Chapter 335: Girl, the Governor Has Received a Letter
Song Jinxiu tightly grasped the box in his hand and lowered his eyes to hide the bitterness in his eyes. When he looked up again, his face was still pale, but he had calmed down.
"What are you going to do about Princess Leyang's matter?"
He looked at Tang Ning and said in a deep voice, "You don't have to lie to me. You obviously already knew about Princess Leyang's affairs. She will definitely not let you go if she succeeds in harming you tonight. And when you were talking to Miss Qian and the others just now, it seemed like you were hiding something. Is there someone else who is trying to harm you tonight?"
Tang Ning raised an eyebrow: "You want to know?"
Song Jinxiu looked at her gravely.
Tang Ning sneered: "If you want to know, I can tell you. A few days ago, the Fourth Prince came to the mansion under the pretext of visiting my brother and pestered me and expressed his admiration for me."
Song Jinxiu's expression changed instantly.
"The Empress lost her power over the six palaces due to His Majesty's reprimand. The Fourth Prince lost the support of his noble family a while ago, and has been repeatedly disgraced and suffered a sharp decline in power. He must have set his sights on the Rongsheng Academy in my hands. It's no surprise that the Fourth Prince's wife happened to meet Princess Leyang tonight and mentioned my ingratitude to the Empress."
After Tang Ning finished speaking, he looked at Song Jinxiu, whose face was ashen, and asked, "Is your curiosity satisfied, Master Song?"
She picked up the teacup.
"It's getting dark, Yuejian, take Lord Song out."
Yue Jian stepped forward and bowed to Song Jin: "Master Song, please."
Song Jinxiu wanted to speak, but Tang Ning had already served tea and sent the guests away. Yue Jian was standing in front of him, and several servants next to him were very forceful in "asking" him to leave the house. Song Jinxiu could only hold back his shock as he was escorted out of the Tang Mansion.
After everyone left, Tang Ning put down her teacup and looked at Xue Ru, who had been silent and only looked up at her. "What do you want to say?"
Xue Ru pursed her lips: "Sister, are you trying to provoke Song Jinxiu?"
Tang Ning laughed: "Why provoke him?"
Everyone knows her current situation. After the Lu family took action that night, many people spread the word that she now controls Rongsheng Academy and is a popular commodity that anyone who can get her will gain power. How could Song Jinxiu, who is in the court, not know this?
"There are only a few people here tonight. Do you think he didn't think about the Fourth Prince's wife?"
Xue Ru looked bewildered: "Sister, what did you just do..."
"He's trying to pretend to be a close brother and sister. Isn't it good for me to give him a chance?"
In fact, Tang Ning had long lost her resentment towards Song Jinxiu. She just hated the fact that he knew everything but kept deceiving himself over and over again.
He had clearly not chosen her as his "sister" when faced with the choice several times, but he had to bring up the past that only he felt happy and satisfied with, wanting to relive the brother-sister relationship.
Tang Ning turned the cup in his hand and said, "In a few days, there will be a Yulanpen Festival at Lingyun Temple during the Zhongyuan Festival. I want to go and pray for my parents."
Xue Ru seemed to understand what Tang Ning was trying to do: "Sister, do you want to give Princess Leyang and the others a chance to make another move?"
Tang Ning nodded: "I don't want to make things difficult for others, but I won't let them harm me either. Since they want to destroy me so much and are willing to sacrifice Sister Yue's life, if I don't repay them, wouldn't it be unfair to them for such a generous gift?"
Xue Ru didn't think her sister was wrong to fight back. Instead, she said, "Sister, you're right. It's better to lure the snakes out of their holes than for them to hide in the dark and covet you. But if you want to take action, you have to kill them all and make sure they can't stand up."
Tang Ning said "hmm".
Yue Jian's expression was stern: "I will spread the news that the girl went to Lingyun Temple."
"Have someone keep an eye on Princess Leyang."
"I understand."
When Xue Ru left the flower hall and returned to her own courtyard, her little face was hidden in the shadows and full of gloom.
She hated Princess Leyang, the Fourth Prince's wife, and everyone who wanted to hurt her sister! She just looked down at her scraped arm, lowered her eyes, and regretted her own incompetence.
If she could be more powerful, if she could be like Governor Xiao, even if she could be as powerful as Sister Yuejian and the others, she could protect her sister.
As Xue Ru was walking past the courtyard with a lot on her mind, she suddenly stopped and looked up to see Hang Li kneeling in the courtyard.
"Guard Hang, why are you here?"
Hang Li saw Xue Ru's eyes flicker slightly. The girl stood in the moonlight, her cheeks fair and pretty. Her dress was stained with mud, and there was blood on her cuffs. He quickly lowered his eyes and whispered, "I failed to protect my master and am being punished."
He was sent by the governor to protect the girl. No matter what happened, the girl's safety was the most important thing. However, he became selfish during the chaos by the lake. He saw the girl in danger and trapped in the crowd, but he went to save the girl in front of him first.
Hang Li asked to be beaten with thirty sticks. Even though his clothes covered his body, he still had a bloody smell. He knew that if the governor and Jinyun were not in the capital, and if Canglang did not consider their long-term friendship as colleagues, he would not be qualified to stay in Jiyun Lane just for what he did tonight.
Looking at the pale face of Hang Li, Xue Ru said, "I'll go and ask my sister..."
"Don't go."
Hang Li called out to Xue Ru, "It was my fault for neglecting my duty. Commander Cang has shown some mercy. I'm fine. Madam Ru, please go back first. You're also injured..."
"whispering sound!"
Canglang had just returned from outside when he saw two people talking in the courtyard in the distance.
Seeing Hang Li kneeling straight, Xue Ru looked worried. Hang Li's eyes were so forbearing that it was unbearable to look at him. He clicked his tongue twice, but did not disturb the two of them. He walked around the corridor and headed towards Jiuxiao Courtyard.
"Commander Cang, Lord Hang..."
"He what he."
Canglang rolled his eyes and said, "The governor asked him to protect the girl, not to find a wife. He almost got her into trouble for his own selfish reasons. He deserves the thirty strokes of the stick."
If he doesn't accept the punishment, it would be a pity. When Jinyun and the governor return to the capital, he will be even worse off than he is now.
After entering Jiuxiao Courtyard, Canglang went straight to Tang Ning and learned that they did not find the person who caused the disturbance by the lake. Tang Ning was not too surprised. No matter how stupid Princess Leyang was, she would not really find someone to do such a thing. Since she was a confidant, she would naturally hide it well.
"Although we haven't found the person who caused the disturbance, someone was injured in the Princess's Mansion tonight."
"who?"
"Princess Leyang's youngest son, Sun Yi, said he went out drinking with someone tonight and accidentally injured his arm."
Tang Ning immediately sneered: "That's a coincidence."
She stabbed the hand of the man in the water. Princess Leyang's son happened to have broken his arm. She suddenly took back what she had said. Princess Leyang was really stupid. She actually dared to let her own son go into the water and do such a shameless thing.
"Since he broke his arm, he should just lie down for a few days and don't let him out before the Ghost Festival."
Broken arm, collect some interest first.
Canglang agreed, and then told Tang Ning a few words about the information he had found out. Then he dismissed the people who followed him in and took out a letter from his arms.
"Girl, there's a letter from the Governor."
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