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Chapter 468 Rumors

"Qiwei, what do you want?"

Zhou Hong raised his voice, but did not yell after all. Although there were no other guests here, it was not his place after all.

Qi Wei put down the water chestnut cake in his hand, smiled and said in a casual manner:

"I was fourteen years old that year, and my father was still the Duke of Dingguo. He went to Shanhaiguan to inspect military defense and took me with me. He originally wanted to increase my knowledge and experience more, but when I passed by Pingcheng, I got chickenpox. The doctor said that it was a bit dangerous for me to have chickenpox at my age, so my father left me in Pingcheng.

After hearing this, King Fu sent someone to the official post to take care of me. My condition was quite serious and my high fever did not go away. It took a month to recover. After I recovered, I went to the Fu Palace to thank him. A few days later, King Fu held a banquet in the mansion. In addition to introducing his legitimate son, he also introduced the children of famous families in the city to me.

At that time, my serious illness was just recovering, and my stomach and intestines were weaker than before. After a few glasses of wine, I felt stomach and intestines were painful. I was worried that it would affect other guests. Prince Huaian personally accompanied me to the guest room for rest and asked a doctor from the mansion to treat me.

Although I was not seriously injured, the doctor advised me not to walk around and would be kept in the palace for a day.

That night, I stayed in the Fu Palace.

When I was in the lamplight, I heard a woman talking outside. At first I thought it was a maid who came to deliver the medicine, but I didn't care. But then, I heard the sound of porcelain shattering. I asked Uncle Zhong to go out and take a look. Uncle Zhong came back and told me that the princess had just arrived. The mother outside said that the princess brought the medicine over and broke it accidentally. The princess had already returned.

Bo Zhong and I both felt that something was wrong. At that time, Prince Fu had only one daughter and was named Princess, which was his eldest daughter Chai Jing.

Although the eldest princess is still young and I am only fourteen years old, but the man and woman are seven years old and different seats, let alone a noble princess brings me soup and medicine.

Uncle Zhong took the money and quietly interrogated a maid who was present at that time. The maid told the truth. She said that the princess was very happy when she came and asked who lived here. However, as soon as she got outside, the nanny next to the princess brought the medicine over and said that the prince asked the princess to send the bowl of medicine in. The princess asked who the person inside was. The nanny refused to say that, and the princess looked bad, so she threw the medicine and turned around and left.

After hearing this, I was about to leave overnight. Perhaps the incident had just reached King Fu's ears. Prince Huaian came over and persuaded me to stay for one more night.

The next morning, I left and said goodbye to King Fu, but unexpectedly I saw that King Fu's children were all in the house, including his eldest daughter Chai Jing, and the concubine Chai Shu, who was recorded in the name of the princess.

My father wrote to me to stay in Pingcheng for more days and wait until my health is fully recovered before going to Shanhaiguan. However, after such a thing happened, I didn't want to stay any longer. After I prepared to make arrangements, I set off for Shanhaiguan.

But unexpectedly, in the afternoon, I received a gift from Prince Fu's Mansion. I didn't care and asked Bo Zhong to buy a gift of the same value and return it.

The things sent by the Fu Palace, along with the gifts sent by other families in Pingcheng Mansion these days, were sent back to the capital.

The next day, I was packing my luggage. Someone outside asked for a visit. I saw a greeting letter, which read Ding Qiao's name.

I met Ding Qiao in the Fu Palace. He was a classmate of Prince Huaian. He wrote very well. He would go to Beijing to study next year and asked me to help introduce the Beijing academy.

I thought he came to me to say that he was going to the academy, so I didn't think much about it, so I invited him in.

But I didn't expect that Ding Qiao didn't come alone. There was a servant beside him, and that servant was Chai Jing, the eldest daughter of Fu Wang, who was dressed as a man."

Qi Wei said this, smiled helplessly and said, "It was only that time that I really face to face with Chai Jing.

Chai Jing came to apologize to me. She was very sincere and open-minded. I was still a teenager at that time. When I saw a little girl coming to apologize, I waved my hand so that she didn't have to think too much. I didn't take it to heart.

Before dawn the next day, I set off for Shanhaiguan.

It was not until I returned to the capital with my father from Shanhaiguan that I realized that my affairs with the princess had already been spread to the capital.

It is rumored that when I was in Pingcheng, I fell in love with the eldest daughter of King Fu at first sight and fell in love with him. I even lived in the King Fu Mansion for a while.

Even the incident of Chai Jing's apology to me at Guanyi was spread. Of course, the rumors did not mention the apology, but we had a private meeting in Guanyi.

My mother even found a portrait of Chai Jing among the things I asked someone to send back to the capital!

The portrait was hidden in a box for medicinal herbs. In the past, I would ask Uncle Zhong to carefully check the gifts when I received them. However, I was in a hurry to leave and did not check them carefully, so I put them together with other gifts and sent them back to the capital.

Even my parents believed the rumors, together with the portrait.

It is even rumored outside that our two families have started to discuss kinship. Even my cousin went to Qingyuan to handle private affairs, and it is rumored that he was going to Pingcheng to propose kinship.

In fact, my family holds military power, and King Fu is the prince who is afraid of by the Empress Dowager. My family will avoid such marriages, so how could they marry the Prince Fu's Mansion?

My father was furious and I blamed myself. It was because I was young and ignorant and lacked experience, so I fell into verbal talk.

I was sent to the northwest by my father. Before I left the capital, the Empress Dowager Xuanfu brought his two daughters to the capital in the name of celebrating his birthday.

I think my uncle also heard about what happened later. Princess Fu and her two daughters were left in the capital for a long time. After that, the eldest princess was named Princess Jinhuan to marry, and never returned to Pingcheng again.

I also married my first wife, Shi. My union with Shi was not as unbearable as the rumors outside, saying that I was caused by love injury, so I avoided the difficulty of marrying a general's daughter.

I am childhood sweethearts with Shi. We have known each other since childhood. When we were young, Shi lived in the Duke's Mansion for a while.

Later, I reached the age of discussing marriage, and because of rumors about Chai Jing, my family would rather let me marry a wife who was well-known and had nothing to do with politics.

As for what is rumored outside, it is even more nonsense that I left behind my newly married wife in order to relieve Princess Jinhuan's danger.
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