Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved
Chapter 249: One More

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: One More

"Fu Gong, are you heading out?" Zheng Nianru looked towards Zheng Haoyuan, the youth’s lips red and teeth white, brows curved, a fine smile hidden at the lifted tips of his eyes, light and playful as the wings of a bird poised for flight, gently slanting into his raven hair.

"Yes, I’m going to Yongnan Street. Are you guys going?"

Upon seeing Zheng Haoyuan, Nanny Yun wished she could slap her thighs and curse if not for the many people around. Why was this boy here? He was like a lingering ghost. Just when things had quieted down for a few days and Nanny Yun originally thought the Fourth Prince had grown up and understood the importance of maintaining a distance between men and women, and upon hearing that the Commandery Princess was engaged, he stopped coming.

"That’s unfortunate, Fourth Prince, our paths are different." Zong Yunqian spoke first, already politely rejecting the other party. Zheng Nianru and Zheng Haoyuan knew each other? Still, since Zheng Haoyuan belonged to the Wen Family, why was he so close to Zheng Nianru?

Zong Yunqian’s words were already a very polite refusal, and although he was not in Zheng Capital, he knew a little about Zheng Haoyuan; he had an overbearing personality.

"Then where are you going? If I go with you, it will be on the way, won’t it?" Zheng Haoyuan didn’t seem embarrassed at all, looking at Zheng Nianru with pity, as if he dared not speak too loudly.

Zheng Haoyuan certainly had not quieted down. In these past few days, he had become very friendly with The Savage. Zheng Haoyuan even discovered that The Savage seemed to understand some of his simple words. He was just delighted at the thought of sharing this good news with Zheng Nianru when he heard about her engagement.

Zong Yunqian hadn’t expected Zheng Haoyuan to say that but also realized that the Fourth Prince was likely waiting here on purpose.

Nanny Yun took a deep breath, wanting to let it out but afraid she couldn’t hold back her temper and would do something that would embarrass her own Commandery Princess. She forcefully held it in until her face turned red and her fingers turned white.

Xing Yu looked anxiously at her own Commandery Princess. Although she didn’t think the Fourth Prince’s appearance meant anything, in the past two days, Nanny Yun kept reminding them incessantly to avoid any hint of impropriety, which made Xing Yu feel as if something was amiss.

"Fu Gong, I won’t play with you today. If you go to Yongnan Street, pick up a fan for me on the way. It’s been several days; it should be embroidered by now." Zheng Nianru didn’t sense anything inappropriate—after all, the fewer people who knew about her and Zong Yunqian, the better.

Upon hearing this, the light in Zheng Haoyuan’s eyes suddenly died, and the apparent grievance on his face turned into a real one, filling his stomach and making him want to smash things, to curse, no, to kill someone, as if that would make him feel somewhat more at ease.

Cang Er’s face turned pale, having followed the Fourth Prince for so long, he almost sensed the prince was on the verge of an outburst. Cang Er felt like weeping, his fingers trembling, wanting to speak up, yet he wanted to kowtow even more.

"Fu Gong, what’s the matter?" Zheng Nianru’s voice softened a notch as she looked at the young man before her, reaching out to adjust the mantle on Zheng Haoyuan’s shoulders. The youth was momentarily taken aback, and that violent air was instantly hidden in his eyes, his countenance becoming as innocently changing as a chameleon.

"Hmm, okay." Zheng Haoyuan withdrew back into the carriage. Cang Er dared not delay, urging the coachman to set off at once, as they had been waiting here all along, not knowing their destination.

"Let’s go—" Zheng Nianru took the initiative to get into the carriage, followed by Nanny Yun and Xing Yu. Yin He, along with Gu Dao and Xi Feng, could only sit outside the carriage.

The carriage slowly set off, soon disappearing in front of the palace gates.

Zheng Haoyuan’s carriage stopped, waiting in a hidden spot as Zong Yunqian’s carriage gradually left, the rage flickering in his eyes nearly ready to burst forth at any moment.

