Chapter 54: Angry
"Prince," Fu Dong turned around and saw Prince Duan; he immediately knelt and saluted, glancing nervously at Zheng Nianru beside him.
Zheng Nianru turned her head and saw the furious Prince Duan. At the same time, Zheng Haoyuan felt even more uneasy and moved aside, reluctantly letting go of the hem of Zheng Nianru’s robe that he had been clutching.
"Father, what brings you here?" Zheng Nianru got up and walked toward Prince Duan. After her marriage, her contact with Prince Duan had become much more frequent than at this time.
"Greetings to the Imperial Uncle." Zheng Haoyuan saluted formally, not daring to be careless.
"Fourth Prince, this prince requests you to go and report to the Noble Consort that I, on the order of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, have come to escort the body of the Second Prince back to the palace." Prince Duan’s serious face bore no hint of a smile. This child, how old is he? Ten years old, perhaps? Does he not know the importance of propriety between genders? What on earth has Noble Consort Wen been teaching him every day!
"Yes." Zheng Haoyuan did not dare linger and scurried away.
"Father, what’s wrong?" Zheng Nianru came up and took Prince Duan’s hand, her eyes smiling, as lively as a butterfly under the spring sun, her robe trailing behind, the gold and silver floral embroidery coming alive with her movements.
"Still smiling? I’ll ask you, that... that Zheng Haoyuan... the Fourth Prince, why is he here? And what does the Second Prince’s death have to do with you?" Prince Duan disregarded everything else. Isn’t it about the Second Prince? How come it involves the Fourth Prince too, wait, shouldn’t the Fourth Prince be in the palace?
Had it not been for Fu Xun’s kindness, seeing Nian Ru suffer in the palace, and often sending messages to him, he would not have had a peaceful day.
"Father." Seeing this, Zheng Nianru recounted everything that had happened after Zheng Haoyuan arrived at the Traveling Palace, only mentioning what she actually saw, omitting her speculations and stating only the facts.
Prince Duan was stunned, taking a long time to recover his composure.