Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 147 - 147: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (17)

But now, Lu Heng actually blames this on Chu Ning for failing to handle the internal affairs of the backyard well. The main point of his words was that Chu Ning had failed to do a good job as the main wife of the third prince.

"It is good that you understand," Lu Heng said. "This prince still has to worry about this small backyard now, so how can you let this prince take care of the imperial father and also do my best for the Jin Dynasty, right?"

Lu Heng is very shameless. To put it bluntly, it was all because he insisted on "caging" a woman and thus caused dissatisfaction with other women. Now he had started to bring up the Jin Dynasty and even put this kind of black pot on his main wife's back, which made her feel very fearful.

If the third prince were to fail to handle the court affairs for the emperor well because of her, then even if Chu Ning had a hundred or thousands of mouths, she would still not be able to clear herself off of the heavy charges that were suddenly hung on her head.

Chu Ning quickly pleaded guilty again and said, "Do not worry, Your Highness; I know what to do."

Seeing that what he said had successfully gotten through Chu Ning's head, he kindly helped Chu Ning himself and comforted her by saying, "With the Madam's words, this prince could be relieved."

There was a short conversation between the two when Chu Ning tentatively brought up Yue Ran's matters to the front as she said, "Your Highness, I heard that Yue Ran is still staying in the front yard in Your Highness' courtyard."

"Yes," Lu Heng said simply, without meaning to cover things up at all. "If the Madam wants to ask anything, then ask away."

"I did not mean anything else when I said this, but I just wanted to ask Your Highness when Your Highness would give Yue Ran a title," Chu Ning said with a smile. "After all, it is not appropriate for such a person without a title to live in the front yard with Your Highness. Moreover, it would not have a good influence on Yue Ran herself. So, what do you think, Your Highness?"

When Chu Ning said those words, she had always emphasized that it was all for Yue Ran's own good and was the best choice of action. And saying this made Lu Heng think more about Chu Ning's words. He had really not done a good job, which may have impacted Yue Ran's reputation when he first took her away.

Although the relationship between Yue Ran and himself is still clean, with no skin-to-skin relationship or any kind of intimacy at all, and Yue Ran is still a pure and innocent young girl, others do not know about this. Moreover, in his mind, Yue Ran would definitely be with him in the future, so Lu Heng did not want her to suffer any kind of grievance.

However, Lu Heng also had his own considerations. He wanted Yue Ran to accept him and like him willingly. Then again, this will definitely not be possible for a while, so he wants the young girl to stay with him, and maybe she will fall in love with him after staying by his side for a long time.

But now he knew that staying together with Yue Ran would affect the young girl's reputation. Then again, he is also reluctant to part with her.

Lu Heng can only think about these complicated things with an aching head. Dealing with court matters is much easier than this.

Seeing how silent Lu Heng was after a long time, Chu Ning expressed her concern for him as she said, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness? Your Highness can always share your worries with me."

"No need," Lu Heng said in decline. "Let this prince think about it alone."

Lu Heng, who had a headache while thinking about Yue Ran's matters, suddenly heard a loud noise from outside, and an irritable sound was let out of his lips.

"What is that noise outside?" Lu Heng asked with furrowed brows. "Are there no rules here?"

"Do not be angry and hurt your body, Your Highness," Chu Ning quickly said. She turned her head to her maid not far away from her and ordered, "Lian Ya, go and see what is going on outside. Everything usually goes orderly around, but it turns into a mess once His Highness has come."

"Yes, Madam," the maid, Lian Ya, answered and went out as per order.

When Lian Ya came back again, her expression was not very good as she whispered the problem into Chu Ning's ears. However, when Chu Ning heard it, she felt very happy! This was really a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!

Lu Heng, by Chu Ning's side, frowned as he asked, "What happened?"

Chu Ning suppressed the joy in her heart and said in embarrassment, "Your Highness, it is the side wife, Sister Yi Yan, and Yue Ran. What does Your Highness think of letting me go out and quickly deal with this matter while Your Highness rests here inside?"

Lu Heng, who was originally irritated and full of distress by Yue Ran's problem, suddenly heard the young girl's name, whom he was always thinking about day and night. Once he heard her name, he was not able to hear anything else.

Yue Ran should have been staying in the front yard without being able to go out at all, so why was she now with Yi Yan?

Thinking that there may be a problem with Yue Ran, Lu Heng quickly ordered, "Quickly let them in."

"Yes," Chu Ning replied, signaling her servants to do as instructed.

Unexpectedly, not only were Yue Ran and Yi Yan here, but there were also Li Xin and Bai Fen who stepped inside the room.

The most shocking and important thing was that Lu Heng actually saw Pei He walking behind them all, which made his pupils widen immediately. His heartbeat almost stopped. He was stunned.

"What is going on?" Chu Ning asked in a stern and reprimanding tone. "What were you people arguing about at the door just now? And why is there a stranger here? Yi Yan, you speak."

Yi Yan quickly confessed what she had previously seen and "fully explained" the "ins and outs" of the matter.

In fact, this was a problem that Yi Yan had created.

She was the one who forged two letters and passed them on to Yue Ran and her cousin, Pei He. In the letters, she wrote that the other party had something they wanted to say to the other and thus wanted to meet in the backyard of the palace. She then bribed the palace servants to allow Pei He to go into the palace unimpeded.

Yes, from the start to the end, it was all her schemes.

Originally, Pei He thought that this letter was shady, and it was not possible for Yue Ran to do such a thing as this. Not to mention that Yue Ran would rather go out to meet him than let him come into the palace, where there are dangers everywhere. This was just not Yue Ran's personality.

However, he could not rule out the fact that something may have happened to Yue Ran; maybe there was an emergency, and thus she wanted him to come into the palace. Just in case something bad were to really happen to Yue Ran, then Pei He would never forgive himself in this lifetime if he were not to appear on the scene!

And thus, Pei He came and voluntarily walked into a trap. It may most likely be a trap, but he was worried about Yue Ran, so he does not mind stepping into danger.

When the two met, they both knew that they had been tricked. But it was too late to flee.

Yi Yan, who was hiding in the dark, had already "coincidentally" met with the two during a "walk", and then attracted the attention of both Li Xin and Bai Fen to let them join in the fun and also to make this matter worse so that Yue Ran could not escape!

Lu Heng looked at Yue Ran, who was kneeling on the ground, in silence.

No matter if this was a scheme or not, no matter if Yue Ran was tricked or not, Lu Heng does not really care about it. Right now, he only cared about the fact that Yue Ran was looking at Pei He with a pair of worried eyes that no one could mistake for pure emotion that was full of anxious affection that could not be hidden.

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes. He had not done anything out of line to Yue Ran in the past few days, but what he got in return was only her cold face and icy tone. It did not matter at first, but looking at the current affectionate scene still made him feel very uncomfortable. Such contrast was just... unbearable.

Li Xin, who had nothing to do but make everything more chaotic, confidently sat on an empty seat and smiled as she said, "Hey, why do I think that it was such a coincidence for Sister Yi Yan to happen to see that scene of the affair of her previous dowry maid? Could it be that everything was planned by Sister Yi Yan from the very start?"

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