Upon hearing this, they looked at "Fu Rong" and noticed that he seemed to have lost a lot of weight and had an inexplicable feminine air about him.
Seeing that the two of them were staring at him with a curious and strange look, Zheng Quchi felt a little guilty and realized that he could not sit idly by and wait for his death. He had to take the initiative.
She slammed her hand on the table with a "bang" and said angrily, "You two are so disloyal! You know I'm living in dire straits in the General's mansion, but instead of coming to my rescue, you shut yourselves in to avoid trouble."
Wei Yao and Wang Zebang were taken aback by her anger and immediately felt guilty.
“Brother, it’s really not our fault.” Wei Yao immediately played the sympathy card: “We’ve been going through a lot of hardship these past few days.”
"Then who's to blame?"
“How could we have known that you would be caught red-handed by the Madam? We have been confined to the manor by His Highness the Crown Prince these days and are not allowed to enter or leave the palace at will. The Madam has not received an explanation yet and probably thinks that we have betrayed her. In addition, this time... By the way, has the Madam found anything wrong with that corpse?” Wei Yao asked seriously.
Are they under house arrest?
What do you think?
Wang Zebang then asked, "So how did you escape?"
“The Yuwen family caused trouble at the mourning hall. The madam and the Minister of Revenue argued with them, so I took the opportunity to sneak out. But the madam already suspects me, and she definitely won’t let me off the hook… Why don’t we just confess to her?” Zheng Quchi probed their thoughts.
"Confess?" Wei Yao scratched his hair, annoyed. "This matter is complicated and complex. How can we dare to confess without His Highness's permission?"
Your Highness, is that right?
Zheng Quchi said with a forced smile, "That's true, how about... we go to the palace now and ask His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Wang Zebang frowned and said, "Let's delay it a little longer."
His Highness has just taken over the mess that is Ye Kingdom and is very busy. If they bother him with this matter, it will definitely affect his mood.
Zheng Quchi, however, did not allow them to delay any longer: "We can't delay any longer. Madam seems to have noticed something and has been pressuring me to tell the truth. By the way, I saw that Madam took off the clothes of the guards in the coffin. If Madam finds any evidence and learns that we have deceived her in this way, she will definitely not forgive us."
Upon hearing the words "will not forgive," Wei Yao reacted as if provoked, and said nervously, "I did not lie to her. At the time, we only knew that the general had faked his death to deceive the enemy. As for the subsequent plan, it was clearly you and the general who carried it out. Zebang and I were kept in the dark and only learned the truth in the last few days."
So that's how it is.
“Even so, you knew the general was not dead, yet you kept it from the lady, making her feel so guilty and sad about the general’s death. To make up for it, she gave up her freedom and chose to walk another path that was burdened with heavy burdens, hardships, and bloodshed. Don’t you feel even a little bit guilty?” Zheng Quchi questioned them.
Wang Zebang sighed and rubbed his forehead: "Who says there isn't? But Fu Rong, the general needs his wife, and we need her too. We know that doing this is unfair to her, but if we don't do it, she will definitely divorce him. You know that the general is afflicted with the Phoenix Tear, and his temperament often becomes uncontrollable and violent. But I've found that the general only has a stable emotional state when he's with his wife. If she really abandons him, who knows what he might become."
"The general has no benevolence to begin with. He only protects Ye Kingdom for the old lady's last wish. Once he loses his restraint and ties, and loses that thought, he will completely fall into the abyss of darkness and drag everyone down with him."
Zheng Quchi felt a tightness in his chest as he listened, unsure whether what he was saying was alarmist or an exaggeration. Could a divorce really have a devastating effect similar to World War II?
"In short, this matter can't be kept secret for much longer. We'd better go to the palace first and discuss a solution with His Highness the Crown Prince."
Wei Zhuang and Wang Zebang exchanged a glance and finally decided to follow Fu Rong's advice and go to the palace together.
As they boarded the carriage, Wang Zebang suddenly said with disdain, "Fu Rong, have you been to some brothels lately? You smell like women everywhere."
Zheng Quchi, who had just sat down next to Wang Zebang, froze: "Uh, I've been there, but there was a mission."
Although Wei Yao looked preoccupied, he couldn't help but say, "Try to get away from women. I think you've almost lost all your masculinity. You can't even get into a carriage properly."
Zheng Quchi: "..." Is it her fault? She's short, and she relies on height-increasing insoles to make up for it. Those things can easily cause ankle sprains if you move too much. They, as grown men, can easily get into the carriage, but she was more cautious and slower when she got into the carriage, so they thought she was being pretentious and effeminate.
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