PNB Chapter 271 Prepare to leave (11)
Chapter 271 Prepare to leave (11)
As time passed, two days later, at Prince Duan's Mansion.
When Nie Huaili woke up, the first thing he did was to see if the people around him were still there.
The even, shallow breathing from above her head told Nie Huaili that Tu Weizhi was still by her side. She felt like she was dreaming. Although she had become Tu Weizhi's concubine, she was the only woman by his side.
This made her feel strangely relieved. But there was one thing she couldn't understand: why did Nie Qingxue do this?
If it was to humiliate her, Nie Qingxue would have been even more ruthless.
Nie Huaili, who was confused, stopped thinking about it for the time being. After leaving the Nie Mansion, being with her beloved was the most important thing. Moreover, she had the flesh and blood of Prince Duan. With this guarantee, the servants of Prince Duan's Mansion did not dare to neglect her.
She lived like a wife. Although she was in confinement, Tu Weizhi always brought her lots of novelties to entertain her in order to cheer her up.
"Li'er, don't you want to take a nap?" Tu Weizhi hugged the person in his arms closer, feeling a little sleepy.
Nie Huaili said in a gentle voice, "No, Your Highness, Li'er still needs to take some tonic. The imperial physician said that Li'er is weak and worried that the baby in her belly will also be weak, so she needs to drink more tonic to make Li'er and the baby in her belly stronger."
"Well, then you go. I'll sleep a little longer." Tu Weizhi turned over and continued to sleep with his eyes closed.
Nie Huaili got out of bed quietly and put on his shoes. Chun Ye, who was outside, heard the noise and hurriedly walked in with her head lowered. She picked up the lotus pink gauze coat hanging on the shelf and put it on Nie Huaili.
"What time is it?" Nie Huaili asked softly, with a hint of fatigue in her eyes and brows.
Chun Ye lowered his head and said respectfully, "My lady, it's morning hour."
"Well, is the medicine ready?" Nie Huaili gathered the gauze coat draped over his body with his hands, and asked in a low voice after he and Chunye came out of the room.
Chun Ye still lowered her head, supporting Nie Huaili with her hand as they walked out of the yard. "Madam, we're ready."
"Let's go." Nie Huaili frowned. Now she could only rely on this magical elixir to save the fetus in her belly.
Every time she drank the medicine, Nie Huaili couldn't help but think of how she was despised by Princess Duan. If it weren't for her pregnancy, Princess Duan wouldn't have kept her in the mansion.
Prince Duan's mother, the old Princess Duan, is the real head of the Prince Duan's Mansion.
The old man didn't like her in the first place and had always been brooding over her having ruined the marriage between Nie Qingxue and Tu Weizhi.
Now that I want to live a stable life, I naturally have to respect the old Princess Duan.
But the rain at the Qiongshan Hunting Grounds gave her a sign of miscarriage. Nie Huaili couldn't imagine how Princess Duan would use all sorts of tactics to control her if she lost the child. Tu Weizhi was very filial, which prevented Nie Huaili from doing anything tricky.
Nie Huaili took her medicine in the small kitchen in another courtyard. When Tu Weizhi was not at home at night, she had no choice but to sleep here.
As Nie Huaili frowned as he drank the medicine, Chun Ye quietly raised her head, revealing a hideous wound on her right eye corner from her lip. Seeing Nie Huaili finish the medicine, Chun Ye lowered her head again, took the medicine bowl from Nie Huaili with both hands, and turned to get the candied fruit on the table.
Nie Huaili opened her mouth, and Chun Ye carefully put the candied fruit into her mouth.
The sweet candied fruit in her mouth diluted the bitter taste of the Chinese medicine. Nie Huaili still frowned. She held her waist and said impatiently, "Please clean up the residue. The smell of this makes me want to vomit."
"Yes, ma'am," Chun Ye whispered. As she put away the medicine jars with her back to Nie Huaili, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
Drink, drink, the more the better!
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On the other side, Gu Chang appeared in Lingsi Pavilion with Tianyu and Yinli.
Zhang Lingyan smiled when she saw Gu Chang coming over. "Mr. Gu, are you free today? Let's go upstairs and talk."
"Okay." Gu Chang nodded slightly.
He also came here to know what Manager Zhang was going to do after Zhiya Pavilion disappeared.
But Zhang Lingyan took the initiative to talk to Gu Chang about something else: "Master Gu, I heard that you gave a piece of Yunling brocade to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. Do you have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince?"
Gu Chang raised his eyebrows slightly, "What did Shopkeeper Zhang hear?"
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhang frowned slightly, "Master Gu, don't you know? The person in the palace is getting worse. I heard from some distinguished guests that the person in the palace has been strictly investigating factions recently. If Master Gu doesn't want to be targeted, it's best to avoid contact."
When Gu Chang heard Manager Zhang say this, he remembered what the fake Nie Qingxue had said, that the seventh prince would become the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom.
"I've got that in mind. Thank you, Manager Zhang, for reminding me." Gu Chang smiled slightly. He wasn't interested in the struggles between the princes. If there was unrest, he could choose to return to Tianyao Kingdom.
"Shopkeeper Zhang, there is no Zhiya Pavilion in Tiandu City anymore. Shopkeeper Zhang, do you want to do business like Zhiya Pavilion?"
Zhang Lingyan smiled. "Business, of course, is better the bigger it gets, but I'm content with Lingsi Pavilion. Besides, does Mr. Gu really think the facial masks sold at Zhiya Pavilion are truly good? It's a good thing Miss Nie withdrew quickly and even compensated those customers who bought more. That's why this scandal wasn't exposed."
