Chapter 99 Chapter 99 My wife is amazing

The official pretended to ask people to chase the assassin. Sima Xun turned his eyes and saw Li Zhan who was in a dishevel.

"Your Majesty, the relief grain and supplies that were escorted this morning have arrived at the government office. The escort officer said that you would personally inspect the disaster situation in Shu and would arrive later. I wonder what you are doing?" He pointed at the shackles on Li Zhan's wrists and ankles, a puzzled look on his face.

Without waiting for Li Zhan's reaction, he dropped his smile and hurried to pay his respects to the pale Nan Xu beside him. "But Your Highness? I've received a secret order stating that Your Highness has accompanied the Prince Consort into Sichuan to provide disaster relief. It must be this refugee from nowhere disguised as an assassin, intent on killing Your Highness and then framing the government and Your Highness the Prince of Yi. I hope Your Highness will investigate this matter."

In just a few breaths, the governor of Shu explained why Li Zhan acted alone and his identity as an assassin.

At the end, he did not forget to make excuses for the government and King Yi. He had been in officialdom for too long and had become slippery. He spoke in high-sounding terms, but not a single word of truth was told.

Duan Wenpei threw away the knife with a rolled blade in his hand and went over to rescue Nan Xu, who was a little at a loss.

"This is my wife. Your Highness is in the carriage. Sir Sima, please get up quickly."

"Hey, is this the wife of the Marquis of Weiyang?" Sima Xun was a little surprised, but then his face showed understanding. "Oh, it's all because of my old eyesight. The lady is really stunning, and coupled with the fact that the prince consort just risked his life to save her, this humble servant..."

He looked as if he had discovered a secret, wanting to speak but stopping himself. He said, "My wife, how are you?" and hurriedly got up, trotting off to greet Jingyi in the carriage. In this open space, everyone watched him running around happily. Finally, Jingyi's delicate voice came from the carriage, "Are you saying that I don't have Nan Xumei?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness is graceful, elegant, and noble. How can an ordinary woman compare to you? I have never seen anyone from the royal family. I am so short-sighted that I mistakenly mistook the lady for Your Highness..."

No matter how many holes there are in the flattery, it never wears out. Everyone was so upset that they all supported each other and stood up to clean up the mess together with the government officials.

Duan Wenpei picked up Nan Xu, turned around and was about to leave, but then turned back and reached out his hand to Li Zhan on the ground.

Li Zhan seemed to have not expected him to do this, and stared at him blankly.

"This is the second time you've saved Ah Xu. Putting aside your dirty thoughts about Ah Xu, I still want to say thank you."

Li Zhan went to look at Nan Xu, but Nan Xu turned her head away and said nothing.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Zhan staggered to his feet.

As he stood up, the chains rattled. He lowered his head, hiding the complex emotions in his eyes.

"You're welcome."

He spoke stiffly, as if he were angry or unwilling to give in. As they passed each other, he bumped Duan Wenpei's arm and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't be too proud. Even though you have Ah Xu's body, you may not be able to win Ah Xu's heart. Let's wait and see."

Duan Wenpei raised his eyebrows and withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

Nan Xu asked him what Li Zhan said. Duan Wenpei shook his head and said it was nothing. He looked ahead, pointed to the road that seemed to have no end, and said with a smile that he would take Nan Xu home.

His face was covered in blood, and the small wounds on his body were still slowly oozing blood. Nan Xu felt as if her heart was pricked by a needle, and she felt a dense pain.

go home?

Who would go home like this? With all the plans and calculations, they arrive at their doorstep and are attacked by waves of assassinations.

The road home is wide, but it is full of thorns and blood every step of the way.

But Duan Wenpei still smiled and said to go home... Nan Xu closed her eyes and slowly approached his heart, and her hard heart softened into a puddle of mud.

Feeling the movements of the person in his arms, Duan Wenpei's eyebrows twitched wildly. As expected, Xie Jin's plan worked!

He weighed it and changed Nan Xu to a more comfortable position. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and his pace couldn't help but quicken.

Everyone who was cleaning up the mess was like: ...Why on earth could Duan Wenpei walk away with the beauty in his arms at this moment?

Xiao Jing's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "The women in the Marquis' Mansion are so delicate and shameless."

After being rescued by Nan Yicheng, Yin Ruizhu looked at the two people walking away with a look of relief, "It's no use for a dog to catch a rat. They are husband and wife. Do you understand?"

Xie Jin, who rested his hands on his hips to catch his breath, echoed, "That's right, tomboy, don't be too jealous."

Xiao Jing's face turned even darker.

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It was already dark when they entered the city, and it was getting late, so Sima Xun arranged for everyone to rest in the inn for one night and then give them a welcome treat tomorrow.

The people Duan Wenpei brought with him didn't matter, but Princess Jingyi was making a fuss and refused to stay.

Shu cannot compare to Kyoto, or even to the towns they passed through on the way here. The inn is rough and simple, and Jingyi wants to live in the official residence.

The best official residence in the city is Prince Yi’s Mansion.

Sima Xun was a little embarrassed.

Unable to bear Jingyi's relentless pursuit, he had no choice but to send someone to ask King Yi.

The messenger came back quickly to report that King Yi had gone to the surrounding area to provide disaster relief and was not in the palace. The servants did not dare to make decisions on their own and hoped that Your Majesty would understand.

Jingyi suffered a loss. When she had to spend a night in the inn, all the upper rooms were occupied. Not only did she have to make do with the lower rooms, but she had to do so as well.

Nan Xu looked at Jingyi who was hysterical in the lobby and silently closed the window.

