Chapter 17 She Wants to Live Freely
Although Jun Chenyi is far away from the capital, the Han family's spies will inform him of any movement in the capital.
They have always kept their distance from Li Tianzhuo.
To date, he has only known her for a month and a half.
As for what Li Tianzhuo wanted to do, they had no idea.
People are like this. They are naturally afraid of things they don't understand and become more defensive.
Especially the Ninth Prince who has been keeping a low profile for many years.
"Hahaha."
"Brother Yi is really worrying too much."
"My sword, Li Tianzhuo, will never be pointed at anyone who treats her well!"
Jun Chenyi's attitude made Li Tianzhuo even more optimistic about him.
No matter in past or present life, he had seen how good he and the Han family had been to Ningning.
It has been a few days since Jun Chenyi secretly returned to Beijing.
From Li Tianzhuo and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, he could tell that the person on the other side was probably after his cousin whom he had never met.
This man was only nineteen years old, and in just five years he was able to rise from an unknown person to the position of commander of the Silver Dragon Guard.
He is also an extraordinary person!
If he gets his help, getting what he wants may not be just a pipe dream anymore.
But cooperating with him is like trying to get the skin of a tiger, so you must be more careful.
"Let's make it clear in advance that the children of our Han family are free to marry and fall in love."
"If Ning Ning doesn't like it, it's useless for you to curry favor with me!"
Jun Chenyi's mouth curled up into an interested smile.
Gently waving a paper fan, pouring wine with a flick of the sleeves.
His every move, every conversation and every laugh revealed that of a handsome young man.
The hostility and murderous intent just now had long since dissipated into the spring breeze.
"Your Majesty is right."
Li Tianzhuo clinked glasses with him.
In two lifetimes, he had never thought that one day he would be able to grow old together with Deng Youning.
As long as he could keep her safe for the rest of her life, he would be content.
"By the way, what do you think about the broken railings of the wooden bridge at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion on the day of the family recognition banquet?"
Jun Chenyi suddenly asked about this.
Li Tianzhuo put down his wine glass and frowned slightly.
"There is evidence that only Ning Ning and the old lady in the mansion have the internal strength to cut through the railings."
"So I suspect that there might be a group of forces in the mansion that are more radical than us and want to kill everyone in the mansion!"
At present, he and Jun Chenyi have no intention of taking action against the Duke's Mansion.
But it was only a matter of time.
I don’t know whether that group of people are enemies or friends to them.
After these words were spoken, Jun Chenyi frowned.
"My cousin is a good man in the court. The Deng family has no enemies."
Li Tianzhuo shook his head in disapproval.
"Maybe he is from the underworld, or maybe he is from an enemy country."
“It’s hard to say.”
After all, I was in the open and the enemy was in the dark, so their situation was still very passive.
As for the other group of people hiding in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, both of them and Deng Youning could only deal with them as they moved.
"Waiter, bring another pot of wine."
Jun Chenyi hasn't been back to Beijing for a long time, and this Peach Blossom Sanqing Dew is very much to his taste buds.
"Wait a moment, sir. I'll go serve the girl over there some wine first."
The waiter apologized and walked briskly towards the table where Deng Youning and Ying Shi were sitting.
When tasting this wine, Deng Youning lamented how many good things he had missed in his previous life.
She could have had a great life ahead of her.
You can go to the mountains and the sea to see the prosperity of the world.
However, he was burdened by the non-existent family affection and died tragically after being trapped in the back house for two years.
In this life, she wants to live freely.
"Miss, it's funny to think that the prince can't find you in the whole mansion."
Yingshi couldn't hold his liquor and was already a little drunk.
But the strength of this fruit wine is nothing to Deng Youning.
Almost all flowers and plants within a hundred feet of Wanshe Valley are poisonous.
The wine brewed from these poisonous flowers and fruits is naturally highly toxic.
The disciples in the valley often drink poisoned wine along with the antidote.
