After another heavy snowfall, the whole city was covered in white.
Li Qingluo went to Jingci Hall before dawn.
She hadn't slept all night, so her eyes were red.
Wearing a cloak and a hood, Li Qingluo walked quickly into the hall and saw his grandmother leaning on the couch.
"Grandma! Didn't you... also stay awake all night?"
Li Qingluo walked over and sat down next to Old Madam Pei.
Madam Pei opened her eyes and sighed, "Luo'er, are you going out?"
Li Qingluo nodded: "Grandma, my granddaughter wants to go to the Pei Mansion."
Madam Pei sat up instantly. "What are you doing going to the Pei Mansion? You already know something happened at the Pei Mansion, but you still want to go to that wolf den. Do you know how dangerous it is?"
"Luo'er, Grandmother no longer requires you to do what you promised Grandmother before. Just stay home. Since you have a close relationship with Twelve Lady, Grandmother will send someone to inquire about the news and investigate this matter. When we have the results, I will tell you..."
Li Qingluo bowed her head. "Grandmother, since Luo'er came to Jinling, besides you, who care about me the most, only Nan Jia and the princess have been close to Luo'er."
"Luo'er wants to see Nanjia off for the last time."
Mrs. Pei was also a person who valued friendship and loyalty, and she knew that she would not be able to stop Li Qingluo in this matter.
"But something like this happened in the Pei Mansion... What if it was really your great-grandfather's evil deeds..."
Sure enough, my grandmother knew some things about my great-grandfather.
At the beginning, after Li Qingluo found out the specific recent situation of the old Duke Pei, he never told his grandmother.
The last time she went to Pei's house, Li Qingluo saw with her own eyes a maid who was almost forced to death.
She knew that her great-grandfather had completely lost his mind.
Although my grandmother had been deliberately avoiding investigating the affairs of Duke Pei's Mansion, there was no such thing as a wall that was impenetrable. Perhaps this information had already leaked out from Duke Pei's Mansion itself...
Li Qingluo: "Grandma, please don't overthink it. I heard that my great-grandfather can't even leave his room right now. He might not be the one who did what happened to Nan Jia."
"Let's wait for news from Uncle De."
After Li Qingluo came out of the general's mansion, he saw a young man squatting in the corner of the wall outside the mansion, his body covered with white snow.
Li Qingluo took only one look and then got on the carriage. After the carriage drove out for a while, the boy climbed onto the front deck.
"The servant Wu Quan greets the young lady."
Li Qingluo spoke to him through the curtain: "Are you Uncle De's son?"
Wu Quan: "Yes, young lady. I am your father's youngest son. Your father hasn't returned to Nanjing yet, so I have been the one running all the errands you asked me to do lately."
Li Qingluo: Look, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he really has some skills.
"Have you found out anything about the Pei Mansion?"
Wu Quan: "It's said that the second master of the second house seemed to be possessed last night. He took a sword and tried to kill the old Duke. After being stopped by the whole family, he went to the Dali Temple to report the case. I heard that several groups of people have already gone there. The whole Duke's Mansion was in chaos all night."
Li Qingluo pinched his palms.
She found it hard to accept the bad news last night.
He even fell to the ground when he got out of bed to put on his shoes and socks.
Nan Jia's voice, appearance and smile kept flooding into his mind. The joy and happiness he had with her, and the friendship they had shared during those few days in Siyuan, made Li Qingluo feel more painful than if his heart had been cut out when he heard such bad news.
She also took a long time to calm down.
It was not until I was standing in the yard being drenched in snow that I came to my senses and realized that this was true!
Nan Jia’s tragic death is so cruel!
Even I can't accept it, let alone Nanjia's father who only has this one daughter?
Li Qingluo thought of Aunt Guan and wondered how she would bear this matter.
She had never felt the love of her own mother, but Nan Jia grew up surrounded by the strongest love of her parents. Such a happy family was completely torn apart...
Li Qingluo felt heartbroken whenever he thought of it.
"Mammy, go to Prince Su's Mansion."
The carriage turned a corner and changed lanes, no longer heading straight for the princess's mansion.
"Miss, are you going to see His Royal Highness Prince Su?"
Li Qingluo knew that she had promised her grandmother that she would no longer have anything to do with Prince Su, but who else could she turn to for this matter?
Only Prince Su could allow her to see Nan Jia.
Li Qingluo: "Today, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Pei Mansion. Even if I bring Princess Nanping with me...it might just be a wasted trip."
"But as His Royal Highness Prince Su is the Minister of the Supreme Court, the Pei Mansion cannot stop him."
Outside the Prince Su's Mansion, the general's carriage was parked quietly in a corner not far away.
Nanny Deng went to the gatehouse of Prince Su's mansion with trepidation. When she returned with a strange expression on her face, she reported, "Miss...the servants at Prince Su's mansion said...that His Highness is waiting for you at the mansion, and that you should...go in and see him directly."
Li Qingluo lifted the car curtain: "Really?"
Madam Deng was also puzzled. "Yes, young lady. But could it be that His Royal Highness Prince Su already knew you would come to see him?"
Li Qingluo and Nan Jia’s relationship was not known to everyone in Jinling City, but he knew that she would come looking for him... Did he calculate it right?
Li Qingluo thought again of the words that Prince Su had said last night.
If she has any problem, she can go and ask him in person.
Li Qingluo felt bitter in his heart. He didn't expect that she would come to beg him so soon.
Li Qingluo: "I can't care about that anymore, let's go!"
Que'er quickly followed behind and opened the umbrella.
The snowflakes were still falling as Li Qingluo and his three servants hurried towards Prince Su's Mansion.
The servant at the door saw her coming and hurried forward to greet her.
With a smile on his face, he said, "I meet Miss Li!"
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