Chapter 18
Thinking of this, Ning Shiyu felt a strong sense of unease.
His premonitions are always very accurate.
Moreover, this time, it was his own conclusion reached through meticulous analysis.
This coincides with his initial suspicion that Mr. Leng was detrimental to the King of Qin.
Given Mr. Leng's situation, if he wanted to harm the King of Qin, he would either frame someone or plot to kill him.
Ning Shiyu could no longer calm down and went to see Princess Wei again.
"Your Highness, think carefully. Besides treating your headache, has Mr. Leng prescribed any other medicine for Prince Qin?"
Now that Ms. Wei knows Mr. Leng's true colors, her impression of him has completely changed.
When Ning Shiyu asked again, he knew the situation was serious.
She thought it over carefully and shook her head, saying, "The prince has always been in good health, and there are military doctors in the army. Mr. Leng has never examined him."
Then, Madam Wei showed Ning Shiyu the pills that Mr. Leng had prescribed for her.
Ning Shiyu ordered Mu Li to take the pills to the doctor at the manor for examination, but no abnormalities were found.
Moreover, Wei's appearance was very healthy, and there was no sign of anything amiss.
Just when Ning Shiyu thought the clues had gone cold again and he could only investigate from other places.
Suddenly, a maidservant beside Lady Wei said, "Your Highness, I remember Mr. Leng sent the Prince a packet of calming herbs, which you put under his pillow."
Wei suddenly realized, "Oh right, how could I have forgotten?"
“Half a month ago, the prince couldn’t sleep well. I told Mr. Leng about it and he gave me a packet of herbs.”
One sentence gave Ning Shiyu a glimmer of hope. He said solemnly, "Where are the herbs, Your Highness? Take me there quickly."
Guided by the princess, Mu Li indeed found a packet of herbs wrapped in cloth under the Qin King's pillow.
It seemed like nothing special, but when you opened it, you found it was a letter.
The faces of everyone changed.
Wei exclaimed in surprise, "It's the Prince's handwriting!"
Ning Shiyu seemed to have found the answer in his heart. He avoided the crowd and went behind the screen to open and read it.
The letter contained details of the secret plot between the King of Qin and the ninth prince of the neighboring state of Da Jing.
It was clearly a letter accusing the King of Qin of treason and collusion with the enemy.
This is a complete fabrication.
If this were true, the letter would have been destroyed long ago; it wouldn't have been left under the pillow.
After Ning Shiyu finished reading, he dismissed everyone except Wei Shi.
“Aunt, take a look. This is why Mr. Leng got away.”
Madam Wei turned pale and cried out, "These beasts! They're trying to frame my lord!"
"Fortunately, Yu'er, you discovered it in time, otherwise it would have brought utter destruction to our royal family."
Treason is a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.
Who would harbor such deep hatred as to frame the King of Qin?
It's certainly not a personal grudge.
Without needing confirmation, it's clear that it was done by the Cui family.
She had heard of these methods from the Wei family, who came from a prominent background.
By this point, one could guess that Mr. Leng was merely a pawn placed in the Prince's mansion by the Cui family.
Wei lit a candle and immediately burned the letter.
Keeping this letter will only cause trouble; it's best to deal with it as soon as possible.
Then, Lady Wei ordered the steward of her household to send someone to inform the Prince of Qin that something had happened at her residence.
Ning Shiyu did not stop it. Although this matter could not be publicized, it was still a major issue.
If things go as expected, within half a month at most, the imperial court will send someone to your residence to investigate.
If he hadn't seen through Mr. Leng's conspiracy beforehand and resolved this trouble...
When the people sent by the court find the letter and discover that the handwriting is exactly the same as that of the King of Qin, then his uncle will be unable to defend himself.
They were caught off guard and harmed by treacherous people.
*
Fu'er returned to Songtao Garden and was not depressed because she did not sleep with Ning Shiyu.
She has always been very easygoing.
After finishing the accounts that Uncle Jiu had given her, tidying up the bedroom, she continued to work on her spices.
Fu'er was not allowed to tidy up the study, and was strictly forbidden from entering the study.
Mu Li usually cleans it himself.
Sometimes she wants to talk to someone but has no one to talk to.
