Chapter 39 Chapter 39 He turned his face and kissed the palm of her hand...
"No."
He refused, and released a lot of strength from his body, fearing that he would crush her.
However, the height difference between the man and the woman was too big, which made her look more like a white rabbit that had strayed into a trap.
Nan Xu was furious, secretly cursing him for being a scoundrel, but she didn't dare to confront him seriously. She simply gave in and said, "Uncle, what do you want?"
The brocade scarf on her face rose and fell slightly due to the breath of her voice, covering her face like mist.
Her delicate eyebrows, tall and straight nose, and rosy lips all looked charming in a special way. Duan Wenpei stared at her for a long time, his Adam's apple rolling slightly, and he tilted his head to force himself not to look at her.
"Tell me, tell me about Li Qi." He was a little confused.
Since she couldn't break free, Nan Xu decided to give up, softened her body, and found a comfortable position for herself.
"What else can I say? He falsified the accounts to deceive me, so it's not surprising for me, the mistress of the house, to give him a small punishment or a severe warning." Because the two were close to each other, the scent of soapberries on Duan Wenpei's body hit her face. The light but subtle aggressiveness made her a little dazed.
Finally, I stopped playing Tai Chi with him.
Duan Wenpei breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder they said that only girls and villains were difficult to raise. If Nan Xu, this little girl, wanted to play tricks on him, he really might not be able to deal with it.
He released her wrists and lifted his powerful arms, covering her like a large umbrella. He spoke seriously, "Behind Li Qi is Xie Huan from the inner court, and behind Xie Huan is Guo Huai, and behind Guo Huai is the emperor. Nan Xu, whether he's embezzling or secretly obstructing us, I know it. I just don't want to create unnecessary complications. Do you understand?"
Free from restraints, Nan Xu felt even more comfortable. She fearlessly met Duan Wenpei's gaze, smiling freely, "I know. Back then, Xie Huan, the young eunuch in my aunt's palace, rose rapidly in the inner court thanks to my aunt's influence. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that he had also defected to Guo Huai."
She spoke casually, as if these things, these complicated relationships, were no big deal to her.
Duan Wenpei was so angry that he wanted to bite her, but he had other ideas in mind.
He held her hand and asked, "Is Xie Huan yours?" He then added slowly, "No wonder you punish me when you say so. It turns out it's good to lean against a big tree for shade."
Nan Xu raised the corners of her mouth, and was so happy that she was shaking. Seeing Duan Wenpei being humiliated, she became playful and stretched out her other hand to touch his temples, and traced the outline of his face with her fingers.
"Master, I grew up in the Marquis' Mansion after all. When I was five years old, my aunt held me in her arms and accompanied the emperor. It was a sure thing, how could I dare to do it?"
In the past, she was reserved and delicate, with the best demeanor of a daughter of an aristocratic family. Now, with the charming look in her eyes and the complacent look on her face, she has a different charm.
Duan Wenpei's eyes darkened, and the suppressed emotions in his heart could no longer be controlled.
He turned his head and kissed the palm of her hand.
Nan Xu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and withdrew her hand in disbelief, burying her hands in her arms like an ostrich. Where Duan Wenpei couldn't see, most of her face turned red.
Duan Wenpei laughed at what he saw, and actually laughed out loud. His laughter echoed in the room and floated out of the window. Liu Hui hurried over and finally caught his breath, but was so startled by the long-lost laughter that he almost sat down.
My master is not a person who likes to laugh...
*
Ever since Duan Wenpei left Jingyuan that day, Yuxiang and Chunya noticed that Nanxu had become a little strange.
She was either leaning against the waterside pavilion feeding the fish, her face turning red while feeding, or she went to the yard to practice archery, and her mind wandered to the birds flying in the sky. There was another time that was even more outrageous. She was originally playing with the golden ball, but for some reason she thought of it and she stared at the pond so intently that she almost mistook the golden ball for fish food and threw it into the pond.
Yuxiang speculated that her uncle might have said something unpleasant, which had upset her wife.
Chunya was watering the bonsai outside the house with a kettle in her hand. She shook her head when she heard this. She felt that the lady did not seem to be stupid, but rather obsessed. As for what obsessed her, she could not say.
"Sister Chunya, the Madam is calling you."
The little maid came to deliver the message, Chunya agreed, handed the kettle in her hand to Yuxiang, lifted the curtain and went into the house.
In the room, besides Nanxu, there was also a well-dressed maid. Chunya hurriedly greeted her when she saw her. This was Hua Mian, the head maid serving the Marquis's wife.
Hua Mian also heard that she had won Nan Xu's favor and was serving in the house, so she returned the greeting with a smile.
Nan Xu stretched out her hand, and Chunya hurriedly stepped forward to support her. The injury on her ankle had almost healed, but she couldn't stand for long. Nan Xu half leaned on Chunya's shoulder and asked Hua Mian to follow her.
They went to the innermost room where Yu Ming was kept.
During the day, the maids and servants were doing their jobs, making the place seem deserted. The little maid outside the door opened it, and Nan Xu and the other two walked in.
The room was filled with the aroma of herbs. Inside, Yu Ming was lying there quietly as if she was asleep. Looking at the extremely thin Yu Ming, Hua Mian choked up a little.
