Chapter 61: Endless

Wait until she returns to Beijing and talk about something in detail. Although Nymph did not move, her eyelids moved.

Zong Si looked at her for a moment and explained to her: "I'm afraid that Prince Xuan's Mansion and Duke Ning's Mansion may not be able to accept what happened between you and me for the time being, so we have to wait until you return to the capital before deciding how to explain it to the elders."

Nymph remained silent throughout the entire process.

She had no plans to marry him, nor would she ever do so.

Zong Si walked to the bedside and leaned over. Ning Fu moved her hands and when she saw that they were not so stiff anymore, she raised her hand and slapped him in the face.

After the slap, the resentment in her heart finally eased a little.

And Zong Si was not angry at all. He did not have the arrogant attitude as before. Instead, he lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Ning Fu couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Who needs his good temper at this time?

Ning Fu was a little resentful of him for meddling in her affairs. This time, she had said when she needed his help, and she knew whether Meng Shen dared to really climb into her bed.

"You actually regret it in your heart." Ning Fu wanted to make all the embarrassment between the two of them clear. After confirming that it was his grandmother's calculation, his first reaction must be regret.

"A gentleman judges by actions, not by heart. There is no need to guess what I think, but to see what I do. I will not shirk my responsibilities. The last time we kissed, it was also because you didn't want me to take responsibility." Zong Si said.

"Should I praise the prince for his good character?" Ning Fu said sarcastically.

Zong Si said, "A person's character cannot be summed up by a single incident. People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. Even your grandmother is plotting against you, isn't she?"

Nymph said: "That's my business."

Zong Si continued, "You know your grandmother better than anyone else. She doesn't necessarily fight for me just for you. She also has her own selfish motives."

That's direct enough.

However, from the perspective of an outsider like Zong Si, Kang Yang is indeed like that. As an outsider, he naturally doesn't mind evaluating a person with the greatest malice. The more he does so, the more he can guess the evil in people's hearts and the less losses he will suffer.

How could she not understand? She figured it out last night. But as a person involved, it was not so easy for her to stay out of it.

She lowered her eyes, hiding her emotions.

"Prince, the carriage has been arranged, it's time to go." The servant outside urged at this time. The Xiakou Pass leading into the capital is quite dangerous. If you happen to arrive there at night, it will be inconvenient to travel, so you have to go early.

Zong Si glanced at Ning Fu. Her eyes were still full of fatigue. She must be tired. Thinking of last night, her ears turned red again. If Ning Fu observed this matter carefully, she would be able to see that his shyness was different from the past.

He said, "I'm leaving now. Have a good rest. If you have anything, you can write to me."

Yue Niang and Qu Yang had been waiting for a long time. Since the day Zong Si came here from Yongzhou, they noticed that they were being watched. They knew that something must have happened between Zong Si and Kang Yang.

When I saw Kang Yang today, he was full of energy. The shrewdness in his eyes was no less, and the richness of his clothes was no less. He didn't look like a prisoner at all. His spirit and energy looked like he had defeated his opponent.

Qu Yang began to feel uneasy. Kang Yang was so cunning and scheming, and he didn't know what he could do. Seeing that Zong Si was fine, he was relieved.

"Prince." When Yue Niang saw Zong Si, her original vigilance disappeared without a trace. She quickly got off the carriage, not even caring about the etiquette that women should observe. She trotted towards him and said with a worried look on her face.

When she was almost up to the man, she saw that he was frowning, so she stopped tactfully and asked with concern, "Is the prince okay?" Yue Niang also knew that the King of Jin and the King of Xuan had always been at odds with each other. Now that they were on the King of Jin's territory, she was afraid that Zong Si would suffer a loss.

"No problem." Zong Si said.

Kang Yang glanced at Zong Si, then at Yue Niang, with a meaningful look in his eyes. His confident smile did not fade away: "My Lord, have a safe journey."

Zong Si glanced at her. Although there was no change on his face, Kang Yang could still see some suspicion and coldness in him.

Kang Yang said leisurely: "Your Highness does not have to be hostile to me. If you get married in the future, it is possible that you will cooperate with me."

As he spoke, his domineering attitude became even stronger, as if he had found Zong Si's weak spot.

Qu Yang secretly thought that something was not good. With the prince's temperament, he was not the kind of person who would be manipulated by others. Glancing sideways, he saw a storm brewing in his eyes, but his calm face concealed the storm.

"Goodbye." Zong Si concealed his emotions and said lightly.