"Besides, I only know the fabric business. I don't know anything else."
Gu Chang nodded gently, "I came here today to inform Shopkeeper Zhang. Please deposit all the year-end dividends into the silver shop. I won't be staying in Zhuo Country for too long."
Zhang Lingyan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Where are you going, Master Gu?"
Gu Chang smiled and said, "Traveling." He didn't have much time in this world, so it was a good thing to travel around in the limited time.
That day, while listening to what System 908 had to say in the mountains behind Guangyuan Temple, he hadn't noticed that his mission had already been completed. This meant he could set off to return to Tianyao Country.
"That's a good thing." There was a faint smile in Zhang Lingyan's eyes.
After that, the two talked about some other things before Gu Chang left Lingsi Pavilion.
Gu Chang thought that if he wanted to leave Zhu Country, he would have to say goodbye to Tu Mingyuan properly.
So Gu Chang had to think carefully about how to get Tu Mingyuan out.
However, Gu Chang did not expect that after he returned to Gu's house, Tu Mingyuan was sitting in the front hall waiting for him.
Gu Chang, “…”
The butler beside him said with a smile: "Sir, His Highness has just arrived."
Gu Chang smiled faintly. "Butler, please go down first. Yin Li, go make some tea." As he spoke, he walked over to the seat next to Tu Mingyuan and sat down. He asked gently, "Your Highness was coming. Why didn't you tell us in advance?"
Tu Mingyuan still had white gauze covering his eyes, and his clothes were still simple and old.
It doesn't look much different from before.
"I have an urgent matter, so I visited you rashly. Is Guiyan blaming me?" Tu Mingyuan's voice was so gentle that Gu Chang felt that he was coaxing him.
Gu Chang thought it was his own illusion, and he quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, Your Highness misunderstood. How could I blame Your Highness? I was just worried that Your Highness would wait here too long and neglect Your Highness."
Tu Mingyuan curled his lips and smiled lightly, "So that's how it is."
Gu Chang thought of the urgent matter Tu Mingyuan mentioned, so he asked, "What is the urgent matter your highness mentioned?"
"It was the Yunling brocade that Guiyan gave me before. There were many rats in the cold palace, and they accidentally gnawed a few small holes in the fabric. So I wanted to buy a new piece of Yunling brocade from Guiyan. The rats in the cold palace were so hungry that they even ate silk." Tu Mingyuan frowned and spoke with some concern when he talked about this.
Hearing this, Gu Chang smiled lightly, "I didn't consider this. I will send the new Yun Lingjin to Your Highness before the Queen's birthday. Your Highness doesn't have to spend any money." Gu Chang paused at this point, then continued, "Your Highness, I am leaving Tiandu City."
The smile on Tu Mingyuan's face gradually disappeared, and when Yin Li came in with tea, his smile reappeared. However, Gu Chang could see that his smile was a little forced.
"Your Highness, the tea is here. Yinli, thank you for your hard work, you can go down first." Gu Chang took the two cups of tea from the tray and placed them on the small table in the middle.
"Yes, sir." Yin Li glanced at Tu Mingyuan before leaving. She had a vague feeling that Tu Mingyuan was not the weak person he looked. This was the first time she had seen the Seventh Prince Tu Mingyuan, and he did not give her a good impression.
After Yin Li left, Tu Mingyuan finally spoke, but his tone was a little stiff. "Why... why did you leave Tiandu City?"
Gu Chang took a sip from his teacup. "Your Highness, I came to Tiandu City originally to learn the ways of doing business, but I've discovered that I'm not cut out for it. Staying here any longer will only make my money go away faster. I've also handed over Wansi Pavilion in Sangluo City to Shopkeeper Zhang. After that, I want to explore the mountains and rivers and live a good life."
Tu Mingyuan keenly sensed that there was something else behind Gu Chang's words, but he still chose to confirm Gu Chang's thoughts again: "Gui Yan, are you really going to leave?"
Gu Chang nodded, "Yes, Your Highness."
"Then when are you leaving? I can see you off." Tu Mingyuan lowered his head slightly, pursed his pale pink lips, and clasped his hands together.
Gu Chang thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure yet, but it should be in the next few days. Once the time is confirmed, I will let His Highness know in advance."
"Okay, then I'll go back to the palace first." Tu Mingyuan said, then he stood up and strode out of the front hall.
Seeing him like this, Gu Chang swallowed the rest of his words back into his stomach. He always felt that Tu Mingyuan was angry, but he also felt that he was wrong.
Gu Chang looked down at the tea on the table and picked up the cup he hadn't finished. "You don't even take a sip of tea..."
As soon as Gu Chang finished speaking, Tu Mingyuan, who had already stepped out of the door of Gu's house, suddenly turned around and walked towards the front hall anxiously.
Gu Chang heard footsteps and looked back in confusion.
Tu Mingyuan came running over in a hurry, touched his wrist with both hands, and then touched the hand holding the teacup.
While Gu Chang was stunned, Tu Mingyuan took the teacup from his hand and drank it all in one gulp.
"Gui Yan, goodbye." Tu Mingyuan said and turned to leave.
For a moment, Gu Chang felt that Tu Mingyuan did not have any eye disease.
After coming to his senses, Gu Chang looked at his empty hands, then at the other cup of tea on the table that hadn't been touched at all. He then realized, "Your Highness! Your Highness, you took the teacup away!"
When Gu Chang chased out, Tu Mingyuan had already left in a carriage.
Gu Chang, “…”
System, "His ears are really good, he can hear all this."
Gu Chang sighed, "If you're not strong enough, how can you survive in the palace?"