Chapter 57 - Give Him a Lesson
Chapter 57 Give Him a Lesson
“Keep a Mistress in a Golden Nest? What’s the meaning of this allusion?”
Long Tianhao read a lot of books from childhood.
He was not a universal talent and didn’t have extraordinary talents, but he was a knowledgeable man. But today he was stumped by a question of his Princess.
“This is a royal anecdote. A prince called Liu Zhi became King of Jiaodong when he was four years old. One day he told his aunt that if he could marry his cousin Chen Ajiao, he would make a golden house for her.”
But Chen Ajiao was finally deposed and lived in the Changmen Palace alone.
“I don’t think the King of Jiaodong truly loved his cousin.”
But Long Tianhao thought for a while and reached a strange conclusion.
This was just her joke. But she looked at Long Tianhao and realized that he took it seriously.
“Prince, why do you think so? Could you please explain to me?”
Long Tianhao walked out of the small yard and Lin Mengya followed him into the street.
“Most of the members of the royal family are hypocritical. I believe that the King of Jiaodong just wanted to get the support of his aunt. My aunt is the eldest Princess of Shangyu and she is also one of the favorite daughters of my father. Her eldest daughter died young, otherwise, some of my brothers may also want to build a golden house for her.”
It seemed that all the royal families in the world were the same.
Lin Mengya looked at this busy street with complicated emotions.
She appeared in this strange world inexplicably and had to pretend to be Princess Yu and go on living for the real Lin Mengya.
But she didn’t expect that she had fallen further and further into this quagmire of confusion.
Would she be trapped in this small Price Yu’s Mansion and become a tool in the struggle for the rest of her life?
She might become a woman like the Empress who would kill all those who got in her way to satisfy her desires. Lin Mengya quailed at this thought.
She hoped that she could follow her heart and keep her bottom line.
“Prince, can you promise me one thing?”
Someone suddenly pulled the corner of his cloth. Long Tianhao turned around and realized that Lin Mengya was very serious. He had never seen such a serious expression on her beautiful face.
“What do you want?”
He raised his eyebrows and thought she might make all sorts of bizarre requests. But what she said was beyond his expectation.
“Prince, could you please divorce me when I become useless to you? Then I can leave here with Xiaoyu and Baizhi and find a faraway place to settle down.”
She said seriously. Her voice was still soft but Long Tianhao realized that this was her real thought.
“Why?”
Maybe she was not content with being his legal wife.
Or she wanted to get more benefits.
“I don’t want to be a bird in the cage. I want to hop like a fish in the sea and fly like a bird across the sky. I’m eager to see the world outside. I hate to spend the rest of my life scheming against them. I don’t care who wins this game and I just want to live as I like.”
Long Tianhao’s black eyes fixed on Lin Mengya.
Long Tianhao was confused. He wasn’t sure if she was his Princess.
It was possible that a stupid person suddenly became enlightened and clever and changed into a completely different person.
But even he didn’t keep such an open mind, let alone this weak girl.
“Who are…”
“Prince, let’s hurry up and go back home. We’ll be at a disadvantage if we arouse suspicion of that person.”
Long Tianhao was about to ask her about her true identity.
But Lin Mengya suddenly took his hand and strode towards Prince Yu’s Mansion.
Looking at the slender figure and holding her soft and delicate hands, Long Tianhao was enchanted by a woman for the first time in his life.
There were numerous hidden secrets about Lin Mengya but he couldn’t discover any of them despite all his efforts.
But he could be sure that this woman was harmless to him at the current stage.
Besides, she would also become a great help to him.
Long Tianhao turned his hand over and took her soft hand.
He suppressed all of his doubts. He would not let go of anyone or anything that was useful to him.
If Lin Mengya really wanted to leave him, he would keep her at any cost.
He had persuaded Baili Wuchen to stay and got the loyalty of Zhu Qiang. He believed that he would also succeed this time.
You couldn’t win the game if you didn’t have appropriate subordinates.
Two of them went back to the mansion quietly to avoid attracting attention. Obviously, no one noticed them.
Lin Mengya walked into her Qinglan Courtyard as if she just came back from her walk.
All the girl servants and maids had been sent away. Lin Mengya’s eyes lit up and found that Qinghu was sitting in the small pavilion in the yard and enjoying her fragrant tea and various kinds of snacks.
“You bastard! How dare you enter my courtyard! The guards will skin you alive if they find you!”
Lin Mengya kicked Qinghu away from her cushion fiercely.
This guy lay on the bluestone ground and deliberately gave her a vulgar wink.