In the past, at the Ning residence, after finishing the tasks at hand...
When she was bored, she would go back to talk to Granny Yu, Xiang'er, and the other maids.
The only woman in Songtao Garden was Dongyue, and Fu'er could tell that she looked down on her.
He usually either goes out on errands for Ning Shiyu or practices swordsmanship in her courtyard.
Today, Fu'er brought her food, and her sword flew over and landed right on Fu'er's head.
Startled, Fu'er dropped the pastries in her hand and fled from Dongyue's courtyard.
Therefore, Fu'er made up her mind that she would never take the initiative to look for her again.
Even her savior.
After lunch, Fu'er began to tidy up Ning Shiyu's bedroom.
She has to be very careful every time she cleans.
Because the furnishings and decorations in Ning Shiyuzhan's bedroom were even more luxurious than those in Wenxuan Pavilion.
The tables, chairs, beds, and display shelves inside the house are all made of Phoebe zhennan wood.
The floor was covered with a long-pile carpet from the Western Regions, which was soft and comfortable to walk on.
Every time Fu'er entered this room, the first thing she did was take off her shoes, leaving only her clothes on.
They would jump around on it for a while, or lie on it and roll around a few times, before starting to tidy up the side room.
The display shelves were filled with all sorts of rare and beautiful ornaments.
Examples include a grape-purple glazed vase with double handles, a three-legged bamboo-leaf green glazed stone incense burner, and a blue-green glazed covered jar with gold-painted decoration.
Rose quartz double-ring ear box with common flower design, pearl and agate dragon and phoenix tripod, pink glass vase, jadeite carved tree root-shaped flower stand, etc.
Of course, she couldn't pronounce those beautiful names.
I only found out by looking at the warehouse register.
On the first day of our visit, Uncle Jiu explained that these ornaments were extremely rare and that Ning Shiyu had spent a lot of money to buy them.
Every time Fu'er wiped away the dust, she would hold it in her arms like a precious treasure.
Moreover, what is displayed is only a small part; Ning Shiyu's private treasury is completely filled with two large antique display shelves.
Uncle Jiu said that in the past, the master's bedroom was filled with bronze, jade and scholar's objects.
After she arrived, she replaced them with this batch of brightly colored ones.
Fu'er felt extremely guilty, thinking to herself that her master must have seen through it all, if those were the ones that were set up.
She's too lazy to even wipe it down once every month or two.
But if she used these brightly colored and pretty utensils, she would wipe them down every day.
Although I'm very careful every time, I still enjoy wiping it.
The walls are adorned with magnificent landscape paintings by renowned artists, arranged in a staggered and orderly fashion.
Even if Fu'er couldn't understand the artistic conception in the painting, she could tell from the title that it was by a famous artist.
Only the two potted crabapple trees on the high table were the ones that Fu'er dared to dust with a little force.
No wonder Ning Shiyu didn't allow Fu'er to bring Xiao Ju here; if she wasn't careful...
If she broke even one item, she couldn't afford to pay for it even if she worked as a maid for several lifetimes.
The frozen green jade incense burner was lit with the agarwood that Ning Shiyu liked.
Just as Fu'er finished tidying up the bedroom and was about to leave, before she could even put on her felt shoes, she saw Ning Shiyu leading a girl dressed in black.
The two walked quickly into the courtyard of Zhanbozhai, one after the other.
Ning Shiyu, who was about to enter the study, saw Fu'er staring blankly at the girl behind him. Thinking of the foolish thing she did yesterday, he wanted to ignore her.
However, glancing at her feet out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but walk up to her and say, "Next time you come inside to tidy up, don't take off your shoes, so you don't catch a cold."
"Go and summon Dongyue and Zhuxi to my study."
Fu'er then looked away and quickly put on her felt shoes.
As they passed by the girl, the man was also curiously observing her.
His gaze was as cold and aloof as a winter moon.
Fu'er's pupils suddenly contracted as she remembered that she was the girl You Luowan who had played the pipa for the distinguished guest that day.
He called out, "Are you Miss You?"
The woman immediately turned to the side and said coldly, "You've mistaken me for someone else."
Fu'er was absolutely certain that the girl was You Luowan.
