Chapter 108 Let the old man send off the young man
"My poor daughter, you are so unfilial that you let your father die young."
Gu Qingheng stood outside, listening to the words of the Duke of Zhenguo. He didn't push the door open, but looked at the old housekeeper and said, "Does the Duke of Zhenguo overeat like this all day long?"
As she was speaking, the maid brought in fat chickens and ducks.
The old butler sighed heavily: "Ever since the Crown Princess disappeared, the Duke has been like this. He eats both meat and vegetables, but he often cries while eating."
Sure enough, the next moment, the sound of the Duke of Zhenguo crying could be heard from inside.
"Mingzhu, Mingzhu, you unfilial daughter!"
Gu Qingheng said to the housekeeper, "We still have to persuade him. Eating like this all the time is bad for his health. I'll order the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital to come here every day."
Upon hearing this, the old housekeeper quickly said, "There's no need for the judge. Perhaps the Duke will feel better after this sad time."
But Gu Qingheng had made up his mind, so the old butler could only nod in agreement. He sent the Crown Prince away and then came back.
Zhenguo Gong was washing his hands, then asked, "Leaving?"
The old butler nodded: "Yes, it seems that there is no doubt. The Duke's move can be considered a solution."
"It's just that the judge comes once a day. My Lord, you need to slowly get better. You can't really eat like this every day."
After that incident, the Duke of Zhenguo always felt uneasy, so he simply found an opportunity for Gu Qingheng to come again to prove that he was just relying on Pingyou.
The Duke of Zhenguo wiped his hands and sighed, and then he had to act for a while: "I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for Mingzhu to meet him."
So far, the palace has not announced the news of Mingzhu's disappearance or death, and no one knows how Gu Qingheng did it.
This made the Duke of Zhenguo a little worried.
This is not a good sign.
On Zhuque Street, Changhe drove his horse and said, "My brother has been watching from afar these past few days. It's exactly as the old housekeeper said. The Duke always calls for the maids to bring him food at midnight, and then cries while he eats."
As Changhe was speaking, he suddenly noticed that there were people gathered on the street, watching something exciting.
As the long river passed by, he had a clear view from his vantage point in the carriage.
Selling oneself to bury one's father? Oh, selling art to bury one's father.
Nothing surprising. Just as Chang He was about to look away, he suddenly opened his eyes wide. That was...
The people watched the scene and whispered to each other.
"So pitiful, how could such a bully take notice of her?"
"Beauty is a disaster~"
"Oh, have pity on me."
The woman was dressed in mourning clothes, with a sign beside her that said she was performing to bury her father. At this moment, she was being grabbed by the hand by a playboy.
He looked at the other person, his eyes full of lust for the other person:
"You are such a pitiful young lady. Please get up and stop kneeling. It makes me so sad. Someone, bring the money!"
"Today, I will be a good man and do good things!"
This kind of stuff is not common.
Thinking of that glance just now, the dandy young man felt his heart melt and he felt dizzy.
The other party is selling herself and I have money, this is a great blessing!
The girl pulled her hand back and said softly, "Sir, I only sell my art, not my body. Please respect yourself."
The soft hand was released. The young man heard about the performance and looked at the sign: "Is it really a performance?"
He tutted his words and said nonchalantly, "Why are you pretending to be so noble? Is your pipa playing skill worth fifty taels of silver? Don't think too highly of yourself. Even if you break your legs today, no one will give you fifty taels."
"Sir, please respect yourself!"
The woman said stubbornly, "Whether it's worth it or not, I won't bother you!"
"Hey."
The dandy young man folded his fan and sneered, "Don't bother me with tricks. I'm here today, let's see who dares to snatch my person away!"
"Today, you have to follow me, whether you want to or not. Don't even think about anything else. Come, take her back to the mansion!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the followers he brought came up to pull people away. For a moment, the scene was in chaos, and all that could be heard was the crying and shouting of women.
"Let me go! Is there no law in this world? Help me, help me!" The woman looked at the people around her with sadness and begged.
But no one around wanted to get into trouble, they just lamented the woman's unfortunate fate, thinking that she was about to fall into a den of tigers and wolves.
All of this fell into Changhe's eyes.
"Your Highness, I have discovered..."
Changhe lifted the car curtain and was about to tell Gu Qingheng, but found that the other party had already seen it.
Gu Qingheng said: "Go buy it."
Chang He was stunned after hearing this, then nodded: "Yes, I will go right away."
In front of the East Palace, Changshu was waiting at the door. When he saw Gu Qingheng getting off the carriage, he went to greet him:
"Your Highness, I have heard that Master Yuantong of Guoqing Temple is very famous. How about I go and abduct him back?"
When he went to help Gu Qingheng, he saw Changhe leading a woman down from the carriage behind.
Where did this woman come from?
Changshu's eyes widened, then he was shocked.
Looks like, very similar!
At first glance, the woman's eyebrows and eyes really resembled the Crown Princess. If she changed into the Crown Princess's usual clothes, they would be almost 60% similar.
"Your Highness, she... Changhe uh she?"
Changshu was a little slow in thinking and was really unsure of how the situation would develop.
Changhe shook his head secretly, indicating that he couldn't understand His Highness's thoughts either.
At this time, Bo Ling came out and broke the strange scene as soon as he opened his mouth.
"What are you doing here, Changshu? Why are you acting like you're watching a monkey?"
Bo Ling said, then followed his gaze and blurted out:
"Oh my God, why does this person look so much like the Crown Princess?"
His words directly raised Changshu and Changhe's doubts, and the two of them secretly looked at Qingheng.
"My humble servant greets you all, and I thank you for your help."
The other party took a step forward, and his movements were as slender as a willow swaying in the wind.
At this moment, Bo Ling felt that they were not similar at all. He felt that they were not like Zhao Mingzhu at all.
Gu Qingheng nodded: "Take her to Yinzhu for a physical checkup to see if she has any old illnesses or injuries. If so, cure them for her."
This was the second sentence Gu Qingheng said after the woman appeared.
Bo Ling nodded and was about to leave with his men, but he also had many suspicions in his mind and couldn't help asking Gu Qingheng:
"Your Highness, did you bring her back to relieve your longing for her?"
Gu Qingheng ignored him and just said, "Changhe, go and burn all the storybooks in his room."
Bo Ling immediately grabbed the man's sleeve and ran away, saying that no matter what he said, he couldn't burn his storybook! He relied on those to learn knowledge.
Gu Qingheng returned to Tingchaoyuan and pushed open the door of the main hall. This was the first time he had returned to the main hall since Zhao Mingzhu fell off the cliff.
Nothing has changed inside, but it has become cold.
He stood in front of the picture of cats playing, wondering what he was thinking.
In the medicine room, Yinzhu came out with a cold expression:
"There are no external injuries. I'll go back if I'm fine."
Bo Ling looked at the woman following behind her:
"Then you should take the person to His Highness. Why leave him here with me?"
Yinzhu looked back at the woman who anyone could tell looked like Zhao Mingzhu, and a rare surge of anger welled up in her heart.
Are all men bound to be heartless and unfeeling?!
Before the Crown Princess's body was cold, His Highness immediately found a replacement.
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