MTL - The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister-Chapter 39

  Chapter 39

  At the beginning of May, the capital has already begun to feel hot. Linglan almost forgot that Wen Ning used to be the lady who cared the most about boudoir training and obeyed the rules.

   These days, as she promised before, she has not done anything outrageous. The time for the stay-at-home order has passed, and she still doesn't go out much.

  But Wen Ning stopped torturing, and she felt a little...uncomfortable?

  He Mansion is just such a young lady, I only hope that she can live freely and comfortably.

  Wen Ning is sitting at the stone table in the yard at this moment, just like in her previous life, listening to Chun Xing tell her about the fire in the Wang residence. But she almost dropped the tea cup in her hand after listening to it at the beginning.

   "The Wangs have passed away?" Didn't Mr. Yichun save them?

   "Yes." Chun Xing pressed Wen Ning's shoulders behind her, "It's a pity, they raised the eldest son, and they were a great kindness to the Duke's Mansion. Seeing that better days are coming, they lost their lives like this."

  Wen Ning was a little confused, Mr. Yichun should not have taken the money to do nothing, but instead lied to her, what happened to the corpse of the Wangzhai? Could it be that they saved someone and found two corpses to replace the original owner?

  But why do such a thankless thing?

   No wonder I called her over last time, wanting to blackmail her again. Could it be this thing? Is this worth five thousand taels? What a profiteer!

"It's better to be the entourage who followed the son. He was in the Duke's mansion that night and escaped the disaster." Chun Xing continued, "Otherwise, with the fire that night, I heard that the whole house, even the trees in the house, would be destroyed." If it burns out, he will definitely not be able to escape!"

   "Aren't the attendants inside?" Wen Ning was even more surprised.

   It turned out to be different from the previous life. There were three people in her previous life, and she remembered it clearly.

   "Yes, the entourage said that the prince stayed with him, and it will be different in the future." The eldest girl of the family has more status than the young lady of the ordinary family, not to mention the personal entourage next to the prince of the family.

  Wen Ning casually put the pastry in her mouth.

   In her previous life, the closest person to Pei You was a guard named Tu Bai, who had never seen Wang Qinsheng before. In this life, it is completely different. I don't know what happened before to cause this change.

   "How did the fire start, did you find out?" Wen Ning asked.

  In the previous life, the candlestick in Wang Qinsheng’s room fell down and caused a big fire. In this life, Wang Qinsheng is not around, so why did it still catch fire?

   "It is said that the candlestick in the Wang and his wife's room fell down, probably because the couple were asleep and failed to notice it in time."

   Is the candlestick down again?

  Wen Ning twisted the pastry in her hand, feeling a little weird.

   "Jingzhao Mansion handled it?" Wen Ning asked.

"That's right, the Governor of Jingzhao personally checked it." Chun Xing saw that she had eaten several pieces of cakes, and poured her a cup of tea, "I heard that she was very cautious, and originally wanted to do an autopsy, but the prince brought the body with him that day. Just go to bury, and don't want to open the coffin again, that's all."

  So perfunctory about the death of adoptive parents?

Ah.

   Sure enough, he was cold-hearted.

   No, it's just that I don't care at all.

   "Second brother came home today?" Wen Ning didn't want to eat any pastries, nor did she want to drink tea. She wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and stood up gracefully, "Let's go find second brother."

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  The Duke’s Mansion in May finally no longer has a lot of guests.

  The eldest son was found after being missing for 19 years, and Jiahe personally granted the seal. At the end of April and the beginning of May, people came to congratulate him almost every day.

  Wang Qinsheng saw his son go from the Wang residence to the Duke's mansion, from Wang You to Pei You, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all, as if he had never left these years, so he should be the noble son of this mansion.

  He himself didn't dare to be negligent. After handling the funeral of Wang and his wife, he found Nanny Cui and Gu Fei to learn the rules.

  After more than half a month, the demeanor described is quite different from before.

  At this moment, he was guarding by a lotus pond outside Qinghui Hall, and Pei You didn't need to say much to know that he was going to show off to his young master.

  Pei You was in the pavilion by the lotus pond, seemingly imitating the lotus scene in early Xia, but there was actually someone beside him who was talking to him.

  Wang Qinsheng was curious, when did the son of his family know the person who met him frequently recently, but just for a moment, he understands now, and he doesn't ask about some things if the son doesn't say it.

  The person next to Pei You in the pavilion who was bowing to report was Tu Bai.

What is different from what I imagined in the night in the past is that this time he is dressed in white, and his facial features are even more sharp. His voice is neither high nor low, just enough to make Pei You hear clearly: "The matter has been done according to the young master's instructions. It may take some time until they become popular."

