Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 236 Duplicity

Madam Cui's words left the wife of Duke Cheng'en speechless.

She always felt that Mrs. Cui was being weird, but she had no evidence.

Mrs. Cui looked as if she was apologizing, but she couldn't help but secretly curl her lips in her heart.

Cui Yajing is already a 19-year-old girl, not a little kid of two or three years old, and she still needs to be kept under her watch all the time.

Cui Yajing herself was not careful with her words and actions when she was outside and got into trouble, but now everyone blamed her for it.

After all, it was because Lady Cheng'en had been too indulgent towards Cui Yajing in the past.

He indulged her into the state she is in now!

If we don't take care of it, maybe even bigger trouble will happen someday!

However, these words only made it around the tip of Mrs. Cui's tongue before she swallowed them back.

Mrs. Cui knew that her sister-in-law was a protective person.

Even if she said it, Lady Cheng'en would not only not listen, but would blame her instead.

After Lady Cheng'en reprimanded Madam Cui, she sent her away.

Cui Yajing fell on the lap of Lady Cheng'en and cried like a tearful person.

She said angrily, "Mom, I'm not willing to accept this. Am I going to be beaten for nothing? And in front of so many people, I'm so embarrassed..."

The wife of Duke Cheng'en loved this little daughter the most, and immediately said, "How can the legitimate daughter of our Duke Cheng'en Mansion be bullied like this?"

Cui Yajing's eyes lit up: "Mom, do you have a way to avenge your daughter?"

The wife of Duke Cheng'en's eyes darkened slightly, and she said, "Princess Pingle and Your Majesty supported each other when they were young, and she once saved Your Majesty's life. The relationship between sister and brother is extraordinary."

"What's more, she once raised His Royal Highness Prince Yi. Among all the relatives, she is the one that His Majesty trusts the most."

"She slapped you, and you can only take it. Even if you bring this matter to the attention of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, you will not get away with it!"

Cui Yajing pursed her lips when she heard that, with an expression of grievance and dissatisfaction.

"But..." Lady Cheng'en changed the subject and continued, "Although we can't touch Princess Pingle, it's still okay to touch Yun Fuling and make her suffer a little!"

In the eyes of Lady Cheng'en, Princess Pingle taught Cui Yajing a lesson just for Yun Fuling.

So, in the final analysis, this account must naturally be placed on Yun Fuling's head.

After hearing this, Cui Yajing's expression eased a little.

"Mom, how are you going to deal with her?"

"She made me look so ugly in front of everyone, I'm going to let her have a taste of being slapped in the face!"

"I'm going to slap her a hundred times and turn her head into a pig's!"

Cui Yajing gritted her teeth.

"I will discuss this with your father. Some things are more convenient for men to do!"

Lady Cheng'en comforted Cui Yajing with a few words and then had her taken to apply medicine.

The slap marks on Cui Yajing's face look very serious, and it would be better if they don't leave any scars or disfigure her.

After Cui Yajing left, the wife of Duke Cheng'en let out a long sigh.

Seeing this, the nanny beside her couldn't help but ask, "Madam, the young lady has been bullied like this. Do you want me to go and invite the Duke over right away?"

Lady Cheng'en shook her head.

"Those words I just said were just to coax her. Who do you think His Royal Highness Prince Yi is? How can his princess be moved just by saying so?"

"After all, it was Yajing's fault for not speaking or doing anything, and someone caught her."

"However, even if she was at fault first, she shouldn't be bullied like this. This is too much of a disrespect for our Cheng'en Mansion!"

"We will discuss this matter after the Duke returns."

"There is something more important right now!"

Lady Cheng'en paused, then instructed the maid, "Go and fetch the album of unmarried young men in the capital that was compiled a few days ago."

"We have to take a good look at each other this time and arrange a marriage for Yajing as soon as possible, so that she won't have any such thoughts and we can live peacefully in the future."

The nanny went away and returned with a thick booklet a moment later.

The album contained portraits of unmarried young men from various families, with detailed personal information such as family background, ranking, achievements or official positions noted next to the portraits.

Cui Yajing's infatuation with Xiao Jingyi has always been a thorn in the side of Lady Cheng'en.

If Xiao Jingyi was not a strong contender for the throne, Lady Cheng'en would have wanted to help her daughter.

This way, we can also win over a helper for the Third Prince.

However, Xiao Jingyi was highly valued by Emperor Jingping, and his character and talents were obvious to all. If he were to become the crown prince, most of the court officials would not object.

Duke Cheng'en had also considered that if he married Cui Yajing to Xiao Jingyi, his family would have an extra bargaining chip and an extra way out.

In the future, no matter whether the third prince or Xiao Jingyi succeeds to the throne, the Cheng'en Mansion will be able to benefit from it.

If Xiao Jingyi lost, he would just have to give up a daughter.

But Cui Yajing happened to be the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and her status as a legitimate daughter was extraordinary, which made Duke Cheng'en a little hesitant.

If the daughter of Duke Cheng'en were married to Xiao Jingyi, it would give people the signal that Duke Cheng'en and Xiao Jingyi were allied.

Then the Third Prince might feel resentful.

With Empress Dowager Cui and Imperial Concubine Cui around, the Cheng'en Mansion is destined to be tied to the warship of the Third Prince.

In this case, we must put an end to Cui Yajing's wishful thinking as soon as possible and cut off any possibility between her and Xiao Jingyi.

Lady Cheng'en understood this principle clearly, so she decided to arrange Cui Yajing's marriage as soon as possible.

This time, I must choose someone who is strong and has a tough life.

After Cui Yajing gets married and has children, she will be able to settle down and stop fantasizing about those who don't belong to her.

The atmosphere at Duke Cheng'en's Mansion was solemn, but the General Zhenguo's Mansion was still filled with joy.

Yun Fuling chatted with Princess Pingle for a while before going to find Princess Qiongyu.

Yun Fuling found Princess Qiongyu by the carp pond.

When she passed by, Princess Qiongyu was throwing fish food into the pond. As the fish food was thrown in, countless red carps gathered around, and the scene was even spectacular.

"So you are here."

When Princess Qiongyu heard the voice, she stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Yun Fuling, "Why are you here?"

Yun Fuling smiled and said, "Of course I came to thank you."

"The princess left in such a hurry that she disappeared as soon as I turned around. I didn't even have time to thank her."

"Thank you, Princess, for speaking for me!"

Princess Qiongyu turned her head away and said awkwardly, "I'm not standing up for you."

"I simply can't stand Cui Yajing's character!"

"Why did she say that about you?"

Yun Fuling has now gotten a glimpse of Princess Qiongyu's character. Although she appears to be fierce and difficult to get along with, she is actually a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

This slightly awkward look at the moment, in Yun Fuling's eyes, is actually somewhat cute!

Yun Fuling raised her hand, gently tapped Princess Qiongyu's forehead, and said with a smile:

"Duplicity!"

Princess Qiongyu covered her forehead with her hands, frowning and glaring: "Yun Fuling!"