flstandardbreds What is Chapter 117 hiding?
What is Chapter 117 hiding?
Princess Liduan said this and then walked away.
Lu Yangyang quickly grabbed her.
"Why are you pulling me? Are you going to just watch her deceive people? Brother Sheng is my benefactor, I will never let him be deceived!" Princess Liduan glared at Lu Yangyang.
“If you rush over like that, even if someone is scared away, you won’t have any evidence. You’ll be caught in the middle, and no one will believe you,” Lu Yangyang said.
Princess Liduan paused, "Then what should we do? You have to think of something quickly. You think I'm right, don't you?"
Lu Yangyang shook her head: "It's useless for us to make wild guesses without evidence. But I also think she's very strange. Now that I think about it, Sheng Yunzhu wanted to enter her room, but she kept blocking her. If you saw her with other people before, then maybe she really was hiding something."
"I interrupted Sheng Yunzhu because I saw that my elder brother didn't want us to go in and disturb him."
Looking back now, perhaps from the very beginning, Sheng Yunzhu was trying to lure them to Xue Wanning.
Sheng Yunzhu was humiliated by her today. Even with the medicine, the swelling did not completely subside. Given Sheng Yunzhu's personality, she would not insist on going out under these circumstances unless it was something important. She must know something, or perhaps she deliberately arranged this whole thing.
Today, when they came to Huguo Temple to offer incense, Lan Shi originally only invited her and her elder brother. However, Sheng Yunzhu did not go to Lan Shi, but instead went to find Old Madam Li and persuaded her to come out with them. She also invited Sheng Junyi.
During the time Lu Yangyang spent with Sheng Yunzhu, she had roughly discerned some of Sheng Yunzhu's style of doing things. If Sheng Yunzhu did something intentionally, it was always for a purpose; she would never do something without a clear objective.
Just like when she invited the Fairy of Goodness into the mansion, she simply wanted to use the rumor of her being a jinx to drive her out.
Two things happened at Huguo Temple today: an assassination attempt and the matter of Xue Wanning.
The assassination must be related to the fact that she found the murderer of Feng Qingyao at the Chengen Duke's Mansion that day, which ruined some people's plans. It is impossible to connect it to Sheng Yunzhu for the time being.
But the matter of Xue Wanning is much clearer.
In this world, how many coincidences are there? It was such a coincidence that they happened to come to Huguo Temple and ran into Xue Wanning, who hadn't shown her face for a long time and was about to marry her elder brother.
Lu Yangyang disliked Sheng Yunzhu, but she also didn't want her older brother to be deceived.
“Let’s go, let’s not alert her yet. Let’s go and take a look quietly. If we can catch her and find out she really has ulterior motives, then we can tell our elder brother. If we can’t catch her, we’ll just keep an eye on her. Since she came to Huguo Temple to meet someone at this time and asked the Third Prince for help, it means that she hasn’t accomplished what she wanted to do yet. As long as she hasn’t accomplished it, she will definitely have a next move. As long as we keep a close eye on her, we will definitely find a loophole.” Lu Yangyang thought for a moment and said.
“That seems to make some sense,” Princess Liduan always did things in a straightforward manner and didn’t like beating around the bush, but she was still very receptive to what others said.
The two then quietly arrived outside the courtyard where Xue Wanning was resting. After looking around, Lu Yangyang pointed to the tree in the neighboring courtyard: "Let's go there."
Princess Liduan immediately rubbed her hands together, eager to try: "You are truly a brilliant person!"
Lu Yangyang rolled her eyes: "The easiest way to stake out is from a tree, but luckily it's summer now, it wouldn't work in winter."
"How come you're so experienced?" Princess Li Duan asked curiously. Then, seeing that no one was around and the neighboring courtyard was also empty, she quickly climbed up.
Lu Yangyang followed and climbed up, finding a suitable spot to lie down: "You're quite experienced too, aren't you? When I was a kid, I often went into the mountains to hunt. Hiding in trees is much safer, but you still have to be careful of poisonous snakes and the like."
Lu Yangyang found life truly amazing. She never expected that she had never climbed a tree in all the time she had been in the capital, but she had climbed one twice in one day while following Princess Liduan, a member of the imperial family.
In the past, how could she have imagined that those characters who only appeared in storybooks were actually no different from them?
"You're so amazing! I can climb trees because I was naughty when I was little. Once, when I went to the village with my mother, I secretly ran away and teased someone's big yellow dog. The dog started chasing me, and I was scared, so I ran and ran for my life. Finally, when I saw there was nowhere to hide, I don't know how I found the strength, but I climbed up a tree. I lay on the tree and watched the big yellow dog unable to get up, and I proudly had a big fight with it. When my mother came looking for me, I was still arguing with the dog. In the end, my mother rescued me and praised me for doing a good job. She even found a guard to teach me how to climb trees, so I'm really good at climbing trees now!" Princess Liduan shared her childhood tree-climbing experience with great enthusiasm.
“Your mother must be an interesting person,” Lu Yangyang said.
"Of course, my mother said that life is short, only a few decades, so we must love life."
As they were talking, Lu Yangyang saw someone coming from a distance and quickly tugged at her arm.
Princess Li Duan quickly covered her mouth.
Cheng Ruoxue, accompanied by her maid, walked towards the courtyard. The maid knocked on the door, and after a moment, the door to the house inside the courtyard opened, and a maid helped Xue Wanning out.
"You two go out first, I need to say a few words to Sister Wanning," Cheng Ruoxue said to the two maids.
After the two maids left, Cheng Ruoxue took Xue Wanning's arm and said, "Sister Wanning, I'm so sorry I couldn't help you today. But His Highness said that if there's an opportunity in the future, he will consider your suggestion."
"Sister Wanning, what exactly is the difficulty you've encountered? Why don't you tell me? I'll go back and ask my father if he can help."
Xue Wanning shook her head: "Ruoxue, no matter what, I owe you a lot today. I didn't tell you the truth because I didn't want to involve you. I'm so glad you believed me, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to do anything."
"Alright, why are we still talking about this? Sister Wanning, if there's anything I can help you with, just let me know. It's getting late. I came to ask if you want to go back together. I've already had the maid pack everything. I'm just worried about your health. If you can't handle it, you might as well stay the night before you leave," Cheng Ruoxue asked with concern.
"No need. I didn't expect Aunt Lan and Prince Sheng to be here today. It's already impolite of me not to visit them in person. I shouldn't stay any longer. I'll come find you later and we can go back together." Xue Wanning sighed.
"Oh? So, Sister Wanning, did you meet your future husband today? I met Prince Sheng in my younger days, but I was too young to remember much. Everyone says that Prince Sheng looks like a member of the Lan family, and he is known for his handsome appearance. Are you satisfied, Sister?" Cheng Ruoxue gossiped in a low voice.
Xue Wanning gave a wry smile: "Prince Sheng is indeed a gentleman."