Chapter 163: The Robbery (4)

Thinking of this, Wei Xiao couldn't help but sneer in his heart. If he had to rely on the Duke's Mansion to promote him, he wouldn't know how long it would take, so it would be better for him to create opportunities himself.

Now is a good time.

If Meng Ze has to promote me, that would be the best way. In the future, I would only need to do some dirty things for him, and then I would be tied to Meng Ze.

"Come back." Meng Ze saw that he was going to ask for the imperial physician, his face changed slightly, and he said gloomily, "If you dare to take a step out, you will lose your life."

Wei Xiao knelt down tremblingly and said, "I understand."

This made him more clear-headed. If Wei Xiao went out to do good things, why would he be afraid of the imperial physician finding out that he was injured? If his injury was known to outsiders, the matter would be exposed.

What could make Meng Ze so concerned must not be a trivial matter.

Thinking of this, Wei Xiao was even more eager to act, and said: "I also know a little bit about bandaging. If Your Highness trusts me, I will bandage the injury for Your Highness."

Meng Ze covered his wound and nodded slightly. If he had not prepared a way out today, Zong Si would probably have taken his life.

Thinking of his sinister expression at that time, Meng Ze still felt frightened.

Zong Si actually also wants Nymph.

This was not a easy matter. If it was only Lu Xingzhi, he would just find an excuse to execute him in the future. But for Zong Si, not to mention whether he could deal with him, even his father had failed to take his life, and now he had been outmaneuvered by him.

Even if I were to fall out with him, I'm afraid I would never have a chance of becoming the emperor.

But Meng Ze was not very willing to give Nymph to him. Now it was no longer a fight for a woman, but a win-lose between men.

Meng Ze was unwilling to accept this, so he took out his anger on Wei Xiao. He caught a glimpse of him from the corner of his eye, and seeing him being so servile, he sneered, kicked him hard, and said: "What are you still standing there for! Do you want me to die in your Wei Mansion?"

Wei Xiao quickly lowered his head and went to work.

Meng Ze lowered his head and took a sip of tea. Fortunately, he had already prepared a countermeasure so that people would not blame him for this.

Wei Xiao's former concubine, Li, suffered a lot because of Ningfu, who saw through Wei Xiao's true character and later slandered him for raping a woman.

Li had a motive to hate Ning Fu because Ning Fu tried every means to prevent Li from entering the Wei Mansion for Ning Ran. Li could not enjoy wealth and glory, so he felt resentful and it was only reasonable for him to take revenge on Ning Fu.

And as long as Li dies, there will be no evidence.

Meng Ze collected his thoughts and finally felt a little better.

When Wei Xiao was bandaging Meng Ze's wound, he couldn't help but say: "This sword wound is very sharp, and it looks somewhat familiar."

He did know a bit about weapons, and could roughly estimate what kind of injuries various weapons would cause.

He also noticed the scratches on his arm, which were a little thinner than those on a man's fingers, and seemed to have been caused by a woman.

Under what circumstances would a woman leave such scratches on a man?

Wei Xiao was just thinking about it when he saw Meng Ze's cold expression, as if smiling but not smiling.

He swallowed his words back.

"Has anyone entered the study?" Meng Ze asked.

"No one."

"Do you still remember what I told you?" Meng Ze said casually.

"I remember that since Your Highness came to the Wei Mansion today, you have been discussing the flood with me in the study room and have never left the Wei Mansion." Wei Xiao paused and continued, "Your Highness, I have always been loyal to you and am willing to serve you in the future. I just don't know if Your Highness can promote me in terms of official position."

Meng Ze didn't care and said, "I'll remember this."

Wei Xiao was overjoyed.

"I should go back home. You should remember the time I left the Wei Mansion." Meng Ze said.

It was not until the next day that Wei Xiao realized what had happened.

The news of Nymph being kidnapped also reached the Wei Mansion.

Wei Xiao had a guess in his mind that the one who kidnapped Ning Fu was Meng Ze, and Meng Ze probably wanted to do something to her, or maybe he had already done something, but he ran into Zong Si, who didn't know who he was and naturally treated him as a robber.

Meng Ze was no match for Zong Si. He was stabbed by him and had to return in a hurry.

No wonder Meng Ze’s sword wound looked familiar, it turned out to be caused by Zong Si’s weapon.

Meng Ze kidnapped Ning Fu and wanted to do something bad to her, which was a big handle.

Wei Xiao was in an extremely good mood. He was not afraid that Meng Ze would not promote him.

Ning He returned home that day, and even Ning Ran felt a little worried. No matter what, she didn't want to see anything happen to her sisters.

It was rare for Wei Xiao to see his proud and selfish wife looking so worried.

But today he was in a good mood, so he chatted with Ning Ran for a while: "Your fourth sister is really capable of making people go crazy for her."

This sentence, however, was meant to accuse Ning Fu of being the cause of trouble. No matter how incompetent Ning Ran was, she would not allow outsiders to talk about the Duke's Mansion and her sisters and brothers. She said coldly: "If you can't speak, don't come to me to make fun of me."