Lin Mengya glanced at him coldly and picked up the fruit on the table. But Qinghu snatched it from her hands.
“I’m not afraid at all! All the ladies in the rich and powerful family in the capital city want to strip off my clothes. But I don’t like them. But I’d love to be stripped naked by you.”
Qinghu ate the fruit he had snatched from Lin Mengya complacently. But he found that this girl was not annoyed, instead, she was smiling at him.
Suddenly, Qinghu had a bad feeling.
“Oh! Baiji, please hurry up and get me a basin of glutinous rice water. I forgot to wash my hands!”
Qinghu suddenly became pale and asked carefully in a trembling voice.
“Girl… What have you done?”
Lin Mengya raised her delicate hands and said slowly, “It’s not a big deal. I dissected a rotten corpse just now. Hey! Don’t vomit! Baishao, hurry up and drag him away! Don’t let him pollute my lotus.”
After taking a little vengeance on Qinghu, Lin Mengya washed her hands. Then she enjoyed the cool air and chatted with the three girl servants and Lin Zhongyu in the pavilion.
Qinghu finally became quiet for a while after nearly vomiting his insides up. He nearly broke down but he had to swallow his anger and looked piteously at Lin Mengya.
Oh, serve you right!
Lin Mengya had to restrain herself from laughing loudly. In fact, she played tricks on him on purpose.
“Master, why did you go to… Oh! It can bring you bad luck!”
Baizhi’s face wrinkled and looked like a small steamed bun.
Lin Mengya could not help but rub her face. It felt soft.
“It’s all rubbish and superstition. There are no spirits in the world. This old woman was killed but she was innocent. I can find out the truth and avenge her death. This is the greatest respect for her.”
Lin Mengya explained briefly. She told them that the old woman was pushed into the well by others and didn’t tell them anything else.
“I think Sister Princess is right.” Lin Zhongyu listened earnestly and his handsome face stiffened.
“I also think that the master is right. But you have to pay attention to something. By the way, Master, you said that you put the body of the old woman in the haunted teahouse in Rosefinch Street, right? I don’t think it’s appropriate.”
Baiji remained neutral but she was also afraid of the supernatural beings.
“Oh? What’s wrong with it?”
Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows and looked at Baiji.
“The teahouse is eerie and horrible and many people say that it’s haunted. People in my hometown once said that the corpse may stand up if you put it in that place!”
Baiji lowered her voice and looked terrified.
Affected by this atmosphere, even Baishao, who was bold and daring, couldn’t help but feel terrified.
Baizhi was as timid as a mouse and she immediately rushed into Lin Mengya’s arms.
“It’s ridiculous! There are no spirits in the world! You guys are too timid. I’ve been a killer for many years and killed thousands of people. Why didn’t their ghosts come back and kill me?”
Qinghu scoffed at their ideas and looked at those sitting in the pavilion with disdain.
But Lin Mengya became serious and looked at Qinghu as if she wanted to say something.
“I want to tell you something. But don’t be afraid.”
She pushed Baizhi into Baiji’s arms and went up to Qinghu secretly and whispered in his ears.
“Hey! Little guy, do you want to frighten me? Haha, you’ll never succeed!”
Lin Mengya smiled weirdly and touched the white collar of Qinghu with her hands.
“Tonight, I promise that you will have an excellent night. You can rest assured that I will send away all the servants in my yard. Please enjoy it.”
The sudden fragrance of Lin Mengya made Qinghu feel fresh and relaxed.
But Qinghu became alert after hearing what she said next. Besides, there was a cunning smile on her beautiful face. After noticing that, Qinghu immediately leaped and flew away. He was ten meters away from Lin Mengya in the next second.
“What… What have you done?”
Before Lin Mengya finished speaking, Qinghu suddenly got an awful stomachache.
His gentle white face turned deathly pale in an instant, and he rushed to the washroom without considering his image. His face twisted in pain.
“Croton dessert and croton tea can thoroughly purge your gut.”
Qinghu looked miserable and Lin Mengya clapped her hands. The smile on her face was as brilliant and beautiful as a flower.
“Miss Lin, Steward Deng said that he was ready.”
Baiji looked frightened a few seconds ago, but now she stood behind Lin Mengya calmly.
“Baiji, I didn’t expect that you were a good actress.”
“No, I’m quite useless. Steward Deng and Steward Lin spent two hours teaching me, so I can get by.”
Baiji blushed with embarrassment. She looked calm and was the smartest one among the three servant girls.
Lin Mengya looked admiringly at Baiji and there was a glimmer of cunning in her eyes.
The net had been cast, but she didn’t know which big fish would be captured tonight!