable garden in high spirits, but when she saw that all the vegetables she planted had withered, she wailed and became furious.

“My dish!!!!”

Xie Chuyue rushed over, cursing, "Who is this idiot? How dare you steal my vegetables?"

"Vegetable thief, don't let this princess know who you are."

The young palace maids who were assigned to take care of the vegetables fell to their knees on the ground. It was all over. They tried every possible way to save the vegetables, but they just couldn't survive.

Now that they've been discovered by the little princess, they're doomed.

When Xie Chuyue got closer, she realized that the vegetables were not stolen, but had all died.

Xie Chuyue: [System, someone is trying to murder the vegetables I planted. They poisoned my vegetables. Wait, they don’t want me to be poisoned after eating the vegetables? Damn, what a vicious mind.]

System: […………. Host, you have a very clever mind. Have you ever thought about this: if they poison your vegetables and they die and wither, will you still eat them? If you don't eat them, how can they poison you to death? I don't think those assassins are that stupid.]

Xie Chuyue: [What happened to my food? ]

System: […………Host, why don’t you take a closer look? Then you will know who it is. ]

As the system spoke, Xie Chuyue had already walked to the center of the dish. She saw that there should be several bulges in the dish, so out of curiosity, she stepped on it.

As a result, Xie Chuyue's foot was stuck in the hole.

Xie Chuyue: [Shit, is there anyone setting a trap?]

System: [Host, your thinking logic is really clear. ]

After Xie Chuyue pulled her foot out, she continued digging along the hole.

Isn't this a typical rat hole? It's obvious that all the vegetables she planted were eaten by rats.

The system suggested: [Why don’t you dig all those holes? You’re pretty free and bored now anyway. See if you can catch the mouse by digging to the end of the hole? ]

Xie Chuyue also thought it was feasible. Since she had nothing to do anyway, she started digging.

Xie Chuyue cursed as she dug, "If you ate my food, spit it out. If you took my food, give it back to me. Otherwise, I will disturb your peace."

The secret guards from all parties who were sent to protect Xie Chuyue were all shocked when they saw their little princess digging a rat hole there.

One of them seized the main force and slipped, causing leaves to rustle.

Xie Chuyue just glanced in that direction and ignored it.

When Xie Chuyue looked over, the secret guard was startled, he was exposed. As a result, Xie Chuyue continued to dig the hole. The secret guard patted his chest and thought, luckily, it was just a false alarm.

After digging for a while, Xie Chuyue felt sore in her back and waist, and uncomfortable all over.

In fact, she had known for a long time that her Changle Palace had secret guards of her father, her second brother, her brother the crown prince, and her fourth brother. Anyway, they were all sent to protect her, so she pretended not to know.

But now, she suddenly had a plan, "Don't hide, all of you come out and help this princess dig a hole."

Xie Chuyue felt that these secret guards must have received professional training and could dig holes faster than her, and there was strength in numbers. She believed that they would be able to dig through the hole soon.

The secret guards lying on the trees, on the roof, and hiding in the dark all held their breath, and everyone was wondering whether Xie Chuyue was talking about them.

When Xie Chuyue saw that no one came out, she got angry. "I know you were sent to protect me. I also know that you are hiding in the dark. Now that I need you, if you don't come to help, I will go to your master to complain that you didn't protect me well enough."

The three secret guards sent by the Fourth Prince came out first. The master said that they would go to help as long as the little princess needed it.

Seeing someone coming out, the other people also came out. The emperor sent two people, the second prince sent one person, the crown prince sent seven people, and together with the fourth prince's three people, in an instant, twelve dark guards in black clothes and with their faces covered appeared in the yard.

Seeing them coming out, Xie Chuyue called them with extra enthusiasm to dig a hole quickly, "Come on, come on, hurry up, let's dig a hole through and see where it runs. If it dares to harm the vegetables that I planted myself, I will make it regret its life."

Secret guards: They are on a secret mission, so it’s ok to ask them to kill people, but now the princess wants them to dig rat holes? ? ? ?

How outrageous! Apart from reporting what the princess did every day, their work was quite easy. But they didn't expect that one day they would appear in front of everyone openly and accompany the little princess to catch mice.

When the people in Changle Palace saw the twelve men in black appearing in unison, they were so scared that they almost shouted "assassins", but fortunately they were stopped by the phantom.

In fact, Phantom and the other three had already spotted this group of people, but their master said it was no problem and they were family, so they pretended not to see them.

The secret guards were digging the hole with great effort, but Secret Guard Eleven, who followed the Second Prince, couldn't dig any further. How could he, a top expert among the secret guards, be wasted his talent in such a way?

"Princess, why should we work so hard? Why don't we just stay here and keep putting out some food, and wait for it to come and steal it again. Then we can catch it."

Xie Chuyue: ………… [System, what he said made me seem like a fool. But I have to admit that his method is not bad. ]

Fortunately, the secret guards couldn't hear her thoughts, otherwise they would definitely speak for themselves: They didn't mean that, don't slander them.

System: [Host, I think sometimes your IQ is still not online. ]

The system was still very tactful and told Xie Chuyue that she was just mentally ill.