As soon as Chen Anzhi came back, he turned the Jinnan Palace upside down. It was already dark and it was time to rest, but Chen Anzhi stumbled out of Tanxiang Yingyue and immediately called everyone in the palace to go out and look for Princess Que.
"I was only away for a few months, and she disappeared?" Chen Anzhi was so angry that he turned around on the spot. He counted on his burn-scarred fingers, "She left after the New Year, and it's only been eight months. You didn't care about my woman when I was not at home! You let the bad guys break into the house and kidnap her!"
He was both angry and anxious, thinking that his Princess Que was so weak that she would be scared to death if she met a bad guy!
Several stewards in the palace were brought over, and he questioned them with a dark face. However, the stewards all looked confused and had no idea that a master was missing in Tan Xiang Ying Yue.
"Every door of the palace is guarded by someone 24 hours a day. It's impossible for a bad guy to break into the palace and kidnap someone without alerting anyone!"
"Where is that person? Why is he gone?" Chen Anzhi raised his voice.
"This..." Several managers looked at each other, completely unable to answer.
"Search! Everyone, go and search for me!" Chen An gave the order, and not only the servants in the mansion, but also the maids and old women were driven out of the mansion to search for the person.
"How could it be gone..." Chen Anzhi's face turned pale. He sat down on the stone bench under the apricot tree in embarrassment, stroking the white shell bracelet repeatedly.
He even began to reflect on himself. When Princess Que was in the mansion, he was afraid to offend her and always dared not get close to her. He always wanted to wait until the princess got used to the life in the mansion, and then he would slowly cultivate feelings with the princess. Did he do something wrong? If Princess Que was here, he would be more proactive.
Another string of purple shell bracelets fell out of his sleeve. Chen Anzhi picked it up and couldn't help but frowned.
"When I was away, did she bully you? Did she wrong you? After all, when you were in your hometown, you were a princess, and she had to kneel down and salute you. Now that you are here, she is the mistress and you are the concubine. Do you feel uncomfortable? Although everyone in the mansion says that you have a good relationship, the status of mistress and concubine is different after all..."
Chen Anzhi spread out his burn-scarred palm and placed the two bracelets side by side on his palm. Purple is bright, but how can it be as pure as white
To this day, Chen Anzhi still feels that it would be more perfect if Princess Que became his wife and You Yujie became his concubine.
"Where are you..." Chen Anzhi sighed and clenched his hands. His mind was full of his Princess Que, and he didn't even want to think about going to the You family to bring You Yuji back.
He couldn't help but wonder who kidnapped his princess. After thinking about it, Chen Anzhi thought of Sun Guangliang. Among the group of friends he knew, Sun Guangliang was the one who liked women the most. Or maybe his father disliked his messy harem and secretly drove him away
Such a big scene on Chen Anzhi's side naturally alarmed the King and Queen of Jinnan.
"She's missing?" The princess had just given birth and was still weak. She had always been in poor health and had spent more than a month before giving birth lying in bed, so she had no time to take care of the affairs of the palace. She had just learned that Si Que was missing.
"Don't worry too much and take care of yourself first." King Jinnan frowned unhappily, obviously dissatisfied with the fact that Chen Anzhi had made such a big fuss as soon as he returned.
The King of Jinnan was thinking about scolding Chen Anzhi for being troublesome. As soon as he stepped out of the house, he saw the brothers Chen Anzhi and Chen Shunzhi standing in the courtyard. Chen Anzhi was about to go to the princess to ask about Princess Que, but Chen Shunzhi lowered his voice to dissuade her: "Mother is weak now, it's better not to bother her..."
King Jinnan looked at Chen Anzhi, who looked anxious, from afar, and felt something was wrong. This son was not really a traitor. His joy when he came back to pay respect to his parents was real, and his joy when he learned that he had a younger brother was also real. But he was always in many places, which made it hard to describe.
I don’t know whether he cares about himself the most, or he is too stupid to realize how ridiculous his actions are.
"Father."
When Chen Anzhi and Chen Shunzhi saw King Jinnan approaching, they immediately stopped talking.
