Chapter 26 Even His Father Might Not Be Like Him
His Majesty?
It turned out that it was not a monk, but the emperor.
Cheng Nianying stood up and imitated the others, bowing confidently: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Fu Yi withdrew his hands and gathered his sleeves.
Well, now you’re not nervous anymore?
In her eyes, monks are more terrifying than emperors?
"No need for formalities, please stand up. Since I am wearing monk's robes, I should address you by your Dharma name. Just call me Master Huizhen."
Cheng Nianying was used to being a killer, always following orders without questioning any doubts. Therefore, her face showed no strange expression at this moment, and she honestly called out, "Master Huizhen."
The emperor looked at her and smiled kindly: "Are you frightened by what happened at the mansion?"
Cheng Nianying answered honestly: "I was a little scared, so I went out to relax." She was neither flattering nor fearful.
Fu Yi followed up, "She just came back from outside."
The emperor nodded and said, "Well, then go down and have a good rest."
Nanny Shi immediately stepped forward, bowed, and then helped Cheng Nianying walk out.
"When the daughter of Marquis Wuning was a child, she attended a banquet in the palace. She was a little afraid of people at that time. Marquis Wuning said that she had beautiful handwriting at such a young age. The empress dowager liked her so much that she couldn't move her feet when asked to come forward to talk to her. Now she is calm and generous. The Marquis Wuning's family does have some skills in educating children." The emperor sighed softly.
Is this really something that can be taught in the Wuning Marquisate? Fu Yi raised the end of his eyebrows subtly.
As people age, they tend to reminisce about the past. The emperor sighed and said, "Today, I see that she is somewhat worthy of you. I am relieved."
Before Fu Yi could say anything embarrassing, the emperor asked curiously, "When did you start keeping a cat slave?"
"I brought it back from the Marquis' Mansion."
"Then it was raised by the Qin family's daughter?"
"Yes. I'll keep the little girl for fun."
"She came of age at fifteen, and now she's seventeen, not young anymore. I wonder if she's good at taking care of others?"
Fu Yi lowered his head and coughed: "You have given me many people, why do you need her to take care of them?"
The emperor smiled and said, "That's always different."
They were talking in low voices.
Cheng Nianying returned to the Youhuang Courtyard to bathe and change clothes. When she came out, she heard someone say, "Mother Zou is back."
Cheng Nianying immediately called the person over.
"how?"
How could Mother Zou dare to say that Madam Hou was furious? Saying so would seem to be provoking the "mother-daughter" relationship.
She only said, "We've tortured one person after another, but we still have no clue."
After she finished speaking, she quietly looked at Cheng Nianying's face, but found that this lady was still very calm.
Mother Zou licked her lips and suggested, "Let's just ignore this matter. The Marquis' Mansion will find a solution."
"I have some ideas here."
"What?" Mother Zou widened her eyes.
Is this person really that powerful? How could he figure this out so quickly?
Mother Zou felt completely useless and a sense of crisis gripped her. She quickly pulled out an exquisite purse and said, "I've brought this so the Princess doesn't have to practice embroidery anymore. It makes me sad just looking at it! I'll just use this to fill the gap!"
Cheng Nianying smiled, holding it in her palm and turning it over and over, "It looks good."
But she thought about it and decided that she couldn't give it away today.
Otherwise, it would be too easy for people to think that it was Mother Zou who took it back from the Marquis' Mansion.
Cheng Nianying quickly locked the door, then asked Mother Zou, "Is my sister alive?"
"Alive, alive."
"Are you feeling better now? Did you say when you'll be able to change back?"
"No, no, ma'am means...wait a little longer."
Cheng Nianying was not disappointed either. After all, the Danshuo County Prince treated her very well.
He always supported her no matter what she said or did. Although he was a little strange sometimes, most of the time he was as gentle as a character in a storybook.
"There's one more thing." Cheng Nianying spoke again.
"You say." Mother Zou didn't dare to be arrogant anymore.
"Tell your wife to tell the servants who followed from the Marquis's mansion to go back."
Madam Zou broke out in a sweat after hearing this: "Send them back? There's no such thing as sending them back. That's called driving them back... What wrong did they do during the two days I was away?"
Cheng Nianying: "You talk more than me, and you feel like a burden when you go out."
