Chapter 74 How Can You Lie to Me
Back at the Prince's Mansion, Fu Yi was carried into the house on a sedan chair. The imperial physician hurriedly followed to treat him. Nanny Shi came over to comfort Cheng Nianying, saying, "Don't worry, Princess. Why don't you go and wash off the dirt first?"
"Cousin's wife." Fu Ruiming also came over at this time. He was not good at comforting her, so he just asked, "Did this trip frighten your wife?"
Cheng Nianying shook her head, and then she took the opportunity to ask Fu Ruiming, "Is your leg injury healed?"
"I'm all right now. I don't want to bother my cousin-in-law with worrying about me."
Cheng Nianying: "Hmm."
Fu Ruiming found that she seemed a little absent-minded, probably because she was worried about her brother.
Cheng Nianying insisted on waiting outside, and Nanny Shi couldn't persuade her.
Fu Ruiming secretly watched this, and the thought of getting married surged up again. It felt good to have someone care about you.
Fu Ruiming's mind was full of mixed thoughts. After a while, he heard the door creak open and the imperial physician came out.
Cheng Nianying almost immediately took a step forward: "How?"
The imperial physician said in a deep voice, "You've been through so much trouble on the way, and your vitality has been damaged. You need to rest and recuperate."
Nanny Shi sighed softly, obviously already used to the imperial physician saying this.
Cheng Nianying asked, "Where exactly is the injury? Why does the very movement damage the vital energy? The internal organs? The blood? Or something else? Is it the residual poison that hasn't dissipated yet?"
The imperial physician's breath caught in his throat. He smiled and said, "Princess, this cannot be explained in just a few words. Besides the old injuries, there is also the mental and physical exhaustion..."
Fu Ruiming didn't think too much about it, and thought Cheng Nianying was just too worried about Fu Yi, so he hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, cousin..."
Cheng Nianying responded with a low "hmm".
She remembered what Prince Danshuo had said: once people become suspicious, it doesn't matter whether the suspicion is much or little.
That's what she is now.
She shouldn't have done this... The prince had taken the blame for her. But if she had suspicions but didn't clarify them, she would feel very uncomfortable.
"Let's go." Cheng Nianying called to Nanny Shi.
Nanny Shi hurriedly accompanied her to take a bath and change clothes.
The imperial physician watched them leave, stood there for a moment, then turned back into the house and said to Fu Yi with a bitter face, "The princess is very dissatisfied with my incompetence..."
Fu Yi chuckled: "She always said she wanted to replace you. It's you who made me unable to recover after such a long time."
The imperial physician's expression suddenly became even more bitter.
After Cheng Nianying took a bath, the palace maid beside her quickly put on her inner clothes.
Nanny Shi asked, "Are we going to rest with the prince later?"
Cheng Nianying whispered, "No."
Aunt Shi was stunned for a moment: "Hey."
"Bring the raccoon here."
"……yes."
The night deepens.
Fu Yi put down the document in his hand and asked, "What time is it?"
The maidservant who was waiting beside her replied, "It's five minutes past midnight."
Fu Yi raised his eyebrows, but no one came.
"Wu Xun."
"I'm here."
"Push me to Youhuangyuan."
Fu Yi arrived at Youhuang Courtyard, and someone inside quickly and quietly opened the door for him. Seeing this, Fu Yi asked, "Is the Princess asleep?"
The maid replied in a low voice: "Yes."
"Open the door."
With the sound of the wooden door opening, Fu Yi came to Cheng Nianying's bed.
The maid held a dim lamp in her hand and carefully rolled up the curtains. Fu Yi took a glance and thought that the people in the mansion were much more well-behaved now and knew to be more careful around the Princess.
Then he lowered his head and looked at the bed.
The place where he used to sleep was occupied by two cats today.
Cheng Nianying leaned sideways, stretched out her arms, and made a light circle, almost holding the cat in her arms.
There was still some space on the bed, but it was only at the edge and foot of the bed.
In the past, I was so worried about him, but today I didn't care about that. Fu Yi pursed his lips and stared at Cheng Nianying for a long time, but she still didn't show any sign of waking up...
"Be careful and serve me." Fu Yi left a word and turned to leave.
When the door closed with a creak, Cheng Nianying's eyelids trembled slightly, but she pressed them in time and did not open them.
That voice was deceiving her!
She clearly felt that the aura of Prince Danshuo was still there.
There is someone in the house!
"Are you really asleep?" Fu Yi leaned over and pinched her face.
Cheng Nianying: "..."
Since she can't be woken up even if I pinch her, it proves that she is pretending to be asleep.
Cheng Nianying could only flutter her eyelashes twice, and slowly, pretending to be half asleep, opened her eyes: "Hmm?"
Fu Yi was sitting on the edge of the bed. The maid held the lamp, and the weak candlelight shone on his face, half of which was hidden in the darkness.
"You said you were used to my current appearance? Why are you hiding away alone today?" Fu Yi asked her, "How could you lie to me?"
There are many people who have deceived you.
How will you treat me then?
Cheng Nianying pursed her lips and slowly sat up: "I just miss the raccoon slave in the mansion."
Fu Yi: "Oh. Who was it that said he was worried I'd get cold at night and wanted to warm me up?"
Cheng Nianying: "..."
She thought about it again and again, then suddenly raised her eyes, looked at Fu Yi and said, "I deceived the prince at that time."
Fu Yi paused, having never expected such words to come out of her mouth.
"How did you lie to me?"
Cheng Nianying took the lamp from the maid, and the candlelight finally illuminated Fu Yi's face completely.
She carefully observed his reaction and said slowly, "At that time, I just didn't want anyone else to warm the prince's bed."
"..." Fu Yi narrowed his eyes, "Then now..."
"Didn't the prince stop taking concubines?"
“…”
After a while.
Fu Yicai smiled again and said, "So that's what you think."
"Is the Prince angry?" Cheng Nianying was still observing his reaction.
Fu Yi: "How could it be?"
He stroked Cheng Nianying's hair as usual and said, "That just proves how deeply my wife loves me. She can't even tolerate another woman around me. I think the person holding the lamp should be a servant from now on."
All right.
Still so understanding.
Cheng Nianying returned the lamp and lay down again.
That's not right. ...She said that, and she's still so understanding. Doesn't that make it seem even more fake?
"Do you want to continue sleeping?" Fu Yi asked.
"Yeah, I'm very sleepy." Cheng Nianying closed her eyes.
"Then go to sleep."
The door opened and closed again. This time Fu Yi was really gone.
Almost as soon as he left the house, the smile on Fu Yi's face faded. He leaned his elbows on the armrests of his wheelchair and said lazily, "Your attitude is different."
Wu Xun finally reacted: "You mean the Princess of the County?"
"Um."
Wu Xun held it in for a long time before finally saying, "I really didn't see that."
He felt that the girl from the Marquis' Mansion was quite seductive.
There were so many little words. She was saying things like, "I just didn't want another woman to warm your bed." That's called acting like a spoiled child!
"She clearly wants to see me angry."
"Why are you angry?" Wu Xun still didn't understand.
Fu Yi pressed his slender fingers to his face and said with a smile, "Maybe she's wondering if I'm wearing a painted skin."
He asked Wu Xun, "Want to make a bet?"
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