Chapter 46 Taking the Blame
Wu Xun was the first to "come back to life": "I'll have someone fetch some new clothes and prepare the water."
Cheng Nianying thought for a moment, handed the kitten to Mother Zou, grabbed Fu Yi's hand with a handkerchief, and wiped his fingers in this position.
Fu Yi lowered his eyes: "I'm not angry."
Cheng Nianying: "Yeah."
After wiping, she threw away the handkerchief and reached out to pull Fu Yi's belt.
This time it was Fu Yi who grabbed her hand.
Cheng Nianying looked up in confusion.
"Let me take off the prince's outer robe first."
Fu Yi paused, slowly loosened his fingers, opened his arms, and cooperated with her to take off his outer robe.
Fortunately, the kitten was not big and didn't urinate much, so the outer robe absorbed almost all of it without any of it seeping inside.
The palace servants were quick and efficient and quickly prepared the water and placed the bathtub behind the screen on this floor.
Cheng Nianying couldn't help but turn her head to look at the Buddha statue not far away, feeling something strange.
Wu Xun helped Fu Yi to take a bath, and she followed him.
"Princess Princess... don't worry, just sit there and rest for a while." Wu Xun couldn't help but turned back and said.
Cheng Nianying pointed to the screen and said, "I'll just sit here and wait."
So... so clingy?
Wu Xun swallowed and turned to look at his master.
"Didn't you hear what the Princess said?" Fu Yi turned his head to look at the palace maid.
The palace maid quickly brought a chair.
Unlike the silk screens commonly used in other courtyards, the ones placed here are paper screens, which also have Sanskrit written on them.
Cheng Nianying sat there and could see nothing.
When the sound of water began to flow, Cheng Nianying asked, "Even His Majesty is here today. Did the governor of the capital arrest those who should be arrested?"
It's like it's trying to divert the kitten's attention from peeing.
Very natural, Cheng Nianying thought.
Fu Yi took in her vague outline through the semi-transparent paper screen. His unhappiness was suppressed, and he felt like laughing: "Well, I caught it all."
"That's great." Cheng Nianying thought for a moment, then blurted out, "Isn't it possible to leave the house again tomorrow?"
They will also inquire in a roundabout way.
Fu Yi's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Do you want to leave the house so much?"
"Maybe Wei Yanhua's uncle saw that I didn't go, so he came to find Wei Yanhua again."
"My lady has a very good heart."
Cheng Nianying suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!" and then asked, as if she had just remembered, "By the way, was the murderer also apprehended?"
The cats have no meat to eat.
How can you expect to get the result you want easily by fooling around like this?
Fu Yi lowered his head and started coughing.
Cheng Nianying stood up from her chair: "Are you a little cold?"
"My lady, are you going to come in and warm me up at this time?"
Cheng Nianying stopped.
That's not good.
How is sleeping with clothes on the same person the same as meeting someone naked?
Fu Yi didn't want her to do anything, but she stopped at this moment... Fu Yi pinched his fingertips: "All of you go down, and ask the princess to come over."
It was too late for Cheng Nianying to retreat now.
But Wu Xun opened his mouth so wide that a peach could almost fit in it.
"Princess, please." The palace maid retreated to Cheng Nianying's front.
Cheng Nianying pursed her lips, with the mentality of going to kill someone as in the past, walked around the screen and came to the bathtub.
She didn't close her eyes, nor did she blush, but her ears seemed to be beating like drums.
She looked up and saw Fu Yi sitting in the water with most of his body submerged.
It turns out that he...is not as thin as the common literati.
He has broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his bare chest has smooth lines. Judging by Cheng Nianying's martial arts standards, he should have excellent bone structure and flesh, and possesses strength.
It felt like he wasn't seriously ill.
Fu Yi: “…”
He didn't expect that the first thing she did when she came in was to stare at him so intently.
He knew that the body of a chronically ill person was different from that of a healthy person, so he immediately asked, "What are you doing standing there?"
Cheng Nianying suppressed her doubts and moved behind Fu Yi.
Then the first action was to reach into the water.
Fu Yi's forehead twitched, and for a moment he couldn't tell who he was torturing.
He grabbed her hand again.
His tone was as gentle as possible: "What?"
Cheng Nianying: "I touched the water, it's not cold."
"Did you see the towel next to it?" Fu Yi asked without turning his head.
Cheng Nianying: "Yeah." She picked it up and wiped Fu Yi's neck.
Her fingers were indeed warm, but she had never done such a thing before, so she had no idea how to do it, and even used a little too much force, and her fingertips kept rubbing against Fu Yi's Adam's apple.
Fu Yi's throat moved: "...You just asked if the murderer has been caught."
Cheng Nianying was concerned and immediately took her hand away from his neck and pressed it on his shoulder.
"No." Fu Yi said the two words she wanted.
"Can't you catch so many people?" Cheng Nianying asked.
All the breath sprayed on Fu Yi's neck.
Fu Yi: “…” Are you feeling proud now?
"Because I didn't really care to catch him."
Cheng Nianying didn't quite understand and asked curiously, "Why? Isn't the governor of Beijing a good official?"
Fu Yi's eyes flickered slightly. Whatever people said, it was often from their own perspective. No matter how they pretended, their underlying stance could not be concealed. Hearing this, she seemed more like a "commoner," with no connection to the rich and powerful.
"Even if he is not a good official, how could he not care about a matter that His Majesty is so concerned about? Doesn't he want the official hat anymore?" Fu Yi asked in a calm voice.
Cheng Nianying grasped the idea: "Unless... Your Majesty doesn't care?"
Fu Yi: "Exactly."
He always does good things and never hides them.
He said, "Because His Majesty suspected that one of my men had killed that servant. There is no need to make this matter so clear and public."
Cheng Nianying cheered up.
So let’s just forget about it?
But her doubts did not diminish, but instead increased. She leaned forward and asked curiously, "Why does Your Majesty suspect the Prince? Why not make it clear?"
Fu Yi watched as her face was reflected in the water in the bucket—she seemed about to fall headfirst into the bucket.
Fu Yi raised his hand to hold her chin and said lightly: "My lady, this is a secret."
Cheng Nianying's chin felt hot, but she didn't bother to move away.
She whispered, "But that wasn't done by the Duke's men. Did the Duke explain it to His Majesty today?"
Fu Yi said what she wanted most.
He said, "Whether you want to argue or not, Your Majesty has already made your decision."
"You have to know that once people become suspicious, it doesn't matter whether the suspicion is large or small."
Cheng Nianying was stunned.
I felt that what Fu Yi said made a lot of sense, but I also felt...wasn't I letting him take the blame?
"Why aren't you talking?"
"Hmm... I'm a little worried about the Duke." Cheng Nianying felt that her words were dishonest. Compared to Duke Danshuo, he was indeed a bit worse.
"What are you worried about?"
"I think this matter is not good for the prince."
Is that really what he felt? Fu Yi stared at the face reflected on the water, which had turned a crimson color due to the heat.
Are you so happy right now?
Fu Yi sighed softly: "My wife really thinks of me in everything."
He didn't tell her.
When one person suspects another, it's certainly not without reason. There must be a motive. Often, suspicion is cast upon a person only after they are certain that the matter will benefit them.
The boundary between good things and bad things is not that clear.
"But my lady, the water is getting cold." Fu Yi slowly pried open her fingers and took away the towel. "Let the servants handle this matter."
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