The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 679 Towards the Palace Gate
Cui Yu frowned unconsciously: "What else?"

"And then there's Second Young Master Lu." Yan Zhu responded quickly this time. "I can't tell anything from his words, but after Second Young Master Lu was beaten up by Miss Meng in our Quexian Building and later in Chen Building, Second Young Master Lu's attitude towards Miss Meng has gradually become more than just calm and friendly."

"She is..." Cui Yu thought of the person she loved the most, "same as her Thirteenth Aunt."

It makes people happy.

Yan Zhu understood the implication of Cui Yu's words. His middle-aged face showed that he wanted to sigh but couldn't, and he felt uncomfortable.

Cui Yu pretended not to see it. "Captain Zeng and Captain Ding are still in the manor. When you finish your business in the city, you will return to the manor. They will probably be around Dengshan for a long time. We have already told our people to cooperate. When we return to the manor, you will accompany them in person. Take them wherever they want to go. No matter what they ask, as long as you know, you will tell them."

"I told you everything?" Yan Zhu knew the most about the collapse of the mountain of lights in his own manor, except for Cui Yu.

He was right next to the mountain of lanterns at the time. It can even be said that he had been following Cui Yu's orders from the moment the ill-intentioned man began to deploy his troops to the moment he took action. He witnessed the entire process until the mountain of lanterns collapsed and the innocent people who were enjoying the lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival were buried under the rubble.

At that time, his subordinates asked him why his boss ignored the sacrifices of innocent people?

He also asked Dong Jia this question, but Dong Jia just smiled mysteriously and did not answer him.

Now he couldn't help but say it again: "Seventh Master, you don't have to get involved in such muddy waters."

Cui Yu stared at Yan Zhu, and after a moment he finally let go: "I have been rooted in the capital for more than 20 years. If I were not the seventh son of the Cui family of Qinghe, I would have been skinned and eaten clean in these years. You are the first person who has been with me all the time. No one knows the difficulties better than you."

"That's why you, sir, tried your best to get in touch with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yan Zhu continued.

"That's right, that's why." Cui Yu said, "With the Crown Prince's coming-of-age ceremony approaching, the other princes are ready to make a move, especially the Second Prince. It's not that I want to get involved in this mess, but I have to do it to protect myself. You have to know that if I can't let them back up with a stronger backer than me, I won't be able to protect these industries I have fought hard for in the capital, and the power hidden under the noses of certain people, I will not be able to protect them. Even if my eldest brother comes, the outcome will be the same."

Having lived under the emperor's feet for more than twenty years, no one knows better than him how deep the water in the capital is.

Yan Zhu was silent for a moment, but still expressed his proposal, which was also what Cui Ding, the patriarch of the Cui family and the current head of the family, hoped for: "The head of the family will not come. The head of the family hopes that you can end everything in the capital, take us back to Qinghe, return to the head of the family, marry a wife and have children, and live a happy life."

Cui Yu didn't want to continue: "It's meaningless. You always say a few words like this, and then you have to bring up my brother and help my brother persuade me to go back."

Yan Zhu smiled slowly and did not deny it.

After entering the city gate and heading straight for Quexian Tower, Cui Yu and Yan Zhu got off the car. Jin Baixi was already waiting at the door.

The three of them walked through the front lobby of Quexian Building and entered the small courtyard at the back. After a few words, Jin Baixi summoned Zhuo Quan and asked Zhuo Quan to take Yan Zhu out of the store to do some business.

Zhuo Quan's main role was to lead the way, help out, and obey Yan Zhu's instructions throughout the process.

Jin Baixi asked if today's fishing event went well. Cui Yu took the hot tea handed over by Hu Qiao, took a sip, and then briefly recounted several important things that happened today. After listening, Jin Baixi sighed: "Miss Meng is worthy of calling Miss Thirteen the Thirteenth Aunt. She is really as pleasing as Miss Thirteen."

Cui Yu couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth: "Although she is not as beautiful as her Thirteenth Aunt, there are not many girls in the whole capital who can match her."

"No way! Among all the girls I have ever seen, Miss Meng is the most beautiful!" Jin Baixi used to be indifferent to Meng Shisan, but now he smiles like a loving father whenever he mentions Meng Shisan.

"The matter of Meng Ying, that is, the matter of Meng Shisi, you should change the direction of the investigation, and look for the name Meng Ying, and you should start from a hundred years ago." After talking about the fishing event, Cui Yu did not forget the identity of the person in the painting that he was most concerned about.

Jin Baixi nodded solemnly: "I have mentioned this matter to Chief Nie, and asked him to help if needed. He agreed and said that you had already instructed me to do everything."

After a pause, he continued, "Seventh Master, is this Miss Meng Shisi... no, this Miss Meng Ying really that important?"

His identity must be ascertained. It is so important that even the leader of Nie Bin's troops can be ordered by him at will, doing whatever he is told to do and investigating whatever he is told to investigate.

"It's important." Cui Yu's main point has not changed. "As long as I can find out Meng Ying's identity, I can use the bargaining chips to trade with her and get the exact information about Thirteen."

This "she", of course, refers to Meng Shisan.

Li Shou took Meng Shisan and left Bixu Manor directly, riding in the royal carriage and heading straight back to the city.

After entering the city, Meng Shisan sat in the carriage and lifted the curtain. She looked out the window and saw that the direction was not taking her back to the Meng Mansion, but seemed to be heading straight to the palace gate.

She was doubtful in her heart, but she sat up straight silently.

Li Shou watched Meng Shisan's actions, thinking that she would turn her gaze back from the window and would definitely ask him a question, but he didn't expect that she didn't say a word.

He felt relieved, guessing that it was because she knew that her reckless behavior had upset him, so even though she knew that he was not sending her back to the Meng Mansion but heading straight to the palace gate, she behaved very well.

But just as he was feeling extremely pleased with himself, Meng Shisan made a move. She stretched out her hand and placed it in front of him who was sitting upright in the carriage.

He looked at the empty white and tender little hands, raised his eyelids and looked at her in confusion.

Meng Shisan said, "I'm not asking Your Highness to look at my hands. Yaoyao's hands are dry and not very pretty. Yaoyao wants Your Highness to look at my sleeves. They're still wet."

"And then?" Li Shou saw it and knew it already. "We haven't reached the destination yet. Even if I want you to change your wet clothes and put on dry and comfortable clothes and skirts, I don't have any in my car."

The implication was that he wanted her to change her clothes, but she had nothing to change into.

"How about Your Highness send me back to the Meng Mansion first?" Meng Shisan asked softly, adhering to the principle that asking would not lose any money.