Chapter Seventy-Three: Quarrel
On the second day, Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi went to the Prince's Mansion together, along the way, Wen Ruyi was a little worried that they would meet Wen Qing and Hu Yanmin, after all, they would definitely investigate if they got the news, so the first step of this investigation is to go to the Prince's Mansion to have a look.
"What if they run into my father?"
Wen Ruyi always felt that this would be a little embarrassing, after all, when the emperor agreed to the marriage of Wen Dongling and Chu Hongchen that day, Wen Qing and Hu Yanmin were also present, and it was estimated that Hu Yanmin would blame her for this.
"You are Wen Dongling's sister, and it is only natural to come and see her after hearing the news of her illness."
Chu Hongze reached out and took Wen Ruyi's hand, held it in his hand, and gently patted the back of her hand to show comfort.
"I'm not afraid of arguing with Hu Yanmin, I'm just worried about ......" Wen Ruyi looked up at Chu Hongze, and stopped talking.
"Worried about what?" Chu Hongze looked at her with a smile.
"I'm worried that my father will misunderstand and hate you, and then he will go to the emperor to visit you."
Everything Wen Ruyi is doing now must be dealt with on the premise of not threatening Chu Hongze's great cause, but anything that will damage Chu Hongze's image in front of the emperor must not be done.
"Ruyi, don't you understand? The great cause is important, but how to complete the great cause is a problem that I should think about, and you, just be by my side, you don't need to think too much. Chu Hongze stared at Wen Ruyi's eyes and continued: "We used to be in a cooperative relationship, at that time, I needed you to help me, but now it's different, Ruyi, I really regard you as my princess." ”
Wen Ruyi was distracted for a while, and she didn't know how to respond to his words, as Chu Hongze's princess, she should have to help him share some affairs, and for Chu Hongze, as a prince, becoming the future prince is the great cause he wants to achieve, so Wen Ruyi decided to help him.
"Chu Hongze, you are my husband, these are what I am willing to do, don't worry, I won't let myself suffer."
Chu Hongze listened to her words, and couldn't help but feel funny, did this girl hear his words in his heart?
"Okay, I trust you."
Wen Ruyi smiled, then lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside, almost arriving at the prince's mansion.
After a while, the carriage stopped at the gate of the prince's mansion, Chu Hongze got out of the carriage first, and then helped Wen Ruyi down, sure enough, the more he was afraid of something, the more he came.
Wen Ruyi looked at the carriage on the side, and two people got down from it, Wen Qing and Hu Yanmin.
"Father!"
Wen Ruyi still said hello to Wen Qing out of politeness, but still didn't even look at Hu Yanmin's face.
"Lord Wang, Ruyi, are you also here to see Dong Ling?" Wen Qingtong greeted Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze.
"Dongling has such a big thing, and I, as a sister, should come and take a look."
Hu Yanmin snorted coldly on the side: "Who knows if you really came to see Dong Ling." ”
Hu Yanmin tilted his head to the side when he said this, and although his voice was not loud, the few people present could hear it clearly.
"What are you talking about, Mrs. Huyan?" Chu Hongze stepped forward, stood beside Wen Ruyi, and stretched out a hand to wrap his arms around her.
"Ruyi, she's worried about her sister, so ah, I'm going to come to this prince's mansion with me early this morning."
Hu Yanmin was about to say something, but he was frightened back by Wen Qing's eyes.
"It's hard for you to have a heart." Wen Qing smiled and continued, "Then let's hurry in now." ”
The housekeeper at the door had already gone to inform Chu Hongchen, so as soon as they entered the door, several of them ran into Chu Hongchen.
"Yo, everyone's here, come on, please."
Chu Hongchen smiled, as if nothing had happened.
After the group arrived at the hall inside, Chu Hongchen asked someone to bring tea, but Wen Qing refused.
"Your Highness, I came today to come to see my daughter Dongling, the last time I came, Your Highness, you told me that she happened to have something to go out, and it wouldn't be so coincidental today."
When Chu Hongchen heard him say this, his face changed, and then he returned to normal, but he still had a smile.
"Lord Wen, you are really not in a hurry to come today, Dong Ling has just been out for a while."
Wen Qing won't believe it again this time, last night, someone came to the mansion to tell him about Wen Dongling, telling him that Wen Dongling was crazy in the prince's mansion.
At that time, Hu Yanmin was also present, and after hearing about it, she decided to go to the prince's mansion to ask clearly, but Wen Qing stopped her.
After that, another person from the palace came back to tell him that he had heard about it outside, but because it was the prince's family affair, no one dared to discuss and speculate about the inside story of this matter.
The more Wen Qing thought about it, the more wrong it became, a few days ago, when he and Hu Yanmin went to the prince's mansion, the prince's behavior was not normal, knowing that they were coming to find Wen Dongling, he immediately told them that Wen Dongling had gone out, and he would not come back for a while, saying that another day, he and Wen Dongling would visit them in person.
