Chapter 190 The dispute between Li and Meng
Zong Si looked at him and said, "Back then, Jing Cheng was kidnapped by mountain bandits. My grandmother suppressed the matter. Your Highness should have heard about it."
If Kang Yang heard this call of "grandmother", he would probably look strange. Thinking back to the time when he rejected Afu's marriage proposal, he was very thorough.
Who would have thought that Zong Si could now call her grandma so naturally.
Meng Yuan nodded slightly.
"Back then, Lord Li and Jing were both kidnapped. Later, they escaped together, so they had some friendship." Zong Si said.
Meng Yuan said: "What benefits did the fourth lady promise to Li Qiu Sheng?"
Zong Si looked at him and said calmly: "No."
Meng Yuan frowned slightly. As far as he knew, Li Qiu Sheng was not a good person, and he was also a member of Meng Ze's party. How could he kill Jing Cheng for no reason?
The friendship that Zong Si mentioned gave him a bad feeling.
"I will take some time to go to the Li Mansion. As for the matter of appointing a crown prince, you can just let it happen naturally and don't have to get involved." Meng Yuan said, "There can't be any involvement between you and me now."
However, Zong Si said: "I had no choice but to touch the people around the Third Prince." Emperor Jingwen ordered him to deal with the people close to Meng Yuan. If he showed mercy, it would naturally arouse suspicion. Although it was just an open clue planted by Meng Yuan, they had to tell each other the truth to avoid strategic misjudgment.
"I will never use anyone that my father suspects. For now, you just need to stand with Meng Ze." Meng Yuan had his own plans. As long as he had the card of Zong Si, even if he suffered a temporary setback, there would be a turning point.
Zong Si did not stay and returned to the palace.
As soon as Ning Fu saw him, she started to ask about Meng Yuan.
Zong Si glanced at her and hadn't figured out how to start telling her, but Ning Fu got up on her own initiative to change his clothes in order to get some information.
He had never enjoyed such treatment before, so he just stood there and let her help him.
"The Third Prince is very worried about Jingcheng," Ning Fu asked as she took off his coat and hung it on the screen.
"You invited me to meet you just to inquire about Jingcheng's whereabouts." Zong Si told the truth naturally.
"Jingcheng complained to me that he was too calm and didn't seem to care about anything. It would be good for him to be jealous and nervous." Ning Fu snorted, "Then Lord Li is handsome, talented, and an old acquaintance. He can be considered a strong rival."
"Well, Lord Li is both handsome and talented." Zong Si looked at her meaningfully.
This is jealous again.
I can't even praise others a word, or he will pick on me. Why didn't I see him like this in my previous life?
This is because Ning Fu is too subjective. In fact, she was also very jealous in her previous life, but she was a cold and indifferent person and would not express her opinion. If she was really not jealous, she would not be so reluctant to speak when mentioning Meng Ze.
It can be seen that people still need to learn to express themselves, otherwise even if you feel sick in your heart, the other party still thinks you don’t care, so how can they come back to coax you?
Just like Ning Fu in the previous life, she would not say nice things to Zong Si later, but now, she is willing to coax Zong Si. After all, the two of them now have a community of interests.
Ning Fu patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "No matter how handsome Lord Li is, he can't surpass the prince."
Zong Si looked down at her and motioned for her to continue.
"I can't count all the merits of the prince. On a larger scale, he loves his country and his family, is loyal to his country, and can be considered to care for the people. On a smaller scale, he knows how to repay favors, and does not flirt with other women. Life as a married woman with the prince is now easy." Nying Fu listed them one by one.
Zong Si was quite satisfied. He put his arm around her waist and was about to bend down to kiss her when Ning Fu hurriedly said, "I won't come today. It still hurts."
He was like a hungry wolf. Whenever he had free time, he would think about that matter. If he woke up early in the morning and I happened to be awake too, then that matter would be inevitable.
Morning was the time when servants came in and out most frequently. The more she endured, the more excited he became.
Zong Si held her without moving and said, "Just hug you."
"Your Majesty now wants to establish the Sixth Prince, but it is not that easy." In his previous life, Meng Ze did not succeed. It is impossible to say that Emperor Jingwen did not intend to establish a crown prince. In his previous life, he was also seriously ill. Although he would not die immediately, he would not be free from worry about the crown prince.
It only means that someone stopped him.
"Taking action after Meng Ze becomes the crown prince will be much riskier than taking action right now when the crown prince is about to be appointed. Naturally, someone will take action at this time." Zong Si said. He was afraid that Meng Yuan and Meng Che were now prepared.
Ning Fu had a question in her mind. Since at this time in the previous life, Prince Xuan's Mansion was completely on Meng Ze's side, why did the matter of establishing a crown prince still fail?
What happened that prevented Zong Si from fully supporting Meng Ze? And who or what did Zong Si compromise with?
Ningfu couldn't figure it out for a moment, and at this moment, she could only put the matter aside for the time being.
I wonder how Jingcheng is doing now, she thought.
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Li Mansion.
An ordinary-looking maid, after getting tired of walking around the mansion, went to Li Qiu Sheng's study.
Jingcheng had just been released from confinement. She stared out the window every day, so Li Qiu Sheng got her a human skin mask.
Human skin masks are extremely rare items. Jing Cheng has only seen them from Meng Yuan. Those available on the market are all crudely made. He probably got them from the palace.
"Lord Li's mansion is very grand." Jingcheng said complimentingly.
"It's far inferior to the Princess's Mansion." Li Qiu Sheng said with his thin lips.
