dognovel Chapter 110 Sir, Let Go
Chapter 110 Sir, Let Go
By the time Zhu Zheng remembered that she had not closed the door tightly when she entered, the door had already been half opened.
Under the moonlight, Zhu Qing stood in front of the door with a serious expression, holding a lantern.
"Zheng'er, come out." she said.
"Sister..."
Zhu Zheng's face turned pale and she pushed away the person who was hugging her.
Rong Yan glanced at the person coming over, his eyes lightly passed over her bulging belly, his brows slightly frowned, and he almost immediately grabbed Zhu Zheng's hand.
Zhu Zheng's attempt to run out was abruptly interrupted halfway, with one foot stepping out of the threshold while the other foot still remained inside.
She turned around and winked at Rong Yan, but Rong Yan ignored her. After a moment of silence, he heard his sister's voice in the back of his mind.
"So these days, I have been under the care of the Grand Tutor."
The light of the lantern came closer, Zhu Qing took a few steps forward and grabbed Zhu Zheng's other hand.
"I don't know when Zheng'er became friends with the Grand Tutor. She is used to being unrestrained. I'm sure she has offended the Grand Tutor these days. I will take her back and teach her a lesson. I will come to apologize another day."
The words were tactful, but it was clear that he wanted to take Zhu Zheng away. However, Rong Yan had no intention of letting go. Zhu Zheng was like a kite with its wings pulled. The three people's slender shadows swayed on the ground together.
Rong Yan looked down at Zhu Zheng, his expression unclear as he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
Zhu Zheng had a layer of cold sweat on her forehead. Her sister's words "for me" just now scared her to death. With Rong Yan's keen eyesight, she didn't need to explain the "for what" any more at this moment, so why was he so anxious to listen?
Zhu Zheng was thinking quickly and feebly in her head. She looked up at Rong Yan, then turned to look at her sister, with a look of embarrassment on her face.
Zhu Qing saw her dilemma and suddenly loosened his hand, put away the lantern, and bowed deeply to Rong Yan.
"Master Taifu, please show some mercy and let me go."
Zhu Zheng was stunned. This was what Zhu Qing had said when he was kneeling in front of Gong Yixiu's horse on the battlefield that day.
Even the moonlight was just as hazy and her expression was just as depressed and helpless.
Zhu Zheng could no longer care about Rong Yan. She suspected that her sister was suppressing the shock she had received, fearing that she might have a miscarriage. She could only follow her sister's words and said to Rong Yan, "Sir... Master Taifu, I will leave with my sister first, and come back another day... to apologize in person."
What she said was not a lie. She would find a chance to explain to him in a few days... Now she could only comfort her sister. After all, her condition was special and she couldn't withstand such great emotional ups and downs.
Rong Yan stared at her with a heavy gaze. Zhu Zheng hooked her finger in his palm and pleaded in a low voice, "Sir..."
Rong Yan let her yell indifferently.
Zhu Zheng struggled and said anxiously, "Sir, let go."
Rong Yan's expression was equally unclear. Seeing that Zhu Zheng was almost crying, he finally let her go.
As soon as she let go, Zhu Zheng ran towards her sister like an arrow. Zhu Qing grabbed her and walked away, walking very fast with her big belly.
Zhu Zheng supported Zhu Qing while whispering, "Sister, slow down," fearing that she would fall or get hurt.
After finally returning to the backyard, Zhu Qing rolled up the valuables neatly.
"Walk."
Zhu Zheng: "Where are you going?"
Zhu Qing: "Return to Zhu Mansion."
Zhu Zheng was startled. "Sister, sister, listen to me. It's okay for us to stay here. I specifically asked adults to find this garden. No one will come to find us. Grandmother doesn't know about it yet. Even if you want to go back, wait until the baby is born, okay?"
Zhu Qing turned to look at her and asked, "You begged him? How did you beg him?"
Zhu Zheng paused, "I..."
Zhu Qing's face was sullen as he questioned, "Did you do this by looking at his face and begging him for it like you did today? Or did he use this to threaten you? To threaten you to give yourself to him?"
"Neither!" Zhu Zheng saw that she had misunderstood, and explained anxiously, "The master knew nothing about it. I used dishonorable means to deceive him..."
"Heh... I don't know... Zheng'er, you are still young and don't know much about people. How many of you know about the sinister and unpredictable human heart?"
Zhu Qing sneered, "Master Taifu is such a ruthless person, he is not someone you can mess with. If he wants to deceive you, he has many ways to keep you unaware. Do you really think you can be his opponent?"
Zhu Zheng didn't know how to explain, so she just said, "Sister, the Lord may have had some unavoidable things to do in the court, but overall, he is a very good person."
"Good guy?"
Zhu Qing suddenly pulled a bronze mirror on the table closer, pointed at Zhu Zheng's collar and asked, "Is this how your 'good man' treats you?"
Zhu Zheng turned her head to look. The reflection in the mirror showed her with disheveled hair and the collar of her skirt torn out of shape. What was even worse was that the hem of her skirt had been stained with blood at some point, forming horrifying red spots.
"Sister..." Zhu Zheng rubbed the dried blood on her skirt, "This is... This is chicken blood."
Zhu Qing seemed to have heard something extremely absurd. He laughed in anger and said, "Chicken blood? What about the neck? Are you going to say it was a bug bite?"
