Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 474 The news reached Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao

After Li Xi woke up from his drunken stupor, he had a splitting headache. He struggled to sit up and saw that he was naked. He had a bad feeling in his heart.

He quickly called the doorman in, and the doorman hurried in and asked, "Your Highness, are you awake?"

Li Xi rubbed his temple and asked, "What happened? Why am I naked?"

The servant hesitated, and Li Xi became even more anxious. He shouted, "How dare you! Why are you hesitating when I ask you a question?"

The servant knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness, I was just about to help you back to your residence when I bumped into Miss Gu from the Dali Temple's family at the door. She said that if someone gets to the ears of Your Majesty, you will be punished. Thinking it made sense, I helped you back to your private room first."

The servant breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Xi asked, "And then?"

The servant continued, "Then, Miss Gu asked the waiter for a bowl of hangover soup. I said I could feed you, but she said she wanted to feed you herself. I tried to dissuade her, saying it would be bad for her reputation for a man and a woman to be alone in the same room. However, she insisted on having the maid feed you, so I didn't try to stop her and went with her to the private room... Everything was fine at first, but then you took a sip and spilled the soup. You also pulled off the maid's veil and mistook her for... for..."

Li Xi frowned and asked, "What should I do?"

The servant swallowed and said, "She was Miss Guo. I even stepped forward to stop her, but you kicked me out. I don't know what happened afterwards. I only know that I heard the maid's moans from the room..."

Li Xi then realized that he had probably slept with the maid, and the key point was that he mistook her for Guo Fengmin. This was really a humiliation for Fengmin!

When Li Xi was picking up clothes from the bed, a jade pendant fell to the ground. Then he took a closer look and saw a trace of blood on the bed, which made him even more upset.

He guessed that the jade pendant should have been left by that woman, but how could a maid wear such an expensive jade pendant? So he suspected that the person who came in to feed him the sobering soup was Gu Shiyi.

So he said, "Go back and find someone to investigate who this jade pendant belongs to."

The servant naturally took the jade pendant in a hurry and responded. Then the two of them left Tianxiang Tower.

Others may not know about this, but this matter was soon discovered by the people at Mingyue Bookstore. After receiving the news, the shopkeeper quickly wrote a letter to Li Wanqing.

It was already evening when Li Wanqing received the note. She opened it, glanced at the contents, and smiled. "Gu Shiyi really can't sit still, can she? Does she have to marry into the royal family before she'll stop?"

Li Wanqing handed the note to Cuizhu and Wutong, who were confused. After reading it, they burst out laughing. Cuizhu said sarcastically, "Gu Shiyi really is willing to be a lowly person."

Wutong agreed, and then said, "But Gu Shiyi may be holding a grudge against His Highness Prince Guangping because she wasn't able to marry him. If she did marry the Prince of Nanyang, would she come up with some bad ideas to deal with His Highness?"

Li Wanqing actually thought the same in her heart. She probably did this not only to marry into the royal family and enjoy wealth and glory, but also most likely to use the Prince of Nanyang to harm His Highness or the Princess.

So she took people to Wangyuexuan. Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao were about to have dinner when Li Wanqing arrived. So Li Chu asked her to wait in the flower hall. Not long after, Li Chu helped Dugu Jingyao to the flower hall.

Li Wanqing saw the two of them coming and bowed, saying, "Your Highness and the Princess are greeted."

After the two of them sat down, Li Chu said, "Get up, what's the news?"

Li Wanqing nodded slightly and said, "Yes, please take a look." Then she handed the note to Feng Shengyi who came forward to take it. Feng Shengyi returned to Li Chu and gave him the note.

Li Chu unfolded the note, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Is this true?"

Li Wanqing said, "Your Highness, this information was passed on by someone from Tianxiang Tower, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Dugu Jingyao was confused, so Li Chu gave the note to Dugu Jingyao, and Dugu Jingyao understood what they meant at a glance.

She couldn't help but snort coldly: "It seems that she really wants to marry into the royal family! She didn't get to marry you back then, and now the Second Prince is choosing a concubine. Although she didn't get to participate in the selection, she still has her eyes on the Second Prince, even resorting to means like climbing into his bed..."

Li Wanqing reminded him with some concern: "I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."

Li Chu looked at Li Wanqing and asked, "What?"

Li Wanqing continued, "I heard that Gu Shiyi has a feud with His Highness and the Princess, and even with Lady Zheng. If she were to enter the Prince of Nanyang's mansion, would she help the Prince of Nanyang plot against our mansion?"

Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao agreed with what he said. It seems that they really underestimated Gu Shiyi. She is really a person who will do anything to achieve her goals.

Li Chu was not afraid of what she would do to him. She was more worried about what she would do to Dugu Jingyao and his child, so she ordered Feng Shengyi: "Feng Shengyi, send someone to keep an eye on the movements of Gu Mansion and Nanyang County Prince's Mansion, and report any situation in time." Feng Shengyi agreed.

Since Li Wanqing had brought them such useful information and it was time for dinner, it would seem ungrateful to just send her away. So Dugu Jingyao glanced at Li Chu and said to Li Wanqing, "Sister Li, you haven't eaten yet, right? Why don't you stay and have dinner with us?"

Li Wanqing didn't want to watch them display their affection, so she bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness and Princess, for your kindness. However, I'm not very hungry yet, so I plan to eat later."

Li Chu felt that Li Wanqing was quite sensible, so he said, "In that case, it wouldn't be nice to have you sit here and watch us eat. How about this: when you have dinner later, I'll send someone to Tianxiang Tower to buy you some of your favorite food."

Li Wanqing smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. I will take my leave now."

After Li Wanqing left, the two began to eat. However, the news did affect their appetite. Both of them had no appetite and ate a little casually. Then Li Chu took Dugu Jingyao for a walk in the garden.

As they walked, Dugu Jingyao sighed and said, "Gu Shiyi, I didn't expect that after more than a year, she's still so dishonest."

Li Chu comforted Dugu Jingyao and said, "Ayao, don't worry. I will keep an eye on their affairs and will never let them hurt you and the child."

Dugu Jingyao smiled and said, "Okay, but you have to be careful, Li Xi will make things difficult for you."

Li Chu looked at Dugu Jingyao gently and said, "Don't worry, Yao, for you and our child, I will not take it lightly."

The two strolled for a while before returning to Wangyuexuan.