Chapter 59 I Will Accomplish Your Mission
Han Ruixiang walked into a monk's dormitory nervously.
Prince, no, now you should call me Master Wu Nian, you live here.
It was the Queen who asked her to come over, saying that Wu Nian wanted to see her.
When Wu Nian was still the gentle and clear-minded prince, she was a little afraid of him, even though he always smiled when he saw her, and even though she had never known any of his evil deeds.
When he was choosing a concubine, she had been secretly praying that she would not be chosen.
After getting what she wanted, she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had escaped a great disaster.
The night when the cold bones were dug out from the bottom of the lake, she finally realized what disaster she had escaped. She felt lucky countless times in her heart that she had lost to Pei Minru.
This was the only failure she had ever accepted with a sincere heart.
"close the door."
A familiar voice interrupted her thoughts.
Looking at the monk sitting cross-legged on the couch, looking at her expressionlessly, she shuddered, turned around and closed the door, her heart beating like a drum.
"What do you want from me?"
She said cautiously.
Wu Nian glanced at the low stool in front of the couch, then sat down with her brows lowered.
"I have something to entrust to you."
Wu Nian finished speaking and told the story.
Han Ruixiang was stunned: "Why did you entrust it to me?"
"You are a smart person, and you have experience in the community," Wu Nian said calmly, "and you are unwilling to give up."
Is she unwilling?
Han Ruixiang's heart trembled.
How did he know she was unwilling?
After the incident in the mansion, members of the Ruixiang Poetry Society wrote letters to withdraw from the society, fearing that they would have anything to do with her.
The women's poetry society that she had painstakingly built up for many years was reduced to a mere name in the blink of an eye.
She also went from being the most famous lady in the capital to being the sister of "that beast who is worse than an animal".
Previously, her paintings could be sold for over a thousand taels of silver each at auction.
Now the auction house has returned all the paintings she sent for auction.
It is said that no one is interested.
What hurt her the most was that the person who destroyed it all was her dream lover.
She originally thought that they were a match made in heaven, that they would become a couple famous throughout the ages, and a fairy couple that everyone envied.
However……
Having solved such a big case, he would indeed be remembered in history, but she became a rat in the gutter.
The title of Marquis is no longer hereditary, and as soon as the father dies, the Han family will become just an ordinary family.
She is just an ordinary woman, not a daughter of a marquis.
Which powerful young man would be willing to marry her?
Even if they are willing, she will not look down on them!
"You're right," she said to the man in front of her, "I really don't want to accept this."
She dropped from the stool to her knees.
"Han Ruixiang pays homage to the Lord."
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Feng Qingsui waited until Han Ruixiang and his servant left Anguo Temple before he came down from the White Pagoda.
Walking with Qi on the flower path by the lake, watching the flowers bloom on the trees.
There is a three-story stone boat by the lake. Men and women in gorgeous clothes are sitting on the boat fishing, looking into the distance, or playing.
As Feng Qingsui and his companions reached the edge of the boat, they heard a "splash" and saw a woman wearing a white fox fur falling from the second floor into the water.
"Hurry up! Our lady has fallen into the water!"
"Help!"
The woman struggled a few times and then sank straight down. Feng Qingsui knew at a glance that she had a leg cramp.
He quickly gave Wuhua a wink.
Wuhua leaped towards the place where the woman fell into the water.
At the same time, a man jumped into the water from the first-floor window and swam towards the woman who fell into the water.
Wuhua lifted the woman onto the bow first. The man was stunned for a moment and then climbed up.
The group of people who had been shouting on the second floor came out of the barge. Two maids rushed to the woman and asked with concern, "Miss, are you okay?"
The woman just coughed up the lake water in her mouth and said, "I'm fine, thanks to——"
"Fourth Master, were you the one who saved Miss Chen?"
A maid said in surprise.
"Aren't you? Oh, what shall we do with our young lady?"
Feng Qingsui, who had just walked to the bow of the boat, said: "..."
The young lady the maid was talking about turned pale and her body was shaky. She looked at the young lady who fell into the water, then at the man who had just jumped in to save her. She bit her lip and said resolutely, "Miss Chen's reputation cannot be damaged. I, I will help you."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
The man was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with bright eyes and thin eyebrows, an elegant temperament, calm and gentle, like a pot of fine wine brewed by time.
Even though his clothes were wet at the moment, his demeanor was not affected at all.
After hearing the woman's magnanimous declaration, he was silent for a moment, a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his lips.
"I'm afraid Miss Fu will be disappointed. It wasn't me who rescued Miss Chen. It was this girl."
He looked towards Wuhua.
Wuhua had already walked to Feng Qingsui's side. He glanced over and took in Feng Qingsui's face, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"What?"
Miss Fu obviously didn't expect this to happen, and her expression almost went out of control.
She looked at Wuhua, whose clothes were not stained with a drop of water, and then looked at the man whose clothes were wet, and said with an awkward smile:
"Fourth Brother, I know you're saying this to protect Miss Chen's reputation, but... you can't hide it. Others will know it was you who saved her."
The man concealed the shock in his eyes and said calmly, "If you don't believe me, you can ask these two ladies, or the person who was sitting by the window on the boathouse just now."
Miss Chen said hurriedly, "That's right. Although Master Zong Si went into the water to save me, I was pulled out by this lady's maid first."
Another person echoed: "They are telling the truth. I just saw it too."
Miss Fu could only say angrily: "It seems that I misunderstood. I'm really sorry."
After thanking Wuhua, Miss Chen asked Feng Qingsui's name and said, "My clothes are wet and cold. I will go change first. I will come to thank you another day."
Feng Qingsui nodded and said ok.
The fourth master of the Zong clan stood there with a frown.
"Are you Madam Ji? Did you open the Qinghui Warm Velvet Pavilion?"
Feng Qingsui had just noticed that something was wrong with his eyes. It was exactly the same look that Madam Xu had when she first saw her. Knowing that something was amiss, she asked instead of answering, "Are you the Fourth Master of the Zong family? Did you order the suspension of our wool supply?"
Zong Hebai was speechless.
Feng Qingsui snorted coldly: "Everyone says that Master Zong Si is a fair man and never breaks his promise in business. I think he is just like that."
After saying that, he took Qi's hand and left.
Zong Hebai still stood there and did not catch up.
After sending Qi back home, Feng Qingsui went to the workshop and asked Madam Xu, "Madam, why did you look so shocked when you first saw me at the shop?"
Aunt Xu was stunned.
Feng Qingsui continued, "Just now I met Master Zong Si in Taihe Garden. He had the same expression as Madam when he saw me. There must be a reason."
Madam Xu was silent for a moment, then replied, "You look very much like the young lady—the wife of the Duke of Ning."
Although Feng Qingsui had a vague guess, he was still a little surprised to hear this.
"How similar?"
“Almost identical.”
Feng Qingsui seemed to be lost in thought and asked her, "When and when was Miss Ning born?"
Aunt Xu suddenly looked up, her face full of shock.
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