Plotting to rule the world 023 Pretending to be clever

  Fu Gonggong looked at Wei Zhong, who was sitting in a taishi chair with a dazed expression, and habitually asked: "Uncle, why did the Wu You Princess want to bring out this crazy woman from the Lost Heart Palace?"

  Wei Zhong heard his words, turned back and glared at him angrily, shouting in a shrill voice: "You ask me, who do I ask? If I had known you were stupid earlier, I wouldn't have taken you in." Whenever something happens, he just opens and closes his mouth to ask questions, but doesn't think about the matter himself. What's the use of that brain of his?

  Fu Gonggong, who had been scolded, felt stifled in his heart but didn't dare to show it on his face. He could only bow and try to please him: "Uncle, calm down, uncle, calm down. I...I'm just stupid."

  "Hmph..." Wei Zhong grumbled, his face still burning with anger, but it had somewhat subsided. He pointed at Fu Gonggong's head with a "hate-iron-not-becoming-steel" gesture: "Leave our house, and in the future, don't get eaten by others." The people in this palace were all ruthless and merciless, what use was there for some self-righteous little thoughts?

  Fu An smiled and said: "So, I've been looking forward to your longevity for a hundred years." Bah, this old man who refuses to die, he's been waiting for his death day after day but he still doesn't die. He's been waiting too long to become the head eunuch of the deserted Cold Palace.

  Wei Zhong hummed discontentedly in his nose, and waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go, go, take that madwoman out and send her to the Taihui Hall."

  Fu Gonggong's face turned pale: "I... I'm going?" That was the Lost Heart Palace, what if those women pounced on him and tore him apart? Such a thing had happened before.

  Wei Zhongling glared coldly: "Can't even let our family go?"

  Fu Gonggong squeezed out a forced flattering smile: "How dare I, Uncle."

  "What are you still doing here? Can't you see that our family is worried?"

  This carefree princess is the plague god who makes him restless, he really hopes that this carefree princess will leave his desolate palace soon, or else one day he will be implicated by this plague god and capsize in a ditch at an old age.

  Yu Zhu had once received kindness from Chen Mei Ren? So she wanted to get Chen Mei Ren out?

  Does he believe this too? Does he think he's fooling a three-year-old?

  But knowing less about some things makes one safer, so he wasn't curious at all about what kind of tricks this carefree princess was up to.

  Fu Gonggong saw that things had gone too far to turn back, so he could only take a step back and exit the room with a heavy heart. He looked at Yu Zhu who was waiting in the courtyard, his face fell, and he glared at her fiercely.

  Yu Zhu disagreed with Fu Gonggong's anger and politely bowed to him, saying: "Sorry to trouble you, Fu Gonggong."

  If it were in the past, Master Fu would have probably beaten this servant girl severely, but now he doesn't dare to, after all, one has to consider the master when beating a dog!

  Nowadays, the carefree princess in the deserted palace doesn't bother them, they just burn incense to Buddha early and late, who dares to provoke the carefree princess?

  With the jade pearl for identification, Fu Gonggong called all the little eunuchs in the palace and only then dared to approach the Lost Heart Palace with trepidation.

  "What are you... and all four of you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and go?"

  The four little eunuchs who were called out looked at the group of madwomen who were leaning out of the window, stretching their hands out and shouting wildly, and they all secretly swallowed their saliva.

  Fu Gong suppressed the fear in his heart and ordered the group of people behind him: "You go ahead to our house. Just in case these crazy women riot, someone will block them."

  "It is... it is..."

  "Master Fu, I have a good idea." Seeing that four or five little eunuchs stopped in their tracks and didn't dare to come forward, Yuzhu said softly.

  Old Master Fu's eyes lit up, and his gaze at Yu Zhu was extremely eager; "What method?"

  "Provided your lordship orders someone to bring some food from the kitchen, these people will naturally calm down."

  Fu Gonggong thought for a moment and then ordered two eunuchs to take action. As a result, it was indeed as Yu Zhu had expected. Those crazy women saw the food and swarmed up, and the two eunuchs quickly went in and tied up the person Yu Zhu pointed out with ropes.

