"I'm sorry, Young Master Zongzheng, but Master has instructed us that it's best to have less contact with your Zongzheng government. He said that the princess's words that time were truly too hurtful to Miss..."
The guard lowered his head, looking quite embarrassed.
Upon hearing this, Zongzheng Xu did not look embarrassed; instead, he seemed relieved. "So, that means your young lady is currently in the manor?"
Upon hearing this, the guard immediately became serious and said, "Given the weather, my young lady is naturally in the manor."
Zongzheng Xu breathed a sigh of relief again, and after a moment, he said, "Then, go and tell your master that the situation is urgent and that he should send your young lady away tonight and not let her stay in the Ning residence."
"this……"
The guard seemed to hesitate upon hearing this.
"Young Master Zongzheng..."
Just then, a young maidservant peeked out from inside the door and spoke to Zongzheng Xu.
Zongzheng Xu recognized her; she was Ning Xiang's maid.
The maid glanced at the guard beside her, signaling him to step back, before hurriedly stepping forward and whispering, "Young master, didn't my young lady go to see you?"
"What?" Upon hearing this, Zongzheng Xu's relaxed expression immediately tightened.
The Seventh Princess, did she already capture Ning Xiang a long time ago?
“I did not arrange to meet your young lady,” Zong Zhengxu said, then raised both fingers to signal the maid not to panic. “Perhaps someone is trying to frame me. You should go back first and not make a fuss, otherwise it will damage your young lady’s reputation, and I will definitely find your young lady.”
The maid panicked for a moment, but calmed down after hearing Zongzheng Xu's words. She looked tense, "Then, Young Master Zongzheng, you must find my young lady, otherwise, this servant..."
After watching the gates of the Ning residence close, Zongzheng Xu led his servant back to the mansion.
As expected, we arrived too late.
"Young master, are you going back to the manor to find the Seventh Princess?"
“Miss Ning is in the princess’s hands; we can only ask her for her.” Zong Zhengxu looked frustrated.
"You think I would fight an unprepared battle?"
At that moment, in the long alley ahead, in the afterglow of the setting sun, the Seventh Princess appeared before Zongzheng Xu with her entourage.
Zongzheng Xu was taken aback. "What are you doing here?"
The Seventh Princess retorted angrily, "You think your little tricks can fool me? You think you can watch me, secretly send Ning Xiang away, and then focus on fighting me without any distractions?"
The Seventh Princess raised her chin high; now, she no longer wanted to pretend, and her true nature was completely exposed.
Zongzheng Zhao's refined and handsome face showed no sign of anger. "How could I not have known you had this kind of face before?"
"If you had known earlier, would you not have been so cowardly? Haha..." The Seventh Princess sneered, signaling the guards behind her to step back a little, before taking light steps forward. "Zongzheng Xu, you are really incompetent, clueless about romance, and don't understand Yu Lu."
Zongzheng Xu's eyes were bloodshot. He had no time to say these things. Instead, he looked at the Seventh Princess and said, "Where did you take Miss Ning? This matter has nothing to do with her. You harmed others for your own selfish reasons. How can you be so heartless?"
The Seventh Princess smiled. "Irrelevant? If it can help me, then of course it is relevant. Do you want to know where she is? Come with me."
The Seventh Princess turned away with a flick of her sleeve.
Zongzheng Xu clenched his fists, and could only follow helplessly.
The servant behind him tugged at Zongzheng Xu, "Young Master, don't go, be careful, it might be a trap."
Zong Zhengxu looked at him, shook his head, and said with a gloomy face, "Even if it's a trap, we have to go. We can't let the innocent get involved."
The servant whispered again, "But, but Miss Lingqin..."
Zongzhengxu shook his head, "It's alright."
Then he looked at the Seventh Princess and said, "I'll go with you. I need to make sure Miss Ning is safe."
"bring it on."
Following the Seventh Princess's people, they passed through a quiet side alley and entered a courtyard on the side.
In the empty courtyard, the Seventh Princess clapped her hands in the air, and immediately someone brought a woman forward.
The woman had fair skin and her hands were bound. As soon as she saw Zongzheng Xu, tears welled up in her eyes. "Brother Xu, you really came to save me."
"Don't worry, I'm here to save you." Zong Zhengxu looked at the woman who was about the same age as Xie Lingqin. Although he had no other intentions towards her, he was still filled with pity.
“Alright, I’ve already come with you, Seventh Princess. Release Miss Ning, and I will go with you to the palace to apologize to the Emperor.”
The Seventh Princess stroked her hair and looked at Zongzheng Xu as if he were an idiot. "Zongzheng Xu, how can you be so incompetent? The situation is like this, yet you are still so incompetent and ignorant. Do you think I went to all this trouble just to get you to the palace to apologize?"
"Then what do you mean?"
“Zongzheng Xu, from the first day I married you, I planned to leave the Zongzheng government one day. I married you by imperial decree. I have no feelings for you. At first, I had some expectations for you because of your outstanding appearance. But you are weak and incompetent, and you have no ambition. Apart from your appearance and your declining family background, you are useless. You make me stay alone in my boudoir every night, which makes me extremely disappointed.”
Every word the Seventh Princess uttered was a relentless denigration and crushing of Zongzheng Xu, revealing her grievances and arrogance.
"You, what nonsense are you talking about? Brother Xu is the best. He is exceptionally talented in literature, but he just doesn't bother to compete with others. Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it didn't exist."
Ning Xiang listened to these words, but was extremely angry. She wanted to vindicate Zongzheng Xu, "It's your own fault for not liking Brother Xu, and you deserve to be alone in your empty room..."
"Slap." The Seventh Lord stepped forward and slapped Ning Xiang across the face, causing half of Ning Xiang's face to swell up immediately.
Zong Zhengxu tried to stop him, but his arm was already being held by someone.
"Hmph, what a nice word about loyalty and righteousness. However, your brother Xu has no feelings for me, nor for you. So, Ning Xiang, don't flatter yourself."
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