Chapter 8 The Noble Lady's Cousin 3
"Excuse me, may I ask your honorable name and family affiliation? Our young master has been seriously injured and urgently needs to enter the city for treatment. Could you please give us a ride?"
The coachman said urgently, "You're being unreasonable! The lady sitting in the carriage is our young lady. How can your young master ride in the same carriage as our young lady?"
Ning Yan: "Old Zhang, in times of emergency, we must act swiftly. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. The most important thing is to get the young master into the carriage and go into the city for treatment. If we don't tell anyone, who will know? Go and help carry him."
Ning Yan was the master and the driver was the servant. What could he say when his master gave the order?
Pei Che was quickly carried into Ning Yan's car. Her eyes were closed and her face was pale, clearly indicating that she was seriously ill, but it was impossible to tell where she was injured.
Liu Huai was extremely worried about his master, but as the saying goes, there is a difference between men and women. It was one thing for the young master to be unconscious and ride in the same carriage as the female master, but for him, a servant, to squeeze in as well was really inappropriate.
So even though he was worried, Liu Huai still sat outside the car.
Inside the carriage, Cui'er whispered to Ning Yan, "Miss, this young master is so handsome. I used to think that the young master was already good-looking enough, but I only realized today that there are always people better than you."
Ning Yan hadn't paid attention to the other person's appearance before, but after Cui'er reminded her, she couldn't help but glance at Pei Che. The carriage of the Duke's mansion was naturally spacious enough. Even though Ning Yan had specially chosen an ordinary carriage from the mansion, Pei Che was so tall that only half of his body was lying on the seat, and his long legs could only hang down in a sorry state.
Ning Yan estimated that the other person was at least 1.84 meters tall.
In ancient times, 1.8 meters was considered very tall.
Song Rui is at most 176cm tall, and the Song family is a family of military generals.
In addition, the man had handsome features, long eyelashes even though his eyes were closed, and full lips that made people want to kiss him at first glance.
Ning Yan quickly turned her head away, feeling her face getting hot.
"Tell Lao Sun to go even faster."
The sooner you get the person to their destination, the less trouble you'll have to worry about.
Cui'er lifted the curtain and gave an order. The coachman immediately cracked the whip twice, and the carriage speed increased significantly.
Pei Che remained awake the entire time, even able to smell the faint orchid fragrance unique to women in the carriage, but he couldn't keep his eyes open.
He knew that Liu Huai's carriage had been in an accident, and they had taken a ride in a young lady's carriage. The woman's voice was soft and melodious, very pleasant to the ear. She and her maid even praised him for his good looks.
He always regretted that he couldn't see what the woman looked like.
Only after the discomfort in my body completely subsided did I open my eyes and meet a pair of clear and bright eyes.
Ning Yan had already put her veil back on. Cui'er always fell asleep during the bumpy rides, and she was sleeping soundly right now. So when Ning Yan noticed that Pei Che was staring at her after waking up, she raised an eyebrow playfully and asked, "Does it look good?"
Caught red-handed, Pei Che thought: ...It seems like he was being flirted with by this young lady, right?
However, she is indeed beautiful, even though she is half-covering her face with a veil.
...
The coachman stopped the carriage in Yanzi Lane in the west of the city. Liu Huai lifted the curtain and carefully carried his "blind" master off the carriage. After thanking him, he carried him into the mansion.
The coachman immediately turned the carriage around and drove the horse toward the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.
Ning Yan had just returned to her residence when Song Rui, who had already heard what had happened at the Prince of Jin's residence, rushed into Qingqiu Courtyard. His impetuous manner made Ning Yan frown.
She bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."
Song Rui's tense expression froze.
"Cousin, why are you..." becoming distant with me?
Ning Yan stood up and asked the maid to serve tea. "Your Highness has come at the perfect time. I also have something to tell you."
She didn't want to drag it out; if she didn't like it, she didn't like it. She wanted to resolve things sooner rather than later to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Song Rui suddenly had a bad feeling. Ever since his cousin fell into the water, she had become increasingly distant from him. He was afraid...
"Your Highness..."
"Yanyan, we are engaged. You used to call me cousin. You can call me by my name if you don't like."
Ning Yan didn't think there was any need to change the way she addressed her. After all, she had to call the Duchess "Auntie." She was a close relative, yet she could be so heartless as to watch her die. If that was the case, then there was no future for her and Song Rui.
No one wants to entrust their life to someone else.
She's even worse!
"Your Highness, I think..."
At this moment, Song Rui's personal servant ran in and said, "Young Master, distinguished guests have arrived at the manor, and Madam requests that you go to the front to entertain them."
Every time he came to his cousin's yard, his mother would always find an excuse to call him away. In the past, he only found it annoying, but this time Song Rui was grateful for his mother's annoyance. He immediately got up and said, "Cousin, I'll go take a look in the front first, and I'll come to see you again when I'm done."
After saying that, he quickly left, his back view giving the impression of fleeing in panic.
Ning Yan sighed, and Cui'er asked worriedly, "Miss, do you really want to break off your engagement with the young master?"
"But wouldn't it be a bit awkward for us to continue living in the Duke of Dingguo's mansion after the engagement is called off?"
"Can we stay at the Ning residence?"
"Ning Mansion? You don't mean the courtyard house you bought before, do you?"
Miss, you're all alone and so beautiful. What if someone sets their sights on you while you're living outside?
Unfortunately, Ning Yan no longer wanted to continue this topic.
In the palace.
Pei Che was already awake; it was just an old ailment that would pass after a while.
After changing his clothes in his own courtyard, he returned to the palace and handed over the evidence he had found to the emperor. The emperor then summoned several ministers to discuss the matter.
After finishing their business over an hour later, the father and son went to the Empress's palace together for a small family gathering and dinner.
After the meal, the most distinguished couple in the world brought up the matter of finding a crown princess for their son again.
"Don't overthink it. Nothing is absolute. The doctor said the chances are very small, not that it's definitely not going to work. You haven't even tried, how do you know it won't work?"
Even if it really doesn't work out, we can still adopt!
As for changing the crown prince, the emperor never even considered it.
Che'er was his eldest son with the Empress, and he raised him from a young age. During the harem, when the concubines were vying for the Emperor's favor, seven-year-old Pei Che was given a potent three-person drug. Not to mention the suffering he endured at the time, Pei Che's health deteriorated after that. He had the drugs, but he couldn't use them.
The Empress was so shocked by this that she vomited blood and fell into a coma, and it took her more than three years to recover.
The Emperor was even more ruthless. He carried out a massive purge of the entire palace. The once vibrant harem was reduced to only three concubines besides the Empress: the Noble Consort who gave birth to the eldest princess, the Consort Wan who gave birth to the second prince, and the Consort De who gave birth to the second princess. The Emperor also had a third prince, who was raised under the Empress's care because his mother had died young.
After saying that, the Emperor looked at the Empress and said, "Tomorrow you should choose a few servants to attend to him. Who knows, one of them might catch his eye."
"We can take our time choosing a Crown Princess."
The Empress was about to nod in agreement when Pei Che refused, "Father, Mother, I want to try it myself."
(End of this chapter)
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