King Jinnan frowned, scolded Chen Anzhi and told him to go back in peace.
After being scolded, Chen Anzhi realized that his behavior was indeed inappropriate.
"Yes, my son was not thoughtful enough!" He bowed and left in shame.
Chen Anzhi walked back dejectedly, still thinking about his Princess Que, and still asked the people in the mansion to continue looking for her. He was very tired after running back. But he hadn't touched a woman for more than half a year, so even if he was tired, he didn't want to stay alone on the first night after returning home.
He went to Chun Xing's room without much hesitation.
Of all the concubines in the mansion, only Chun Xing was worthy of him hugging her to sleep. Of course, he still disliked Chun Xing. He disliked Chun Xing for being dull and unromantic.
As soon as he entered the house, Chen Anzhi frowned at the smell of medicine in the room.
Chun Xing leaned on the couch with a haggard look on her face.
"What's wrong? Are you so sick that you even forgot to get up to greet me?" Chen Anzhi accused while opening his arms and waiting for Chun Xing to come over and help him undress.
Chun Xing had caught a cold and was ill, with little strength in her body. She sat on the couch without moving, and whispered, "I am ill, and I am afraid that I will pass the disease on to the prince."
"you!"
Chen Anzhi angrily lowered his open arms, thinking that Chun Xing had lost her only advantage of being obedient and well-behaved. He angrily pulled out a chair and sat down, saying unhappily, "Pour me a glass of water!"
Just as the maid took a step forward, Chen Anzhi glared at her and stopped her.
Chun Xing had no choice but to stand up, pick up the teapot, pour a cup of tea and respectfully bring it to Chen Anzhi. Chen Anzhi glanced at Chun Xing and let her hold it for a while before reaching out to take it. He drank the tea and then asked, "Have you seen Princess Que recently?"
Chun Xing lowered her eyes and shook her head.
"So when was the last time you saw her?"
Chun Xing didn't know whether she heard Chen Anzhi's words clearly or not, and she just kept shaking her head dumbly.
"Did your fever make you stupid?" Chen Anzhi got angry when he saw Chun Xing like this, and he wanted to kick her to vent his anger.
But he was a gentleman, and a gentleman could not hit a woman, so he dropped the teacup in his hand, and the porcelain fragments exploded at Chun Xing's feet.
Chun Xing still stood quietly with her head down, with no expression on her face.
"Every one of them is against me!" Chen Anzhi originally thought that when he returned to his territory in the capital, a beautiful life would be waiting for him, but he did not expect that things would go wrong everywhere.
"When I'm not at home, the people in the mansion are so neglectful of my woman that they don't even know when the princess got lost!" Chen Anzhi stood up and kept wandering around the house complaining, "And that bastard Wangjiang, he thinks he has climbed up the social ladder, so I can't do anything to him?"
Chun Xing, who had been standing there lifelessly with her head bowed, instantly raised her head, opened her eyes wide, and even spoke in a louder voice than usual: "Who are you talking about?"
"That beast Wang Jiang!" Chen Anzhi was so angry that he pointed in the direction of the door. "This beast is still alive. God is simply blind!"
Chun Xing stared at Chen Anzhi in a daze, a tear welling up from her wide eyes.
Since she was rescued from the lake, she has hardly shed tears. This tear is like sweet dew after a long drought, making the withered grass sprout new green.
Chen Anzhi was stunned: "Why are you crying?"
He took a step forward, wanting to wipe Chun Xing's tears, but Chun Xing suddenly burst into laughter, and she squatted down, laughing out loud.
Chen Anzhi was even more confused. He felt that the person in front of him who was behaving strangely was not the Chun Xing he knew. Could it be that she was possessed by a ghost? He took a step to the side and looked at Chun Xing warily.
Chun Xing was still squatting there, crying and laughing, like a mad patient.
"You're sick!" Chen Anzhi turned away and left at a very fast pace, very worried that he was also possessed by the ghost.
That night, it was not only the Jinnan Palace that was tossing and turning.
