Medical Princess

Chapter 446 What Did Duke Xing Mean?

Chu Liuchen looked at Madam of Duke Xing with a gentle smile, as if he was just talking casually. But Xiao Xuanzi, who was standing behind him, immediately stared at Madam of Duke Xing with a pair of gloomy eyes.

The master was an unparalleledly elegant young man, while the servant was as dark as a viper. Such feelings made the smile on Madam of Duke Xing's face a bit stiff. She hurriedly saluted and said, "Your highness, please forgive me. It is just that I rarely meet Prince, so I am shocked for a while!"

"It is due to your own ignorance, Madam of Duke Xing!" The smile on Chu Liuchen's face was still there, and it even became more gentle and elegant, "But Madam of Duke Xing pays so much attention to me, this will make me think that you are taking a look personally at me!"

His tone was extremely frivolous, which should not have been said by such a gentle and elegant young man. Madam of Duke Xing blushed and felt ashamed and resentful.

How could her daughter marry this patient? And he was a worthless patient.

She twisted the handkerchief in her hand and answered in a hurry, "Prince, you must be joking. You are the noblest Prince. No one can have a fantasy to you!"

No one would want a dead man who had no future and was not even alive.

"Other people cannot, but people in Duke Xing's Mansion can have fantasy. I heard that First Miss is not only good-looking, but also..."

Chu Liuchen's words became more frivolous. It was hard to believe that he would say such words. He was like a young man who came out of an ink landscape, and was so beautiful that he seemed to be a person in a painting. However, his words sounded so uncomfortable that they even made people feel that they were inharmonious with his image.

It was said that this First Miss Shao was the most educated and polite girl in the capital city, but his words about First Miss Shao was almost frivolous, as if he was just mentioning an ordinary girl without any respect.

"Prince, you must be joking. Your Highness, you come here this time. Are there any orders from Empress Dowager?" Duke Xing had to ease the situation on the side. If he allowed Chu Liuchen to continue talking about this, his daughter's reputation would be damaged.

Compared with his son, he also placed great expectations on his daughter. He could not let his daughter have any flaws.

"Duke Xing, you are so bold. Our Prince has not finished his words and you dare to stop him." Xiao Xuanzi sneered and said.

Chu Liuchen did not speak, but put the teacup heavily on the table with cold eyes. The smile on his face had been as elegant as the spring breeze in March, but it immediately disappeared.

"Duke Xing, what do you mean? Couldn't I say something about First Miss of your mansion? Is First Miss of your mansion not going to marry into the royal family? Well, I will ask my Imperial Grandmother to casually bestow a marriage on First Miss of your family. Any family will be OK, as long as it is not royal family!"

The young master, who had been smiling just now, became gloomy in a short while. On his handsome and delicate face, there was a trace of gloom and cunning in his slightly raised eyes.

What he said shocked Duke Xing and his wife even more. They had devoted even more effort on this daughter than that on their son. How could she be ruined by Chu Liuchen, a damned patient?

Duke Xing glanced at his wife, and Madam of Duke Xing immediately understood. She knelt down in a hurry and said, "Your Highness, how could I dare to say that? Whether the person is good or not, choosing what kind of person is the grace of the royal family and I dare not to have any excessive thinking. Just now I was worried that Empress Dowager might have some orders, so I was so anxious that I showed no respect to you. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Duke Xing clenched his hands behind his back tightly with veins on them, but a clear smile appeared on his face. He followed to apologize, "Your Highness, it is my impoliteness. If Prince wants to punish, please punish me!"

“How dares he bully me like this? He is just a dying patient!"

However, this was what Duke Xing thought in his heart. He hid it deeply and did not show any of this on his face. He just showed a trace of panic.

At this time, he had to admit his mistake. He thought that this patient wouldn't go too far and he was an important official in the imperial court, so this patient couldn't deal with him easily. He was afraid that the damned patient couldn't deal with him and then turned to deal with his daughter.

This was what Duke Xing was most afraid of. His daughter was brought up in great care, and would live a noble life in the future, so Chu Liuchen could not have a fantasy to her.

As expected, Chu Liuchen's face became gentle and kind, and a gentle smile as a warm jade appeared on his face again. This made him look like a noble and unsullied young man again, as if the cold and cunning young master just now was not him.

"Imperial Grandmother just asked me to come and see Fifth Miss who just found her origin. In order to comfort Rui'an Great Elder Princess, she also said before that she would ask someone to come and see her." Chu Liuchen stretched out his slender fingers and gently knocked on the table with a gentle and calm look.

It turned out that she was just invited by Rui'an Great Elder Princess to do a favor to have a visit. Madam of Duke Xing secretly wiped off her cold sweat.

"Madam, please stand up!" Chu Liuchen said with a smile.

Xiao Xuanzi came out from behind him, which meant that he was going to help Madam of Duke Xing stand up in person.

Madam of Duke Xing dared not to let Xiao Xuanzi help her. She stood up in a hurry and bowed to Chu Liuchen again. "Your Highness, thank you for not blaming us."

