Chapter 264 Fu Shou’s Wisdom
No matter what you think, you have to meet with the higher-ups tonight. Otherwise, no matter how many ideas you have, there will be no room for implementation.
In the evening, when Zhao Lingmeng's car drove out of the mansion, Princess Fushou's carriage was already waiting in front of Zhao Lingmeng's mansion.
When Zhao Lingmeng heard the report, she immediately got off the carriage with Chunshui's help and got directly on Fushou's carriage. Zhao Lingmeng also did not forget to order her carriage to continue to follow and just pretend that she was still in the carriage.
"How long have you been waiting here? You didn't even send someone to notify me." Zhao Lingmeng touched her hand as she spoke, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Fushou's hand was warm.
Fushou was moved by Zhao Lingmeng's actions. You can tell whether a person cares about you by looking at what she does. "How can I be so fragile? I didn't wait long. I calculated the time to come."
Zhao Lingmeng looked around and asked curiously, "Your husband isn't going to the palace with you tonight?"
"He went to the palace first. The palace has been very busy recently. Father called him. So I came with you."
"You are here to gossip, right? And you said you were traveling with me." When Zhao Lingmeng heard Fushou say this, she exposed Fushou's words without hesitation.
"Just chatting by the way." Princess Fushou would not admit it. Anyway, she looked helpless, as if to say, "If I don't admit it, the facts are not the facts."
Zhao Lingmeng didn't really want to argue with her about this, but they were just used to this way of getting along between friends. "Tell me! What do you want to talk about?"
"I'm just curious why Nangan sent an envoy this time! If they're here for peace talks, why did they send a princess as well? I heard she's the eldest princess."
"She's just the eldest princess, a concubine's daughter, not even the eldest princess. But it's said that she's the most favored princess of the Nangan Emperor. What do you think this means?"
"It means that either this princess is not really favored, or this princess is very scheming and resourceful. It's interesting." When Fushou talked about these things, his face looked much better, and it was no longer that pale and bloodless color.
"Interesting, right?" Zhao Lingmeng gathered her cloak and leaned back in a comfortable position in the carriage. She always felt very tired when she wore the princess's palace dress, especially the jewelries on her head, which were so numerous.
Fushou nodded in relief, thinking that Nangan was ready to take the step of marriage. He had a scheming and beautiful princess, but he didn't know what Nangan wanted.
"What do you think Nan Gan wants this time?" Fu Shou gossiped casually. She felt that sometimes Funing's perspective on things was a bit strange.
"Then what do you think is the secret to our Jingguo's victory this time? Does Nangan want it?"
When Fushou heard Zhao Lingmeng say this, she wanted to say something, but she reached out and covered her mouth. Because she was too excited and couldn't bear the itchy throat, she immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "Cough, cough"
Zhao Lingmeng helplessly reached out and patted Fushou's back gently. "I guessed it, so what are you so excited about?"
"This Nan Gan is really ambitious." Fu Shou was very indignant. Nan Gan had coveted Jingguo's food, land and population before, and now he even coveted weapons. If he had the ability, he could just make them in his own country. He is such a shameless person.
"Then they brought the prince with them?" Fushou asked unwillingly.
Zhao Lingmeng acted very casually at this moment, with the attitude of not caring about anything that did not concern him: "Of course it is also used for the marriage. It depends on whether the emperor is willing. If the emperor is willing, then Huaishu will be in danger."
Fushou thought for a moment and said directly: "That's not necessarily true. I think you are also dangerous?"
Fushou, observing Funing's attitude, felt that her casualness must indicate the Emperor had made a firm commitment to her conditions for marrying a son-in-law. However, since Nangan was after Jingguo's weapons, marrying her would mean he'd bet on her finding out. This was a significant risk, unlike if he had stayed in Yuanjing. Therefore, Fushou considered Funing the most dangerous.
"What do you mean?" Zhao Lingmeng didn't care at first, but when Fu Ning said this, she asked this question.
"Do you think it's better to marry her and take the risk that she'll know? Or is it better to stay in Yuanjing and investigate slowly? What if she agrees to marry into your family?"
After hearing what Fushou said, Zhao Lingmeng thought about it carefully. It really made sense. As expected of someone who came from the palace. She had never thought of this before.
"She is worthy of being our Jing Kingdom's Princess Fushou, she is so smart." Zhao Lingmeng said this with great sincerity, and her admiration for Fushou was real.
"Anyway, you'd better be careful. This way, you and Huaishu are at similar risk. He can also marry Huaishu and stay in Yuanjing. If he gets clever and tries to hide his tracks, you'll be in even greater danger."
Zhao Lingmeng felt that this was truly an unexpected disaster. Even though she had been so cautious, trouble still came to her: "Then I will have to act like a stubborn and smart person, someone who is not easy to fool."
Then, on the rest of the journey, Zhao Lingmeng and Fushou chatted together again, chatting about some small gossips among the nobles in Yuanjing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Zhao Lingmeng and Chunshui got off Fushou's carriage and returned to their own carriage. They were about to enter the palace, so it was more appropriate to get off their own carriage.
When Fushou and Zhao Lingmeng's carriage arrived at the square outside the Anhe Hall, someone immediately came to greet them and show them the way. Before Zhao Lingmeng and Fushou even entered, a eunuch shouted at the door: "Princess Fushou has arrived, Princess Funing has arrived."
Zhao Lingmeng has experienced this kind of situation several times and is now able to remain calm. She holds Chunshui and Chunmu's hands and follows Fushou slowly inside.
The people in the palace heard the eunuch's voice and knew that the two princesses had arrived. However, nobles were not required to perform formal greetings at this gathering, otherwise they would kneel down and break their legs before the banquet even started. They all glanced at them out of the corner of their eyes and then averted their gaze, fearing that they would accidentally offend the two princesses.
By this time, all the people from Nangan Kingdom had arrived, and they had no such concerns. Especially the Fifth Prince and the Grand Princess of Nangan Kingdom, they were even more blatant in their scrutiny of the two eldest princesses. It was the first time they had seen a country with two eldest princesses.
But in the eyes of the people of Nangan Kingdom, these two princesses were truly ordinary and powerful. Princess Fushou looked sickly and looked like she could be blown down by a gust of wind. And Princess Funing, who came after her, was also ordinary in appearance, even a little fat.
They basically lost interest after taking a few glances, and focused more on Huaishu and the other princes. They felt that the other princes were more likely to know this secret.
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