Chapter 245 He's just overthinking it.

Although she wasn't in the capital at this time in her previous life, she knew that Du Ziheng and Yu Jiaojiao's relationship wasn't good.

By then, You Bingyue had already entered the inner circle of the family, and the Du family was almost constantly in turmoil. Du Ziheng also failed to pass the imperial examination that year.

Even the third-place finisher didn't win.

He only achieved the highest rank in the imperial examination in a later year. After passing the exam, he used this as a source of confidence to ask Prime Minister Du for a mansion, and brought You Bingyue there to live his own life.

Yu Jiaojiao naturally couldn't agree, so she followed along.

In any case, Du Ziheng's previous life was quite eventful, and the phrase "chaotic and chaotic" would be a very apt description.

Therefore, everything in his dream had nothing to do with his past life.

That leaves only two explanations.

Or perhaps the dream simply reflected what he most desires in his heart right now.

He longed for a smooth marriage and a successful career.

Or perhaps some kind of spirit or monster has done something wrong.

Although she didn't detect any yin energy or signs of contact with spirits on him yesterday, that doesn't mean she didn't encounter anything after she left.

After thinking for a moment, she said to Li Rou, "You and Zhang Xiang pack your things. I'm going out for a bit and will be right back."

Li Rou responded.

Du Mansion.

Du Ziheng hasn't left the house since he came back.

What if she comes looking for me?

Even if Yu Zhiyi didn't come, he didn't want to go out.

In particular, he didn't want to face You Bingyue.

Ever since that dream, he felt very awkward and didn't want to face You Bingyue.

Upon hearing that Yu Zhiyi was coming to visit, his eyes lit up, and he personally went out to greet her.

The butler remained as respectful as ever, and did not treat Yu Zhiyi as an enemy just because of the divorce.

Along the way, Yu Zhiyi kept looking at the Du residence, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't see any trace of yin energy or ghosts.

On the contrary, the feng shui of the Du family mansion is excellent.

After all, she had lived here for a period of time, so she naturally wouldn't be careless about her place of residence.

In addition to the defensive talismans she had previously buried, she also set up a small feng shui array based on the terrain of the Du residence. The people living here would not necessarily have great fortune, but at least ordinary evil spirits and monsters would not be able to get in.

Especially the Linfeng Pavilion where she used to live, which has exceptionally good feng shui.

After she left, she put away the defensive talisman, but did not change the feng shui.

Looking at it now, everything remains exactly as it was when she left.

Before they even arrived at Mingxi Garden, Du Ziheng came out to greet them.

"You've arrived." Du Ziheng greeted him with a smile, his eyes sparkling, and his expression showing a hint of anticipation.

Yu Zhiyi didn't express any opinion, but the butler sighed inwardly.

Ever since the young mistress left, the young master has been in a bad mood.

He had secretly despised it before, but if he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?

Although he despised the young master for not knowing how to appreciate rare things, seeing the young master happy now gave him a sense of comfort.

Yu Zhiyi's gaze swept across Du Ziheng's face for a moment, but she didn't find anything unusual. She said, "Let's go and take a look at Mingxi Garden."

The butler withdrew.

The servants in Mingxi Garden were also to leave.

Yu Zhiyi's eyelids twitched, and she said calmly, "They don't need to leave."

If a man and a woman were alone in a room together and You Bingyue overheard them, things would get complicated.

Du Ziheng pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "You can stay here."

Seeing that the servants had stayed behind and gone to do their own things, Yu Zhiyi began to examine the items carefully.

Seeing that she was just looking around without saying anything, Du Ziheng asked nervously, "Have you noticed anything wrong?"

Yu Zhiyi remained silent.

After walking around the entire area, she said, "I've finished looking at it, and there are no problems."

Du Ziheng was taken aback: "No problem? Did I just have a dream?"

Yu Zhiyi nodded.

Although this answer is a bit unconventional, it is the closest to the truth right now: "It's probably because you've been thinking about it during the day and dreaming about it at night."

She was too lazy to say more.

Du Ziheng seemed to be deep in thought.

But then a hand was stretched out in front of him: "Cheng Hui, ten taels of silver."

Du Ziheng was taken aback: "So cheap?"

Yu Zhiyi: "...If it's just a casual look, it's naturally cheaper."

This was the first time she had ever seen someone so eager to be ripped off.

Du Ziheng touched his nose.

It's no wonder he reacted that way, since every time he bought something from Yu Zhiyi, the cheapest unit was always a hundred taels of silver.

He was a little unaccustomed to meeting Shi Liang for the first time.

Or perhaps she had a change of heart and didn't want to cheat him out of his money, so she accepted less?

Yu Zhiyi took the money and left, not caring what he was thinking.

Back at the manor, Li Rou and the other woman had almost finished tidying up.

Yu Zhiyi checked and filled in the missing items again, took out a few unnecessary items, threw in a few potentially useful items, and then put the package aside.

On the second-to-last day of her holiday, she planned to buy a horse.

After all these years, she still doesn't have a car of her own.

She had neither a carriage nor a horse.

The horses I rode when I went to Caonan Village before were borrowed from the Ministry of Justice.

Originally, if she had traveled light, she wouldn't have needed to buy a carriage, but the emperor insisted on assigning her twenty guards just in case.

That's right, all the originally planned constables have been replaced by guards.

One of them was a guard or the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard.

Coincidentally, this deputy commander was the heir apparent of the Marquis of Wu'an's household.

When Yu Zhiyi was reborn, the young master of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion was almost beaten to death by You Bingyue. The entire Marquis of Wu'an wanted to fight You Bingyue to the death, but Yu Zhiyi saw that the young master would fall in love with You Bingyue and would even cause his family to be destroyed because of her.

Lady Wu'an was wise enough to listen to advice and did not pursue the matter further. Instead, she used the incident to pave a smooth road for the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an.

Now, this heir of the Marquis of Wu'an, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, has become her temporary subordinate.

For the rest of the journey, she would be traveling with twenty men. She herself didn't care about the strict separation between men and women, but she couldn't help but consider Li Rou.

Therefore, it's better to buy a horse-drawn carriage.

She was no stranger to the horse market; she had once gone out with Yu Mengqin to broaden her horizons when she was at the Yu residence.

Upon arriving at the horse market, Yu Zhiyi's gaze swept over the tall, sturdy horses, and she quickly took a liking to one.

Just as I was about to walk over, I heard a surprised voice behind me: "Sister!"

Yu Zhiyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jiang Liuyun staring at her with his two bright black eyes, his eyes full of joy: "Are you here to buy horses?"

Yu Zhiyi nodded: "Yes, and also provide a carriage."

Jiang Liuyun smiled and said, "Father is right. I did indeed run into my sister today in the horse market."

Since Yu Zhiyi's true identity was revealed, she has only nominally gained a father and brother; her relationship with them is not particularly close.

They haven't even seen each other once in the past few days.

She was consciously avoiding them.

She just didn't expect that Jiang's father would be able to guess her whereabouts and even send Jiang Liuyun to wait for her here.