Chapter 232 Wu Meiniang's scheming
"Brother Six, you did a good thing!" Li Zhen, who was still sick on his face, grabbed Li Yan's collar and shouted angrily.
Li Zhen moved to Li Yan's boat due to illness. After Cui Mengxue's diagnosis and treatment, his condition finally improved. However, Wu Meiniang's affairs around Li Yan were finally discovered by him. In fact, Li Zhen suspected that Wu Meiniang was deliberately letting Li Zhen see her. Because Li Zhen was walking on the deck that day, he picked up a jade pendant that Wu Meiniang lost. Li Zhen had seen this jade pendant on Wu Meiniang, so he became suspicious. As a result, the space on the boat was so large, and he deliberately searched for it. It was naturally not difficult to meet Wu Meiniang.
Li Yan can understand the reason why Wu Meiniang did this on purpose, because when Li Zhen knew that Wu Meiniang was by her side, then Yang and Wu Meiniang in Chang'an would know sooner or later. Wu Meiniang probably wanted to use this method to report safety to her mother Yang and her younger sister. After all, they were helpless in Chang'an, and Yang was suffering from the pain of "losing a daughter". Last time Li Yan returned to Chang'an, because he was afraid that the news would be leaked, he did not tell Yang that Meiniang was still alive, which also made Wu Meiniang often worry about her mother's health.
The relationship between mother and daughter is natural. Although Wu Meiniang may have used some tricks, Li Yan would not blame her for this. After all, the kidnapping of someone else's daughter is already sorry for Yang. If Yang had any accidents because of the loss of a daughter, it would be even more wrong. Moreover, Wu Meiniang might have a knot in her future. It was precisely for the above considerations that Li Yan regarded the meeting between Li Zhen and Wu Meiniang as an accident. There was no deep conflict at all.
"Brother Eighth brother, don't be too angry. Your illness has not been cured yet. Don't hurt your vitality again because of this!" Li Yan knew that he was inappropriate about Li Zhen's anger. While supporting Li Zhen, he advised him kindly.
"I... am not angry?" Li Zhen almost came up in anger, pointed at Li Yan and shouted, "Sixth brother, do you know that since you kidnapped your aunt, everyone thought that your aunt was dead, and Mrs. Yang was reluctant to eat. Even Mei Niang was seriously ill. If it weren't for the rejuvenation of her wonderful skills, she would probably have disappeared now?"
As soon as Li Zhen said something, Li Yan was shocked. Wu Meiniang next to her even pale, and hurriedly ran over to grab Li Zhen's arm and asked, "Eighth brother, is my mother and Mei Niang okay now? It's all my unfilial piety that made my mother and younger sister frightened. If there is something wrong, what will I look like to meet my father under the sacred springs?"
When Wu Meiniang said this, tears couldn't stop flowing out. However, when Li Zhen heard Wu Meiniang's name to her, she was stunned and muttered to herself strangely: "Eighth brother? Auntie, you..."
Seeing Li Zhen paying attention to the relationship between him and Li Yan, Wu Meiniang lowered her head shyly, while Li Zhen giggled in embarrassment. Now, even if Li Zhen is stupid, she knows what is going on. She is even more angry and roars loudly again: "Sixth brother, sixth brother, I didn't expect you to be so slutty, even my aunt, you..."
Li Zhen pointed at Li Yan and scolded him in a string. In fact, it was no wonder that he was angry. Li Zhen had someone kidnapped Wu Meiniang in front of him. This incident not only made Wu Meiniang fall seriously ill, but also made Li Zhen feel deeply guilty, believing that he was incompetent, so Wu Meiniang was kidnapped. It was precisely this kind of thought. Li Zhen always felt guilty when facing Wu Meiniang in the past two years, and this had even affected his relationship with Xiao Meiniang.
"Eighth brother, let go of my husband. Although he was wrong in kidnapping me, he always gave you a sigh of relief. Think about Li You's miserable appearance now. Don't you feel relieved?" Wu Meiniang said that it was still Wu Meiniang's powerful, and he suddenly pointed to Li Zhen's weakness. Indeed, what he hated the most was Li You. He and Li Yan were both on the same front line. Therefore, when he thought of Li Yan's kidnapping Wu Meiniang and framed Li You, his anger immediately subsided.
Seeing this trick useful, Li Yan also took the opportunity to say, "Brother Eighth brother, please let me go, I'm considering you too. At that time, I was about to go to Dengzhou and I would definitely not be able to return to Chang'an for a long time, but Li You is different from me. He can go back from Shu at any time. If he thinks of any way to deal with you while I'm away, I really can't help. So in the end, I had no choice but to come up with such a bad idea, which was just to make Mei Niang's family wronged!"
Although Li Zhen was impatient, he was not stupid. Li Yan's nonsense could not deceive him at all, so after hearing this, Li Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Is that right? Since the sixth brother is thinking about my younger brother, why would my aunt call me eighth brother?"
"Ah~? This... the accident is purely an accident!" Li Yan's face was as thick as a city wall. Although he had an awkward expression on his face, his face was not even red. Anyway, Wu Meiniang was already his person, and no one could do anything to him.