Mother Zou choked, "These bastards... Just leave this matter to me. Just wait and see! If I can't handle it well, you can say that again."
Mother Zou hurriedly retreated.
This made Cheng Nianying a little confused: "It's just to push them back so they don't hold me back. Is it really that scary?"
Mother Zou was scared to death.
The slaves driven out of the Prince's Mansion... they wouldn't even be worth selling off. The Marquis and his wife would surely be furious.
Mother Zou doesn't feel sorry for them.
But the bad thing was that the Princess wanted to keep only her. Although she was willing to serve the Princess now, she was afraid that the Marquis's wife would be suspicious. After all, her man, her daughter and son were still in the hands of the Marquis's family.
At this time, the servants of the Marquis' Mansion sat together, looking a little lazy. When they spoke, they complained faintly: "Once the Princess of the County comes back, she won't need us anymore. We don't even have a chance to show our faces in front of the Prince of the County..."
Before he could finish his words, a burly figure walked in and kicked the person who was speaking in the heart.
"Mother Zou? Mother Zou, what are you doing?"
“Ouch, ouch!”
Mother Zou suddenly remembered that she had been a little disrespectful when she was teaching Caidie a lesson on behalf of the Princess. But this time... she asked, "Where is Caidie?"
"I'm resting inside."
Mother Zou rushed in with undiminished momentum, determined not to leave anyone behind!
Different from the mess here.
After Mother Zou left, Madam Shi came in holding a box.
"The establishment of a Taoist temple in your mansion alarmed quite a few people, so each mansion sent servants to deliver some things. The medicinal herbs and other things were all taken to the prince. As for the rest, I have picked out some valuable ones for you to examine."
Cheng Nianying didn't expect such a good thing to happen.
"We gave away a lot at the wedding that day, and we're giving away so much today."
Nanny Shi thought that the Wuning Marquis' Mansion had long been squeezed to the edge of the powerful and wealthy, so it was normal that the Princess had never seen such a scene.
"They are afraid that even if they prepare gifts, they won't have the chance to deliver them to the Prince's Mansion."
Are there still people worried about not being able to send gifts? "Did Prince Kang's Mansion also send gifts?" she asked.
The smile on Madam Shi's face gradually faded. "That day during the tea ceremony, the Princess of the County was so smart that she must have figured it out. The people in Prince Kang's mansion are not close to the master."
"Why?" Cheng Nianying couldn't understand. "The prince is already the best in the world, they should like him very much."
"Princess, you don't know that even parents don't always see eye to eye with their children."
Cheng Nianying was silent.
Nanny Shi was afraid she had said too much, so she quickly put on a smile and said, "The prince is now married and has a princess. In the future, he will have his own children... That will be the prince's own family."
Cheng Nianying was even more speechless.
Her "sister" doesn't like Prince Danshuo.
She also tried her best to cover it up...
Thinking back to today, when she heard that she had encountered thieves at the Wei family's house, Prince Danshuo had kindly asked her if she wanted to bring some guards. She had said "yes", and he had even praised her for being well behaved.
Even my biological father may not be this good.
Nanny Shi had no idea that Cheng Nianying was comparing Fu Yi with her imaginary father.
Before she could speak, someone came from the front yard and said, "Mammy, the master has sent a message, asking the princess to come to the front for dinner."
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Cheng Nianying came in, and the emperor and Fu Yi were seated.
"Just sit down and skip all the formalities." The emperor greeted her.
Cheng Nianying really walked directly to Fu Yi and sat down, then looked down at the table...it was all vegetarian food.
"Huai Yan's illness has not been cured for a long time. I want the monks to recite the Medicine Buddha Sutra for him." The emperor held the chopsticks but did not move, with deep wrinkles between his brows.
Huai Yan? Is that the name of the Danshuo County Prince?
Cheng Nianying listened silently.
"Yurong." The emperor suddenly called the name of the marquis's daughter.
Cheng Nianying immediately looked up.
"After dinner, you should come to the temple with us. You can copy the Medicine Buddha Sutra for your husband with your own hands, and the monks of Jinguang Temple will offer it to the Medicine Buddha, Vaiduryaprabha Tathagata."
Cheng Nianying paused.
Her handwriting...will give her away.
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