After the carriage left Yongzhou, Qu Yang said angrily: "This old villain Kang Yang really doesn't take people seriously. If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely get rid of her."

There have been more than one incidents of secretly destroying Prince Xuan's palace.

Zong Si said nothing.

Yue Niang said, "Evildoers will be punished by God. Why is General Qu so angry? Emperor Jingwen cannot tolerate the eldest princess. It is only a matter of time before he punishes her. This time when she returns to the capital, His Majesty will not forgive her."

"Miss Yue is right. I will go ahead to explore the way and you take care of the prince." Qu Yang said when they were approaching the Xiakou Pass.

"Are you thirsty, my prince? I have prepared some sweet wine, would you like to drink some?" Yue Niang asked.

"No need." Zong Si thought of the Ningguo Mansion. Marrying Ning Fu would require a lot of energy.

Matters involving the court cannot be handled in a short period of time. He took the blame for Li Fang. If he mentioned the marriage right away, it would definitely make people think too much. Emperor Jingwen was not someone who could be easily fooled.

In fact, Ning Fu was not wrong. It was impossible to say that she had no reluctance at all. After all, the entire Prince Xuan's Mansion was involved. From a rational point of view, it might not be worth it for a woman.

When I thought about reason, my thoughts drifted back to last night and I was distracted for a moment.

But if I were to say how much I regret it, it seems that I don't have that much regret.

"The prince seems a little tired today." Yue Niang was a little worried. She had never seen the prince looking so tired.

Zong Si came back to his senses and said nothing.

Yue Niang leaned over to massage his temples, but she smelled a faint scent of gardenia on his body. She didn't know where it came from. She paused when she remembered something.

However, after Ning Fu was taken back to Yongzhou by Kang Yang, she never left Xiyuan again.

Although she originally planned to go out of the city to secretly visit Li Fang's house, she also truly loved the mountains and rivers of Yongzhou City. Now, all of this seems to have lost some meaning. The green mountains and clear waters no longer have the beauty of the artistic conception in her heart.

"Girl." When Dongzhu was wiping her back, she saw that she was covered in bruises and she felt so distressed that she couldn't help crying.

"As long as it doesn't get out and doesn't tarnish the reputation of the Duke's Mansion, it's not a big deal." Ning Fu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and coaxed her, "Who doesn't have dirty deeds in private? And it's not my fault. Why should I be the one to suffer when it's not my fault?"

"Young lady, please don't comfort me." Dongzhu blamed herself, "It's my fault that I didn't protect the young lady well. I don't know how to explain to the lady when I go back. Even if the lady beats me to death, it's what she deserves."

"If you die, I will never find a girl as good as you again." Nymph said with a smile.

Dongzhu wanted to cry even more: "I betrayed the girl's trust."

Nymphs don't really care about this, but men don't seem to want to die after losing their virginity. Even if they are fourteen or fifteen years old, most men have concubines. But when it comes to female monarchs, the sky seems to have fallen.

In fact, if it were a powerful woman, who would care about this? When my grandmother was young, she had many male lovers around her.

And she didn't seduce Zong Si, so she didn't have any psychological burden to seduce him to have an affair. But if outsiders knew about this, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, there was no way this matter could be spread out. The few people who knew about it that day were all close confidants of King Jin, and no one dared to talk nonsense.

Jingcheng came to see Ningfu several times. Although Ningfu did not avoid her like she avoided Kangyang, she was much colder than before.

"I'm sorry, Afu." Jingcheng had tears in her eyes.

"You were raised by your grandmother, so naturally you wouldn't hide anything from her." In fact, Ning Fu almost figured out afterwards why her grandmother thought that she and Zong Si were having an affair and why she thought that she liked Zong Si. Apart from the fact that she had sneaked away to see Zong Si a few times, it must be Jing Cheng who told her grandmother about her own affairs.

When she and Jingcheng met for the first time that day, Jingcheng discovered her kiss mark, and she must have told her grandmother.

Strictly speaking, she had never suffered any loss and trusted her own people too much. In fact, it was only the first time she and her grandmother met, and because of the blood relationship, she ignored this point.

"I don't know what grandma is planning. I'm just afraid that you'll suffer." Jing Cheng's tears welled up in his eyes, and he felt extremely guilty. "Grandma is so powerful. I think she will definitely be able to seek justice for you."

Ning Fu sighed in her heart. With the presence of her grandmother, a strong elder, Jing Cheng looked more imposing on the outside, so at the beginning, she was somewhat dependent on her. But in fact, she was a simple girl, more like a younger sister than a cousin.