Zhu Zheng covered her open collar, thinking that Rong Yan's bite today was really inappropriate, and she palely defended herself, "My Lord is not usually like this..."
"He's actually always been very reserved..."
Zhu Qing frowned, "You are on his side, right?"
Zhu Zheng waved her hands hurriedly, "No, I'm on my sister's side. Of course I'm on my sister's side!"
That night, Zhu Zheng first coaxed Rong Yan and then her sister, and she didn't even have a chance to touch the pillow.
As soon as the sun rose, her elder sister insisted on going back to the Zhu Mansion. If Zhu Zheng refused to leave, she would go back alone. Zhu Zheng did not dare to argue with her and had to leave Tingxiaoyuan first.
He left in a hurry and decisively, so hurriedly that he didn't have time to see Rong Yan.
Before going back, Zhu Qing took Zhu Zheng to the clinic first. Only when she heard the doctor say that Zhu Zheng had not taken any medicine did she feel a little relieved.
The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and people in Shengjing City started walking around in the morning, with the usual vitality filling the streets.
Zhu Zheng was in a state of trepidation in the carriage. She didn't know what kind of storm would be waiting for them at her grandmother's place when they returned to the Zhu residence...
The carriage stopped at the gate of Zhu's house, but the imaginary angry grandmother did not show up. Instead, it was Nanny Gui who helped them get off the carriage and led them directly to the reception room with her head down.
Zhu Zheng was wondering how she got here first when she looked up and saw that the reception room was filled with dozens of nanmu boxes tied with red silk and gold foil.
A man in gorgeous clothes sat in the seat of honor, and even my grandmother was sitting next to him waiting.
The distinguished guest had a pale complexion, a ribbon covering his eyes, and was drinking tea leisurely.
It’s Gong Yihao.
Zhu Zheng's heart tightened, and Nanny Gui pressed her head down to make her bow. When she heard her grandmother speak, she did not blame her, but smiled unexpectedly.
"His Highness the First Prince has already explained the whole story to me. It is rare for two people to fall in love with each other, and as a grandmother, I regret that the Third Girl has no marriage or matchmaker. But now that the matter is done, His Highness has already arranged all the matters. I only hope that the wedding can be held as soon as possible."
Although the grandmother was smiling, her words sounded cowardly and a bad premonition diluted Zhu Zheng's shock.
"What kind of ceremony?" she asked.
Gong Yihao stood up and said, "The Crown Princess's appointment ceremony."
This was the first time Zhu Zheng heard Gong Yihao speak. His voice was as precious as gold and jade, with an unusual sense of laziness that would be hard to forget once you heard it.
Zhu Zheng didn't have time to appreciate this. She thought to herself that Gong Yihao was not even the crown prince, so how could he be named a crown princess? However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, so she couldn't possibly show displeasure to Tianwei.
Although Tianwei was half blind, he seemed unable to see her expression.
The person involved, Zhu Qing, just lowered her head and didn't even glance at the people in the hall. Gong Yihao didn't care and said to Madam Zhu, "The royal bloodline cannot be wrong. I came here today to propose marriage and to bring Qingqing back to the palace to live."
Zhu Zheng immediately objected, "No!"
Madam Zhu frowned, "How can you have a say?"
Old Madam Zhu only learned about this this morning from an outsider, and learned that Zhu Qing was already six or seven months pregnant. She was so angry that she almost fainted.
After a long while, he calmed down and had to think carefully about the whole thing. Although the eldest prince was disabled, his power was declining, and he had the difficult title of the abandoned prince, he was still a royal noble after all.
Besides, the matter had already been settled. If any word of it got out, the third girl would never be able to face anyone again.
The current proposal actually did not give Madam Zhu much room to turn around. Gong Yihao did not take advantage of his power to bully others and deny his promise. She was already going to burn incense to thank all her ancestors.
Zhu Zheng remembered that she was facing someone who would only respond to soft words and not to hard ones, so she immediately changed the subject and said, "Grandma, my sister was injured a few days ago and has not recovered from her amnesia yet. She is unfamiliar with the affairs in the palace and should stay in the mansion to recuperate for a while..."
Gong Yihao's expression was obviously paused, "Amnesia?"
He came down from his high seat with an unsteady step, but he did not look completely blind.
Gong Yihao stood in front of Zhu Qing and said, "So you don't remember anything about what happened between us?"
Zhu Qing looked up at him for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't remember."
Gong Yihao then asked, "Then do you still remember who I am?"
Zhu Qing replied calmly, "My grandmother just mentioned that you are the eldest prince."
Gong Yihao was silent for a long time, staring at Zhu Qing through the satin. After a long while, he suddenly laughed, "This counts as remembering."
"The rest is not important. Just know that I am the father of the child in your belly, that's enough."
Zhu Qing looked up at him, "So, Your Highness, what do you want today?"
Gong Yihao: "Come back with me."
Zhu Qing smiled coldly, "I'll go with you, don't make things difficult for others."
Gong Yihao touched her face and said, "I have said it before, you are the only one I want in this life."
Zhu Qing turned away calmly and walked out obediently. Zhu Zheng hurriedly caught up with him, "Sister!"
Zhu Qing didn't even look back at her, but just gave her two simple instructions.
"Zheng'er, stay at Zhu Mansion and don't worry about me anymore."
"Everything will be fine when I get back."