Lin Yunzhi, supporting his lower back, asked Qu Shuangyue with some concern, "Yue'er, did you gain weight again after you went out?"
Qu Shuangyue was taken aback for a moment, and Lin Yunzhi added, "I strained my back when I put you down..."
Qu Shuangyue: "..."
She yanked Lin Yunzhi onto the bed, saying with a mix of amusement and exasperation, "I told you to practice martial arts, but you wouldn't listen! Serves you right!"
Lin Yunzhi said somewhat aggrievedly, "My strength has always been limited. If you don't gain weight, I still have no problem carrying you."
Qu Shuangyue pinched his ear and said, "Lin Yunzhi, how dare you complain that I'm fat!"
Although she is over thirty, she maintains an excellent figure. While she is not particularly thin, she is well-proportioned in all the right places.
Lin Yunzhi begged for mercy, but she had already pinned him to the bed and stripped him naked...
Compared to the harmonious atmosphere at the Lin residence, the atmosphere at the City Lord's Mansion was extremely somber.
Zhou Chenyang's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water. Liu Tianwen, standing beside him, advised, "Lord of the City, there's no need to be so angry."
"This time we were careless. We didn't know that Lin Xiuyan had persuaded Commander Xu. He interfered and ruined our plans."
Zhou Chenyang's eyes darkened further: "Today's events, starting with Lin Xiuyan's victory over God of Gamblers Li, have completely exceeded our expectations."
He then started cursing again: "That gambler surnamed Li can't even beat that good-for-nothing Lin Xiuyan, what right does he have to call himself the God of Gamblers?"
"I don't want to see this useless piece of trash again."
Liu Tianwen knew that he was angry at the moment, so he did not dare to speak up for Li the God of Gamblers. He only said, "I will send someone to deal with him."
Even so, Zhou Chenyang didn't feel that his anger would subside at all.
After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Have you found out which expert killed all of our people today?"
Although Lin Xiuyan was good at causing trouble and could fight, she was definitely not capable of killing so many of his people.
As for Commander Xu, Zhou Chenyang knew very well the capabilities of his men; they didn't have the ability to kill anyone.
Liu Tianwen replied, "According to the description of the surviving employees in the gambling den, the murderer was the very handsome teacher who was by Lin Xiuyan's side."
Zhou Chenyang was quite surprised: "Lin Xiuyan's etiquette tutor? That handsome man with a red mole at the corner of his eye?"
Liu Tianwen nodded: "Yes, it's him."
Zhou Chenyang has only met Ye Junfei three or four times so far.
Although Ye Junfei is very handsome, he always presents himself as a gentleman, gentle and refined, and no one would think of him as a martial arts master.
Zhou Chenyang once suspected that Lin Xiuyan and Ye Junfei were having an affair, but because he disliked Lin Xiuyan, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Ye Junfei.
Now that he knows about this, he is looking at Ye Junfei directly for the first time.
After pacing around the room twice, he said, "Immediately send someone to investigate Ye Junfei. I need to know his true identity!"
Liu Tianwen nodded and immediately arranged for someone to investigate Ye Junfei.
After making the arrangements, he asked Zhou Chenyang, "City Lord, how should this matter be handled afterward?"
This question almost gave Zhou Chenyang a heart attack.
The reason is simple: if he fails to catch Lin Xiuyan on the spot and fails to prove that Lin Xiuyan colluded with notorious bandits, he cannot pin this crime on her later.
Moreover, Qu Shuangyue's threats were also giving him a headache.
He took a deep breath and said, "I'll let Lin Xiuyan off this time. As long as I'm still the city lord of Yucheng, I'll always have a chance to get rid of her!"
Liu Tianwen chimed in, "The city lord is right!"
Zhou Chenyang added, "Prince Pingnan had previously planted many spies in Chongqing. They were difficult to deal with before, but this time we'll just label them all as notorious bandits."
Liu Tianwen's eyes lit up: "The city lord is indeed very thoughtful. With this pretext, it seems that the Prince of Pingnan can only suffer in silence."
"Although we can't kill Lin Xiuyan this time, we can get rid of these spies in the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, which is also a good thing."
Although Zhou Chenyang had arranged these things, he still felt very uncomfortable.
He had a feeling that Lin Xiuyan wasn't the useless person he had imagined, and that breaking off the engagement with her might have been the worst decision he had ever made.
Indeed, in his view, even if Lin Xiuyan made a scene at the City Lord's Mansion that day, it was still him who broke off the engagement with Lin Xiuyan, not Lin Xiuyan who broke off the engagement with him.
Feeling frustrated, he reached out and opened the window next to him, staring directly at Wu Dao.
Wu Dao felt somewhat embarrassed to be caught eavesdropping.
His first instinct was to run, but as he took a step, he remembered that he was no longer the guard Wu Dao, but his demanding and difficult-to-please young master.
So he pulled his foot back and asked Zhou Chenyang with a smile, "You said my father has planted a lot of people in Yucheng. Who are they?"
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
He felt like he'd been screwed over.
This damn prince not only eavesdropped, but he also had the audacity to ask so openly!
Zhou Chenyang's facial muscles twitched before he forced a smile: "Your Highness misunderstood, I really didn't know about this."
Wu Dao pondered for a moment, wondering how Ye Junfei would handle this situation.
He quickly came to his answer and slapped Zhou Chenyang across the face: "You mean I'm hard of hearing?"
Zhou Chenyang: "!!!!!!!"
He wants to kill this damn "crown prince"!
His face was contorted in agony, yet he knew that the Prince of Pingnan, under the guise of an inspection, was staying in his city lord's mansion and absolutely could not die here.
He gritted his teeth and forced a smile, saying, "Of course not..."
"Then tell me, who are they?" Wu Dao said seriously, "My father, that old geezer... uh, no, I mean, that scoundrel..."
"Forget it, let me just say it to you directly. My father and I have always been at odds, and I strongly disagree with some of his actions."
"I was thinking about how to make him stumble a few times, so he wouldn't be so arrogant every day."
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
He suddenly remembered that when the Prince of Pingnan was five years old, he was sent to the capital as a hostage, and the father-son relationship with the Prince of Pingnan was very weak.
Besides his heir apparent, the Prince of Pingnan had five other sons.
Among these five sons, one was born of the same mother as the heir apparent, and was also a legitimate son.
For the Prince of Pingnan, the answer to whether to hand over his throne to the spoiled heir or to the carefully nurtured second son is self-evident.
The Prince of Pingnan's heir had only recently returned to the palace, and his relationship with the Prince of Pingnan and his wife was strained. However, he might have a better relationship with his brothers.
Under this premise, what the Crown Prince of Pingnan said is very likely true.
He immediately laughed: "The Crown Prince and the Prince..."
“I’m happy to do anything that will upset my father.” Wu Dao interrupted him, “So you don’t need to hide these things from me.”
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