Chapter 166 There may be a possibility between them

"The matter of the Mingli Division is of great importance, and the explosion caused heavy casualties. Since I was the one who contributed the formula and production process for the thunder bomb, Your Majesty has instructed me to investigate the cause."

Shen Ning pointed to the violations she had listed at the top of the inquiry booklet: "Space layout, delivery routes, and overstaffing... I have listed these issues very clearly, and they are all under the responsibility of my cousin, so please state the reasons one by one."

She smiled faintly, "After all, we still need to confirm whether my cousin is suitable to continue to be in charge of the security of Minglisi."

Xie Lianyu looked at the list of mistakes and omissions, each one very sharp and clear, with no intention of covering up for him at all, and his expression became even uglier.

After a moment's silence, he said in a cold voice, "I... need two days to prepare. Leave the booklet with me for now."

Shen Ning smiled faintly: "My cousin has been in charge of the Mingli Division for several months. He has to write something within his responsibilities, and he still needs two days to prepare?"

She tapped her fingers lightly on the stone table. "I'm being very kind by bringing the interrogation book to you instead of summoning you to the Ministry of Justice. Cousin, please write it quickly and don't waste time. I need to go home soon."

Xie Lianyu gritted his teeth and said, "I want to take it back to the study."

Shen Ning nodded: "Okay, I'll go with my cousin."

This doesn't give him any chance to play tricks!

Xie Lianyu couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward angrily, "You think you can threaten me with this? Dream on!"

Chen Ning smiled: "Cousin, let's be honest. My mother came here today to cancel the engagement. However, you, as a junior, didn't know the etiquette and insisted on making a scene. That's why I made a deal with you... Now that the engagement has been made clear, the inquiry book in front of you is official business. Why do you have to drag everything into the engagement?"

She glanced up and down at Xie Lianyu, shook her head and sighed, "It seems I wasn't direct enough. Let me put it this way, I have no interest in getting engaged to you, my cousin, so I naturally wouldn't bother threatening you with anything else."

Xie Lianyu sneered: "Really?"

"certainly."

Chen Ning nodded: "You hand over the silk and coal business deeds to me tomorrow, and I will return the engagement letter immediately without hesitation. Now you can rest assured...Okay, stop rambling. This is the inquiry book, cousin, fill it quickly."

Xie Lianyu gritted his teeth and looked at the vermilion characters on the booklet, his eyebrows twitching.

To be honest, he really hasn't figured out the affairs of the Mingli Division yet... He just stuffed a few of his cronies in there, and arranged things a little messily for convenience, so he should be punished for that?

The explosion was caused by the useless gunpowder makers. What does it have to do with him?

Besides, didn't father say that His Majesty has no intention of taking back the Minglisi security post...

With this thought, Xie Lianyu calmed down and sneered, "I don't have anything good to write. You can do whatever you want."

What an idiot.

Chen Ning smiled and said, "If there is nothing good to write, cousin, you have to sign and seal it, acknowledging that you have read this inquiry book. As for whether to write it or not, I will not force you, nor do I have the right to force you."

Xie Lianyu sneered: "It's good that you know it, don't take chicken feathers as your authority."

After saying that, Xie Lianyu asked the servant to bring pen and ink, and without even looking at it, he signed his name at the bottom of the inquiry book, then looked at Chen Ning coldly: "I will come to find you tomorrow and transfer the shop to you. I hope you will keep your word."

Shen Ning put away the inquiry booklet and stood up with a smile: "Looking forward to your visit."

Seeing Shen Ning walk out of the pavilion without looking back, Xie Lianyu felt a little regretful.

Shouldn't he have just made a gamble and asked Shen Ning to take the inquiry booklet back blank? But if he was asked to give in in front of Shen Ning, that was even more impossible.

In any case, Your Majesty will not take back the position of the Minister of Justice.

After lunch, Xie Yunqing and his two daughters returned from Xie's house. The carriage was silent. Shen Nian vaguely felt that Xie Yunqing seemed to be looking at her with a cold look.

Could it be that Xie Yunqing knew that it was her who deliberately stabbed Xie Lianyu to make him explode in public and threaten to break off the engagement?

Impossible, that idiot Xie Lianyu would never betray her...and Xie Yunqing would never think the worst of her.

"Mom, don't be angry, it's all my fault."

Shen Nian spoke in a low voice, reaching out to hold Xie Yunqing's arm, his voice choked with sobs.

Xie Yunqing turned his head to look at the daughter he had raised for more than ten years, and for the first time he felt a little strange.

Even though she had learned a lot from Shen Ning, it was still difficult for her to imagine what it would be like for the usually obedient Shen Nian to do something bad.

But today, she got a glimpse of it...

"Why do you blame me?"

Xie Yunqing lowered her eyes and spoke slowly, "Your sister's engagement with your cousin has been cancelled. If you truly love your cousin, mother will not restrict you."

But to Xie Yunqing's surprise, Shen Nian refused without hesitation: "My cousin treated me like that, and was so rude to my mother. I will never marry him."

Xie Yunqing looked at her: "Didn't you and your cousin have a close relationship in the past?"

Chen Nian pursed her lips and said, "Because of the engagement, my daughter naturally treated my cousin differently from others. But since my sister came back, my daughter has given up on that idea. My daughter comes from a humble background, and I am grateful to have my mother's protection. How could I steal my sister's things?"

Shen Ning leaned beside her, supporting her chin with one hand and watching Shen Nian act with a smile.

