Chapter 357 A Probing Attempt Leads to Missed Opportunity
Li Anning tilted her head back and puffed out her small chest.
With her eyes closed and teeth clenched, she shouted at Pei Yuan, "Sixth Prince, I will not give up Lord Shen to you!"
"Let her go?" Pei Yuan raised an eyebrow and gave her a cold look.
At one glance, Li Anning felt his blood run cold, a chill rising from the soles of his feet, up his back, and straight to the top of his head.
So cold that she stumbled and bumped into the door.
Li Anning stood awkwardly by the door, her lips trembling.
"Yes, we won't allow it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took off running.
Ling Ce closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead.
This girl is really brave.
He's a little envious and jealous of his junior sister, what should he do?
Pei Yuan snorted coldly and hooked his foot.
Bang.
The door closed behind him.
Ling Ce was jolted back to his senses and watched as Pei Yuan strode towards him expressionlessly.
"What...what are you going to do?"
Ling Ce was intimidated by his aura and retreated repeatedly in fear.
Until there is nowhere left to retreat.
His lower back bumped into the octagonal table behind him.
Pei Yuan continued to approach him, his tall figure completely enveloping him.
Ling Ce straightened his back defiantly.
What's so great about that? He used the Bone Shrinking Technique to shrink his body in order to look more like Shen Chu.
His original height wasn't much shorter than Pei Laoliu's.
Ling Ce glanced at Pei Yuan's expression and grinned dryly.
"Your Highness, please speak frankly."
Pei Yuan remained silent, then suddenly pressed down on him.
Ling Ce was startled and instinctively bent over, almost pressing his entire body against the octagonal table.
Pei Yuan placed one hand on the table, bent over, and looked down at him from above.
As Ling Ce watched the handsome face approaching from above, he was so startled that he blurted out.
"Don't do anything reckless, I'm not gay."
Waaah.
He is a true man, upright and honorable.
This position was too humiliating for him.
Pei Yuan remained motionless, his gaze sweeping over Ling Ce's face inch by inch.
The face belongs to Achu.
Their body shape and posture were also the same as Achu's.
Her gaze was lowered, and the purse hanging from her waist emitted a faint fragrance of wisteria blossoms.
This is also consistent with Achu's.
That's clearly Achu.
If he is Ah Chu, then who was the woman who was with him last night?
Pei Yuan felt he was almost touching the truth, but his mind was in complete turmoil.
Ling Ce bent over and looked up at Pei Yuan.
What is this man looking at?
If he holds that position any longer, his back will be ruined.
"What...what exactly do you want?"
Pei Yuan gave him a deep look, then suddenly stood up straight and sat down expressionlessly in the armchair next to the octagonal table.
call.
Ling Ce let out a long breath, then slumped back in his chair, supporting his waist.
"Can't you just say what you want to say?"
Pei Yuan looked melancholy but ignored him, calling out "Sun Yan".
"Go prepare to write about potatoes, the more the better."
He desperately needs to calm down, and cutting potato shreds will help him calm down quickly.
Sun Yan suddenly looked up, his gaze quickly falling on Ling Ce, his expression one of astonishment.
His Highness has been longing to come to Yangzhou to find Lord Shen.
Why are you cutting potato shreds now that you've met Lord Shen?
His Highness never cuts potato shreds during the day.
"Your Highness, it's still morning, there's still a long way to go before it gets dark."
Pei Yuan looked over leisurely.
Sun Yan's expression hardened. "I'll go to the street and buy two baskets of potatoes right away."
Ling Ce couldn't help but purse his lips after Sun Yan left.
"Two baskets of potatoes? Tsk, can you finish them all? Be careful, or you'll grow to look like a potato."
Pei Yuan suddenly turned his head, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
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Back to Shen Chu, after leaving the prefectural government office, she and Hongxiu went to find Pei Yuan according to the address Liufeng had left earlier.
Upon searching, we discovered it was a very secluded four-courtyard house.
The gatekeeper looked at Chen Chu and Hong Xiu with suspicion.
