Didn’t deliver the message?

That's it?

Is this reason too hasty?

Everyone in the room was silent.

"Isn't this a bit too coincidental?" someone couldn't help but blurt out.

Miss Jun did not show the slightest sign of being offended, but nodded in agreement.

"It's such a coincidence," she said. "I can't believe it myself."

You don't believe it yourself, what else can we say?

The people in the room fell silent again.

But someone bleated.

That was a servant of the Fang family standing in the corner.

"Speaking of children." He suddenly realized something, "I remember that there was indeed a child who came to the door of our house, but at that time, you and the old lady had just returned, and the people in the house were busy coming in and out to prepare for the funeral. When the child approached, everyone thought he was watching the fun and scolded him, and the child turned around and ran away."

The Fang family is a family like this. According to what Miss Jun said, the child is a firewood seller's child, a country child, so it is inevitable that he is timid and fearful. He will not be scared away by just shouting.

so it is.

It is so.

This is really... I don't know what to say.

But Miss Jun obviously had something to say. She looked at Old Lady Fang with a gleam in her eyes.

"Do we really have an imperial edict in our house?" she asked.

Could the imperial edict be fake? If it was fake, showing it would be like seeking death.

Besides, is this the time to be curious like a child?

Instead of apologizing for his rash behavior, he only asked this out of concern.

What do you need the imperial edict for?

Take it to the Ning family and force them to agree to the marriage?

There were people in the room who couldn't help but have wild thoughts.

"Of course it's real. I took it all night." Fang Chengyu said, as happy and serious as a child. Then he looked at Mrs. Fang and said, "Grandma, Grandma, show it to my cousin."

It turns out to be an imperial edict.

The people in the room also thought of it again at the same time.

At that time, I was so focused on following orders and finding someone that I didn't have time to think too much. Now that I have calmed down and thought about this, I feel dizzy and as if I were dreaming.

The Fang family actually holds the imperial edict bestowed by the late emperor.

"Yes. It's an imperial decree." Fang Chengyu said with a smile. "So don't worry, we are not afraid of anything, nothing will happen. I'm glad you're fine."

He said it casually, as long as you're okay.

The gate of the Lin family was smashed, Yangcheng was turned upside down, and all the officials of Taiyuan Prefecture were alarmed and rushed back overnight. From white-haired old women to young girls, they rushed to search overnight, but these things were not a big deal.

The people in the room looked at Fang Chengyu with even more complicated expressions.

Nothing is wrong. I just hope you are okay...

Is this okay?

Magistrate Ma snorted heavily.

Since we are talking about the imperial edict, let’s talk about it.

"Ms. Fang Cao." He said with a sullen face, "How are you going to explain what happened last night to the people?"

They now entered the house, but the frightened people of the previous night gathered in the streets waiting for a reasonable explanation.

The imperial edict displayed in public was spreading at the speed of wind.

The origin of the imperial edict and Deshengchang will surely become the focus of public discussion, and will set off a huge storm. This storm will sweep across Yangcheng, and then spread. It won't be long before it reaches the capital and the emperor's ears.

Presumably, the moment Mrs. Fang unfolded the imperial edict last night, the spies from Yangcheng Jinyiwei had already sent the message out.

Normally, receiving an imperial edict at home should be a joyous and exciting thing, but for some reason, everyone felt inexplicably uneasy.

Perhaps it was because of Mrs. Fang's sullen expression, perhaps it was because of her identity as a merchant, or perhaps it was because of Miss Jun's misunderstanding that made last night's behavior seem ridiculous.

There was silence in the room.

With a thud, someone knelt down.

"Old lady, this is all my fault," said the female voice.

Everyone seemed to notice the girl standing in the corner of the door and the strange man beside her.

Who is this person? How did he get in?

Seeing everyone looking at him, Chen Qi felt a little embarrassed.

"I, I..." He didn't know how to introduce himself. When he saw Miss Jun looking at him, he was overjoyed, "Madam, you know, I'm a candy seller."

The candy seller...

Strange things happen every year, but there are especially many today.

