Chapter 172: Story
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So his only role was to have children? Yuwen Chu’s face changed a few times, then suddenly stood up and pointed at Mingzhu. Seeing her sincere and innocent eyes, he could only grit his teeth and say, “Fu Mingzhu, don’t think just because you’re sick I won’t do anything to you!”
Mingzhu saw him change his attitude and immediately placed her trembling hand over her left chest, lying back on the bed and calling out pitifully, “Su Lan, my heart hurts so much, it’s about to kill me…” Whatever reason he had for getting angry, she would pretend to be sick for now.
How could so many problems arise just a few days after getting married? These two would argue even when things were going well. Su Lan was listening outside, trembling with fear. When she heard Mingzhu’s call, she hesitated to answer or not, and finally, she answered softly, holding onto the doorframe, not daring to come in.
“Oh, why does it hurt so much? I can’t take it anymore; I’m really going to die.” Mingzhu pretended to groan a few times and glanced at Yuwen Chu sneakily. Seeing him clenching his jaw and glaring at her, she quickly looked away, buried her head in the pillow, and rolled around a bit, murmuring softly, “Oh, it hurts, it hurts so much, it’s like a knife twisting in my heart.”
She was shameless and despicable, but Yuwen Chu couldn’t help but laugh at her. He poked her a few times with his finger, took a deep breath, and turned around to walk out. Su Lan saw him come out and quickly moved aside, bowing her head in a salute and softly calling out, “Your Highness.”
Yuwen Chu stopped and looked at Su Lan, saying hatefully, “Keep an eye on her for me. Don’t let her cause any trouble, or you’ll all regret it!”
Su Lan hurriedly rushed in, grabbed Mingzhu’s sleeve, and sighed, “What are you causing a fuss about again, Your Highness? It’s not good; you’re just driving people away. His Highness has stayed by your side all day and night without closing his eyes. At least say thank you. How can you create trouble for no reason? Are you bored with a comfortable life?”
Mingzhu laid back, looking up at the canopy lazily, stretched lazily, and said, “Is he really worried about me when he dresses so flamboyantly? Have you ever seen anyone who cares about someone’s life and death and still has time to dress up? It shows he’s not sincere!” Suddenly remembering the point, she sat up abruptly, “What did you say, all day and night? Does that mean today is the day we return?” If she entered the palace as a concubine or a consort, then there wouldn’t be such a custom, but since she married a prince as his primary consort, she could enjoy this custom. She really missed her parents and siblings and nieces and nephews.
Su Lan helplessly said, “Yes, but with you like this, I’m afraid it won’t happen.”
“I’m fine now.” Mingzhu immediately wanted to get out of bed. Before she left, she impatiently scratched her head and blamed Su Lan, “Why didn’t you remind me earlier?” People were driven away by her, so how could she go back to that place? Yuwen Chu was so stingy; he wanted her to coax him again.
“I didn’t know you would wake up and start fighting with His Highness.” Su Lan hated iron for not becoming steel, but also worried for her, and advised, “Let someone go back and say something; encountering such a situation is understandable.”
“No, we must go. Go inquire in the front and see if there are any preparations.” If she didn’t return, there would probably be many speculations outside, not to mention how pleased the person who poisoned her would be. It might even cause some unnecessary conflicts and disturbances. Yuwen Chu probably had the same idea, which was why he had prepared everything first before she woke up.
Su Lan called for Su Mei and the others to come in and serve Mingzhu while she went to inquire outside.
Su Jin and the others were frightened and described what happened two nights ago to Mingzhu, “His Highness was frightened at the time; Tang Chunlai was almost dragged here, without shoes and socks, only wearing an outer garment… Xiangli and others, along with the serving maids, and even the kitchen staff and those who fetch water and wash basins, were all locked up, and there’s still no conclusion.”
“What about our people?” Mingzhu glanced at Su Jin and the others and asked, “How did he know it was someone from Ying Wang’s Mansion? Didn’t he ask you guys?”
Su Jin and the others were startled and quickly knelt down to plead innocence, “Wangfei, it definitely wasn’t us. There’s no need to doubt our loyalty to you. Besides, His Highness had us all locked up at the time, except for Su Lan, who stayed behind to take care of you. He let us out this morning, so it must mean he has cleared us of suspicion.”
“I hope they can find out the truth and not involve unrelated people and matters.” Mingzhu sighed. She had suffered a great loss. She thought marrying Yuwen Chu would be better than marrying Yuwen You, but it turned out to be all sorts of troubles. Even encountering poisoning incidents. It seemed that many people couldn’t stand to see her and Yuwen Chu getting along well.
Su Mei confidently said, “They will definitely find out! His Highness is capable, so he will definitely find out!”
Mingzhu felt a little sour for some reason. It had only been a few days, but these maidservants already knew that Yuwen Chu was capable, kind, and responsive. After following her for so many years, enjoying all the luxuries, why were they so quick to turn to him? Feeling displeased, she glared, “So, it’s been several days. Have they found out yet? There should at least be some progress by now, right?”
Su Mei lowered her head timidly and said, “That’s what I heard from Li Quanxin. Even if there’s progress, His Highness can’t just tell us casually.”
Mingzhu sat in front of the dressing table, getting her hair done, and scolded, “Li Quanxin is just someone from Ying Wang’s Mansion. His words can’t be fully trusted. I want you to use your own eyes, ears, and brains to think for yourselves. Think carefully before reporting to me. Don’t just follow blindly. If I say you’re all fools, will you admit it? I’m impulsive enough; if you’re even dumber than me, what should I do?”
The maidservants listened silently, and Su Jin asked for advice, “Wangfei, why are you worried about involving unrelated people and matters? Should we inform Xiangye and ask for help in investigating?”
Mingzhu said, “In my early years, I heard a story. Two families married into each other, but they had many conflicts of interest and didn’t trust each other. Shortly after the wedding, the bride was poisoned, and it was discovered that it was done by the concubines and servants of the groom. They were severely punished. Fortunately, the bride wasn’t seriously poisoned and quickly recovered, gaining control of the household affairs. The story should have ended there, but the bride was brought into trouble again not long after. It turned out that she had conspired with her dowry maidservants to fake the poisoning incident. As a result, the groom became disgusted with her. Our situation is somewhat similar, so we shouldn’t alarm the family. Let His Highness handle the investigation.”
The maidservants turned pale, and Su Jin said straightforwardly, “Isn’t that too much? How could the Wangfei be so scheming? His Highness wouldn’t think that way.”
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