Wu Meiniang couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw Li Yan's rogue appearance, but she was even more worried about her mother and younger sister, so she pulled Li Zhen to ask. Li Zhen felt helpless when she saw that the two of them had already made a mature meal, but it was good to think about it carefully. If the sixth brother married Wu Meiniang, he could marry Mei Niang. This would make sense in terms of generations, which was better than letting his aunt go to the palace to be a talent for his father.
Thinking of this, Li Zhen finally calmed down and began to answer Wu Meiniang's question. Now Wu Meiniang's mother, Yang and her younger sister Meiniang, both live in Li Zhen's mansion. Although she was hit hard when she learned that Wu Meiniang was kidnapped, she still lived a good life because of Li Zhen's careful care. But when she occasionally thinks of Wu Meiniang, she will cry for it.
When Wu Meiniang heard that her mother and her younger sister were living well, she not only breathed a sigh of relief, but she only thought that she would meet again for two years with them. This made Wu Meiniang feel sad and she started to shed tears. Seeing this, Li Yan felt guilty and held Meiniang in her arms, wiping her tears and comforting her softly.
Seeing the two of them looking so intimate, Li Zhen couldn't help but give Li Zhen a blank look, thinking that he knew that his aunt was here early, so that he should bring Mei Niang too, so that their sisters could reunite and he could take the opportunity to enhance his relationship with Mei Niang.
After finally letting Wu Meiniang stop crying, she then pulled Li Zhen to give a lot of instructions. The content was nothing more than asking Li Zhen to take good care of her mother and younger sister after returning to Chang'an. As for the news about her with Li Zhen, she could reveal it to Yang, but she could not tell Meiniang. After all, she was not very nervous. If it was leaked, it would be a big trouble. Li Zhen also knew the importance of this, so she agreed to them all.
After explaining this, Wu Meiniang used the excuse that she wanted to stay alone for a while, and then drove both Li Yan and Li Zhen out. However, when she closed the door, the sadness on her face slowly faded away, and she changed into an indescribable look.
Wu Meiniang walked gently to the dressing table beside the bed, looked at the beautiful young woman in the mirror, suddenly sighed quietly, and then said in a low voice: "Wu Meiniang, Wu Meiniang, are you really a sinister woman? In order to achieve your goal, you have to be scheming in front of your husband. Don't you feel tired?"
After Wu Meiniang asked two questions in the mirror, she suddenly lowered her head and said nothing. After a while, she suddenly raised her head, but there were two crystal tears in the corner of her eyes, but her eyes became more and more firm, and she said slowly in a heavy tone: "I am already a husband in this life. Whether it is a mother or a concubine, I, Wu Meiniang, have recognized it, but our Wu sisters must make a name for themselves. Little sister, the second sister will definitely help you as the princess!"
Wu Meiniang did deliberately let Li Zhen know that she was with Li Yan, but her motivation for doing this was not as simple as Li Yan thought, but a combination of several reasons. Among them, there was what Li Yan thought, wanting her mother, Yang, to know that she was still alive, but this was just a secondary reason.
The main reason why Wu Meiniang exposed herself was actually for Li Zhen. To be precise, she was for Li Zhen and her younger sister Mei Niang. Li Zhen is already thirteen years old and is about to be fourteen, which means he will soon be at the age of marriage. Although Li Zhen has almost no hope of taking the throne, he is also one of the several important princes. His mother, Concubine Yan, came from a famous family, and especially the Yan clan followed Li Yan's footsteps and almost controlled all the trade routes between the Six Sects in the South and Tubo. It can be said that there are wealth and power.
It is precisely because of this that Li Zhen's marriage naturally made many people fall in love with it. Moreover, as Li Zhen's identity, his marriage is destined to be the color of political marriage.
Although the Wu sisters are the legitimate daughter of Duke Ying, even when Wu Meiniang's father was still there, the status of Duke Ying's mansion was not very high, let alone now that it has declined. In addition, Yang and Wu Meiniang were driven out by the Wu brothers. It can be said that they have almost nothing except one identity. Therefore, no matter how much Li Zhen likes Wu Meiniang, it is difficult to marry her as a princess. To put it bluntly, even Li Zhen may even dislike Wu Meiniang's identity.
It is precisely because of this that Wu Meiniang deliberately let Li Zhen know that she was with Li Yan, and she was one of the women closest to Li Yan. With Li Yan's terrifying influence, her appearance immediately added countless bargaining chips to the young girl Meiniang. Especially in the conversation with Li Zhen just now, she also revealed to Li Zhen intentionally or unintentionally that she was responsible for the intelligence work of the Qi Prince's Mansion.
Even Li Yan's woman has such an important responsibility, which shows the importance of Wu Meiniang to Li Yan. With such a sister, the little Meiniang, who is far away in Chang'an, is no longer a helpless little girl. Coupled with the relationship between Li Zhen and Meiniang, this also increases the possibility of Meiniang being the position of princess. This is the real reason why Wu Meiniang does this.
Chapter completed!