HCB Chapter 220 Living in Yu Mansion
Chapter 220 Living in Yu Mansion
"In that case, go ahead." The emperor waved his hand and told them to do it.
"Princess Yueying, please follow me." The Minister of Rites took the initiative to greet her.
Seeing that his plan had failed, Chu Aotian looked at Chu Fei angrily and was extremely unhappy. He had thought that by burning down the house he could bypass Princess Yueying and live in the eldest prince's mansion.
As long as she could live in the eldest prince's mansion, Chu Aotian would have a way to make Princess Yueying marry him and control Yueying's main force. It was a pity that the Minister of Rites intervened.
But how could he not know that the Ministry of Rites had a second house? Could it be that the Minister of Rites lied to him?
After respectfully escorting Yu Wangfei to the carriage, the Minister of Rites immediately pulled Yu Wangfei aside and asked softly, "I plan to let the princess go to the Yu Mansion."
"What?" Yu Wangfei was shocked. She looked at the carriage in disbelief and then at the person in front of her. "Sir, don't joke. The Yu Mansion is just a merchant's house. How can a princess live here?"
"The housekeeper of the palace has bought and connected all the houses near the Yu Mansion. The furnishings and decorations of the Yu Mansion are almost the same as those of the prince's mansion. I think it can be used as a residence to receive the princess." The Minister of Rites said, "The Yu Mansion now has multiple main gates. I will immediately order the servant to install a plaque on another main gate, so that we can receive the princess."
Upon hearing this, Yu Wangfei felt a little distressed. She didn't expect that the Minister of Rites actually knew about the expansion of the Yu Mansion.
Although the Yu Mansion looks small, with Chu Yuheng's tacit approval, the housekeeper had already bought and connected all the houses near the Yu Mansion, so the current Yu Mansion is indeed composed of several mansions.
It would indeed be possible to arrange Princess Yueying to live in one of the mansions. After all, no one can find another luxuriously decorated house in the capital in a short period of time.
"Okay." Yu Wangfei agreed reluctantly.
In order to prepare the housekeeper mentally, Yu Wangfei secretly informed Chu Yuheng of the matter, and then rode back to the mansion with Chu Yuheng and immediately started making arrangements in front of another main gate.
In order to separate the princess's mansion from the Yu Mansion, Yu Wangfei ordered all the green plants in the mansion to be moved over and placed next to the original wall to serve as a dividing line.
She only hoped that Princess Yueying was not the type who liked to move around, otherwise she would definitely discover that these mansions were all connected.
Fortunately, the Yu Mansion is now big enough to accommodate many people. As long as Princess Yueying does not move around casually, she will definitely not discover this.
However, Yu Wangfei was very puzzled as to why the Ministry of Rites had not selected a residence for Princess Yueying in advance.
"Did you smell smoke when you entered the palace just now?" Chu Yuheng asked, "Someone burned down the house that the Ministry of Rites prepared for the princess."
"It was Chu Aotian." Yu Wangfei guessed. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she asked, "Did you hint to the Minister of Rites to let the princess live with us?"
Chu Yuheng smiled knowingly upon hearing this: "Instead of letting Chu Aotian get the chance, it's better to keep it under my own eyes."
He also wanted Yueying's help, although this help did not necessarily mean a marriage with Chu Fei, so Chu Yuheng deliberately arranged for Princess Yueying to move in to see if there were other opportunities to form an alliance with Yueying.
Just now in the court, Chu Aotian kept inviting Princess Yueying to live in the eldest prince's mansion, which shows that he might have some ideas in his mind. Maybe Princess Yueying will live in the eldest prince's mansion tonight, and tomorrow Chu Aotian will take her body away and she will have to marry him.
Soon, Princess Yueying's procession arrived at another main gate of the Yu Mansion. At this time, a plaque with Princess Yueying's Mansion was hung above the main gate.
After the princess got off the carriage, the butler and everyone else came to greet her enthusiastically. Seeing this, Chu Fei looked at Chu Yuheng in confusion.
He knew the butler of the palace, so it was really strange why the butler of the palace was in the princess's mansion.
Seeing that the Ministry of Rites really had a second house, Chu Aotian clenched his fists in anger. He didn't even dismount, but rode away with a gloomy face.
But Princess Yueying did not see him leaving.
In this way, Princess Yueying was settled in the Yu Mansion. The emperor also found out that the mansion was burned down by the guards around Chu Aotian, but he could not punish them openly because Princess Yueying was still there.
If the Yueying people knew that their princess's mansion was burned down on the first day she arrived, it would affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries and damage the reputation of Da Chu. So the emperor secretly sentenced the guard to death.
As for Chu Aotian, the guard insisted that he did it himself and was not instructed by anyone, so the emperor just disliked him in his heart but could not punish him directly.
Because the mansion arranged for Princess Yueying is some distance away from the Yu Mansion, even if the princess walks around in the mansion, she will not realize that the two mansions are connected unless she discovers the peculiarity of the back garden.
But on the second day after Princess Yueying's class moved in, she suddenly appeared in the backyard of the Yu Mansion.
At this time, Yu Wangfei just opened the door of her boudoir and was about to go for dinner, but suddenly found Princess Yueying looking around in the yard as if looking for something.
What? She actually came here. It seems that Princess Yueying has discovered the secret between the two mansions.
When he saw Yu Wangfei coming out, he immediately walked up to her and said, "I've seen you before. Why are you here?"
This……
For a moment, Yu Wangfei really didn't know how to answer. He couldn't ask her to let the dignified Princess Yueying live in his house. If this news spread to the Yueying Kingdom, it would probably cause unnecessary disputes.
Before Yu Wangfei could answer, a maid suddenly came over.
The maid bowed to Yu Wangfei and said, "Greetings, Madam. Would you like to have dinner?"
"Madam." Princess Yueying murmured to herself.
Wasn't she wandering around the princess's mansion? Why did she come to Yu Wangfei's place? That's strange.
Seeing this, Yu Wangfei had no choice but to explain: "Princess, you don't know, this is exactly the layout of my Da Chu courtyard."
As he spoke, Yu Wangfei took the Princess Yueying's hand and walked to the junction of the two mansions. Then he began to lie, "My mansion is only separated from yours by a wall. In order to promote neighborhood harmony, my Great Chu will break through this wall to allow both sides to communicate."
"So that's how it is." Princess Yueying suddenly realized.
At this moment, the maid in the princess's mansion discovered that Princess Yueying had disappeared, and hurried over to look for her.
When Princess Yueying moved in, the housekeeper had instructed that the princess must not be allowed to get close to the back garden to prevent her from discovering the secret between the two houses. However, they still failed to keep an eye on her and let the princess go directly to the Yu Mansion.
Princess Yueying was not dissatisfied, but looked directly at Yu Wangfei and introduced enthusiastically: "My name is Anar, the princess of Yueying, what is your name?"