Chapter 101 A Bookstore
Yan'er came back from downstairs soon.
"Ma'am! They said they heard this from the 'tabloids'!"
Pu Qiongzhi was a little surprised. "Where on earth can I find this 'tabloid'?"
"Madam, you don't know yet! There is no way to trace the seller of the 'tabloid'. They are all sold by vendors walking around the streets! It is impossible to find the source. The person behind the scenes must have some status and intelligence to be so cautious." Yan'er said with his hands on his hips.
Pu Qiongzhi listened to her babble and said, "But from your expression, it seems like you've asked something."
"Madam has guessed it again! How did you figure it out? I asked Yan'er and Zhitao to look, but they couldn't see anything." Yan'er was a little helpless as she was seen through by Madam again.
Pu Qiongzhi sighed, then teased her with a smile, "They're just being polite to you. Besides, you don't usually like to show off, but when you're in front of me, you want to show off and take advantage of it!"
"Hehe, you figured it out!" Yan'er rubbed her hands a little embarrassedly. "I asked the maid of the cousin of the Minister of War. She said her cousin is familiar with this and discovered that the paper used in tabloids has a faint smell, similar to the one in the bookstore across the street!"
"The cousin of the Minister of War?" Pu Qiongzhi pondered over this person.
Yan'er then said, "Yes! Last time I went to the Anguogong old lady's birthday banquet, and I got to know all the maids around the young ladies of the Minister of War's family!"
"However, I don't have any impression of the maidservant beside this cousin."
Pu Qiongzhi said, "Hmm." "That's fine. It doesn't matter how we met, but I like smart people."
It seems that the person came specially to deliver a message to her.
This is interesting.
"I remember that a while ago, Boss Qin launched an event on Lord Grim called... The Twelve Fairies?"
When Pu Qiongzhi asked about this, Yan'er understood, "Madam wants to nominate this cousin?"
"But we haven't even seen the person yet! What if she turns out to be extremely ugly?"
Pu Qiongzhi couldn't help laughing. "No matter what she looks like, at least she has a good brain."
"Of course I appreciate your kindness! No matter what she looks like, we have a way to deal with her!"
As for the tabloids... the bookstore across the street, was it run by Fang Miaozhu?
Has she still not learned her lesson? She's been well behaved for just a few days and now her true colors are showing!
Pu Qiongzhi put down the wine glass in her hand, her gaze calmly fixed on the bookstore, turning the cup in her hand.
She just wants to do business honestly, why do you always make her angry?
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Return to the Gongning Earl's Mansion.
Nangong Hua changed into new clothes today and waited at the only way back to the courtyard.
This was chosen for him by his father-in-law. Everyone says he is very elegant and handsome.
But Pu Qiongzhi was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice him at all.
"Madam!" Nangong Hua cleared his throat.
Pu Qiongzhi heard her call and turned to look at him, her eyes seemed to be asking something.
"Nothing, Madam, what are you thinking about? Why are you so lost in thought?" He asked, "Are you worried about Yu'er?"
Pu Qiongzhi shook her head and said, "I'm worried about Ning Fangfei."
"So that's what it is! Peng Mingxuan looks like a decent guy, but what he did was a complete mess!"
When it comes to this matter, Nangong Hua has the say.
After the last incident in Kaifeng Prefecture.
Nangong Hua felt that he could not continue to be bullied.
He placed a secret agent in the palace to monitor Pei Wanqing's actions, and reviewed the entire incident.
Apart from Pei Wanqing's mischief, what puzzled him most was the affairs of the Peng family.
So, he sent someone to investigate the Peng family.
He had indeed heard of Peng Mingxuan in his previous life.
The scripts and music he wrote at that time were very good and became very popular in Daliang.
But it seems that few people talk about his private affairs.
It turns out that a person's affection can also be disguised from the inside out.
As for the story between Ning Fangfei and him, if you don’t know, you might think they are such a touching pair of golden boy and jade girl!
"Back then, the Ning and Peng families were mainly engaged in carriage manufacturing and had business dealings with each other."
"The two families are old friends and have close relations."
"Until a big customer came."
"This customer wanted a big order!"
"The profit from just this one order is enough to feed and clothe both families for a year!"
"That customer is quite special. He said that if this order goes through, he will come back again and again."
"The two companies became enemies in order to compete for this order."
"But two months later, on the day of delivery, the Ning couple encountered bandits and were killed."
"I heard that Peng Kang fainted three times from crying in front of the Ning couple's mourning hall."
"At that time, other members of the Ning family seized the Ning family's property. Peng Kang led people to reclaim Ning Fangfei's property and brought her into his home. He told others that the two children were engaged, but secretly adopted her as his adopted daughter."
"Afterwards, the Peng family prospered thanks to this piece of writing, and soon moved house, and these past events were buried."
"Ning Fangfei has officially become the adopted daughter of the Peng family."
Nangong Hua looked a little conflicted when he said this.
"So, it was Peng Mingxuan and Ning Fangfei who tacitly agreed to the engagement and caused such a big mistake?" Pu Qiongzhi was a little curious.
Nangong Hua sighed, holding his forehead with one hand, "When Ning Fangfei came of age, Mother Peng went around looking for a date for her."
"It is said that Ning Fangfei told Peng's mother that she would only take a portion of her inheritance as a dowry, and the rest of the Ning family's assets would go to the Peng family as a token of gratitude for raising her."
"But who knew that Peng Mingxuan didn't want Ning Fangfei to get married, so he seduced Ning Fangfei, drugged her, and made the matter a fait accompli..."
Pu Qiongzhi frowned when she heard this, "What the hell is this?!"
"It's a good thing his storybooks only depict loyal men, but I never thought they would do such filthy things!"
It seems that the characters created by these literati are very different from themselves.
When she read books before, she only felt that she had gotten to know a brilliant author through them. From now on, she feared she would no longer associate words with their writers.
"Women in the Daliang Dynasty who lose their chastity will face death! But at the same time, insulting a woman's honor will also result in the death penalty!"
Nangong Hua saw that she quickly figured out the key point, "That's right. Therefore, the end result of Ning Fangfei swallowing her anger was that Peng's mother killed her."
"Peng Mingxuan knew all about this, but he remained silent and condoned it all."
"After Ning Fangfei escaped death, she fell out with the Peng family in front of the neighbors and left the place directly."
"That's when she discovered she was pregnant."
"Ning Fangfei has been wandering around with her child for these years. Peng Mingxuan has sent people to look for her, and he has also been seeing her all the time."
"However, the Peng family was too picky, and marriages were repeatedly canceled, which affected Peng Mingxuan."
"He finally made up his mind and came out to look for Ning Fangfei..."
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