webnovelfull Chapter 204 Late Night Secret Meeting
Chapter 204 Late Night Secret Meeting
Because there was a happy event at home today, everyone in the courtyard went to bed late. Zhao Fangyu asked Zhao Fangjin to stay at home to take care of things, and nothing happened.
Everything went incredibly smoothly.
The two of them walked silently all the way to Qingping Courtyard, where Zhao Minshan and the eldest lady had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as she entered the room, the eldest lady noticed that Zhao Fangyu and Mei Xunyin had changed their clothes. She gave a look to Mother Cui, who immediately took the servants away, leaving only those brought by Zhao Fangyu.
"My sister is getting married, and you, as her elder sister, are running away!"
I don’t know if it was the cold treatment over the years that wore away the sharpness in Zhao Minshan’s heart. Zhao Fangyu always felt that Zhao Minshan was just so-so now.
It's no longer like when I was young.
When Zhao Fangyu was young, he looked at Zhao Minshan and always felt that even a glance from her was an insurmountable mountain.
"Father is still not resting so late, I'm afraid he has also heard the news."
After sending Mei Xunyin to Zhao Zhihuai, Zhao Fangyu sat quietly in the armchair and finished a piece of mung bean cake in two bites to fill his stomach.
"Fortunately, today is Yun'er's wedding, otherwise the people who came would not be guests, but guards from the Zongzheng Temple."
Zhao Minshan had been away from the court for a long time, and most of his old friends in the court had disappeared.
The news is extremely blocked.
Zhou Qinghe clearly disliked his father-in-law. Some people in the court originally thought that Zhou Qinghe would help him return to the court. However, Zhou Qinghe would rather bring snacks to the Hanlin Academy from time to time to give Zhao Zhihuai a snack, and never mentioned Zhao Minshan.
Who in the court is not a shrewd person? A glimpse of the whole picture reveals the whole picture. The plan that Zhao Minshan had just set up was shattered.
"Xuanbi, send someone to the Duke of Li's mansion to invite... the second young master of the Meng family and their second young lady."
The eldest lady's eyes met Zhao Fangyu's in the air for a moment, and Zhao Fangyu moved his fingers slightly and made a downward pressing motion without making any sound.
The eldest lady put her heart back in her stomach, and sat aside to ease the atmosphere: "You left suddenly today, we were just afraid that you encountered something difficult and panicked."
Zhao Fangyu had a gentle expression, and even the luxurious jewelry on her head made her look gentler.
"My mother is always worried about her affairs, and there are so many people around me, how could they be bad to me?"
"If you really want to defeat me, you can only find evidence against me at home. Otherwise, you will never find any evidence against me."
This sentence was suggestive. Zhao Zhihuai paused in comforting his wife, and then he seemed to smell a lingering smell of blood in his wife's hair.
Mei Xunyin could feel Zhao Zhihuai's touch on her suddenly increasing in strength, but she was no longer the weak woman she was during the day.
She straightened Zhao Zhihuai's collar without changing her expression, and warned him in a scolding tone: "How do you take care of the people around you? This is about to fall off."
It refers to the jade pendant hanging on Zhao Zhihuai's waist.
The two men behaved calmer than each other. No one could have guessed that during the half-day they disappeared, they actually rode out of the city and killed someone!
Soon, Meng Yangjiang and Zhou Qinghe came together, followed by Meng Yunxiang who lowered his head.
Zhou Qinghe was wearing a black robe with gold thread, embroidered with a large Qilin riding on the clouds, with its fangs bared and claws glaring at him.
He was tall and had long legs, and he walked quickly. He walked to Zhao Fangyu's side in three or two steps, bringing in a gust of wind from outside, which made the candlelight behind him sway.
Zhao Fangyu watched as the main room of Qingping Courtyard became like a stage, with actors appearing one after another. All that was left was the sound of a gong before the curtain would be drawn and the actors would start singing.
Zhao Fangyu cleared her throat. Everyone in the room looked at her, with different eyes on her. She stood still, picked up the hot tea to moisten her throat, and found that this tea was the Taiping Houkui that she usually drank.
The eldest lady's eyes were gentle, and there was a hint of worry in her eyes as she looked at her.
Perhaps because she noticed that Zhao Fangyu looked unwell, the tea that Cui's mother served to Zhao Fangyu was hotter than that served to others.
Having reached this point, Zhao Fangyu felt very happy.
"Today is Xiaowu's wedding, and I went to see my third sister off for the last time."
This sentence was earth-shattering, as if the Monkey King's golden cudgel had pierced through the Jade Emperor's Lingxiao Palace, and the whole room was boiling like boiling water.
The most excited person was Zhao Minshan. He pointed at Zhao Fangyu's nose and cursed her, calling her a rebellious girl, an unfilial woman, and audacious...
The lady asked her how she did it and whether anyone saw it.
Aunt Song was not here, and Zhao Zhihuai was asking his wife in his arms what was going on.
Zhao Fangyu felt that everything seemed to lose its color in an instant, especially Zhao Minshan's insults, which seemed like a silent film to her.
Zhou Qinghe stood behind Zhao Fangyu and watched. Under his gaze, Zhao Minshan raised his hand several times but did not dare to let it drop an inch.
Zhao Fangyu is no longer the Zhao Fangyu who was at the mercy of others, and he is no longer the master who had the final say.
"Don't worry, father. When you understand the whole story, you will probably thank me."
Zhao Minshan was surprised. He seemed extremely angry, but in fact, it was half acting.
He was frightened.
He was shocked that Zhao Fangyu was too vindictive. Before she entered the palace, she tortured Zhao Fanglan to the point where she was neither human nor ghost. She would never get married in her life and her life would be worse than that of the maidservants around her.
She personally cut Zhao Fanglan's tendons in his hands and feet and fed him a mute drug, but that was not enough. Now she wanted to kill Zhao Fanglan on the day of her other sister's wedding?!
How much vengeance is this? How much forbearance? How much heartbreak is this?
Zhao Fangyu remained calm, took out a letter that he had prepared long ago and handed it to the eldest lady.
It clearly records when Meng Yunxiang's people started looking for Zhao Fanglan, when they sent people to the Third Prince, and when and where they met the Third Prince...
They were only one step faster than the third prince.
They entered the city, and the Third Prince's men left.
By the time the Third Prince's men arrived at the farm, the roof beams would probably have been burned down.
Mei Xunyin was trembling slightly in Zhao Zhihuai's arms. Zhao Zhihuai seemed not to recognize his wife in his arms, but when he saw the tears swaying in her eyes, he finally pressed her into his arms.
The more Zhao Minshan looked, the more silent he became, and the more helpless he felt.
If he had seen this letter earlier, he might have had a chance to transfer Zhao Fanglan.
No, there won’t be any more.
The third prince has learned that there is something wrong with the third daughter of the Zhao family. For the future of the Zhao family, Zhao Fanglan must die.
At least no one can take on the role of the third daughter of the Zhao family anymore.
"My father taught us early on that those who achieve great things do not dwell on small details."
"Today, I have no choice but to do this."
"My father has always said since I was a child that the most important thing for aristocratic families is to stop losses in time and preserve the foundation."
"Now that I have done this, why does my father still blame me?"
Zhao Minshan and Zhao Fangyu stared at each other for a long time. Zhao Fangyu, who once dared not look him in the eye, now confronted him without losing the upper hand.