Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

171. I Don’t Need to Explain

Translator: Tracycbj

“My Name is Cui Hua.” Du Chuxuan grimaced at the name. He looked at the girl, who didn’t look bad. Why did she have such an vulgar name?”

“You have to change your name. I’ll call you…” Du Chuxuan scratched his head. He was not good at giving names. He turned to look at Dongxiang and the first name came to his mind was Dong Hua. No, it was not a good name either.

He thought of Yuxing Tianrui. Could he call her Tian Hua (smallpox)? No, it was a bad name. He racked his brains in vain and got impatient.

“Your Highness, they all came on the same day, so let’s give them names with the word ‘Yun’ (cloud). How about call her Yun Chun?” Luo Yun reminded softly as she seemed to know what Du Chuxuan was thinking about.

“Good, that’s it. Have all the names changed. Give them such names as Chun (Spring), Xia (Summer), Qiu (Autumn), Dong (Winter), Qin (Musical Instrument), Qi (Chess), Shu (Caligraphy), Hua (Painting), and so on.” After solving this big problem, Du Chuxuan simply asked Dongxiang to take all of them away. Dongxiang was in charge of the servants in the palace, and Du Chuxuan didn’t bother to intervene.

“Yunqi, you stay.” Du Chuxuan counted. The girl who was involved in the accident was the sixth new maid, and her name was Yunqi. The maids were smart and knew why Yunqi was left behind. All of them lowered their heads as if they didn’t anything.

They were lucky enough to work in the East Palace. They didn’t want to bother the Crown Princess like Yunqi. If they offended anyone, they might get into big troubles.

Yunqi felt uneasy. She was very grateful to the Crown Princess for saving her life last time, but the person that she had offended was too powerful for the princess to bother with. She didn’t want to get the princess into trouble, so she would not tell no matter how Du Chuxuan questioned her.

After Yunqi left, Du Chuxuan sighed helplessly. “I thought it was easy to solve, but it turns out to be so difficult.”

Yuxing Tianrui heard that and put down his book. “I don’t think she’s disobedient. Why is there any trouble?”

“Why, I guess you should help me with this, as you are the Crown Prince.”Du Chuxuan gave a complacent smile, as if he had found a solution. Yuxing Tianrui did not mind spoiling him, agreeing to take care of this. He liked to pamper him.

Just as everyone thought the Crown Princess had forgotten everything that day, Du Chuxuan suddenly asked the guards of East Palace to arrest a maid at Noble Lady Xiao’s place. This maid used to be the waiting maid for Zhao Zheng, and she got sold after that incident.

Later, she ended up in the palace. People who knew her identity showed her due respect. Yunqi was careless and said something honestly, and the maid held grudge against her.

“What a coincidence,” Du Chuxuan stroked the bird in his hand and couldn’t help sighing. This little thing stayed out of the room all day long, and he didn’t know where it went. This day he finally saw the bird and stroked it hard. The bird felt the pain and flew away.

Yuxing Tianrui came in, ignoring his sighing. “Doesn’t the Du family make a too big commotion these days?” He said awkwardly. Du Chuxuan had said that it would take some time to make up for the deficit, but now he was resolute and quick to make a move.

Du Chuxuan raised an eyebrow. “You are well-informed.” He noticed that Yuxing Tianrui hesitated, and he understood. “Does the Emperor send you to ask me about it after he has found out?”

Yuxing Tianrui nodded uneasily. The Du family was indeed making such a big move. Back then, many people were coveting the land in the east of the city, and the Du family spent a large sum of money and bought that land. People thought a commercial market would be built there, but nothing happened later on.

“It’s no a big deal.” Du Chuxuan waved his hand indifferently. He was selling the properties under his name, and it would not undermine the Du family. He cared about the Du family and would not let the family ruin in his father’s hand.

“Have you figured out how to explain to Emperor Father?”

“There’s no need to explain.” Du Chuxuan sneered. “It’s my private property. I just want to sell it now. Do I have to explain it to others? As for how I will spend the money…” He gave a weird smile. “I found a Ganodorma Lucidum of one thousand years old, which is said to have the effect of maintaining beauty.”

The news was real, but no one knew if it could maintain beautify and keep young. Du Chuxuan planned to use this excuse to cover up his real purpose, and the Ganodorma Lucidum should be in the hands of the Sect Luo.

It was like taking things from one hand to the other. He didn’t need to explain to the Emperor how the money was spent. Besides, the Emperor might hope the Crown Princess was squandering money so that he could prove the Crown Prince was leading a life of luxuries and enjoyments.

“Manlou is withholding the information. We have sent many spies, but none of them have got useful information. The nearby cities are all in state of siege. We can’t continue like this.”

Du Chuxuan nodded and turned to look at the book Yuxing Tianrui hadn’t closed yet. “Do you remember the Fang Rui that day? Do you think it possible that the Fang family has contacted Manlou?”

These days, Du Chuxuan listed out all the suspicious families and observed them closely. Now it seemed that apart from Zhao Family, there were some small families staying in touch with Manlou, These families were either too small to be of any value or they actually worked for the Zhao Family.

He didn’t believe that after so many years of operations, the Zhao Family alone could satisfy Manlou. Since they could get in touch with the military, they should be able to contact the ministers, who might be easier than the soldiers to work with them under some threats.

“Do you think Fang Rui is a subordinate of Manlou?” Yuxing Tianrui couldn’t help clicking his tongue. It was possible. Didn’t Shan Zhongli work for Manlou as well? Even a noble son could be like this, let alone the daughter of a minister.

“It is possible, but I don’t think the whole Fang family will do this.”