Shunzi was extremely nervous because of this matter, and even his breathing became rapid. He was saved by the Second Young Master, and had followed the Young Master since he was a child. He would never leave the Second Young Master in his life. Even if the Second Young Master did not allow him to follow, he decided to follow secretly.
"Just take Shunzi with you. He has no parents and they have been taking care of him since he was young. His son is also used to having him help run errands." Shen Yu answered without any hesitation, which made Shunzi breathe a sigh of relief.
"Okay." Meng nodded again and asked, "Is there anything else you want me to tell your father?"
"Nothing," Shen Yu shook his head. "Take care of yourselves and wait for your son to come back."
"Okay," Meng's tears, which she had finally stopped, flowed again, "You have to come back safe and sound."
"My son will definitely do it." Shen Yu gave the most solemn promise and the best expectation.
Before leaving, Meng passed the wine and food she brought for him across the cell, and also gave Shen Yu a few small-denomination silver notes for his use.
After she reluctantly said goodbye to Shen Yu and left, Ye Chengyun said enviously: "It's great that your Mansion of the Duke of Pingguo has the Golden Book and Iron Certificate. Unlike our mansion, not only was it raided, but even my fathers and brothers on the border had to hand over their military power and return to the countryside. In the end, there was not even a single person who could come to see me." He now lived in this single cell, which was arranged with the help of people from the Mansion of the Duke of Pingguo.
What's the saddest thing about someone who's fought his whole life? It's not dying on the battlefield, but being in the prime of life with no way to serve.
"Don't think too much. We are lucky enough to be alive." After responding to Ye Chengyun, Shen Yu looked in the direction where Wan Xueying and Shunzi were standing and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting." This was obviously said to Wan Xueying.
Wan Xueying raised her eyebrows, not expecting that he had noticed them so early. Then she walked over with her men, carrying a basket in her hand.
Thinking about how much wine and food Meng had just sent, in addition to her homemade hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder and dead body regeneration ointment, she hesitated when she got closer whether to give him the cakes and buns?
Seeing that she hadn't said anything for a long time, with no sign of wanting to visit him, Shen Yu glanced at the basket in her hand, forced a smile, and asked, "What's in the basket? Is it for me?" This broke the brief, awkward silence between them. If Wan Xueying hadn't come to visit him and waited so long, he would have wanted to be alone and calm down.
Wan Xueying smiled awkwardly, "I was planning to give it to you, but I just saw that my aunt brought you a lot of wine and food, and I was afraid you wouldn't like it."
Shen Yu smiled bitterly, "I'm already a prisoner, what else can I look down upon?" Besides, no matter what she brought, he liked it.
"Then take it." Wan Xueying handed the basket over, her attitude resolute. "If you don't like it, you can give it to someone else or throw it away," she added.
Shen Yu wasn't a man with a big appetite. Now that he was in prison and feeling down, these small pastries and buns seemed more palatable than the rich fish and meat his mother had just sent him. After thanking her, he not only stored the food across the cell, one by one, in a clean basket inside, but also promised to eat it later.
When he saw the two porcelain bottles at the bottom of the basket, he picked them up and asked curiously, "What are these?"
"These are two medicines I developed. One is a hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder, and the other is a deadly and flesh-regenerating ointment. I don't know if you've been beaten or injured, so I brought both of them here." There's no need to explain in detail; one can understand the purpose of these two medicines just by looking at their names.
"How could he not have been hurt?" Shen Yu smiled wryly again. "Your two bottles of medicine are just perfect for this." What he didn't mention was that those people must have shown some mercy; his injuries weren't serious. The Duke's Mansion had also sent a golden wound medicine early on, but the name suggested that Wan Xueying's was better, more effective, and she made it herself. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pick up one of the bottles and toyed with it in his hands.
"Then you use it first. It will surely heal quickly. Come back to me when it's not enough." She was very confident in the medicine she made, not to mention that it contained the juice of the Tree of Life Tree.
In her previous life, she was a gifted pharmacist, whose unexpected acquisition of the Tree of Life dimension gave her even greater power. She believed her life force would grant her immunity to all harm. However, while developing a virus that threatened the entire world at a secret base, she and several other researchers were caught off guard and infected.
She managed to hold out for a few days longer than her colleagues, but she still didn't survive. Fortunately, that virus attacks the heart muscle, so the death is quick and painless.
"Okay, I'll ask you again if I don't have enough." Shen Yu was not polite at the moment, and even hoped that he could ask her for it anytime in the future. Thinking of something, Shen Yu asked, "Didn't I scare you yesterday?"
"Scare me?" Wan Xueying felt a little puzzled. She pointed at herself and frowned slightly.
"Just yesterday you were almost thrown into jail again."
"So that's what it is!" Wan Xueying smiled. "It's all thanks to your help, otherwise I would be in the women's prison right now."
"Actually, it was because of me that you were almost implicated. I hope you can stop blaming me."
