Chapter 68 Shameless Officials
While Cheng Weiyao was taking Wen Liyu and Wen Chengming fishing, the few officers who stayed behind to guard everyone were also busy. In particular, the officer who lost money in gambling because of Cheng Weiyao's disruption in the morning was instigating trouble.
"Brother Chen, I heard you and Brother Li Kui say last time that Cheng Weiyao from the Qingping Palace was a troublemaker. You brothers were right. If I drag down her fortune, I will lose everything!"
The officer's eyes rolled around. Anyone could see that the two brothers Chen Er and Li Kui were not on good terms with the Prince Qingping's Mansion. If they wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, they had to borrow the right knife.
"That jinx, bah! If it weren't for that princess last time in the county, I would have dealt with her long ago! What's so proud of a desolate royal palace..."
Li Kui got angry when he heard the three words "Cheng Wei Yao". It was understandable that he fell into the hands of Wen Chengyun, a grown man, after all, Prince Qingping was a martial arts master, but he was defeated by Cheng Wei Yao, and he was really unwilling to accept it.
"Don't beat around the bush with us. You have no good intentions. Just tell me what you want to do. If you're honest, I might consider it..."
Chen Er was obviously smarter than Li Kui. He glanced at the official who started the conversation, with a look of scrutiny in his eyes.
It is indeed shameful to be attacked by a woman, but it does not mean that you should be too arrogant and just let others use you as a tool.
"Well, we're all brothers, how could I possibly have any bad intentions? It's because even a lean camel is bigger than a horse in Prince Qingping's mansion! We were robbed by bandits before, and we brothers didn't have much money to travel with..."
The officer glanced in the direction of the Imperial Noble Consort. Wen Chengyun and the men were ordered by the officers to chop wood for cooking lunch. The Qingping Palace's luggage and travel expenses were only looked after by the sickly Imperial Noble Consort. This was simply a godsend opportunity.
As soon as these words were spoken, many people in the official team were indeed tempted. Every time Cheng Weiyao started cooking, the fragrance would spread ten miles away. The food in the Prince Qingping's Mansion was even better than that in the official team. The difference in sensory perception had already made them feel unbalanced.
Chen Er and Li Kui looked at each other and saw affirmation in each other's eyes. After all, they failed to make any money from Cheng Weiyao last time. She had been living a carefree life all this time, so of course they couldn't let her go easily.
With these two people taking the lead, a group of officials came to the imperial concubine openly and began to rummage through the bags of Cheng Weiyao and Wen Liyu.
Just as the Imperial Concubine was about to stand up, Chen Er placed a hand on her shoulder and pressed her down: "Imperial Concubine, please sit still. We are just doing a routine inspection. You guys are all big and strong men. If there is a conflict, it will be an ugly scene if you bump into each other..."
These words sounded nice, and every word seemed to be for her own good, but in fact they were full of intimidation.
The Imperial Concubine knew what was going on but could do nothing about it. She could only watch helplessly, a trace of worry rising between her brows. This thing had been turned into such a mess. When her daughter-in-law came back later, she was afraid that she would clash with the officials again...
As expected, Cheng Weiyao, Wen Chengming and Wen Liyu returned with a full load. There was a string of delicious river fish strung on the tree trunk, and all three of them had faint smiles on their faces.
But when she saw the messy luggage and scattered clothes around the imperial concubine, the smile in Cheng Weiyao's eyes disappeared in an instant.
"Just now I was trying to find something and I accidentally fell and scattered it all over the floor. I'll clean it up right away..."
The Imperial Concubine was busy cleaning up the aftermath of the officials' messy search, but she didn't expect Cheng Weiyao and the others to come back so quickly. She then laughed it off with an embarrassed look on her face.
Wen Liyu was distressed about the clothes that fell to the ground, but she felt even more distressed for her mother. Seeing that the Imperial Noble Concubine was not hurt, she felt relieved. However, she couldn't help but complain a few words: "I'm glad that mother is okay. It's a pity that such good clothes were lost. This time I really need to wash them before I can wear them..."
"I'll also help mother and elder sister clean up..."
When Wen Chengming saw the objects scattered on the ground, he stuck the tree trunk with the fish on it into the soil next to it, ran over and squatted down to help.
Cheng Weiyao's eyes were cold. This white lie was more than enough to deceive spoiled little girls like Wen Liyu and Wen Chengming, but it was too much for her. Although it was too shallow to be seen without careful observation, there was clearly a half-print of an official's boots on the cloth that was used to pack the bundle.
"Mother is really kind. She even defended the officers when they were bullied. I won't ask any more questions. I want to know which officers did it, right?!"
Hearing Cheng Weiyao's words, the Imperial Concubine paused. She had indeed been discovered. She turned around and said with some helplessness, "It happened suddenly at that time. I couldn't stop it. Weiyao, calm down. After all, they are officials and we are civilians. Many things can be overcome by just forbearance..."
If Wen Chengyun had not been injured, the Imperial Concubine would not have cared about Cheng Weiyao's confrontation with the officials. After all, with her son's unfathomable martial arts skills as her backer, the officials would always be considerate no matter how angry they were.
But now Cheng Yun's shoulder was injured, and the combat power of one arm was reduced by half. If a conflict broke out, Cheng Weiyao, a girl, would definitely suffer a loss.
However, the Imperial Noble Concubine did not expect that before Cheng Weiyao could make a move, Wen Liyu, who had just been obediently collecting her clothes, suddenly rushed out, and it was obvious that she was going to settle the score with the officials.
After spending these days together, Wen Liyu's affection for Cheng Weiyao has increased dramatically, especially since Cheng Weiyao saved Wen Chengyun's life, which has eased their originally somewhat stiff relationship a lot. It is understandable that Wen Liyu wanted to ask the officials for an explanation when she was angry.
"If you ask me, this woman is just being coquettish. Do you understand? The bellybands in that bundle all have that same pattern, and they're brightly colored..."
"I know, I know. I even secretly kept one and passed it around to everyone for fun at night..."
Several officers sat together and made dirty jokes. After all, they had finally made up their minds to search the luggage in Prince Qingping's mansion, but they didn't expect to find anything. They were somewhat disappointed.
These frivolous words happened to be heard by Wen Liyu who rushed over. Her face turned red and she took a step forward to snatch the bellyband back.
Unexpectedly, the officers also reached out to grab her, wanting to smell the woman's fragrance, and they bumped into each other.
Wen Liyu's small body was no match for a group of officials who were exposed to the wind and sun. She had just grabbed her bellyband when she was knocked back and fell to the ground.
"Oh my god, which little bastard was so quick to snatch my things? I worked so hard to get them, and now you've ruined them. How could you not be gentle..."
The officers turned around and cursed, only to find that it was Princess Wen Liyu who did it.
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