She thought to herself, "My master has even taken a liking to the girls at Tianxiang Pavilion."
I just don't like her.
She was so familiar with Ning Shiyu that she couldn't keep up with the people who came later.
Then my gaze shifted to You Luowan's waist, and sure enough, it was another slender waist.
Then I understood what was going on.
Feeling increasingly aggrieved, she snorted coldly at Ning Shiyu and strode out of Zhanbozhai.
You Luowan looked surprised, unable to believe that a mere maid like her would dare to give Ning Shiyu such attitude.
And he even openly put on a sour face.
However, Ning Shiyu surprised her. Instead of getting angry, he looked helpless and pressed his brow.
As Ning Shiyu's undercover agent for many years, You Luowan always saw him as serious and composed, and had never seen any exceptional doting look in his eyes.
He recalled how she had defended her in the same way in front of the King of Qin.
You Luowan looked at Fu'er's back with a deeper meaning.
After following Ning Shiyu into the study, You Luowan reported, "Master, someone from the court has arrived. That person came to Tianxiang Tower today."
"He changed his robes, but not his official shoes."
"I saw it at a glance."
After Ning Shiyu arrived in Lingyang, he secretly trained a number of bodyguards.
You Luowan and Dongyue are two of the more outstanding women among Ning Shiyu's spies.
In order to complete their mission, they came into contact with all sorts of people.
From high-ranking officials in the imperial court to ordinary citizens in the city.
They were quite familiar with these people's daily clothing and habits.
Ning Shiyu took off his cloak, sat down behind his desk, and a cold sneer appeared on his lips. "It seems they're faster than I thought."
He originally thought that it would take at least ten days for news of Mr. Leng to reach Chang'an.
Unexpectedly, the Cui family had made preparations in advance.
Fortunately, he discovered it early.
Ning Shiyu's eyes were filled with turbulent emotions. He would not let them get away with it this time.
Then the King of Qin and those around him will face endless troubles in the future.
Just then, Dongyue and Zhuxi walked in.
Ning Shiyu said solemnly, "Tonight, the three of you will work together to find out who is from the court."
The three men replied in unison, "We obey."
In the evening, Fu'er brought the meal, but Ning Shiyu had already returned to his bedroom.
After setting the meal out in the outer room, she said weakly, "Young master, please have your meal."
Ning Shiyu came out of the inner room and saw that she had her head down and was not looking at him.
Guessing that she was eating You Wanluo's food again today, Ning Shiyu suddenly became interested.
With a smile in her eyes, she said, "What, you've had enough vinegar, and now you can't eat anything else?"
"I'm not even interested in mutton anymore."
Fu'er complained softly, "Fu'er will never fall for the young master's tricks again."
Ning Shiyu asked, completely bewildered, "You fell for my trick?"
Fu'er raised her beautiful face, her eyes filled with slight anger, "Young master clearly likes girls with slender waists, yet he makes me eat the best food every day."
"You deliberately fattened up this servant so you could get rid of her, didn't you?"
"Make room for them."
This is something she thought about for a long time today before she finally understood.
She knew her master was clever, but she never expected him to scheme against her.
The fact that Yunyou wasn't by Ning Shiyu's side had given her some hope again.
Unexpectedly, Yun You was not there, but You Wanluo came again.
Ning Shiyu had been treating her quite well these days, and the extinguished hope in her heart was rekindled.
To everyone's surprise, just one day later, he brought back another woman.
She simply couldn't handle it.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, realizing how difficult it was to obtain Ning Shiyu's residence.
Based on her understanding of matters between men and women, she couldn't think of any other solution.
I find romantic relationships between men and women really troublesome.
It's much harder than being literate and able to do math, or even dealing with bad people like her brother-in-law.
Ning Shiyu listened to her explanation and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But thinking about how recklessly she had acted these past few days, her expression turned cold.
"Miss You sought me out only on official business."
"You've been making so many mistakes lately, it's really disappointing."
This time, Fu'er was not only unafraid, but also retorted, "Young Master has also disappointed Fu'er."
"He likes so many girls, but he doesn't like Fu'er."
"He kissed me yesterday, and today he brought back another girl."
“If you don’t want me anymore, then I won’t want you either.”
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