strictlysupreme Chapter 182 Favors in Chengyang Marquis' Mansion
Chapter 182 Favors in Chengyang Marquis' Mansion
Zhou Ge nodded seriously, with a hint of joy on his ignorant face.
Zhong Ning waved his hand, and Su Xin stepped forward. "Go arrange a room for him and assign him a guard, so he can study without worries!"
Zhong Ning had just taken a sum of Zhou family treasures from Zhenguo Temple. Now seeing the descendants of the Zhou family dressed so simply, he felt a little guilty.
But if we give them silver directly, they will definitely not accept it. We can only provide more subsidies in other aspects, at least so that they can live a better life under the protection of the princess's mansion.
When Zhou Ge heard Zhong Ning's order, his eyes turned slightly red.
I said I wanted to repay a favor, but now I owe someone a new favor.
Well, it won’t be too late to repay the princess when he passes the imperial examination and becomes an official in the future and has the ability.
After seeing Zhou Ge off, Zhong Ning was finally able to calm down and work on her script. As the opening of the first act of the drama industry, she needed to think it through carefully.
For five consecutive days, Zhong Ning stayed in the study to polish the script and did not see anyone who came to visit her.
Therefore, she also missed many good things happening in the outside world.
For example, Fu Ying, who was in the Eastern Palace, discovered early on that the jade pendant she was wearing had been replaced, because she had touched it and it was still there before entering the palace.
Now she was not sure whether the jade pendant was replaced in the Jiaofangsi or by someone in the palace.
But she obviously chose the latter, and openly hid the jade pendant, falsely blaming it on a favored young maid in the East Palace.
The prince still liked this cousin very much, so when Fu Ying started to identify her, he directly ordered someone to drag the little palace maid out and punish her with a stick.
When Zhong Ning heard about this later, he couldn't help but remain silent for a moment.
Although it is a good thing that the prince is alive now, he is still in too much trouble. Zhong Ning feels that the prince's psychology has begun to become a little abnormal at the moment.
No one knew why the emperor didn't detoxify him, as if he was using this to vent his anger. However, this ended up hurting many young palace maids in the East Palace.
During this period alone, at least three people were killed by the prince.
These superiors were used to not treating their slaves as human beings, so they turned a blind eye to the prince's mischief.
But Zhong Ning still felt that he couldn't just sit back and watch.
So she sent someone to ask the emperor for instructions.
It is hoped that all the palace maids in the Eastern Palace, except Fu Ying, will be transferred back to the palace offices directly on a voluntary basis if they are willing to be reassigned.
Or if someone wants to leave the palace, they are allowed to take money and go home.
After this matter was explained, most of the palace maids fled the Eastern Palace, leaving only two young palace maids willing to continue serving the prince.
As for the prince himself, since he is ill, he should take good care of himself. After all, isn't Fu Ying still by his side ready to serve him at any time?
These two are the male and female protagonists of this book.
Zhong Ning also wanted to know, considering that the prince had been poisoned by a strong aphrodisiac and needed someone to solve his physiological problems all the time, would Fu Ying still be as deeply in love with the prince as in the plot?
Of course, this is not enough.
Hearing that Chen Yan's injury had almost healed, Zhong Ning ordered someone to bring Fu Ying into the Eastern Palace. The news that Fu Ying was deeply favored by the prince reached Chen Yan's ears.
That afternoon, it was heard that Chen Yan suddenly left the house, staring at the direction of the East Palace from afar in a daze, and secretly dispatched the forces of the Fujun Mansion.
After knowing that Fu Ying was really favored by the prince and that the prince favored her every night in the Eastern Palace.
Chen Yan returned home with his head hung and a look of loss on his face.
One step wrong, step by step wrong.
Chen Yan thought, perhaps he had been delusional from the very beginning.
Ying'er never truly belonged to him.
Zhong Ning remained noncommittal about this, because she already knew which chess piece the Fujun Mansion had buried in the East Palace.
As long as she knows who the hidden chess piece is, she will be able to know at any time what action they will take next, and when the time is right, it will be her time to counterattack.
Of course, what she was most curious about was that the Fujun Mansion should have obtained the two soul-exchanging jades. When did they plan to take action?
At least so far, they still seem to have not gotten a good opportunity to offer the jade, but the tiger is lurking and may strike at any time.
Zhong Ning didn't dare to relax. She even guessed in her heart that the other party might have already turned its attention to her.
After all, the previous failure was caused by my being too vigilant.
If they wanted to successfully present the jade, the person they wanted to get rid of the most was themselves, the unexpected event that could occur at any time.
I just don’t know when the other party plans to take action?
After all, if an old fox like Duke Fuguo, who has been through many battles, has pointed the tip of his knife at someone, he will not give up easily.
Just as he was thinking this, Su Xin suddenly hurried in from outside the palace and respectfully handed over a card, "Your Highness, the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion is inviting you to the old lady's birthday banquet in seven days! Please do me the honor of attending!"
"The birthday of the old lady of the Chengyang Marquis's Mansion?"
"I have no friendship with her, so why would you ask me to do anything? Just deal with her according to the usual practice. Send her a gift, and I won't go."
Zhong Ning frowned slightly. She didn't interact much with people of her age, and it was even more impossible for her to have met an old lady.
"Your Highness, this letter was personally written by the wife of the head of the Chengyang Marquis's Mansion." Su Xin folded her hands and replied respectfully:
"In the past, I always handled the invitations from nobles according to your Highness's wishes. However, this time, when your Highness was assassinated on Mount Futu, he accepted a favor from the wife of the Marquis of Chengyang. I'm afraid it's difficult to refuse."
Zhong Ning's brain, which had been a little rusty these days, was turning around and around.
Su Xin quickly reminded him, "When Your Highness was at Mount Futu before, Lady Chengyang sent a female doctor to help rescue him..."
"Oh...that's what happened!" Zhong Ning recalled that panicked and powerless moment. Indeed, a lady had sent someone to help.
If that's the case, then this post is really hard to reject.
"It's hard for you to remember this for me," Zhong Ning casually picked up a pair of crystal earrings from the dressing table and placed them in Su Xin's hands. "I'll give them to you to play with. You're a little girl, so dress up a little."
Su Xin blushed and thanked him again and again before asking, "Your Highness, will this gift still follow the previous regulations?"
"Since you are coming to my house in person, the gift cannot be too light." Zhong Ning frowned and replied indifferently. Although she has a lot of money now, she was just a worker in modern times. It was difficult for her to switch to a frugal mentality.
"I remember that there is a screen with a pine and crane pattern in the palace treasury. It took twenty embroiderers three months to embroider it. The frame is red sandalwood and the screen is Shu brocade. It is extremely precious. When the palace was moved, His Majesty also gave this screen as a gift." Su Xin suggested.
As for the old lady, there is no need to give her any jewelry or head ornaments. Just any ornament for a good omen will be enough.