"It was Dai Yiqiu who offended you!"
When Dai Yiqiu came to the Prince's Mansion, he was afraid that he would upset Su Wanyan, but he also knew that Su Wanyan had never been angry or blamed him for these things.
He just felt inexplicably uneasy all the time.
Yu Nanqing knew that it was Dai Yiqiu's words that had upset Su Wanyan.
However, Su Wanyan smiled and said, "No."
Yu Nanqing was stunned for a moment, and the remorse in his eyes deepened. He didn't even know why Yan'er was angry.
"It's because when Dai Yiqiu was talking nonsense, you could have stopped her, but you didn't. You just stood there and waited for things to happen."
This is what really angered Su Wanyan.
Yu Nanqing felt a tightness in her chest and quickly said, "I understand!"
He held Su Wanyan's hand: "Next time... I won't do it again!"
If such a situation occurs again, he will stop it immediately.
Actually, he didn't mean to not stop it just now; he was just waiting for Su Wanyan to give the order. After all, it involved the Duke of Changguo's mansion. But as long as Su Wanyan gave the order, Dai Yiqiu would not have survived until now.
But after waiting for a long time, Su Wanyan still didn't say anything.
Until Su Wanyan slapped her.
Su Wanyan smiled helplessly: "I don't want it to happen again."
Yu Nanqing's heart skipped a beat again: "There will never be a next time!"
This shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Su Wanyan glanced at him: "But you're right to be cautious this time. Dai Yiqiu is Dai Zhiwan's cousin, so those direct and crude methods really can't be used."
With Dai Yiqiu dead, Dai Zhiwan's uncles and aunts will definitely come after the Duke of Changguo's mansion.
The old Duke Chang is still attached to those people, and if this matter is not handled properly, it will put Dai Zhiwan in a difficult position.
"Leave this to me!" Yu Nanqing quickly said, "I will handle it properly!"
He was going to deal with it anyway, but...
"But Yan'er... could you give me some time?"
"Okay," Su Wanyan agreed without hesitation.
Because this matter really needs time.
Su Wanyan raised her hand and touched Yu Nanqing's face, smoothing the worry between his brows: "Don't look like that. Actually, it's not a big deal, and I'm not blaming you."
This incident was completely unexpected, and it happened right before they left the capital. It's likely that the Empress Dowager wanted to give them one last warning.
"So..." Yu Nanqing looked down at Su Wanyan, his voice filled with grievance, "Yan'er, have you forgiven me now? You're not angry anymore?"
“I never blamed you, so how can I forgive you?” Su Wanyan was speechless. “Besides, I wasn’t angry at all. I just felt that Dai Yiqiu needed to be taught a lesson.”
After saying that, she remembered something else: "The Empress Dowager sent a lot of people to the mansion, all of them beauties. You should also decide what to do."
Yu Nanqing paused for a moment, then lowered his gaze and said, "Okay."
Prince Gong's Mansion accepted all the beauties sent by the Empress Dowager, and even Dai Yiqiu was given a private room.
Because they are setting off for Fuzhou tomorrow, Prince Gong's mansion is currently packing up. Carriage after carriage is being loaded, as if they will never return to the capital. It feels like Prince Gong's mansion is about to be emptied out.
On the other hand, Dai Zhiwan went to see Duke Chang about Dai Yiqiu's matter, but to her surprise, Duke Chang knew nothing about it.
Not only was he unaware of it, but no one else in the household knew about it either.
Although the Duke of Changguo's mansion is currently enjoying favor, what they truly want to rely on is not the Empress Dowager, but Yu Nanqing.
They initially collaborated with Yu Nanqing. Now that the Empress Dowager has placed Dai Yiqiu in Prince Gong's mansion, what will Yu Nanqing think of them?
At first, Duke Chang did not believe it, until Dai Zhiwan told him the whole story. Duke Chang then staggered and almost lost his footing.
The Empress Dowager is using the Duke of Changguo's mansion as a shield!
She was determined that, given the relationship between Su Wanyan and Dai Zhiwan, Yu Nanqing would not easily take his anger out on the Changguo Duke's Mansion.
However, this relationship can only exist if Su Wanyan and Dai Zhiwan maintain it. If they develop a grudge over such a trivial matter, wouldn't the Changguo Duke's Mansion suffer a great loss?
Duke Chang staggered for a moment before calming down.
Compared to the prosperity of his family, he could disregard even his own life and death, let alone Dai Yiqiu, who had already separated from the family and had no connection with the Duke of Changguo's mansion.
Originally, the old Duke Chang had some compassion for the branch families that had been separated, thinking that if the Duke Chang's mansion declined in the future, they would have a way out.
But now, it seems that we won't even have to wait until then; Dai Yiqiu is about to block this path.
Not only was it blocked, but the Duke of Changguo's mansion was also dragged into it.
They had finally managed to gain a foothold, and now that he was almost in his grave, they absolutely could not let such a thing happen again!
This action by the collateral branch calmed down the Duke of Chang's hesitant heart, and he ordered Dai Zhiwan to immediately send a letter to Prince Gong's Mansion, no, to Su Wanyan.
They then said that Dai Yiqiu had no connection with the Duke of Changguo's mansion, and that if the Prince Gong's mansion wanted to kill or torture her, the Duke of Changguo's mansion would not even blink an eye.
If the letter is sent to Prince Gong's Mansion, Yu Nanqing might not read it out of guilt, but if it is delivered to Su Wanyan on behalf of Zhiwan, Su Wanyan will definitely not sit idly by.
When Dai Zhiwan heard her grandfather say that, her heart, which had been clenched with worry, finally settled down.
She was afraid that even at this point, her grandfather would still protect her uncles' families.
He immediately wrote a letter to Su Wanyan.
When the letter was delivered to Su Wanyan, she was lying comfortably with her legs draped over Yu Nanqing's thighs.
She was a little sleepy, but thinking that Dai Zhiwan would write a letter, she chatted with Yu Nanqing casually until Dai Zhiwan's letter arrived.
Meanwhile, at that very moment, on the Empress Dowager's side...
The candles in Yonghe Palace had not yet been extinguished, and the Empress Dowager was still writing down memorials with her vermilion brush.
With her makeup removed, she revealed her true appearance. The wrinkles on her face reflected the vicissitudes she had endured in the palace over the years, and the look in her eyes was no longer as bright as during the day, appearing somewhat tired.
At this moment, the Empress Dowager seemed like an ordinary old woman, posing no threat whatsoever.
At this moment, Granny Fu, who was guarding outside the hall, stepped in with proper decorum and said, "Your Majesty."
The Empress Dowager raised her eyes, put down the vermilion brush in her hand, as if she had finally found a chance to catch her breath: "How is it?"
"Your Majesty, the people keeping watch have reported that Dai Yiqiu did not come out of Prince Gong's residence."
To be precise, he wasn't kicked out by Yu Nanqing.
These words caused the Empress Dowager to raise an eyebrow: "Oh?"
This was not quite what she had expected. Given Yu Nanqing's protectiveness towards his wife and Su Wanyan's jealous nature, she thought Dai Yiqiu wouldn't last a day in the Prince Gong's Mansion.
Even if Su Wanyan and Dai Zhiwan are close friends, she should still kick Dai Yiqiu out.
No?
The Empress Dowager asked curiously, "What about the thirty women I sent over...?"
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