Chapter 40 Does the Prince Like You?
"What?"
Li Runrun put down the embroidery basket in her hand, and felt her vision go dark. Seeing Li Da who was about to fall and couldn't stand steadily, she hurriedly reached out to support him.
Li Da was already in tears, crying uncontrollably: "I'm sorry to your mother, I'm sorry to your mother, you're so stupid, so stupid, my son......"
Li Da sat on the ground, heartbroken, and seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
Li Runrun fell to the ground as well, still unable to react and unable to believe it.
Li Mutou was fine when I sent him out this morning. How could this happen? How could this happen?
Li Ruanruan grabbed Li Da's arm and said, "Dad, maybe the news is wrong."
Li Da wiped her tears and said, "It was the old groom who worked with Mu Tou who saw that Mu Tou had not returned for so long and secretly went out to look for him and found him. He hurried back to report the news. There is no mistake..."
Li Da burst into tears and clutched Li Ruanruan like a lifeline: "It's my turn to die. Why shouldn't I die? I'm old. Mu Tou is still so young. It's my turn to die!"
Li Da beat her chest and fainted from crying. Her hair, which was already mixed with silver, seemed to turn even whiter in an instant.
Li Runrun was crying while pinching Li Da's philtrum, and saw Li Da wake up with tears in his eyes.
Li Ruanruan grabbed Li Da and said quickly, "Dad, falling off the cliff doesn't necessarily mean he's dead. If Mu Tou is lucky, he might be waiting for us to rescue him at the bottom of the cliff right now. What if he fell into the water and was washed away somewhere? What if there's a crooked tree at the bottom of the cliff and he landed on it?"
Li Da immediately perked up, sat up, and grabbed Li Ruanruan's arm as if it were a life-saving straw: "Yes, yes, we have to find wood. If it's alive, we want to see the person, if it's dead, we want to see the body, even if it's eaten by wild wolves, we want to see its bones."
Li Da wiped her tears and said, "I'll go find some wood now."
Li Runrun looked at the sky which was about to get dark, and thought that there were many wild animals in the mountains, and it would be impossible for Li Da and her to go looking for them.
"Dad, wait a minute. I'll go ask the prince for some help. Let's go look for it together. It's getting dark, and there are many wild animals in the mountains. Wait for me to call for help, and then we can look for it. There's strength in numbers, and we will definitely be able to..."
Before Li Ruanruan finished speaking, someone suddenly shouted from outside the door: "Is Li Ruanruan here?"
Li Ruanruan and Li Da came out in a hurry. Li Ruanruan bowed and said, "Madam, what are your instructions?"
I recognized that this was Nanny Wang, the most beautiful lady beside the Marquis' wife.
Nanny Wang looked Li Ruanruan up and down and said nothing more, "Come with me."
Li Da stepped forward and tried to speak, but he looked helpless, like a drowning person whose life-saving piece of driftwood was about to be taken away.
After Li Mutou's accident, Li Da cared more about Li Runrun.
Li Ruanruan's heart ached when she saw this. She couldn't bear it, so she walked a few steps with the nanny and ran back: "Dad, don't worry, this is the nanny beside the Marquis' wife. I will explain everything to the wife and come back as soon as possible. Dad, wait for me to come back and look for my brother. It's dark now, and it's inconvenient for you to go alone with your limp. Be obedient."
Li Da nodded, hunched over and watched Li Ruanruan leave with the nanny.
Something just happened and no one knew whether her brother was alive or dead. Li Runrun looked back at the scene, tears falling uncontrollably, and she was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
The nanny following the Marquis's wife couldn't even cry out loud. She lowered her head, and her tears blurred her vision so that she couldn't even see the road clearly.
I almost fell down the stairs and was scolded by the nanny: "Look at you, you have no manners."
Li Ruanruan pinched her palms hard with her soft nails, lowered her head but did not dare to make a sound.
Walking into the west courtyard, Li Runrun could feel the oppression of the Marquis's wife as the mistress. The servants here were extremely well-behaved. The Marquis's wife was having a meal, and the service was orderly and well-behaved.
Li Ruanruan stood beside the Marquis's wife, not daring to move.
Looking at the Marquis's wife's expression, Li Runrun instinctively felt that calling her over was not a good thing.
Li Runrun glanced around and saw the portraits placed aside that the prince used to look at when choosing his wife.
I had a vague guess in my mind that maybe it was about my wife.
Because of her brother's affairs, Li Runrun was like an ant on hot pan, unable to move.
The Marquis's wife finished her meal slowly, washed her hands, rinsed her mouth, and drank tea.
The servants cleared the table and the marquis's wife leaned back in her chair, her posture dignified and majestic, full of airs.
Unlike the prince, when he leaned on the chair and looked at her, his expression was a bit casual and unruly, yet aggressive.
"Do you know why you were called here?"
Li Ruanruan lowered her head even lower: "I don't know."
"Has the prince seen you recently?"
"Not recently."
"When was the last time I saw you?"
"On the fifteenth."
"Is it possible?"
“Okay… okay…”
"How many times, and how long did it take?"
Li Ruanruan tightened her clothes. She was like an object and had no dignity at all when questioned by the Marquis's wife.
But it was impossible to answer truthfully. If the Marquis's wife knew about it several times and for a long time, she would probably be angry that the prince was so obsessed with her, a lowly concubine.
Li Ruanruan answered carefully and as normally as possible: "It was only once. The prince got tired of it soon after, so it ended abruptly."
The Marquis's wife then picked up the tea with a look of satisfaction, lowered her head and took another sip.
He raised his eyelids and looked at Li Ruanruan: "It was on the fifteenth day. I sent some portraits of daughters of noble families to the East Courtyard, but he didn't even look at them and sent them back to me. Did you say something in the prince's ear? Or have you charmed the prince so much that he doesn't want to find a wife anymore?"
This is a warning and also a test, but Li Runrun will not give a good answer.
She still remembered the day she climbed into Ye Yunchu's bed, and the Hou Madam's rebuke and decisive words: "Kill him immediately!"
Li Ruanruan's face immediately turned pale, and she knelt before the Marquis's wife: "Slave, I dare not say anything in front of the prince, I know my status is lowly, I can only serve the prince once or twice, and I dare not expect anything more. Besides, I am lowly, and the prince is such a person, how could he take me seriously? He just treats me as a toy for entertainment."
Li Ruanruan knelt on the ground, looking extremely scared and not daring to get up.
The Marquis's wife looked at Li Runrun's frightened expression, but she did not speak in a hurry. She just wanted to establish her authority over this concubine, otherwise when the wife came home in the future, she would not be able to make trouble.
Li Runrun was extremely frightened and felt very uneasy. She expressed her loyalty but did not dare to say anything more.
He was afraid of saying too much and making mistakes, and was afraid that his words would arouse the suspicion of the Marquis's wife.
After a long time, Mrs. Hou finally spoke.
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