Chapter 181: Overwhelming Wealth

Before Wu Xun followed Cheng Nianying back to Pei Mansion, someone arrived outside the Pei Mansion earlier.

There's been a lot going on at the Pei residence lately, and the newly replaced doorman has become quite sharp-eyed. Seeing the woman lingering around, he immediately approached her and asked, "Excuse me, who are you? Why are you lingering here?"

The woman pulled her hood up uncomfortably and said, "I...I'm here to see the fourth lady of the mansion."

Lately, they've been looking for the fourth room. With Miss Jiang already here, the concierge didn't dare to be indifferent and nodded, "Please wait a moment, I'll pass the message on."

The servant who was delivering the message arrived at the courtyard of the fourth room and was stopped by Master Pei.

"Is there any new news from the front?"

The servant shook his head: "There's a female guest outside who wants to see the Fourth Madam."

Pei Yuanwei became suspicious and asked him to invite the person in first.

The woman came in with a veil covering her face, and her behavior was tense and strange.

She was invited into the side hall and looked up to see Pei Yuanwei sitting in the main seat. "It's the Fourth Madam I want to see."

"How can anyone come and see you just because they want to? Who are you? After entering the Pei Mansion, you even refuse to show your true face?"

The woman thought that most people here had never seen her, so she took off the curtain without hesitation.

The servant exclaimed, "Miss Jiang?"

Pei Yuanwei recognized her at a glance.

Thinking about what Chu Zhen had just said...that's such a coincidence!

Pei Yuanwei immediately dismissed the servants: "Are you Qin Yurong?"

Qin Yurong was more concerned about another question: "Miss Jiang?" You are talking about your sister, right?

"She came to Heqing?" Qin Yurong's eyes lit up. Does that mean she has escaped now?

*

Chu Zhen had just scolded the maid as a "stupid thing" when she heard footsteps coming back.

She thought it was Pei Yuanwei who had returned, so she asked the maid to open the door and turned to greet him: "Xiao He? ... No. Yurong! Are you still alive?"

Qin Yurong was now numb to the fact that everyone could tell her apart at a glance. After all, even King Liang could see the difference back then.

She nodded and walked in, unable to hide her excitement and asked, "How is things at home now?"

When Chu Zhen first heard the news of Qin Yurong's death, she was really sad.

But Chu Zhen was shocked to see that Qin Yurong was still alive despite the chaos in the Marquis' Mansion. Thinking of what Pei Yuanwei said about Prince Danshuo coming here for no reason... she couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Tell me first! Why are you here?" Chu Zhen grabbed her arm.

Qin Yurong felt some pain from being grabbed, but she didn't care and said quickly, "Prince Liang and the Prince of the County made an exchange, and the Prince of the County let me go with him."

Chu Zhen was stunned: "King Liang?"

She had a little hope: "Prince Liang treats you..." The prince is gone, but it would be a good thing if there is a way out.

Qin Yurong immediately understood her mother's hidden meaning and couldn't help but feel embarrassed and angry: "Mother, do you think I'm so popular?"

"After all, you are a noble lady in the capital, well-versed in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework. If I hadn't had feelings for you, why would I bother to exchange you with the prince?"

"He simply had a conflict with the Prince, and because he has a kind nature, he reached out to help the weak..."

"Helping the weak? That's ridiculous. When a man helps a woman, no matter how nicely he says it, he's just thinking about getting her into bed. I taught you so much in the past, how come you didn't remember a single thing? With someone as naive as you, even if you became someone's legal wife, you'd still be defeated!"

Chu Zhen scolded her.

Qin Yurong angrily defended herself, "I, I thought so too at the time, so I asked His Royal Highness Prince Liang..."

Qin Yurong was embarrassed. "But he really didn't mean that! He even thought my question was funny. He already has someone he's obsessed with. If he was willing to let her go, he would have married a long time ago..."

Chu Zhen still found this unbelievable.

Is there a man in the world whose love is unchangeable?

However, Chu Zhen had also heard that even when the Queen wanted to arrange a marriage for Prince Liang, Prince Liang turned against her, and for several years thereafter he was at odds with his stepmother, the Empress Dowager.

"Has Xiaohe come to Heqing? Where is she?" Qin Yurong didn't want to say anything more to her mother.

Chu Zhen said coldly, "He's not here." She stretched out her scarred hand and said, "Things aren't good at home either. Very bad. You shouldn't be here. You should be following Prince Liang..."