  Looking at the woman with disheveled hair and a vacant stare, tightly bound by ropes, Fu Gonggong stood far away, gazing at her. After some thought, he declared, "Let's get the ugly words out of the way first - this Chen Meiren is mad, you mustn't untie her bonds. If she has a violent outburst and hurts the princess, it won't be any concern of us servants."

  Yu Zhu nodded and quietly pulled out a small cloth bag from her sleeve pocket, stuffing it into Fu Gonggong's hand: "Yu Zhu understands, thank you for your guidance, Gonggong."

  Master Fu's face was filled with a warm smile, and he pointed to two young eunuchs, ordering: "You, you, the two of you, take this person to Princess Yuzhu."

  The two little eunuchs pointed at looked embarrassed but did not dare disobey: "Yes, Fu Gonggong."

  "Thank you, Uncle Fu." Yu Zhu smiled and bowed her body.

  Watching Yu Zhu and others' figures fade away, Fu Gonggong couldn't wait to open the purse, took a clear look at the things inside the silver bag, and his eyes lit up. He had thought there was only a handful of silver, but unexpectedly, it was a handful of glittering gold.

  The carefree princess indeed has money, and even her maidservants are generous with their spending, this lavishness in no way tarnishes her noble and illustrious status.

  Taihuidian.

  Yu Zhu rewarded the two little eunuchs who brought Chen Mei Ren and then closed the courtyard door, calmly looking at Chen Mei Ren standing alone there.

  Chen Mei Ren, dressed in thin clothes with a messy hair and dirty face, stood in the courtyard, looking around at her surroundings with some excitement.

  She once regarded the desolation of this cold palace as hell, but only after staying in the Lost Heart Palace did she realize that compared to the real hell, this place was actually much, much better.

  "Princess, Chen Meiren has arrived."

  Worry-free eyes moved out of the book in his hand, slightly raised, clear and gentle eyes looked at the person who walked in with a rope still tightly tied around their body.

  Chen Meiren stared blankly at Yuan Wuyou for a long time before slowly kneeling down: "I thank the princess for saving me."

  "This princess has no interest in saving you, Chen Mei Ren. What this princess wants to know is the truth behind your banishment to the Cold Palace back then."

  Chen Meiren slowly raised her lowered head: "I don't know what Your Highness is talking about?"

  Yu Worry smiled slightly, but her smile didn't reach her eyes: "What this princess dislikes the most are people who pretend to be clever."

  Chen Mei's face changed slightly, her lips lightly biting, under the messy hair like weeds, a pair of eyes showed complexity.

  Yu Wu You withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "You may not know yet, but two nights ago, the Moon Clear Palace caught fire, and the eldest princess was burned to death inside."

  Chen Meiren took a cold breath: "Impossible—"

  Yu Wu You smiled faintly: "I didn't expect you're also a sentimental person, but the impossible has happened."

  Chen Meiren stared at Yuan Wuyou, suddenly laughing, her voice somewhat shrill and piercing: "Just like Princess and your mother Liu Yinghua? The most impossible thing happened, just like in the past, Liu was so glorious and prominent, she got all the glory of women in the world, but... didn't expect her ending to be worse than mine."

  Originally carefree, a faint smile appeared on her lips, but she was indeed an airhead, no wonder she couldn't turn things around.

  Seeing her smile so calmly, Chen Meiren felt as if a needle had pierced her heart, and she blurted out words that didn't go through her brain:

  "Even if you knew what happened back then, what's the use? Do you think you can still change your fate, Princess? Let me tell you, don't be naive and dream on. Yuan Haotian will never let you out, you'll spend the rest of your life rotting in this desolate cold palace."

  "It seems that you still haven't figured out your own identity. This princess can take you out of the Lost Heart Palace, and also throw you back in, or..."

  The corners of his mouth curled up into a deeper smile, and he spoke in a soft voice: "Killing you would be as simple as stepping on an ant. Perhaps for you, it would be a relief. Do you want to try?"