The county owner is happy, and the scenery is remarried

Chapter 216 Different Fate

Chong Wu looked at Liu Mengyan with a frown, squinted his eyes and looked at her for a long while, then frowned and said, "Since this matter happened, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Liu Mengyan stammered, "I met Caixuan on the way into the palace, she's a nice person... She shouldn't spread such words on purpose... I didn't expect her to live in Wu Wang's mansion and accidentally think of... Across the belly..."

"What's her name? Where does she serve in the palace now?" Chong Wu asked.

Liu Mengyan shook her head, "Maybe it's not her, she doesn't seem like the kind of scheming person, she was fine on the way here, but I fell ill on the way, and none of the girls who went with me took care of me... They all hoped that I would die of illness It’s better on the way. She is the only one who took care of me in her clothes, even gave her jewelry to the envoy of flowers and birds, and begged for medicine for me.”

Chong Wu frowned slightly, "As you said, people's hearts are separated by belly, maybe she thinks you have value to cling to."

Hearing this, Liu Mengyan's face suddenly relaxed a lot. She leaned on the prince's shoulder, her eyes were so gentle that water dripped out, "His Royal Highness..."

"Okay, I can't stay here for long, tell me about your fellow countryman." Chong Wu coughed lightly.

"Her boudoir name is Yan Youfang, but she doesn't know where she works as a maidservant. The maidservant was chosen to enter the East Palace, and she was the first one to leave, and she was assigned later." Liu Mengyan said slowly.

Chong Wu nodded, "It's not hard to find out if you know it's from Yuzhang County and its name."

Liu Mengyan breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly held the prince's hand again.

Chongwu stroked her soft silky long hair with the other hand, "Okay, you wait here for Gu, Gu will take you back to the East Palace."

Liu Mengyan nodded repeatedly, her eyes were cute like a cat being groomed.

"The only thing to keep in mind is," Chong Wu emphasized, "don't say anything about Princess Wu. No matter what Gu's status is now or in the future, she will always be A Niang in Gu's heart!"

Liu Mengyan's complexion changed, she nodded repeatedly, "My servant remembers it!"

Chong Wu hummed and called the maid to come in.

Liu Lanxue asked the silent maid to bring in the bird's nest and ginseng soup.

When Liu Mengyan saw the dumb girl's face, she felt depressed and nauseated for a while.

When she made an uncomfortable expression, Chong Wu just stepped across the threshold and looked back at her.

Seeing her looking sideways at the maid who was holding the jasper bowl, instead of being grateful, she showed a bit of disgust.

Chong Wu's face turned cold.

"The princess asked the small kitchen to make several snacks for His Highness, all of which are sweet but not greasy, His Highness's favorite!" Liu Lanxue said immediately.

Chong Wu turned his face, his face softened a little, "Aniang's concern is not obvious, but it is always the most caring."

When Liu Mengyan heard this, her eyelids twitched.

She quickly retracted her gaze, and respectfully sent her out of the small building in Linshui Pavilion, but the prince left quickly without looking back.

When I went to Xiao Yuzhuo's place in Chongwu, Xiao Yuzhuo had someone serve his son's favorite snacks, cooked tea soup with his own hands, and roasted the best Sydney pears in a small red clay stove.

"It's not the season for pears now. This is something that the students in the school's greenhouse have concocted. The taste is not as good as the pear season when pears first came down, but it's better to eat something special." Xiao Yuzhuo said softly.

Chongwu took it with a little guilt, thank you again and again.

This time in front of Xiao Yuzhuo, he was quite cautious, thinking that A Niang would definitely scold her.Or say something bad about Liu Mengyan.

Then he taught him the motto of being a prince and a king in the future with earnestness and earnestness.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuzhuo didn't say anything, just said some commonplace things, with a gentle attitude as if nothing happened.

Chong Wu felt more and more uncomfortable.

Where did Liu Mengyan hear her complaints about A Niang.

At A Niang's place, there was no bad word, and Chong Wu felt even more upset, "I'm really unfilial to make A Niang suffer such a wrong!"

On the way back to the palace, he couldn't help feeling emotionally with his close servant.

Nei Changshi hurriedly comforted, "Princess Wu won't care about you!"

"It's because Auntie doesn't care about it, and doesn't hold grudges against me, that makes me feel even more guilty. How has my Auntie ever been wronged by anyone? Even in Wancheng, my Auntie was also an indomitable woman! Now, because of I'm such an unfilial son, and I'm just being gossiped by a court lady behind my back..." Chong Wu's face was a bit embarrassed.

He could say this himself, but the eunuch who served him didn't dare to answer.

He sighed several times along the way, and when he returned to the East Palace that day, he didn't ask anyone to check on Yan Youfang.