In the princess's mansion, Princess Huarong looked at the people kneeling below, and her hand holding the letter trembled slightly.
"Cui Xingxian!" Princess Huarong stuffed the letter in her hand to her husband, "Our daughter is really still alive!"
Even though Cui Xingxian had prepared himself mentally, he was still a little confused.
They had long believed that their daughter had died young, and now they were told that Yu'er was still alive? Shocked and delighted, Cui Xingxian didn't know what to say for a moment.
Ever since she accidentally saw the birthmark on Cuiyu's heel that day, Princess Huarong has been concerned about it and immediately sent people to investigate Cuiyu's life experience. Cuiyu did not live in the capital when she was a child, and she was sold several times from childhood to adulthood. Princess Huarong had to search for the relevant people in several places and bring them to the capital.
The people kneeling on the ground at this time were the ones Princess Huarong ordered to be brought here from all over the country. After interrogating them one by one and comparing the time, the truth finally came out: the girl who fell into the water that day turned out to be her biological daughter!
During this period of time, Princess Huarong tried her best to persuade herself that the birthmark was just a coincidence, not wanting to be disappointed after having hope. God knows, she hid in the corner countless times and watched Cuiyu busy taking care of the shabby bun stall, and every time she wanted to rush over and take her away.
Now that there are witnesses and evidence, she no longer has to worry that this is all in vain.
"Let's go and pick her up now!" Princess Huarong stood up while choking with sobs.
Cui Xingxian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's too late. Let's go tomorrow? It will take some time to get there. She should have fallen asleep..."
Princess Huarong had that kind of personality, so Cui Xingxian was just trying to persuade her, not expecting the princess to listen to him. But after hearing his words, Princess Huarong hesitated for a while, and unexpectedly nodded in agreement.
"You're right. She's so busy every day. It wouldn't be good to wake her up just when she falls asleep..." Princess Huarong sat down slowly, tears still in the corners of her eyes.
Such a hard-hearted person still had tears in his eyes.
Cui Xingxian nodded heavily and held her hand: "Let's go pick up our daughter and take her home at daybreak!"
Princess Huarong's adopted son Cui Ling stood by and said happily: "Tomorrow, we can be reunited as a family!"
The next morning, Chen Anzhi woke up and asked Wangshan if there was any news about Princess Que. He got a negative answer and was depressed for a long time before he put on his brocade clothes and left the house. He touched the brocade of his gown and a smile slowly appeared on his depressed face.
—After such a long period of hardship in the army, I finally came back. Of course I had to invite a few good friends to go out and have some good food, drinks and fun.
Chen Anzhi didn't expect to meet Lin Yingying.
He and a few friends sat in a private room on the second floor of Zuixian Pavilion, listening to music and eating delicacies. He sat by the window, listening to the pipa music while looking out the open window at the bustle below. It was a national mourning, so he shouldn't indulge in music, but his friends still ordered pipa music to celebrate his return to Beijing, and Chen Anzhi was quite happy.
Chen Anzhi felt that this kind of life was real. The hard days in the army were a thing of the past, a past he would never experience again.
The moment he saw Lin Yingying, Chen Anzhi thought he was dazzled.
"Yingying? Isn't she dead?"
Lao Hu, who often patronized Cuiyu and Lin Yingying's shops, opened a pawnshop on this street. After they became familiar with each other, Lao Hu felt that it was too much trouble to buy buns every day, so he added a little more money and asked Cuiyu to deliver them to him every day.
Lin Yingying brought him some buns and soy milk and hurried back. The business was getting better and better, and Cuiyu couldn't handle it alone, so she had to hurry back.
"Did the prince take a fancy to that woman?" Someone came up to Chen Anzhi and said with a grin, "Oh, she twisted her body quite nicely when she walked. Tsk tsk."
"You got the wrong person." Chen Anzhi frowned and drank the wine in front of him. He didn't like others looking at his woman, nor did he like people knowing that his concubine had been kidnapped by bandits.
Chen Anzhi secretly gave Wangshan a wink.