As for engagement, Zheng Haoyuan was of course aware. Cang Er said that for the Commandery Princess to have such an arrangement at this age was a blessing from the heavens. Therefore, if he was unhappy and wanted to disrupt it, his cousin would be displeased.

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The carriage moved slowly and not very quickly, though it was not spacious it also was not cramped, and the carriage’s whole mat of rattan was clean and refreshing. With a low stool and a small square table available, Zheng Nianru sat down, thoughtfully looking at the continually anxious Nanny Yun.

Of course, Nanny Yun was anxious. With the Fourth Prince’s appearance today, it was as if he stirred in a mess, making the Commandery Princess think about what the Princely Heir must be thinking of them. Moreover,

of all times to show up, he had to choose this moment, and with such a pitiable demeanor, it seemed his intentions were anything but pure.

Zheng Nianru gave her a look, wasn’t it clear from the beginning that this marriage was a matter of mutual benefit, without all the fuss? Besides, she hadn’t embarked on this relationship with the intent of being a virtuous wife and mother in the first place.

Heir Zong remained silent, with Zheng Haoyuan’s prior display adding a touch of awkwardness.

Yin He sat next to Gu Dao and Xi Feng, who both slightly furrowed their brows. A eunuch? They hadn’t encountered a eunuch before, but if the man emerging from the palace wasn’t a eunuch, then what was he?

Xi Feng looked at Gu Dao, "Can you tell what he’s lacking?"

Gu Dao rolled his eyes at Xi Feng, "Cause less trouble. It hasn’t been easy to get this far. This Princess Chao Ren doesn’t seem like someone easy to provoke."

Zong Yuanqian was no fool, he could tell that the Fourth Prince had a good relationship with Zheng Nianru before him. But what did that have to do with him? When the prophecy began to circulate, and the world changed, these petty matters would be trivial in comparison.

"Princely Heir, where are we headed?" Zheng Nianru noticed that the carriage wasn’t moving towards the center of Zheng Capital but was slowly heading towards the outskirts.

Caught off guard, Nanny Yun lifted the curtain to look outside, unable to discern their direction. It was nearly their first time leaving the Southeast Gate so openly; the paths were unfamiliar. If she was unfamiliar, the Commandery Princess naturally would be too, and she realized that the Commandery Princess was just looking for an excuse to break the tension.

Xing Yu curiously watched as the still-closed shops on the streets flew by, completely unaware of the awkwardness inside the carriage.

It was only then that Heir Zong snapped back to the present, noticing the butterflies fluttering beneath the plain silk dress of the woman before him, so life-like they could be mistaken for real. When he looked up, her radiant face was more beautiful than he remembered, her black hair dressed in a simple maiden’s hairstyle, adorned with a matching butterfly gold hairpin. Her skin was extraordinarily pale, shining more than any jewel-studded nobility.

"Commandery Princess, have you ever been to Weixing Mountain?" Heir Zong asked with a slight smile, laughing at his own wandering thoughts. After all, their relationship was merely one of mutual use.

"Going to Weixing Mountain?" Zheng Nianru paused slightly, surprised that the destination Heir Zong had in mind wasn’t some novel inn, restaurant, or place of song and dance, but Weixing Mountain.

"Yes, I came to Zheng Capital eight years ago and climbed Weixing Mountain once. The mountain isn’t tall, yet it is charming. Each mountain, like each person, has its own character, none alike," Heir Zong said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Nanny Yun thought, climbing a mountain? What mountain is there to climb, are you sure our Commandery Princess can even manage it?

Yet Zheng Nianru kept silent. The proposition to climb a mountain seemed intriguing; in her past experiences, if ever she went to the forest, there was always a prepared sedan chair carried by guards.

"Princely Heir, are there foxes on the mountain?" Xing Yu, upon hearing about climbing a mountain, immediately showed interest and asked.

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