Chapter 110 I didn’t see anything!
Cheng Gongjin's words made Mu Huaian a little dazed. Perhaps it was partly because of Yu Qinghuan, so he felt that he was doing well now.
But in the final analysis, he just didn't want to be involved in state affairs anymore.
Seeing that he was silent, Cheng Gongjin took it as his tacit agreement and put down the teacup in his hand, making a slight clinking sound on the table. "It's foolish to delay your future for your children's personal affairs."
The students in front of him were trained by him personally. Whether it is the burden of the Mu family or the Cheng family, it will fall on him in the future.
How can we stand still because of our children's personal affairs?
Mu Huaian smiled bitterly in his heart, but did not show it on his face, "Teacher, do you still remember the cause of my injury?"
Cheng Gongjin paused slightly. The Cheng and Mu families were too powerful and aroused people's fear. Two years ago, the chief minister of the cabinet was old, and the emperor wanted to support him.
The situation in the court was turbulent, and others wanted to harm him, but due to various twists and turns, it was his students who suffered the consequences.
How could he not remember this?
Mu Huaian said slowly, "A big tree attracts the wind, why bother?"
I only ruined my appearance, but if it happens again, the lives of both families will be in danger.
Cheng Gongjin didn't want to see him depressed and lonely. "The burden of the Cheng and Mu families will always fall on you. If you run away now, how will you shoulder this responsibility in the future?"
Mu Huaian is the only younger generation in the Cheng and Mu families. He has devoted ten years of hard work to Mu Huaian and wants to see him become successful more than anyone else.
He had been planning for two years, secretly helping Prince Yi Rui to fight with the Crown Prince, just to profit from it. He thought that when he was gone in the future, his students would be able to take over from him and shoulder the burden of both families.
Mu Huaian frowned slightly, "Teacher, instead of staring at me, why don't you get married and have children while you are still young?"
Cheng Gongjin suppressed his anger and asked in a cold voice, "A tall tree attracts the wind, but if there is no one to support it, and there is not even a tree to block the wind, how do you think you can be so comfortable as a young master?"
Mu Huaian clenched his fists under his sleeves and remained silent.
Seeing his student like this, Cheng Gongjin pursed his lips, suppressed his anger in his heart, stood up and left.
As soon as he walked out of the house and into the yard, he felt a sharp pain in his heart...
In the courtyard, Yu Qinghuan, who was bored in the corner, vaguely heard someone coughing violently. It sounded like someone was in pain and it didn't stop. She was a little curious and wanted to stick her head out to see.
Sang Ru, who was standing by, had a hunch that something was wrong and wanted to hold her back, but he failed. He could only watch his wife walk out.
She felt like crying. It was really hard to be a maidservant by the lady's side!
There were bloodstains on the snow. Yu Qinghuan followed the trail and saw Cheng Gongjin in a red robe leaning against the courtyard wall and coughing violently. She was stunned and wanted to retreat immediately.
But at this moment, Cheng Gongjin, who heard the footsteps, suddenly looked up, and his pupils, which were bloodshot due to pain, looked straight at Yu Qinghuan.
Yu Qinghuan was nailed to the spot by this look. Elder Cheng, who had been so majestic just now, now looked like a sick cat, with a face full of defense.
After looking at each other for a long time, she hesitated for a moment, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it over.
Cheng Gongjin's eyes fell on the handkerchief, and at the corner, there was the same crabapple.
Yu Qinghuan felt a chill in her heart when he stared at her. She unconsciously took a step back and wanted to leave.
Cheng Gongjin suddenly raised his hand, and his bloody hand tightly grasped the wrist of her handkerchief, and pulled her in front of him.
Yu Qinghuan stumbled, bumped into him and was forced to retreat. Because she was too close, the scent of pine ink mixed with the smell of blood on his body rushed in front of her. Her eyelashes trembled. She didn't know what Cheng Gongjin wanted to do, and her heart began to beat fast again.
She regretted coming to Duke Dingguo's Mansion today.
Cheng Gongjin's Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed the blood. "Today's matter—"
Fearing that he would be silenced, Yu Qinghuan immediately opened his mouth and pretended to be confused, "I didn't see anything!"
No one would vomit blood for no reason. It would either be poisoning or terminal illness. But Cheng Gongjin looked at the person and saw that he was not terminally ill, so it could only be poisoning.
He is so secretive because he must not want anyone to know about this.
Thinking of this, Yu Qinghuan felt a little scared. This was the prime minister of the dynasty, a close minister to the emperor, a person whom even the crown prince and Prince Rui had to curry favor with. Killing him would be as easy as killing an ant.
Seeing the person in front of him was afraid of him, Cheng Gongjin suddenly exerted force with his fingertips, but in the end he just pulled the handkerchief out of her hand and let go, slowly wiping the blood from the corner of her lips.
Yu Qinghuan lowered his eyes and looked at his hand. There was a red mark from being pinched, and there was blood on his cuff.
She stole a glance at Cheng Gongjin from the corner of her eye. Apart from his pale face, he seemed to be fine. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, who would have thought that this man was poisoned and had just vomited blood.
I don’t know who is so bold as to poison Cheng Gongjin?
At this moment, Cheng Gongjin's eyes fell on the red jade bracelet on Yu Qinghuan's wrist, and he said in a deep voice, "This is the Cheng family's bracelet. If you don't want others to discover your affair, you'd better take it off."
Yu Qinghuan was stunned, and followed Cheng Gongjin's gaze to look at the bracelet on her wrist.
She thought it was just an ordinary bracelet...but suddenly she felt her wrist burning hot. Why did these people like to give such hot things as gifts?
Yu Qinghuan didn't take off the bracelet in front of Cheng Gongjin, but she accepted his kindness. "Thank you, Elder Cheng, for reminding me."
As they stared at each other, Mu Huaian's voice came from the corridor. Cheng Gongjin remained silent, put the blood-stained handkerchief in his sleeve, and whispered, "I'll return it to you after washing it."
Yu Qinghuan wanted to say that she didn’t need to return it, as she didn’t want to run into Cheng Gongjin again.
But after Cheng Gongjin said this, he walked around to the rockery behind to hide his figure, but he caught a glimpse of the maid who was also hiding in the corner. He signaled her to be quiet with his eyes.
Sang Ru didn't dare to move and was trembling with fear. It was over. Her wife had provoked another person. This person was the teacher of the young master. He seemed to be more difficult to deal with than the crown prince and the second master.
Yu Qinghuan watched the red figure disappear from his sight, kicked the snow on the ground to cover the blood, and folded the blood-stained cuffs inward to barely hide it.
At this time, Mu Huaian had already come to the courtyard to look for someone. Seeing Yu Qinghuan standing in the snow and feeling the wind, he reached out and held Yu Qinghuan's cold hand, "Why don't you go inside and wait?"
Yu Qinghuan smiled and said, "This isn't the village, I can't just walk around casually."
Mu Huaian took off his fox fur coat and placed it on Yu Qinghuan's shoulders. He lowered his head and placed a kiss between her eyebrows. Then he gently held her in his arms, "There's no place in my yard you can't go."
Behind the rockery, Cheng Gongjin had no intention of peeping, but still caught a glimpse of the scene through the gap.
He didn't intend to teach his students to be upright. After all, in officialdom, no one is a gentleman. Having calculations in mind can help one go further and survive.
So he was also worried that the students were too upright.
But I never thought that this student who seemed too upright could do such things. I was just worrying too much.
Feeling the gaze falling on her, Yu Qinghuan looked over and met the gaze behind the rockery. Her ears suddenly felt hot...
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