Chapter 190 Extra: Liu Mingan x Jiang Ning (Part 3)
Jiang Ning didn't know that Liu Mingan had unconditionally tolerated her once again. She was supporting Nangong Muyan and walking slowly towards her room. She was nervous and even her breathing was light.
Nangong Muyan was seven months pregnant with twins. Her belly was so big that she couldn't see her feet when she looked down.
Every time she walked up a step, Jiang Ning was terrified and looked like she was facing a powerful enemy, which made Nangong Muyan laugh non-stop.
"Why are you more nervous than me? What are you afraid of? There's no need to be so cautious."
Jiang Ning glanced at the big belly and ignored her joke: "Some pregnant women can have miscarriages even if they sprain their ankles. It's better to be careful."
"Do you think I'm so fragile?" Nangong Muyan was very surprised. What kind of weak woman image did she have in Jiang Ning's eyes now?
"You fainted just by touching me casually. How strong do you think you are?"
"Okay, okay, then you have to support me." Nangong Muyan didn't want to mention these embarrassing things.
When she finally sent the person to the room safely, Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Nangong Muyan sat on the stool and was reaching for the teapot. Jiang Ning grabbed it again, poured it for her and put it in her hand.
"Oh, you're getting more and more sensible!"
Nangong Muyan smiled while holding a teacup, and looked at Jiang Ning with a very relieved look.
"Stop talking nonsense, and go to bed after you finish drinking." Jiang Ning ordered expressionlessly.
"I can't sleep without Zhou Yi hugging me, so just chat with me."
"Why are you so clingy?" Jiang Ning simply couldn't believe that these words came out of her mouth.
Nangong Muyan nodded repeatedly, and admitted without any shame: "I only cling to Zhou Yi."
Jiang Ning had nothing to say, she just felt that she didn't know this person anymore.
"What do you want to talk about?" Jiang Ning finally compromised. It was a bit silly to just sit and wait for Zhou Yi to call them for dinner, so it was better to just chat for a few minutes to kill time.
"Hmm... what to talk about?" Nangong Muyan thought carefully about what she and Jiang Ning could talk about, and finally found that they actually had nothing to say.
In the past, she told this person all kinds of knowledge, and the core idea was inseparable from the word "murder". Now that she is living a peaceful life in this world, she really doesn't know how to chat with Jiang Ning like a normal person.
"How about I tell you how I chased Zhou Yi?" Nangong Muyan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and proposed with an eager look on her face.
"I don't want to listen." Jiang Ning directly poured a basin of cold water on her.
"Then how about you tell me the love story between you and Liu Mingan?" Nangong Muyan was not hit at all, and she thought of another topic with interest.
"I won't say it." Jiang Ning was unmoved.
"Oh, you are really not fun at all, Zhou Yi is still the best..."
Nangong Muyan complained, and at this moment her belly moved a little. She lowered her head with a gentle expression, put her hand gently, and her eyes were full of love.
Jiang Ning looked at Nangong Muyan like this, and the figure of the former person with a ruthless and murderous intent flashed through her mind.
"Tell me about your child." Jiang Ning felt a little relieved. They all walked out of the darkness and met their own light.
"The child hasn't been born yet, what is there to talk about? I'd better tell you about the precautions of pregnancy. Anyway, you will have such an experience in the future."
Jiang Ning thought for a while and nodded: "Okay."
Liu Mingan and Jiang Ning said goodbye after having dinner at Zhou's house. They still had to go back to arrange the relevant matters for their return to Lotus Village.
Before leaving, Zhou Yi sent them to the door and handed over the two jars of wine in his hand: "Sister-in-law, this is mulberry wine sent by my family's estate. It was brewed ten years ago and opened this year. It tastes very good. Take it back and try it."
Zhou Yi always remembered Jiang Ning's heroic appearance when she served him wine on his wedding day. A person who is so good at drinking should like drinking.
Jiang Ning did not refuse and took the jar of wine and thanked him sincerely.
The two returned to the mansion, arranged the carriage and the accompanying guards, and Liu Mingan went to the palace again.
His official position was dispensable and very leisurely, but he had to say hello when he was leaving for several months.
When he walked out of the Hanlin Academy of the palace, he unexpectedly ran into Lou Lianyu holding a thick stack of documents.
"Prince consort!" Lou Lianyu saw him, smiled and walked over to greet him: "How are you these days?"
"Everything is fine, thank you for your concern."
Liu Ming'an replied with a smile, and his eyes casually swept over the file in his chest, but found a very familiar name among the secret words.
Zhu Yuxuan.
"Lou Shaoqing, do you have any official business to do?" Liu Ming'an asked casually.
Lou Lianyu sighed when he heard him ask this: "It's two murder cases this year. They have not been solved so far, and there is not even a clue. The review period has expired. We, the Dali Temple, decided to seal the case files first and reopen them when there are clues in the future."
"Two? Which two?"
Liu Ming'an seemed very interested. Lou Lianyu liked this cousin very much, and the case was not a big secret, so he answered: "One is the murder of the only son of Minister Zhu in the alley on the 15th of the first lunar month, and the other is the assassination of Prince Rui Yuwenxuan in his palace on the 10th of the second lunar month. Both cases are very bad, and the victims are all people of status, but they have never been solved..."
Liu Ming'an said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions, but Lou Lianyu thought he was curious and talked to him a few more words: "Although these two cases seem to have nothing to do with each other, I always have a hunch that the murderer is the same person."
Liu Ming'an's heart sank, he knew it was impossible. It was true that Zhu Yuxuan was killed by Jiang Ning, but when Prince Rui died, Jiang Ning was in Qushui City. She had no reason to kill this person.
"Why do you think so?" Liu Ming'an asked again.
Lou Lianyu couldn't explain why. How could one explain intuition?
The two of them parted ways at a corner of a palace. Liu Ming'an took a few steps and was stopped by Lou Lianyu again.
"You should go back to Lotus Village, right?" Although Lou Lianyu asked, his tone was firm. Without waiting for Liu Ming'an to say anything, he continued: "Please tell my second uncle for me. Just tell him that his teachings are in my heart."
Liu Ming'an replied: "Okay."
When he was about to leave the palace, Liu Ming'an suddenly remembered that Prince Rui had been engaged to Nangong Muyan. If Prince Rui hadn't died, Nangong Muyan would have become the Princess of Rui.
"But I always have a hunch that the murderer is the same person..."
Lou Lianyu's words echoed in his mind, and Liu Ming'an remembered what he said to Zhou Yi a few hours ago.
"Brother Zhou, don't you think they are actually very similar?"
In addition, Zhou Yi started to look for him with wine on the eighth day of the second lunar month, and Prince Rui died on the tenth day of the second lunar month.
Some random thoughts emerged in Liu Ming'an's mind. He stopped and stood there, wanting to think carefully, but found that there were still many things he couldn't figure out.
"Hey, Prince Consort, what are you doing standing here? What's the matter? Do you want us to share some of your worries?"
A sharp voice brought Liu Ming'an back to his senses. He looked at the father-in-law in front of him and smiled politely: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
The sun gradually set, and the afterglow of the sunset dyed the sky gorgeous.
Liu Ming'an walked towards the mansion in the orange sunlight, thinking that he should go back to have dinner with An Ning.
Don't think about things that you can't figure out. Isn't everything good now?