I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 123 Healing Method

After arriving at the Marquis' Mansion, there were more rooms. Lu Mingyang arranged a bedroom for his sister, but she rarely stayed there and slept with him every night.

This is, Chu Mingzheng carried himself here?

Lu Mingyang returned to his room carrying a new quilt and found his sister lying on the bed without a quilt, hugging herself tightly because of the cold.

"Chu Mingzheng, you bastard."

Lu Mingyang couldn't help but curse him again.

It was getting late and the dew was heavy. Chu Mingzheng gathered his robes, touched the corner of his lips which were still warm, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Your Highness!"

They talked for less than half an incense stick of time. The man in front of him touched the corner of his mouth no less than ten times. Shen Yan was really curious and couldn't help asking, "Do you have a toothache?"

Chu Mingzheng suppressed the urge in his heart and coughed softly, "How can you, a mere scholar, know so much about building dikes and canals?"

"My father was a river engineer."

Knowing so much, he must be more than just an ordinary river engineer. Chu Mingzheng was planning to find him a job and asked, "Where is your father now?"

"Dead!" Two calm words, without any ripples. Shen Yan didn't want to mention it again, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please don't take me with you, running back and forth in the middle of the night."

"I am pleased!" Chu Mingzheng also smiled. Seeing that he had almost finished talking, he turned his head to look at the moonlight outside the window and said casually, "I am sorry for bothering you these past few days."

"These are all my duties. It's the princess who has been running around Xihe Village lately and is very tired."

Even those men who wanted to be the Marquis of Chengyang did not do this kind of work themselves. They either relied on their families to investigate cases or found false evidence to submit to the Ministry of Justice, fearing that others would get ahead of them.

Within a few days, the Ministry of Justice had collected so-called evidence from no fewer than ten people, forcing it to not only investigate the case but also to disprove it.

Thinking of his father, Shen Yan sighed: "The princess's filial piety makes this humble official ashamed."

It turned out she was investigating the Xihe Village case. This girl, how could she always be so restless?

Originally, Chu Mingzheng had no plans to meet Pei Mian when he came back this time, but after hearing what Shen Yan said, he took the risk and came to Pei Guogong's Mansion.

Pei Mian saw a dark figure flash by outside the window and chased after it in his pajamas. In an alley a block away from Pei Guogong Mansion, he saw a familiar figure.

"Your Highness!" Pei Mian was surprised and happy.

Time was pressing, so Chu Mingzheng didn't exchange pleasantries. He just said, "The princess is investigating the Xihe Village case. Remember to keep an eye on her. If you find anyone who can't be touched, send someone to notify me. She has a stubborn personality, and I'm worried she might get into trouble."

It took Pei Mian a moment to realize who the princess was that His Highness was referring to. He had never seen His Highness care so much about a woman before, and asked curiously, "You risked your life to come back just to tell me this?"

Chu Mingzheng didn't notice the difference in Pei Mian's tone and said calmly, "The princess was injured, I came back to see her."

Uh……

It seems that it is not as good as that reason.

Pei Mian racked his brains to try to understand His Highness's motives, but before he could figure it out, he was interrupted by His Highness's words.

"What has Prince Wei been doing recently?"

Pei Mian said: "He has been following Miss Lu Si recently..."

A cold light shot out.

Pei Mian only felt a chill on his back, but he really couldn't figure out what he had done wrong. When His Highness coughed again, he suddenly realized what was going on and quickly changed his words.

"He's been playing with the little girl around the princess lately, and he's also helped her a lot. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid the Marquis of Chengyang's personal guards wouldn't be able to protect him."

"He's afraid that I can't hold on. Well, whatever." Chu Mingzheng laughed at himself and waved away.

At three o'clock in the morning, at Tianyi Inn, a red candle was placed on the ground.

Leng Lingfeng sat cross-legged, with a pile of books in front of him. He bent over them, flipping through them again and again.

A pair of black boots stepped on the cracks in the book, and Chu Mingzheng asked in a deep voice, "Have you found a solution?"

Leng Lingfeng looked up, shook his head weakly, and buried his head in searching again.

There was an unfolded scroll on the couch. Chu Mingzheng reached out and picked it up. He looked at the ancient characters on it, his eyes fixed on it. "Isn't there a solution?"

Leng Lingfeng had been searching for these books for days, flipping through them countless times. He lay on the ground helplessly.

"The journey to the Tianshan Ice Toad is incredibly dangerous. It's the summit of a thousand-foot-high glacier. No one has ever been there, let alone seen an Ice Toad. Perhaps the ancient records are wrong."

The Tianshan Ice Toad is shaped like a young toad and is transparent throughout.

Chu Mingzheng looked at the record above and said, "We have to give it a try!"

The sadness he had been feeling for days suddenly erupted at this moment. Leng Lingfeng stood up abruptly and angrily said, "She has a scar on her face, and you despise her so much? Even if she had ten scars, let alone one, you shouldn't despise her."

He hadn't been out for many days. He looked tired and had an unshaven beard. He looked like a stupid dog hit by frost, with his head drooping and ears drooping. Only his pitiful eyes were struggling weakly.

It's as embarrassing as it can be.

Chu Mingzheng looked a little uncomfortable and reminded: "Leng Lingfeng, she is my woman. What does it have to do with you whether I despise her or not?"

"I, I just don't like you." Leng Lingfeng realized that he had lost his composure, calmed himself down, and said coldly, "Such a good girl, marrying a playboy like you."

Where did you learn this word, "playboy"?

Chu Mingzheng also became angry: "If you hadn't always asked prostitutes in brothels to pass on information to me, would my reputation be so bad?"

"Then I was also the one who found Elder Chen's granddaughter?"

Leng Lingfeng sat down, resting his hands on his knees, and said disdainfully, "One has the military's support, one has money, and one has the admiration of scholars all over the world. You're really good at calculating."

"Leng Lingfeng, that's enough! What do you mean by being so persistent? Do you like Lu Mingyang?"

When the words came out, both of them were stunned.

Leng Lingfeng's head exploded like a drop of oil falling into boiling water.

"I don't!"

As his consciousness faded, he denied it.

After a long moment, Chu Mingzheng coughed softly and explained, "Concubine Song always puts obstacles in my way when it comes to canal construction. How can I continue the work if I don't find a way to divert her attention? As for Miss Chen, since Lord Chen doesn't allow his own women to take concubines, I didn't bother with her."

Leng Lingfeng looked away guiltily: "What does it have to do with me? You don't need to explain to me."

"Aren't you her friend?" As a man, it was impossible for him not to notice the change in his attitude towards the girl, but he never wanted to think too much about it.

Maybe it’s not that I don’t want to think about it, but that I dare not.

Chu Mingzheng stood up and left. When he reached the door, he turned around and said, "You know, I can't marry only one woman in my life. But since I've married her, I will do my best to satisfy her every desire and never let her suffer any injustice."

Love always creates disturbances in one's established path, making it impossible to control oneself. Leng Lingfeng knew that it was extremely difficult for him to say these words.

That was a promise as a friend and a warning as a man.