Chapter 246 Clarifying the Misunderstanding
E Lansu took off the quilt slowly with trembling hands, and put her other hand on the belt around her waist.
After untying the restraints, she opened her outer garment, revealing the embroidery on the center of her inner garment of a lotus emerging from the water.
Zhuang Rui stared straight ahead, stunned and unable to move his eyes away for even a second, his heart suddenly filled with panic.
She had already untied the belt of her inner garment with her hands and was about to confess in a moment. Zhuang Rui took two steps at a time and hurried over to close her collar in time.
"Wait a minute!"
Thinking he was going to do it himself, E-lan was frightened and let out a cry.
"what……"
At this time, Ning Yunxi just pushed the door and walked in.
"Alan, are you here?"
"Why isn't the door locked?"
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Zhuang Rui grabbing E'lan's clothes with both hands. Ning Yunxi was stunned.
“You you you…you guys…”
Zhuang Rui retreated hurriedly, waving his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, we didn't!"
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed that E-lan's collar was slightly open, so he reached out and closed it for her.
Thinking that his behavior was inappropriate, he let go again... He repeated this process over and over again. He was in a panic for a while, and finally, he regained some sense, picked up the quilt, and covered E'lan with it.
The cold wind howled, sweeping through his heart, Ning Yunxi was furious, and thunder roared.
"It's already like this, and you still haven't?"
"Could it be that she untied the straps herself?!"
"How can you be so reckless? Are you married?"
As the situation was tense and on the verge of breaking out, E-lan gave urgent advice.
"I am fine, my lady, please do not offend anyone for my sake..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Zhuang Rui speaking humbly.
"Cousin, I'm wrong, isn't that okay?"
O-lan was extremely surprised.
"cousin?"
With her cousin's permission, Ning Yunxi introduced him with a smile.
"This is my cousin, Zhuang Rui, who is actually a descendant of the Fang clan."
E-lan was even more shocked.
"what?!"
"Then Princess... Mr. Zhuang..."
As she spoke, she had a guess.
"Second Master Zhuang, is he the informant left by the Fang clan in the Zhuang Mansion?"
Ning Yunxi smiled helplessly.
"No, you are wrong. Put on your clothes and I will explain it to you slowly."
E-lan responded and adjusted her clothes as instructed.
"Yes."
Zhuang Rui couldn't help but turn his head to look.
Noticing his burning gaze, E-lan's cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
Ning Yunxi clapped his hands a few times, looking annoyed and irritated.
"What are you looking at? Do you understand the difference between men and women?"
Zhuang Rui swallowed for a while, turned his back to Yiyi and said guiltily.
"How could I? I didn't see it."
Ning Yunxi said no more, found a rag, washed it with water, and when she came back to wipe the table, E'lan was already dressed.
Seeing the princess doing something, E-lan quickly stepped forward and respectfully stopped her.
"Thank you for your kindness, my lady. I will wipe it for you."
Upon hearing that E-lan was working hard, Zhuang Rui came over right away.
"Let me clean it. Please sit down, cousin."
As he spoke, he did not forget to give E-lan an instruction.
"You sit down too."
As he spoke, he had already taken the rag and wiped it carefully. After a while, he had wiped the table clean.
Ning Yunxi opened the food box, took out plates of delicious food, and placed them neatly on the table.
"Are you starving? Eat something first and we can talk while we eat."
E-Lan lowered her eyes with grievance.
"I still have a bitter taste in my mouth."
Ning Yunxi turned her head to look at her cousin and her expression turned unhappy.
"Where's the antidote?"
Zhuang Rui reached into his sleeve and took out a porcelain bottle.
"I have it with me. Here."
After Ning Yunxi checked it, she handed it to E Lan.
"This medicine is more effective. It will take effect immediately after taking it."
O-Lan nodded happily.
"Thank you, Princess."
Zhuang Rui felt jealous.
"Why don't you thank me?"
Ning Yunxi frowned.
"Who would thank you for bullying me like this?"
Zhuang Rui protested with dissatisfaction.
"Cousin, you don't know. I am also very aggrieved. It is understandable."
Ning Yunxi's eyebrows were filled with anger, and he spoke bluntly.
"You are a member of the Fang clan, but you can't see through the other party's strategy, and you still say it's excusable?"
Zhuang Rui was speechless for a moment.
