Li Xiangrong never expected Wen Hao to be so audacious as to so openly order his servants to attack him, even dragging him without any restraint.
"How dare you! I am the son of the current Minister of the Imperial Secretariat. Who allowed you to be so rude?" Li Xiangrong sneered, looking at the distraught Wen Hao, and questioned him.
A single word awakened me from my dream.
The hand that had been holding onto Li Xiangrong suddenly let go, and she stood there, looking at Wen Hao with a helpless expression.
At that moment, Wen Hao raised his hand.
"Young Master Li, please." Wen Hao seemed to have taken Li Xiangrong's words to heart and gestured for him to enter.
“Those people dare not speak, but I dare. Wen Hao, just you wait, one day you will reap what you sow.” Upon seeing this, Li Xiangrong’s eyes flashed, he straightened his clothes and cuffs, straightened his back and walked out of the mansion.
"Who is he? If it weren't for Li'er's father's willingness to help him back then, how could a poor boy have the opportunity to stand with me and speak?"
As Li Xiangrong walked towards the gate of the mansion, she muttered to herself openly, without any concern that Wen Hao would overhear her.
"Uncle Yan was really blind back then, to have chosen such a marriage for Li'er."
Yan Li, who also heard this, nodded in strong agreement and even considered leaving with Li Xiangrong.
For some unknown reason, just as Yan Li took a step to follow and was about to step out of the mansion, an invisible barrier in the void trapped her inside the mansion.
?
There's a ghost!
Yan Li reached out and poked at it again and again, and found that the barrier blocked not only the door, but the entire mansion.
She was trapped.
In just a moment, Yan Li turned her head.
Looking at Wen Hao, an idea began to take root in her mind.
Could it be that he wants to catch a ghost and completely erase her from the world?
Yan Li remembered very clearly that she had left the mansion during these three years, and even listened to gossip on the streets of the city for a while.
How could it be that we can't even step out of the mansion gates now?
There's definitely something fishy going on here!
Wen Hao stared at Li Xiangrong's back for a long time without moving an inch.
But Yan Li was very clear that this person was staring at her, and even seemed to be vaguely annoyed.
When the people in the manor saw this scene, they had no idea that the Wen Hao in front of them was not looking at a living person. They simply returned to their posts as quickly as possible, fearing that they would be implicated.
For three years, even though they were people from the Yan family, they all cared about their young lady, but they didn't even dare to burn a stick of incense for her.
He dared not easily mention this past event in his daily life.
Now that this minister's son has mentioned it so easily, it's likely that another wave of turmoil is about to rise in the household.
However, upon closer reflection, what Young Master Li said was not entirely unreasonable. He had not entered this bridal chamber since the young lady's death.
Now that I've returned to my old room, I suppose I'm here to do something.
The servants couldn't help but feel sorry for their young lady, but then they thought that she was already dead, and no matter how much this master thought about her, he would never allow her to live as a widow at such an age.
Unable to leave, Yan Li originally wanted to see what Wen Hao was up to.
But when he turned around, she saw a look in those eyes that she had never seen before, a hint of ferocity in them, as if he was angry but unable to vent it, so he could only endure it and lie dormant.
What is he angry about?
Li Xiangrong could not see Yan Li; to be precise, apart from Wen Hao, no one else could see her.
This conclusion greatly disappointed Yan Li.
"Find someone to investigate who is spreading these rumors. Once they've caught them, report them to the authorities," Wen Hao instructed, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at Steward Hu, who was still waiting nearby.
Butler Hu: "Yes, sir."
Yan Li: ...
He really put on a good show of being deeply in love.
She's already dead. If he truly loved her, why didn't he become a ghost and stay with her? Why did he care about whether these rumors were true or false?
She realized that he was simply trying to protect his reputation and didn't want it to be damaged, since the three-year period was still some time away.
Thinking back to what had just happened, Yan Li's evil thoughts surged. She walked towards Wen Hao, raised her right index finger, stood on tiptoe, leaned forward, and without hesitation poked his forehead. Just as she was about to breathe on his ear...
Can,
The warm touch spread from his fingertips, and Yan Li froze on the spot. Even Wen Hao looked somewhat surprised.
She quickly withdrew her hand, just as she was about to check if Wen Hao would show any signs of something amiss, but she saw him raise his hand and touch his brow in a somewhat bewildered manner, as if he hadn't seen Yan Li standing in front of him.
Yan Li laughed in exasperation.
"Wen Hao, you hypocrite, what are you pretending for? I'm already a ghost, are you putting on this affectionate act because you're afraid I'll take your life?"
Upon seeing that he could reach Wen Hao, Yan Li immediately opened his hand, as if to grab his neck.
However, in this extremely urgent moment, her hands grasped at nothing again, and because she exerted too much force, she passed right through it.
In an instant, Yan Li stood frozen in place.
"My lord, it will be too late if we don't go to the palace soon," Hu, the steward, reminded Wen Hao when he saw him standing there in a daze.
Wen Hao frowned slightly, responded softly, and then, seemingly unaware of what was happening, tugged at his official robes and headed out of the mansion, leaving Yan Li standing there, completely baffled.
For Yan Li, what happened three years ago was like a distant memory, but she still remembered that on their wedding night, after they drank the nuptial wine, she lost consciousness.
Back then, Wen Hao handled all the major and minor affairs of the mansion. He was the most likely person to poison her and then seize her family's property.
Yan Li returned to the study once again.
Perhaps only by discovering the clues in that painting and finding out who the person in the painting is will the truth of what happened back then become clear.
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