After another two days, he probably remembered how it was when Liu Mengyan served by his side, so he summoned the eunuch who was close to him.

"Go and find out, among the good families selected to enter the palace this time, is there a maid from Yuzhang County whose maiden name is Yan Youfang, where is he arranged?" Chong Wu ordered.

"If we find out, do you want to bring her over to show His Highness the Crown Prince?" the eunuch asked in a low voice.

Chong Wu frowned and thought for a moment, "Don't want it for now, lest people find out and think Gu is not doing his job properly and only thinking about the little lady!"

The eunuch was taken aback, wasn't he?

He didn't dare to really ask these words, and even the doubts in his eyes quickly restrained himself.

Eunuchs and maids inquire about news in the palace, and they all have their own channels.

Not long after Chongwu explained, the eunuch came back to report.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the maid surnamed Yan was arranged in the laundry room of the Laundry Bureau."

"Isn't she from Yuzhang County? Is she from the same town as Liu Mengyan?"

"It's her."

"Liu Mengyan can enter the East Palace to serve, but she is in the washing room?" Chong Wu was a little shocked.

The eunuch nodded again and again, "Although they are from the same hometown, where they are assigned depends entirely on their respective abilities. Those who can write and paint, dance and sing, and sew and embroider... will naturally be assigned to different places. .”

"Then what does Yan Youfang know?" Chongwu asked curiously, "Could it be that the laundryman is especially good at washing clothes?"

The eunuch couldn't hold it back, and burst out laughing. Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince staring at him, he quickly restrained his smile and replied seriously, "Probably because he doesn't have any outstanding skills, so he was assigned to do rough work."

Chong Wu nodded, and was silent for a moment, frowning in thought.

"So, it's very likely that Yan Youfang did it!"

The eunuch raised his head quickly, "Your Highness can already conclude?"

"You think, she and Meng Yan are from the same hometown, about the same age, they came from Yuzhang County together, and got along day and night along the way. When they arrived in the palace, if the two people were in similar circumstances, they might become good sisters and share weal and woe... ...But Meng Yan was assigned to the East Palace, but she went to the laundry room. In this way, she was sure that she would not feel angry, and the more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and the old sisterhood would naturally be destroyed!" Chong Wu analyzed.

"So Your Highness is saying that it is this Yan Youfang who deliberately spread rumors that are not good for Miss Liu, in a vain attempt..." The eunuch sighed, "This is really hurting others and not benefiting oneself!"

Chong Wu nodded heavily, "Meng Yan was indeed wronged! I can go and tell Auntie to know, so that Auntie can feel at ease..."

"Your Highness!" The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, lowered his voice and whispered in Chongwu's ear, "Your Highness can reassure Princess Wu just based on the information I have inquired and some inferences? If Princess Wu asks stand up……"

Chong Wu frowned, "If A Niang really asks, I still don't know what to ask!"

The eunuch nodded again and again, "Does Your Highness want to see her?"

"This..." Chong Wu shook his head, "I remember that after the sons of Liang's family entered the palace, there would always be court painters who drew portraits for them and asked Father to look at them. Since she entered the laundry bureau, the portraits should still exist. ?”

The eunuch nodded again and again, "The servant is going to fetch the portrait!"

Chong Wu squinted his eyes, "Avoid some people and keep quiet."

"The servant understands!"

The portraits of the maids who failed the election were piled up randomly without anyone looking after them.

The eunuch from the Eastern Palace came to pick it up, and he gave only a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine in exchange for the portrait.

Not overnight, it was presented to the prince.

Before the portrait was opened, Chongwu was still a little excited and apprehensive.

The purpose of choosing a good family son to enter the palace is actually to choose someone who is close to the Holy Majesty and the Crown Prince.

Those who can't be selected will be sent to become maids of honor to serve the masters in the palace.

The ones chosen are naturally beautiful people.

Chong Wu rubbed his hands, his breathing was slightly short of breath.

The two eunuchs stood on the left and right sides, holding the scroll, and slowly unfolded it in front of Chongwu.

Chong Wu took a step forward, with the brilliance of Qiji in his eyes.

After the picture scroll was fully unfolded——I saw Chong Wu's face sinking down.

This woman is not too ugly if she says she is beautiful or ugly.

Just looking at the facial features everywhere, there is nothing wrong with it, but when they are combined together, it makes people look extremely awkward.

An uncomfortable and unpleasant feeling arises spontaneously at a glance.

"Take it away, take it away!" Chong Wu waved his hand unhappily, "No wonder it's not fate, if this person can be picked into the East Palace to serve, then the picker is really blind!"

