Quick Wear: The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Counterattack

Chapter 172 The Time Traveler’s Ex-fiancé (4)

Despite Ning Chao's repeated pleas, Ning Meng did not punish Zhong Li Yao.

Ning Chao and Zhong Li Yao looked at each other lovingly, performing a drama of sharing life and death, but unfortunately they were the only ones who were moved.

Ning Meng looked at Ning Chao with eyes that were almost sparking, but unfortunately he was completely unaware.

When the news spread from the palace, the Zhong family burst into tears. They couldn't understand why Zhong Li Yao had lost her father's official position just because she came to the palace for a banquet. Moreover, she also lost her status as the future Crown Princess.

The Zhong family wanted to deal with her, but the prince seemed to still have deep feelings for her and was afraid that she would be wronged, so he sent her back personally and told Lord Zhong that he would not marry anyone else in this life and would definitely find an opportunity to plead with the emperor to restore their engagement.

He was even afraid that Zhong Li Yao would be wronged, so he allocated half of his secret guards to Zhong Li Yao, and ordered them to only listen to Zhong Li Yao, recognize Zhong Li Yao as their master, and not listen to anyone else.

With Ning Chao's words here, the Zhong family would not dare to treat Zhong Li Yao badly. Who knows, Zhong Li Yao might rise again someday.

So the Zhong family could only swallow their anger and feel aggrieved.

But the Zhong family doesn't want to rely on their daughter to curry favor with the powerful and wealthy. They are obviously a family of scholars!

Zhong Li Yao, however, had no sympathy for their feelings and was completely immersed in her own melancholy.

This feudal emperor was so cruel that he would often separate a couple of lovers without considering their lifelong happiness at all.

Moreover, she had another thing on her mind, which was what happened to that collection of poems.

So, she blocked him on the way to Ning Ning's office and wanted to talk to him alone when they met. "No, we must discuss this in private, otherwise I'm afraid you will regret it."

After dismissing the people around her, she stared at Ning Ning with her eyes, "Odd things change, but even things don't!"

She waited for Ning Ning to respond, but Ning Ning just frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"

"That's not right. Are you bad at math? But even if you are not good at math, you should have heard this sentence before."

Zhong Liyao was puzzled, "Oh, never mind, you must have heard this before. I won't accept any gifts during the festival this year~~, I will only accept~~"

Later on, she even started singing.

Then, she stared at Ning Ning with her big watery eyes, full of hope, waiting for Ning Ning to take over.

But Ning Ning just looked at her as if she was an idiot. "If you are okay, I will leave. I still have official business to attend to. I don't have time to listen to your crazy talk."

"You can't leave! You obviously came from the same place as me, otherwise where did you get that collection of poems? I had someone check it out, and that collection of poems is very inconspicuous, it only appeared recently, and there are only a few copies on the market. How could it be discovered by you by such a coincidence, and even sent it to the emperor! Do you dare to say that you didn't use any tricks?"

"You are the one who is really doing the trick, aren't you the one who copied the poems? No matter when the poetry collection appeared, it is always right for you to copy the poems in it. Are you going to blame others for not having a good collection of poems after you copied the poems?"

Zhong Liyao still hasn't figured it out yet. What she can find out, Ning Meng can't find out.

For Ning Meng, the origin of the poetry collection is not important, but the character of the future Crown Princess is very important!

"you you!"

Zhong Liyao was so angry that she was speechless. She finally caught her breath and said, "I just want to advise you. If you are from that place, don't be so sneaky. Why not speak out openly? Let's talk openly and honestly. We will definitely be able to cooperate well. In the future, when I marry my brother the crown prince, you will be my subject. With my protection, you will be a wise king for life!"

"Miss Zhong, you are so arrogant! You have even lost your position as the future Crown Princess, and yet you still dare to say that you will protect my title. How shameless! Where did you get your other words from? I don't understand you at all. You are really talking nonsense!"

"You! Fine, just pretend. There will be a day in the future when you will beg me for help!"

Zhong Liyao's face flushed red. At this moment, a figure ran over in a hurry and protected her. "Yao'er, how are you? Ning Ning, your engagement with Yao'er has been cancelled. Don't bother her anymore!"

The person who came was Ning Chao. He protected Zhong Li Yao as if she were some priceless treasure.

The blush on Zhongli Yao's face faded, and she looked shy, "Brother Crown Prince, don't worry, I'm fine."

Ning Ning was speechless. "Prince, please find out clearly before you speak. She had something to say to me and insisted that I come here. I have to go to the Ministry of Works to discuss matters. How can I have time to care about her? Also, if I remember correctly, your engagement has been cancelled. On what grounds are you protecting her?"

"Yao'er, is what he said true?"

When Ning Chao heard Ning Ning say that Zhong Li Yao was the one who took the initiative to find him, he suddenly looked hurt. He stared at Zhong Li Yao and asked, with an expression that said, "I don't trust anyone but you."

Zhong Liyao nodded. "It's true that I took the initiative to find him, but I was asking about the poetry collection, and it had nothing to do with anything else. Brother Crown Prince, I'm sorry for causing you trouble because of the poetry collection."

"Silly Yao'er, how could I blame you? I like you as a person, not a few poems. Besides, the matter of the poetry collection is very strange, maybe someone is interfering. The more so, the more I have to protect you, so don't run around anymore."

"Brother Crown Prince, I have the secret guards you gave me, nothing will happen. Look at you, you came here in a hurry, sweating profusely."

"I care too much about you. You don't know, when I heard that you were alone with him, I was so scared that I rushed here from the cabinet!"

"Brother Prince!"

"Yao'er!"

The two looked at each other lovingly, and Ning Ning got goose bumps all over her body.

Ning Chao abandoned the important officials in the cabinet and rushed over here? !

This is too ridiculous!

Sure enough, Ning Meng was angry about this matter and reprimanded him in public, but he didn't take it seriously and thought Ning Meng was making a fuss out of nothing.

What important ministers? They are just ministers. Not to mention abandoning them, even if you punish them by making them kneel or beat them with a stick, what can they do?

Ning Meng was almost so angry that he fell backwards. He was very courteous to these important ministers, but Ning Chao didn't care at all.

In his eyes, there was only Zhong Li Yao. In order to see her, he would put aside the important affairs of the court.

He was so angry that he put Ning Chao under house arrest, and voices of disappointment with Ning Chao also emerged among the court officials.

Unexpectedly, when Ning Chao was under house arrest, Zhongli Yao was still able to act like a demon.

She used to be highly sought after in the capital, but now, although the prince is still infatuated with her, the engagement is canceled after all. News also spread in the palace that her poems were fake, so everyone avoided her.

But the more this happened, the more she wanted to attend past occasions, such as flower-viewing banquets and tea-tasting parties. She attended every one of them, trying desperately to prove that she was still in good shape.

For the sake of the prince, they couldn't kick her out and had to receive her.