Jingcheng pretended not to hear and said, "Thank you, Lord Li, for letting me come out to catch my breath."
"I didn't let you out for nothing. Now I'm short of someone to take care of me, so you can take over." Li Qiu Sheng said.
"What's my name?" Jingcheng asked.
Li Qiusheng glanced at her and said sarcastically, "Cuihua."
Jingcheng: "..."
Li Qiu Sheng was a man of great talent, the top scholar of Dayan. If he had been more careful, he would not have come up with such a name.
"Change it." Jingcheng protested.
"It's an ordinary name, so people won't be suspicious." Li Qiu Sheng refused.
"No, change someone." Jingcheng knew a girl named Cuihua, who was a servant of a queen in Yongzhou. She was vicious and killed the queen. She didn't want to have the same name as her.
Li Qiusheng was quiet for a moment, then said, "That's good."
Jingcheng had no doubts. Chunjin was Chunjin, better than Cuihua, and there was no need to dwell on the name, otherwise it would seem that she was too difficult to serve, so she did not say anything more.
She lived like this in the Li Mansion and became the eldest lady beside Li Qiu Sheng. She was not very busy, and her ordinary work was just watering the flowers and plants in Li Qiu Sheng's study.
Someone told her, "Someone has been visiting the Li residence these days, so the security is tight."
Jingcheng's heart was beating fast. She vaguely guessed the answer in her heart. She intuitively felt that it was Meng Yuan who came to find her. He must be in a hurry to find her.
"Oh, have you caught the thief?" Jingcheng asked casually.
"That little thief is quite capable and elusive. Lord Li feels that he is a bit troublesome, but he has not made it public." The steward has a good relationship with Jingcheng and said, "Miss Chunjin also thinks it is best not to wander around and be careful not to run into thieves."
Li Qiu Sheng naturally didn't dare to say anything. Since he was in his house, he had to be cautious in everything he did.
Jingcheng didn't want to harm him, so she stayed quiet at night and didn't go out of her way to look for Meng Yuan. Besides, she wasn't sure whether it was Meng Yuan, so she didn't dare to take the risk.
Li Qiusheng seemed surprised by her well-behaved behavior and said incomprehensibly: "You know very well that the person who came to your house is probably looking for you."
"I don't want to harm you." Jing Cheng said, "If I recognize him in the mansion, you will not be safe. No one can guarantee that there is someone plotting behind the scenes."
Li Qiusheng looked at her for a long time, then smiled and said, "You still have a conscience."
"I have always had it. When your father later offended my grandmother, I was the one who begged for mercy." Jing Cheng said in a low voice, "So I didn't tell you that I am the queen of the princess's mansion. Besides, I have apologized to you."
"You made the mistake of treating me as a refuge and taking advantage of me."
"It was so cold then. If I hadn't held you while sleeping, I would have frozen to death." Jing Cheng said anxiously. She didn't want to take advantage of him, and she didn't dare to. Li Qiu Sheng brought her out at that time, and he was obviously not a kind person. How could she take advantage of him and do something that would offend him?
Li Qiu Sheng remained silent. Jing Cheng was so bold only because she relied on her beauty. In order to get him to take her away, she also acted coquettishly on purpose, showing a woman's innate ability to seduce people.
Although she herself may not be aware of this.
A few days later, Meng Ze came to Li's Mansion, and the third prince Meng Yuan also went with him.
Meng Yuan himself naturally could not come to the Li Mansion, so he asked Meng Ze for help. Hearing that Li Qiu Sheng was an excellent chess player, and Meng Yuan loved playing chess in the eyes of outsiders, it was reasonable for him to ask Meng Ze to introduce him to someone else.
"My third brother heard that Lord Li is an excellent chess player, so he wanted to come and ask for advice. It's rare in this world to find someone who is interested in him." Meng Ze said with a hearty laugh.
Li Qiu Sheng looked at Meng Yuan. The man was plain and simple, holding a cane in his hand. However, he was handsome, but too quiet to be noticed.
"Lord Li." Meng Yuan's voice was hoarse and distant, showing that he was a cold person at heart.
"Third Prince." Li Qiu Sheng saluted.
"Today I have the opportunity to learn a game of chess from Lord Li," said Meng Yuan.
"Your Highness the Third Prince thinks highly of me, so I will naturally accompany you." Li Qiu Sheng said.
He went to the study with Meng Yuan, but the chessboard was put away. Li Qiu Sheng wanted to call others to set the chessboard, but someone said, "Chun Jin, hurry up and serve! We have distinguished guests in the mansion today."
Li Qiu Sheng pursed his lips. He actually didn't want to ask Jing Cheng to come over, but at the moment, changing someone else would seem deliberate. He was afraid that even Meng Ze would become interested.
Meng Yuan's first reaction was indeed to realize that something was wrong.
Spring is over.
Autumn begins and spring ends.
When spring ends, autumn will surely come.
"Lord Li." Suddenly a woman's voice was heard, which did not sound depressed at all, but was accompanied by a smile.
When she came in, she didn't notice Meng Yuan, and walked straight past Li Qiu Sheng, saying with great joy: "Master Li, you clearly said that I could take a day off today."
"Don't act like a spoiled child." Li Qiusheng coughed dryly, "We have a distinguished guest."
Jing Cheng thought to herself, when did she ever act like a spoiled child? Why did he always feel that she was acting like a spoiled child? This voice was just born that way.
Then she turned her head and met Meng Yuan's calm eyes.
Today is a little different.
Deep within those eyes, a storm was brewing.
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