Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Li Heng in the Prince's Mansion learned that not only did the marriage between Zhang Yuanniang and Chen Jingchi fail, but the scandal between Zhang Yuanniang and the second prince was also discovered. He couldn't help but secretly curse Chen Jingchi for being so lucky that he escaped the disaster.

And just now, his mother, the princess, called him over and asked him to send away the people around him to ask if he knew about the relationship between Zhang Yuanniang and the second prince, and that's why he strongly recommended Zhang Yuanniang to her.

The princess frowned and looked at Li Heng. "Don't try to quibble. I don't know you. If you wanted to take revenge on Chen Jingchi, why didn't you tell me in advance? If I had known what kind of person Zhang Yuanniang was, how could I have rushed to introduce her to the Chen family? Wouldn't that be offensive?"

Li Heng, who was already in a bad mood because he hadn't calculated Chen Jingchi, had a flash of annoyance in his eyes. He leaned back in his chair nonchalantly and said, "Mother, what are you afraid of? It's just the Chen family, isn't it? We are the Prince's Mansion. Even if the Chen family knows we did it on purpose, they have no evidence to prove that we knew about Zhang Yuanniang's affairs. What can they say to us? If they really dare to come to our house to cause trouble, we will go to Grandmother and tell her about it. Then Grandmother will complain to the Queen Mother. Then the Chen family will be going against the royal family! Even if they have a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare to do that!"

The princess felt the same way before, so now she is just complaining and not really angry.

Li Heng, whose plan failed, started to bring up the matter of asking the princess to go to the Yu family with him to propose marriage. The princess couldn't help but feel a headache and could only use the prince to pressure him, "Your father has been sent out of the city by His Majesty to do something and he hasn't returned yet. Such a big thing must be approved by your father first."

"When will Father come back?"

"At least four or five months, at most half a year."

"So long! No, I can't wait that long!" Li Heng stood up in shock.

The princess glared at him and said, "If you dare not inform your father and then stay with Miss Yu, I won't stop you. When your father comes back, what will happen to you? Think carefully about it."

"Can't you just write a letter home to my father?"

"Then go write it yourself!" The princess was so angry that she almost died. Why did her son have to be that Yu Ziyin? Couldn't other women do the same?!

After hearing what the princess said, Li Heng really planned to write a letter home to tell the prince that he was going to marry Yu Zinyin. He also thought that it would take a long time for the letters to go back and forth, so he would use this time to build a good relationship with Miss Yu and lay a good foundation for the future.

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As for Yu Ziyin, ever since she found out that Li Heng would take revenge on the young master from the aristocratic family she was close to, she decisively abandoned her previous plan. She didn't want that madman Li Heng to use a vicious scheme to destroy the other party out of jealousy because of her. This made her not know how to find a suitable marriage partner for a while, which made her a little distressed.

Until this day, Madam Yu saw that her daughter had not gone out for many days and stayed in her yard all day embroidering and playing the piano. In fact, Yu Zinyin was thinking of countermeasures in the room. Madam Yu was afraid that she would be suffocated, so she asked her to follow her brother, Yu Li, the legitimate son of the Right Prime Minister, to Wanfo Temple to burn incense and get some fresh air. As a result, she met Chen Jingchi again.

When Chen Jingchi saw Yu Li and Yu Ziyin, he stepped forward and bowed with a smile, "Brother Yu, is Miss Yu also here to burn incense at the Wanfo Temple?"

As the son of a second-rank official, Chen Jingchi studied in the Royal Academy, so Yu Li was naturally studying there as well, so Chen Jingchi addressed Yu Li in a more affectionate way.

"Yes. Jingchi, don't you believe this? Why are you here?" Yu Li asked with a smile.

Chen Jingchi smiled and waved his hand, but his eyes glanced at Yu Ziyin, who was quietly standing aside after paying her respects. He found that the other party's attitude was much colder than the last time they met, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. However, his face remained the same as before. He smiled and said to Yu Li, "It's because of the Zhang family incident that scared my grandmother. My grandmother thought that my fortune might be bad this year, so she asked me to come and worship the gods and Buddha to get rid of the bad luck. To reassure her, I came here. I guess Brother Yu, Miss Yu hasn't gone in yet? Why don't we go together?"

Yu Li turned his head and glanced at Yu Ziyin. Yu Ziyin nodded, so he said to Chen Jingchi, "Okay."

"Let's go. Speaking of which, a distinguished guest came to the west wing of Wanfo Temple today." Chen Jingchi said to Yu Li and Yu Ziyin as they walked.

Yu Li raised an eyebrow. "Who? Could it be some prince?"

"Brother Yu really guessed right." Chen Jingchi looked around and made sure no one was paying attention to them before lowering his voice and saying, "It's the Fourth Prince."

Hearing the name of the Fourth Prince, Yu Li's brows subconsciously furrowed, because this Fourth Prince was a trouble maker.

Yu Ziyin also extracted some specific information about the Fourth Prince from the original owner's memories. The Fourth Prince was the son of the Emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Dong Guifei. Because he was the son of a favorite concubine, and the youngest, the Emperor favored him more than the other princes. Generally speaking, the Empress Dowager, the most powerful woman in the harem, would not be too fond of such a son. But after all, the Fourth Prince looked so much like the Emperor Emeritus. Therefore, the Empress Dowager, who had a deep relationship with the Emperor Emeritus, doted on him, fostering this little ancestor's arrogant and domineering personality.

However, in the original owner's memory, this person's ending was not very good.

Because in the end it was the eldest prince born to the empress who ascended the throne. As a favorite concubine, Concubine Dong relied on her son's favor from the emperor and the empress dowager to repeatedly embarrass the empress and the eldest prince. This caused a lot of hatred, which directly led to a bad end for her and her son, the fourth prince. Concubine Dong was imprisoned, and the fourth prince was locked up in his own prince's mansion and could not come out for the rest of his life. He eventually died of illness in the prince's mansion at the age of 28.

Yu Li asked, "What is he doing at the Wanfo Temple?"

I haven't heard that the Fourth Prince likes to worship Buddha.

Chen Jingchi said, "I heard that they came here for the Queen Mother's birthday gift. I heard that the Queen Mother has recently become interested in Buddhism, so the Fourth Prince catered to her interests and came to the Wanfo Temple to seek a birthday gift."

"I see." Yu Li nodded, and at the same time, he also developed a favorable impression of Chen Jingchi. Because the Queen Mother rarely went out, it was actually difficult to find out her preferences. Chen Jingchi was willing to tell him so much, and he was doing a favor for their Right Prime Minister's Mansion. "Thank you, Brother Chen."

"Oh, nothing." Chen Jingchi said and secretly glanced at Yu Zinyin on the side.

Yu Zinyin met his gaze, raised her lips and smiled. Although it was just a courtesy, Chen Jingchi felt in a particularly good mood, and all the boredom he had just felt was swept away.

The three of them worshipped Buddha and added incense money. They were not in a hurry to leave, but admired the scenery here. The courtyard here was paved with bluestone, and several ancient trees stood proudly. The candles on both sides were lit one by one, and the light and shadow intertwined to create a sacred and peaceful beauty. The wind chimes on the eaves seemed to be given the ability to purify the soul. The breeze blew by, forming an ancient Buddhist sound that penetrated people's hearts.