"Madam, can Yuming wake up?"
Nan Xu didn't know how to answer her.
This was the second time she had stepped into this room since returning from the Big Buddha Temple that day.
She felt guilty, so she never dared to come to see Yuming.
Can Yu Ming wake up? Sometimes when it was late at night and she couldn't sleep, she liked to ask herself this question in her heart, but there was no answer.
Hua Mian, on the other hand, wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled to comfort Nan Xu, "Don't worry, Madam. Yu Ming will definitely not die like this if she knows how you treated her. Besides, the real culprit who caused her to end up like this has not yet been brought to justice. How can Yu Ming be willing to leave like this?"
As she spoke, she knelt down towards Nan Xu. As Nan Xu looked at her in astonishment, she gritted her teeth and said, "To be honest, Madam, I've come not only to visit you at your command, but also to tell you that the two quacks who were wandering around the Big Buddha Temple that day have been found."
*
On the way to the Marquis' Mansion, Nan Xu leaned her head in deep thought, but she couldn't figure out how her mother knew that she was looking for these two people from the martial arts world, and how she found these two people like looking for a needle in a haystack.
She asked Hua Mian, but Hua Mian couldn't explain it clearly. She only said that she knew everything after she returned.
Before leaving the house, Nan Xu specially sent someone to the front yard to inform Duan Wenpei, but the person who went found nothing. He was told that the uncle had been very busy recently and had not returned for two days.
When the servant reported back, she was about to get on the car and set off. She stared eagerly in the direction of the main gate of the uncle's mansion. She couldn't say what she felt, but she felt a little empty in her heart.
Nan Xu touched his chest and smiled to himself, feeling that he was becoming less and less like himself.
It can't be because of that palm kiss, right?
*
It was Mother Lu who met Nan Xu at the second gate. After entering the backyard, Nan Xu realized that something seemed different in the mansion today.
Along the way, we saw many strong maids, and all the corner doors were locked, as if they were guarding against something.
Nan Xu's heart skipped a beat and she asked Mother Lu if anything had happened. Mother Lu just told her not to worry and that she would understand after meeting the Marquis's wife.
Everyone was present in Jiahui Hall today. What Nanxu didn't expect the most was that Aunt Zhou, who had not left the courtyard for many years, was also there.
As soon as Nan Xu came in, the marquis's wife quickly stretched out her hand to beckon her over. The maid brought a chair and placed it next to the marquis's wife, and the marquis's wife pulled Nan Xu to sit down.
The Venerable sat at the head of the table, looking at the brothers and sisters below with different expressions. Nan Xu felt a little awkward, but Madam Hou held her tightly, so Nan Xu could only sit down reluctantly.
"Mother, what happened? Hua Mian said they found those two people. Where are they?"
She had too many questions in her mind that she couldn't sort out for a while, and looking at the people in the room, she felt a little upset.
The Marquis's wife patted the back of her hand to remind her to stay calm.
"Today, I called everyone here to investigate a family scandal." As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other and whispered, wondering where the family scandal came from.
The marquis's wife did not hide anything and asked someone to bring the two men up.
The guards forced two men with their hands tied in to come in and kneel down. Seeing that there were many women in the room, the two men looked around with shining eyes, showing no fear of being restrained at all.
Seeing that they were about to look over, Chunya quickly stood in front of Nanxu.
Madam Hou pointed at them and said, "These two have quite a reputation in the underworld, but it's just that they have a bad reputation for stealing and cheating. In their early years, because they were uneducated and unskilled, they were once reduced to begging on the streets. It was an old doctor who made medicine that helped them. This was not because the doctor was kind, but because the old doctor had no one to take over. The medicine he made was not a legitimate medicine. These unorthodox things naturally need to find some unorthodox people to continue."
Mrs. Hou seemed to find it difficult to speak when she said this. She picked up the teacup beside her and motioned for Mother Lu to continue.
Mother Lu stepped forward and said, "This doctor did have some skills in refining medicine. Coupled with the fact that there were so many people in the world who used these evil things, he actually turned it into a profitable business. These two knew it was a good business, so they inherited the old doctor's legacy and started selling these medicines on the Jianghu. Later, not satisfied with the income from selling medicine, they simply started using drugs to kill people and rob people. But their luck was bad. When His Majesty ascended to the throne and reorganized the government, these underworld methods were no longer useful. Without a livelihood, these two could only go to the Big Buddha Temple to pretend to worship Buddha and ask for vegetarian food."
This exposed the past of these two people. Although everyone still didn't quite understand, they all looked down on the two people kneeling.
Nan Xu pushed Chunya away and took a good look at the two of them. What Mother Lu said matched exactly what she knew from the novice monk. These two were the ones who appeared in the backyard of the Big Buddha Temple that day.
Zhao Yuqin had recently become quite haggard due to the events at the village outside the city. She had no interest in listening to these stories of the Jianghu people. She looked around boredly and then realized that someone was missing. She asked Mother Lu, "Why don't I see the third girl?"
As she spoke, her eyes swept over to Aunt Zhou, who was curled up as tight as she could, and she asked again, "Where's the third young lady?"
I don't know whether he was asking about Mother Lu or Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou looked up at her and was about to lower her head when she turned around and met a cold gaze.
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