Chapter 255 The prince pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger again
Luo Jiuli was startled and hesitated for a moment.
"Is it because of those two court ladies?"
"Well, I know this is harmful to your reputation. After all, you and I are not married yet."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded, with a worried look on his face.
"However, the backyard of the Ninth Prince's Mansion has always been clean. Now that there are two more women with ulterior motives, I'm afraid the entire mansion will have sleepless nights."
"You know, she is a woman who was specially trained in the palace. Her methods are dirty and hard for people to guard against."
Xiao Mingxuan said while paying attention to Luo Jiuli's expression.
"You go to stay in the house temporarily, and I will announce to the outside world that I am sick and need you, a female doctor, to take care of me. In this case, I can rest assured, and you can rest assured too."
Luo Jiuli listened to his words one by one without saying anything.
"Li'er, you've been silent all this time, are you unwilling?"
At this time, Xiao Mingxuan lost his voice and pursed his lips tightly, showing his gloomy mood, as if he had been wronged in some way.
On the side, Shen Yang was simply ashamed to look at it. This was the first time he saw his master pretending to be a pig in front of a woman, with that disappointed voice and that aggrieved expression.
In more than twenty years, today is also the first time.
Luo Jiuli was originally a little worried, but what she was worried about was not what outsiders would say about her, but whether her mother would agree and whether it would have an impact on the Duke's mansion.
But now that I heard that he had arranged everything properly, and saw that he looked slightly disappointed and aggrieved, my heart softened, and by some strange coincidence, I nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I'll accompany you back to the palace, but I want to go to the Duke's palace first to talk to my mother."
When Xiao Mingxuan saw her nodding, the gloom on his face instantly dissipated.
"I will accompany you back home and tell your mother in person."
"Need not."
Luo Jiuli rejected him.
"If the prince goes to talk about this matter, my mother will not agree."
Which mother would want her daughter to spend the night at a man's house, even if the man was born into a prince?
Of course, except for those who want their daughters to exchange for glory, wealth, and power.
"That--"
"Your Majesty, go back to the house and wait for me."
Luo Jiuli also has selfish motives.
Didn't the Queen Mother want to disgust her? Then she would make a big deal out of it.
Everyone is at odds with each other, and no one should give face to anyone.
Returning to the Duke's Mansion, Luo Jiuli went straight to his mother's main courtyard.
At this time, the Duke's wife had just returned to the main courtyard from offering incense in the Buddhist hall. When she saw Luo Jiuli coming, she hurriedly asked Aunt Xu to welcome them in.
"Jiu'er, how is the business at the store today?"
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"Okay, it's cold in winter, and since the store opened, it's been packed every day."
When the Duke's wife heard this, her eyebrows widened and she smiled.
"I never thought that one day you would do business."
"It seems that the Duke's government will rely on you in the future."
After the Duke's wife finished speaking, she herself laughed out loud.
"It is a great blessing for a daughter to be relied upon by her parents."
Luo Jiuli stepped forward to support his mother, and the mother and daughter sat on the soft couch.
"Second Miss, it's cold outside. Second Miss, have a sip of hot tea."
Aunt Xu brought the hot tea.
Luo Jiuli took a small drink and took a sip.
"Mom, I have something I want to discuss with you?"
"What's wrong? But something happened?"
"It's not a big deal."
Luo Jiuli shook his head, put down the tea cup, and immediately told his mother about the reward the Queen Mother gave to the Nine Kings to teach the maids.
"What? You said the Queen Mother gave the Nine Kings a reward to guide the maids?"
The Duke's wife frowned, her tone full of anger.
"The Queen Mother of a great country, this method is really unflattering."
To say that the Nine Princes were newly adult princes, it was reasonable to reward and educate the palace maidens. However, the Nine Princes were already twenty-five years old and they were princes. It was really inappropriate for the Queen Mother to do this.
"Huh! She just wants to disgust me and the prince."
"She knew that the prince would not agree, so she asked Eunuch Li to send people in when the prince was not at the palace. But what about her? She left the palace and went to Nanhua Temple."
"Isn't this obviously intentional? If she wants to disgust me, then I will make the matter bigger and embarrass her inside and out."
Luo Jiuli clenched her fists bitterly.
"Jiu'er."
The Duke's wife was shocked.
"After all, she is the queen mother and the emperor's mother. You must not do anything detrimental to the royal family. Otherwise, let alone the emperor, it will be difficult to explain to the Nine Kings."
"I know, don't worry, mother."
"It's just that those two maids of honor may do something nasty because of the Queen Mother's decree."
"And the prince cannot always stay in the army. He is afraid that I will have random thoughts, so he discussed with me that I should stay in the prince's palace for a few days."
"Your Majesty wants you to live in the palace?"
This surprise was no small matter, and the Duke's wife's heart suddenly rose to her throat.
"There is no need to panic, mother."
Luo Jiuli took a deep breath, raised a smile on her lips, and held her mother's arm.
"Your Majesty knows that this is harmful to my reputation. After all, we are not married yet."
"However, the prince and I have identified each other."
"Besides, everything that needs to be known about my disappearance last time is known. The prince and I only have one more step to get married."
"But……"
The face of the Duke's wife changed slightly.
"Don't worry, mother, the prince will announce to the public that he is sick and needs the care of me, a female doctor. In this case, there will be no rumors outside."
"But you, after all, don't... ugh!"
The Duke's wife sighed.
"Jiu'er, mother wants to ask you, do you really like Lord Nine?"
Do you like it so much that you have to do it regardless of your own innocence?
"After all, he is a prince with a distinguished status. In the future, he will definitely have many wives and concubines for the sake of his children. You are not married yet, so there is still room for redemption."
"He won't."
Luo Jiuli interrupted his mother's words, his voice revealing an inexplicable firmness and trust.
"He won't. He is not King Zhao. He is different from any man who has three wives and four concubines."
"You trust him so much."
"Um."
Luo Jiuli nodded firmly.
She doesn't trust him, she trusts her own vision and sixth sense.
At least, that's the case now.
My own daughter has said this, and as a mother, trying to stop her in every possible way will only make the mother and daughter more troubled.
When Luo Jiuli entered Jiuwang Mansion, it was already three quarters past noon. Because it was winter and the days were short and the nights were long, the sun had already set.
The housekeeper and Mo Han had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time. When they saw the carriage of the Duke's palace, they felt like they had seen a savior.
"Second Miss, you are here."
Mo Han abandoned his red clothes today and wore black like Qin Yin.
Luo Jiuli stepped out of the carriage.
"What's wrong? You're so excited."
Mo Han smiled and glanced at the housekeeper who had not smiled since Eunuch Li left.
"The master has just returned to the house and lost his temper. Now everyone in the house is silent for fear of offending the master and risking his life."