Chapter 142 Everyone in the Lou family, the father is suspicious

Lou Lianyu returned to the Lou Mansion. Before he even reached the study, he met his mother Shangguan Qiaoxi and his wife Cheng Shuyu on the way.

"Yu'er, what did Ming'an say? When will he come?"

Shangguan Qiaoxi asked hurriedly.

When she married into the Lou family, Lou Qingzhi was still a twelve-year-old child. In her memory, the young man always called her "sister-in-law" in a gentle and polite manner.

Later, she gave birth to Lou Lianyu, and Lou Baili was busy in the court. All the big and small things at home depended on Lou Qingzhi to run around.

Shangguan Qiaoxi sincerely treated Lou Qingzhi as her younger brother. When he left home, she cried for several days. Later, she went to Xiangye Temple every year to burn incense. After praying to the Buddha to bless her family with health and safety, she would add a sentence in her heart: "Buddha, please bless Lou Qingzhi to live a long life and be free from worries every year!"

Unfortunately, fate played tricks on her.

After returning home, she learned that Lou Qingzhi had died fourteen years ago, and Shangguan Qiaoxi couldn't help crying again.

The dead cannot be resurrected, Shangguan Qiaoxi understood this truth, so she especially wanted to see Lou Qingzhi's children. She heard that the child named Liu Mingan looked like him.

When Lou Lianyu heard his mother ask this, he remembered this and didn't know how to answer for a while.

His wife Cheng Shuyu also looked over.

When Cheng Shuyu married into the Lou family, Lou Qingzhi had long been gone from the mansion, but she knew that her husband had always been thinking about his second uncle.

Cheng Shuyu also learned about the past events of 25 years ago from Lou Lianyu. As an outsider, she could understand the choices of Lou Qingzhi and Liu Mingan better.

Seeing that Lou Lianyu didn't say anything at this moment, Cheng Shuyu seemed to understand something: "Lianyu, does your cousin not want to come back?"

Lou Lianyu sighed, nodded, said nothing more, and turned to walk towards the study.

Lou Baili was handling official business in the study, while Lou Yuhuan was sitting at the table playing chess with himself.

Seeing Lou Lianyu coming, both of them raised their heads and looked at him impatiently.

Two eager eyes fell on him at the same time. Lou Lianyu pressed his temples, feeling a headache.

"Ming'an...he said he had to wait for someone in that yard and couldn't leave. She was probably the girl he liked."

The light in Lou Yuhuan's eyes suddenly dimmed, and the chess piece he was twisting between his fingers fell to the chessboard with a thud, disrupting the entire chess game.

Lou Baili turned around and looked at his father like this. He felt uncomfortable, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

The room was silent for a long time. Lou Yuhuan smiled and slowly reached out to pick up the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard and put them back into the chess box: "This child really looks like him..."

"Grandfather, how about I go again in a few days?" Lou Lianyu thought for a while and said.

"Of course you have to go, but you won't go alone."

Lou Yuhuan put the chess pieces away, stood up, walked to the window, looked at the yard outside, and made up his mind.

"It is the Lou family that owes Ming'an, not Ming'an who owes the Lou family. It should have been us who paid the visit. We were indeed rude this time."

Lou Baili and Lou Lianyu looked at each other and said in unison, "Then let's go together."

After making the decision, Lou Baili looked at Lou Lianyu's arrangements and said, "In two days, when you have closed Zhu Yuxuan's case in the Dali Temple, let's go see Ming'an together. Your mother also wants to see him, and Shuyu will stay at home to take care of your grandmother and Yier."

Lou Lianyu's eyes flashed when he heard this. His father also knew some inside information.

"Dad, why do you think the case will be closed in two days? The Dali Temple clearly didn't find any clues."

Lou Lianyu looked at Lou Baili, his eyes full of confusion. Why were his father and Yuan Kaizhi so sure?

Lou Baili hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it.

As a father, he knew Lou Lianyu. After Lou Lianyu won the top spot in the imperial examination, he could have directly entered the Ministry of Revenue, but he chose the Dali Temple. Lou Baili knew at that time that his son had the heart to punish evil and promote good.

But the affairs of the court were complicated and confusing. How could there be so much right and wrong, good and evil? It was nothing more than a dog-eat-dog fight among various forces.

"Bai Li, tell him! He's already a father, do you still treat him as a child?"

Lou Yuhuan gave the order when Lou Bai Li was hesitant.

"Sit down."

Lou Bai Li pointed to the chair beside the table, and after Lou Lianyu sat down, he said, "Some time ago, there was a rumor in the palace that your majesty was seriously ill, and not long after, Prince Xiang was assassinated in Jinzhi City and almost lost his life." Lou

Lianyu's eyebrows jumped, he didn't know there was such a thing.

"The crown prince has not been appointed yet. The three kings Xiang, Rui and Lin are in a three-way balance of power. Your

Majesty is using this illness to test people's hearts. Lin is the first one to jump out. When he finds that Your Majesty is fine, he will withdraw his claws. Your Majesty will not let him leave unscathed." "But Lin's mother is the most powerful concubine in charge of the six palaces. His grandfather has military power. He has the greatest chance. Why should he do this?" Lou Lianyu was even more confused.

"Your Highness has done enough. You want to be the emperor!" Lou Yuhuan added, looking at the gray sky through the window, and said nothing more.

"Minister Zhu is the Prince Lin's man. What a coincidence that the one who killed his son is also his enemy. As long as someone jumps out and throws dirty water on Prince Lin's confidants, Prince Lin's power will inevitably be frustrated, and he will not be able to make any waves in the short term."

