Chao Cuo's first impression of Liu Concubine was good, but she only thought she was a clever little girl. But after all, he was bewitched by this girl's cuteness, in fact, she was a little devil.

Although Liu Concubine is as smart and studious as her mother, because of Liu Heng's favor, she has always been rampant and domineering in the palace. Although it is not enough to scold the palace people wantonly, it is still common to occasionally tease everyone.

Chao Cuo accompanied Liu Concubine in the palace for a few days, and was first pestered by her to tell the story of Yifang in Chang'an in the past, after a long time, I listened to those stories several times, and I got tired of it. She began to play tricks again, sometimes it was a bucket of water that was suddenly splashed when she entered the door, sometimes it was honey that was replaced with ink, and after each success, Liu Yan laughed anyway, without the image of a princess.

Chao Cuo always felt that this child was not like a two-year-old child, and in these tricks, she was even smarter than adults. After that, Chao Cuo has been guarding against her, for fear that she will think of some crooked ideas to torture people. After several traps failed to make Chao mistaken, Liu Concubine seemed to have restrained a lot, probably because she felt that it was not interesting to miss repeatedly.

In this morning class, Chao got up early in the morning and went to the door of the school to wait for Liu Yan, but he didn't wait for her for a long time, and he didn't even see the grandmother who took care of her daily life. Chao Cuo was a little worried, thinking that maybe she had arrived early, so he went into the school to look for her.

As soon as I walked in, I found that the hemp paper in the school hall was scattered all over the ground. Chao Cuo felt that this was another prank by Liu Xuan, so he didn't hurry, squatted down and picked up the hemp paper one by one. When he picked it up halfway, he felt a beam of eyes staring at him not far away, and he looked over there with his spare eyes, and sure enough, it was Liu Yan's little girl.

Chao Cuo smiled quietly, ignored her, and picked up the hemp paper by himself. When Liu Yan started laughing, Chao Cuo really realized that something was wrong, and there seemed to be something moving under the hemp paper. He looked over there vigilantly, slowed his steps and slowly approached, and then opened the paper, and there were two rats inside.

Chao Cuo laughed disdainfully, directly lifted the two mice with their tails, and then walked directly to Liu Yan's side. This girl was laughing heartily just now, but now she is waving her hands and stepping back. She had let the eunuchs and grandmothers who were waiting for her catch and put it there, and she didn't do it herself, because she felt that what she was afraid of, she would definitely be afraid of.

It's a pity that Liu Yan made a mistake this time, Chao Cuo walked directly towards her with the mouse, and shook it in front of her, looking proud.

"Is the princess hiding here, looking for this?" Chao Cuo asked deliberately.

"No, it's not, you get farther away." Liu Yan waved her hand while blocking her eyes.

Chao pretended to be innocent: "Isn't the princess looking for this?" Could it be that the princess put it in on purpose? ”

Liu Yan watched him keep approaching, and retreated in fear, but she didn't stand firm all of a sudden, and fell to the ground. The place where she fell was near the hemp paper, and a gust of wind brought up the linen paper, fanning it one after another. But when it was opened, there was nothing inside. Chao Cuo's sharp eyes found that just behind Liu Yan, there was a poisonous snake entrenched.

"Princess, don't move!" Chao was shocked and quickly informed her.

But Liu Concubine only looked at the mouse in Chao Cuo's hand at this time, and did not listen to his persuasion at all, and insisted on retreating. Seeing that she was about to touch the poisonous snake, Chao Cuo hurriedly took a step forward, picked up Liu Yan and turned around, and helped her block the blow of the poisonous snake. He didn't hesitate and kicked the viper into the distance.

Liu Yan turned around and saw this scene, and was immediately frightened, hooking Chao Cuo's neck and refusing to let go.

"Don't be afraid, princess, it's okay." Chao Cuo patted her on the back and comforted her softly.

This snake is strange, the school has always been quiet, every morning there will be eunuchs to clean up, even if Liu Yan intends to prank, there will never be such a poisonous snake. Chao Cuo felt that someone wanted to be unfavorable to Liu Xuan, and used her prank to hide the poisonous snake under hemp paper.

"Princess, who were you here when you were preparing this hemp paper?" Chao Cuo couldn't ignore the safety of Concubine Liu, so he asked seriously.

Liu Yan was asked by him like this, and pouted: "I don't know, I'm afraid of mice, although I came up with this method, I also asked the eunuchs and grandmothers around me to do it, and I only followed up after you came in." ”

"In other words, the only people who can touch these hemp papers are the eunuchs and grandmothers around the princess?"

"It should be!" Liu Yan thought about it carefully, and there was no one else.