"I really can't understand you! I'll go ask my uncle."

"Wait!" Chu Zhen's expression suddenly changed, and she looked thoughtful.

"I understand, I understand." Chu Zhen murmured twice, and the joy on her face could not be concealed this time. She called Qin Yurong, "Wait, I will write you a letter, and you take it out of Heqing and go find King Liang."

"Mother! How could the King of Liang have the time to read your useless letter?"

Chu Zhen laughed so hard that her shoulders trembled slightly: "He will see it, he will definitely see it, that's what he wants most. Don't you want to repay him?"

"You still think he's interested in me?"

"No, no! I was distracted just now, completely distracted!" Chu Zhen called out to the maid, "Go and grind the ink quickly."

Chu Zhen finished writing the letter and gave it to Qin Yurong, asking her to leave immediately.

At that time, Cheng Nianying also returned to Pei Mansion.

When the doorman saw her, he almost burst into tears: "Miss Jiang! Miss Jiang is back!"

She must know where the young master went!

Cheng Nianying said, "I'll go see the Fourth Madam first."

It doesn’t matter whether other members of the Pei family are worried about her or not.

The doorman had no choice but to obey Cheng Nianying.

When they arrived at the fourth courtyard, the maid almost ran madly to deliver the message to the fourth lady.

After a while, Chu Lin came out with red eyes. She walked tremblingly to Cheng Nianying and hugged her tightly without saying a word.

"Where on earth did you go?" Chu Lin's voice was slightly torn due to the force.

It was Wu Xun who answered the question. He followed the prince's instructions and said, "Miss Jiang got separated from your young master and encountered some bad guys on the road. She was rescued by our prince."

"Prince?" Chu Lin didn't know what was going on outside, so he was a little confused for a moment.

"Yes, Prince Danshuo."

Chu Lin clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, her face showing panic. Her first reaction was that the Danshuo County Prince mistook Miss Jiang for Qin Yurong and had come to her rescue.

That won’t do!

While Chu Lin was still struggling, other people from Pei Mansion rushed over after hearing the news.

With the title of "Prince of Danshuo" involved, people in Pei's mansion naturally would not wonder why Cheng Nianying came back alone.

"I will find him." Cheng Nianying said in a deep voice.

The Pei family did not doubt this.

If the prince could help, it would naturally be easier than finding someone on their own... Previously, they were worried that the prince would be assassinated, which would divert manpower, but now they don't have to worry about that.

But wait.

Could it be that the prince was assassinated to save her?

Everyone in the Pei residence had no idea how many thoughts were running through their minds, but they could only think that it was a good thing.

Then they all advised Chu Lin not to get too anxious and hurt herself, and then they left one after another.

Chu Lin was preoccupied. She led Cheng Nianying into the house and held her hand tightly, refusing to let go.

"Go and tell the Fourth Master as well." Chu Lin instructed the maid.

The maid's face turned grim: "There is something I want to tell Madam."

"Just say it." Chu Lin thought to herself, could there be any worse news now?

The maid hesitated and said, "Madam's elder sister hasn't left yet. She was injured somewhere. The Fourth Master saw her that day and kept her to recuperate."

"oh."

"Now that the Marquis' Mansion is gone, I'm afraid she wants to stay and not leave, so she deliberately stays in front of the Fourth Master..."

Chu Lin couldn't help but glance at Cheng Nianying, probably not wanting her to hear such dirty words, so she frowned immediately: "Okay, go down first."

There was no strange expression on Cheng Nianying's face. She sat here silently accompanying Chu Lin for a while, and heard the noise outside gradually getting louder.

"Yin Ping is back, I'll go see him." Cheng Nianying stood up.

"Okay." Chu Lin finally let go.

But after Cheng Nianying went out, she did not immediately go to see An Yinping's heart, but turned and walked towards the maid.

"Do you think Chu Zhen is seducing your Fourth Master?"

Cheng Nianying asked bluntly, and the maid couldn't help blushing, but she nodded and said angrily, "The Fourth Master went there twice today."

Wu Xun couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "Madam Chu, haven't you suffered enough?"

Cheng Nianying frowned: "Lead the way."

*

Qin Yurong left tremblingly with the letter.

Chu Zhen walked out and called to Pei Yuanwei, "Brother-in-law, I don't think we can find Miss Jiang. If we can't find her, it will be a good thing for you."

"I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Do you want the overwhelming wealth?"