Chapter 1098 - 381: Prince’s Mansion Turmoil, Secrets, and Expansion
Chapter 1098: Chapter 381: Prince’s Mansion Turmoil, Secrets, and Expansion
Jingzhou.
As the news of the Fu Family’s promotion to a Seventh-Grade Noble Family spread.
The Sang Garden operated by Liuu Meizhen in the suburbs was also bustling with visitors daily. In the banquet hall, the guests dispersed, leaving only Liuu Meizhen sitting at the head.
She wore an elegant deep red gown, her demeanor was dignified and beautiful, her eyebrows and eyes picturesque, but at this moment she seemed somewhat tired.
After sending off the last guest, Cui Zhi gently pushed open the door to the banquet hall. Wearing a light green dress, her expression was smart and nimble as she tiptoed around Liuu Meizhen, placing her hands gently on her temples, beginning to massage:
"Mother, you’ve worked hard. These past few days, you’ve been busy with the banquet preparations and haven’t had a moment to rest. Now that the banquet is over, you should take a good rest."
Liuu Meizhen shook her head.
The Fu Family promoted to Seventh-Grade.
In the future, they could manage an entire mansion.
For the Fu Family, this was truly the beginning:
"Cui Zhi, show me the list of gifts brought by the guests."
"Yes."
Cui Zhi took out the list from her sleeve and handed it over.
Liuu Meizhen glanced at it.
But frowned:
"Cui Zhi, did no one from the Prince’s Mansion come?"
"I heard that the Seventh Prince is out, the Princess Consort is bedridden, and Ningning is also pregnant, presumably unable to manage, or perhaps short-staffed, it’s possible they’re a bit late."
Liuu Meizhen did not believe it.
Previously.
She deliberately spread the news of their promotion to a Seventh-Grade Noble Family to create momentum.
The Prince’s Mansion couldn’t possibly be unaware.
Moreover, even if Ningning is pregnant and inconvenient, it’s not like the husband is also expecting.
Additionally.
Her eldest son works at the Prince’s Mansion.
Her instinct told her that this matter was not simple.
She was about to instruct Cui Zhi to investigate when suddenly the Shadow Gate Mask transmitted a disturbance, she immediately stopped speaking, Cui Zhi tactfully retreated, and Liuu Meizhen turned around, returning to the Secret Chamber, closing the array.
An incantation came into contact with the Shadow Gate Mask.
Buzz!
Fu Changsheng’s voice sounded:
"Meizhen, it seems Ningning has encountered some troubles at the Prince’s Mansion, please look into what exactly is happening. If Ningning is indeed suffering at the mansion, bring her back directly."
The voice faded.
Liuu Meizhen frowned slightly.
Sitting in the Secret Chamber, as if recalling something.
After a while.
She muttered to herself:
"Could it be..... that it’s ahead of schedule..."
After speaking.
Her face turned solemn.
She quickly donned an Invisibility Cloak.
Leaving the Sang Garden and heading to an uninhabited area, riding the Two-headed Green-eyed Python eastward.
Liuu Meizhen, being an Alchemist, had nurtured the Two-headed Green-eyed Python exceptionally well, it had advanced from Quasi-Tier Three to Tier Three Late Stage since Fu Changsheng gifted it to her, she herself also broke through to Middle Stage of Purple Mansion, the python head on the left side had bumps, vaguely showing potential to transform into a dragon.
The flying speed of the Two-headed Green-eyed Python was extremely fast.
Within less than an hour.
She arrived at an inconspicuous Stone Mountain, hundreds of miles outside the Sang Garden.
Liuu Meizhen’s Divine Sense scanned left and right, seeing no one around, she took out an ancient Token, injecting an incantation, a Spirit Light rose from the Token, entering the Stone Mountain ahead.
Buzz!
The air trembled.
Then an opening appeared before her.
Liuu Meizhen’s figure flickered and vanished instantly.
Several hours passed.
Liuu Meizhen emerged from the opening, returning to the Sang Garden, where daylight broke:
"Cui Zhi, take this box to the Prince’s Mansion and hand it personally to Ningning, also, help me deliver this letter to Brother Fan, the journey is long, ride the Two-headed Green-eyed Python to travel."
"Yes, Mother."
Cui Zhi saw the solemn expression.
Knowing the box surely contains something extraordinary, and that probably something has happened at the Prince’s Mansion, she hurriedly nodded.
Cui Zhi had already opened the Niwan Palace, linking the Upper and Lower Dantians, then prepared to break through the Purple Mansion, her cultivation was not considered low, and with the escort of the Tier Three Late Stage Two-headed Green-eyed Python, even if anyone harbored ill intent along the way, after considering, they dared not act.
The Prince’s Mansion was a thousand miles away from the Sang Garden.
Even with the Two-headed Green-eyed Python, it took several days of travel.
Standing in front of the mansion, looking up at the majestic residence, Cui Zhi couldn’t help but feel somewhat anxious. The grandeur of the Prince’s Mansion was completely different from the tranquility of the Sang Garden, everything here seemed dignified and serious, even carrying a hint of oppression.
She stepped forward, ready to report, but was stopped by the guards at the gate. The guard looked her up and down coldly, his tone unfriendly: "Who are you?"
Cui Zhi slightly frowned but maintained politeness, softly saying: "I am Cui Zhi, daughter of Patriarch Fu, of the Seventh-Grade Fu Family. My mother learned that Sister Ningning is pregnant and specially sent me to deliver Fetal Care Pills and other items."
Although a Seventh-Grade Noble Family couldn’t match the Prince’s Mansion, they were not just any ordinary people either.
However.
Knowing Cui Zhi’s identity, the guard became even more vigilant, coldly saying:
"The Seventh Young Madam is unwell, refusing to see guests, but I can have the Stewardess deliver your items inside."
Cui Zhi was already recorded in the Fu Clan Genealogy.
In a certain sense.
She could be considered Ningning’s legitimate sister, after all, Ningning was also listed under Liuu Meizhen, Cui Zhi tightened her grip on the box, seeing people passing by, she raised her voice slightly:
"Since my sister is unwell, as her younger sister, I should personally visit. I have traveled a thousand miles from Celestial Cloud Mansion, only to find I cannot even step upon the threshold of the mansion, is this the mansion’s rule?!"
With these words.