After listening to Chu Hongchen's words at that time, Wen Qing didn't think much about it, but now, the rumors outside are always groundless, something must have happened, so there are such rumors.
Therefore, early this morning, he decided to come to the Prince's Mansion to have a look, Hu Yanmin was also worried all night, and when he arrived at the Prince's Mansion today, he must ask about this matter carefully.
"Really? That's really unfortunate, but today, I'm just waiting for her here, when will Dong Ling come back, and when will I leave. ”
Chu Hongchen saw that they came prepared this time, but he was not angry, and found a stool to sit down, intending to accompany him to spend like this.
"Are you also here to find Dong Ling?"
Chu Hongchen looked at Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze, it was really a coincidence today, and he wanted to come together.
"Brother Huang, there have been some rumors outside recently, it is about Dong Ling, Ruyi is worried, saying that she wants to come over to see Dong Ling, so I will accompany her to come and have a look."
Chu Hongchen frowned, and then glanced at Wen Qing and Hu Yanmin, who were sitting on the side.
"Oh? Rumor? What are the rumors? Let's hear it, I haven't been out of this prince's mansion for too long, and I don't even know the rumors that there is our prince's mansion outside. ”
Chu Hongze smiled and continued: "Some people outside say that the side concubine of the Prince's Mansion is crazy! ”
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Chu Hongchen put away his original smile and replaced it with an indifferent face.
"Someone dares to spread rumors about the Prince's Mansion at will, it's really boring, come here!"
Soon someone came to the hall and knelt in the center, waiting for Chu Hongchen's orders.
"Go and help me find those rumor-mongers and bring them all to the Prince's Mansion."
The man immediately ran out, and when Wen Qing saw this, he was a little puzzled, could this be fake?
"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that this matter is a rumor made by outsiders, then send someone to call Dong Ling back by the way."
Wen Ruyi deliberately said this to him, Chu Hongchen's action was nothing more than wanting to clear his own relationship and bluffing, today, Wen Ruyi must let him tell the truth.
"Ruyi, I just said it, Dong Ling has something to go out to do, I don't know where she went, she went out early this morning, as for where she went and what she was doing, she only told me that she had something to do, but she didn't tell me specifically."
Chu Hongchen's rhetoric was one after another, which really made Wen Qing and Hu Yanmin believe it a little.
"Then let's wait here for Dong Ling to come back with our father."
Wen Ruyi is determined to see Wen Dongling today, Chu Hongchen knows that no matter what he says now, this Wen Ruyi will stay here and wait for Wen Dongling to come back, so he has to find another way to get them away.
Wen Ruyi just sat there and waited, occasionally drank some water, and then turned to look at Chu Hongze, and the latter's gaze was always on Wen Ruyi, she felt a little shy, so she thought about reaching out to hit him, and just as she was about to stretch out her hand, she felt that someone was watching them behind her.
Wen Ruyi put down his hand and looked behind him, looking at them was Chu Hongchen.
Chu Hongze also noticed it, stretched out his hand to hold Wen Ruyi's hand, then looked up in the direction of Chu Hongchen and smiled at him, the latter immediately looked away and no longer looked at Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi.
When eating at noon, Wen Dongling still didn't reply, Hu Yanmin couldn't sit still, she ate two bites at random, and then slammed the chopsticks on the table to express her dissatisfaction.
"This wife is not at home all day, don't you as a husband just ask?"
Hu Yanmin's opening made everyone's faces become very embarrassed, who doesn't know, only the main room can be called a wife, and Hu Yanmin is now calling the relationship between Wen Dongling and Chu Hongchen like this, which will inevitably make the people present feel that Hu Yanmin's words have other meanings.
"Where is she going, and if I don't let her go, won't she be imprisoned?"
Chu Hongchen picked up the chopsticks to eat again, and didn't seem to care about what Hu Yanmin had just called the relationship between him and Wen Dongling.
"Then you should also ask, after all, you have only been married for a short time, so it's really inappropriate not to see each other for a day."
Hu Yanmin is not dead yet, she is now bent on seeing her daughter, so her words are aggressive, and she has long lost the demeanor of Mrs. Wenfu.
"Smack-"
This time it was Chu Hongchen who slapped the chopsticks on the table heavily, the sound was a little loud, Hu Yanmin was startled, looked up at him, and suddenly became a little scared.
"It's your daughter who isn't there now, she also reports to me when she goes out to report, and she eats when she eats, I never like to talk about these things at the dinner table, I really don't have any appetite at all."
Chu Hongchen was really impatient with Hu Yanmin's step-by-step questioning, he got up, pushed the stool away, and then walked outside.
Wen Qing also put down his chopsticks at this time, looked at Hu Yanmin, his eyes were full of reproach and disgust, his wife would never pick a time to speak, and the words he said seemed to have not been said in his mind, he shook his head helplessly.