Wei Xiao now has Meng Ze's power, so naturally he doesn't take her seriously. He snorted coldly and said, "You only dare to show off in front of me. If you were in Prince Xuan's Mansion, do you think anyone would indulge someone as selfish as you? The promotion of the Duke's Mansion has never helped me, Wei Xiao, in the slightest."

When the child saw his parents arguing, he couldn't help crying.

Ning Ran picked up the child, thinking of what Ning Fu said, and said: "If you want to ask the Duke's Mansion for help, you have to be more respectful to the people in the Duke's Mansion. Although my fourth sister is beautiful, she is definitely not the kind of beauty who harms people."

"I don't know how long I have to wait for your Duke's Mansion to help me. Now I have found a way out myself and I don't need your Duke's Mansion anymore." Wei Xiao said.

Ning Ran smiled.

She was not wrong.

Once Wei Xiao gains power, he will dare to act arrogantly in front of her. He is narrow-minded. If he climbs higher in the future, it is very likely that he will divorce her or take revenge on the Duke's Mansion.

Some people are like this. As long as you don't help them, you become their enemy.

"You rely on yourself, how high do you think you can climb?" Ning Ran said lightly, "If someone doesn't let you go up, do you still want to go up?"

Wei Xiao pinched her chin and said resentfully: "I'll let you see if I can climb up."

This posture made Ning Ran feel humiliated, but she did not lose her pride as the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Even though it hurt, she did not say a word.

The child cried incessantly.

Seeing that she refused to give in, Wei Xiao lost interest and turned away.

But in the afternoon of that day, Zong Si found Wei Xiao.

Wei Xiao was in Yixiang Tower. He got up from the bed when he heard the prince was looking for him.

When the woman saw Zong Si, she seemed to want to eat him, but he looked cold and didn't let the woman get close to him.

"Prince, do you have something to talk to me about?" Wei Xiao yawned. He knew what was going on. He was probably here to ask him about Meng Ze's whereabouts.

"Sit down." Zong Si said lightly.

Wei Xiao said: "Your Highness is really favored by beauties, why don't I invite you."

"No need. I came to you today just to ask you a few questions." Zong Si said.

Wei Xiao teased: "The prince has not yet married, and no one is looking after him. Why do you have to put yourself in such a difficult position?"

Qu Yang thought to himself that the prince was not feeling wronged. Right now, he just felt that keeping his chastity was like a precious betrothal gift. The purer she was, and the more pitiful she pretended to be, the more sympathetic she would be.

This was not Qu Yang's imagination. The prince had been pretending to be pitiful more than once or twice recently. Now in the palace, no one dared to disobey him. But he still looked like he was at odds with the palace and had difficulty integrating into it. So he went to the Duke's Mansion for a short visit.

Zong Si talked to him about serious matters and said, "Your Highness was at the Wei Mansion yesterday."

"Your Highness has been discussing the flood with me in the study. The maids in the mansion and my father and mother can all testify to this." After thinking for a moment, he added, "My wife also saw Your Highness coming. She can also testify to this."

Zong Si glanced at him and asked, "When did the Sixth Prince leave?"

"Yesterday at midnight."

Zong Si didn't ask any more questions, but before leaving, he looked at him twice more.

Wei Xiao did not delay and quickly informed Meng Ze about this matter.

Meng Ze sneered. His cousin really understood him. Even in that brief fight, he had noticed something. Fortunately, he was well prepared.

…

When Zong Si arrived at the teahouse, Ning Fu had already sat with Yaoyao for a while.

Since being robbed that day, although she seemed like nothing had happened, her mood was not as good as usual.

"Come and buy tea." Zong Si said.

Yaoyao stood up and gave up his seat.

"Meng Ze left the Wei Mansion at midnight."

Ning Fu thought for a moment and said, "In this case, it is actually difficult to provide sufficient evidence. First, he is a prince, and there is little chance of finding him. Second, Emperor Jingwen will protect him. Third, he must have made preparations to frame someone else for this matter."

Zong Si waited patiently for her to continue.

"Since he can't kidnap me, let me give him something he can do," said Nymph.

One more thing that is beneficial to Meng Yuan, the evidence of Meng Ze's guilt, which will be of great use in the future.

The fact that he was with Wei Xiao could be evidence that it was impossible for him to kidnap himself, or it could be evidence of his conspiracy with Wei Xiao.

Thinking of how he touched her that day, Nymph couldn't fall asleep.

He cleared himself of "suspicion", so don't blame her for "slandering".

Zong Si said: "You don't have to think about him all the time."

"Does the prince understand that feeling?" I suppress it, try to forget it, but always think of it.

"Afu, listen to me, don't think about him. He will bear the consequences of what he did wrong, and it won't happen again." Zong Si said seriously.

Nymph calmed down.

"Right now, I have something that I need the prince to do." Ning Fu said with her eyes lowered.

"good."

"This may not be without risks." Nymph hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll find a way myself."

Zong Si held her hand and said, "I am willing to do anything for you, including murder and arson. I am just afraid that you don't trust me and don't want to trouble me."

"It's a false imperial decree."

Zong Si smiled and said, "I'll do it for you."

Nymph's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Falsifying an imperial edict is a serious crime.

He agreed so casually.