As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

Meng Changce was silent for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Your Highness?"

"Cousin, the capital is not safe. Your family needs your protection, and even more so, my protection."

Li Jing had a smile on his face, and his tone was indifferent, with a bit of calm and unpleasantness.

Meng Changce suppressed the deep sneer in his heart and remained silent in front of him.

Li Jing looked obviously very confident. He stood in front of Meng Changce and looked at his changes proudly, watching everything in his eyes.

Meng Changce: "I have always been respectful and obedient to His Highness the Fourth Prince, but I really don't understand what His Highness's purpose is today?" He bowed to Li Jing, and his voice sounded in the room neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Jing smiled, a mocking smile, and looked at Meng Changce with narrowed eyes.

Meng Changce straightened up after he finished speaking, and met Li Jing's smile, frowning slightly as he said, "Since Your Highness has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

After saying that, he waited for a few seconds, turned around and was about to push the door open with an angry look.

"I heard about this from Mr. Chen from the Imperial Observatory. I'm sure you know who he is."

Meng Changce paused for a moment.

"Don't you want to know the truth?" He said lightly and calmly.

Meng Changce's smile was sarcastic and gloomy as he turned his back to him, and there was coldness in his eyes.

However, after hearing these words, he knew that Li Jing had truly fallen into his trap. He was still eager to get everything he wanted, and even though he was worried that Li Jing didn't know the truth at all, he still wanted to drag him into it.

Take advantage of his anger when he knows the truth to achieve one of Li Jing's goals.

Li Jing showed some signs of being angry out of shame. He felt relieved when he saw Meng Changce stopped. At this moment, he thought that even if Meng Changce really didn't know, if he let him know the truth, he would definitely stand on his side.

He will become Meng Changce's only supporter, and he believes that Meng Changce will definitely go looking for evidence, so he can still get that crucial point.

After a long while, Meng Changce turned around and looked at Li Jing. There was three parts of struggle and seven parts of suspicion in his eyes as he looked at Li Jing, as if he was waiting for an impossible answer.

Li Jing smiled.

He looked at the emotions in Meng Changce's eyes and felt that he was right.

Finally, Li Jing told Meng Changce what he knew in the study. When he mentioned Meng Yongchang, his expression was even more regretful, and from time to time he cast his gaze at Meng Changce who looked incredulous.

After a long time, Li Jing looked at Meng Changce who remained silent, picked up the cooled tea on the table and drank it all.

Looking at the dark eyes of Meng Changce through the teacup, the corners of his mouth raised more obviously. However, Li Jing quickly restrained himself and put on a guilty expression.

Meng Changce lowered his eyes, gripping the handles of the chair with both hands. There seemed to be a dim light in his eyes, and he did not look up at Li Jing.

Li Jing was not in a hurry at all.

The two of them sat like this for a long time, until the sun set and the window opposite Meng Changce was already reflected in the orange afterglow. He then spoke dumbly: "Your Highness, I am rude. I would like to go back to the mansion first."

Li Jing watched him stand up and talk to him in a dazed manner, his eyes seemed to be out of focus.

She waved her hand at him, and said soothingly with an indescribable expression: "Go back."

Meng Changce nodded, and when he pushed the door open to leave, he heard Li Jing's voice again.

"I will always stand by your side."

Meng Changce didn't say anything, nor did he look back. Instead, he strode out of the yard and left straight through the gate.

…………

Not long after Meng Changce left the Fourth Prince's Mansion, he returned to the Marquis of Changning's Mansion and directly locked him in the study.

When Li Jing's spy passed the news to him, his facial expression was quite rich, and even his unhappy mood was swept away. The backyard of the Fourth Prince's Mansion finally welcomed their Highness that night.

Meng Changce, who was completely different from what Li Jing thought, sat on the chair in the study, holding the thing he had taken back from the princess last time in his hand, and chuckled.

His smile was sarcastic, cold, and paranoid, and his whole body was surrounded by a bloodthirsty and cruel aura that made people feel terrified, and his dark eyes were as cold as an ice pond.

That night Meng Changce spent the night in his study and took sick leave the next day and missed the morning court.

After learning the news, Li Jing immediately had an ambiguous smile on his face.

Li Jing didn't know whether Meng Changce was really sick or just didn't want to face his father.

But he was in a very good mood. As long as Meng Changce had doubts in his heart, he would definitely investigate. Although the palace was sealed, there would always be a leaky wall.

Li Jing thought, what's more, he would support him behind the scenes. As long as he gave Meng Changce help behind the scenes, his doubts would turn into the truth that he didn't want to face.

He has good thoughts on this.

But man proposes, God disposes. Li Jing miscalculated Meng Changce and Emperor Yingde.

Meng Changce took four days off, and Emperor Yingde personally sent someone to inquire about him. After learning that Meng Changce was depressed and haggard in his mansion, he immediately summoned him to the palace.

Emperor Yingde was speechless when he saw the silent and thin Meng Changce in front of him. He looked at him again and again and asked, "What happened? Why is he so seriously ill?"

Meng Changce put his bony hands together, his eyes were haggard, and he replied in a low voice: "I don't know what's wrong with my body recently. I feel weaker and weaker. I always feel that I can't breathe. I am sorry to have caused the emperor to worry."

Emperor Yingde raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What did the imperial physician say?"

"The imperial physician did not see any problem either. He just told me to rest more."

"Someone, go to the Imperial Hospital and ask for Doctor Deng to come."

"Yes."

Meng Changce looked at the eunuch's receding figure, his eyes flashing slightly.

Then the imperial physician rushed over, asked about Meng Changce's health in a hurry, and then examined him. The result he got was the same as what Meng Changce said.

Imperial Physician Deng was already an elder in the court and was also the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau. When he examined Meng Changce's body, his brows were tightly furrowed on his old face.

"I am incompetent and failed to see the condition of Marquis Changning."

Imperial Doctor Deng's eyes were deep, and when he met Emperor Ying De's gaze, his eyes also flashed.

Emperor Yingde also frowned and said to Meng Changce: "Then you should take a good rest for a while."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Changce knelt down to express his gratitude.

Emperor Yingde gave Tang Hai a look, and Tang Hai left with Imperial Doctor Deng.

Meng Changce coughed twice during the banquet, and it really didn't look like he was pretending, which made Emperor Yingde feel a little strange for a moment.

Afterwards, Tang Hai came back with a bad look on his face, glanced at Meng Changce, and then whispered something in Emperor Yingde's ear.

There was a flash of coldness in Emperor Yingde's eyes.

Meng Changce asked: "But what is wrong with my health? Doctor Deng is unwilling to tell me."