Chapter 708 - A Great Gift
Chapter 708 A Great Gift
Lin Mengya almost kept smiling all the way home from Gou An’s place.
Not to mention Qinghu, who stayed away from her, her tremendous affability even made the others in Marquis Zhennan’s Mansion feel a chill down their spines.
Seeing her in such a cheerful state of mind, all the others were stunned.
She really couldn’t think of a proper way to celebrate, so as soon as she returned to her room, she immediately closed the door and burst into wild laughter.
Even Hongyu, who had always been steady, almost fell on hearing that. “What… what’s wrong with her?” Standing in the yard, she cautiously asked Qinghu, who had nothing to say about it.
“Who knows? Maybe her head got squeezed in the door,” Qinghu replied expressionlessly.
In fact, he was also confused about what made Lin Mengya laugh so wildly.
Fortunately, her crazy state didn’t last long.
After nightfall, Lin Mengya gradually returned to normal. She just hummed a tune she had learned from somewhere, while embroidering a peony, on which she had spent a long time, in her room.
Long Tianyu appeared outside the Grace Butterfly Courtyard as usual.
“You’re finally back, Your Highness,” the four maids, who were instructed to stay here, immediately came up to greet him, but they seemed to have something else to say but stopped on second thought.
Long Tianyu was puzzled. They usually avoided disturbing Lin Mengya and him automatically. He wondered what was going on today.
“Is there anything wrong with your Miss?” Long Tianyu furrowed his brows as he asked tentatively, feeling his heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened to her?
“Not… exactly. Alas, anyway, Your Highness, you’d better be careful. Miss seems to be a little abnormal,” gritting her teeth, Hongyu finally gave him the sincere instruction they had been thinking under the encouraging gazes of the other three girls.
After that, the four maids exchanged glances and quickly dispersed in all directions tacitly.
What… was going on?
Long Tianyu was confused. After looking around suspiciously, he finally frowned and walked into the Grace Butterfly Courtyard with heavy steps.
“You’re back. Are you thirsty, hungry, or cold?” As soon as he pushed the door of the Grace Butterfly Courtyard open, he smelled a fragrance and heard a voice.
Then, the woman, who was leaning against his chest, stared at him with her innocent and fluid eyes.
Suddenly, Long Tianyu was alerted and moved to a state of vigilance.
He could only put his arms around her slender waist, wondering if she had taken the wrong medicine.
“Come on. Make yourself comfortable,” Lin Mengya said, with her silvery white teeth shining chillingly and a strange smile on her pretty face.
Long Tianyu, who was stunned, could only let her hold his hand and press him down in a chair with a little strength.
“Are you… alright?” Lin Mengya’s abnormal behavior made Long Tianyu’s hair stand on end, and he involuntarily asked.
Watching him in a panic, Lin Mengya smiled and stopped pretending to be enigmatic.
“Well, I’ll stop teasing you. Look, I want to show you something. Don’t be too grateful to me after seeing it,” as she said, she threw a dark yellow official letter in front of Long Tianyu.
Long Tianyu glanced at his wife in confusion and at the official letter in front of him, wondering what on earth made her so cheerful.
He picked up the official letter on the table hesitantly and opened the envelope. After reading it for a while, he showed a trace of shock in his dark and deep eyes.
“This… This is…” Long Tianyu was so excited that he couldn’t even finish his sentence. He held Lin Mengya’s small hands tightly and his eyes were gradually filled with ecstasy.
“Exactly, it’s the peace treaty of the Nan’an State. I flipped through it and found the king of the Nan’an State sincerely offers generous terms. So I think that your father will be pleased with it,” Lin Mengya said.
Long Tianyu could tell that without being reminded by Lin Mengya, so he was ravished with joy.
With the peace treaty, the Shangguan Family’s plan would come to naught, and his father would be relieved.
“My wife is indeed the rarest woman in the world!” Long Tianyu, who usually maintained a poker face, said cheerfully like a child and kissed Lin Mengya’s delicate face heavily.
“You’re so annoying… Keep it properly. The person, who delivered the peace treaty, was attacked by someone mysterious. You can roughly guess who the attacker is, right?” Lin Mengya said.
Her words immediately brought Long Tianyu back to his senses.
The peace treaty went against the interests of the Shangguan Family and would make them lose the opportunity to regain military power.
Given the way the Shangguan Family dealt with affairs, they certainly would not let go of the messenger easily.
