My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 262 - 263: Exchange Back

Chapter 262: Chapter 263: Exchange Back

Dong Yue nodded, "Yes, Your Grace, she has already left."

It was only after Chu Nanli had completely moved out that Dong Yue informed Lin Fuying.

She knew that with Lin Fuying’s style, she would definitely want to go and ridicule her.

She didn’t want Chu Nanli to be disturbed while moving, as after all, Chu Nanli had shown her kindness.

"Hahaha!"

Lin Fuying laughed triumphantly, "Chu Nanli is really foolish! She is the mistress of the Prince Residence, how could she willingly move out?"

"A Princess Consort voluntarily leaving the residence and separating from the Prince will be a laughingstock once word gets out. Those who know will say she left on her own accord, while those who don’t will think she was despised and abandoned by the Prince!"

"And a woman living alone for a long time will inevitably be the subject of salacious rumors!"

"When she comes back next time with her reputation tarnished, does she think she can still sit in the Princess Consort’s position?"

Dong Yue kept her head lowered and didn’t respond, knowing full well that Chu Nanli didn’t care about the position of the Princess Consort and would rather be far away from the Prince Residence.

"Now that she’s gone, I will be in charge of the Prince Residence. It’s best if she never comes back!" Lin Fuying said viciously, twisting a handkerchief in her hands.

On Ye Yunting’s side.

After he had left the court session, he was called over by Concubine Yang Shu, who said she missed him.

He didn’t believe that Yang Shu had the time to miss him, but he went anyway.

When he arrived, he was informed that Yang Shu was feeling unwell and Qiu Bai was taking her pulse.

He hadn’t even seen Yang Shu’s face.

Indeed, he shouldn’t have had any high expectations for her, his mother, since she had hardly taken care of him since his childhood.

Ye Yunting’s face darkened, and he left directly.

For some reason, a sense of desolation rose inexplicably in his heart, and he just wanted to hurry back to the Prince Residence.

Upon his return to the Prince Residence, he headed straight to Chuxiang Garden, only to find it eerily empty.

His expression turned frightfully cold, and he clenched his fists tightly.

"Where is the Princess Consort?" he asked coldly, his voice icy and piercing, addressing the servant cleaning nearby.

The servant trembled violently in fear, stammering, "Your Highness, the Princess Consort... she moved out of the Prince Residence this morning."

"Smack—" The broom the servant was holding dropped to the ground.

Ye Yunting lifted the servant up.

"What did you say?"

The servant was nearly in tears.

"The Prince... Her Grace moved out this morning..."

The light in Ye Yunting’s eyes shattered bit by bit, and his grip loosened; the servant slid heavily to the ground and scrambled away.

Ye Yunting walked toward Chuxiang Garden with a stern face. He looked around and found that Chu Nanli had indeed cleared away all traces of her life there.

His fists were clenched tightly, his chest was stuffy, and it seemed difficult to breathe.

"Cough cough..." He suddenly began to cough violently, this time even coughing up blood, and weakly leaned against the table.

"Yunting brother, what’s wrong with you!" As soon as Lin Fuying entered, she saw Ye Yunting in a sorry state and quickly went over to help him catch his breath.

"Xiaoyun, go call over Brother Wuhen!" Lin Fuying instructed the maid, but Ye Yunting stopped her.

"No need, I am unharmed," Ye Yunting said with a terrifyingly cold voice.

It was clear to Lin Fuying that Ye Yunting was agitated because of Chu Nanli’s departure.

She tenderly poured a cup of water and handed it to Ye Yunting, speaking softly, "Brother, do not be sad. Yingying is still here for you."

Ye Yunting glanced at Lin Fuying; she held the cup with delicate hands, her eyes filled with tenderness.

He took the water, took a sip, and slowly suppressed the sweetness of blood in his mouth.

"Yunting brother, are you feeling better?" Lin Fuying asked softly.

"Yes, thank you Yingying. I have matters to attend to, I will take my leave now," Ye Yunting said in a deep voice.