Duan Wenpei, who insisted on staying with Nanxu to apply the medicine, saw the vindictive satisfaction in her eyes and smiled indulgently, "If I had known that this was why you spent so much money to book those rooms, I would have asked Liu Hui to book all the lower-class rooms as well and let Jingyi sleep in the woodshed."

Nan Xu dug out the ointment and smeared it on the wound without mercy. She asked in disbelief, "You are so worried that Jingyi will get into trouble, so you would help me like this?"

Duan Wenpei pursed his lips, trying to suppress the pain from his wound. He poked her bulging cheek in a playful manner, "You are my wife. If I don't help you, who else should I help? Even if you want me to kill Jingyi right now, I won't hesitate...hiss! Gently, gently..."

Nan Xu pressed hard on his wound, thinking of everything that had happened before, she still felt unsatisfied, so she simply applied a lump of ointment and slapped him twice.

The tight muscles twitched twice in the candlelight with the slaps, and the two sensitive points on the chest stood up.

Nan Xu looked at it, then looked at it again, and then looked at it again, and couldn't help swallowing.

Duan Wenpei watched her changes, his eyes darkened, and he was about to reach out to hug her, but Nan Xu dodged him nimbly.

Nan Xu picked up the clothes at hand and threw them at him, then sat down calmly on the chair next to him.

Duan Wenpei's eyes flashed with loneliness, but he could only put on his clothes under someone's cold gaze. When he looked up again, Nan Xu had her arms folded across her chest, looking very businesslike.

"Tell me, Yu Rong has already found out that it was Jingyi who buried Yu Ming alive, why didn't you tell me?"

She is not a fool, and whatever Jingyi says is what she does.

Firstly, she was angry at Duan Wenpei's previous cold words, secondly, she was angry that she had not thought that the murderer was right next to her, and thirdly... no one else could bear this humiliation, so naturally, this "cheap" husband accepted it all.

Rule 13 of the Rules for Training a Husband: A woman must tie a rope around a man's neck, loosening and tightening it from time to time, so that the man will never forget her.

Sure enough, Duan Wenpei tactfully called Yu Rong and Liu Hui in to answer the question.

After listening to Duan Wenpei's explanation of the whole story, the two loyal subordinates hurried to defend Duan Wenpei.

Liu Hui: "It's true, but it's not my fault. We were going to report it that night, but I don't know why I got drunk." Liu Hui glanced at Nan Xu secretly, then glanced at Duan Wenpei who was sitting solemnly, and his voice became louder. "He kept saying that he didn't want the lady to take risks with him, and that she should wait for me to come back, and that he couldn't let his feelings hurt her, and he also said..."

"Ahem, enough is enough, let's get to the point."

He actually said so many of his true feelings in front of Liu Hui and Yu Rong that night!

Duan Wenpei coughed twice to stop Liu Hui from speaking any further. It was...very embarrassing to hear someone say such words in front of Nan Xu.

Nan Xu's mind moved slightly, and she looked deeply at the person beside her. She found that his ears were red and the corners of his mouth were restrainedly raised.

Yu Rong continued, "Indeed, so we took it upon ourselves to wait until Master sobered up before reporting back. We never imagined we'd be so busy preparing to enter Shu. Later, we had to travel non-stop, and even torture that Zhou family member. His bones were so tough, we had people using hammers to break them bit by bit... Ugh."

Liu Hui covered his mouth and said, "That's it. Madam, I'm too busy. I'm busy, and we're busy too. This is all the fault of our subordinates. It was our subordinates who delayed the news. Please punish us, Madam."

Nan Xu frowned and said nothing.

The room was completely silent, and even Yu Rong realized his mistake belatedly and stopped struggling.

Liu Hui lowered his head, his face thick with regret. Duan Wenpei clenched his fists, a light sheen of sweat forming on his palms. He remembered that, after obtaining the secret passage blueprints that night, Liu Hui had wanted to say that he had been obsessed with the idea of ​​entering Shu, but had changed the subject. He was also responsible, and he couldn't just assume that everything was his subordinates' fault because he was the master...

Duan Wenpei looked at Nan Xu and opened his mouth.

"Thank you both."

Unexpectedly, Nan Xu stood up and bowed to Liu Hui and Yu Rong.

This was the etiquette performed between peers among noble ladies in Kyoto. Liu Hui was frightened and hurriedly pulled Yu Rong, who looked puzzled, to return the etiquette.

"Madam, you are the master, this is absolutely not allowed."

Nan Xu smiled and accepted the return gifts from the two. "Yu Ming's matter is a small matter, but it is a big deal to me. Although I care about her injustice and life, it is not a reason to let others take the blame. It is not easy for the two of you to do your best to find out the truth. You don't have to feel that you are unworthy of this gift. Just consider it as my thanks on behalf of Yu Ming, thank you for letting her die with her eyes closed." Although Nan Xu was smiling, her voice was already choked with sobs.

Liu Hui and Yu Rong were so shocked that they didn't know what to say for a moment.

When the two of them came to their senses, Nan Xu had already left, and only Duan Wenpei was sitting at the top, still in a trance.

"Master?"

Duan Wenpei blinked and smiled with a sense of pride.

"Ah Xu is Ah Xu."

......

"Master, that..."

"I really didn't misjudge him."

......

"Master, are you still going to see that person tonight?"

"Go, of course! If he knew I married such a loving and righteous woman, he would be so envious."

......

"Sir, should we..."

"Oh, Madam said to report back to Kyoto that Jingyi is the murderer. Remember, have someone tell Yuming that Madam said she doesn't have much time left, so don't delay."

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