"Is Qin Wanru really the Fifth Miss of your mansion?" Chu Liuchen became curious and shifted his attention from First Miss of Duke Xing's Mansion to Qin Wanru, as if he was interested in her.

Duke Xing breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Chu Liuchen was interested in his daughter. This was also an important reason why he had deliberately sent his daughter away from the capital city to Yuhui Nunnery outside the city.

His daughter could not marry this patient, but he was afraid that this patient would have a fancy to her daughter. Duke Xing knew clearly about how much Empress Dowager and Emperor valued this patient, so he did not want to have any relations with Chu Liuchen at all. If Chu Liuchen's attention can be drawn from his daughter to Qin Wanru, Duke Xing thought it was very good.

He suddenly had a good idea and remembered that Chu Liuchen had saved Qin Wanru at the gate of the palace. If he could make good use of this, would he be able to make them into a couple?

If they became a couple, their daughter would be safe.

They were both the daughters of lineal descent in Duke Xing's Mansion, so it was impossible for them to marry the same person or let the situation happen that one became the main wife and the other was a concubine. Besides, her daughter was the most distinguished eldest daughter of lineal descent.

After thinking it through, Duke Xing hinted at Madam of Duke Xing. They had been married for many years, so they had a good tacit understanding.

"Of course, Wanru is the child of our mansion. She is the daughter of our elder brother and Infanta Qinghua, which is unquestionable. Rui'an Great Elder Princess and my mother-in-law both say so, thus it is obviously true. This girl is a poor child. Her appearance is excellent, but she has been left outside. If she had been raised in the capital city, she must be more outstanding than Ru'er!"

Madam of Duke Xing wiped the corner of her eyes with her handkerchief and became sad.

"Is she really the daughter of your mansion?" Chu Liuchen asked again, as if he could not believe what he had heard.

"Yes, she is." Madam of Duke Xing immediately admitted it. After she had failed to frame Qin Wanru by sending two people, Qin Wanru's origin had already become a verdict. She could not do anything about it. It was better to admit this straightforward now so that people would not suspect her.

If Chu Liuchen insisted on marrying the daughter of Duke Xing's Mansion, then this daughter would be fine. It would be perfect that one dying patient was matched with another illegitimate child.

"Duke, Madam, Fifth Miss is here!" An old maid came in and reported.

"Please come in! Please come in!" Madam of Duke Xing's eyes lit up and she said repeatedly. She finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She was afraid that her daughter would get involved in Chu Liuchen's marriage.

Qin Wanru slowly walked in with Yujie. After she entered the inner room, she first saluted to Chu Liuchen, and then to Duke Xing and his wife. Then she stood aside in a well-behaved manner, without saying a word.

For a moment, the room was eerily quiet, and they did not know what to say.

Madam of Duke Xing was quick to react. She coughed softly and went forward with a smile and said, "Wanru, Prince Chen comes to visit you in the name of the Empress Dowager."

"Thank Empress Dowager!" Qin Wanru was not sure what Chu Liuchen was doing here, so she answered in a soft and respectful voice.

"Madam of Duke Xing and Duke Xing, can you leave for a while? I have some questions that Imperial Grandmother wants to ask Fifth Miss in private，" Chu Liuchen said with an elegant smile.

"Yes, we will take our leave!" Duke Xing said in a hurry. He and Madam of Duke Xing looked at each other and then left together.

The two of them did not suspect anything else. Empress Dowager might want to ask Qin Wanru about some specific details, which was obviously for the sake of Rui'an Great Elder Princess, because the sister-in-law relationship between Rui'an Great Elder Princess and Empress Dowager's was extremely harmonious.

Of course, if Qin Wanru and Chu Liuchen liked each other, they were also very willing to see this.

They stepped back to the wing room on the side without hesitation, waiting for them to finish their words.

Only Chu Liuchen and Qin Wanru, together with their servants, were left in the hall. Chu Liuchen pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Come and sit down!"

Qin Wanru sighed helplessly and could only sit on the chair. She raised her watery eyes, and there was still a hint of ignorance because she had just woken up, which made her look very gentle.

Of course, she looked gentle, but Chu Liuchen knew that there was a sharp claw behind her gentle appearance.

But he liked this!

"Prince, why do you come here today?" Qin Wanru did not believe that Chu Liuchen really came here for Empress Dowager. Who was he? Even if Empress Dowager had no one for her to order, she would not order him to do so.

"Of course I am here to see your condition. The Fifth Miss of Duke Xing's Mansion?" Chu Liuchen narrowed his eyes and said in a light voice, "Do you want to live in Duke Xing's Mansion?"

"I do not want to and I will not live here either!" Qin Wanru did not hide anything and shook her head directly.

"Oh, tell me, why?" Chu Liuchen seemed to be interested in this. He squinted at her and smiled more brightly. Obviously he was in a good mood.

"I am still young, so if I stay here, I will be limited in many aspects. Not only am I not free, but I might even be in danger!" Qin Wanru's eyes turned slightly, and her eyes were as clear as water, which made her snow-white face even more beautiful.

"Then where do you want to go?" Chu Liuchen was not surprised at all. He chuckled in a little cold but extremely elegant way.