The meal was quickly finished. Chen Anzhi found an excuse to say goodbye to a few friends and hurried to Cui Yu and Lin Yingying's bun shop with Wang Shan.
It was mid-morning, not lunch time, and there were not many customers in Cui Yu and Lin Yingying's bun shop, but the two of them were not idle. They were preparing lunch in the small kitchen at the back, leaving only the little girl Yaya to watch over the shop at the front.
Yaya saw Chen Anzhi approaching with great style, and immediately turned around and shouted, "Guests are coming!"
Lin Yingying took a handkerchief and wiped her hands while walking quickly through the narrow aisle.
"Come here, come here, you want..." Lin Yingying stopped talking as if her throat was strangled. Looking at Chen Anzhi standing outside, her face turned pale instantly. She subconsciously took a step back, but then realized that there was no escape.
"It's really you. You are still alive!" Chen Anzhi said in surprise.
Lin Yingying pursed her lips, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
Chen Anzhi frowned and accused: "Since everything is fine, why don't you go back to the palace but show up here? Could it be that you have never been kidnapped by bandits, but ran away with a wild man?"
Lin Yingying subconsciously wanted to refute, but she pursed her lips in time and changed her words: "Sir, you have the wrong person."
"Pretending not to know her?" Chen Anzhi stepped forward and grabbed Lin Yingying's wrist, dragging her out. "Come on, follow me to the government office and find out which wild man she ran off with. I'll see if I can punish you for adultery!"
Lin Yingying panicked. She didn't want to go to the government, because the government was a place where people were eaten. Chen Anzhi was a prince, and the government would not uphold justice for a powerless little commoner. If she was sent there by Chen Anzhi, what awaited her was a severe punishment, and then execution for the crime of adultery.
"I don't know you, let me go!" Lin Yingying pushed Chen Anzhi's hand away in panic.
Chen Anzhi was so angry that his concubine ran away with a strange man that he tried to grab Lin Yingying forcefully. Lin Yingying was no match for his strength and fell to the ground. She hurriedly grabbed the corner of the bun shop table and held on with all her strength, refusing to let go even with her white hair and joints.
The commotion here attracted the curious gazes of passers-by in the distance.
Those scrutinizing eyes immediately made Chen Anzhi feel ashamed and embarrassed. He raised his foot to kick Lin Yingying's hand that was tightly holding the table leg.
The sand and gravel on the soles of the shoes immediately scratched the skin on the delicate back of Lin Yingying's hand.
Even though she knew it was useless, she still didn't want to be dragged away.
Chen Anzhi lowered his voice and warned: "You... you unfaithful woman, let go quickly and come with me to surrender!"
"I didn't..." Lin Yingying's eyes were red. She wanted to refute that she didn't elope with a wild man, but was really kidnapped by bandits and escaped at the risk of her life. But later... Later she met Jiang Yunche, and now she didn't have the confidence to refute Chen Anzhi loudly.
The pulling force suddenly loosened, and Lin Yingying didn't react in time, and her shoulder hit the corner of the table due to inertia.
A hand appeared in Lin Yingying's sight. Lin Yingying was stunned for a moment, looking at this familiar hand. She slowly raised her eyes in disbelief and saw Jiang Yunche's eyes without a smile.
Looking at the hand he handed over, Lin Yingying's heart was pounding.
But she didn't dare to reach out.
Jiang Yunche looked at her deeply, firmly grasped her shoulders, and helped her up. Lin Yingying quietly pushed his hand away, desperately winked at him, and shook her head at him in despair.
But in the end, Jiang Yunche forcefully helped him up.
"Who are you?" Chen Anzhi was furious.
Jiang Yunche's eyes moved down and stayed on the back of Lin Yingying's hand that was stepped on by Chen Anzhi for a while before turning around and speaking in a gentle voice: "Prince An has recognized the wrong person."
Chen Anzhi was stunned for a moment before he said, "It's you."
He barely knew Jiang Yunche. When he was in the academy, the teacher praised Jiang Yunche a lot. The poor young master of the Marquisate in the past was now a rising star in the court.
