novelaction Chapter 919 Clearing the Fog?
Chapter 919 Clearing the Fog?
When Consort Luo arrived at the door, he saw Li Wanhe looking anxious, like an ant on a hot pan. "Husband, you've finally come out! Have you seen our son inside? He's gone! The servants in the manor said he was taken away by someone from the princess's residence, so I rushed here to find him."
If it were in the past, Prince Consort Luo would have barged in without saying a word, taking her with him to demand their son.
But today he felt that Zhao Yang's face seemed different, as if she were a completely different person from before.
"Don't rush, let's go back to the manor first. Maybe you've misunderstood."
Li Wanhe was taken aback. Why did she feel that her husband was different from usual today?
The two returned to their residence, and before they even entered the nursery, they heard the baby crying. Upon entering, they found the wet nurse holding the baby and breastfeeding.
"Son, my child, when was he sent back?"
The wet nurse was taken aback, then glanced cautiously at Prince Consort Luo. "Your Highness, I don't know. I was guarding outside when I heard the young master crying. I thought he might be hungry, so I came in to breastfeed him."
The implication is that the young master has always been there and has never left.
Now, Consort Luo's expression turned somewhat strange, while Li Wanhe covered her mouth in surprise, "But? But when I came to see the child before, he was clearly not there. Then a maid told me that he had been taken away by people from the Princess's residence?"
"Reporting to Aunt Li, this servant truly did not know. When this servant arrived, the young master was sleeping soundly in his small bed."
Now things seem to have become interesting, and of course, a little strange.
"No! How could this be? It's clearly true! My husband, you want to believe me. I would never have gone to the Duke's mansion to cause trouble for no reason. I'm not stupid. How could I dare to falsely accuse the princess, who is so noble? That would be a capital offense!"
When Consort Luo saw the tears in her eyes and her slightly pale face, his heart immediately softened. "Alright, alright, don't worry, I know you're not lying. Perhaps when you came over, the child was taken away by someone, which is why you were so anxious."
And so the matter was left unresolved.
Unexpectedly, a day later, when Consort Luo was out drinking with some friends, the servants came to find him, saying that the young master of the mansion had gone missing.
Prince Consort Luo was taken aback. Where did he go again?
He then hurriedly bid farewell to his friend and rushed back home.
But when he returned home and saw that the child was safely in the wet nurse's arms, he was already somewhat dissatisfied with Li Wanhe.
That evening, he and several friends went to a brothel for drinks and entertainment.
Unintentionally, the conversation turned to how women can be jealous and competitive.
One of the young men laughed and said, “You have no idea how deep those women’s minds are! Some of them will do anything to win their husband’s smile. I’ve even heard that a lady from the Xie family once poisoned her own son to win his favor and then framed her for it.”
"Alas, that's why they say the most poisonous heart is a woman's."
He does not mean that.
These words had taken root in the mind of Prince Consort Luo.
"Do you really think there are such heartless people?"
"How could there not be? But since Prince Consort Luo has few women around him, perhaps he isn't that capable."
Then another burst of laughter erupted.
That night, Prince Consort Luo got completely drunk, and by the time he returned to his residence, he was unconscious.
I slept until dawn, and when I opened my eyes, I felt a splitting headache.
After finally managing to get up and go to the outer room, I groggily drank a couple of sips of water, and my mind cleared up a bit.
"Have you heard? Rong, the old nanny who used to serve in the kitchen, has been taken to the princess's residence."
"When did this happen? Wasn't Granny Rong assigned to the eldest son's side?"
"So what if I'm assigned to the main house? I heard that Granny Rong is suspected of drugging the princess."
"Drug the princess? Is she crazy? Where would she get the audacity to harm the princess? Besides, the princess has been perfectly fine the whole time. She hasn't even had a headache or fever. How can you say someone is trying to harm her?"
"What do you know? I heard that the man drugged the princess, which caused her personality to change drastically and become somewhat bloodthirsty. Think about how the princess was before."
The man seemed somewhat surprised, then suddenly realized, "You're right. The princess had indeed been acting strangely for quite some time. You mean, someone drugged the princess? But Rong Mama is a servant of the Luo family, how could she dare?"
"Granny Rong was taken into the princess's residence and hasn't come out since. I heard that Granny Rong has already confessed."
"Really? Was that done by the eldest son's family?"
The maid shook her head, then looked around. "It doesn't seem so. I heard that this morning, the First Madam made a special trip to the Princess's residence, and her expression was perfectly normal when she came out. She obviously didn't seem to have had any arguments with anyone."
"If it's not the First Madam, then who could it be? Framed the Princess, that's a capital offense!"
"You're so stupid! Why don't you think about who would benefit the most if something happened to the princess?"
The little maid's eyes widened in disbelief. "You mean Li?"
Before he could finish speaking, she silenced him with a kiss.
"Just keep it to yourself. She's currently favored by the master, so we absolutely mustn't say it out loud."
"Um!"
After the two of them left, Consort Luo shook his head vigorously. Had he heard correctly?
The princess's previous bloody and violent behavior was actually because someone drugged her?
He had said it all along: although the princess was quite capable, she would never do something as murderous as this.
Thinking back to the last time I saw the princess, her somewhat melancholy eyes and the hidden meanings in her words, it all seemed like a moment when the clouds parted to reveal the moon.
"Could it be Wanhe?"
The moment this idea popped into his head, Consort Luo was startled.
impossible?
How could such a gentle and kind woman have such a vicious heart?
Moreover, if she wanted to harm the princess, wouldn't it have been simpler to just give her some deadly poison? Why go to such lengths?
Since Luo was a man, it seemed that he could never understand the details of many things.
"Prince Consort, the princess asked if you had already chosen a candidate. She will be going to the palace tomorrow to give her answer. If you have a suitable candidate, please come to the residence and we can also discuss the matter of the young master's enrollment."
"Young master? To enroll in school?"
"Your Highness, the Empress Dowager intends for you to enter the palace as a study companion to the Crown Prince."
"Okay, I'll be right there."