Chapter 77 Lu Zhinian Arrives
Seeing Jinyun laughing so hard beside him, Song Tangning was so embarrassed that she dug her toes into the ground: "...Brother, did you know this a long time ago?"
"What else?"
"Then brother is teasing me on purpose..."
Xiao Yan curled his lips. "Our little Haitang finally changed her mind. Shouldn't I cooperate with you? But your ability to deceive people is still a little lacking. Next time, learn from me. Don't blush when you lie. Be more cautious, otherwise people will see through you at a glance."
Song Tangning: "..."
The little girl, who had a worried look on her face just now, blushed with embarrassment. Looking at Xiao Yan's smiling eyes, she felt her neck getting hot and she was so embarrassed that she wished she could bury herself.
As she turned around and ran into Princess Cheng's room, her skirt lifted, her face red. Jinyun couldn't help laughing until her stomach ached: "Master, you're teasing Miss Song like this. Be careful that she might quarrel with you."
"It would be better if she made a scene."
He would rather the child be more noisy, as carefree and cheerful as other young ladies, rather than being afraid of everything, like a little animal hiding in its shell, slowly extending its tentacles to explore the outside world, appearing a little too well-behaved.
Xiao Yan glanced at the room over there, then turned to Jin Yun, the smile in his eyes fading a little: "Send someone to investigate Prince Cheng."
"Yes." Jinyun agreed: "Prince Cheng is under house arrest now, so it's easy to investigate his affairs..."
"Don't investigate him and the Song family."
Jinyun was surprised to hear this, and then he heard Xiao Yan say, "Go check whether he had anyone else in the mansion before he married Princess Cheng, or whether he had a loved one."
"Also, when the Eastern Palace incident occurred, Prince Cheng was the first choice for succession, but he suddenly disappeared, and instead, Your Majesty emerged. Go and investigate what happened, and while you're at it, check if there was anything unusual happening with the Rong family during that time."
Jin Yun's eyes suddenly widened. "Does the Governor suspect that the matter between Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng is related to the change of ownership of the Eastern Palace?"
Xiao Yan's eyes darkened: "I just think it's a coincidence."
Jinyun's expression instantly turned serious. If it was just Miss Song's inexplicable dream, he would have someone investigate it but would not take it too seriously. However, if it was related to the change of ownership of the Eastern Palace, he would have to uncover the truth even if he had to dig three feet underground.
"I'll have someone check it out right away... No, I'll go myself!"
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After Song Tangning failed to use his cunning trick for the first time, he felt depressed and frustrated.
After avoiding Xiao Yan and entering Princess Cheng's room, she forced herself to walk over and saw Princess Cheng sitting palely against the soft pillow, pursing her lips slightly with a hint of anger in her eyes. Gu Helian opposite her also had a stern face and was angry.
Hearing the footsteps coming in, both people in the room looked up.
Seeing that it was Tang Ning, Princess Cheng's expression eased slightly. Tang Ning stepped forward obediently: "Aunt, Uncle."
When Gu Helian heard the word "uncle", her face darkened and she angrily said to the little girl who came in: "What's wrong with you, little kid? I told you I'm not your uncle."
"Why are you being so mean to Tang Ning?"
Princess Cheng was extremely protective of her son. She was furious and said to Tang Ning beside her with a cold face, "Why are you calling him uncle? He was expelled from the Rong family by your grandfather a long time ago. He is now the head of the Gu family in Zuozhou. He is extremely wealthy and can rival an entire country. How can we, like people like you, be related to him?"
Gu Helian was immediately furious: "Rong Yue, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?!"
"Say another word!" Princess Cheng said angrily.
"I'm telling you what I'm saying. Back then, you believed that bastard Xie Tianyu instead of me. Now that you've been cheated, you think of sending me a letter. Just because you said a word, I ran thousands of miles back to the capital, killing several horses. But instead of giving me a smile and thanking me, you start with sarcasm and ridicule."
Gu Helian was so angry that she started to talk without thinking. "I was kicked out of the Rong family by the old man, but why did I do that? If it weren't for that shameless hypocrite Xie Tianyu, how could I have ended up like that? But you were fooled by his sweet words, and now you deserve to be deceived..."
"Gu Helian!!"
Princess Cheng slammed the table and shouted as she tried to stand up, but her vision went dark.
"Aunt!" Song Tangning was so scared that she quickly reached out to support the person.
Gu Helian also reached out his hand subconsciously, but when he saw Princess Cheng being supported by Tang Ning to sit back down, he withdrew his hand without a trace. Only his clenched palm under the long crimson sleeves could reveal his fluctuating emotions.
Gu Helian angrily said, "Rong Yue, Xie Tianyu has never been what you see. He was despicable and shameless back then, but you were blinded by his enthusiasm. Believe it or not, I didn't do what happened back then, and I never hurt you from beginning to end."
He pursed his lips, looked deeply at Princess Cheng, then waved his sleeves and turned away.
Princess Cheng sat on the couch with an expression that kept changing. She opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't open her mouth until Gu Helian left the room.
Tang Ning was a little at a loss when she saw the two people arguing. She had noticed that the atmosphere between her aunt and Gu Helian was not right before. Her brother told her that Gu Helian had had some feelings for her aunt. She had just subconsciously called Gu Helian uncle, but she didn't expect that the two of them would quarrel like this.
"Aunt, Patriarch Gu..."
"Ignore him."
Princess Cheng lowered her eyes to hide her thoughts, and when she spoke again her voice was slightly hoarse: "He just has that stubborn temper. It hasn't changed in all these years."
Nanny Jiang was trembling with fear beside her: "Princess, why do you have to be angry with Master Gu? Although he has a bad temper, he still cares about you. Besides, you are pregnant now. The doctor said that your fetus is unstable, so it is not appropriate to get angry."
"I'm not that delicate."
Princess Cheng spoke casually, but she couldn't help but touch her belly.
She didn't get pregnant again for many years after giving birth to Xie Yin. She actually felt sorry that she only had this one child and thought that this was how her life would be.
Previously, her period was late, and she thought it was because she was too worried about Tang Ning's affairs. She couldn't sleep day and night because she found out that King Cheng was deceiving her. Her depressed mood affected her body. But she never thought that after so many years, she would be pregnant again.
If she had not left the Prince Cheng's Mansion and had not realized that Prince Cheng was not the person she knew, and if the couple were still as loving as before, the arrival of this child would have made her ecstatic.
But now...
There was a complicated look in Princess Cheng's eyes, and she couldn't feel happy as she touched her belly.
"Aunt." Tang Ning asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Princess Cheng looked a little pale and shook her head: "I'm fine, I just think that this child came at a very bad time."
Tang Ning pursed her lips when she heard that. She should have advised her to relax and not think too much, and told her that the child is the child and King Cheng is King Cheng, but when the words came to her lips, she felt that nothing she said would be appropriate.
Just as she was thinking about how to tell Princess Cheng, she saw Hua Wu walking in quickly from outside.
"Girl, Mr. Lu is here."
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