Chapter 208 Be a Man
After Yun Wansheng finished listening to him, her eyes unconsciously showed a hint of timidity, but she didn't want this man to help her, and she didn't want to accept his favor.
"If that time really comes, we brothers and sisters will just consider ourselves unlucky. Anyway, we don't need an outsider like you to interfere in our affairs." Yun Wansheng said stubbornly.
"What an outsider!" Mu Xingci scoffed and turned to leave, but the message came back: "As an outsider, I will take care of your affairs."
Seeing that he was determined, Yun Wansheng chased him out of the door with an annoyed look in her eyes, and shouted at the man's back, "Mu Xingci, can't you be a man and stop interfering in my affairs?"
Mu Xingci paused in his tracks upon hearing this, then continued walking: "Hasn't it been known for a long time whether I am a man or not?"
The man's tone was frivolous. Yun Wansheng couldn't help but curse, "You tasteless bastard!"
Shangguan Lan was waiting in the front yard. When he saw Mu Xingci coming out, he took a few steps towards him and asked, "Prince Regent, are you going back?"
"Shangguan Lan, you brothers and sisters don't have to worry about Tian Jinfeng's matter. I will handle the rest." Mu Xingci said.
"This...this isn't good, right? I'm afraid my sister won't agree."
Mu Xingci glanced at him and said, "Shangguan Lan, you can spoil your sister, but you have to know your limits. Haven't you ever thought that if the truth comes out, it won't matter whether you live or die. Do you still want to implicate her?"
"I...I will not let this be exposed."
"Shangguan Lan, self-confidence is a good thing, but if you are blindly confident, then you will only wait for death. Others are not fools. They can let you get away with it once or twice, but who knows what they will do the third or fourth time?
Since I am in charge of your affairs, I will handle it perfectly. All you have to do now is wait." Mu Xingci said in a stern tone and left Shangguan Mansion.
Shangguan Lan returned to his main courtyard and saw Yun Wansheng sitting in the living room, lost in thought. "What are you thinking about?"
Yun Wansheng came back to his senses and looked at his brother: "Brother! He said we shouldn't get involved in this matter anymore."
"Little sister, the Regent doesn't want us to be in danger. Of course, he least wants anything to happen to you." Shangguan Lan laughed at himself.
"Oh! It seems that even though I don't want to owe him a favor, I still owe him one." Yun Wansheng sighed.
"Little sister, can you...can you tell me about your past with him? I want to know why you don't want to marry him." Shangguan Lan said cautiously.
Yun Wansheng raised her eyes to look at the man who cared about her, then lowered them again: "I used to be his concubine. He was of such a noble status, so he was naturally very proud, but I can't stand the slightest grievance.
In this way, he wanted to trap me and make me his mistress forever. How could I do as he wished? I left him after a quarrel.
He thought that if he promised to marry me, I would agree to his proposal, but the threshold of his house was too high for me to enter, and coupled with the unpleasantness we had experienced before, I rejected him.
Shangguan Lan listened to the woman's simple explanation and made a rough guess: "Little sister, the wealthy families like the Regent's Palace are indeed not places that ordinary people like us can enter. I understand.
His house is the former Marquis's mansion, with a whole family of several hundred people living in one mansion. There live his three uncles and aunts, a bunch of young masters and young ladies, and his father's uncles and brothers. You can imagine how many people there are in his house. If you add in the maids, guards, and servants, there might be over two thousand people in the house.
"Oh my God! How much money would it cost in a year to support so many people?" Yun Wansheng was stunned.
"It's hard to imagine, but they can afford it anyway." Shangguan Lan said with a smile.
Yun Wansheng laughed a few times, feeling lucky that she didn't feel soft-hearted, otherwise, huh?
Mu Xingci didn't know that his family situation had scared someone, so when he returned home he asked Xiao Fei to find the person he needed.
For seven or eight days in a row, Shangguan Lan had an unprecedentedly smooth time in the office. No matter what tasks or preventive measures he assigned, no one objected to him, and every task was completed for him promptly.
Moreover, those colleagues who had been indifferent to him before also became friendly with him. This made Shangguan Lan feel for the first time how important it was to have the support of various forces behind him.
That day, Shangguan Lan came back from the morning court and went straight to the cross-courtyard to find Yun Wansheng.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw the woman sitting on the flower bed in the corridor reading a book: "Little sister!"
Yun Wansheng looked over and smiled, "Brother, you're back?"
"Hmm! Have you had breakfast yet?"
"I've already eaten. I asked the kitchen to make you a pie, two side dishes, and rice porridge. Go and eat! If you need anything, we'll talk after you eat."
"No rush. The Queen Mother also arrived at the morning court today. She suggested that the Regent hold a hunting trip during this season to help train the young emperor's courage.
After consulting with the court officials, the Regent agreed. "Little sister, I think this hunt was intentional on Mu Xingci's part. What do you think?" Shangguan Lan said, her eyes darkening.
"I think so too. Anyone could have an accident like this."
Yun Wansheng secretly praised the man's strategy, which was indeed much more clever than her own tricks. No one would have thought that this hunting trip was prepared for the Duke.
"Did you say when we were going hunting?"
"Three days later, the venue will be set at Meihua Mountain, fifty miles outside the city. I heard that there are many birds and beasts there, and even bears. But it's just the beginning of winter, and I don't know if the big bears are hibernating?" Shangguan Lan said with a slight smile.
"Brother, it's been several days, and Tian Jinfeng hasn't given me a reply yet. This means he still doesn't want to break off the engagement with me. It seems that Mu Xingci is the one who knows him best.
Since he's determined not to break off the engagement, don't blame others for plotting against him." Yun Wansheng said with a slightly cold look in her eyes.
"Perhaps this is also his disaster. He must endure what he deserves." Shangguan Lan chuckled.
"Maybe? Hey? Brother, are there any women participating?"
"Yes, are you going?"
"Of course I have to go. Such a grand scene is rare." Yun Wansheng smiled with some anticipation.
"That's right. Then you can follow those ladies who know hunting, so that you can have someone to look after you." Shangguan Lan said worriedly.
"good!"
"Don't agree so readily. I will be traveling with the Regent that day. Are you sure you want to go?" Shangguan Lan said with the same expression as before.
"Huh? Why do you want to go with him?"
"To be precise, they were escorting the royal procession. Have you forgotten what your brother does?"
When Yun Wansheng heard this, he remembered his responsibilities. Royal trips not only require royal guards, but also require a lot of troops to protect the periphery.
"What a hassle! How can I get there?" She mainly wanted to see what kind of trouble Tian Jinfeng would encounter.
"I'll prepare a carriage for you to follow behind those carriages and horses."
Yun Wansheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay then!" As long as she wasn't alone with Mu Xingci, it would be fine.
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