Chapter 137 Private Meeting Room
"He's already weak. He must have fainted because he sat for too long. When he wakes up, give him some sugar water."
Wen Nuo was shocked to realize that he was tired from just holding his arms up. "I understand, Uncle Bai. I will take good care of him. But can the whip marks on his neck, behind his ears, on his chin, and all over his body be removed? He will be sent to my sister in the future, and I can't send him there with whip marks all over his body. If I can't remove all the marks on his body, at least I have to remove the ones I can see."
Bai Luoheng said, "I have prepared several scar removal creams for Madam Song, which you can use on him. However, the scars on this child's body are caused by years of beatings. Some of the whip marks overlap and are very deep. It will be difficult to completely remove them. It will take at least several years."
"Ah? What should I do then?"
"I heard that your sister prepared a new skin care cream for your Aunt Song before she came to Beijing. It works very quickly. You can give it to him."
Wen Nuo's eyes lit up. "Oh, that's right. Aunt Song's face is now flawless. I'll go ask my sister for it soon. Uncle Bai, I want your scar removal cream too. I'll apply it on my little brother's body, and my sister's skin beautifying cream on his neck."
Bai Luoheng smiled and said, "Uncle Bai, this is the first time I've seen you being so kind to someone."
"Hehehe... I have a connection with this little brother."
Wen Nuo went to Li Yuejiao's room, and Wen Can was there too.
"Daddy and Mommy, I want to go to the Jiang Mansion to find my sister."
"You can't leave the house now. People from the Yu Mansion are wandering around this street. You will be discovered if you go out."
Wen Nuo frowned, "Mother, even if they saw me, there's no evidence to prove I did it. Could it be that since the people from the Yu Mansion have been hanging around outside, I can't go out at all?"
"I've discussed it with your mother. Later tonight, I'll arrange for someone to send you and Wen Shu to the cloth shop we just acquired. You'll live there for the next six months. After six months, Wen Shu will be sent to Jiangnan for training. After three years, he'll be sent to Sister Yu."
"Is the cloth shop close to the Jiang residence?"
"It's not far. It takes half an hour by car."
"Okay then. I'll go to the Jiang residence from the cloth shop tomorrow. By the way, Dad, please make sure the carriage is padded thicker tonight. If it's too rough, my little brother will suffer."
Wen Can glanced at Li Yuejiao and said, "Looks like we need to quickly give Xiao Nuo a little brother. I just heard from the servants that he's doing the child's hair. Neither of us has that privilege."
Wen Nuo waved his hands helplessly, "Dad and Mom, you are already so old, and you are still competing with your little brother for favor. Let your hair down, I will comb your hair now."
Before dinner, Ah Si was taken to the front yard living room by the Cheng family's doorman.
Song Yu led Bai Lan over. "How is it? Did Song Rui get into the Imperial College?"
Ah Si nodded. "They went directly to the Imperial College. Song Rui came out to meet them. It must have been Wu Han who accompanied Rui out. The couple didn't return to the Wu Mansion, but went to a mansion on Xiangyun Road. The doorplate reads "Song Mansion."
Song Yu laughed and said, "Wu Lingheng must have bought this for them as a fool."
"Miss," Bai Lan said, "Wasn't the Wu family very poor in their early years? I'm afraid this house wasn't given by Wu Lingheng, but by Song Mingzhu."
"Song Mingzhu certainly isn't feeling bad. It's the Wu family who are feeling bad. Ah Si, you'll focus on Song Rui from now on. I want to know everything he says and does after he leaves the Imperial College. The accident on the way to the Nine-Storied Tower might have been caused by the Wu family. I think they should know about my acquaintance with Princess Anyang. Princess Anyang is relatively simple, and I'm worried that if she runs into Wu Han and Song Rui one day, she might be easily fooled by their 'gentle and respectful' appearances. Remember to report back immediately."
"Don't worry, Miss. I will keep a close eye on Song Rui."
"Go back to the Jiang Mansion first. If there is anything happening in the Jiang Mansion, come and inform us in time."
"good!"
"Miss, what you meant just now was that Song Rui might be planning to take advantage of Princess Anyang?"
Song Yu nodded: "Think about it, if Song Rui marries Princess Anyang, he will be the son-in-law of Prince Rui. Can Princess Anyang and I still have friendly exchanges?"
Bai Lan panicked, "I can't! That day, before the accident, Princess Anyang sat there cold and icy. I was so scared I couldn't breathe, afraid I'd offend her and get beaten to death. If Song Rui married Princess Anyang, he would bully us to death."
"Don't panic, it hasn't happened yet. We should go back. Don't worry about it and don't mention it to my cousins."
At night, the breeze is blowing gently.
The moon hid in the clouds, leaving only the sky full of stars.
Nanny Niu knocked lightly on the door and entered the room. "Old Madam, the three sisters have gone to bed. Little Li just sent a message back, saying that the little fool has not been found yet. The family of Yu, the young master in the painting, dares not come to the house rashly."
