The fake young lady, who was mistakenly swapped at birth into the Changping Marquisate, insisted on leaving the Marquisate to return home and become a village girl. The entire capital waited to see...
"yes."
As soon as this news got out, Marquis Changping became extremely anxious and didn't care about his image at all.
"Eunuch, please consider this as a request from me. Go and pass on a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Tell him that I have something important to discuss with him, or remind him that he had an appointment with me before, but I only have time to come and see him now."
As long as I can clear myself of the blame, what does it matter if I lose face a little?
What's more, the threatening words he spoke now must not let the prince forget what happened in the past.
"My Lord, how come you know nothing? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really busy. It's not that I didn't inform you, it's that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince refuses to see you. It's useless for you to embarrass me here. Why don't you think of another way, or find someone to solve the problem?"
The behavior of Marquis Changping was really annoying. The eunuchs at the door were speechless. When had they met such an unreasonable person?
"If I had another solution, I wouldn't have come to see the Crown Prince. I beg you to be flexible on my behalf. I only need to ask once more."
Marquis Changping was unwilling to give up. Finally, the guards from the Prince's Mansion came over and pushed Marquis Changping to the ground, forcing him to leave the Prince's Mansion.
However, he also cast a vicious curse in his heart.
Don't you dislike me? Don't you look down on me? Well, then, let's fight to the bitter end.
"Are you really leaving? Could you please leave any message? The Marquis of Changping is a man of great power, so we should be careful with him. I believe you haven't done anything excessive, have you? The Marquis of Changping has always been a petty person."
Du Changming had no idea what his men had done. In his heart, the agreement between the two of them still stood, and he was prepared to develop in this direction. Naturally, he did not want the cooperation between the two to fall apart.
If he knew what his men had done, he would have given them eighty lashes.
How can we cooperate with each other after what we did today?
"Your Highness, I have properly invited the Marquis of Changping to leave. I absolutely did not use any underhanded tactics. Since you are the Crown Prince, these people are here to curry your favor. What is there to worry about?"
The eunuch beside Du Changming was hypocritical and had no intention of telling the truth.
What would he say about the situation just now? He couldn't just say he drove the person away, right?
"Okay, then you go down first. If you have time, call Sheng Mingyu to the Prince's Mansion. We need to have an explanation for this matter. Ask him for his opinion."
"yes."
Sheng Mingyu was not so anxious when he heard Du Changming's summons.
If you really wanted to go there yourself, you would have already started dealing with it. Why would you wait so long?
After Gu Yunni came out of the Marquis' Mansion, she did not waste any time and returned to the Prince's Mansion.
"Yun Ni, why did you take so long? Is there any danger? The Marquis' family are not good people."
Sheng Mingyu has always been an impulsive person. If she had come back a little later, she would probably have rushed to the Changping Marquis Mansion to demand someone.
"What do you think I am? Do you think that family can hurt me?" Gu Yunni said in a somewhat arrogant tone, "I'm so hungry, I want to eat something."
At the same time, he felt helpless. He had been busy all day. If Sheng Mingyu could be a little more thoughtful, he should bring him some food.
What are they doing all the time chattering around me?
"It has been prepared. You can eat it hot soon."
Sheng Mingyu only behaves so foolishly in front of Gu Yunni, and she enjoys it very much.
"Yun Ni, do you have anything to do recently? If not, we can go out for a walk after dinner."
Gu Yunni has also become accustomed to this way of getting along. If Sheng Mingyu is particularly quiet one day, she will feel that something is wrong.
"Look at you, how boring it is staying in the prince's mansion every day. This prince happens to have time recently, so I would like to accompany you for a walk. I heard that some people want to go out for an outing. Do girls like this? How about we go out for an outing too?" Sheng Mingyu had many ideas in his mind, and he wanted to do them with Gu Yunni.
In the past, when he heard these words, he just felt annoyed, and only when it came to Gu Yunni did he want to take the initiative to try.
Although it sounds a bit annoying, I feel happy whenever I think about going out with Gu Yunni.
"Outing? Are you really that free lately? Didn't His Majesty assign you a task, and you're just going out with me instead of doing anything? If His Majesty heard about this, he would definitely be angry. You'd better stay in the city and do your work. I can go out by myself."
Gu Yunni did not refuse at first, but thought about it for a while. Later, she found out that Sheng Mingyu had no time at all, and she felt a little regretful.
But she also didn't want to delay Sheng Mingyu's affairs.
In fact, Gu Yunni also likes to spend more time with Sheng Mingyu, but there is no way, as they both have a lot of serious things to do.
"It's alright." Sheng Mingyu waved his hand nonchalantly. "We all know who did it. The Crown Prince doesn't want to find out the truth. What's the point of me getting anxious? I'm idle anyway, so I might as well find something to do so I don't have to stay in this Crown Prince's Mansion and get moldy all day."
Sheng Mingyu was also very helpless. He really wanted to go back to the border to fight. Although fighting and killing all day long was very tiring, at least such days were happy.
It’s not like now, where you have to think for a long time before saying anything and doing anything.
He would ask for forgiveness if anything went wrong. At the border, that was his world.
"Really? If that's what you mean, then let's go for a walk. And my mother, I can't rest easy as long as she's gone. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
Gu Yunni felt a little distressed when she saw Sheng Mingyu like this. She was really deprived of her freedom every day.
However, his mother's affairs had not been settled yet, so he could only rely on Sheng Mingyu.
"Don't worry, Yun Ni, my people are still tracking her. What we can be sure of now is that your mother-in-law is not in danger of life for the time being. Don't worry, your brother has also been notified." Sheng Mingyu looked serious, and his expression gave people a sense of conviction.
Gu Yunni nodded, "I understand."
On the other side, Kou Mingxue was also discussing the outing with Mrs. Kou.
However, the wife of Marquis Changping seemed reluctant to agree.
"Mother! Please, let me go out and have some fun. I haven't been out for a long time since I returned to the Marquis' Mansion, and I don't know the young masters and young ladies from the various families. This is a good opportunity. Otherwise, how can I help my father socialize?"
Although she liked her daughter very much, she had to admit that Kou Mingxue was still too willful and did not have the kind of noble temperament that Gu Yunni had.
If she were allowed to leave, it would bring shame to the Marquis' Mansion.