Chapter 169 Princess Jing is dying
Pei Jian is exhausted.
He rode all the way back from Zhangzhou without stopping for a moment. Now he was sitting in the shaking carriage. Even though his mind was still full of thoughts, he was able to relax next to Nianxi and fell asleep leaning against the wall of the carriage.
What he did recently was very dangerous, so he brought the seal with him. He wanted to leave all his property to her, and it was not a sudden idea.
But I can't stop thinking about it.
This was expected.
Pei Jian hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days. In fact, he barely had the energy to speak.
The carriage was filled with her scent, and he was sleeping soundly.
When he woke up, he was the only one left in the car.
Pei Jian was startled and after asking his servants, he found out that Nian Xi had already gone back. Seeing that Nian Xi was sleeping soundly, he ordered the coachman to take him back to Pei Mansion.
He was covered with a blanket, which she probably used occasionally in the carriage.
Pei Jian buried his head greedily, as if even he was imbued with her scent.
All his fatigue was gone, and his mood even improved, which was rare.
This is the first time Nian Xi cares about him since her rebirth.
The curtain was then opened from the outside, revealing Qin Lang's enlarged face:
"Pei Shizhang, what are you smelling? You're like a pervert."
Qin Lang received a message from Pei Jian early in the morning and waited at Pei's residence. However, the person who had made an appointment did not show up for a long time.
Pei Jian ignored him.
He folded the blanket carefully and put it down, then stood up and prepared to get off the carriage. On the way, he paused, turned around, picked up the blanket back into his arms, and then got off the carriage.
The carriage was the one that usually followed Nian Xi in the Wen Mansion. After dropping her off, the driver Zhang Da went back to the Wen Mansion to report.
Qin Lang only discovered the clue at this time.
Without bothering to talk about what he had found out, he just frowned for a while and said, "Is this my sister's carriage? Shi Zhang, you have made it big~"
For some reason, Qin Lang felt a sense of sadness as if the clouds had finally cleared and the moon was finally visible.
He watched helplessly as Pei Jian licked his face and tried to get closer to his sister. It has been a year now.
It’s really not easy.
Pei Jiancai was too lazy to pay attention to him and walked straight past him inside.
"Have you forgotten who counselled you, consoled you, and felt sorry for you when you were sad?"
Qin Lang was heartbroken in the back, "Pei Shizhang, you are so heartless!"
"What did you find out?"
Pei Jian put down the blanket, turned around and asked him.
When it came to serious matters, Qin Lang straightened his face and said, "You asked me to check the accounts from three years ago, and I did find some clues."
Many officials in the Ministry of Revenue were involved in the Salt and Tobacco Case. However, since Qin Lang had only been in the Ministry for less than a year, he was clean and capable, and was promoted quickly.
Pei Jian asked him to check the salt permits issued by former Ministry of Revenue Vice Minister Zhang Hongzhe and the taxes he collected in the past few years. "There was a merchant named He Yuan who bought a large amount of salt permits in the past few years, but he disappeared in the past two years. When you investigated the case a while ago, he luckily escaped."
The money used by Prince Jing to raise assassins and privately cast helmets and armors was obtained from the greed for salt in Huaibei and Huainan. Pei Jian had previously checked all the people involved in the case, but still could not find the cat's guts, so he asked Qin Lang to investigate further.
"Give me this person's information."
Qin Lang was well prepared. Before coming, he copied down all the records about He Yuan in the Ministry of Revenue. "Isn't the Yanyin case closed? What is your purpose in looking for this person?"
…
Lu Wensheng has been busy with the case of the princess' assassination recently, and Lu Huai would come to the Wen Mansion to look for Nianxi from time to time.
He was the sweetest one, making Li smile from ear to ear and loving him very much.
As for Wen Qingheng, he loved Zhou Yanli and his dog, so he didn't say much. Zhou Yanli was now in the Imperial College and had no free time, so Nianxi spent the most time with this little brat.
That day, Lu Huai wanted to eat fish sashimi.
After Nian Xi finished her work at Liuji Pavilion, she went to Guangde Tower with Lu Huai who had been waiting for a long time.
Guangdelou has the freshest fish sashimi in Beijing. When Gu Ci was in Beijing, Nianxi and he would often visit.
Thinking of Gu Ci, Nian Xi couldn't help but be silent.
Lu Huai didn't know what she was thinking, but he was sensitive enough to notice that Nian Xi was not in a good mood. He remembered that girls like to hear about their parents' gossip, so he repeated what he heard from the lady:
"Prince Jing is almost like my father."
This statement is incoherent and incomprehensible.
"What?" Nian Xi asked.
"A widower," Lu Huai said in his childish voice, and he was very convincing. "Prince Jing is not kind to Princess Jing, and Princess Jing is almost pissed off to death by him."
Logically speaking, Lu Huai should call Prince Jing his cousin.
But Xiao Xun has always disliked Lu Huai, who is such a cunning person.
He relied on the Lu family, but was also wary of the Lu family, and used Lu Wensheng more than family affection. Don't underestimate Lu Huai, he doesn't understand the complicated mind of Prince Jing, but he has never been close to Xiao Xun since he was a child.
In addition to the incident of Xiao Xun forcing Nian Xi last time, Lu Xiaoqi's heart had already been set on Java, so he talked about the private affairs of Prince Jing's Mansion without hesitation.
"But Prince Jing is not as good as my father. My father still has me, but he doesn't!"
Nian Xi was really distracted.
In the previous life, there were no rumors of discord between Prince Jing and his wife. Princess Xun of Prince Jing lived well until her death.
How come after living a new life, Princess Jing is no longer capable?
"Really?"
"Yes, today I heard the Madam and the Second Aunt tell her to go to Prince Jing's Mansion tomorrow to visit Princess Jing."
Nianxi didn’t understand what was going on, maybe it was a memory error?
No matter what, she didn't have a good impression of Prince Jing after all.
So he tapped Lu Huai on the head and asked, "You just listen to these nonsense all day long. Have you read all the books of the saints?"
Seeing that Nian Xi looked normal, Lu Huai let her talk about him without refutation.
If someone else had misinterpreted his good intentions in this way, Mr. Lu would have gone crazy long ago, but when facing Nian Xi, he inexplicably controlled his temper.
On the contrary, he felt that Nianxi cared about him.
"What can possibly faze me?"
Lu Huai said proudly, "In the school, I always memorize the teacher's lessons quickly and well."
"By the way, Nianxi, when your majesty's school is completed, I will give the first class!"
Thinking of you and smiling, it should be good.
"I've thought about it. If anyone can remember it quickly and recite it well, I will give them a reward! The reward will be pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
That's a good idea.
But--
"The four treasures of the study in your house are too valuable to be used as rewards."
"What should I do?"
"Let's go to the bookstore later and buy the most common ones. We can buy a few more sets."
Lu Huai liked Nian Xi the most because she was knowledgeable, interesting and supportive. He immediately became happy and urged them to eat quickly so that he could go to the East Market to buy things.
He was in a good mood and was more lively than usual.
After finishing the meal, as he skipped out, he suddenly thought of something and turned to Nianxi and said, "Then do you want to buy some reward items for the girls you teach?"
He turned his head and spoke in one breath, then walked out, and before he knew it, he bumped into a man walking inside.
"You don't have eyes! Step on my foot!"
The man was domineering. Before anyone could see clearly, he cursed, pushed Lu Huai away, and then raised his hand.
How could Nian Xi bear to watch Lu Huai being bullied? She pulled the man back without thinking and instead took a step forward to stand in front of Lu Huai.