Things go against your wishes
After sending Shao Hansu off, the carriage took Fuyao home. She couldn't help but feel happy for Xianning because they had a clue about the person they were looking for.
Just as she arrived home and was about to get off the car, Fu Yao recognized that the carriage parked on the other side of the door belonged to Feng Chenyu.
He came to the house?
Fu Yao walked in suspiciously. As soon as he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he saw A Niang talking happily with Feng Chenyu.
Seeing her and Shangguan Qi return, Madam Tong hurriedly called them over.
When Shangguan Qi saw that it was Feng Chenyu, he strode over.
Fuyao gently lifted her feet and moved forward step by step.
As the distance got closer, she thought of what happened today, and then glanced at Feng Chenyu who was standing next to A Niang with some displeasure.
But she didn't know that he came here specifically to give Madam Tong a birthday present.
Seeing her looking at him, Feng Chenyu pursed his lips and said lightly,
"Madam Shangguan."
Fuyao said nothing, just returned the greeting.
My good mood disappeared again after seeing him.
Fuyao spoke briefly to A Niang and then returned to her own yard.
She looked up at the night sky while sitting on the swing. The stars that were there before suddenly disappeared, leaving only a crescent moon hanging alone in the center of the sky.
Today, she could clearly feel that Feng Chenyu seemed different when he saw her, and he was more cold.
Tears quietly crept up her cheeks, and Fuyao didn't realize she was crying until the salty tears slid to the corners of her mouth.
She quickly raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly in self-mockery.
He is just a passer-by, why bother about him!
In the teahouse on the corner, Feng Chenyu and Ma Chong seemed to be drinking tea leisurely.
"Mr. Shao is here."
The guy standing at the door shouted.
Shao Hansu replied,
"Same old."
He always comes to this shop. Although he is young, he loves tea very much.
Feng Chenyu, who was sitting at the table next to the door, stood up and took the initiative to greet them.
"Mr. Shao."
Shao Hansu, who was about to go inside, stopped and turned to look at him.
"Mr. Chen."
He remembered him, the person who was with Fuyao before.
"Mr. Shao still remembers Mr. Chen."
Feng Chenyu smiled,
"I wonder if we could have some tea together?"
Shao Hansu did not refuse and went straight to the table and sat down.
"Do you know about the explosion of a merchant ship at the dock a few days ago?"
Feng Chenyu went straight to the point.
Shao Hansu looked at him without answering.
"I heard there were constant explosions and thick smoke billowing from the water that day. It didn't look like an ordinary object. There are rumors that it might be munitions?"
Feng Chenyu lowered his voice.
Shao Hansu looked him up and down, wondering why he asked this question.
Suddenly, he saw the jade pendant hanging on his waist, which was faintly visible. He was a little surprised.
"You are from the Feng Family Army!"
Feng Chenyu nodded lightly.
"I came here to buy some medicine, but I found this unbelievable. If it really was gunpowder, it would be illegal."
"The government has expressly prohibited the private trading of arms, so I don't think anyone in Ganzhou would be so bold."
Shao Hansu expressed his views.
Humph, Feng Chenyu chuckled and then said calmly,
“What if someone isn’t afraid?”
After saying that, he stood up and left with Ma Sui.
Looking at his departing back, Shao Hansu fell into deep thought.
The residue he had asked Yi Yun to bring back that day had been tested and the results showed that it did contain gunpowder, and even the possibility of a gun was detected.
Smuggling arms is a capital crime, and where exactly is that shipload of arms going?
do what?
Really?
He didn't dare to think about what to do next.
At this moment, he also understood that the note should be given to him by the little boy by Chen Yu.
A few days later, Shao Hansu found a convenient opportunity and took Fuyao, who was disguised as a man, to the state prison.
Because of his identity, even though he was a stranger, the jailers didn't dare to ask any more questions.
When they arrived at the place, Shao Hansu ordered people to open the prison door, and Fuyao couldn't wait to walk in.
When she saw clearly that the ragged man standing opposite her was the one who adopted Xian Ning and her brother many years ago, she was so happy that she was anxious.
"Where's Xiao Siren? Where did you take Xiao Ning after you sold him?"
The Xiaosi she mentioned is Xianning's younger brother, and Xiaoning is Xianning. Xianning was the name her mother gave her after she entered Liufeng Pavilion.
Since Shao Hansu had already greeted Du Qian before coming, he couldn't hide anything.
Then he replied,
"Xiaodera is no longer here."
"What do you mean by gone?"
Fuyao couldn't believe her ears.
Du Qian took a deep breath.
"In the second year after Xiao Ning entered Liufeng Pavilion, Xiao Si caught a cold and died."
Hearing this, Fuyao almost fell down.
Shao Hansu hurried forward, grabbed her arm, and looked at her worriedly.
In fact, he had asked Du Qian before and learned the news.
However, he was not sure that Du Qian in prison was Xianning's adoptive father, so he did not tell Fuyao about it.
After leaving the prison, Fuyao sat in the carriage with an expressionless face, and Shao Hansu beside her did not bother her.
Fu Yao recalled the scene when she met Xian Ning and her brother when she was a child. At that time, Du Qian took them to perform on the street. Every time she and her mother went to the store, she would always meet them on the street corner.
She would often beg her mother to give her more copper coins and put them in the iron box on their street.
