Chapter 40 Wei Yanhua:?
Mother Zou has recovered by now, but she didn't expect Cheng Nianying to come visit her in person.
Although the Wuning Marquis's Mansion was in decline, it adhered to some of the most ancient and insignificant rules extremely strictly. It would never happen that the master would come to visit the servants.
Mother Zou had also heard anecdotes from the past dynasties... how a certain prince was so virtuous that he even went to visit his sick wet nurse in person, and these stories were written down and passed down through the ages. She thought to herself, this kind of thing is fake! It's made up!
Today I had an experience of it.
"How dare I trouble the Princess?" Mother Zou almost jumped out of bed. Never mind whether this woman was truly the legitimate daughter of the Marquisate, but on the surface, she was! Wouldn't it make her extremely proud to have her relatives come to visit?
"I see that you look much better, but you're not as scared anymore?" Cheng Nianying asked her.
"I'm not afraid anymore, I'm not afraid anymore."
Cheng Nianying got straight to the point: "Come with me to the Wei family."
Mother Zou didn't think that this person had come to see her for a purpose. Instead, she straightened her back even more, feeling that she was useful. She quickly got out of bed and said, "This old servant will dress up and go with the princess."
Cheng Nianying liked her efficiency, so she sat aside and waited for her.
Soon, Mother Zou packed up and followed her out.
The other servants in the Marquis' Mansion, who had been neglected for who knows how long, could not describe how they felt when they saw this scene.
When they reached the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Cheng Nianying saw someone waiting there.
"you……"
I just saw him at Fu Ruiming's place.
The man was none other than Fu Ruiming's subordinate. He immediately came forward, finally stopping a few steps away, bowing before saying, "I heard you were leaving the mansion, and your Excellency has instructed me to bring a few brothers with you to escort you."
There is no such thing as too many guards.
When the killer in the building saw this, he knew better and would not take action again and wait for another opportunity.
"Okay." Cheng Nianying nodded.
When this group of people arrived at the Wei family's house, their presence was much more grand than the last time. The doorman was frightened when he saw them and could only stick his head out to ask, "Excuse me, who are you?"
Cheng Nianying lifted the curtain and said, "You've seen it."
"Princess...Princess?" The doorman was shocked.
Didn't we hear that he was attacked by an assassin? Why is he here now?
"You, you wait a minute..." The doorman quickly turned around to report.
Wei Yanhua was listening to the girl from the Meng family crying at this time. She was really shocked when she heard the doorman say that.
"If you don't know, you would think I'm that shameless." Wei Yanhua laughed at herself and stood up to greet her.
When the girl from the Meng family came, she could only go through the small door.
But when the Princess of the County came, Wei Yanhua opened the main door wide and no one dared to say anything.
Wei Yanhua's eyes swept across the servant's face, and she felt even more mocking in her heart.
If she had been able to hook up with such a "noble lady" earlier, why would she have to beg for mercy from that man?
What a pity, what a pity, even before this, no noble lady would have even glanced at her.
At this time, Cheng Nianying was helped out of the carriage by Mama Zou. Apart from Mama Zou, there was only a little palace maid following behind her.
Besides, there are guards.
In front of so many people, Cheng Nianying didn't say what she came for, she just said: "I brought you a jar of wine. The prince said it was a reward from the palace."
Wei Yanhua was surprised again and bowed quickly: "Yanhua, what an honor."
Looking at the servants around, they all had their eyes glued to the jar of imperial wine.
Cheng Nianying waited patiently for Wei Yanhua to finish expressing her gratitude before she led her into the house.
Still the same position as before.
The girl from the Meng family was sitting there with tears on her face. When she saw Cheng Nianying, she stood up helplessly.
Cheng Nianying ordered someone to put the wine jar on the table: "Come, have some wine."
Imperial wine...just drink it like this?
Everyone was a little unable to adapt to Cheng Nianying's impetuous style.
Cheng Nianying ignored the expressions of others and urged, "Open it quickly."
The Wei family's servants could only quickly and swiftly get the cups and wine vessels.
