sbdcsierra Is Chapter 132 still an accident?
Is Chapter 132 still an accident?
The princess's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly shouted to the people around her,
"Stop her right now!"
Thus, the poor Princess Liduan was unable to return home as a fledgling, and was ruthlessly pulled away by someone.
Princess Liduan glared resentfully at the Eldest Princess: "Mother, you despise me."
The princess's eyelids twitched violently: "Pear, just tell me, is it appropriate for you to pounce on me like this? I just changed my clothes. Did you jump into a mud puddle?"
"Mother!" Princess Liduan stomped her foot angrily, "I brought my new friend to introduce you to her!"
"Oh, oh," the princess waved her hand, "Quickly take her to change her clothes."
Then, smiling, she looked at Lu Yangyang and waved to her: "Is this Yangyang? Xiaoli mentioned you to me many times the first day we met. You really are a lovely girl. Your clothes were dirtied by Xiaoli, weren't they? Go change your clothes with her. I'll have someone prepare lunch for you."
As soon as Lu Yangyang entered, she saw a stunningly beautiful woman. Even in simple clothes, her breathtaking beauty could not be concealed. She looked to be no more than twenty years old, but Lu Yangyang had clearly heard that this princess was already close to forty.
You really can't tell at all, and you certainly can't tell that she has such a gentle nature.
Lu Yangyang could only belatedly bow to her, "Yangyang greets the Princess."
The princess smiled and said, "Alright, alright, get up. Don't be so formal. Go change your clothes, and we'll talk again later."
Lu Yangyang had no choice but to go with Princess Liduan to change her clothes before coming out.
The eldest princess had also combed her hair and was sitting in the side hall waiting for them. She had a table set with vegetarian food and invited them to sit down, saying, "Eat quickly, it's obvious you haven't eaten yet."
Princess Li Duan and Lu Yangyang were really hungry, so they didn't have time to talk much and ate lunch first.
After dinner, the princess leaned against the soft couch by the window, tilting her head and smiling at them: "Looking at them like this, they do look like a pair of sisters. Yangyang, come to our house to play more often in the future."
"Thank you, Princess." Lu Yangyang replied.
"Oh dear, Mother, I have something important to tell you." Princess Liduan glanced around the room and gestured for the maids and nannies to leave.
After everyone left, the eldest princess blinked and asked, "What important matter? Is it about Sheng Junyao again?"
Lu Yangyang stared in surprise, her gaze turning to Princess Liduan.
Princess Liduan blushed instantly and coughed lightly: "Mother! Let's get down to business! Do you know what happened to Brother Sheng's fiancée, Xue Wanning, and her cousin?"
After Princess Liduan finished speaking, she pulled Lu Yangyang aside and silently asked her, "Am I asking the right question?"
Lu Yangyang: ...
She hadn't expected to be asked so directly.
The eldest princess was also surprised and looked at her in confusion: "What's going on with your brother Sheng's fiancée, Xue Wanning's cousin? Xiaoli, didn't we agree that admiration is fine, but no one should interfere in other people's lives? How did you manage to find out about her cousin?"
Princess Liduan, exasperated, said, "Don't go off-topic, Mother! Can't you just listen to me properly?!"
The eldest princess surrendered: "Alright, alright, please explain yourself clearly first."
Princess Liduan thought for a moment and then recounted what she had seen at the marriage tree in Huguo Temple that day, as well as how she had almost been robbed yesterday while trying to find her.
The eldest princess slammed her hand on the table in anger: "This is utterly lawless!"
Then he breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Lu Yangyang: "Yangyang, I really owe you a lot today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that she could cause such a big trouble. Since Prince Sheng has already dealt with it, I won't interfere anymore. I will have someone keep watch later and make sure the government severely punishes those people."
“The county princess encountered this accident because of my elder brother’s matter. Regardless of whether this matter exists or not, I will not stand idly by if someone forcibly takes a woman from the people,” Lu Yangyang replied.
"It's because Xiaoli is too impulsive; she just can't get rid of this bad habit." The princess shook her head, feeling a headache coming on.
Princess Li Duan then touched her nose sheepishly.
She didn't think that much about it at all; she just wanted to get to the bottom of things as quickly as possible.
So he looked longingly at the eldest princess.
The eldest princess glared at her helplessly and said, "It's normal that you don't know. Some time ago, Muzhou was flooded, and the dikes collapsed, causing tens of thousands of people in more than a dozen villages and towns to suffer. The court sent people to investigate, and they found that the problem was with the dikes. Someone had embezzled and used inferior materials. This matter is of great importance, and the court has been making a fuss about it for a long time. Xie Zhengnian, the prefect of Muzhou, is Xue Wanning's maternal uncle. As soon as this happened, a number of officials in Muzhou were imprisoned, including Xie Zhengnian."
"Regarding the flood in Muzhou, as the prefect of the prefecture, he cannot escape responsibility. His Majesty intends to send an imperial envoy south to investigate the case, and he favors the Third Prince. Xue Wanning must have heard about this and specially tried to go to him to plead for mercy."
"You children shouldn't concern yourselves with so much. The affairs of the court are very complicated. Just listen and that's enough. Even if you tell Sheng Junyao about this, he can't help you. If Xue Wanning is smart, she should just wait peacefully to marry into the Duke of Sheng's mansion. If she insists on running around for this matter, you'd better tell Sheng Junyao to be careful. Some things are easy to get involved in, but hard to extricate yourself from."
Princess Liduan's face scrunched up as she listened, "Then, then..."
They were extremely anxious but didn't know how to express themselves. After all, their previous guesses were just that Xue Wanning might have an affair with her cousin, and they never imagined that there was anything going on in the court behind it all.
Lu Yangyang, however, seemed to be deep in thought, and suddenly realized the profound meaning behind the Princess's last words.
It's easy to get involved, but difficult to extricate yourself.
Xue Wanning wanted to marry her eldest brother, but the person she requested was the Third Prince. She could have easily asked her eldest brother for help, but she didn't; instead, she went directly to the Third Prince. She didn't even consider discussing it with her brother; she made the decision immediately. This meant that if she connected with the Third Prince, she would essentially drag her eldest brother onto his side.
His Majesty's decision to send the Third Prince out of the capital to handle such an important case at this time is a signal, a signal to cultivate the Third Prince.
But is my older brother the kind of person who would compromise so easily?
What will happen if he doesn't compromise?
Lu Yangyang couldn't help but think of her eldest brother's ending in her dream, and how Xue Wanning didn't marry her eldest brother but later married her cousin and lived a pretty good life. Did that mean that the crisis in her cousin's family had passed by then?
Who was it? Was it the Third Prince who helped?
After the Third Prince helped, Xue Wanning's uncle's family was out of crisis. Then her grandmother passed away, she observed a year of mourning, and her eldest brother died in battle.
Things that seemed unrelated before suddenly become connected once they involve the imperial court.
So, was the eldest brother's death an accident?