Chen Anzhi still felt that the incident in the backyard was too embarrassing and it was a loss of face. He didn't want Jiang Yunche to know about his affairs. He coughed lightly to suppress his anger and said, "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"
Jiang Yunche chuckled and said, "Prince An is wrong. My wife is doing a small business here, and Prince An mistook her for someone else. This is not meddling in other people's business."
Lin Yingying stood behind Jiang Yunche and secretly grabbed the corner of his clothes, not wanting him to get involved in this mess.
Jiang Yunche seemed unaware of it. He stood in front of Lin Yingying with a smile on his face, looking at Chen Anzhi.
Chen Anzhi firmly believed that he had not recognized the wrong person. Even if there were people who looked exactly the same, it was impossible for them to have the same voice.
He thought it was hilarious!
"My wife? Lord An Qing, what a joke you are making! She is my concubine! Before she became my concubine, she was a prostitute in the brothel! You told me that she is your wife? Don't tell me that she is lying to you!"
More and more people on the streets were looking over here.
Chen Anzhi didn't want to make such a big fuss. The looks from those people made him feel uncomfortable, but Jiang Yunche suddenly came over and interfered. At this point, there was no turning back. He gritted his teeth and made accusations, seeming to be angry and embarrassed.
Lin Yingying felt even more ashamed. With her background, she had heard all kinds of nasty things, and she had long since stopped caring about what others said. But with Jiang Yunche here, these words that she had never cared about before suddenly became heartbreaking. She clenched her hands, and the scratched back of her hands oozed a layer of blood as she moved.
"yes."
Lin Yingying was startled, and raised her head in surprise, looking at Jiang Yunche standing in front of her.
"She is my, Jiang Yunche's wife, what's wrong?" Jiang Yunche looked at Chen Anzhi with a distant and polite smile on his face.
Chen Anzhi was confused by Jiang Yunche's nonchalant and self-righteous question.
"What happened?" Cuiyu rushed out after hearing the quarrel. She was kneading dough before she came out, and her hands were covered with white flour.
When she saw Chen Anzhi for the first time, Cui Yu was stunned for a moment, then quickly glanced at Lin Yingying and Jiang Yunche, and immediately guessed what was going on.
When Chen Anzhi saw Cuiyu, it was like he saw a savior!
Chen Anzhi didn't care about Lin Yingying's life or death. He was angry that she ran away with a wild man. But Jiang Yunche's appearance was unexpected. Chen Anzhi didn't want to provoke him. Who doesn't know that Jiang Yunche is a favorite of the new emperor? A new emperor appoints new ministers. Even a fool can understand this. His father was not ambitious enough to seize the throne. Their Jinnan Palace would soon leave Beijing for a fiefdom. He shouldn't cause trouble at this time, especially for a lowly concubine.
Seeing Cuiyu, Chen Anzhi immediately changed the subject: "I have heard about your story. Yuji punished you because you deserved it. Come back with me and kowtow to the mistress and ask her to forgive you. Be careful with your words in the future and abide by the rules. Remember it!"
"Why should I go back?" Cuiyu wiped her face and some of the flour on her hands rubbed onto her face.
Chen Anzhi was stunned for a moment, then he put his hands behind his back and said arrogantly: "Allowing you to go back is giving you face. If you don't go back to live comfortably, are you going to suffer here?"
Chen Anzhi glanced at Cui Yu's flour-stained face with a look of disdain, and said in his heart, "How inappropriate."
Cuiyu didn't want to go back. Now that her indenture was in her own hands, she was free and happy. She snorted coldly and shouted, "Thank you for your kindness, my Lord. You should find someone else to live comfortably in your house! I don't want to do business here too happily! Who wants to go back and be your concubine?"
Cuiyu had a loud voice, and her words were heard by the crowd watching from afar. Immediately, some people whispered, "Prince An came back from the army and found that his concubine had run away with someone. He chased her to the house, but she didn't want to go back."
