Chapter 164: Make a Bet
The next day, after Qi Wuhan went to court, Jiang Lan prepared to find Xie Yun to discuss returning home. Ling Feng followed her closely to avoid any more accidents.
"I want to go back." She suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
Ling Feng was stunned and asked, "Did Madam tell the Marquis?"
Jiang Lan shook her head. "I haven't figured out how to tell him yet..." She turned back and smiled with relief. "But I feel relieved to have you by his side."
Ling Feng bowed and said, "Please allow me to go back with you, Madam."
Jiang Lan was stunned.
Ling Feng then explained the reason, "The Second Prince and Grand Tutor Wei have both been brought to justice. The Marquis has now established a firm foothold both in the court and the palace. However, the Madam is different. Her situation will only become more dangerous if she returns. I promised the Marquis that I would protect her. From now on, I will never let her get into any trouble."
"You—" Jiang Lan was still about to persuade him.
Ling Feng said, "Madam, there is no need to persuade me anymore."
“…”
Jiang Lan changed her mind, "Now he can't even remember me. What if someone pretends to be an acquaintance and comes to cheat him? Cheating him for money is okay, but what if they try to cheat him for sex?"
Ling Feng: “…”
"So, you have to stay and help me watch him. Don't let him get sold and then help others count the money." Jiang Lan persuaded, "Besides, I have a wide network of contacts in the capital. I have friendships with the Changxing Marquis Mansion and Princess An. My eldest brother is also the top scholar selected by the emperor. My father has accumulated some connections in the court for so many years. Even if he goes back, nothing serious will happen."
"A tall tree attracts the wind. Isn't that more dangerous for Madam?" Ling Feng said.
"......" Jiang Lan cleared her throat and said seriously, "In short, you have to stay and help me watch him. Don't let him be cheated of his money and sex." At this point, a lonely smile flashed across her face, and she tried to pretend to be relaxed and said, "If he marries the Crown Princess in the future, you don't have to worry about him anymore."
"Madam..." Ling Feng hesitated for a moment, "Do you really agree that the Marquis will marry another Crown Princess?"
“.…..”
I'd be surprised if you agreed!
Jiang Lan took a deep breath silently, turned around and looked at the sky. "He is the crown prince, he can't be without a crown princess, right? I can't be his crown princess, so why can't he find one for himself? Besides, he is still young, he can't be a bachelor forever, right? You don't have to worry about me, I am still young, and I still have some private money, it won't be difficult for him to find someone to marry."
"Madam, are you speaking sarcastically?" Ling Feng asked the truth.
Jiang Lan: "..." Do you understand what it means to see through something but not speak it out? What nonsense are you talking about...
…
Xie Yun was sweeping the floor with a broom, humming a cheerful tune. Even from behind he exuded a cheerful air.
Hearing a voice of "cousin" from behind him, he immediately turned around, ran over with a hearty smile that was about to melt his heart, and said, "Sister Lan, I dreamed of fairies last night, and drank with them. The wine was really delicious, it must be the fairy wine from heaven~" Recalling the aroma of the wine in his dream, his eyes lit up.
"Cousin, did you hit your head?" Ling Feng asked with concern.
Xie Yun smiled and shook his head, his bright eyes clearer than if he had hit his head.
"Cousin, I have something to tell you." Jiang Lan said seriously.
Xie Yun immediately stopped smiling and listened to her carefully.
Jiang Lan took him aside and Ling Feng stayed there to guard him.
She whispered a few words, and the expression on Xie Yun's face was first a little surprised and then confused.
"Sister Lan, have you really made up your mind?"
"Um."
Seeing Jiang Lan's determined expression, Xie Yun said with a bit of regret, "I saw that you and your brother-in-law got along well these days, and I thought he wouldn't make any more mistakes."
"It's not him," Jiang Lan pursed her lips.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Xie Yun changed the subject and said, "Then I'll think of a way to get us out of the palace in the next two days. After we leave the palace, I'll find a way to contact Brother Ji and go back together." At this point, he thought of someone else, "Sister Lan, what about Brother Ye?"
"I'll go ask Brother Ye later." She also had something else to ask.
Xie Yun seemed to have noticed her thoughts and didn't say he would go with her. He said he would go to the kitchen to get some dry food to eat on the way.
…
When Jiang Lan came over, she didn't see anyone. Ling Feng said that the person should still be in the library.
Only then did she know that after the two of them talked about the high priest that day, Ye Rushui asked Qi Wuhan for a request to borrow a medical book. Qi Wuhan had someone take him to the library, and he had been staying there for the past few days.
When Ling Feng led her over, someone just came out of the building.
Seeing that face, Jiang Lan suddenly stopped and her eyes turned cold.
Ling Feng also became alert, keeping a close eye on the other party's every move.
Wei Ping bowed in the direction of the two of them, then left in another direction.
"Shameless!" Jiang Lan's anger soared when she saw that he still had the nerve to greet her. She wanted to rush over and slap him in the face. Suddenly, her expression tightened and she immediately rushed into the building. Ling Feng followed her immediately.