"Afu, are you never going to believe me again?" Jingcheng was really sad. She finally had her cousin as a playmate. However, although the girls in Yongzhou pampered her, they were not close to her.

Ning Fu was a soft-hearted person, and seeing Jing Cheng like this, she couldn't bear to be cruel.

But Ning Fu never saw Kang Yang again.

The weather was nice that day, and Kangyang held a poetry reading.

"Afu still refuses to come out for a walk?"

Madam Zhuang shook her head. Such a big thing had happened. After all, Fourth Miss Ning was a young lady who grew up in the capital. She would definitely not be able to accept it for a while. "Let Fourth Miss stay alone for a while. After a long time, Fourth Miss will naturally think it through."

This is the only way now. Kang Yang sighed and said, "Has there been no news from the capital yet?"

"The Crown Prince has probably just arrived in the capital recently, and he still needs to think of a strategy that will have the least impact on Prince Xuan's Palace. But I heard that Master Zheng should be back in the capital in a few months."

"A Zheng and Zong Si have never been able to get along well. I hope he can get closer to Prince Xuan's Palace."

Kangyang said that after the poetry reading, he went to Xiyuan.

Ning Fu was sitting on the swing reading a book. She clearly saw Kang Yang out of the corner of her eye, but she didn't move.

However, Kang Yang felt that she didn't look sad because of losing her virginity.

"Grandma misunderstood your meaning and thought that you also had feelings for him. And grandma thought that you had already..." Kang Yang walked up to her and said. She would never use the four words "private transaction" to belittle her granddaughter.

"He doesn't like me. Even if grandma takes him down, nothing will change. He will only hate me when he thinks about how you schemed against him." Nymph said, and the hurdle that she couldn't get over was not this matter.

"He is dissatisfied with me, but he is not dissatisfied with you." Kang Yang said.

That Sozaburo might still be thinking about her at this moment.

Ning Fu disagreed. At the beginning of that day, he was a little cold to her. Although he was not intentional towards her, he just took his anger out on her. When it comes to marriage, it is also his responsibility as a man. She also knows how complicated his mood was when he left.

But she couldn't understand why he wanted to take her away from Meng Shen. She knew it was definitely not love. Zong Si always seemed to have complicated thoughts when dealing with his own affairs, and it was not the first time or the second time.

It seems like an inexplicable sense of responsibility.

Thinking of her sense of responsibility, Ning Fu couldn't help but pause. Maybe Zong Si knew that he was her husband in her previous life.

A man like him, even if he doesn't like it, can't bear to see his wives and concubines being touched by others.

"If grandma knew that you and he had never had sex, she would never do this." At that time, Zong Si appeared in her boudoir, so naturally. How could a man and a woman be in the same bed without anything happening?

How could she be willing to see her granddaughter being taken advantage of by others?

"I want to go to my father's place and stay for a while." Nymph suddenly said.

But she didn't stay long and came back soon. She didn't want her mother to know what happened, otherwise her mother would be very sad.

"If you want to go, then go ahead." Kang Yang said after a moment of silence.

In fact, what made Ning Fu sad was not what happened with Zong Si. It happened so many times in the previous life, so what if it happened again?

But she was sad. She had been worried about Kang Yang, and he even used the engagement as a bargaining chip to save her. However, Kang Yang never trusted her and never mentioned her plans. This was what hurt her heart.

The most hurtful thing in the world is backstabbing.

Ning Zhenyuan also received the letter in advance that Ning Fu was going to Liangzhou.

Liangzhou was dangerous, and he didn't want to let his daughter come, but seeing the sincere words in his daughter's letter, he couldn't bear to refuse.

"Afu is coming to Liangzhou, but I can't leave to pick her up." Ning Zhenyuan sighed.

At this moment, he and Lu Xingzhi were fighting bandits in the mountains.

"I'll go." Lu Xingzhi glanced at Xin and said.

Ning Zhenyuan pondered for a moment, but did not refuse.

…

Ning Fu was shocked when she came to Liangzhou for the first time. Even though she had heard that Liangzhou was dangerous and barren, she was still shocked when she saw it with her own eyes.

"Girl, please don't move in the carriage." Dongzhu looked at the beggar who was blocking the road and said cautiously.

Nymph distributed all the food that was in the carriage.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of horse hooves. Nymph raised her eyes and saw a group of people coming.

The handsome man in protective armor leading the group was Lu Xingzhi.

The man tightened the reins and the horse stopped.

"Fourth Miss, I'm here to pick you up on the orders of Lord Ning." Lu Xingzhi looked at her and said.