"Has Guan Tao been obedient these days? Mother has brought you food. Yifang suddenly appeared outside at this time and raised the food box in his hand at them.

But the big and the small all had serious looks, and Yifang knew that something must have happened to make them so nervous. She quickly put the food box down and asked them what had happened.

"Mother, it's the daughter's fault, the daughter shouldn't try her best to tease Master Chao." Liu Yan suddenly threw herself into Yifang's arms, looking very regretful.

Yifang patted her on the back: "What's wrong?" How could my little demon lord say such a thing? ”

"If Lord Chao hadn't saved his daughter today, her daughter would have been bitten by a poisonous snake." Liu Yan felt aggrieved when she said this, and she actually cried with a whimper.

"What? There are poisonous snakes in the school? Yifang was also taken aback, and turned to face Chao Cuo, "What Guan Tao said is true?" ”

Chao Cuo stepped forward and reported the situation to Yifang. Yi Fang also guessed as Chao Cuo, this would never be accidental, nor could it be the incompetence of the eunuchs, the most likely thing was that someone deliberately murdered them, but I don't know if that person's target was Liu Xuan or Chao Cuo.

"Someone!" Yifang gave an order, and some palace maids outside walked in quickly, "You go and find the eunuch who cleaned the school today, and the people who helped Princess Tao put hemp paper, all of them are called here for me, and no one is allowed to be left behind." ”

"No."

"Beauty, what's wrong with this all of a sudden?" Fang Tengling was also outside, and when he came in at this time, he didn't know what was going on, so he had to ask.

Yifang briefly told her again, and Teng Ling reminded: "Although the slave maid does not want to guess like this, in this school, there is not only our Princess Tao, but also Mrs. Cao and Du Meiren's daughter!" ”

"You mean, it's going to be their hands and feet?" Yifang couldn't believe it, but it was a child about ten years old, how could he have such a vicious mind?

"The slave is just guessing, I hope the beauty can keep an eye on it."

Yi Fang nodded, lost in thought, and then she instructed Teng Ling: "Don't alarm the king in advance, I will find out." ”

"But the princess was so frightened......" Tengling hesitated.

"The king has been busy with government affairs recently, so don't bother him about the affairs in the harem." As soon as Yifang's voice fell, some eunuchs and grandmothers outside were brought in by the palace maids.

"Beauty, everyone who came to the academy this morning is here." After the palace maid finished speaking, everyone consciously lined up in a row and stood in front of Yifang.

"Tell me what you did this morning, one by one." Yifang's face no longer had the gentleness when facing Liu Yan, but was replaced by a stern look.

Each of the palace people mentioned what they had done, but they couldn't hear any clue from it, according to them, they just came to the school in the morning to clean, and after cleaning, they went to do other things on their own. And the people who served around Concubine Liu said that they were ordered by the princess to find a few rats and hide them under hemp paper to scare Lord Chao, and nothing else.

"Think about it, is that really all there is? If there's anything I haven't said, it's good to say it now, but if I find out, it won't be the way it is. Yifang slammed the table, startling everyone. She used to live in Guangyang Hall without quarrel with the world, and she was friendly with the palace people, but after managing the harem according to Liu Heng's wishes, there were clear rewards and punishments, and she would not let go of anything wrong, which made these palace people also have some fear.

The palace people looked at each other, as if they were thinking carefully, but they really couldn't think of what was missing. Yifang let them talk to each other, maybe everyone will be able to think of some when they talk nonsense.

After a while, they really spoke again: "When the slave came to clean up this morning, he seemed to have seen Princess Bailing. ”

Another eunuch looked at Yifang's face and echoed: "The slave also saw it, Princess Bailing said that she lost a hairpin flower in the school yesterday, so she came to find it as soon as possible." ”

"When Princess Bailing came to the school to look for hairpins, did you go with her?"

The eunuchs looked at each other and shook their heads: "The princess said that she would look for it alone, and she did not allow the minions to help. Just because it was the princess's order, the minions did not dare to step forward. ”

"Princess Bailing came to look for the hairpin, before you put the hemp paper, or after that?" Yifang subconsciously glanced at Teng Ling, could it be true as they guessed, could it be such a vicious thing done by a child around ten years old?

The eunuchs thought about it carefully before they replied affirmatively: "It was after the hemp paper was placed." At that time, the slave finished cleaning the school, and saw that there was a lot of hemp paper scattered inside, and thought it was not cleaned, and was about to tidy it up again, but I heard that it was specially arranged by Princess Guantao, and the slave did not go in. It was at this time that Princess Bailing said that she had lost the hairpin and went in alone to look for it. ”

"When Princess Bailing came, did she bring anything with her?"

The servant continued, "I only brought a large bookcase. ”