Chapter 23: As if Looking at a Monster
The owner of the big hand that slapped her quickly bent down and lifted her up from the ground: "Do you remember what you said when you came to me for help half a year ago?"
"You said you and your mother were having a really hard time in the Wei family, but you asked me to help you rise to the top. I'm willing to sacrifice my life for this."
"Everything... is yours." The man whispered these four words in her ear, repeating them carefully. Then, his tone was slightly cold, "Is this what you are willing to do?"
Wei Yanhua grabbed his hand so that her posture would not look too ugly.
She whispered, "I'm just... just jealous. I was thinking, thinking that since she already has a husband like Prince Danshuo, why, why would she still mess with you..."
"Wei Yanhua, you are not stupid. Haven't you always sought glory and fame instead of sincerity? You know how many women are around me. You didn't feel jealous in the past, so why are you jealous today?" The man asked coldly.
"Yes, you have many women around you, but she is the only one who has everything. I envy her for this."
The man let go. "I don't care whether you're doing this out of useless kindness or base jealousy. You've ruined my plans... Why do you think I let her marry into the Prince's Mansion?"
"Be your...eyeliner."
"You know that too, so how dare you ruin my business?"
"Why are you so anxious to see her? Is it because after marrying Prince Danshuo, she gradually leaned towards him and no longer wanted to listen to you..."
"Snap."
The man slapped her again.
"Go out and call her now. There is still room for recovery." The man stood up and said condescendingly.
Wei Yanhua lowered her head, pressing one hand to her face: "If I go out to see people in my current state, I'm afraid I'll scare her away first."
The man stopped talking.
After a while, he squatted down and raised his hand to touch Wei Yanhua's face tenderly.
But the words he spoke were cold: "What should we do? If your father gets a second-rate grade in this year's military officer evaluation, your grandparents will definitely think you're the one who's interfering. And your mother will become seriously ill again."
Wei Yanhua looked dazed as she looked up at the man.
In an instant, the thought of dying together came to mind.
Killing all nine clans is fine...
But soon, her eyes fell on a pair of tall and strong guards behind the man.
The Taiyang Xue is bulging, which means he is a trained martial artist.
For some reason, he brought two guards this time!
She lowered her head and stared at her hands again, hating herself a little.
Wei Yanhua, you are really a waste. You are not even determined enough to be a bad person.
What's wrong with letting the Qin girl continue to pester him?
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At that time, the girl from the Meng family was crying in front of Cheng Nianying, with her eyes red and swollen.
She grabbed Cheng Nianying's sleeve, but only dared to pull it a little, not more.
"I don't know what's wrong with Sister Wei today. What she said must have been unintentional."
"Sister Wei's mother has been ill for a long time. People in the family say that her mother is possessed by an evil spirit. Perhaps she was also possessed by an evil spirit today..."
"Please, Princess, don't blame her."
The servants in the Marquis' Mansion couldn't stand it and tried to pull her away, shouting angrily, "No manners! No manners at all!"
Cheng Nianying reached out and pushed the servant away: "I let her grab me, why did you do that? If I didn't want to, I would have thrown her off long ago."
The servant in the Marquis's Mansion choked up.
Even the girl from the Meng family was so frightened that she hiccupped. Then she slowly came to her senses and realized that she had lost her composure. So she smoothed down Cheng Nianying's sleeves and said softly, "What I said is not to excuse Sister Wei. I..."
Cheng Nianying: "Okay, then I'll go back and hear what she has to say."
She turned around suddenly, and before the other servants could react, they saw her step out lightly.
"Princess Princess!"
"Princess, wait a minute, our girl said she must send you out!"
"Oh, Master, what are you asking? The Wei family is so outrageous."
A group of servants were chasing after him.
Even the girl from the Meng family, who was jogging with her skirt in hand, couldn't catch up.
Fortunately, the Wei family is not as wealthy as the Prince's Mansion, and there are not so many servants on the road. Since everyone could not keep up, they asked Cheng Nianying to run to the two-story building.