Who are you looking for?
After a slight hesitation, Shen Chu said, "I'm looking for your young master."
The gatekeeper bowed and said, "Young Master Liufeng left yesterday and has not returned yet."
In a single sentence, Shen Chu knew that Pei Yuan had come to Yangzhou in secret, hiding his identity.
"I'm not looking for Young Master Liufeng, I'm looking for Young Master Liu who's staying here."
A look of vigilance immediately rose in the eyes of the gatekeeper.
"The Sixth Young Master hasn't returned either. May I ask how you are addressed, Madam? And where is your residence?"
"After the Sixth Young Master returns, I can convey his message."
Pei Yuan hasn't returned yet?
Along the way, Shen Chu thought about many scenarios, prepared various opening lines, and considered how to be honest with Pei Yuan.
How will Pei Yuan react?
The more I thought about it, the more uneasy and anxious I became, but in the end, I came up empty-handed.
I was torn between feeling relieved and disappointed.
Qingshan Temple has been sealed off, so where will Pei Yuan go?
Recalling what Sun Yan had whispered last night, I vaguely heard that there were survivors.
They must be searching for the assassin who tried to kill him on the mountain yesterday.
“If Madam is not in a hurry, you may come in and wait. If there is anything urgent, you may leave a message on behalf of the Sixth Young Master, and I will report to him immediately upon his return.”
Shen Chu hesitated for a moment.
Pei Yuan is investigating the assassin; it's unclear how long it will take him to return.
She still needs to go back and organize the memorials regarding the missing girl case. Never mind, I'll go back first.
She nodded to the gatekeeper, and she and Hongxiu turned and left.
The gatekeeper scratched his head and muttered something under his breath.
"What a strange person! He neither gave his name nor left a message. How am I supposed to report to the Sixth Young Master?"
"What do you want to report?"
The gatekeeper looked up abruptly and saw a sedan chair parked at the gate.
A graceful woman stepped out of the sedan chair. She was beautiful and watched warily as the woman and her servant disappeared around the corner.
"Who are they? What are they doing here?"
The gatekeeper hesitated.
The maidservant next to the woman raised her eyebrows and said in a shrill voice, "How dare you! My young lady is the fiancée of the Sixth Young Master. She has come here to see him."
"I'm asking you a question, why aren't you answering truthfully?"
The gatekeeper's expression immediately changed.
"The Sixth Young Master's fiancée?"
Chen Jiaying's expression softened, and she glanced at the figure that had disappeared around the corner with a smile.
"We were quite far apart just now, and the person I saw talking to you at the door looked like a heavily pregnant woman."
Who are they looking for?
The gatekeeper hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "They're here to see the Sixth Young Master."
"Looking for the Sixth Young Master? Did you say what you wanted to say?"
The gatekeeper shook his head. "They're a bit strange. They won't tell us their names, where they live, or what they're doing here."
Upon hearing that the Sixth Young Master was not there, he simply said he would come again next time, and then turned and left.
Chen Jiaying's maid whispered, "Miss, the prince secretly came to Yangzhou without a word, maybe because of this woman."
Judging from her belly, she must be at least seven or eight months pregnant. Maybe the child is the prince's.
"Girl, you can't be soft-hearted! You can't let some vixen give birth to the prince's child before you even enter the house!"
A fierce jealousy flashed in Chen Jiaying's eyes as she whispered instructions to the maid.
"Follow her immediately and find out where that woman lives and what her relationship is with the prince."
"yes."
The maidservant responded and left.
Chen Jiaying lifted the hem of her skirt and stepped through the door, stuffing a purse into the gatekeeper's hand.
The gatekeeper was taken aback. "Miss, this..."
Chen Jiaying smiled gently, "Sixth Young Master has a lot to deal with every day and is very busy. Since you are guarding the gatehouse, you need to be more careful in filtering things out."
As for those unimportant people, just pretend they never came. Don't need anyone to report anything to the Sixth Young Master, understand?
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