Those words drifted into Chen Anzhi's ears, his ears jumped, and his face looked very ugly. He pointed at Cuiyu and angrily accused: "You really don't know what's good for you! Do I need you to eat or wear clothes? Why do you come here to show off! I think you are born to be a lowly thing! Selling buns? I think you have to dress up and twist your waist every day to sell buns!"
Compared with the dirty talk Cuiyu had heard in the brothels before, Chen Anzhi's words were nothing. She pulled the corners of her mouth with a fake smile, put one hand on her waist and pointed at Chen Anzhi with the other hand: "Dear Prince, you can think whatever you want. But can you please move aside and don't delay my business! If you are hungry, I will give you two buns and you can stand aside and eat. But I guess you won't like it, hehe."
Chen Anzhi glanced at the crowd watching the excitement from behind with the corner of his eye, and his face became increasingly hot.
Although he never looked down on Cui Yu and never gave her the face to let her truly become his woman, she was after all a woman from the Jinnan Palace and bore the title of Chen Anzhi's woman!
When Chen Anzhi thought of Cuiyu twisting her waist to sell her body and buns, those greasy-haired men were thinking that this was the prince's former woman...
Chen Anzhi felt nauseous for a moment.
Even though he hated Cuiyu a thousand times, since she had been his concubine, he would not allow her to behave like this and make others laugh at her!
Chen Anzhi walked forward, grabbed Cuiyu's wrist, and warned in a low voice: "If you need money, I'll give it to you. You are not allowed to sell buns here anymore!"
"Let me go!"
Cuiyu shook off Chen Anzhi's hand. Chen Anzhi did not expect Cuiyu to be so strong. He stumbled and fell to the ground. The mud on the ground stained his embroidered robe.
A child chuckled: "Look, this guy fell flat on his face!"
Chen Anzhi's face flushed red. Wangshan came to help him, but he pushed Wangshan's hand away with a dark face and ordered, "Take this bitch back to me!"
This humiliation made Chen Anzhi point at Cuiyu angrily and curse: "You ungrateful thing, you don't know how to enjoy happiness, but you insist on using your beauty to please others and be a toy for their amusement!"
The sound of uniform footsteps of officers and soldiers came from a distance.
The crowd watching the excitement stretched their necks, wondering what was going on.
Cui Yu and Lin Yingying looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes - were they going to put them in jail
Jiang Yunche narrowed his eyes and looked at these officers and soldiers. He recognized them as the personal guards of the princess's mansion and was puzzled. As far as he knew, Princess Huarong's strange personality would not help Chen Anzhi.
Princess Huarong and her husband got off the carriage and walked over here in a hurry. The crowd watching the excitement quickly made way.
Just as Cuiyu was about to kneel down and salute with Lin Yingying, Princess Huarong grabbed her wrist. Before Cuiyu could even wonder why there were so many uninvited guests coming to arrest people today, Princess Huarong held her in her arms and hugged her tightly. Cuiyu hurriedly raised her hands in fear to prevent the flour on her hands from getting on Princess Huarong's gorgeous robe.
She blinked, looked left and right, not understanding what was going on. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a few grains of flour on her hands fall onto Princess Huarong's shoulders. Her back immediately tightened, and she carefully blew away the flour on the princess's shoulders.
"Yuer, my daughter!" Princess Huarong, who never showed weakness in her life, cried out in tears.
Cuiyu stood there in a daze.
"What the hell..." She muttered softly, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Lin Yingying for help. Lin Yingying was also confused and didn't react to what was going on.
Jiang Yunche's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately said, "Congratulations to the princess on the reunion of mother and daughter."
Cuiyu opened her eyes wide and looked at Jiang Yunche in disbelief. She pointed at herself with her flour-covered fingers and silently mouthed, "Me?"
Jiang Yunche smiled and said, "Congratulations, little princess, on returning home."
Cui Yu was startled.
Chen Anzhi had been helped to stand up by Wangshan, and he looked at the scene in amazement. He looked at the Cui family father and son who were walking over with some emotion, and said with a light cough: "Uncle, A Ling."
