Chapter 75: Drawing inferences from one example
Cheng Nianying was woken up by being licked by a kitten.
"Mother Zou?"
"Hey, I'm here." Mother Zou smiled and came to the bedside. "My master, I miss you so much now that you're gone."
"Have the people from Wuning Marquis' Mansion returned to the capital?"
"I'm not sure about that," Madam Zou shook her head and quickly added, "The prince sent someone to tell me that if you wake up, you should come over and have breakfast with us."
Cheng Nianying looked down at the maid putting on her shoes and said, "I won't go over."
These words shocked the maid so much that she couldn't help but look up at her.
Mother Zou's expression changed even more. As soon as Cheng Nianying finished washing up, she immediately closed the door and asked quietly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Cheng Nianying said vaguely: "I'm afraid the prince is suspicious of me."
Mother Zou's heart tightened: "Why, why is this so sudden..."
"That's why I asked you if the people from Wuning Marquis Mansion have returned."
"Yes, yes. I'll go and ask around right now. But..." Mother Zou looked at Cheng Nianying.
She felt that changing it back might not be a good thing.
In fact, Mother Zou hoped that Cheng Nianying would hold on to this position, in case a legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family came and started crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide. As servants, they might lose their lives together.
"Just what?" Cheng Nianying asked.
Mother Zou said awkwardly, "I'm worried that the girl will get into trouble again."
"Then I can't be your replacement for the rest of my life."
“Yes, yes…”
"If she's so unwilling, there's a way." Cheng Nianying paused, "Just create an accident and I'll take over the drama... Just pretend the Princess is dead. That will alleviate her reluctance. But from now on, she can no longer be the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion."
Mother Zou was shocked: "This, this..."
"Why? It's not feasible? The Marquis can rest assured that I can do it very naturally."
Mother Zou felt that the Marquis’s Mansion might... not be very willing.
After all, it is only with this title that they can climb up to the Prince's Mansion.
But Mother Zou didn't dare to say it, for fear that she would be accused of betraying her master in the future.
For the rest of the day, Cheng Nianying did not have lunch or dinner with Fu Yi.
Even Nanny Shi was worried: "Did the Princess have a fight with the Prince?"
Cheng Nianying held the chopsticks tightly, the food tasted bland, and said, "No."
"Then why..."
Cheng Nianying made up an excuse casually: "I just wanted to prepare something for the prince privately."
Nanny Shi suddenly understood.
Is this a surprise? Of course, it's not something I can mention to anyone.
Cheng Nianying suddenly asked Madam Shi, "Do you know where the Meng family is?"
"Meng family?"
She can't go to Wei Yanhua now.
If you want to find out what the Wei family is doing now, it would be better to start with the girl from the Meng family who is on good terms with Wei Yanhua.
"Please allow me to go and ask." said Nanny Shi.
For the Prince's Mansion, the Meng family is really not up to par, so much so that even Madam Shi doesn't know which family it is.
On the other side, Wu Xun sighed, "You win."
But Wu Xun still couldn't figure it out: "Why did the Princess suddenly change her attitude? Why does she doubt you?"
Yes, why?
Because he was too cruel when he killed Li Jinjiang?
But as a "jealous" husband, isn't this what he should do?
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The next day, Nanny Shi found out where the Meng family was for Cheng Nianying.
"You don't need to bother with a visiting card. You can just go directly."
Cheng Nianying responded and asked Nanny Shi to prepare a carriage for her, but she was stopped as soon as she arrived at the door.
"Princess, please wait a moment. The Prince will come out immediately."
"The prince wants to go to the Meng family with me?"
"Don't go to the Meng family, go to the Wei family." Fu Yi's voice sounded behind him.
"Aren't you concerned? I'll take you to see it." He continued.
It was still Prince Danshuo's usual tone.
But now Cheng Nianying had some doubts in her heart, so she tried to think about it from another angle, why did the prince make such a move.
She whispered, "Is Your Majesty going too?"
Fu Yi didn't expect her to ask this question. A light flashed across his eyes: "Yes."
Cheng Nianying walked closer and opened her mouth.
Fu Yi was sitting on the sedan chair and couldn't help but bend down to listen to her.
Cheng Nianying moved closer to him and asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty doesn't want to make a big deal out of this, so he wants me to go ahead. Anyway, I always go to the Wei family. Your Majesty, will you go with us in disguise to interrogate the Wei family?"
Fu Yi paused and lowered his eyes.
But he could only catch a glimpse of the girl's snow-white neck.
His gaze did not carry any other meaning. In an instant, it seemed to penetrate the surface and glimpse into Cheng Nianying's soul.
He had mentioned to her the way His Majesty did things, and now she was able to draw inferences from his words and no longer just focus on the superficial decoration of his words.
She only needs someone to teach her to become smarter.
Fu Yi had no worries at all that she would see through his true inner thoughts.
The light in his eyes actually became brighter.
How interesting.
She is not always obedient.
She is also a cat that can scratch people.
How interesting.
Fu Yi reached out and touched the back of her neck, whispering, "Yes."
Now it was Cheng Nianying's turn to be secretly surprised. He actually said "yes" directly without any disguise.
Cheng Nianying pursed her lips and said, "The prince can't be considered to be doing this for me."
Fu Yi chuckled: "Okay. It doesn't count."
Cheng Nianying held her breath, not feeling the slightest sense of triumph in exposing him. Instead, it seemed as if Prince Danshuo was still appeasing her...
Fu Yi reached out and grabbed her wrist: "Come up."
Cheng Nianying raised her head and looked at him: "I don't want to come up."
"Why?"
"It's very crowded."
Fu Yi still smiled tolerantly: "Okay, then I will ask His Majesty to find me a more spacious one."
He slowly loosened his fingers.
Seeing Cheng Nianying turn around and get on the carriage, Fu Yi signaled the guards to put down the sedan chair and then followed.
"I will ride in the carriage with my wife."
Cheng Nianying couldn't refuse him either, so she could only respond, "Oh."
But she was sitting a little far away, not as close to him as before.
Fu Yi pinched his fingertips.
This is a little...uncomfortable.
Wei family.
Wei Xing entered the door first.
The servants were extremely surprised: "Master? The master is back!"
"Why did the master come back at this time? Quick, go find the girl!"
Wei Xing thought for a moment and said, "Go tie the girl up first."
The servants stopped in their tracks and turned around in disbelief: "Master?"
Wei Xing: "Hurry up and go!"
The servants could confront the eldest uncle of the Wei family, but they dared not disobey Wei Xing, so they had to do as he said. They thought that the princess would most likely come to the rescue... Even her own father couldn't do anything to her daughter, right?
After Wei Xing gave his instructions, he turned around and left.
A carriage stopped in front of the Wei family's door.
The woman in the carriage was holding a little boy. When she saw Wei Xing coming out, she quickly got out and asked, "How is it?"
Wei Xing stopped her and said, "Zhen Niang, I have something important to do today. Once I have taken care of it, you can enter the mansion."
His concubine Zhenniang asked hurriedly, "Is it your wife who won't let me in?"
Wei Xing shook his head, anticipation gradually surfacing in his eyes. "No, it's a big deal. Perhaps it will lead to a promotion."
He had the merit of saving the emperor in Kuizhou, and he also "sacrificed his relatives for the greater good," providing evidence for Your Majesty. After today's confrontation, all the previous suffering will be gone!
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