Splendid Twins

The night falls at Prince Li’s Palace.

In the study, Prince Li was talking with his counselor Tang Ren, and they both talked about that matter tacitly:

"The marriage proposal was rejected by my father, so how can I find him the woman in the portrait?"

"Your Highness, why not find someone from the palace..."

Prince Li shook his head and refused:

"At present, my mother is the Imperial Consort, so there are some things that she doesn't need to be involved in."

"Then...they are pressing hard over there."

Prince Li frowned slightly. The woman in the portrait was blurry, with only a rough outline. He couldn't understand why the man had to have such a woman!

The two men talked while playing chess. On the board, the black piece was surrounded by the white pieces, and it looked like a fight between trapped beasts. In the end, as soon as one piece was placed, the black piece forced a path through.

"My Lady Concubine, His Highness has ordered that no one should disturb us."

"How dare you! I, your dog slave, blinded your eyes and dared to stop me."

Zhou Wan and the guards were talking outside the door, and Tang Ren said teasingly:

"The Concubine is really majestic..."

Prince Li rolled his eyes at him:

"Stop talking, get off."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Tang Ren walked to the side of the bookshelf and triggered the mechanism, and a secret door appeared in front of him. After he entered, the secret door closed automatically. King Li stood up and moved the bookshelf back to its original position.

Outside, Zhou Wan insisted:

"I want to see His Highness, please get out of the way!"

"Please calm down, Concubine. His Highness has ordered..."

"Snapped!"

Zhou Wan slapped the guard directly and said arrogantly:

"You are so bold!"

Prince Li came out with a gloomy face and said:

"Go back."

Zhou Wan changed her previous strong attitude, twisted her waist and said delicately:

"Your Highness, you have been neglecting Wanwan recently..."

"Come in and tell me what you want to say."

A dark light flashed in Zhou Wan's eyes. Could it be that His Highness has someone else outside?

In the countryside, if a husband is hot and cold towards his wife, it means he is cheating on her...

After the two of them entered, Prince Li sat at his desk flipping through a book. When Zhou Wan approached, she glanced at the book and was caught by Prince Li:

"What, you know him?"

Prince Li deliberately ridiculed that the old man, the Duke of Zhenguo, had taught his daughter well!

The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo and his concubine couldn't even read a complete book!

"Your Highness, you and Wanwan have had a miserable life. You were exchanged and had no food or clothes to eat in the countryside. How could you have the chance to learn to read..."

"The past is the past. Now, with your status and conditions, you should at least make progress."

"Your Highness, I..."

Zhou Wan felt her face burning. She only knew some simple characters. Even so, she had studied hard for a long time. Now people despised her for being shallow...

Prince Li restrained his expression, and then spoke impatiently:

"What do you want from me?"

Zhou Wan was speechless at the moment. She had very little money left. She wanted to ask His Highness for the key to the palace's storehouse, but looking at the current situation, it was probably impossible...

It’s sad to think about it, who has a more miserable life than her, she was born as a rich lady but didn’t have the blessing to enjoy it, her status and position were occupied by that bitch in the first half of her life, and after finally having two days of luxurious life, her parents had a falling out with her!

When her good brother got married, there were many guests and it was a huge celebration. But on the day she got married in the palace, huh, she didn't even have a little sister to add to her dowry. No one in the mansion treated her sincerely. Her grandmother gave her a few books out of hypocrisy, saying that it would help her cultivate her character!

Her father was even more ruthless. He only showed up when she went out and was never seen again.

As for brothers and sisters, huh, she doesn’t have any and she doesn’t need any!

The five thousand taels of silver notes that her mother subsidized privately have been used up by her, and that guy Si Yao has already taken one thousand taels. If he can't do it, she will make him spit it out!

"If you have nothing to do, go back and rest."

When Prince Li saw that she didn't say anything, he thought she was being unreasonable and throwing a tantrum.

"Your Highness, I have something to say."

Prince Li put down the book and pretended to listen attentively.

Zhou Wan's eyes rolled around, and a light bulb went off in her head:

"Your Highness, I want to go back home tomorrow. Do you have time..."

"Tomorrow... But, since Concubine misses her family, I will go with you."

Prince Li originally wanted to refuse, but suddenly he wanted to test the Duke of Zhenguo again, so he agreed on the spot.

Seeing that her wish was fulfilled, Zhou Wan smiled shyly. She could go back and tell her mother what was in her heart. Even if her grandmother and father no longer liked her, with His Highness around, they would not dare to bring shame to the royal family.

At that time, she would say that she was short of money and needed money to take care of social relationships. She thought that her newly married sister-in-law would not be too stingy...

Prince Li saw that her cheeks were rosy, her figure was graceful, and the aqua blue gauze dress made her look even more attractive. Desire filled his eyes, and he stood up, took hold of her wrist and rubbed it carefully, lowering his voice and saying:

"Wanwan complained that I ignored you, so... can I make it up to you tonight?"

Although he looked down on Zhou Wan's way of dealing with people, she was very good at serving people. After all, she was a country girl who was open-minded, and every time she did that, she made him feel comfortable both physically and mentally...

The two of them looked at each other with tacit understanding, and then some rustling sounds were heard in the study, and the guards outside the door walked away with an expressionless face.

At the same time, in the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Zhou Ying looked at the translated note in her hand, and her whole body was cold!

This note slipped out of Zhou Wan's sleeve and was picked up by her. She thought it was a love letter or something like that, but unexpectedly, it was in the Xirong language!

The general meaning is: Xirong will show leniency to Prince Zhou on the battlefield because of their deal with the Duke's Mansion!

Right now, North Vietnam and Western Rong are fighting on the border, but words of goodwill from the enemy country appeared in the Zhenguo Mansion. Once this gets out, the consequences will be enough to confiscate the property and exterminate all nine generations of the clan!

Zhou Ying's mind raced, and she wanted to burn it, but then she felt it was inappropriate. This thing fell out of Zhou Wan's body, so who could have put it on her?

Does Zhou Wan know it herself?

Or is it that someone is taking the opportunity to frame the Duke's Mansion?

Although she is from the second wife, she understands the principle that everyone prospers together and everyone suffers together. Her uncle is in charge of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. If something goes wrong, how can the eggs in the nest remain intact?

After struggling for a while, Zhou Ying got up, changed her clothes and left the yard. She didn't even bring her maid with her and went straight to the study of the Duke of Zhenguo. The secret guards had noticed her long ago and deliberately asked the patrolling guards to come and ask her.

"Second Miss, why are you here..."

When Zhou Ying thought about the contents of the note, she became nervous and thought everyone she saw had ulterior motives!

With a vigilant look on his face, he asked, "Is uncle in there?"

"The Duke is not here right now..."

Unexpectedly, there were footsteps coming from behind. The guard raised his eyes and bowed his head:

"My lord."

The Duke of Zhenguo put his hands behind his back and glanced at the guards with a dignified look. Zhou Ying turned around and saluted respectfully:

"Aying has met uncle."

"Well, what?"

"Uncle, Aying has fallen in love with a young talent and wants you to be her matchmaker."

"Come in and talk."

The Duke of Zhenguo entered the study first. Zhou Ying looked around and hurriedly followed him. She wanted to close the study door, but the Duke of Zhenguo opened his mouth:

"Leave it open. No one dares to eavesdrop."