When Mingyue arrived at the private room, she saw Prince Chen holding the teacup for a long time without moving, his face full of contemplation.
One has to admit that Prince Chen was born with a good appearance, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, thick and long eyelashes, and a straight and high nose bridge. When he smiles, he makes people sigh with elegance and refinement. In normal times, he has a dignified and majestic charm. He has a good appearance whether he is moving or still.
But Mingyue herself didn't know why, but she could never have any extra thoughts about men. It was as if someone had told her in person that the path she was taking was contrary to that of men.
But when she wanted to know which way she should go, she found her mind went blank, as if a white fog had covered all her memories.
Mingyue shook her head, getting rid of all the wandering thoughts in her mind.
She asked crisply, "I wonder why the prince is looking for me?"
When Prince Chen came to his senses, he realized that she was very close.
"Miss Ming, please take a seat," Prince Chen pointed to the rattan mat beside him, his eyes still drifting when they fell on her face: "I asked you to come here because I actually want to confirm something with you."
Mingyue sat down and said respectfully, "What does Your Majesty want to ask? I will tell you everything I know."
Prince Chen's eyes flickered slightly, but he did not ask her whether she could see the inside of the jade. Instead, he asked another question: "I want to know what is the relationship between Miss Ming and Dingyuan Marquis Mansion? If I am not mistaken, the young man downstairs is Wen Pengfei, the eldest son of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. I am afraid that what the young lady said before was a little concealed, right?"
Mingyue looked at him in surprise. Sometimes tacit understanding is the way to get along with others. She didn't expect that he would point it out.
However, Mingyue was not afraid, but smiled calmly and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from Your Majesty. But before I speak, I also want to ask Your Majesty a question."
Under the somewhat surprised gaze of Prince Chen, Mingyue asked seriously: "Does the prince have any connection with Dingyuan Marquis Mansion?"
Prince Chen understood what she said. Is she afraid that the officials will protect each other
Origin? Of course there is.
To be precise, the Dingyuan Marquisate was one of the several old-established families whose titles the Emperor wanted to strip, and it was also the one he had been secretly targeting.
This is also the reason why he knew Wen Pengfei, it was because Wen Pengfei was stupid and arrogant, which was really not like the old fox like Dingyuan Hou. This was Dingyuan Hou's biggest flaw. He even asked people to deal with him deliberately, but in the end they were all resolved one by one by the old fox.
However, Prince Chen did not intend to have a deep relationship with Mingyue, so he just shook his head and said, "I have heard my brother mention Marquis Dingyuan, but I am not familiar with him."
Mingyue pretended to be relieved, and then said gloomily: "The things I said before were indeed concealed. To be precise, I don't know what happened.
I was originally the only daughter of Chen Xiucai of Hanchang County, but for some reason, my parents never liked me since I was young. They... Later, after I came of age, my parents married me to a man from Zhoujia Village... I don't know how Zhou Chengwen was attracted by a rich lady from the county town, so I and my youngest daughter were driven out by the Zhou family..."
Mingyue briefly recounted the experiences of Chen Mingyue's first half of life, and then emphasized Wen Pengfei.
She did not mention the story of how the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion replaced the prince with a cat and the son of a scholar inherited the title. After all, she knew nothing about the current situation of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
So Mingyue turned to talk about how after the divorce, she originally wanted to take her daughter to the county town to see Miss Wang, but she didn't expect to overhear the conversation between Wen Pengfei's men and the housekeeper of the Wang Mansion.
Only then did she realize that being abandoned by Zhou Chengwen and being driven away by the Zhou family on a rainy day were all plots set up by Wen Pengfei. Everything was directed by Wen Pengfei.
Wen Pengfei even arranged for gangsters to send her to death, but she heard all this in advance and fled to Wangnan City with her daughter.
After saying all this, Mingyue's face was full of hatred: "I have been doing good deeds all my life, never done anything that would go against my conscience, and never caused any trouble. I don't know how I offended this Prince Wen, so that he would want to kill me like this?" After hearing all this, Prince Chen couldn't help but reveal confusion on his face.
Wen Pengfei is a little stupid, but I haven't heard that he bites people like a mad dog.
Could it be that there is something wrong with Chen Mingyue
Prince Chen's gaze fell on Mingyue's face again. To be honest, this glance really made him discover some clues.
This is a face that has been through the vicissitudes of life. The skin is a little rough and yellow, but if you look closely, you can see that the eyebrows are particularly delicate, especially the pair of slightly upturned eyes, which make people feel a little familiar, as if they have seen it before...
Of course, no matter how much Prince Chen dared to think, he could not imagine that someone would raise another family's son well and abandon his own daughter outside.
So Prince Chen quickly came to the conclusion that it was most likely that Wen Pengfei fell in love with Chen Mingyue, but found out that she was already married and had a daughter, so he killed her because he could not get what he wanted.
As for why Wen Pengfei didn't recognize Mingyue when he saw her downstairs just now, Prince Chen really didn't think of this.
Knowing that Mingyue is the enemy of my enemy, then he is naturally a friend.
Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and threw down his bait: "In that case, Miss Chen is also a pitiful person. If I give you a chance, are you willing to take revenge?"
Mingyue looked up at him and said solemnly, "If you can get what you want, I will follow your lead."
Prince Chen smiled and said, "Then Miss Chen, can you answer a question for me?"
Mingyue lowered her eyes respectfully: "Your Majesty, please feel free to speak."
Prince Chen stared into her eyes closely and asked in a low voice, "Miss Chen, can you see the inside of the raw jade?"
Mingyue's pupils trembled and she looked up at him suddenly, her eyes full of surprise and guilt after being exposed.
Prince Chen's heart, which had been tense, suddenly relaxed and the smile on his face became more genuine.
However, he did not force her to answer. Instead, he changed the subject very considerately: "If Miss Chen does not want to talk about this, then that's fine. But I would like to invite Miss Chen to be the shopkeeper of the Purple Air East Comes in the capital. What do you think?"
I'm sleepy and someone hands me a pillow. What a coincidence, what a wonderful thing, just right, right
Mingyue was happy in her heart, but her face showed hesitation.
After a long while, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she finally made up her mind. She bit her lip and said, "I am willing to serve you, my lord."
Prince Chen then treated her as his own and began to talk about his plans for the shop in Kyoto.
Mingyue listened very seriously and occasionally offered some key suggestions, which made Prince Chen pay more attention to her.
The most important thing is that Prince Chen was willing to ask Marquis Dingyuan for the one thousand taels of gold in the name of the prince, which made Mingyue like him even more.
You know, she loves watching a good show the most.
(End of this chapter)