Shen Nian felt inexplicably frightened by her stare, and he managed to hold it back.

Xie Yunqing withdrew his gaze from his little daughter's face, and his heart felt cold.

For so many years, she had been completely unaware of it, and had never imagined that the daughter she had raised with her own hands could be so scheming...

On the morning of the second day, Xie Lianyu came to the door with the title deeds and registration documents of the two properties.

Xie Yunqing now doesn't want to even look at this unruly nephew, what an unruly thing.

That's why she didn't show up and let Shen Ning handle it directly.

After the documents and deeds were changed, Shen Ning returned the engagement letter to Xie Lianyu with a smile on her face: "It's a pleasure to work with you. Take care, cousin."

Xie Yunqing was originally going to cancel the engagement yesterday, but he didn't expect Shen Nian to provoke Xie Lianyu into such a big fuss.

Shen Nian's purpose was nothing more than to make her change from being the one who broke off the engagement on her own initiative to being the one who was broken off. In fact, what difference did it make?

Can it compare with the silk business that makes real money and the huge Xie’s coal business?

Oh no, now it’s Shen’s Coal Company, hehe.

It just so happened that today was the day that Chen Ning and Xiao Nanchen had agreed to meet every ten days. After lunch, Chen Ning took July out, and February drove the carriage back to the house in Yongxingfang together.

Compared to the Shen family in Shunchengfang, Shen Ning had never spent a night in the house prepared by Xiao Nanchen in Yongxingfang. She only came to see Shen Qingbai occasionally, but she miraculously felt a sense of belonging here and found everything pleasing to the eye.

Apart from the fact that some places here are somewhat similar to Pingning's house, the more important reason is probably because the people here are more pleasing to the eye. There are too many people in the Shen family mansion that are not pleasing to the eye.

When they arrived at the Chen residence in Yongxingfang, Xiao Nanchen and Shen Qingbai were already there. Shen Qingbai had entered the Imperial College and happened to have one day off every ten days. Xiao Nanchen, on the other hand, was... counting the days and looking forward to this day.

When Shen Ning entered the yard, she saw that the two people were already busy in the kitchen, preparing all the dishes.

The chicken was slaughtered, cleaned, cut into pieces and marinated. The fish was also marinated. The vegetables were also washed, cut and arranged neatly...

Seeing Shen Ning, Shen Qingbai came forward with a sad voice: "Sister, you are finally back. If I don't eat a meal cooked by you, I will go crazy."

The young man's face was filled with sorrow. "How could the food in the Imperial College of the great Xuan Dynasty be so unpalatable... It's simply unworthy of the dishes."

Shen Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are looking forward to me making delicious food for you?"

Shen Qingbai nodded creakingly: "I want to eat the three-cup chicken and steamed fish you made..."

The young man talked about several dishes in a row, being very polite.

Shen Ning laughed, rolled up her sleeves and looked at Xiao Nanchen: "Where's Anan?"

His Royal Highness Prince Ding said without hesitation: "I'm not here to eat your food..."

Shen Ning smiled again: "I'm asking what you want to eat?"

Xiao Nanchen coughed lightly and looked away: "As long as it's you who did it, it's fine."

Shen Ning blinked: "Okay, don't be polite, I still remember it, plum ribs, I have already made plum sauce..."

In one word, the bubbles in His Royal Highness Prince Ding's heart began to surge again.

He just mentioned it casually, but she remembered it so clearly, so there might be a possibility between them.

Shen Qingbai saw the expression of His Royal Highness Prince Ding and felt both amused and helpless.

Is this the legendary Great God of War?

The two of them had almost prepared everything, so Shen Ning only needed to stir-fry in the pan, and soon a large table of food was served.

Er Yue and the others refused to eat together, so they asked Shen Ning and the other two to get together and talk. Shen Ning then divided each dish into two portions and set a separate table for them. Only then did they happily feast on the food.

Shen Qingbai filled Xiao Nanchen's glass with wine, and poured fruit wine for Shen Ning and himself.

Xiao Nanchen raised his eyebrows: "Treat them differently?"

Shen Qingbai smiled and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Ding is famous for his huge alcohol tolerance. My sister and I can't hold our liquor well. If we drink a couple of glasses of the wine you brought, I'm afraid we won't be able to speak."

Xiao Nanchen smiled and said, "That's true."

He reached out, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp. The Taotie pattern on the black iron wristband looked ferocious and imposing.

Shen Ning and Shen Qingbai also drank the fruit wine.

While eating and chatting, Shen Ning thought of the inquiry booklet and told Xiao Nanchen that Xie Lianyu had handed in a blank paper: "I think Xie Lianyu should just forget about it. He didn't take the bombing case seriously at all. Don't let him kill others next time."

Xiao Nanchen thought for a moment and said, "It's just for the Xie family, not necessarily for Xie Lianyu."

Shen Ning smiled: "That's good... Fortunately, I successfully broke off the engagement with him, otherwise I would be upset just thinking about him."

She told Xiao Nanchen and Shen Qingbai how Xie Lianyu had originally wanted to cancel the engagement, but she ended up making a scene and ended up getting the coal and silk businesses. "Isn't it funny? I almost couldn't help but want to thank him."

Xiao Nanchen raised the corners of his lips slightly, and clinked his wine glass with Shen Ning's: "Congratulations."

Shen Qingbai complained silently beside him.

Brother Anan wasn't congratulating his sister, he was clearly congratulating himself...