Chapter 34 Who Should I Beat?

Whether it was Feng or Shen Ruoying, there was a flash of panic in their eyes.

Feng laughed dryly, "What about dreams or not? This is all nonsense. If Jing Yu really wants to dream, he should dream about our family, right?"

Gu Qingning: "That being said, Princess Jiamin was very confident when she said that the young master had told her in a dream to take good care of me. No matter what, she meant well, so I couldn't refuse."

Feng didn't want to continue talking about this topic.

She said calmly, "The clinic is yours anyway, so you better take care of yourself. By the way, you have to hurry up with the winter clothes. It seems to be getting cold earlier than usual this year."

Gu Qingning: "I have asked someone to measure the dimensions of each courtyard in the past two days."

Feng: "How much money was spent last year? This year it's the same. The accounts are all there. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me."

A dark color flashed in Gu Qingning's eyes, "Mother, the cotton fields in the southwest have encountered insect pests this year, and the cotton production has decreased. I'm afraid the price of this cloth and cotton will be higher."

Feng: "How high can that be? Qing Ning, I asked you to do this because I trust you, please don't let me down."

Gu Qingning found out that although Feng seemed to be giving her some power, she was actually setting a trap for herself.

If she didn't do well, Feng would have something to say to the Duke.

As for whether the cotton was infested by insects, the Duke didn't care.

Either you just give up and do nothing, or you swallow the loss and use your own money to make up for it?

No matter which choice Gu Qingning makes, Feng will be happy to see it happen.

Gu Qingning: "Okay, mother, I will do this well."

Feng was satisfied. She waved her hand and said, "You have a lot of things to do, so go and do them first. Ruoying, stay and talk with me."

Gu Qingning bowed and left.

As soon as she left the house, she heard the conversation between Feng and Shen Ruoying behind her.

"Ruoying, do you really believe that Jingyu would send a message to Princess Jiamin in her dream?"

"My daughter-in-law doesn't know either."

"Why don't we ask someone to go to Kaifu Temple and invite a master to come over to perform a ritual? How can Jing Yu send a dream to an outsider if he has something wrong?"

“…”

Gu Qingning walked away with a sneer on her lips.

One of them coveted the young master's title, and the other couldn't wait to seduce his younger brother not long after hearing the news of the young master's death. These two people are worried that the young master's ghost will really come back, so they feel guilty, right?

So asking the master from Kaifu Temple to come and perform rituals is to exorcise ghosts?

Gu Qingning returned to Songtao Pavilion and told Chen Fenfang about this.

Chen Fenfang's expression was hard to describe. "As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. How guilty must they be?"

Gu Qingning: "I'm worried that they will use the ritual to do something else. Tell the young master about this."

"yes."

Gu Qingning called Banxia over again, "Go to the clinic and ask Sister Wang if she knows which shop sells the cheapest cloth."

If she remembered correctly, the woman Wang Tianmei who was saved by the clinic came from a business family and had many connections in the capital.

Finally, Gu Qingning called Grandma Liao again and asked her to go to the fundraising office set up by the imperial court in the west of the city to help the southwestern cotton farmers and donate two hundred taels of silver in her own name.

After receiving the order, several people immediately went to work.

Gu Qingning was standing under the porch. She looked up and saw Mo Yu sleeping on a tree branch. She couldn't help but smile.

"Mo Yu, come down and help me do something."

Mo Yu suddenly jumped down from the tree, trotted over to Gu Qingning, and asked eagerly, "Who do you want me to beat up?"

Gu Qingning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'm not going to beat anyone up. I suddenly want to eat roasted sweet potatoes. Can Mo Yu roast them?"

Mo Yu was stunned. He didn't expect his wife to ask for this. But he nodded, "I can bake it!"

It really got cold early this year. It wasn’t long after the Mid-Autumn Festival and I couldn’t even wear two layers of clothes.

Gu Qingning asked the servants to prepare a brazier, and found four or five sweet potatoes of average size, as well as some oranges and peanuts, and roasted them together.

There is also a small kettle next to it. When the water boils, fruit tea is brewed, and the house is filled with a sweet aroma.

Mo Yu baked the food very carefully and was careful to turn it over to make sure nothing got burnt.

Gu Qingning was wearing a cloak and holding a travel book, sitting nearby and reading.

Speaking of travel notes, Gu Qingning remembered the files that disappeared from the study.

Who took the file?

**

In the secret room of the teahouse, Lu Jingyu leaned back in the armchair, flipping through three handwritten files in front of him.

All three events occurred in the same year.

One was the imperial examination cheating case, one was the Jiangnan tax embezzlement case, and the other was the case in which the entire family of Doctor Lin was massacred by robbers.

From what incident did Wei Kang benefit?

Su Ziyuan: "Master, this case happened more than ten years ago. If you want to find out the truth, you have to find the people involved back then and see which incident is related to Wei Kang."

Lu Jingyu: "Well, go check it out. Remember not to alert the enemy. Eliminate them one by one."

Su Ziyuan: "Yes."

Su Ziyuan just went out and came back after a while, followed by Chen Fenfang.

Chen Fenfang immediately told Feng that she wanted to find a master from Kaifu Temple to perform a ritual to perform a ritual to help Feng’s soul to be reborn.

The corners of Lu Jingyu's mouth twitched, "As a stepmother, I'm really worried that I'll come back in my dreams."

Chen Fenfang: "Master, what are you going to do? Madam said that she will fully cooperate with your plan."

Lu Jingyu thought of Gu Qingning's beautiful face, and pursed his lips slightly, "Then I will show them through my dream. You tell Madam in advance so that she won't be afraid."

Chen Fenfang: “Oh, yes!”

After Lu Jingyu explained all this, he suddenly remembered another thing.

"Has the flight stopped in the past few days?"

Chen Fenfang: "The Second Young Master had a quarrel with his wife. The Second Young Master went out during the day and went back to the front yard to rest at night. The Duke's wife also warned him not to go to Songtao Pavilion."

Lu Jingyu hummed.

After finishing the work, Chen Fenfang went back.

When she returned to Songtao Pavilion, Banxia had just returned from doing some business.

Banxia said happily: "Master, Sister Wang said that her uncle's family happens to be in the cloth and cotton business, and she said that she will give you the lowest price directly when the time comes!"

Gu Qingning smiled and said, "But we can't let them suffer too much. Since this matter can be discussed, I will go to their house in person to discuss it."

She turned her head to look at Chen Fenfang and was about to speak when Mo Yu next to her suddenly handed her a baked sweet potato.

"Ripe, sweet!"

Gu Qingning took it and said, "You guys can eat the rest."

Banxia was very happy when she heard this, and immediately came over and spoke to Moyu carefully. Although Moyu still had a stern face, he picked up the biggest roasted sweet potato for Banxia.

Banxia was extremely happy.

Looking at them, Gu Qingning used a spoon to dig into the roasted sweet potato, took a small bite, and asked Chen Fenfang curiously, "What is the young master going to do?"

Chen Fenfang had a complicated expression. She leaned close to her ear and whispered two words.