185 Investigating the Secret Path
“Is there a problem? Eleven years old is already a grown-up. Besides, her family has already accepted my betrothal gift,” Meng Zhi said.
“Accept the betrothal gift? Did she accept it willingly, or did you force the gift on her?” Ning Yue asked coldly.
“No matter what, they’ve accepted it. Since they’ve accepted it, don’t think about going back on their word!” Meng Zhi said righteously.
“Looks like you’re really stubborn. Do you know that the law stipulates that women can only get married when they’re 12 years old?” Ning Yue asked.
“So what? My father is the governor. Who dares to say anything bad about me? Besides, there’s only a year difference between 11 and 12,” Meng Zhi said indifferently.
“Aren’t you afraid of killing your father?” Ning Yue asked.
“Even the current emperor has to give in to my father. Who do you think you are?”
It seemed that this person would not shed tears until he saw the coffin.
Ning Yue couldn’t be bothered to waste her breath on him. She said to him directly, “I’m a princess conferred by the current emperor and bestowed to the heir of Prince Jin. Do you really think your attitude just now is fine with me?”
Meng Zhi was shocked and looked at Ning Yue in disbelief. He pointed at Ning Yue with a trembling finger and asked, “You, you’re the current Princess Mingyue?”
Princess Mingyue was the title the current emperor had given Ning Yue. He wanted Ning Yue to be as beautiful as the moon.
Ning Yue smiled. “That’s right. I’m Princess Mingyue. Can I have your life?”
“I forgot to introduce you. This is the heir of Prince Jin.” Ning Yue pointed at Jiang Ying beside her.
Meng Zhi gasped. His eyes widened, as if he would faint in the next second.
“If you plan to faint, I have many ways to wake you up, and each way causes pain that is a hundred or even a thousand times worse.”
Hearing Ning Yue’s warning, Meng Zhi silently dispelled the thought of pretending to faint. However, he had a question he could not figure out. “Princess Mingyue, who is Wumei to you?”
“She’s my cousin and my biological second uncle’s daughter. Do you know who my second uncle is? He’s a major general under General Chang Sheng, Ning Feng.”
Hearing that Wumei was Ning Yue’s cousin and that her father was under General Chang Sheng, Meng Zhi was so frightened that his vision darkened, and he still fainted.
Before he fainted, he couldn’t help but want to scold himself. Why did he faint? He was going to wake up from the pain later.
Seeing this, Ning Yue took out a silver needle from her purse, walked up to Meng Zhi, and stabbed him hard.
“Ah!” A pig-like cry resounded through the world. The unconscious Meng Zhi woke up.
He wanted to curse, but when his gaze landed on Ning Yue, he swallowed his words.
“I, I…” Meng Zhi wanted to explain, but he couldn’t say anything after thinking for a long time.
“Wumei and I are truly in love!” he said.
Ning Yue was so angry that she almost laughed. Wumei was only 11 years old, but he actually dared to say that he was truly in love with her? What a joke! How could Wumei take a fancy to someone like him? If she did, she wouldn’t have asked her to break off the engagement.
“Meng Zhi, you’d better tell the truth. If you continue to be dishonest, don’t blame me for being rude to you!” Ning Yue said coldly.
“There’s no need to talk nonsense. Someone, pull Meng Zhi down and lock him up with his father,” Jiang Ying said.
Hearing that he was going to be locked up, Meng Zhi fainted again. However, this time, Ning Yue did not plan to wake him up. She just watched as he was dragged away.
Everyone in the Governor’s residence had been taken away. Other than Jiang Ying and Ning Yue’s breathing and the cries of insects in the courtyard, the entire Governor’s residence was silent.
“Jiang Ying, how do you plan to deal with this?” Ning Yue asked.
“We caught him off guard. We can investigate starting from his house.” With that, Jiang Ying got someone to look for incriminating evidence at the governor’s house.
However, everyone couldn’t find evidence. This gave Jiang Ying a headache.
If he couldn’t find it here, then his detention of the governor would be unjustified. If the officials reported him, he wouldn’t be able to bear the consequences.
“Investigate again and see if there are any secret passages in the study or rooms,” Ning Yue said.