1926 Discussion, let's not quarrel
No plans to meet?
They had clearly met before, why would Qingchen lie to her?
The Ninth Prince looked puzzled, staring at Feng Qingchen blankly, and spoke after a long while: "The people who monitored her said that you have seen her more than once."
"What?" Feng Qingchen suddenly raised his voice so sharply that Zuo An almost fell off the tree in fright: What are these two people doing? Why are they not sleeping in the middle of the night and just playing a quarrel?
"I've met her? When? Why didn't I know about it myself?" Feng Qingchen stared at the Ninth Prince with wide eyes, a look of surprise. She had never met Madam Min Guo at all.
When she saw the suspicion and confusion in the Ninth Uncle's eyes, Feng Qingchen was completely stunned and asked tremblingly: "You don't believe me? Are you doubting me?" The latter sentence was obviously filled with tears.
Feng Qingchen had never thought that one day the Ninth Prince would look at her with such eyes and speak to her in a suspicious tone.
Feng Qingchen staggered back and shook his head in disbelief: "You actually don't believe me. When you asked me to believe you with all my heart, you didn't believe me."
Feng Qingchen had always felt that hysterical crying and accusations were not something she would do, but at this moment her brain was completely unable to think, and her heart felt as if it was being tightly squeezed, it hurt, it hurt so much, and tears fell involuntarily...
She didn't know what was going on. It was fine just a second ago, why did it suddenly become like this?
"It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to know why you met her." The Ninth Prince stretched out his hand again, but was slapped away by Feng Qingchen again. The Ninth Prince did not move again, but stared at Feng Qingchen in a daze, insisting on getting an answer.
He didn't mind Feng Qingchen meeting Madam Min, what he cared about was Feng Qingchen's concealment.
But……
"I haven't seen her." Feng Qingchen reiterated, but there was no answer from the Ninth Prince. It was obvious that he still didn't believe her.
Feng Qingchen cried and cried, and suddenly she laughed... It was really pointless to be angry with this man, so just don't believe it.
Feng Qingchen wiped the tears from her face carelessly, put away her sadness and anger, and looked at the Ninth Uncle calmly: "I don't know where you got the news from, but I can tell you for sure that I have not seen her, not even once since you came back."
"There's no need for me to lie to you. I will take responsibility for what I have done, but no one can force me to do what I haven't done. I said I haven't seen your mother, and that's it. Believe it or not, it's up to you."
"Believe it." The Ninth Prince said it without hesitation, but Feng Qingchen knew that the Ninth Prince didn't believe it at all.
Sure enough, the Ninth Prince said, "The people who served her were my people. They told me that you had seen her more than once."
This sounded like an explanation, but Feng Qingchen heard it as a question, asking her to explain it, but...
How could she explain something she hadn't done?
Feng Qingchen laughed at himself: "So, you believe them and not me?"
"No, I just want to know the whole story, why did they see you?" The Ninth Prince came out from Madam Min, and he was worried...
He carries too many secrets and does not allow any accidents to happen.
"How should I know? They are not my people." Feng Qingchen said angrily.
"Qingchen, there's no point in being angry." The Ninth Prince reminded Feng Qingchen to calm down: "We are discussing the problem now, not quarreling."
"You came to ask me with a look of doubt, and after I answered, you still didn't believe it. If it wasn't a quarrel, what was it?" Feng Qingchen didn't understand why this man could always be so calm. When she was so angry that she was about to go crazy, this man could still remind her to calm down with a cold face.
"I have no intention of quarreling with you, Qingchen, calm down and listen to me." The Ninth Prince said sternly, his face solemn: "I believe you have not seen her. There must be someone we don't know who is misleading us in secret."
"I'm not the one who misled us, I'm the one who misled you. The Fengli clan has already fallen, and no one would bother to plot against me. Ninth Prince, you were able to find someone who looked like Xia Wan to deceive the retired emperor. Now, others can naturally find someone who looks 70% like me to mislead you. Don't forget, the people you sent to serve the Grand Empress Dowager are not familiar with me, and they are far away, so it is normal that I can't see clearly." Feng Qingchen admired himself. Even when Ninth Prince was so angry, he could still analyze the matter calmly.
"So... what we need to do is not to quarrel, but to find out who is behind the scenes." The Ninth Prince took the opportunity to defend himself. Feng Qingchen looked at him with a hint of sarcasm: "Find out who is behind the scenes? Are you kidding yourself? Who else could be behind the scenes except her?"
The people who serve Madam Min won't look carefully, but doesn't Madam Min know how to do it either?
"She... has no freedom and cannot contact the outside world." The Ninth Prince hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his suspicion.
He suspected Mrs. Min, but when he thought about it more carefully, he realized that Mrs. Min could not do it at all.
"You have already made up your mind and explained it to her. We have nothing to talk about. If you have any doubts, you can investigate slowly. I will not interfere. Similarly, I will investigate who is using me, and then..." Feng Qingchen paused for a moment, and said coldly and ruthlessly: "No matter who it is, I will not let it go."
"Qingchen, don't lose your temper." The Ninth Prince pressed his temple tiredly: "If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't come to you."
"Okay, I won't lose my temper, let's talk business." Feng Qingchen didn't give the Ninth Uncle a chance to speak, and said directly: "Shaoqi came to see me today. He learned the secret of the Lu family's wooden box from my aunt. He told me that he was going to look for treasure. The wooden box is not important, but I must take it with me. I came to you just to discuss it with you. If I can, I hope Shaoqi can go with me?"
"What if I don't agree?" Feng Qingchen refused to talk about Madam Min anymore, and the Ninth Prince couldn't force her, so he could only use this matter to test Feng Qingchen.
Feng Qingchen looked at the Ninth Uncle for a long time before saying nonchalantly, "It's okay if you don't agree. It's getting late, and I need to rest. I'll wait for you outside the city in two days."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the inner room, but just halfway out, he was grabbed by the Ninth Uncle. Feng Qingchen turned his back to the Ninth Uncle and did not look back. He just asked coldly: "Anything else?"
"Qingchen...can we not do this?" The Ninth Prince felt depressed. He had never thought that the two of them would end up in such a bad situation. "There are times when you don't believe me. Isn't it okay to just explain things clearly?"
"You don't believe what I say at all. Can we make it clear?" Feng Yichen felt uncomfortable and just said everything in his heart.
"Over the years, I have always been cooperating with you. You never tell me what you do. Even if we are very close, I still have to hear some things about you from others. I also have to ask other people to tell me what happened to you and what you did..."
"You have never considered my feelings. Do you know that I also feel uneasy, have wild thoughts, and am afraid... No matter how strong I am, I am still a woman and I need you to love me, pamper me, and tolerate my willfulness and stubbornness. But you never do that. In front of you, I can only be calm and rational. I cannot be willful or have a bad temper..."
Feng Qingchen's tears, which had just dried, suddenly flowed out again. Not wanting the Ninth Emperor's uncle to see her in such a state of embarrassment, Feng Qingchen quickly covered her mouth...
She didn't need the Ninth Prince to compromise because of her tears...