After the wine was poured into the pot, Cheng Nianying dismissed the attendants and asked Wei Yanhua, "What does it smell like?"
Wei Yanhua didn't understand why, but she still answered, "The wine smells nice but not pungent, and it's also tinged with the scent of osmanthus."
"Oh." Cheng Nianying responded and asked her, "Has that man come again?"
Wei Yanhua: "No. I'm afraid you hurt him quite badly that day."
Cheng Nianying held her chin with her hand, revealing a thoughtful look as she said, "I took a special look when I went to the palace for the banquet..."
Wei Yanhua's heart skipped a beat.
She had time to think about this while attending a banquet in the palace? How brave she was!
"None of them look like him. But there is one who hasn't shown up."
"who?"
"Prince."
Wei Yanhua pinched her palms and was unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
"But I asked the prince's name, and it doesn't match the one on the waist badge."
"Maybe it's a nickname, a courtesy name, or a literary title... It could also be a word with special meaning. It doesn't necessarily have to be a taboo name." Wei Yanhua provided more ideas.
Cheng Nianying responded: "Yeah."
Wei Yanhua raised her hand and grasped the wine cup: "I already told you last time, why bother with these things anymore. Just pretend you don't remember."
Cheng Nianying lowered her eyes. Killing someone requires thorough root and root removal. How could she tolerate someone like this constantly hiding in the shadows, waiting to jump out at any moment, brandishing a sharp weapon towards the Princess of Danshuo County?
"I came here today to discuss something with you." Cheng Nianying said.
"Anything else?"
"Um."
"You are the daughter of a military officer. You have some weapons in your house, right?"
"yes."
"I will come to you often in the future, just to practice your weapon." If you don't practice, you will be useless. Cheng Nianying may not be a killer, but she cannot lose the ability to save her life.
And... she suspected that she had lost her sense of taste and smell because she hadn't taken the medicine in the building for too long.
Why were the assassins in the building always out, yet none of them left the organization? Cheng Nianying didn't know before, but now she had a vague guess.
If she lost her sense of taste and smell, there was no other solution, and the impact would be too profound. So she had no choice but to take a risk and use the Wei family as a cover, while actually returning to the building to get medicine and then plan her funeral.
But I won’t tell this to Wei Yanhua.
Wei Yanhua was in a daze at this time.
She couldn't understand why a girl from a marquis's mansion liked to play with weapons?
"What? Not good?" Cheng Nianying interrupted her thoughts.
Before Wei Yanhua could say anything, Miss Meng hurriedly said, "Okay, it's okay. If you come here more often, no one will be able to bully Yanhua and Aunt Jiang."
Aunt Jiang must be referring to Wei Yanhua's mother, Jiang.
Wei Yanhua spoke up: "It's good for me... but for you... aren't you afraid that one day the Danshuo prince will find out who caused the connection between you and me? I think it would be better for you to stay away from me."
"Today I also noticed that all the maids you used to bring with you have been replaced. Now you have many more guards. They are all close people under the command of the prince, right? Have you ever thought about why this happened? Have you ever thought that maybe the prince is already suspicious of you, so he sent so many people to keep an eye on you?"
Cheng Nianying:?
Cheng Nianying: "I didn't use the previous ones because they were not useful, so I didn't want them anymore."
Wei Yanhua:?
Girl from the Meng family:?
Can it still be so simple and crude?
"Didn't you say last time that they seemed a little respectful to me? This time they were much more respectful."
"Also, the reason I had so many guards was because I had just encountered an assassin the day before. The prince thought it would be better if I brought them along, so he asked for my opinion."
Wei Yanhua: "..."
She couldn't help but start to wonder what kind of life this person was leading in the Prince's Mansion.
"You..." Wei Yanhua just started to ask, but her expression suddenly changed. "What's that smell?"
Cheng Nianying thought to herself, "That's bad! She can't even smell it! It's inconvenient to ask others."
Fortunately, the girl from the Meng family answered her confusion at this time.
The girl from the Meng family's nose twitched and she stood up: "It smells burnt, what's on fire?"
Wei Yanhua's expression turned extremely ugly: "My mother..."
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