Chapter 252
Chapter 252
However, after hearing Side Consort Ru's words, Lady Qin felt she was simply talking to a brick wall.
Did she really think Prince An was like a common scallion on the street, that anyone who got close would be thrown into the official prison by him?
Since when did Prince An have that much free time?
Yet, Lady Qin understood in her heart that she probably couldn't reason things out with this Side Consort Ru.
Considering the current situation, Zhou Huilan was already in the dungeon.
Even if she wanted to save her, she first needed to find out exactly why the person had been imprisoned.
"You truly don't know what she did? If you don't explain clearly, there's no way I can help save her!" Lady Qin looked at Side Consort Ru again, seeking confirmation.
Lady Qin suspected that Side Consort Ru might actually know and was deliberately hiding it from her.
"Sister, what do you mean by that? If I knew why, I would have told you long ago. Don't you think I know that every moment Huilan spends in that dungeon, she's in more danger? She's the apple of my eye!" Side Consort Ru said, taking her handkerchief again to wipe the tears at the corner of her eyes.
"Send someone out to make inquiries, see if they can find out anything." Lady Qin said to Nanny Chang beside her, massaging her temples.
"Sister, what about Huilan then?" Side Consort Ru was displeased upon hearing this. Sending people to inquire would take time, but what about her Huilan?
What should she do?
"What can she do? Stay put in the dungeon!" Lady Qin retorted impatiently.
She thought to herself, this mother and daughter were truly experts at causing trouble. They had just returned and had already provoked the one person in the capital you absolutely must not offend.
Did they really think this was Wuyang City?
That anyone could be someone their Zhennan Wangfu could afford to provoke?
Side Consort Ru's face turned pale, her heart filled with panic.
At this moment, Side Consort Ru didn't know whether what Lady Qin told her was true or false, or if Lady Qin was intentionally making things difficult for her.
But now, she had no other recourse.
The Prince was not in the residence.
She could only seek help from Zhennan Wangfu.
"Send someone to wait outside the palace. When you see the Marquis, tell him to return immediately." Lady Qin instructed the steward who had hurried over.
Prince An's Residence
Just as Li Zhiwei was supporting Lady Yao to leave Prince An's residence, they saw Xu Qingshi holding a bundle, waiting eagerly by the gate.
Lady Yao looked at Xu Qingshi with some confusion, then asked Li Zhiwei beside her, equally puzzled: "This child seems rather unobservant. Why is he holding a bundle? Is he going somewhere?"
Lady Yao couldn't help but feel a pang of pity for Xu Qingshi. He was still ill, yet he wanted to go out.
"Mother, let's go back first." Li Zhiwei sighed. She had a premonition that Xu Qingshi was most likely here for her.
She thought to herself, is Xu Qingshi even clingier than his father?
Could it really be because she was the one who brought him back?
However, before this matter was brought into the open,
Li Zhiwei chose to deceive herself, thinking that all of this had nothing to do with her.
Seeing her daughter unwilling to explain, Lady Yao didn't press further, though she sighed inwardly. They all said being a stepmother was difficult.
If her daughter were to marry into this Prince An's residence in the future, she wondered if she would suffer.
"Mother, are you leaving?"
Seeing that Li Zhiwei paid him no mind, Xu Qingshi felt somewhat sad. His small eyes grew moist as he looked at Li Zhiwei and asked.
He also unconsciously reverted to his previous form of address for Li Zhiwei.
"Why aren't you resting properly in Liangxi Courtyard? What are you doing running out here? Hurry back! Don't catch a chill and feel even worse!" Li Zhiwei sighed and had no choice but to address Xu Qingshi.
"Are you leaving?" Not getting the answer he wanted, Xu Qingshi stubbornly asked again.
"Yes, I'm going back." Li Zhiwei nodded.
"I want to go back with you!" Xu Qingshi stated firmly.
"Young Master, this servant begs you. Physician Zhang said your body can't withstand such exertion." Moyu said anxiously from the side.
"Qingshi, go back and rest first. You can come to the Li family next time, alright?" Li Zhiwei sighed.
"No, I won't. You just want to hide that man, not let me see him, don't you?" Xu Qingshi gave Li Zhiwei a look that said 'I know all about it'.
Li Zhiwei was speechless. She didn't understand where this child got the idea that she was married.
"What man?" Lady Yao asked, utterly confused.
"Xu-Qing-Shi!" Xu Heming, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, happened to catch his son's words.
He couldn't understand why his son insisted on believing that Li Zhiwei was married?
And was even making a fuss about going to her home?
"What are you yelling for? I'm going to be a live-in son-in-law!" Xu Qingshi didn't even turn to look at his father.
Xu Heming was nearly driven to laughter by his foolish son's words.
Did he even know what a live-in son-in-law was?
"Where are you going to be a live-in son-in-law?" Xu Heming asked, looking at Xu Qingshi as if he were an idiot.
"I'm going to Mother's home. Later, I'll marry Mother's daughter!" Xu Qingshi said with a proud expression.
"Weiwei, what is Qingshi talking about?" Lady Yao felt like she couldn't understand a single word.
"Mother, a child's words shouldn't be taken seriously." Li Zhiwei was utterly helpless.
"Since you have this much energy, hurry to Ci'an Hall to pay your respects to your grandmother!" Xu Heming ignored his son's wishes, grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, and headed towards Ci'an Hall.
As he left, he nodded to Li Zhiwei and Lady Yao.
"Let's go." Li Zhiwei looked at the father and son pair, sighed, and continued supporting Lady Yao as they walked out.
"Will Qingshi be alright?" Lady Yao said worriedly, watching Xu Qingshi who was still struggling incessantly.
"Mother, they are father and son!" Li Zhiwei was both amused and exasperated by Lady Yao's concern.
"You big demon, let me go!" Xu Qingshi hadn't expected Xu Heming to be so unreasonable. Seeing that Li Zhiwei was about to leave, he grew increasingly anxious.
"Quiet down!" At this moment, Xu Heming had the impulse to knock his foolish son unconscious.
If it weren't for the fact that the boy needed to see the Old Princess soon and couldn't actually be unconscious,
Xu Heming really would have done it.
"You big dark face, no wonder your wife was snatched away! You have no martial virtue, let me down! You lost your wife, but you can't make me lose mine too!" Xu Qingshi struggled and yelled.
"Be quiet! You're not even fully grown and you're already thinking about a wife!" Xu Heming's face darkened. He was sure this trait didn't come from him, but from his late Princess.
Otherwise, how could he be so noisy?
The Old Princess heard Xu Qingshi's vigorous shouting from afar.
But, being weak, she couldn't get up to look and could only gaze eagerly towards the doorway.
When she saw Xu Qingshi being dragged in by Xu Heming, the Old Princess felt her heart leap to her throat and immediately glared at Xu Heming: "What are you doing? What if you scare my precious grandson?"
"Oh dear, precious grandson, are you alright?" The Old Princess asked, looking at Xu Qingshi with deep affection.
At that moment, she wished she could get out of bed to hold Xu Qingshi in her arms and dote on him properly.