Cui Xiangxian nodded casually, immediately pulled Princess Huarong away, and said with a smile: "Look at you, you scared Yu'er."
Princess Huarong then let go of Cuiyu. She held her daughter's hand tightly, her eyes full of her daughter. Cuiyu glanced at her dirty hands held by Princess Huarong, feeling very embarrassed.
Cui Ling asked in confusion: "What happened here?"
When Princess Huarong mobilized people to search for witnesses and evidence in various places, she had sent people to secretly protect Cuiyu. The guard came out from the corner of the street and told the whole situation.
It was just that when it came to Chen Anzhi’s specific words, the words were evasive, and only one sentence was “Prince An was angry and used some scolding words.”
Just this one sentence was enough to make Princess Huarong explode.
Chen Anzhi coughed lightly and said, "Aunt, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. I..."
Princess Huarong slapped him and pointed at Chen Anzhi's nose and cursed: "Who do you think you are? Why do you come here and yell at my precious daughter?"
When Princess Huarong thought about how her beloved daughter had once been a concubine of the biggest loser in the capital, she became furious and kicked Chen Anzhi.
Chen Anzhi's face suddenly changed, but Princess Huarong was his aunt, he could not disobey or dodge, so he had to bite the bullet and endure it in the street.
Princess Huarong got angry, no matter in public or in private. She kicked Chen Anzhi again and again, even wanting to kill him.
Cui Xiangxian stood aside and thought it was not a good thing to see such a scene, but Princess Huarong had been spoiled since she was a child and had developed a domineering personality. How could he dare to persuade her at this time? He could only watch Princess Huarong kicking and beating Chen Anzhi in the street for a quarter of an hour before he went up to pull her away and coax her: "Calm down, calm down, let's take Yu'er home first."
Princess Huarong, who had been angry and hitting someone just a moment ago, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Cuiyu. She loosened her grip on Chen Anzhi's collar and hugged her daughter again. She held Cuiyu's face, crying and kissing her twice. She cried and hugged Cuiyu tightly, crying: "My poor Yu'er... If anyone dares to bully my Yu'er again, I will make his whole family go to see the King of Hell!"
Princess Huarong hugged Cuiyu and cried a lot, but Cuiyu was still confused. She looked at Lin Yingying and silently mouthed: "I am the princess?"
Lin Yingying slowly came back to her senses from her shock, narrowed her eyes and nodded at Cuiyu.
Cuiyu was hugged so hard that she couldn't breathe. She thought for a while, but she didn't instantly feel any strong blood ties towards her parents and family members who suddenly appeared.
She just thought—
She seems to have become rich!
Chen Anzhi didn't know how he got back to the palace. He felt that he had lost all his dignity in his life today.
"Oh no!" The maid rushed over, "Auntie Chunxing is dead!"
"What's going on?" Wangshan asked on behalf of Chen Anzhi.
The little maid shook her head: "Auntie Chunxing caught a cold a few days ago and has been ill ever since. Today, the maidservant beside her found that she was dead!"
Chen Anzhi frowned and said "bad luck" in his heart. What happened today made him not care about a concubine. He said casually: "During the national mourning period, everything should be kept simple. Just roll it up and bury it."
Not long after, the maid from Princess Huarong's mansion came to cancel the engagement.
Cui Ling and Chen Lingyan's wedding date is next month, and Princess Huarong sent someone to cancel the engagement at this time, saying only, "Prince An has bad conduct and is not suitable to be a relative."
Prince Jinnan was very confused, but it was not appropriate to worry about the princess who had just given birth. He immediately inquired about the situation, and when he learned about what happened today, he was so angry that his face turned pale.
Chen Lingyan was stunned for a long time before running to Chen Anzhi crying.
"How could you ruin my marriage!" Chen Lingyan cried bitterly. The fire left a scar on her chin. Cui Ling had never regretted the marriage, which made her extremely happy. But now everything was ruined by her brother!
She rushed over and grabbed Chen Anzhi's collar, crying, "What on earth did you do to offend your aunt? I don't care, go and beg for mercy, ask your aunt to forgive you! You can't ruin my marriage as soon as you come back!"