In her memory, Xiaosi was a particularly well-behaved child.
Every time Xian Ning performed a musical instrument, he would hold a plate and ask for tips from the onlookers with an innocent look on his face.
Tears slowly crept up her smooth cheeks again. She couldn't imagine what would happen if Xian Ning knew that her brother was no longer alive.
Because her brother is her biggest wish in this world.
Thinking of this, she suddenly looked up at Shao Hansu opposite her, and said with a firm look,
"Let's not tell Sister Xianning that Xiaosi has passed away. Let's leave her with the hope of living."
Shao Hansu nodded deeply.
In the room, Feng Chenyu was absentmindedly flipping through the letter in his hand. Ma Su pushed the door open and looked at him thoughtfully.
"I have some news about Madam Shangguan. Would you like to hear it, sir?"
The hand holding the letter sank at first, and then he slowly folded the letter together.
"Go ahead."
"Madam Shangguan disguised herself as a man and went to the state prison with Mr. Shao today. She came out with red eyes a short while later."
Ma Chong told the truth.
"With red eyes?"
Feng Chenyu looked up and asked back.
Ma Sui nodded, and Feng Chenyu stood up and left the house with a heavy heart.
Fuyao felt depressed and had a very heavy chest while sitting in the carriage, so she said goodbye to Shao Hansu and planned to walk home by herself.
She walked on the street with a worried look on her face, hoping that what Du Qian said was false, and that Xiaosi was alive and well somewhere, waiting for her sister to find him.
Just as she turned the corner, Fuyao, who was about to arrive home, heard a deep voice ringing in her ears.
"What happened?"
She walked slowly and turned her head to see Feng Chenyu leaning against the wall looking at her quietly.
She let out a light breath and stared blankly at the person opposite her for a few seconds. She continued walking forward without saying a word.
"What happened?"
Feng Chenyu frowned and grabbed her arm from the side. When they looked into each other's eyes just now, he saw a sadness and powerlessness in her clear eyes that was different from the past.
Fuyao passively stopped, looked down at the strong hand pulling her arm expressionlessly, and slowly spoke,
"It's none of your business."
But just as she finished speaking, her body went limp and she collapsed into Feng Chenyu's arms.
Because the matter was urgent and he was afraid that Madam Tong would worry, Feng Chenyu hurried back to the old house with Fuyao in his arms.
Because the weather is dark and damp today, the light in the room is a little poor.
Fu Yao, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes, and what came into her sight was Feng Chenyu's heroic yet worried face.
"woke up."
He suddenly lowered his eyes, and there was joy in his low tone.
"Why am I here?"
Fuyao quickly stood up. This was the old house she was familiar with.
Feng Chenyu instinctively reached out to help, but the moment he raised his arm, he quietly retracted it.
Fu Yao, who had her head down, didn't notice.
She was about to go out after getting off the bed when Feng Chenyu's face darkened and he said,
"Because you suddenly fainted, I was anxious and brought you to the old house.
Uncle Wu took your pulse and said you didn't get enough rest recently, and you fainted because you were too anxious."
Pausing, Fuyao turned her head and said lightly, "Thank you, Mr. Chen."
When she met Feng Chenyu's deep eyes, she suddenly remembered how attentive he was to Cao Wei a few days ago, and her heart ached again.
Looking at her thin figure, Feng Chenyu wanted to hug her in his arms the next second, but he didn't.
He curled his knuckles slightly and spoke as if something was stuck in his throat, "You're welcome."
Fuyao turned around and walked out without hesitation.
I only wish that Yaoer can stay away from the court and the chaos in this life, and live a simple and free life.
The words of Madam Tong that day rang in Feng Chenyu's ears again.
His brows were furrowed, his lips were tense as he stared in the direction she left in silence, his fingers turning white from clenching his hands so tightly.
Therefore, it is best that there is no further intersection between them.
Because he was the tutor of the crown prince, the son of the general, and the nephew of the imperial concubine, all of this had already destined him to be involved in the chaos in his life.
After going out, Fuyao straightened her clothes and walked towards home. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Uncle Yu coming hurriedly from the hall.
"Uncle Yu, didn't you go to the shop today?"
Fuyao wondered why he should be in the shop with his second aunt at this time of the day.
In the past, the shop was mainly managed by Madam Tong and Manager Liu. Later, as the shop expanded, more people were needed to participate, and Madam Tong was not as healthy as before.
In addition, Fuyao has grown up and does not need Uncle Yu to accompany her all the time, so to be on the safe side, he will accompany Madam Xu to the shop most of the time.
Uncle Yu, who had just lowered his head and was in a hurry to get going, looked up and saw her walking in dressed in men's clothes. He hurriedly replied,
"I just came back to deliver something, and now I'm going to the shop."
Because Fuyao sometimes wears men's clothes for the convenience of going out, Uncle Yu has long been accustomed to her dress.
Seeing that he was in a hurry to go to the shop, Fuyao didn't say much and went straight back to her yard.
In fact, the reason why Uncle Yu came back was because Madam Tong suddenly felt unwell while she was taking inventory of goods with Manager Liu in the shop, so he sent her back to the mansion.
Madam Tong knew that this was an old illness caused by years of overwork, so she told everyone not to tell Fu Yao so as not to worry her.
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