Chapter 139: Why Send Sun Zheng?
The journey back to Huaishuo seemed particularly long.
The slow movement of the carriage made her sleepy, and she fell asleep at the small table.
In her dream, someone was gently stroking her back. The scene in the dream seemed to take her back to her previous life. The sunlight came in through the window. She was tired of carving wood, so she lay on the couch and was lazy.
The man who had just returned from the court also entered the bedroom.
Nymph opened her eyes, peeked at him, and waved to him.
Zong Si paused, but still walked to her side. She took his hand and asked him to smooth her back, but she even found an excuse, "I had a nightmare, my dear, please comfort me."
So he hesitated for a moment and then agreed to her request.
The man’s palms were so big that she felt so comfortable that she felt lazy all over, like a petted puppy. “It would be nice if my whole life could be like today. I could just live my life so simply.”
Such good weather, such a patient man, and such an ordinary life are what she pursues.
Lu Xingzhi looked at the sleeping nymph and covered her with his cloak.
When the curtain was opened, the sunlight shone on her.
Now that Nymph was getting closer to the age to marry him, she looked more and more like the girl in his memory.
Lu Xingzhi sat aside and just looked at her.
Ning Fu woke up only when the carriage arrived in Huaishuo.
When Mrs. Ning saw the carriage coming towards the Ning Mansion, she couldn't help but frown. When she saw Lu Xing, she quietly had someone open the side door and let the carriage into the mansion.
Just as she was wondering, she saw someone peeking out of the carriage. Mrs. Ning would certainly not make a mistake with her daughter's figure.
During the past half month, Mrs. Ning was so worried that she couldn't even sleep well. When she heard Dongzhu say that she had saved a person who was being hunted, she became even more worried. She was afraid that her daughter had saved an enemy soldier, so she dared not say anything. She only wrote a letter back to the capital, hoping that her husband would think of a solution.
When she saw her daughter, Mrs. Ning burst into tears immediately.
"Mother." Nymph hurriedly got off the carriage and gently wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.
"I won't forgive you this time. You're risking yourself for an outsider, a stranger. When did your father and I teach you this? Go, kneel in the study." Madam Ning said with a cold face.
Lu Xingzhi said: "Madam, the fourth lady did not save people on purpose, but was threatened by someone and had no choice but to do it. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. The fourth lady also tried her best to save her life. Fortunately, I was on the way and saved her."
"Then why did Dongzhu tell me about this?" Mrs. Ning asked puzzledly.
"The fourth lady was afraid that you would worry, so she didn't tell Dongzhu the specific situation." Lu Xingzhi said.
Ning Fu had never expected that Lu Xingzhi could lie for her without changing his expression.
He also always kept her behind him.
Madam Ning had always had a good impression of him, so she did not doubt him and said, "Huaishuo is so unsafe, I don't know when I can return to the capital."
Right now, with the wolf Meng Ze in front of us, we are really in a dilemma.
"Don't worry, ma'am. Now that the emperor has sent me to supervise the progress of the road construction in Dazhou, I will protect you and the fourth lady." Lu Xingzhi said.
"It's all thanks to you." Madam Ning felt relieved and looked at her daughter again. She naturally knew why Lu Xingzhi came to Dazhou.
I just said that my daughter should face the wall, but he looked a little embarrassed. He was reluctant to do such a small thing. If I said a few more words, he would probably have to take the punishment for Afu.
But Madam Ning was still happy that he did so. She was satisfied with Lu Xingzhi. He was willing to put his daughter in his heart, and she was happy to see it happen.
Because of Lu Xingzhi's protection, Ning Fu did not go to the study to face the wall.
Lu Xingzhi also stayed in Ning Mansion and had dinner.
"I wonder what the situation in the capital is like these days?" The person asking the question was Madam Ning. She was worried that Meng Ze and A Fu's pretending to be sick would not be a long-term solution.
"Madam, don't worry. As long as I'm here, the fourth lady will not marry Meng Ze." Lu Xingzhi said.
"I'm sorry to embarrass you." Madam Ning sighed, "He is a prince, and he may even become the emperor in the future... If I hadn't used Afu's illness as an excuse to come and recuperate, I wouldn't know how I would have rejected him."
It is certainly not a wise move to offend him.
"The emperor is fine now, but how he will be in the future is still uncertain." Lu Xingzhi said, "Madam, please take good care of the fourth young lady in the next few months, and don't ask her to leave the house again."
Ning Fu naturally didn't dare to argue at the moment.
Madam Ning snorted coldly, "Don't worry, I won't let her out of my sight again. She's already an adult, but she's still so playful."
Although Ningfu was wronged, she was not a playful person, but it was also difficult to refute.
Lu Xingzhi glanced at her, with a barely perceptible smile on his lips. Seeing the mother and daughter bickering, it seemed as if the sad experience in the previous life was just a dream.
Before he left, Ning Fu asked him, "I still can't figure out why the emperor sent Sun Zheng to assassinate Zong Si. The Minister of Justice is an important position. Why did the emperor Jingwen send his trusted son to kill him?"
As a trusted grandson, he should have found a way to move up instead of taking such a risk and ruining his life.
Lu Xingzhi said: "Fourth Miss, can you guess who sent someone to assassinate the prince?"
Ning Fu was stunned.
Lu Xingzhi looked at her and said nothing, but Ning Fu fell into deep thought, and then she understood something. Could it be that the Sun family also wanted Sun Zheng to die?
Nymph's mood became a little complicated.
In the aristocratic families, for the sake of power, they are united even to their relatives. They become united when it is beneficial, but become cold and indifferent when it is not.
"It is puzzling why the Lu family wants Sun Zheng to die." Ning Fu said, "Could it be that the emperor wants him to die?"
"If the king wants his subjects to die, how many people can escape? Those who escape have to risk the world's disapproval in order to survive." Lu Xingzhi said, "It is a blessing for the prince to meet the fourth lady, but not everyone can do so."
Since then, Nymph has never left the house again.
Meng Ze still hasn't let go of his thoughts about her and often writes to her.
Ningfu also knew that he might be busy, but he only said nice things to her. He was afraid that she had not recovered from the serious illness she had contracted, so he never mentioned in his letters that he came to see her.
She was also happy and comfortable.
Meng Ze would also tell her about some things in the palace, such as Sun Zheng being abducted by the Hu people, and that Zong Si might be "dead".
He was not at all anxious or sad.
As long as Prince Xuan's palace exists, the death of Zong Si will not have any impact on him.
As for Emperor Jingwen's attitude, he probably understood it to some extent, so he also knew that it was beneficial to him that Prince Xuan's Palace was not as prosperous as it used to be.
Ning Fu had lived in the palace for three years, and the last thing she expected was that the people in the palace could be so cold and indifferent.
Since Meng Ze mentioned Sun Zheng, she naturally mentioned who Sun Zheng was in her reply to Meng Ze.
Half a month later, Meng Ze's letter came again.
"Who is Sun Zheng? I'm afraid you'll have to ask Fourth Brother. Fourth Brother is good at winning people's hearts. Now, I'm not as close to him as Fourth Brother is to him."
Ning Fu listened to his words and understood a little bit. Sun Zheng was originally Meng Ze's man, but later, for some reason, he became birds of a feather with Meng Che.
No wonder Meng Ze is so sarcastic.
She thought about it and continued reading, but then paused.
"My third cousin's body has now been transported to the Northland. I didn't expect the Lady of Hua'an Prefecture to be so loyal. When she learned of my third cousin's death, she rode alone to the Northland."
The queen of Hua'an Prefecture is Zhang He.
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