Chapter 1748 Body Contract
Xu An didn't speak for a long time. Bai Shan waited for a long time. When he was about to fall asleep, he vaguely heard Xu An slowly respond with "Okay".
Bai Shan didn't know whether he was dreaming last night, but seeing that he was in a good mood today, she thought about it and decided not to ask him.
Eunuch Wu was seconded by Lord Yin. They took away many people for interrogation under the pretext of investigating Xu Yu's accomplices. Some of them were just for formalities, while some were secretly taken to the Western Inner Court for questioning.
From escorting people to interrogating them, everything was done by the imperial guards. Yin Li also deliberately picked out his trusted confidants, and no one knew that those eunuchs and palace maids had been taken away alone.
Manbao specially changed into a brand new official uniform today. As soon as she went out, she ran into Eunuch Wu who came to see her with dark circles under his eyes.
Eunuch Wu handed her a document and said, "This is Xu An's indenture. Your Highness has given him to you as a reward, but it's not easy to get out of here right now, so his name is still on the list at the Ye Ting Palace. After a few days, when everyone who needs to be investigated has been checked, Your Highness will erase his name."
"But Lord Zhou can take him away today," Eunuch Wu paused and lowered his voice, "Young Lord Zhou, only a few of us know what Xu Yu confessed. You have to take him away quietly. Fortunately, the management of each palace has been strict these past two days, so it will be difficult for them to spread the news. But it's best for Xu An not to show up outside, so as to avoid people guessing what's going on in the palace early, which will not be good for him."
Manbao nodded in agreement, took Xu An's indenture and went to Chongwenguan to pick him up.
She was going to the Imperial Medical Bureau for classes, so Eunuch Wu asked Xu An to drive her carriage, which gave her an excuse to leave the palace.
After leaving the imperial city, Manbao said, "Let's go to the Yin Mansion first."
Xu An's face was full of confusion. Unlike Rong Si who often ran errands outside the palace, he had never left the palace since entering it and had no idea where the Yin Mansion was.
Even driving the carriage was difficult.
When Manbao saw this, he sat on the shaft of the carriage, took the whip and reins from his hands, and drove the carriage around.
Xu An sat on the sidelines, hands and feet tied. When they arrived at the gate of the Yin Mansion, Manbao handed him his indenture. "This is your indenture, but your name is still in the Ye Ting Palace. It will take a few days to leave the palace through the open road. During this time, you should stay in the Yin Mansion and don't go out. No one dares to do anything bad to you in the Yin family."
Xu An reached out to take his indenture, took a look at it, then clasped his hands and presented it to Manbao. Seeing that Manbao refused to take it, he got out of the car, knelt under it and presented it to him with both hands.
Manbao quickly leaned over to pull him, "What are you doing?"
Xu An insisted on kneeling and said, "Master Zhou, I know that you rescued me from the palace because of my sister, but I am a eunuch and have nowhere to go outside the palace. I have no other way to make a living except serving others. Please accept me, Master Zhou. From now on, I will go wherever you tell me to go."
Manbao had actually been thinking about this since last night. Leaving Xu An with Yin Huo was just a temporary solution. When this matter faded away in a few years, where would he go?
He was alone and unfamiliar with the outside world, so he must be scared. That's why she had planned to take care of him.
She said, "You follow Yin Huo first. After a few years, when everyone has forgotten about this matter, you can go wherever you want. If you want to stay with us, that's fine too. We can get along like friends."
Xu An shook his head, raised the indenture in his hand even higher, and insisted, "I will not go anywhere. I will obey Master Zhou's orders for the rest of my life."
He paused and said, "Master Zhou, I know my sister did something wrong before. She replaced your needle bag and almost harmed the Crown Princess, the Emperor's grandson, and you. Yet you are so kind as to forgive my sins and help my sister take me in. Even if I spend my whole life, I will never be able to repay you. Please accept me."
Seeing that someone had already opened the side door of the Yin Mansion, Manbao quickly took the indenture and said, "Okay, I'll keep it for you first. Let's go and see Old Madam Yin."
Manbao turned around and took out his basket from the carriage, and went into the Yin Mansion with Xu An.
Yin Huo wrote a letter to Old Madam Yin, asking her to take care of Xu An and hope that everything would go as planned.
As for Xu An's origins, he said his father knew everything.
Yin Li, who didn't know that his son had specially taken over a hot potato from Zhou Man, was still working overtime in the palace. He didn't come back last night, and there were strange things in the palace recently. Even Old Madam Yin felt a little uneasy.
So when she saw Manbao, she quickly agreed to the matter, then put the letter aside and mainly asked about Yin Huo's situation.
Manbao said that Yin Huo took medicine on time every day, practiced boxing on time, and also had acupuncture every three days, and his pulse condition was much better.
Old Madam Yin breathed a sigh of relief, then accepted Xu An and asked the steward to politely take him to her grandson's yard to settle him down.
Yin Huo couldn't stand noise, so his courtyard was still deserted. It became even more deserted after he moved into the palace. Basically, there were only Changshou and an old nanny there.
Manbao sent him to a fork in the road, and she took out a copy of The Analects from her basket and gave it to him. "I remember you can read. If you're bored here, why don't you read a book? I'll give you another one next time after you finish it."
She said, "Reading will make you feel much better."
Xu An reached out to take it. He didn't have that feeling, but since Lord Zhou said so, he would read it.
After he bowed, he and the steward withdrew. Manbao then sighed, turned around and walked out of the courtyard with another servant.
Only after getting on the carriage did Manbao remember that she had no driver.
The servant who sent her out was also a little confused. When he was hesitating and asking whether he needed help, Manbao pulled the carriage around a corner and went out.
Servant: ...
Manbao drove himself to the edge of the Imperial College. The newly built Imperial Medical Bureau's gate plaque was both new and beautiful, much more beautiful than the Imperial College not far away.
Manbao drove the carriage to the gate, nodded with satisfaction, then left the carriage to the gatekeeper and went in carrying the book basket.
The people from the Imperial Medical Bureau are currently giving speeches to new students and distributing textbooks.
Manbao carried the basket of books to the teachers' office and put it down, then went to the martial arts field with his hands behind his back.
In the martial arts arena, Dean Xiao had already finished his speech, and each class was now distributing books and clothes.
Zhou Liru was holding a large bundle of books and was almost blinded by the road. When she passed by Manbao, she noticed something was wrong and quickly turned around to look over. Looking through the bundle, she saw Manbao looking straight ahead and immediately called out, "Auntie!"
Manbao turned her head and recognized Zhou Lirulai from under the bundle and books. She quickly reached out to take the bundle from him and took two more books. She asked, "It's you. Are these all your things?"
Zhou Liru nodded happily, "The office gave each of us two sets of clothes."
Manbao didn't expect Xiao Yuanzheng to be so generous to his students. He was a little envious because they, as teachers, had no clothes.
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