Chapter 440: Hidden Words in the Heart
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This means that Jiang Shanshan’s escape was actually blamed on Fu Mingzheng. Even if Mingzhu knew it was related to Fu Mingzheng’s sudden intervention, she absolutely did not think it was a causal relationship, and she had to protect her brother. She could scold Fu Mingzheng, but no one else could, because Fu Mingzheng came for her sake.
She immediately said, “My fourth brother is helping you! Jiang Shanshan is such a treacherous and malicious person. Unless you are really willing to sacrifice yourself, you will definitely suffer.”
Too biased! The arguments of these siblings are the same, but only he is the one to be wary of. Feeling really bad being isolated and guarded against, Yuwen Chu sneered, wanting to argue back, but then felt it was pointless. After all, Mingzhu had been biased for more than a day or two.
Mingzhu noticed his inappropriate laughter and continued, “I was very worried about you too. If it weren’t for Donghui insisting on staying with me, I would have let her go help you.”
Yuwen Chu said sarcastically, “So you do care about me. I thought you only cared about your fourth brother.”
Mingzhu sighed, “If I didn’t care about you, why would I be angry with you? Why would I even bring up Zhou Nushi? I could have just lied to you. Do I need to suffer like this? Do you think I’ve been feeling good these past few days? I couldn’t sleep at night and lost several pounds.”
Yuwen Chu didn’t believe it. Mingzhu, this kind of person, even if there was a knife hanging over her head, she could still eat, drink, and sleep. During the previous few conflicts, he couldn’t sleep because of anger, but she slept soundly. Couldn’t sleep? Lost weight? How come he didn’t notice? Already with a double chin, what more does she want? Disbelieving, but feeling that Mingzhu’s words sounded very pleasing, he snorted, “You still haven’t answered me, why did you hear what I said?”
Mingzhu said, “Jiang Shanshan sent me a letter, asking me to watch you smell her. I didn’t dare go to Suiyu Pavilion. Last time during the engagement ceremony, we all came to this mansion to see if the furnishings and personnel were in order, right? I remember there was a pavilion nearby, so I decided to go there.” She pretended to be surprised and said to him, “Don’t you know? That pavilion is weird. You can hear everything in Suiyu Pavilion. I heard my fourth brother’s laughter and knew he was here, so I felt relieved, not afraid that you would suffer.”
“Hypocritical.” Yuwen Chu’s arrogance eased slightly. “You care about me so much, but you never asked about my condition.”
Mingzhu immediately asked, “Are you feeling better now?”
“Not good!” The sedan chair stopped, and Yuwen Chu got off first, walking into the house with his hands behind his back. Zhou Nushi was holding a bowl of soup medicine and waiting there. When she saw him, she smiled and greeted him, “Your Highness forgot to take the medicine.”
Yuwen Chu originally wanted her to leave, but when he saw Mingzhu getting off the sedan chair, he changed his mind and took the medicine from her, walking into the house.
Mingzhu felt extremely annoyed, seeing Zhou Nushi being so shameless, she didn’t even know she was coming back tonight, right? Trying to take advantage or something?
Mingzhu walked over with a stern face, “Zhou Nushi, what are you doing here?” Even if Zhou Nushi disgusted Yuwen Chu, she shouldn’t appear so casually in front of her. She should be obediently hiding in Zhenxiu Pavilion and waiting for summons. Those who don’t follow the rules need to be dealt with.
Zhou Nushi, seeing Yuwen Chu accept the medicine she offered, was about to sweeten the situation when she saw Mingzhu standing there, and her face changed color. She quickly greeted her, “This maid is here to deliver medicine to Your Highness.”
Mingzhu glanced around at the surrounding servants and coldly said, “Who is responsible for His Highness’s meals and medicine?”
The servants didn’t say a word, and Xiang Li knelt down and said, “I am.”
“Go and receive your punishment yourself.” Mingzhu didn’t even look at them and walked into the house with her head held high.
Zhou Nushi and Xiang Li stood up, silently looked at each other, and then went to find Li Quanxin to receive their punishment. Li Quanxin was polite to Xiang Li, but not so polite to Zhou Nushi. He smiled slyly, “Are you trying to make things difficult for me, Nushi? You’re Nushi, so it’s not my turn to punish you.”
Zhou Nushi hated him. If it weren’t for him deliberately giving her the opportunity to enter Yinghui Hall to brew and deliver medicine to Yuwen Chu, and deliberately hiding the news that Mingzhu would be back tonight, how could she be in such a miserable situation?
Seeing her silent, Li Quanxin smiled slyly, “Are you resenting me? Miss, you are not smart enough. There is a saying, ‘When the gods fight, the little ghosts suffer.’ You, you are taking advantage, but if you take advantage, you have to be more restrained, and you still dream of taking even greater advantage. That’s just making yourself uncomfortable. Isn’t that right?”
Zhou Nushi couldn’t help but admit that Li Quanxin’s words made sense. She turned around and silently returned to the Zhenxia Residence. It was already good not to be locked up. Let’s endure it slowly. There was no way out here. Maybe there was a way out elsewhere.
In Yinghui Hall, Yuwen Chu sarcastically remarked to Mingzhu, “Isn’t she the person you brought out? Even the kidney-replenishing porridge has been brought in. How come you couldn’t endure it again?”
Mingzhu ignored him and poured the bowl of medicine he brought into the phlegm bowl, calling someone to take the bowl out and saying, “Prepare another bowl of medicine for His Highness.”
Yuwen Chu watched coldly and forced her to ask, “I don’t understand. Why are you so worried about Jiang Shanshan? You’re usually confident with other women, but with her, you’re like this? If we’re talking about beauty, Ping Nushi is the best, and she’s not scheming, easy to deal with. Why not let Ping Nushi come out instead of letting Zhou Nushi come out?”
Mingzhu couldn’t tell him, because she used to be Jiang Shanshan’s defeated subordinate* and felt inferior to Jiang Shanshan, who knew many things she didn’t, because he and Jiang Shanshan were once husband and wife, because Zhou Nushi was once the birth mother of his eldest son. She felt guilty, lacked confidence, and feared he might abandon her for the sake of power. As Fourth Brother said, he was too good to her, so much so that she almost forgot who she was, becoming increasingly arrogant and delusional.
*used figuratively to describe someone who was once in a lower position but failed to fulfill their responsibilities or meet expectations
Perhaps it was because of the sensitivity and variability of emotions after pregnancy. Mingzhu suddenly felt very sad. She lowered her eyes, shed two big tears, but refused to soften her tone, shouting harshly, “She knows everything I don’t know. She’s much smarter and more capable than me. Everyone likes her and would choose her! Do you believe me? Ask your brothers, who would they choose? And she’s your former fiancée!!!”
She shouted fiercely, but Yuwen Chu understood her heart. She was just afraid. He sighed and hugged her, whispering, “When I married you, you were much dumber and had a worse temper.”
Mingzhu cried, “Who knows if you were attracted to my dowry map or my father.” The words she had been holding in her heart finally came out, and she instantly felt much relieved.
Mingzhu started to cry, “Who knows if you’re attracted to my bed crossbow diagram or if you’re attracted to my father.” This sentence that had been buried in her heart for so long finally came out, and she instantly felt much relieved.
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