"Are you crazy?" Xue Qingshang was a little drunk, but after hearing her bold and rebellious words, she was sobered up. Seeing Liu Miwu's playful smile, Xue Qingshang said in a tone that you are simply looking for death, "Master Cheng, you dare to have such a dream? I think you are drunk. If Master Cheng hears this, you'd better be careful that the people from the East Factory will arrest you and send you to Zhaoyu."

Liu Miwu said in an inaudible voice, "I couldn't ask for more." She hadn't seen the Governor for a long time. Ever since the last time the Governor sent someone to scold her, he had ignored her and the East Depot didn't assign her any tasks anymore.

"What?" Xue Qingshang didn't hear clearly.

Liu Miwu smiled faintly, propping her chin with her elbow, and said uninterestedly, "Nothing, I might really be drunk and daydreaming."

The four words "seeking but not getting" can really make people feel heartbroken, tormented, anxious and self-torturing.

Liu Miwu raised her head and drank the rest of the wine in the jar, then laid on the table. In her drunken state, the scene of late spring that year emerged in her mind. It was drizzling, and she was fleeing naked in a narrow alley, with thugs from the brothel chasing her behind her. Occasionally, passers-by were unwilling to help her. Just when she was caught by the thugs and almost in despair, Cheng Ying, dressed in a scarlet robe, stopped in front of her.

The man held an umbrella and looked at her with his head slightly lowered. In the dim light of the late spring rain, his handsome profile looked as sharp as a gem, like a god.

To this day, Liu Miwu still remembers clearly that his knuckles holding the umbrella ribs were as white as jade and looked very beautiful.

The gods only listen to the prayers of all living beings, they will not save the world, but Cheng Ying saved her.

She could never understand why a stupid and ignorant woman like Liang Wushuang could win Cheng Ying's favor and always be by his side? And why did she wait for him for several years but couldn't even get a glance from him?

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In Cheng Ying's private residence beside Chiyuan Lake, the servants were packing up. Although they were busy, their movements were quiet and orderly.

Xia Ning came in from outside the mansion holding a box in his arms. The steward hurriedly bowed and said, "The governor is in the study."

Xia Ning nodded slightly, carrying the box to the study.

"Superintendent, the things have been brought in, and the people have been picked up as well. They are on the carriage." Xia Ning placed the boxes on the table and bowed. "Not long after Concubine Xue's personal maid left the palace and returned to the Jingyuan Marquis's residence, the Jingyuan Marquis sent a team of people out of the city. The foreign servants reported that the people from the Jingyuan Marquis's residence were chasing in the direction where Miss Yuning went. Should we stop them?"

Cheng Ying fiddled with the exquisite lock, took out the key and opened the box. Inside was a stack of old and somewhat yellowed calligraphy and paintings. He did not reach out to touch them, but closed the box again and said nonchalantly, "No need." The little girl left without saying goodbye, and she deserved to encounter some trouble on the road. Gu Yun was not going to go with her for show, so nothing serious would happen anyway.

Xia Ning took a look at the box. He had taken the box from the house in Yudai Hutong. Over the years, whenever the Governor went on a long journey, he would always bring the box with him. It was rumored that the box contained evidence of the civil and military officials in the court, but everyone in the East Factory knew that this was nonsense. The evidence of the civil and military officials' crimes were all thrown in the attic of the East Factory. There was no point in the Governor carrying the box with him.

Xia Ning knew that what was contained inside were actually just calligraphy and paintings written by the governor himself, but these calligraphy and paintings were from many years ago.

He added, "I have already sent the things to Yu Qizhe. If the Crown Prince makes any move, will our East Factory lend a helping hand to Yu Qizhe? Please make an announcement."

Cheng Ying sneered, "He said he would show me a good show, I want to see what he can do! After all, he was taught by me, I want to see how much he has learned. Don't you think highly of Yu Qizhe?"