Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Ning Xiuyuan was accompanied back to Ningguo Duke's mansion by the emperor himself.

At that time, it was time for dinner, and the old lady stood at the door and looked around anxiously, obviously she heard the news that her son had returned to the palace from some talkative servant, and she was waiting at the door.Unexpectedly, the emperor would follow him, saluted in a hurry, and looked at Ning Xiuyuan in a hurry, seeing that although he looked insecure, he was in good spirits, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he bother to ask the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you want to stay for dinner?"

At this time, it was time for meal, if he stayed, he would have to bother the dining room to cook a few dishes.

The emperor shook his head, and only said that he felt that he owed Ningguo's government, a good little son, who was sent out by me, and came back in such a state... It was uncomfortable for him to see.

After another polite exchange of greetings, the emperor bid farewell and left. Mrs. Ning commanded her servants to carry Ning Xiuyuan into his own courtyard.

After dismissing the servants and closing the door, Ning Xiuyuan, who was still looking tired just now, sat up directly and tore off layers of bandages on his head, got up and walked outside.

The old lady hurriedly called out, "Hey! Where are you going?! Have you had dinner yet?"

"Go to Ji's house to eat." After speaking, he waved his hand, and the man stepped out of the yard in one step.

Mrs. Ning is not worried at all about this kid pretending to be injured and being discovered. If he can still be found in her own mansion, it is really worrying that the Ningguo Mansion will be handed over to him.

It's just that this kid "finally" came back, so why don't you stay longer?Running over in a hurry?It's really a big man who doesn't want to stay...

……

In fact, this was a misunderstanding of the old lady. She thought that her son would not be seen for a day, but in fact Ning Xiuyuan just went to Ji's house to inform Guo Wen'an of the progress of the case.

Guo Wen'an, who was terrified by the "decapitation meal treatment", became weak as soon as he got off the prison car, and was dragged all the way into the imperial study room. Under the orders of his immediate superior, Bai Shangshu, he confiscated several 10 taels of snowflake silver.

He knelt on the cold white marble bricks in the Imperial Study Room, prostrated himself on the ground, weeping uncontrollably, "Your Majesty! I can't do anything about it, Your Majesty! If I don't obey Master Bai's orders, he said that I will kill my whole family!" !"

After the words fell, the eunuch came over and passed on the message, saying that Master Bai was asking to see him.

Father Bai didn't say anything, but silently handed over a few booklets, saying that His Majesty would know the whole story after reading it.

There is a thick stack of account books, which clearly records the unknown whereabouts of those silver taels over the years. A small part is used for management, but it is as much as 5 taels, most of which have gone. In the East Palace, very few went to Zuo Xiang's mansion, which shows that Zuo Xiang, a mentor, does not hold much weight in Guo Wen'an's heart.

Most of the rest have bought fields and houses, and several concubines have been raised in those houses, and have even given birth outside.

Really chic.

Ji Wuyan listened, frowning more and more tightly, and suddenly asked, "Do you believe this kind of rhetoric?"

I saw him in the teahouse in the morning, amidst the vegetables and eggs flying, Guo Wenan's greasy and fat body huddled in the corner of the prison car, like a frightened fat rabbit.

Ji Wuyan stated the rumors he heard, "I heard that Guo Wen'an's wife is a famous tigress, and Guo Wen'an's few concubines were arranged by his wife, almost all of them are relatives of her natal family. Therefore, Mrs. Guo is becoming more and more domineering in the Guo family."

"On weekdays, Mrs. Guo's money is also tightly controlled. Even if Guo Wen'an goes out to drink tea with his colleagues, he has to report to his wife to get the money... I heard that this matter is well known in the court, so everyone Gradually, I stopped looking for him for dinner and tea. Does Mr. Ning know about this matter?"

She called him Master Ning, and looked sideways at him with a slight look in her eyes.

Ning Xiuyuan felt a little guilty for no reason, touched his nose, "I heard it a little bit."

"Since that's the case, how did Master Ning believe this set of rhetoric so easily?" She looked sideways at him, her posture was laziness, but her eyes were serious, "If the number of house, field, and concubine Ji is one or two, I believe it. But no one noticed that it cost as much as 30 yuan to buy it? There are so many concubines out there, and it would take a lot of time to spend a day every day as companions, Madam Guo didn't suspect it?"

"Ning Xiuyuan, this set of arguments is obviously full of loopholes, why didn't you point them out?"

Ning Xiuyuan picked up the teacup, but didn't drink it, and said seemingly unintentionally, "The ending is good, that's fine... Zuo Xiang was fined for three years, and Li Yuqi was banned from the East Palace. The position of the crown prince will be added to the flames in the future." As for Guo Wen'an, the death penalty is inevitable... The ending is good, so that's fine."

He repeated the phrase "the ending is good", stroked the teacup and put it down again.

Ji Wuyan laughed angrily.

She didn't understand what was going on with Ning Xiuyuan today. She watched him shake his head again and again, as if he suddenly didn't know him, and asked him in a raised voice, "You call this a happy ending? The East Palace is just grounded, what do you want?" Where is the added fire now? And where is the left-handed minister? If the accounts in the account books are true, don’t tell me that you don’t know that those houses, fields, and concubines belong to the left-handed minister!”

Ji Wuyan was somewhat unbelievable, what exactly did Ning Xiuyuan want to do?He didn't hesitate to fall into the water and pretend to be dead in exchange for the opportunity, just to kill Guo Wen'an with a big fight?Obviously this is the best time to deal with Prime Minister Zuo!

She suddenly realized that something was wrong. Logically speaking, if Bai Shangshu really had such an account book, there was no need to wait until this moment to take it out...

"Ning Xiuyuan, for a while, you left early and returned late every day. I didn't ask at that time...Now, can you tell me where you went? Who did you meet?"

At that time, Ning Xiuyuan was still a missing person. Before that, he stayed in the house all day long, but for a while, he went out every day... At that time, he thought nothing would happen to him, so he didn't bother.She looked at Ning Xiuyuan, endured the dull pain in her chest, and asked him, "Did you... have you gone to see Bai Shangshu?"

Ning Xiuyuan was slightly taken aback, then looked up.

This is the first time he has met Ji Wuyan's gaze directly tonight.The two sides looked at each other, and he quickly averted his gaze.

The wind blows into the house, and the candles flicker in the house.The man sitting opposite was silent and strange, he seemed to be hiding many secrets, there was a place in his heart that had never been opened to Ji Wuyan.And this point, Ji Wuyan didn't realize it vaguely until this moment.

She opened her mouth, and her voice sounded a little weird, as if it was stuck in her throat, "Third Lord, what do you... want to do?"