"Then just keep an eye on it. As long as the outsider doesn't come into contact with the Jiang family, everything will be fine."
Niu Mama said, "That's what Madam ordered."
Old Madam Cheng was a little discouraged. If she hadn't been afraid that the outsider had connections with the Jiang family, she would have brought people in to search long ago.
"Forget it. If there's no important discovery, there's no need to send a message back, and don't go down the underground passage."
"Also, we can't withdraw anyone from Meng'er's side. Keep a close eye on her for twelve hours."
"yes."
After midnight, Song Yu opened his eyes, gave Cheng Qingmeng and Jiang Shiyun each a detoxification pill, and left the inner room.
"Miss." Bai Lan lowered her voice, "There are servants awake outside."
"Don't worry about it." Song Yu fed her the detoxification pill: "Kill him down together!"
Bai Lan then took out three small incense sticks, lit them and placed them outside the window.
Soon, the people guarding outside the yard fell asleep.
Bai Lan first sneaked into Cheng Xiao's study and knocked down all the guards with the incense tower. Then Song Yu rushed over with Cheng Qingmeng and Jiang Shiyun.
"Cousin, how did you do it?"
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Come in and find the dark room."
The three sisters went in, and Bai Lan stayed in the yard to keep an eye on them.
The three sisters were groping around in the study.
"How's it going? My two cousins, have you found the mechanism?"
"No, every piece on the bookshelf has been rotated."
Song Yu held up the candle and looked around, checking the calligraphy and paintings on the wall but couldn't find any traps. "Let's move the bookshelves, the desk, and the couch by the window."
When the three sisters worked together to push the couch in front of the window, there was a click, and the wall behind the bookshelf on the east side moved to both sides, revealing a door.
"Wow, there really is a darkroom." Jiang Shiyun trotted over excitedly. "Cousins, hurry up and follow me to catch the mistress."
Song Yu pulled him behind him and said, "I have silver needles to protect you. You two follow behind."
Song Yu pushed open the door and it was pitch black inside. Song Yu used candles to light the oil lamps on the wall one by one.
The secret room was filled with weapons, a box of gold, two boxes of silver, and two boxes of jewelry.
Cheng Qingmeng hurried forward to check. The bases of gold and silver had familiar marks on them. These were all rewards from his father.
He actually kept it for himself and didn't hand it all over to his mother!
What a scumbag dad!
"Cousin Meng, let's move the box and see if there is a secret door?"
"good."
Cheng Qingmeng pushed the box of jewelry in front of her, and with a bang, an underground passage appeared at the base of the south wall.
The three sisters were all excited when they saw this. They went down the passage directly, walked about a hundred steps, and climbed the stone stairs.
The three sisters came out of a stone well.
Jiang Shiyun lowered her voice and said excitedly: "Found it, the concubine is indeed hiding in the Cheng Mansion!"
Cheng Qingmeng looked at everything in front of her in the candlelight and couldn't believe it.
The underground of the second-floor building in front of me is the dark room where she is imprisoned.
"But it looks pitch black, as if no one lives in there."
Song Yu hurried over and entered the two-story building. The first floor was a tea room and study, and the second floor was a bedroom.
"It seems this is just a place where the concubine and the Earl of Yongping meet in private, but it's surrounded by walls on all sides, there's no door leading outside!"
Cheng Qingmeng pointed to the stone well and said, "There is a small door in the wall in front of the stone well, which leads to my grandmother's small Buddhist temple."
Jiang Shiyun hurried over and pulled away the vines. "If there really is a door, this concubine is really good at hiding. She's not going to be pregnant in your grandmother's yard, is she?"
"No, my grandmother's yard is only that big, and the mistress would have been discovered long ago."
Song Yu nodded his head. It was so difficult to catch a mistress!
"Cousin Meng, you said you dreamed that your eldest brother was still alive and was being beaten and suffering in the concubine's mansion. Did you dream about where the concubine's mansion was?"
"Yes, cousin, think carefully about your dream again. Did you forget anything?"
Cheng Qingmeng shook her head. "It would be nice if I could dream about where the concubine's residence is."
"Then our efforts tonight have been in vain. It seems we have to explore other courtyards tomorrow. For the concubine to come here to have a secret meeting with Yongping Bo, there must be a secret room leading to the concubine's room. Maybe we have found the wrong one. Let's go back the way we came. It will be troublesome if those guards wake up."
Song Yu followed behind and let the two of them go down first. He casually glanced at the small door behind the vines and thought for a moment. "Cousin Meng, the concubine came here for a secret meeting. That secret room must be in your grandmother's yard. Think about it, is there any room that your grandmother doesn't let you enter casually?"
"My grandmother's yard is fine, we can go in. But my grandfather's yard next door has been closed to people from our first and second wives since he passed away."
Song Yu's eyes lit up. "That secret room should be in your grandfather's yard, there's no doubt about it! It's still early in the morning, so let's go over there now."
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