Chen Anzhi had lost so much face today, and he had been furious for a long time. After being accused by his sister, he blurted out: "Don't blame me for everything. Maybe Cui Ling already disliked your ruined face."
As soon as he said this, Chen Anzhi regretted it.
Chen Lingyan's eyes widened: "How dare you say that! Why am I disfigured? Who can I blame? It's you! It's because of you!"
Chen Lingyan cried and bit Chen Anzhi's shoulder, wishing she could bite off a piece of flesh.
Chen Anzhi gasped in pain. He pushed Chen Lingyan away and scolded: "Don't blame me for everything! If you hadn't been calling me cousin all the time, I wouldn't have gotten involved with Fang Qingyi!"
"You blame me! You were so grateful to me when you and that bad woman Fang Qingyi were having an affair in my cubicle!" Chen Lingyan stamped her feet, turned around and ran out crying. She swore in her heart that she didn't want this bad brother anymore and would never talk to him again!
Chen Anzhi sat down in embarrassment. All the events that happened today gave him a splitting headache.
—He had thought that returning to the capital would put an end to his suffering, but how come so many troubles came crashing down on him all at once, overwhelming him.
"Lin Yingying ran away with someone, Cuiyu became a princess, Chunxing died, and the princess disappeared again..." Chen Anzhi felt a pang of pain in his heart when he thought that there was still no news about Princess Que and that she might be in danger.
"I know where Princess Que is." Si Han stood at the door.
Chen Anzhi stood up at once: "Do you know where your sister is?"
"At the You family, with You Yuji." Si Han crossed her arms with a cold look, "Is the prince going to look for someone? If you go to the You family now, you might be able to see him. If you don't see him, tie up You Yuji, and the Princess Que you've been thinking about will also appear."
Chen Anzhi frowned, thinking of the rumors he had heard before he joined the army about You Yuji and Si Que being in love.
At that time, he didn't believe it at all. He thought that the so-called good relationship between the two was just because they couldn't get the love from men, so they hugged each other for warmth. Deep down, they still longed to be loved by men. Even if the two of them were, it would not affect their sincere treatment of him, their husband, in the future.
"Are we going to pick up my sister now?" Si Han asked.
Si Han looked at Chen Anzhi's figure walking away and sneered.
She had hoped that her father would be released during the New Year's amnesty, but her hope was dashed. She had hoped that the Crown Prince would come to rescue her, but her hope was dashed again. She knew that she could not force Si Que to rescue her. Since she was trapped here for the rest of her life, doing something that would hurt others and benefit herself was also a way to pass the time.
You Yuji stood in front of a bronze mirror as tall as her, looking at her pregnant belly. She was only five months pregnant, but she felt that the baby was a little too big. She read in medical books that a baby that was too big was not suitable for delivery, and she was a little worried that she was too greedy and not moving enough.
The sound of a coin tossing came from behind, and You Yuzhi curled her lips.
"Sister." Si Que's voice came from behind, "front or back?"
You Yuji looked back through the bronze mirror and saw the copper plate that had fallen to the ground. Seeing that the front side was facing up, she deliberately said, "The back side."
Si Que grabbed her hand and pulled her over to look at the copper coins.
"Sister finally lost." Si Que said.
"Yes, I finally lost." You Yuji's voice was filled with laughter. She slowly raised her eyes and looked at Si Que tenderly.
She has to lose at least once, otherwise this little liar will not accept it.
Last time she had only drawn two little turtles on his butt, but he still remembered it and wanted to get it back.
You Yuji tilted her head slightly, her hair trembling slightly, and asked softly, "Where do you want to paint?"
Si Que bent down, stared into You Yuji's eyes with bright eyes, and asked seriously: "Can I draw myself on my sister's heart?"
The author has something to say: Something big has happened, brothers.
I have a strong feeling that I can't finish it in one chapter. Chen Gou is so disgusting that I couldn't help but slap him in the face for a while. But the title is already chosen, what should I do