Chapter 42: The Duke's Mansion is under fire

As soon as Jiang Yanchuan left, Fang Siwan stared at Lin Jinshu.

She knew that Emperor Mingze must have become suspicious today, but she really had no other choice.

When she thought of her sister, who kept repeating in Jinshu's ear every day that his mother didn't want him anymore, her heart felt like it was being pierced by needles and she felt a tingling pain.

Jiang Yingcheng was so tired that she slumped in the soft chair. Seeing her mother not knowing how to start the conversation, she rolled her eyes and ran over, grabbing a little friend with one hand.

"To celebrate Chengcheng and Qige making new friends," Jiang Yingcheng raised her little face and smiled brightly, "Let's have dinner together tonight!"

[Hehehe, this way mother can spend more time with her brother~]

Everyone in the room was stunned for a while.

Lin Jinshu and Jiang Xingran, whose hands were being held, turned their heads to look at Jiang Yingcheng, then looked at each other past her.

Finally, they turned away.

Who is her friend?

"Okay, okay!" Fang Siwan responded immediately, "Mother will arrange it!"

Jiang Xingran frowned slightly and was about to refuse when he heard Jiang Yingcheng next to him say, "Then Chengcheng and Brother Qi will go pick up Aunt Yunmeng. Mother, you and Brother Jinshu will wait for us here~"

Jiang Xingran swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

The food here must be much better than what they had in the courtyard. His mother hadn’t had a decent meal for a long time…

After just a short moment of hesitation, Jiang Yingcheng easily dragged him out of the house.

Qingbi cleverly sent all the palace maids out of the room.

The only sound in the room was the crackling of the burning charcoal fire; even the sound of each other's breathing was barely audible.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Jinshu suddenly raised his head. His indifferent eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

He called her, "Mother."

Fang Siwan's breathing stagnated and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

When she heard what Fang Yiwan had done from the little boy's inner voice, she still felt a little bit lucky.

When she heard Qingbi report what she had seen and heard back in the palace, she had imagined that perhaps her sister had just told him the truth.

But now, seeing Jinshu's cold and hateful eyes, she finally realized that things were far more painful than she had imagined.

She walked a few steps to Lin Jinshu, leaned over and hugged him in her arms, calling his name over and over again: "Jinshu, my Jinshu..."

Tears fell on Lin Jinshu's indigo-colored shoulders, creating dark circles one after another.

It's not bad……

Fortunately, everything is still in time...

She was also able to pull her Jinshu back from such a hell.

Lin Jinshu stood there with an indifferent expression. He didn't seem to be moved at all by his biological mother's crying. Only his slightly trembling eyelashes showed that he was also uneasy inside.

Fang Siwan cried for a long time. When she just calmed down, Jiang Yingcheng had already brought Cheng Yunmeng and Jiang Xingran back.

The atmosphere during dinner was quite harmonious.

Cheng Yunmeng was used to being cautious in the palace. When she suddenly saw someone willing to talk to her, she responded shyly for a while at first. Then, under Fang Siwan's guidance, she slowly opened up the conversation.

Jiang Yingcheng, on the other hand, acted like a little landlord the entire evening. Whenever she came across something she thought was delicious, she would ask the nanny who was serving the food to give some to her seventh brother and younger brother as well.

Regardless of their respective thoughts, at least on the surface the guests enjoyed themselves.

Cheng Yunmeng was grateful to Jiang Yingcheng for trying to help her son Xingran in front of such a good teacher, and wanted to give him some gifts as a thank you, but she really had nothing to give. She just patted her chest and promised that she would teach Xingran well when she returned and asked him to take care of Dian Yingcheng more in daily life.

After saying this, she suddenly remembered that Jiang Yingcheng's current status was much higher than both of them, mother and son.

Not to mention the status difference brought about by Fang Siwan's promotion to Concubine Wan, the benefits that the little guy's voice can bring to Da Rui are countless.

Emperor Mingze even sent someone to instruct her not to tell people who couldn't hear what she was thinking.

Cheng Yunmeng's expression darkened.

Suddenly, a very bright light appeared in Jiang Yingcheng's eyes.

The care of the future emperor?

She needs it so much!

She skipped to her aunt Yunmeng and hugged her thighs with open arms: "Then we have a deal. Auntie must tell Seventh Brother about this when she goes back!"

[Can Brother Qi help Cheng Cheng with his homework? ]

[Can I help Chengcheng cheat on the quiz? ]

Cheng Yunmeng's face was filled with embarrassment.

If I guessed correctly...

Concubine Wan can also hear the little guy's voice...

Sure enough, the next moment, Fang Siwan also stepped forward and tapped Jiang Yingcheng on the forehead with her fingers.

Seeing Jiang Yingcheng looking up at her with a puzzled look in his eyes, Fang Siwan coughed lightly and changed the subject, "It's late, let go of your Aunt Yunmeng."

Jiang Yingcheng said "oh" aggrievedly.

Then she waved enthusiastically to her two friends: "See you tomorrow~"

Fang Siwan arranged for someone to send each of them back, and then with a sympathetic look on her face, she instructed Aunt Zhang to take the kid to take a bath.

Jiang Yingcheng was puzzled: "Why so early? Chengcheng hasn't played enough!"

Taking a bath feels warm and comfortable, and she often falls asleep comfortably after taking a bath.

But today, she was very busy the whole day and didn't have any energy to devote to her favorite toys. She didn't even want to sleep!

[No sleep! I will never sleep!!]

Fang Siwan couldn't bear to tell her that she had to accompany her "handsome father" to court every day, so she just turned around and asked the nanny to take her away.

The whole room was filled with Jiang Yingcheng's voice of disbelief—

"Mother?"

"Chengcheng hasn't had enough fun yet, mother?!"

"Chengcheng, don't sleep!!"

Fang Siwan pretended not to hear.

Just after midnight, a little fire lit up in the southwest corner of Duke Wang's Mansion. After a while, the fire suddenly became more intense, and the raging flames illuminated half of the sky above the Mansion, like a sunset glow in the dark moonlight.

The shouts of maids and servants rang out one after another, waking up the people in each courtyard. They hurriedly put on their outer robes and ran directly into the snow and ice.

There was a fire burning outside, but they didn't feel cold.

"What happened? Why did such a big fire suddenly start?"

"This fire is strange..."

"Don't worry about that for now, it's urgent to put out the fire!"

After a while, Gu Yurou came back late: "Oh my God, how could this happen..."

Having said that, she hurriedly joined the fire-fighting team.

The people from the host family looked at each other and then dispersed.

The fire was extinguished an hour later.

When Gu Yurou dragged her tired body back to the room, as soon as she saw the scene in front of her clearly, she took two steps back, rubbed her eyes hard, and then walked back in.

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