“I will handle this cautiously. Speaking of this, we should express our gratitude to the messenger,” Long Tianyu said with a childish expression, that he wouldn’t show in front of anyone other than her.
Lin Mengya smiled faintly, thinking this was what she wanted.
“Okay, that’s exactly what I’m thinking about. But it’s inappropriate for him to show up now. In fact, no one other than you and me knows the existence of the peace treaty. I think that you had better enter the Imperial Palace to discuss with your father as soon as possible. The messenger is safe now. If it’s really necessary to bring him to the Imperial Palace to meet His Majesty, I think it’s better to do it in a big way than in secret,” Lin Mengya said.
On the way back, she had thought this through apart from smirking.
Mao Yuze’s safety was their top priority now. More importantly, only if he showed up in front of the Emperor would he be able to have a peace talk with the Emperor.
If he were to be killed before meeting the Emperor, the peace talk between the two countries would go up in smoke.
“Well, I’ll sneak into the Imperial Palace tonight. These days, my father often summoned me urgently at night, so my visit at this time will arouse no suspicion. Anyway, the Shangguan Family intends to clear their name, so they won’t dare to attack me easily,” Long Tianyu said.
A delay might mean trouble.
Although the Shangguan Family seemed to be restrained, their strength could not be underestimated.
Lin Mengya, who certainly knew the significance of this matter, nodded.
After reminding Long Tianyu to be careful, she watched him turn around and disappear into the dark.
It was not until she was sure that he was completely out of sight that she let out an almost inaudible sigh.
“Now that everything has been settled, it’s time for us to set out, isn’t it?” Qinghu said.
Perhaps Long Tianyu was the one, who loved her the most in this world, but Qinghu was definitely the one, who knew her best.
She turned around and saw Qinghu, who appeared behind her at some point, showed a serious look rather than a helpless look.
“I’ve done all I can for him. My staying longer will only increase his misery,” Lin Mengya said.
The Emperor would definitely give her family a way out for the sake of the peace treaty.
With such a great contribution, Long Tianyu could gain an unshakable position in the royal family.
Not long ago, she managed to divert the Empress’s attention to Shangguan Hui by making a scene in the Shangguan’s Mansion.
Given the woman’s intelligence, she presumably had figured out Lin Mengya’s intention by now.
With their help, Long Tianyu would have no worry at the imperial court and in his backyard, even if she could never come back…
“When are we going to set off?” Qinghu asked.
He didn’t ask anything else because he knew Lin Mengya too well.
She had done all these for the sake of those around her.
These days, Moyan and Ms. Tian had been sent to the secret courtyard behind the clinic.
Besides Hongyu, all the others would also be sent to that safe place under the cover of the lively Spring Sacrificial Rite.
Meanwhile, he had left more than half of his followers behind to secretly protect them.
As such, all the important people around Lin Mengya had been protected one after another, which only meant that it was finally time to part with them.
“Let’s wait until His Majesty summons Mao Yuze. When the time comes, they will attract all the attention. His Majesty will certainly send his elite troops to protect him. It will be easy for us to sneak out without being noticed,” Lin Mengya said.
Seeing that Lin Mengya had quickly determined the time to leave, Qinghu knew that he should not say anything else about it.
Qinghu nodded silently. He knew better than anyone that Lin Mengya was sometimes a rational person, who could even be considered cold-blooded.
No matter she was urged to stay or reluctant to leave, nothing could stop her from leaving.
She might appear to be delicate, but she was actually very stubborn and unyielding. Even he couldn’t compare with her.
“Alright, I’ll make sure everything is in order. You may have a good rest,” Qinghu said.
No matter how sorry he felt for her, he could only console her with these words at this moment.
Although Lin Mengya had turned around, she said with a rare apologetic look on her face, “I’m sorry…”
“I’m sorry for being so willful so that you have to go through this hard time with me,” she thought.
In this life, she had no regret with Qinghu’s company.
Long Tianyu, who was hurrying on his way in the dark, was obviously unaware of the plan of his beloved.
His fine horse galloped and brought him to the gate of the Imperial Palace in an instant.
“Report to my father that I have something important to tell him, and open the door!” He shouted coldly on the horse.
Seeing that the person on the horse turned out to be Prince Yu, who came back again, the guards in charge of guarding the palace gate acted at once.
The messenger went to inform the eunuch, who was on duty, about Prince Yu’s visit as soon as possible.