But for some reason, Luo Xue started openly following him, recording whoever he met and their identity, and then reporting back to Su Wanyan.
Knowing that it was Su Wanyan's doing, Yu Nanqing didn't dare to drive her away. However, having a maidservant by his side for a long time made him very uncomfortable.
Su Wanyan chuckled softly and reached out slightly to Yu Nanqing. The next second, Yu Nanqing leaned down, placing his hands on the chaise lounge, bringing him within arm's reach of Su Wanyan.
Su Wanyan gently stroked his face, as if to comfort his dissatisfaction: "If you don't like it, I won't let her come with me."
The trip to the capital couldn't be completed in a short time. Recently, Yu Nanqing's main focus has been on Fucheng, and Luo Xue wouldn't be able to find out more information even if she followed.
Yu Nanqing felt a tickle on his cheek, and snuggled close to her, reaching out to hold her small hand: "Yan'er, if you want to know anything, just ask me, and I'll tell you."
"About Bai Jiaojiao," Su Wanyan blurted out, "you arranged it?"
The moment Yu Nanqing entered, everyone around him had already voluntarily stepped back.
At this moment, only Su Wanyan and Yu Nanqing were on the front porch. The eaves above blocked the glaring sunlight, and a gentle breeze blew by, allowing Yu Nanqing to smell the faint fragrance emanating from Su Wanyan.
Yu Nanqing seemed to have anticipated Su Wanyan's question and was not particularly surprised. He stared blankly for a while before finally speaking, "Yes and no."
This piqued Su Wanyan's curiosity: "What do you mean?"
Yu Nanqing straightened up, and Su Wanyan quickly made way for him. Yu Nanqing then lifted his robe and gently sat down.
"I didn't originally intend to make any noise, but someone insisted on coming to my door, so I went along with it and played along."
When Bai Jiaojiao first stopped his carriage, he didn't hear a word of what she was babbling about. No, he didn't even have the patience to listen, nor did he want to waste time on her.
But then, for several days in a row, I kept running into Bai Jiaojiao: she sprained her ankle, got into a carriage accident, got lost...
"Did you spread that rumor?" Su Wanyan asked again as she made the connection.
Yu Nanqing snapped out of her daze: "No..."
"Um?"
“The one who spread the rumors is someone else, not me.” Yu Nanqing picked up the teapot on the small tea table and poured Su Wanyan a cup of tea. “I didn’t even show my face in this matter. I only sent someone to spread some news.”
Bai Jiaojiao's matter itself was ordinary and nothing worth his attention; it was the Bai family behind her that was Yu Nanqing's target.
The wealthy merchants in Fucheng have intricate connections with the government. Taking advantage of this incident, the Bai family has become the scapegoat, and he is now worried about not finding someone to make an example of them.
Bai Jiaojiao was merely a trigger, a trigger that gave him a legitimate reason to take action.
"If it wasn't you, then it must have been Bai Jiaojiao who spread the rumor?" Su Wanyan guessed. "Or it could be the Bai family."
She asked curiously, "How did you manage to go along with it? What message did you spread?"
"..." Yu Nanqing pursed his lips, somewhat reluctant to speak, but after thinking for a moment, he still opened his mouth and uttered three words: "Yan Gongyi".
Yan Gongyi was brought back by Yu Nanqing. This is not a secret. You can find out by sending someone to inquire.
Yan Gongyi was sent to contact Bai Jiaojiao. Under his sweet talk, Bai Jiaojiao could not resist.
In Bai Jiaojiao's eyes, once you enter Prince Gong's mansion, you'll be someone of high status.
"..." Su Wanyan pondered for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "Yan Gongyi listens to you so much?"
“Yan Gongyi is inexperienced and easy to control,” Yu Nanqing said succinctly.
"I can tell," Su Wanyan said with a smile. Yan Gongyi was indeed childlike, the kind of person who had always lived in the clan and was pampered by his elders.
After being swayed by a few words, they readily believed and listened to them.
"And what about the betrothal gifts?"
Yu Nanqing rested his chin on his hand, puzzled himself: "I really don't know."
Moreover, the rumor only spread within half a day.
"Don't let unscrupulous people take advantage of something you've fabricated out of thin air. Besides..." Su Wanyan pouted, "With me as your legal wife, even if you were to marry me, it would only be as a concubine. There's no such thing as a betrothal for a concubine. Do you really think I'm dead?"
Yu Nanqing's heart trembled slightly, and he reached out to gently cover Su Wanyan's lips: "What do you mean by 'dead'? You're not allowed to say that."
Su Wanyan chuckled, "I'm just stating the facts."
"..." Yu Nanqing was speechless, and couldn't help but sigh, his voice gentle and deep: "You are the only one in my life. What do I care about taking concubines? No matter what the rumors outside say, they can't hurt me in the slightest. But if Yan'er thinks the same way, then I really..."
I don't know what to do.
"..." Su Wanyan suddenly grabbed his large hand that was lightly covering her lips and bit down on it.
Yu Nanqing's brows twitched. He felt a tingling sensation where she had been bitten, but no pain at all. A flutter of emotion stirred within him. He gently slid his fingertips across her chin, as if teasing a kitten.
Su Wanyan blushed, frowned, and immediately increased the force of her bite.
Yu Nanqing frowned, but the corners of his lips were curved in a smile, and he was in a rather pleasant mood: "Yan'er, does it hurt?"
He didn't quite understand: "Why did Yan'er bite me?"
Su Wanyan released his hand and brushed it away: "You're not slow when you should be, and you're deliberately slow when you shouldn't be."
"What?" Yu Nanqing was even more puzzled upon hearing this.
Then, as if remembering something, her eyes brightened: "Yan'er is... jealous?"
Su Wanyan kicked him, but couldn't budge Yu Nanqing at all.
Yu Nanqing smiled and took Su Wanyan's foot that had kicked him: "Yan'er looks so cute when she's jealous."
It is also very rare.
Su Wanyan lay down on the chaise lounge: "I'm ignoring you."
She wouldn't have said those things to deliberately annoy him if she wasn't jealous; she just wanted him to pay more attention.
However, Yu Nanqing did nothing wrong in this matter, so she seems a bit unreasonable now.
"Yan'er, why don't you tell me in detail?"
"What's there to say?" Su Wanyan didn't want to talk.
Yu Nanqing, however, was very interested: "I want to hear it."
He seemed to be in a good mood, with a faint light in his eyes. His condescending yet doting gaze made Su Wanyan unconsciously turn her face away.
"Never mind." Yu Nanqing smiled and suddenly leaned forward.
In an instant, his thin lips were almost touching hers. Su Wanyan's heart fluttered slightly. She subtly raised her chin, intending to meet his lips, but just as their lips were about to touch, Yu Nanqing suddenly stopped.
"Pfft." Seeing the expectation in Su Wanyan's eyes, which seemed to confirm her inner thoughts, Yu Nanqing couldn't help but let out a light, pleasant laugh.
"..." Su Wanyan's face turned bright red instantly.
He casually raised his hand and slapped her: "Want to try what the Five-Finger Divine Skill is all about!"
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