"With his only son killed, Minister Zhu will inevitably be alienated from Prince Lin. Why not kill two birds with one stone?"

After Lou Baili finished speaking, he looked at his son's haggard face and felt a little distressed: "The old fox Yuan Kaizhi must have seen it clearly a long time ago. He runs around every day without doing his job, but keeps you in the Dali Temple to investigate the case seriously. Alas, you too, why are you so honest?"

Lou Lianyu pulled the corner of his mouth and didn't care much: "After all, it's three lives."

"Zhu Yuxuan is not a good person. He has done many things to bully men and women. He deserves to die."

Lou Baili thought of the fat man, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

"It's raining," Lou Yuhuan suddenly said faintly, stretched out his hand out of the window, and felt the cool raindrops falling on his palm: "This is the first rain of the year..."

At the same time, in a mansion in the northern district of the imperial city, Nangong Ya, who had just returned from the palace, listened to Jin Yao's report with disbelief.

"You mean, Ling'er climbed over the wall and left in front of you?" Nangong Ya's eyes widened.

Jin Yao nodded. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't dare to believe it.

"Actually... Jin Hui also told me that Miss San grabbed his collar and threw him out..."

Nangong Ya's eyes widened.

"Sir, I think... Miss San is not the same as before," Jin Yao thought of Jiang Ning's cold eyes and the fact that she called Nangong Ya by her nickname, and continued, "She seems to have completely changed."

Nangong Ya sat there in a daze, thinking back to the past few days, and he agreed with Jin Yao's words in his heart.

The timid Nangong Ling who didn't dare to look anyone in the eye before, after returning home this time, there was no trace of her.

"Jin Yao, send two groups of people, one to find Miss Three, the other..." Nangong Ya stared at Jin Yao's eyes and said solemnly: "Go to Qushui City, find the line of the human traffickers, and keep investigating. I want to know what Ling'er has been through in the past few months!"

"Yes."

Jin Yao took the order and left. Nangong Ya sat alone on the chair for a long time before slowly getting up and planning to walk to the main courtyard.

He should go see Luo Siyi.

Ling'er is not worrying, and Yan'er is even more restless, making her mother sick.

Nangong Ya felt exhausted when he thought of this.

When he stepped out of the door, the drizzle fell on his face, and Nangong Ya suddenly realized that it was raining.

Small update: Intense love time

The first rain of this year lasted until midnight.

The raindrops hit the tiles on the roof, making a rustling sound. Countless raindrops gathered together and dripped down the eaves to the corridor.

Unfortunately, Jiang Ning didn't hear any of this.

She felt like a boat swaying in the wind and rain, her body constantly tossed up and down by the waves. She felt confused and intoxicated, and couldn't help but let out soft moans and gasps.

"Aning..."

Liu Mingan's panting voice came to her ears again. Jiang Ning half-squinted her eyes and clearly saw the dense beads of sweat slowly sliding down the angular face, and finally gathered at the jaw, dripping down and falling on her.

Jiang Ning seemed to be burned. She tried to move her body, but her waist was pinched and she couldn't get away at all.

"A Ning..."

He kissed her lips countless times, saying the same thing over and over again: "Good boy, call me husband again, okay?"

Jiang Ning opened her eyes, and the coldness and aloofness in her eyes had disappeared completely, leaving only the unconscious seductiveness. Her

bright red lips opened again, and she weakly uttered two words: "Get lost!"

"Hehehe...A Ning, I like you so much!"

Liu Ming'an loved her look so much that he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her gorgeous lips again.

"A Ning..."

"Ning'er..."

"Little Ning'er..."

Liu Ming'an started to shout some mushy names again. Jiang Ning felt her body getting hotter, so she had to close her eyes and not look at him.

However, after she could no longer see, other feelings became more obvious, and Jiang Ning had no choice but to open her eyes again.

"Can you... um... stop yelling?"

Jiang Ning was out of breath, but she tried to reason with an aroused man.

Liu Ming'an immediately responded: "Sure, you can yell at me again."

"...Get lost!"

He actually made conditions with her!

Until a certain moment, Jiang Ning felt that she was thrown into the clouds, and it seemed that she could not see anything in front of her eyes. She could only see a brilliant white, like starlight, and like moonlight.

"Aning..."

A gentle kiss fell on her lips, and hot fingers were gently stroking her face. Jiang Ning gradually came back to her senses and bumped into Liu Ming'an's gaze that was enough to drown a person.

"Aning, I like you..."

Liu Ming'an's breathing had not yet calmed down. He stretched out his hand to push the sweaty hair on Jiang Ning's forehead to one side, and then gave her a gentle kiss on her brow.

Jiang Ning tried hard to open her eyes to see him clearly, but she felt so tired that she could hardly lift her eyelids, as if she would fall into a deep sleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

Liu Ming'an's state was completely different from Jiang Ning's. His heart was filled with unspeakable emotions, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Looking at the beloved girl in front of him in the dim candlelight, Liu Ming'an's eyes were full of lust, and he was even reluctant to blink.

Half asleep and half awake, Jiang Ning felt that the person next to her had left, and the temperature seemed to drop all of a sudden.

After an unknown amount of time, she seemed to be picked up by someone and put into the bathtub.

The hot water wrapped around her aching body, and dense kisses fell on her face. Jiang Ning fell into a deep dream.

The rain outside the house stopped at some point.

The moon came out again. Although it was not very bright, it still reflected a bright light on the puddles on the ground.

After Liu Mingan cleaned the body, he simply washed himself with hot water. When he finished everything and returned to the bed, he saw Jiang Ning sleeping peacefully on the bed. He felt that his heart had melted into water.