That woman, Chu Nanli, dared to leave the Prince Residence without a word!

He would not let Chu Nanli off easily!

Upon leaving Chuxiang Garden, Ye Yunting called for Ye Yi.

"Go investigate, I need to know Chu Nanli’s whereabouts immediately!"

"Yes, Prince," Ye Yi replied succinctly.

Ye Yunting was his master, and he had no choice but to obey his commands.

But privately, he didn’t wish for Yanyan and the Princess Consort to come back and suffer humiliation.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Yi braced himself and asked, "Prince, if I find the Princess Consort’s location, what should we do next?"

Ye Yunting clenched his fist until it hurt, a trace of darkness flickered through his eyes, "Bring her back!"

Ye Yi inwardly took a sharp breath, but still accepted the order and left.

Outside the door, Lin Fuying was furiously twisting a handkerchief, almost tearing the cloth to shreds.

She had followed Ye Yunting here, wanting to see what he was going to do.

To her discovery, Ye Yunting still intended to bring Chu Nanli back!

So Chu Nanli’s moving out was just a tactical retreat!

"This wretched woman!"

Lin Fuying returned to her courtyard and in her anger, she smashed things around the house again.

"I knew this wretched woman wouldn’t exit the stage so easily, playing such a trick!"

Dong Yue quietly watched Lin Fuying’s fit of madness.

In her heart, she thought the woman had quite the penchant for drama.

The Princess Consort had no intention of using retreat as an advance; she simply didn’t want to engage with them anymore.

"Let’s go, let’s see what kind of a game Chu Nanli is playing!" Lin Fuying said, about to head out.

"Your Highness, let’s wait until our informant finds out where Chu Nanli is currently residing, then it won’t be too late to go," Dong Yue calmly advised.

She wanted Chu Nanli to have some peace, not to be troubled constantly just after moving.

"Fine, then. Go and find out as soon as possible!" Lin Fuying said irritably.

"Yes." Dong Yue slowly withdrew.

She didn’t want to stay with the crazy Lin Fuying for another second.

As she left, she ran into Xiaoyun face to face.

She had a decent relationship with Xiaoyun before, but Xiaoyun was jealous of her for being favored by Lin Fuying and always made sarcastic comments.

Eventually, their relationship waned.

Dong Yue had no intention of talking to Xiaoyun, but unexpectedly, Xiaoyun timidly grabbed Dong Yue’s hand and pulled her aside.

"Sister Dong Yue, has the Concubine always been this frantic?" Xiaoyun timidly asked, her voice very low, afraid that Lin Fuying would hear.

Dong Yue glanced at her, signaling her to let go of her hand.

Xiaoyun had no choice but to let go, and if one looked closely, they could see her hand trembling.

Dong Yue let out a cold laugh, "Didn’t you always want to become Her Highness’s personal maid? Now that you’ve got your wish, you must be happy, right?"

Xiaoyun wanted to say she wasn’t happy, but she didn’t dare.

Who would have known that in front of others Lin Fuying appeared gentle and kind, but was actually this vicious and insane.

She regretted it, wanting to swap back with Dong Yue...

But she didn’t dare to speak out, fearing that Lin Fuying would go into a frenzy again.

Chu Nanli brought along all the capable maids and guards from Chuxiang Garden.

With many hands making light work, the yard was quickly tidied, and the luggage was properly settled in.

Chu Nanli chose the most spacious room facing south for her boudoir; she allocated the room next door to Yanyan and reserved one for Xinlian.

She left the rest of the room allocation to Yanyan’s discretion.

Yanyan was maturing quickly and efficiently organized these matters.

Chu Yi was arranged to stay in the closest western chamber to facilitate protecting Chu Nanli.

The other servants would reside in the large shared room.

Once everything was in order, Chu Nanli said to Yanyan, "Go buy some groceries outside. I want to cook personally today and make something delicious to celebrate our relocation."