First, the Fang family took out the imperial edict of the previous emperor, and then a candy man seller stood openly in the hall of their Fang family.

"Chen Qi!" a steward shouted in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense."

"He came in with me." Fang Jinxiu said.

Just now, Mrs. Fang and her group left immediately to go home. Although she was not asked to come back, Fang Jinxiu hesitated for a moment and finally followed them back.

She originally thought that she would never set foot in the Fang family again, at least not this time again, but she didn't expect that she would be back just one day later.

Be it the women of the Fang family or the guards, doormen, stewards and maids, none of them stopped her from entering or questioned her in the slightest, as if this was a matter of course.

Or maybe it's something unimportant.

Because he was following closely behind Fang Jinxiu, no one paid any attention to Chen Qi as he walked in and stood in the living room of the Fang family, which not everyone could enter.

"I don't want to do that, actually." Chen Qi murmured, "It would be embarrassing to go out after coming in."

Ignoring Chen Qi's interruption, Fang Jinxiu looked at Old Lady Fang and kowtowed.

"I caused this," she said. "I take the blame."

Old Madam Fang glanced at her without saying anything, and Madam Fang never looked at her from beginning to end. Yuan had a complicated expression, and Fang Yunxiu and Fang Yuxiu had some worry in their eyes.

"How can you be blamed for this?" said Miss Jun.

"It's her fault. It was she who said that you were arrested by Lin Zhubu and led us to make trouble." Liu Er wiped her tears and said, "She must have seen that you, my lady, have a stable position in the family, while she was driven out, so she was jealous..."

The servant standing behind glanced at Fang Jinxiu.

This must be the daughter born to the concubine who was placed in the Fang family. Now she really has no place in the Fang family and was driven out. It's so pitiful. It's normal for her to be jealous and resentful.

She said that Lin Zhubu arrested Fang Shaomai? What kind of story is this? What is the connection?

Magistrate Ma and other officials all frowned. Too many women means more trouble!

Miss Jun did not tell or question the story, but just smiled and patted the girl's head.

"No," she said, "Don't blame her. She was telling the truth. I did talk to Lin Zhubo, and it just so happened that Lin Zhubo and I didn't go home. What's more, Lin Zhubo and I still have some old grudges. Anyone would think so. Don't you think so?"

Liu'er said "oh" and felt scared again when she thought about what happened last night.

"Yes." She nodded and cried.

Fang Jinxiu was about to say something, but Old Lady Fang slapped the table to interrupt her.

"Shut up," she shouted, then looked at Magistrate Ma. "What's there to explain? My child might have been kidnapped by bad guys. Isn't it normal for me to look for someone?"

Magistrate Ma laughed angrily.

"Normal?" he said, raising his eyebrows. "You Fang family rushed into Yangcheng with the imperial edict and turned the world upside down. Is this normal?"

Old Mrs. Fang looked expressionless.

"Yes, the late emperor bestowed the imperial edict on my family in order to protect us and help us solve problems when we encounter difficulties," she said.

So, women’s thoughts are really incomprehensible and unreasonable.

This is the result of not having a man in the family.

Magistrate Ma pointed at Miss Jun, then pointed at Old Madam Fang.

"Difficulties," he said, repeating the word, "difficulties. That's what you're facing."

He said, sneered and turned away.

"Ms. Fang Cao, since you are acting on orders, I have no way and no qualifications to explain this to the people. You should explain it yourselves."

Having said that, he turned around and walked away.

The people watching in front of the Fang family's door watched the officials rushing out, and couldn't help but rush forward to hear the long-awaited news.

But the officials simply mounted their horses under the protection of the soldiers, dispersed the crowd, and left without saying a word.

The crowd in front of the Fang family's door roared even louder, causing the officials who had just walked out to look back, their expressions also complicated.

I really didn’t expect that. I really didn’t expect that.

The servant did not turn around, but returned to his previous honest and easy-going self and followed the official closely.

“I really didn’t expect that.”

In the Fang family hall where the officials had been sent off, the Fang family members had not yet left, and Miss Jun looked at the imperial edict that Fang Chengyu had taken out and spoke with a complicated expression.