Chapter 35 Plan

The rain was pouring down, and the red oil-paper umbrella could not withstand the sudden downpour. The rain soaked the hem of the woman's clothes.

The woman brushed her long hair. She didn't care about the owner's thoughts. As long as she had money, it was enough.

"Let's go back." Xu Xiao said in a low voice, looking in the direction of the palace and slowly moving his eyes away.

Xie Anci is really good at flirting. So many people are coveting him.

Xu Xiao thought to himself, feeling a little complicated.

Shouldn't he help Zhou Yunqing?

The figures of the two disappeared in the rain.

Xie Anci in the palace knew nothing about this.

The rain hit the eaves, making a crisp sound.

Xie Anci glanced at Li Jinchen, who was looking serious. Li Jinchen was reading the memorial seriously at this moment. His thin lips were slightly pursed on his handsome face, and the sapphire earring on his left ear emitted a faint light. Xie Anci

came back to his senses. In the past, his relationship with Li Jinchen was not incompatible. In the past, Li Jinchen was very well-behaved and always liked to follow him.

He didn't know why the two of them became like this.

Xie Anci rubbed his sore waist and watched the rain hitting the banana leaves outside the window.

The rain was so sudden and cold that the people who were under it were in a trance.

"I'm afraid this rain will last for a long time. I'm afraid that there will be another flood in Nancheng this year, and then the temperature will drop sharply. We still have to go to Nancheng this year." Li Jinchen suddenly said.

"Then let Sikong go. Didn't they go in previous years?" Xie Anci came back to his senses and responded.

"Are you talking about Zuo Sikong?" Li Jinchen frowned. Zuo Sikong was Xie Anci's man. He was sent to prevent floods every year, but no one knew what he was doing every year. The water conservancy was not repaired at all.

Floods still occurred when they were supposed to.

Li Jinchen found out that he had withheld money for disaster relief, but he did nothing because he was Xie Anci's man.

"What's wrong with him?" Xie Anci heard that Li Jinchen's tone was wrong, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"I allocate a lot of money every year, but there are floods every year. I have asked him to repair the dikes but there are no results." Li Jinchen complained dissatisfiedly.

"I will go there in person this time. I don't believe that it can't be repaired."

"No need, I'll go." Xie Anci stopped him. Zuo Sikong was his man, and he should be responsible if something happened.

Xie Anci intends to take this opportunity to investigate Zuo Sikong. If he dares to embezzle the money for disaster relief, don't blame him for being rude.

"But the journey to Nancheng is long, and I'm afraid the Regent Prince can't handle it." Li Jinchen chuckled. Xie Anci seemed to have never traveled long distances before.

He has been staying in the capital and is used to the comfort of a comfortable place.

Xie Anci snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, do you look down on me?"

Li Jinchen shook his head: "I don't mean that, I'm just worried about the health of the Regent Prince."

Xie Anci stood up: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will not fail my mission. I will find out about Zuo Sikong and give Your Majesty an explanation."

"That's great, the Regent Prince has troubled you." Li Jinchen's eyes were slightly curved, with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Xie Anci lowered his eyes, always feeling that something was strange.

"Then let's set off in two days when the weather is clear." Li Jinchen arranged.

"Okay." Xie Anci nodded. It's better to go early than late. He just happened to give Zuo Sikong a warning in these two days.

"I'll go back home first." Xie Anci said, then he pushed the door and left the study with an umbrella.

The heavy rain blurred people's vision. Li Jinchen looked thoughtfully in the direction where Xie Anci left.

As soon as Xie Anci left, Gu Lingyu and Zhou Yunqing came.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

The two came in and saluted.

"You're welcome. Please take a seat." Li Jinchen asked the two to sit down.

"I have asked Xie Anci to leave for South City in two days." Li Jinchen told the two what happened just now.

"Huh? Him?" Gu Lingyu looked incredulous.

"That's great. When he arrives in South City, it's best to restrain him. In this way, if there is any movement in the capital, he can't come back. When he comes back, the capital will probably have changed a lot." Zhou Yunqing smiled like a fox, and Gu Lingyu couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

"Is this your plan?" Gu Lingyu asked in shock.

"Yes." Li Jinchen nodded, with mixed feelings in his heart.

As soon as Xie Anci left, his goal was achieved in half, but he didn't know why he felt so blocked in his heart.

"What about me? What can I do?" Gu Lingyu asked excitedly.

Li Jinchen and Zhou Yunqing smiled at each other, "You stay here first."

"How about I go with Xie Anci? This way, if he wants to come back, I can hold him back, and I can also contribute." Gu Lingyu rubbed his hands, looking forward to it.

He hadn't been back to the capital for a few years, and this time it was not as interesting as he imagined. There were things he couldn't do in the capital, and he always felt constrained. It was not as good as being in the frontier before.

"But the lady should be back soon. It would be bad if you are not here." Li Jinchen said tactfully.

If Gu Lingyu's mother didn't see Gu Lingyu when she came back, she would probably beat him up.

"No problem, I have official business to attend to, not going out for fun, she can't say anything." Gu Lingyu said lightly, and Li Jinchen also thought it would be better for Gu Lingyu to watch Xie Anci there, so he agreed.

Zhou Yunqing hesitated to speak. He didn't want Gu Lingyu and Xie Anci to have more contact, but he didn't have anything to refute.

The two talked and laughed, and Zhou Yunqing listened quietly beside them. It was quiet and beautiful for a while.

Xie Anci returned to the mansion and felt that it was unusually quiet today. Although it was usually very quiet, it always felt particularly strange today.

"Uncle Zhang? Butler Zhang!"

"Xie You..." Xie Anci looked around. Xie You and Butler Zhang, who usually came to greet him every day, were not there.

Xie Anci shouted a few times and found that there seemed to be no one in the mansion.

Just as he was about to enter the room first, he saw Xie You push open the door and walk out.

"Godfather." Xie You's eyes were full of smiles, but the heavy rain made it difficult to see clearly.

"You are in the mansion, why didn't you say anything?" Xie Anci walked into the corridor and put away his umbrella.

"I was reading, I didn't hear you."

"Where is Zhang Bo? Why can't I see any servants in the mansion?" Xie Anci asked.

"Some went back to visit their relatives, and some went out." Xie You replied, with a storm brewing in his eyes.

"Going back to visit your relatives now?" It's not a holiday, why go back at this time?

Xie Anci frowned and walked into the room.

"Yeah." Xie You took Xie Anci into the house and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Xie Anci didn't doubt it, took it with both hands to warm his hands, and took a sip.

Xie You looked at the new clothes Xie Anci had changed into, his eyes dimmed.

"Why didn't you send someone to tell me yesterday when my godfather didn't come back?" Xie You said in a low voice, as if complaining.

"I forgot." Xie Anci put down the teacup in his hand, a little unhappy. Was Xie You questioning him?

Just as Xie Anci was about to scold him, he felt his eyes go dark and looked at Xie You in shock.

"You..." Xie Anci fell off the chair before he could finish his words, and Xie You quickly caught him.