Chapter 802: Starting to Be Proud
Mrs. Chen returned to Dong Huanzhi's home.
As dusk approached, Chen Haobing returned.
"mother!"
When Mrs. Chen heard her voice, she stood up suddenly, and then she saw Chen Haobing walking in with two beautiful maids.
After all, she was the person who knew her daughter best. As soon as she saw Chen Haobing's expression, Mrs. Chen knew that she might really become a princess.
Her heart sank.
"Mom, pack up quickly and let's go home!" Chen Haobing raised his chin, very proud.
"Bing'er, where is our home?"
"The house that Concubine Le gave us is in Guixiang Lane in front. It's a house with two entrances. From now on, we will have our own home in the capital."
Chen Haobing said happily, "Also, these two maids were given to me by Concubine Le. Qiuyun, Qiuyue, come and meet my mother."
Qiuyun Qiuyue stepped forward and saluted. "Meet the Madam."
Mrs. Chen's face turned stiff.
"Mother, why are you unhappy? Father has even made the decision to have the Emperor assign me a tutor. She will teach me the palace etiquette starting tomorrow. I will also be a lady with graceful manners in the future." Chen Haobing leaned close to her mother and spoke to her in a low voice, "The Emperor is very kind and treats me very well, so don't worry!"
Mrs. Chen grabbed her wrist.
"Do you know that the royal family is ruthless--"
"Mom!" Chen Haobing interrupted her, "I also have royal blood in my body. My father is King Qiong. You knew his identity when you were with him before. You didn't mind at that time. Why are you so repulsive now?"
Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and said, "That was because I didn't know he was so unreliable before!"
"You may have misunderstood Dad. He explained it to me today. Okay, Mom, we'll talk about this slowly when we get home. Now I'm a princess and my father is the King of Qiong. We can't stay at Uncle Dong's place anymore. We have to leave tonight."
Otherwise, where would that put her father?
She looked around, "Uncle Dong hasn't come back yet, right? Mother, he must be avoiding us. It must be because Fu Zhaoning complained and asked Elder Ji to suppress Uncle Dong and stop him from helping us. So, why are we still staying here? Are we asking for trouble?"
"Your Uncle Dong is so good to you. When he comes back, we will discuss with him what to do next—" Mrs. Chen didn't want to leave at all.
Chen Haobing was so angry that he laughed.
"Mom, my dad has already found us, and you are still living in another man's house. What's going on? My dad said that if we are still with Uncle Dong, he will not forgive him. He will not watch me recognize another man as my father."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Your Uncle Dong has been helping us all these years without caring about anything. Mother and he have a clean relationship. You know it clearly. What are you saying now?" Mrs. Chen had a gloomy face.
"Okay, I won't tell you, but we absolutely cannot live here anymore. Come with me."
Chen Haobing grabbed Madam Chen and asked the maid to help pack up.
The mother and daughter didn't bring much stuff with them, so they packed up quickly. Chen Haobing coaxed and dragged Mrs. Chen out of Dong's house and to the house in Guixiang Lane.
Fu Zhaoning and Xiao Lanyuan got the news.
The two of them had already returned to Prince Jun's Mansion and were preparing to have dinner.
"Senior brother was really sent out by Master." Fu Zhaoning took a sip of soup. "When he comes back and hears about this, he will probably be dumbfounded."
I don’t know how Dong Huanzhi would feel.
She could see that Dong Huanzhi might not really have no feelings for Madam Chen. If he really didn't have any feelings for her, would he have spared no effort to help them?
"I guess your senior brother really thinks of Chen Haobing as his own daughter." Xiao Lanyuan said sarcastically.
When he comes back, he will find that his "daughter" has run away and has become a princess, and will try her best to break off relations with him. I guess Dong Huanzhi will feel very upset.
"Even I almost didn't react to this, let alone him."
Fu Zhaoning listened to Chen Haobing's stories for the whole day, just like watching a play.
She was now really curious about what Madam Chen had in her hands that would make the Emperor cooperate with Prince Qiong in this way.
She glanced at Xiao Lanyuan again.
"Mrs. Chen should indeed be a descendant of Dong Qing, right?"
"The former supervisor of the Dongqing Imperial Clothing Bureau was named Chen." Xiao Lanyuan has been studying the people and affairs of Dongqing these days.
"So, Mrs. Chen is most likely the descendant of Supervisor Chen."
"Yes. The Chen family is famous for their embroidery. Most of the Dongqing Emperor's palace robes are embroidered by the Chen family, and the embroiderers they brought in are basically women from the Chen family."
That’s why they felt familiar with the things embroidered by Madam Chen before. The clothes left by Empress Dong Qing were embroidered by the Chen family. The style is very distinctive and very different from that of Zhaoguo Dahe.
"Should we bring Mrs. Chen here directly?" Fu Zhaoning asked.
Rather than letting the Emperor and Prince Qiong seize the initiative, it would be better for them to be more aggressive and directly abduct Madam Chen to the palace and interrogate her thoroughly.
"It's not the right time yet."
Xiao Lanyuan shook his head. If that was the case, he would be officially going against the emperor.
And they are not sure what Mrs. Chen has. If it is not that valuable to him, it would not be worth it to do so.
Therefore, we have to wait until things become clearer, at least to know what Mrs. Chen has in her hands.
"I'll ask someone to ask?" Fu Zhaoning thought for a moment and had already thought of several drugs that could be used to force a confession.
By using those medicines, there is no need to worry that Mrs. Chen will not confess.
"Don't be in a hurry, bring out some more people."
Xiao Lanyuan had other plans.
Recently, he has also clearly felt that some people in the court are unstable. The emperor is in poor health. As long as he becomes more depressed, the princes will begin to lose their peace.
He is waiting for an opportunity.
"Okay, I'll have someone keep an eye on these things, don't think too much, just eat."
The two were having dinner when An Nian arrived, still in disguise.
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