Chapter 245
Chapter 245
"Nanny Luo, what do you mean by this? You haven't done anything wrong by me, please get up quickly!" Li Zhiwei's face darkened, not understanding what act Nanny Luo was putting on.
She believed she had done nothing to wrong Nanny Luo.
Yet, if the Old Princess Consort found out about Nanny Luo's actions today, she might very well think Li Zhiwei was being arrogant because of favor.
"Princess Consort, this old servant is guilty. I should not have concealed from the Old Princess Consort today the matter of the Young Miss poisoning her." As Nanny Luo said this, she felt deeply remorseful, though she did not continue kneeling before Li Zhiwei.
Upon hearing this, Li Zhiwei did not reply. Instead, she frowned and looked at Nanny Luo.
She also didn't understand why Nanny Luo had done this, but clearly, she did not approve of this course of action either.
However, she felt this matter had no direct connection to her, so she wouldn't say much about it.
"This matter, you don't need to tell me, and I won't expose you before the Old Princess Consort either." After some thought, Li Zhiwei decided to speak honestly.
"Princess Consort, this old servant never intended to keep it from the Old Princess Consort forever. It's just that the Old Princess Consort is unwell now, and I feared she wouldn't be able to bear knowing it was the Young Miss who poisoned her, so I told a lie." Nanny Luo said self-reproachfully.
After all, the Old Princess Consort had just specifically asked Li Zhiwei to meet Zheng Qiaoshu, showing the Old Princess Consort still held some affection for that Zheng Qiaoshu.
Hearing this, Li Zhiwei didn't say much more.
Still, she felt somewhat stifled inside. After all, if Zheng Qiaoshu were to be dealt with in the future, the Old Princess Consort might still think she couldn't tolerate her.
Li Residence
When Xu Qingshi woke up, it was already past noon.
Xu Qingshi had woken from hunger.
"Young Master, you're awake?" Moyu approached happily.
"Has she not returned yet?" Xu Qingshi frowned, feeling his rumbling stomach, and asked.
"Young Master, Miss Li and Lady Li have gone to the An Prince's residence to visit the Old Madam. She said for you to wait for her return here at the residence." Afraid Xu Qingshi would worry, Moyu quickly explained.
"Are you lying to me again?" Xu Qingshi's eyes reddened. He felt that until he saw Li Zhiwei, everything could be false.
They were all lying to him! Li Zhiwei had married someone else!
She didn't want him anymore!
She didn't want Father anymore!
Thinking this, Xu Qingshi sat straight up and charged out of the room.
"Ah, Young Master... where are you going?" Moyu hastily put down the bowl of congee in his hands and chased after him.
Xu Qingshi only thought of going back to the An Prince's residence to see if Li Zhiwei was really there, or if Moyu was lying to him.
"Ouch!"
Princess Huilan, having just returned to the capital with her father, had just stepped out for a stroll when a boy, like a little whirlwind, crashed right into her.
Caught off guard, she stumbled backward. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the person before her fall straight backward.
"Hey, don't fall!" Princess Huilan quickly reached to support the falling Xu Qingshi, but by then, Xu Qingshi had already fainted from not eating for too long.
"Young Master!" Moyu, who had chased after him, saw Xu Qingshi about to hit the ground and rushed forward to catch him. He then glared at Princess Huilan nearby and demanded, "What did you do to my Young Master?"
"What could I have done to him? I'm not even blaming him for crashing into me!" Princess Huilan was also quite annoyed. She had just stepped out perfectly fine and got knocked over by this child.
And now she was being accused of doing something bad to a child?
Zhou Huilan had always had a fiery temper.
Moreover, all these years by her father's side, she had developed a disposition of not taking any losses.
"I saw it clearly; you were just grabbing my Young Master." Moyu said with a dark expression, quickly picking up Xu Qingshi and heading towards the An Prince's residence not far away.
Hearing this, Zhou Huilan directly followed. She wanted to see what was wrong with this person; she wouldn't let them throw dirty water on her.
When Zhou Huilan saw the plaque of the An Prince's residence clearly, she frowned.
"Princess, this is Prince An's residence," Xiaotao said quickly, grabbing Zhou Huilan, who was about to follow.
"So what? Their Young Master crashed into me. Can't I demand an explanation?" At this moment, Zhou Huilan did not know that this An Prince's residence was the same one that had previously prevented Zhou Fenghua from becoming the heir apparent, nor that it was not an entity the Zhenguo Princess could afford to provoke.
"Princess, Prince An is not easy to talk to," Xiaotao said cautiously, somewhat embarrassed.
"So what?" Zhou Huilan did not take this matter to heart.
She was favored by Prince Zhennan, Zhou Zhipeng, and her mother was Zhou Zhipeng's most beloved concubine. In the Prince Zhennan's residence, there was nothing she couldn't have.
"But..." Xiaotao felt somewhat embarrassed, momentarily not knowing how to explain that the brother of the Eldest Young Master's first wife had once offended the An Prince's heir apparent, and that the two families were at odds.
Besides, this wasn't a good topic to discuss right at someone's front gate.
"Enough! If you don't dare to go, I'll go myself." After saying this, Zhou Huilan directly stepped towards the interior.
"Ah, miss, what are you doing?" The gatekeeper servant quickly stepped forward to stop Zhou Huilan.
"I came back with your Young Master just now." Zhou Huilan said discontentedly.
"Miss, our Young Master is injured now. Please return." The servant said, frowning.
He had never seen this young lady before. Who knew what intentions she had coming to the Prince's residence?
No matter what, the servant wouldn't let her in.
"I am Princess Huilan of the Prince Zhennan's residence. I want to see your master. Your Young Master just injured me by crashing into me!" Zhou Huilan frowned. Seeing the servant wouldn't let her in, she could only say with displeasure.
"Then please wait here, miss. I will go see if the master is in residence." Upon hearing this, the servant only led her to a side hall nearby.
"Princess, what if the An Prince is very fierce later? We should run quickly then." Xiaotao said nervously.
"What are you afraid of? They're the ones who crashed into someone." Zhou Huilan said with an air of indifference.
Xiaotao lowered her head, thinking, their little Young Master has already fainted, but you're sitting here perfectly fine, not looking injured at all.
However, Xiaotao also knew well that her own princess had quite a temper, so she didn't dare say some things.
The servant went to find Steward Liu.
"What did you say? The Young Master injured someone?" Liu Ming, upon hearing this, felt a headache coming.
"What kind of person is the visitor?" Liu Ming asked further.
"It's a young lady who calls herself Princess Huilan of the Prince Zhennan's residence. This humble one hasn't heard of this princess before?" The servant scratched his head, unfamiliar with this princess.
Liu Ming frowned, probably guessing Princess Huilan's identity.
Considering the Old Princess Consort was now seriously ill, it seemed the task of meeting this princess would fall to him.
"Steward Liu, perhaps you could have the Princess Consort step forward to meet this young lady?" the servant suggested cautiously, remembering that Li Zhiwei had come to the residence today.