"So what happened? How did the affairs of Lingnan Kingdom involve the Third Prince? And you?" Even if she was to be sent to jail, she had to know her place clearly, right?
"You really want to know?"
"Of course." Wan Xueying nodded.
"It's all because of your third brother."
"My third brother? Are you talking about Wan Huqing?" Wan Xueying curled her lips. "He is at most my third brother now."
"Yes, he really can't be considered your third brother." Shen Yu's expression suddenly became lonely. "You and I are no longer related to the family and have been expelled from the clan."
How did it get to this point? Could it be that this guy was asking for comfort because of the broken engagement? "How can we be the same? I'm not liked by the Earl's Mansion, and I don't like them either, so I took the initiative to propose breaking off the engagement. You made this decision because you were forced by the Duke's Mansion. Fundamentally speaking, the nature of our breaking off the engagement is completely different." She was not good at comforting people, so she could only stick to the facts.
"But isn't the result the same?"
"It's not the same. At least you still have a chance to be their son again, but I never will." Even if those people begged her, she would never acknowledge that marriage again!
After chatting for a long time, she realized that they had digressed from the previous topic. She originally wanted to know why Shen Yu and others were in jail.
When Shen Yu inquired further, he asked Shunzi to keep an eye on the surroundings, and Wan Xueying told Aunt Chen to stay away. Ye Chengyun, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, knew what was going on. He thought he didn't need to avoid them, but after a glance from Shen Yu, he obediently walked to a corner of his cell, squatted on the ground, and silently counted the ants.
Shen Yu then lowered his voice and told Wan Xueying the news he had learned from the Duke's Mansion in the past two days.
"What I mean is... it's possible that the Crown Prince is manipulating all this behind the scenes. He first used Wan Huqing to expose the steward of the Third Prince's Mansion, and then had that steward frame the Third Prince?" When saying this, Wan Xueying also lowered her voice very low.
"It's very possible, but I can't say for sure without any evidence."
"If there was evidence, you wouldn't be in jail today."
"What you said..." Shen Yu smiled softly, "It makes sense." His mood suddenly became much happier.
"Humph!" Wan Xueying sneered, "Wan Huqing is worried that the Bo Mansion won't fall hard enough!"
Why didn't he think that if the Third Prince turned the tables, would those people in the Bo Mansion still be alive?
Okay, even if the Third Prince falls completely, his chances of taking that position are slim, but will the Crown Prince leave him and the steward of the Third Prince’s Mansion alive?
Seeing that she understood the key, Shen Yu reminded her, "The reason I told you so much is because I want you to stay away from those people in the Bo Mansion, especially Wan Huqing."
"You needn't tell me that. Even if this hadn't happened, I'd already severed my ties with them and wouldn't have rushed to get close to them." Besides, once Shen Yu's matter was resolved, she would return to Northern Xinjiang. Who knew where the people from the Bo Mansion would be exiled? By then, it was even more likely that they would never see each other again.
But apart from herself, she also had to keep Aunt Lian away from them.
Seeing that Shen Yu wasn't in a good mood during the conversation, Wan Xueying knew he needed time to recover from the severance of his ties with his family and the expulsion of his clan, so she didn't plan to stay long. Before leaving, she asked, "What are you going to do with the house I live in now? Do you want to keep it? Or sell it for some money?"
Shen Yu looked up at her with a puzzled look on his face. "Hasn't that house already been given to you? You can do whatever you want with it."
"Give it to me?"
"Didn't I make it very clear before?"
"You make it clear, but have you given me the deed to the house?"
"Uh... I forgot about that," Shen Yu said immediately. "Don't worry, I'll have Shunzi go back to the Duke's Mansion and get the property deeds for you. Oh, and keep Shunzi and the others' deeds for me. It would be best if you could transfer them to your name first." He then explained, "As you can see, I'm a criminal now, so they can't transfer them to my name."
After hearing this, Wan Xueying rolled her eyes at him and said, "Your idea is correct, but what does it mean if they transfer the property to my name?" That would involve Shen Yu even more.
"I really didn't mean anything else." Shen Yu hurriedly continued to explain, "I just thought that since I have severed my relationship with the Duke's Mansion, it would be inconvenient for their indentures to remain in the Duke's Mansion."
"You're sure I'll help you, right?"
Shen Yu said as a matter of course: "I helped you before, you will definitely help me."
"Okay, I'll help you this time. Also, you'd better leave all your belongings with me." Wan Xueying looked serious and didn't seem to be joking.
The most bizarre thing was that Shen Yu agreed without even asking: "Okay, just don't mind that I don't have enough money." He had already given all the money he could get together to Wan Xueying.
"Don't you ask me why?" Wan Xueying frowned slightly.
Shen Yu said as a matter of course: "What's there to ask? I believe you."
"If you trust me, it would be best to have Shunzi go back and tell Duke Ping to make preparations in advance."
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