SFS Chapter 269 Midnight Visit
Chapter 269 Midnight Visit
"Go to the gate of the palace and see what's going on?" Su Yunrou ordered.
"Yes, miss!"
The wintersweet left again.
Su Yunrou was feeling uneasy and didn't pay attention to her feet for a moment, and accidentally stumbled. Fortunately, Zijuan quickly caught her and she did not fall.
"Hahaha! Second sister, you are in your own home now, not outside. No one from Rui can see you, and no one from Qi or other princes can see you. How can you pretend to be weak?"
When Su Lihan just came over, she saw Su Yunrou almost falling down and couldn't help but ridicule her.
Whenever there was an event in the capital before, she would always appear weak in front of Prince Rui and others, causing those people to feel pity for her. But now, at home, she actually acted like this. Who was she acting for?
Su Yunrou narrowed her eyes when she heard Su Lihan's harsh sarcasm.
The last time when King Qi was invited to the mansion, Su Lihan tried every means to attract King Qi's attention without even realizing who she was.
"Fifth sister, even if I don't look like this, they still won't look down on you." Su Yunrou snorted and walked away.
"you!"
Su Lihan was so angry that she couldn't speak. After a long while, she said angrily: "What does she mean? Is she saying that without her, the King of Qi won't like me anymore?"
"Fifth Miss, that's probably what she meant." The maid continued speaking along the lines of Su Lihan, but was pinched twice on the arm by Su Lihan as if to vent her anger.
This new maid who came to serve her was extremely stupid, but it happened that the girl had been sent away by her mother.
The maidservant was pinched so hard that she dared not cry out in pain and could only try her best to endure it.
The old woman from the Zhao family saw this scene when she was passing by the corridor with something in her hand, and she felt that the girl was extremely pitiful.
At night, when Su Lihan fell asleep, the maid returned to the servants' room, lifted her sleeves and saw a few more purple marks.
She cried silently, not knowing when she would no longer have to serve the Fifth Miss.
In the second half of the night, everything was quiet and only a few lanterns were lit in the mansion.
Su Qingwan had fallen asleep. When she heard the noise outside, she immediately got up.
"Miss, it's the man you carried away last time."
Zhenzhu had already gone outside to take a look. Not only did she admire this man, she even thought of breaking into Fuyun Pavilion at night. She really didn't know how he died.
Li Yuncheng originally wanted to come over to express his sincerity in cooperating with Su Qingwan. After all, it was not very convenient for the two to meet. However, he didn't expect to be discovered as soon as he stepped into the yard.
Su Qingwan frowned. What was this person doing here in the middle of the night?
Stealing beauty?
Can't kill him!
After she changed her clothes, she went to the yard, where Li Yuncheng was being pointed at the throat by Xiaolin with a sword.
"Step back. You can't be rude to the prince."
Xiao Lin looked at Li Yuncheng twice again before he put away his sword and retreated.
Li Yuncheng touched his neck. If the man's sword had advanced an inch further, he would have to go to heaven to accompany his father.
"Miss Fourth is polite." Li Yuncheng clasped his fists.
"The prince is visiting in the middle of the night, is there something urgent?"
Li Yuncheng heard the unhappiness in her words. Was she angry?
"It's not an emergency, but it's definitely a good thing. How about we find a place to talk?"
Su Qingwan raised her hand, and Zhenzhu and others left.
"Go ahead."
After saying this, she had to go back to rest. Tomorrow she had to accompany her mother to meet the managers of the inner and outer courtyards, so she couldn't be careless.
Li Yuncheng didn't expect her to do this. Shouldn't they find a quiet and safe place to talk?
"The emperor has ordered the King of Qi to be imprisoned in his mansion, but this matter has not been spread, so no one outside knows about it."
"The King of Qi was imprisoned?" Su Qingwan felt strange. Why did the emperor imprison the King of Qi for no reason?
You have to know that the Prince of Qi was raised by the Queen. Even if he is not the Queen's biological son, the Emperor will not touch him easily because of this relationship.
"Do you still remember the incident at Guandi Temple?" Li Yuncheng asked.
Su Qingwan nodded. There were some strange things there.
"What does the prince mean by this matter is related to the King of Qi?"
"This is what we have found out so far. I wonder what Miss Four thinks of this sincerity?" Li Yuncheng said.
Su Qingwan didn't say anything and went to the flower hall on the side. Shanhu brought some tea and snacks over.
"The King of Qi is only imprisoned. He is still a long way from your goal. And don't you think the King of Rui is too quiet?"
After Li Yuncheng entered the flower hall, he guessed that the cooperation between the two was a sure thing.
"I have arranged for someone to keep an eye on Prince Rui. He has been very regular lately, focusing on recuperating. However, his illness was a little strange in the first place."
"I was beaten." Su Qingwan shook her hands.
Li Yuncheng: “…” Then you also said that he went to catch turtles.
"Don't be surprised. It's just what you think. Since I want to cancel the engagement with Prince Rui, I have to do something. But now Prince Rui and Prince Qi are both imprisoned. It's hard to guarantee that this is not the result the emperor wants."
"how do I say this?"
"The prince is seriously ill. If we don't find a reason to lock up our son who poses a threat, what will happen if something goes wrong?"
Su Qingwan didn't believe that Li Yuncheng hadn't thought of this. He was just doing what the emperor wanted.
Li Yuncheng stopped talking, but took two sips of Su Qingwan's tea.
"Your second uncle is coming back." Li Yuncheng said.
Su Qingwan looked at him and thought, how come this guy knows everything?
"This is good news for my second aunt. Please come in, my prince!"
"Miss Fourth, are you really not going to consider my previous proposal?" Li Yuncheng asked with a smile after he stood up.
Su Qingwan looked over quietly with her pair of black eyes, and the meaning was very clear.
Li Yuncheng had no choice but to leave.
When he arrived outside the mansion, the chief guard was waiting for him. When he saw Li Yuncheng coming out, he quickly came over and said:
"My Lord, have you seen the Fourth Young Lady?"
Li Yuncheng hummed and strode away.
The captain of the guards scratched his head and looked at Li Yuncheng in confusion. Why was his young master becoming more and more strange?
To be precise, things started to get weird after he was rescued by the Fourth Miss by accident.
It would have been fine if he had asked me to keep an eye on the Fourth Young Lady before, but now he actually ran to the Marquis' Mansion in the middle of the night just to tell the other party the news of the imprisonment of Prince Qi.
But I can tell the news myself, is there any need for the master to make a trip in person?
Confused, he quickly chased after his master.
In Fuguang Courtyard, Su Qingwan lost her sleepiness, so she went to the study and wrote and drew. When it was almost dawn, she burned everything she had written.
"Change my clothes." Su Qingwan said.
Linxiang and others became busy, and after a while, Su Qingwan went to Helin Courtyard.
She walked into Jiang's room and saw a maid combing her hair.
"Mom, wear that jade hairpin. It looks dignified and elegant."
"Isn't it too exaggerated? Didn't you say that I should keep a low profile?" Jiang still remembered what Su Qingwan told her when she first returned to the Marquis' Mansion.