  Pei You was tracing the edge of the lotus leaf, and nodded slowly after hearing the words: "No hurry, I can trust your ability."

  Tu Bai presented a token made of black iron, and said: "From now on, they will only listen to the order of the master. If they see the order, they will see the master. Please look over it."

  Pei You raised his eyes and glanced: "You put it away first."

  Tu Bai froze for a moment, but did not take back the hand holding the token.

   "Since I have asked you to do so, I am trustworthy." Pei You stopped writing, straightened up, looked at the green lotus pond, and sneered very lowly, "You know that there are not many people I can trust."

  Tu Bai's eyebrows and eyes darkened slightly: "Tu Bai will definitely live up to your entrustment."

  Then lowered his voice, and said, "Young Master, the Wangs have arrived in the south of the Yangtze River."

  Pei You was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Jiangnan?"

"Yes." It took them a lot of effort to find the person. They found that the two were being taken care of on the surface, and they were accompanied by someone secretly. They did not startle the snake according to Pei You's instructions. Settling down, "They seem to have started it temporarily, as if because Mrs. Wang likes it there."

  Hearing the words "Mrs. Wang", Pei You's face softened a little, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Mother has always wanted to go to Jiangnan to see, and my father must not be able to persuade him."

   "The pedestrian doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions, but he still doesn't know where he is. In order to avoid being discovered, it is inconvenient to go forward and inquire." Tu Bai continued.

"No need, let them withdraw." Pei You looked away, "If they want to hurt people, they won't save them. If their plans are in the future, then... let parents live in peace and smoothness these days anyway. .”

  Tu Bai understood Pei You's concerns, so he just said: "Young Master, too..."

Pei You laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "I don't know who exactly wanted to put them to death, nor who knew their danger, rescued them from the fire, and sent them out of the capital. Tubai, after all, it's the other party who is too much Strong, or am I too weak?"

   "My lord, all forces in the capital are intertwined. You have just returned to the Duke's mansion, so it's not surprising that you can't figure it out. Tu Bai will do his best to assist you and give you a helping hand!" Tu Bai bowed and said.

   "Thank you." Pei You raised his arm.

  Tu Bai lowered his body even lower.

   Today is different from the past, since he came to the Duke's Mansion from his husband, Pei You is his master, there is a difference between master and servant, so we can no longer get along like before.

  After Tu Bai left, Pei You stayed alone in the gazebo for two hours until the painting of the lotus pond was completed.

  He is not impatient in the first place, and in the current situation, he needs more patience.

  The Wangs have only been in Beijing for six years, and they have not made any enemies here. It cannot be malicious revenge from the enemies. The timing happened to be the night when he returned to the Duke's mansion, and it was obviously aimed at him.

   It's just that he can't figure out how the forces in Ren Jingzhong are intertwined, and what can that couple do to them? Or, in the eyes of that group of people, what would the passing of that couple do to him?

He really couldn't figure it out, although they hadn't made any enemies during these years in Beijing, they hadn't made any friends, especially the dignitaries. He and Wang Fu were unwilling to make friends. Who would it be that foresaw this situation? A fire broke out and rescued them.

  Why save?

   Since you have no clue, wait.

   Whether it is an enemy or a benefactor, the truth will come to light one day.

  Actually, this matter seemed to Wen Ning to be extremely simple. It was just an accidental drowning. She didn't want people to die, so she spent money to save people. But she was worried that Pei You would find out what she was doing behind her back, and she would simply send her out of Beijing. She didn't expect that Pei You would be able to find the traces of the Wangs when they were fledgling. When Pei You reunited, it would be impossible to find out about her anymore.

  It was beyond her expectation that Mr. Yichun would arrange for two corpses to pretend to be Wang and his wife.

   On the second day, Wen Ning avoided Linglan and went to Yichun Garden again. After seeing the tokens with the Wangs and his wife, she was sure that they were sent away, so she was completely relieved.

  As for whether Pei You was happy or sad when she saw the two corpses, what did it have to do with her?

   After all, there will be no relationship between the two of them.

  Wen Ning expected well, Pei You, who returned to the Duke's Mansion, and Wen Ning, who stayed at the Wen Mansion, almost no longer had any intersections. Only when people would talk about April grass growing and Yingfei flying after tea and dinner, Miss A Ning of the Wen family was so keen-eyed that she almost snatched back the eldest son who had not been recognized by the Duke's mansion and became her husband.

  Summer passes and autumn solstice, autumn passes and winter comes, half a year flies by, and the end of the year arrives in a blink of an eye. For the New Year's Eve banquet in the 15th year of Jiahe, not only the ministers of the DPRK and China attended, but the Empress also invited unmarried men and women from various families into the palace to celebrate the New Year together.

  (end of this chapter)