Chapter 1806: 1799: The Puppet Crown Prince Rong Ning Thought
Chapter 1806: Chapter 1799: The Puppet Crown Prince Rong Ning Thought
When he came to Qilin Garden before, that girl called him brother. She was very beautiful, with a gentle and dignified aura, no less noble than a daughter of nobility.
Rong Ning did not want to keep listening to Su Miaoyan’s endless chatter, so he asked, “Why didn’t I see sister today?”
Xiao Yu put down his bowl and chopsticks, looking at him with a deep gaze, “That day, you abducted a woman from the Crown Prince’s carriage, your sister from Beiling. The Crown Prince took Tangtang away and imprisoned her.”
Rong Ning lowered his head, “It’s my fault. Rong Yue is the sister I grew up with, I cannot remain indifferent to her.”
His guilt perfectly dispelled Xiao Yu’s suspicion. Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, “In the afternoon, I will enter the palace to meet the Crown Prince. You wait at home, and then you will enter the palace with me. Considering the Su family and the Xiao family, the Crown Prince will surely not pursue your identity further.”
Rong Ning nodded in agreement.
When Xiao Yu entered the palace from Qilin Garden, he stayed in Qilin Garden to heal. Su Miaoyan was always concerned about him, bringing him medicine one moment, and food the next. Even the bedding he slept on, Su Miaoyan had ordered the servants to change it two or three times, insisting that he try each to see which was most comfortable.
Rong Ning always disliked women like Su Miaoyan, who were only doted on by their husbands and lacked independence. He merely put on a facade of benevolence to deal with her.
Su Miaoyan could probably tell that he liked tranquility. She talked to him in a whisper for an incense stick of time, but he only responded with um and oh.
Su Miaoyan felt so heartbroken that she wanted to cry, “Ningning, don’t you like your mother? Your mother in Beiling… Was she good to you? What was she like?”
She thought, if Rong Ning liked his mother in Beiling, she could also learn to be like that.
Rong Ning thought inwardly that she was far different from his mother, Zhao Ling’er. His mother managed the harem and had her own insights into political affairs, never shedding tears or crying.
But now he had to please Su Miaoyan, so he said, “You are my mother, and there is no need to compare yourself to anyone else. You are the best in the world.”
“Really?” Su Miaoyan’s eyes sparkled because of his words.
Perhaps because she blushed with happiness, Su Miaoyan was embarrassed to disturb him further. She hurriedly left with the servants, thinking about finding some rare treasures to give as gifts to Rong Ning.
As soon as she left, Rong Ning pretended to rest and closed the door.
After quietly sneaking out of Qilin Garden, he placed a secret signal in the courtyard where Qin Yu was staying.
The secret guard Bai Li, who had been following him closely, appeared, showing concern, “Your Highness, are you alright?”
Rong Ning nodded, “How are our people?”
Having failed to assassinate Chu Heng, whose martial arts skills were formidable and ruthlessly vengeful, he certainly wouldn’t spare those he left in Jiang Du City and would do everything to eliminate them.
Bai Li replied regretfully, “All the people on the surface are dead. I was lucky to escape to Qin Yu’s place to survive. Qin Yu and his sister were also captured by Chu Heng; their lives are uncertain. This person is truly too vicious.”
The news they had previously gathered in Beiling was that the Crown Prince Chu Heng, though handsome and dignified, always listened to Prime Minister Zhuo Junli and was a puppet Crown Prince.
In the court, everything big and small was decided by Prime Minister Zhuo.
But now, deep in the capital, they realized they had fallen into Chu Heng’s devious plot!
He had concealed his abilities for years, appearing weak, but unexpectedly, he was such a sinister and vicious person behind the scenes.
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