"Ma'am, what's wrong?"
"Brother Ye is still inside."
When the two rushed in, they saw Ye Rushui walking out from behind the bookshelf and they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Rushui nodded and greeted the two of them, then went over and placed the stack of bamboo slips in her arms on the desk next to her, and then moved a pile of bamboo slips that had been read aside.
"Brother Ye, when I came here just now, I saw someone going out?" Jiang Lan came over to help him move the bamboo slips and said.
Ye Rushui replied, "He said his last name was Wei and he was an imperial physician in the palace. He asked me what I was looking for."
Jiang Lan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother Ye, haven't you seen him before?"
Ye Rushui shook her head.
If it were someone else, Jiang Lan would still find it a little unbelievable, because Wei Ping's face was the same as Butler Shi's face. If he had been to the Marquis' Mansion before, he should have met him. However, based on his personality, he probably didn't want to deal with these people and add some trivial matters.
Even when Qi Wuhan took her to see a doctor before, he had to go to the pharmacy in person instead of asking someone to call him to the Marquis' Mansion.
"Brother Ye, you have to be careful of this person. He is Qinglong, the leader of the four elders of the Black Lotus Sect." Jiang Lan reminded quietly.
Ye Rushui nodded.
So calm...
Jiang Lan sighed silently for a few seconds, then adjusted her mood and asked, "Brother Ye, my cousin and I are going back. Do you want to come with us?"
Ye Rushui paused for a moment as she put the bamboo slips away and replied, "I haven't figured out the reason why the Marquis has lost his memory yet, so I won't be going back for the time being."
Jiang Lan was not surprised either, as she probably guessed that he would most likely stay.
"Brother Ye, thank you."
Ye Rushui replied: "Actually, I have other reasons for staying." She meant that it was not just because of Qi Wuhan, so she didn't need to thank him.
"I'm talking about this." Jiang Lan handed him a small wooden box and a small whistle. It was the secret weapon he had given her for self-defense in Yecheng. "It's already saved me once. Brother Ye is alone in the palace. There are all kinds of people in the palace. There will definitely be a time when it will be useful."
"It has already recognized its owner. There's no point in me keeping it." Ye Rushui said.
Jiang Lan was slightly stunned. "Recognized the master, me?"
Ye Rushui nodded.
"Alright." Jiang Lan put the things away and saw a pile of bamboo slips in front of him. She looked at them and decided not to disturb him. As she was about to leave, Ye Rushui said to her, "Although the Marquis has lost his memory, a person's habits and preferences will not change easily. The patient I treated before, after losing his memory, still went to the old woman under the bridge every day to buy wontons. He still bought the three-fresh filling that his wife loved the most."
"Brother Ye, thank you." Jiang Lan said with a smile, "You've made me hungry. I'm craving wontons too."
…
After Qi Wuhan left the court, An Zhong invited him to Qinglong Garden again.
When he came over he found the high priest there.
"Something was lost in Tianchen Pavilion yesterday." Mu Jin walked out from behind the screen and said.
Qi Wuhan turned his gaze towards the high priest and asked, "What was lost?"
The high priest replied, "It is the Soul Seal, the national treasure of our Northern Desert."
"Since it is a national treasure, why haven't I heard of it?" Qi Wuhan said.
The high priest replied, "This treasure has the power to bring the dead back to life and prolong life. If word were to spread, it would surely attract countless covetous people. Someone must have taken advantage of yesterday's ceremony while I was away from the pavilion to steal it. I heard that the Emperor of the Central Plains is nearing death, and obtaining this treasure might extend his life. The Central Plains woman accompanying Your Highness might have come for this purpose as well."
Hearing the last sentence, Qi Wuhan's expression darkened, and a dark and cold light flashed in his eyes.
Mu Jin waved his hand and asked the high priest to leave first.
"Don't you care about that girl very much? Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
Qi Wuhan asked, "What does Father want to bet on?"
Mu Jin smiled softly, "Then let's bet on whether that girl came for you or for the Soul Seal?"
A man wearing a fox mask flashed through Qi Wuhan's mind. He was the bodyguard Jiang Lan mentioned. His eyes darkened and he said nothing.
"It seems you don't trust her either."
Qi Wuhan raised his gaze, looked directly into the pair of peach blossom eyes that resembled his own, and said, "If I win, the position of Crown Princess will be hers."
"Okay, I promise you."
…
After leaving, Qi Wuhan stopped and looked towards his mother's residence, wondering what his mother had said to Jiang Lan yesterday...
"Your Highness, do you want to go see the Queen?" An Zhong asked.
"No need." He withdrew his gaze and walked away, like a gust of cold wind.
"Don't forget, she still has her father and brother in the capital. If she takes the Soul Seal back, she can redeem herself from her crime and not implicate her father and brother. Then let's see who is more important in her heart, you or her father and brother?"
His father's words of warning still lingered in his ears, like poisoned wine, slowly soaking into the doubts growing in his heart...
"Will you stay with me?" He looked up at the distant sky and murmured.
The other side of the horizon is the direction of the capital.
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