"What is the Princess doing there?"
"Why is our girl gone missing?"
Second floor.
The man heard the noise outside.
He walked to the window, propped up a corner, and whispered, "Oh? It seems she didn't appreciate your kindness. She's come back again."
Wei Yanhua suddenly raised her head.
Immediately afterwards, they all heard the sound of footsteps, one after another, as rapid as drumbeats, coming straight towards them on the stairs.
The man walked straight to the door, put one hand on the door lock and stretched out one arm.
"Master!" the guard behind him called out urgently, "Those servants seem to have followed..."
The man said calmly, "I just checked carefully. The people who followed are from the Wuning Marquisate, not the Prince's Mansion. So what's the problem?"
The guard trembled, "After all, there are many people and many opinions..."
That’s all I have to say.
The door was almost violently slammed open by someone from the outside, with such force that even Wei Yanhua was startled.
The man opened his arms and whispered, "Yurong, because of Fu Yi, we were unable to meet that day. Today..."
"Master, be careful!" The guards were so frightened that their eyes were bloodshot. They rushed up and pulled the man back.
It's still a little late after all.
The man reached out his hand and felt blood.
Cheng Nianying tilted her head: "Why did you bring two helpers?"
"Qin, Yu, Rong, are you crazy?" the man said through his teeth. "You are carrying a sharp weapon? How dare you!"
Cheng Nianying turned her gaze to the man.
He was dressed in purple robes, and he was tall... He was wearing a mask.
Cheng Nianying frowned quickly, knowing that she was doing something bad, and even covered her face!
Cheng Nianying's expression was determined, and she spoke with the clear and high spirits that only a young girl could have: "I finally caught you."
Wei Yanhua was a little confused.
Why does this sound like the rhetoric commonly used by bandits and thieves...?
The man was also choked and froze for a moment.
At this time, the footsteps of the servants were getting closer and closer.
Man: "Let's go!"
He was not afraid of being caught being affectionate with Fu Yi's wife, but he was extremely reluctant to be caught and stabbed by a woman!
What a shame!!!
"Want to run?" Cheng Nianying stepped on the ground with her toes, and chased after the man in a flash.
The man turned around, extremely shocked.
"You..." You can do this? He had never seen it before!
"Princess! Princess, what are you looking for here?"
The next moment, the door was knocked open again.
The servants had arrived, and the man was pulled out of the window by the guards.
Only Cheng Nianying was left standing there, holding a jade token in her hand.
Looking down, I saw the word "沭" engraved on it.
It was exactly the same handwriting as the signature on the last note.
"Princess, your hands... why is there blood on your hands?" The servants in the Marquis' Mansion were almost fainting from fright.
The Wei family servants were almost frightened to death.
What should I do? What should I do? How should I explain this?
Cheng Nianying blinked lightly, turned around slowly, and released her fingers.
Then there was a clang sound.
An arrow dropped to the ground.
Cheng Nianying pointed at the arrowhead and said, "There was a thief here just now. Miss Wei stabbed him with this thing, and this blood is from the wound. Why don't you chase him quickly!"
"What? There's a thief?" After hearing this, the servants had no time to think too much and quickly turned around to chase after him.
If the princess gets hurt, that man will be held responsible!
Wei Yanhua was utterly shocked. Slowly regaining consciousness, she climbed up from the ground and approached, lowering her voice to a whisper: "How dare you... send people to hunt him down? What if they find out..."
Cheng Nianying said, "I think he couldn't catch up, so he was just scared and ran all the way. It would be better if he bled to death."
Wei Yanhua: "..."
Wei Yanhua: "When you were shooting just now, when did you remove the arrowhead? ... In other words, one of your arrows didn't even have a arrowhead, but it still lodged deeply into the target."
She stared at Cheng Nianying as if she was looking at a monster.
It’s really... really hard to connect it with the “gentle as water” that the man said!
To the point that she began to doubt how many truths the man had spoken in the past.
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