Chapter 1474: 1471: Targeting

Chapter 1474: Chapter 1471: Targeting

Su Mei: “The servant girl heard that Miss Qi Rong was sent back to her hometown Tai’an to recover from her injuries. It seems she won’t be coming back.”

The implications of these words were quite obvious. Qi Rong had to find a suitable match from a family of similar status back in her hometown. This once proud girl had met a rather tragic end. Ye Muyu’s brows furrowed instinctively, feeling sorrow for the plight of women in the Capital.

At the same time, she thought of Chu Ziluo and pondered that, no matter what, she would find her a suitable husband so her future life could be easier and happier.

However, thinking that Ziluo was still young, there was no rush. Ye Muyu secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Ye Muyu spent every day with Nuanbao and had reverted to being a homebody. She hadn’t gone out once in a month.

Yet, a lot had happened within this month. Perhaps seeing that Ye Muyu was not reacting, Fourth Miss Qi grew bolder. At the banquet, she caused a conflict with Huo Hongyan, especially during the Fourth Prince’s plum blossom banquet. Huo Hongyan left in disgrace, while Fourth Prince also got implicated. Fourth Miss Qi secretly tried to ruin Huo Hongyan’s reputation, but the latter chose to disgrace herself rather than involve Fourth Prince.

The Third Prince, presently King Qi, found Fourth Miss Qi after the banquet and advised her earnestly, “Fourth cousin, this is your cousin’s banquet. Please, don’t bring trouble to your cousin.”

“Cousin, are you angry?” Qi Yao, though only a daughter of a concubine, was the only one of appropriate age in the Qi family since Qi Rong left. Her days had become better, and she naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to marry someone good.

There weren’t many unmarred men of suitable age in the Capital now. Though the Liu family was only of fourth rank, Liu Zhe himself was very outstanding. At a young age, he was already the first place in the examination, just waiting for next year’s imperial examination. If he succeeded, his future would be limitless.

King Qi nodded, “Our Qi family is weak now, cousin. It’s best to keep a low profile. Today, you see, though Second Miss Liu also got involved, the discussions afterwards were only about you. That’s the reality.”

Don’t the various young misses and inner mansion ladies know Liu Qingduo’s character?

Definitely not.

They all knew but didn’t dare to offend Duke Zheng. Thus, none of the rumors had Liu Qingduo in them, while our family once dared to contend with Duke Zheng. Now, we’ve increasingly lost our confidence in front of them.

King Qi didn’t have a good impression of Duke Zheng but his primary aim remained helping his mother in the palace regain favor. As for Duke Zheng’s growing power, he always found it strange why his father hadn’t acted against him yet. Could it be that his father truly relied on Duke Zheng and found him trustworthy?

Qi Yao’s face changed instantly.

She opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.

“Cousin, I…I just wanted to help father. Last time, I heard father say that Duke Zheng seems to want to matchmake Young Master Liu with Huo Hongyan. If it’s not her seductive looks for men, Duke Zheng must have some kind of plot!”

“Your father indeed said that?” King Qi asked, surprised, grabbing her arm emotionally.

Qi Yao didn’t want to be entangled with King Qi, especially in terms of male relations. Frightened by his movement, her face turned pale. She quickly backed away, blinking her eyelashes tremblingly, “Cousin, what are you doing? I wouldn’t lie, especially when talking to you. It’s all true.”

King Qi finally calmed down, “Though it’s for the family’s sake, you shouldn’t be this blatant.”