The two eunuchs quickly put away the scroll.

"It's ugly!" Chong Wu said.

"It's not too ugly..." The eunuch laughed flatteringly, "It's your Highness who has high vision."

Chong Wu snorted softly, "It's not ugly just looking around, it's just that this face is not good, and the five senses are blinded! People with such looks must be vicious and cunning! Meng Yan still thinks that she is Okay, cover it up for her! She doesn't even know that someone sold her out!"

When Chongwu said this for Liu Mengyan, the two eunuchs had no answer.

He might have been offended by the portrait, and he didn't like that face so much, so he didn't mention the matter of seeing himself again.

I wanted to go to Prince Wu's mansion a few times, tell A Niang, and let Liu Mengyan come back.

But about his background, he hadn't asked clearly, even asked Yan Youfang symbolically.

If Yan Youfang falls into the hands of the Holy Master to ask, then maybe what will be the result of the question!

After two or three days of conflict in Chongwu, he still made up his mind, "Go to the laundry bureau and go in person. Bring that Yan Youfang to Gu! Gu will ask her in person!"

"Doesn't His Royal Highness dislike her appearance? Why don't you ask the servants to interrogate her? As soon as she recruits, report to His Highness immediately!"

Chong Wu shook his head, "In front of you, she admitted that she was the one who spread the rumors. If the emperor or mother asks again, what should she do if she temporarily retracts the confession? To be on the safe side, I will ask her alone, and I am not afraid that she will dare to retract the confession in front of Gu. !"

The eunuch quickly took orders to go to the laundry bureau.

This time he even told the eunuch to be careful, keep a low profile and avoid people...he never thought of it.Even if someone said that she grew up like that, no one would believe that he would like it, right?

At dusk, the eunuch led the man into the East Palace.

His Royal Highness had just finished his schoolwork for the day, and he was rubbing his brows and closing his eyes to rest.

The eunuch cautiously called out at the door, "Your Highness, someone has brought you here!"

Chong Wu turned around and looked behind the eunuch, "Where is he?"

"In the side hall." The eunuch seemed to want to say something, but his eyes hesitated.

Chong Wu frowned, "What are you doing evasively? Say something quickly!"

The eunuch sighed, "Your Highness, let's see for yourself..."

Chong Wu raised his eyebrows, "Could it be uglier than in the portrait?"

He got up and went to the side hall, and when he saw that figure, he felt that the girl was slender and graceful.

Unlike Liu Mengyan's plump breasts and fat buttocks, her slender waist is so provocative.

But there is a kind of graceful beauty.

Chong Wu secretly sighed in his heart, what a pity, what a pity such a beautiful back.

Walking around in front of the girl, he coughed softly, "Raise your head."

The girl raised her head slowly, first she saw two willow-leaf eyebrows as beautiful as the indigo daisy from distant mountains, then a pair of delicate eyes, a delicate and straight nose, lips as red as cherries, and a chin as smooth as cream...

Sure enough, none of the facial features are not exquisite...

However, when put together—Chongwu couldn’t help but think of a word—it’s astonishing!
"She..." Chong Wu pointed at the girl kneeling in front of him, "She is not the person in the portrait!"

"My maidservant Yan's name is Youfang." The little girl spoke softly.

Not as delicate as Liu Mengyan, who can pinch water, but she has a kind of noble spirit.

Chong Wu looked up at the eunuch, "What's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I'm afraid I have to ask the artist who painted the portrait..." the eunuch bowed his head and said.

Chong Wu snorted coldly, and he took a step forward, intending to wake the girl up.

But when he got closer, he stared at the girl's face carefully, and he couldn't help being even more surprised, "You...you get up!"

The girl looked at Chong Wu in bewilderment, "Your Highness?"

"Get up and talk." Chong Wu said with a frown.

Yan Youfang quickly got up from the ground, her eyes were half down, and Pingting was standing.

The eunuch hurried forward and whispered in Chong Wu's ear, "Did Your Highness notice it too? She looks like she's alone..."

Chong Wu frowned tightly, "Like, really like! Especially when you stand up and look at it from this angle..."

Yan Youfang heard the prince's evaluation, and looked at the prince with some doubts.

She raised her chin slightly, and her eyes were dimly illuminated by the palace lantern.

"It's more similar, isn't it?" the prince asked, patting the eunuch's shoulder in surprise.

The eunuch nodded again and again, "It really looks like it!"

"Who do you think she looks like?" Chong Wu asked.

The eunuch took a breath, "It's not obvious..."

"Let's talk together!" Chong Wu grabbed the clothes on his shoulders.

"Like A Niang!" "Princess Wu!"

Chong Wu let out a breath slowly.

(End of this chapter)