"I……"
Ning Yunxi turned her head to E Lan, smiled, picked up the chopsticks and picked up some food for her.
"Eat quickly. I will slowly explain the misunderstanding."
E-Lan lowered her eyebrows three points to show respect.
"Thank you, Princess."
Zhuang Rui still couldn't help feeling jealous.
"Don't thank me, I brought the meal."
Ning Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt depressed.
"It's endless, right?"
"Aren't you usually very free and easy? Why do you become so hesitant in front of E-lan?"
Zhuang Rui rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction and was speechless.
Ning Yunxi was already used to his rudeness, so she ignored it and turned to business.
E'lan finished her meal and Ning Yunxi had just finished speaking.
The narration was so detailed that Ning Yunxi even guessed most of what happened to Zhuang Rui. However, she did not guess that the person behind the scenes was not only Gu Mengzhen, but also Ning Fengzhe.
With Zhuang Rui's affirmative response, all misunderstandings disappeared.
"It's all because of that spy's random message that made me think the person referred to by 'Unforgettable Old Love' was Ouyang Chi."
"This man is truly despicable. When I return home, I will send him away and punish him severely!"
E Lan has bright eyes and her pupils are as clear as water.
"Calm down, I don't think the spy is to blame for this."
"Madam is the Chief of the Guards, leading the soldiers and training them well. The servants in the mansion are under her discipline, just like the soldiers. They are highly skilled in martial arts and always ready. It is not easy for spies to sneak into the mansion. It is simply a daydream to want to get a complete understanding."
"Just let him go."
Zhuang Rui smiled from the heart.
"Okay, it's up to you."
Everyone was happy, Ning Yunxi was satisfied and smiling.
"Just reconcile."
"The emperor is concerned about E-lan's identity. This is easy to handle. When it gets light in a while, my brother will get up in the morning and I will ask for a favor and ask Uncle Shao to adopt E-lan."
"The daughter of an earl marries the son of an earl, a perfect match."
As soon as Zhuang Rui heard it, he refused.
"It's not right, it's not right."
"The three of us brothers and sisters are included in the Zhuang clan's genealogy. If she becomes Uncle Shao's daughter, doesn't that mean she becomes my sister?"
Ning Yunxi quickly put away the smile that had just appeared.
"But Uncle Shao has long been removed from the clan, and is now included in the genealogy of the Fang clan. Besides, Uncle and him are just sworn brothers, not blood relatives. When things are done in the future, you will return to the Fang clan, and she will change her nationality to the Zhuang clan. The two will have nothing to do with each other, so what's wrong with that?"
"Is there any law that states that the children of sworn brothers cannot get married?"
Zhuang Rui felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
"It's just not right."
"Although we call him Uncle Shao respectfully, we have already respected him as our biological father in our hearts. It is inappropriate for my cousin to make such an arrangement."
Ning Yunxi nodded reluctantly.
"Then I'll think about it."
E-lan raised her eyes cautiously, glanced at them left and right, and suggested softly.
"I want to become a citizen of the Teng family. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to do so?"
Just hearing her voice, Zhuang Rui smiled, and after listening to her, he expressed his deep agreement.
"The Teng family is good. Lord Teng has long wanted to be his wife, and Lord Wei saw the red face but did not misunderstand. The two of them only care about Shuang'er and think about her in everything. They are even better than me."
Ning Yunxi glanced away with a sidelong glance, eyebrows raised in contempt.
"So you have self-awareness?"
Zhuang Rui curled his lips in displeasure.
"My cousin is just like my third sister. She only knows how to ridicule and mock others."
Thinking of what Wei Chushuang had recounted, Ning Yunxi suddenly became angry.
"Don't think I didn't hear how you ridiculed and mocked me back then!"
E-lan lowered her head with a guilty conscience.
I never expected that my truthful narration would reach the ears of the princess; and I never expected that the princess and Mr. Zhuang Er were cousins.
This is the end. If things get awkward, how should she make peace?
Zhuang Rui spoke eloquently and refuted the argument.
"That's just a rumor from the public. I was just repeating it. I didn't mean to be sarcastic. Could you misunderstand that, cousin?"
Ning Yunxi snorted disdainfully.
"You can just say it stubbornly, but in your heart, that's how you see me."
O-lan was embarrassed.
"Princess, calm down. It's all my fault for talking nonsense."
Ning Yunxi soothed softly.
"Don't worry, we are just joking."