The ninth day of the twelfth month, four quarters past three in the morning.
Just as Hua Qingcheng and Wu Chen were starting their year-end exams at the Imperial College, a group of guards from the Dali Temple suddenly arrived at the Si family in the south of the city.
"I wonder if you gentlemen..."
"Go, go, go, don't get in the way!"
After receiving the news from the doorman, the Si family's butler hurried to the gate of the Si mansion and bowed to the many guards, but he was pushed aside by them unexpectedly.
"Where's Si Tianyu?"
"Call her out!"
The leading guard glanced at the sign at the gate of the Si Mansion and gave the order indifferently.
"My lords, the head of the family went out early in the morning and will not be back until noon at the earliest." The housekeeper lowered his eyebrows and eyes, looking submissive.
"Yeah?"
The captain of the guards glanced at the butler suspiciously, then waved to the hundreds of guards behind him.
"search!"
"Yes, boss!"
Following the order from the captain of the guards, the guards in uniform and holding swords immediately pushed aside the butler who was in the way. The thugs guarding the gate had never seen such a scene before, so they just stood there like a piece of wood, motionless, allowing the guards from the Dali Temple to pour into the gate of the mansion like a file.
"Sir, how dare you... break into a private residence?" the housekeeper cried out in shock.
"snort!"
"When the Dali Temple investigates a case, anyone who obstructs or interferes will be arrested and charged. If you wish to be imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison, you may proceed forward."
The captain of the guards took out a badge from his bosom, waved it in front of the butler, and then put it back into his bosom.
housekeeper:……
(Is the Si family...finished?)
At the same time, in the main courtyard of the Si family's backyard.
"Househusband!"
“Oh no!”
"Something terrible is happening!"
A servant shouted loudly and ran into Nangong Chen's yard.
Nangong Chen, who had just gotten up and was washing, changing clothes and combing his hair with the help of his personal servant, looked displeased when he heard the voice.
"How can you be so impetuous?"
Nangong Chen looked at a shiny bronze mirror, raised his hand and gently pressed down his hair. Through the mirror, he glanced at the servant standing at the door of his room.
"Reporting to the master, the guards from the Dali Temple have come to the mansion to arrest the master, and have already entered to search!" said the servant anxiously.
"What?"
When Nangong Chen heard this, his well-maintained fair face immediately became a little ferocious.
Wasn't it said that Ling Yun was favored by the princess? He was so useless! He couldn't even save the Si family? Nangong Chen immediately blamed his only son in his heart.
Since Si Tianyu's first husband Meng Lishi died twelve years ago, Nangong Chen was promoted to become the head of the Si family.
Although Si Tianyu had many concubines and maids, none of them could lay an egg under Nangong Chen's watchful eyes. However, despite Nangong Chen's secret suppression, Si Tianyu had no other children, but he himself could not conceive either.
Nangong Chen, who could have found a son-in-law for Si Lingyun to inherit the Si family business, had higher aspirations. Through various means, Nangong Chen and Si Tianyu first got Si Lingyun into the Imperial College to study, and then sent him to the backyard of the Eastern Palace to serve as a concubine to the emperor.
Nangong Chen originally thought that he could gain status through his father's son, but he never expected that before he could enjoy the blessing of being a son of a high-ranking family, he would face the situation where the Dali Temple guards came to arrest his wife...
Half an hour later, the guards from the Dali Temple who failed to find Si Tianyu in the Si family's house directly ordered someone to seal the door of the Si family's house.
As for daily shopping, they naturally went in and out through the back door as usual. However, there were now two more Dali Temple guards at the back door. Before the Fengcheng government officials arrived to take over, they were responsible for watching over the situation and strictly checking the people and items entering and leaving.
At the same time, on the official road leading to the General's Mansion in the east of the city, a middle-aged woman who looked quite noble in clothes stopped a carriage.
"Ouch~"
Feng Wu, who was driving the carriage, saw a man suddenly jump out in the middle of the road, so he hurriedly stopped the carriage.
"Fengwu, what happened?" Si Chengfeng in the carriage asked slowly through the curtains.
"Reporting to Si Liangce, there is a woman blocking the road." Feng Wu said with a little displeasure.
"Afeng~"
Before Si Chengfeng could say anything, a slightly anxious female voice suddenly came from outside the carriage.
When Si Chengfeng heard this, his pair of lazy and charming eyes suddenly widened, and then his face became gloomy. He raised his hand slightly and slowly lifted the curtain of the carriage with his bony fingers.
"Afeng, it's really you!"
"Great! Mom finally gets to see you!"
Standing outside the carriage, Si Tianyu was delighted to see Si Chengfeng's face, which looked exactly like Meng Lishi's. She had never expected that her eldest son would look so much like her deceased husband.
If you ask Si Tianyu if she regrets favoring her concubine over her husband, the answer is yes. After all, Nangong Chen, a bastard, is not as good as Meng Lishi in terms of family background, appearance, talent, and bearing.
And, most importantly, Nangong Chen hadn't even borne Si Tianyu a child in all these years. Even though Si Tianyu had secretly kept one mistress after another, none of them had laid a single egg. The huge fortune she had earned would likely fall into the hands of a branch of the family in the future...
"Master Si, I wonder why you stopped my carriage?"
Si Chengfeng hung the carriage curtain to one side and sat back on the soft couch. He had a mocking smile on his lips, and his charming eyes glanced at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure outside the carriage. He spoke lightly and looked nonchalant.
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