"Yes." Ni Yueshan lowered his head with an expression of knowing his mistake.
Zou Yangyao intervened, "Prime Minister, she let the fugitive go, and you want to protect her?"
"I will send troops to capture the flower thief and make amends for my daughter's mistake."
Ni Gaofei said this indifferently, walked out, and Ni Yueshan followed silently.
It feels good to have a father with authority.
Zou Yangyao clenched his fists, his face turned ashen, and once again let Ni Yueshan escape by chance.
Jing Chengzhi sighed beside him: "What a pity, she can make up such a lie."
Yang Wanyan was stunned and unwilling to give in. "Why didn't the Fourth Prince expose her?"
Jing Chengzhi curled his lips indifferently, naturally because he had reasons that could not be exposed.
After Ni Yueshan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ni Gaofei's expression was terrifyingly gloomy. He looked at Ni Yueshan with an aura of oppression emanating from his whole body.
"Before, your eldest brother said that you had an affair with the flower thief. I didn't believe it, but how do you explain it now?"
Ni Yueshan's eyes were calm: "To be honest, although he is a flower thief, he has saved me from danger many times. He is a flower thief, but he is also my savior!"
"So you're so bold and reckless for the sake of your own favor?"
Ni Yueshan remained silent and did not refute. That was it.
"Why do you seek help from the Fourth Prince?" Ni Gaofei asked.
"The Second Prince couldn't protect himself, so he asked the Fourth Prince for help."
"Please? The Fourth Prince is a profit-seeking person. Why would he help you for no reason? Did you promise something?"
Ni Gaofei's eyes were like pillars, seeing through everything, very sharp.
"Daddy, please rest assured. I will never bring trouble to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
"Humph, you're so bold!" Ni Gaofei closed his eyes. "Forget it, forget it. Go kneel in the ancestral hall! Come out when you've reflected on your actions!"
Ni Gaofei scolded, turned his back and walked away.
Ni Yueshan did not plead for himself, but retreated obediently and knelt as punishment.
She really didn't handle this matter carefully.
At night, inside the ancestral hall.
The candlelight flickered, and all around was silent, with only the occasional whistling sound of wind outside the window, blowing the window.
Ni Yueshan knelt on the mat with his back straight.
In the second half of the night, the temperature in the ancestral hall dropped further and became slightly chilly. She couldn't help shivering.
However, during the period of kneeling punishment, no one was allowed to visit her, give her food, or buy her clothes.
Outside the ancestral hall, a figure approached stealthily, then opened the sack, and several small figures jumped out...
Ni Yueshan heard an unusual noise, turned around and looked, his eyes darkened.
Not long after, panicked voices were heard in the quiet prime minister's residence.
"Oh no, oh no, the ancestral hall is on fire!"
Ni Gaofei had already rested, but when he heard the servants' panicked voices, he sat up.
Flood? Ancestral hall?
When he walked out of the room, he saw thick smoke coming out from one direction. Ni Gaofei frowned.
That direction is the ancestral hall!
He ran quickly, a little flustered.
When I arrived, I saw the servants frantically putting out the fire in the ancestral hall.
"What's going on?" Ni Gaofei roared. A servant stopped and reported, "Prime Minister, the ancestral hall is on fire, and they are currently trying their best to put out the fire!"
"Where is Ni Yueshan?" Ni Gaofei asked. Ni Yueshan was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall today. If the ancestral hall caught fire, she should know best why the fire started.
“…I don’t know.”
At this time, Tian You, Ni Yueshuang and Ni Yingying from the mansion also rushed over.
"Master, this, why is there a fire?"
"I heard that Big Sister was punished by her father to kneel today? Did Big Sister escape?"
Ni Gaofei looked at the three people who came over and questioned.
"Does this have anything to do with you?" he asked.
Tian You and the other two shook their heads in unison.
"Master, how could you doubt us? It was Yueshan who was kneeling in the ancestral hall today. We were all resting! Yueshan is out, right? We can ask her!"
Tian You pretended to look for Ni Yueshan, but after looking around, he didn't see any trace of Ni Yueshan.
The servants put out the fire, and Ni Gaofei left with a gloomy face. He asked someone to find Ni Yueshan and asked her to come and see him!
In the hall, Tian You and the other two arrived shortly after. After they sat down, Ni Yueshan also came.
Ni Gaofei looked up and saw that Ni Yueshan was dressed neatly, with no trace of being smoked by fireworks. She looked calm and composed, as if she had not experienced a fire.
Ni Gaofei asked sharply, "Where have you been?"
If he escaped from the fire, he shouldn't have seen any trace of Ni Yueshan when he arrived, right?
Unless she was not in the ancestral hall before the fire.
Tian You and the other two looked at Ni Yueshan with ill intentions. The ancestral hall was burned down. How serious a sin would that be?
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