It was also the first time for her to drink such sweet wine.
"I'm afraid that I won't have peace again when I go back tonight."
Deng Youning chuckled.
She knew very well that if Deng Yi didn't find her in the mansion and failed to teach her a lesson during the day, he would definitely let Deng Zheng and Gu punish her at night.
Just then, Deng Youning was about to wash up and go to bed at night when the nanny who worked for Gu came in uninvited.
"Just say I'm asleep and I won't go."
Deng Youning asked Ying Shi to reply.
Ying Shi shook her head helplessly and said:
"They said that the old lady is very tired from the Dharma Assembly today. If you don't want to disturb her, you should go see the lady obediently."
Hearing this, Deng Youning just found it a little ridiculous.
I'm afraid that Gu's little brains are all used to deal with his own family!
As soon as she entered the room, Deng Youning smelled a special fragrance in the air, which was completely different from Gu's usual incense.
Gu's face was also red, perhaps because of anger.
Or some other reason...
"I wonder why my mother called me here so late at night?"
Deng Youning was too lazy to pretend and got straight to the point.
"You little bitch, you have no rules and you ruin the family tradition!"
"Tell me, you went out to fool around all day today. What did you do?"
"Don't tell me you didn't go out. Your brother has been looking for you for a whole day and almost turned the whole Duke's Mansion upside down!"
Gu stared at her intently, with hatred in his eyes.
She looked at Deng Youning as if she was looking at a married woman who had cheated on her husband.
This made Deng Youning a little puzzled.
It is indeed not appropriate for young ladies from wealthy families to show their faces in public.
But it's not that serious.
That scrutinizing look was just like asking her who she was hooking up with.
"Haha, if someone hadn't forced her, how could my daughter sneak away to the bank to deposit money?"
Deng Youning sat upright, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"You only have one thousand taels of silver in your hand. Are you going to deposit it in a bank?" Gu questioned.
Deng Youning answered fluently: "Although the silver is not much, but on the night of the family recognition banquet, my brother was able to jump into my boudoir through the window. I am afraid that the silver left in the mansion will be stolen sooner or later."
"Stop talking nonsense. You have a bad reputation yourself, and you want to ruin your brother's reputation!"
Gu didn't know that Deng Yi had broken into Deng Youning's boudoir at night.
Besides, she didn't believe her son could be so rude.
"I'm talking nonsense?"
"Yes, apart from the maids in my courtyard, only the prince's people know about this."
"If you interrogate him, the prince's people will definitely help him conceal the truth. You will also think that I deliberately instigated the people in my courtyard to say it."
Deng Youning had experienced these tricks of the Deng family in his previous life.
Gu was somewhat frightened.
She didn't understand why her own daughter thought of her this way.
But the more she looked at Deng Youning's eyes, which were somewhat similar to her own, the more annoyed she felt.
If she hadn't been so beautiful back then, she wouldn't have been favored by the handsome Deng Zheng, who would have come to propose marriage to her regardless of her thoughts.
If Deng Zheng had not proposed marriage, and her father had not been blinded by fame and fortune, she would have been able to live happily ever after with her lover.
They will definitely give birth to a daughter as cute and well-behaved as Lian'er.
I don't have to be here and suffer the bullying of that little bitch Deng Youning!
"No matter what, it was wrong for you to show up on the street today."
"As a mother, I must discipline you well."
"You will be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall all night and you are not allowed to get up before dawn."
After Gu finished speaking, she asked the nanny beside her to take Deng Youning to the ancestral hall and watch her kneel as punishment.
Deng Youning did not refute. She was indeed afraid that the matter would get out of hand and disturb her grandmother's rest.
Anyway, for her, she could sleep on the floor in the ancestral hall.
However, what made her curious was the peculiar fragrance on Gu's body.
That's ylang-ylang fragrance.
Specially for flirting between men and women!
Deng Zheng hasn't come back tonight, so what's the point of preparing this incense?
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