Chapter 184 Who can withstand this?
"How?" Shen Yu asked.
Fu Yao's hand trembled slightly, and the fire pick in her hand hit the furnace with a crisp "ding" sound.
"Sir," Fu Yao said, "Do you know why my father gave the account book to me?"
Chen Yu looked at her but didn't ask.
Fu Yao put on her sleeves, picked up a piece of charcoal and put it into the furnace, "Because I am the most spineless and the most afraid of death. My father knows his children too well. My sister is kind and righteous. Maybe if her heart softens, she will be willing to die for justice."
"But I'm different." Fu Yao looked at Chen Yu, "I want to live, even if I'm as lowly as an ant now, I still want to live."
Chen Yu said, "If the prince is convicted, will you give me the account book?"
Fu Yao: "No, I won't give it to you until the threat is completely eliminated."
Chen Yu walked out of the Jiaofangsi, but she returned empty-handed and stood at the fork in the road, not knowing where to go.
She swore a solemn oath at Yanliang Pass to get to the bottom of the case and make sure everyone gets the punishment they deserve.
Now that Marquis Xuanping has been arrested and the prince has been imprisoned in the clan office, the nets sunk underground will be pulled out by these two main ropes.
Her vow was about to be fulfilled, but she felt confused about the future, as if she didn't know where to go next.
"Control——"
Si Xi stopped the carriage and jumped down from the shaft, "Sir, I'm here to pick you up."
Since Sanfu's death, Sixi's family was taken to the farm. After Chen Yu returned to Beijing, she recruited him back. Now he works as a groom for Chen Yu and does some small errands on the side.
"I'll take a walk." Chen Yu said.
The sudden rain had just stopped and the air was humid. She wanted to walk in the vapor to clear her head.
Si Xi advised, "You'd better not walk, sir. Be careful not to dirty your shoes. Besides, walking wastes a lot of time."
Chen Yu looked at Sixi, he was usually not a talkative person and was much calmer than his brother Sanfu, but today was different.
Si Xi glanced at the carriage and said, "My lord, please get in the carriage quickly."
Chen Yu seemed to react immediately, looked around, got into the car, and quickly lifted the curtain to go in.
"Not that stupid." Xie Tingzhou said with a smile.
Although the car curtains were tightly covered, there was an ice basin under the low table, so it didn't feel stuffy at all.
"Why are you here?" Shen Yu sat down beside him.
"You know the answer but you still ask."
Why else would he come? He missed her, wanted to pick her up, and was worried about her. That was all.
Xie Tingzhou didn't want to dwell on this issue today, so he changed the subject and asked, "Another empty-handed return?"
"Yeah." Chen Yu nodded gently. "I have searched her and Fu Ying's room before, but I didn't find the account book. Such an important thing, she should hide it in a place where she can control it. Where could it be?"
“Maybe it’s not where, but which
"Where is the person?" Xie Tingzhou said: "She must have been handed over to someone trustworthy. Once something happens to her, the account book will be exposed to the world, so the other party dare not touch her rashly."
Chen Yu stared at the ice basin that was emitting cold air, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, "Wait for me for a moment."
"Where are you going?" Xie Tingzhou grabbed her hand.
Chen Yu turned around and said, "Looking for Fuyao."
"Go quickly and come back soon." Xie Tingzhou let go of her and saw her returning to the Jiaofangsi through the gap in the curtain. In less than an incense stick of time, she came back.
"Is it done?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
"Yeah." Chen Yu had a smile on her face, "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"
Xie Tingzhou raised his eyelids and asked, "What should I remind you of?"
"Remind me that she must have given the account book to someone else."
"Well, that's my fault. I spoke too late, causing our Crown Prince's Consort to make so many trips in vain." Xie Tingzhou said gently.
He was just joking and blaming him for being late, but when he said that, Chen Yu felt embarrassed.
"Thank goodness you told me." Chen Yu said, "What I want is for the account book to be made public. It doesn't have to be obtained. As long as Fu Yao dies, the account book will naturally be made public."
"Did you kill Fu Yao?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Chen Yu leaned in to look at him, "Why are you so nervous? Oh, I see. Fu Yao is the sister of your old lover Fu Ying in the Jiaofang Division."
"You're so weird." Xie Tingzhou pulled her onto his lap. "Are you really going to kill her?"
"I killed her with one blow. My knife was very sharp and she didn't suffer." Chen Yu said nonchalantly.
Xie Tingzhou leaned against the wall of the car, squinted his eyes and looked at her, and asked again: "Did he really kill her?"
Chen Yu glanced at him, "How many times are you going to ask?"
"You're still lying to me." Xie Tingzhou pinched her waist all the way up, and Chen Yu twisted around in his arms because of the itch.
Cursing him in a low voice, "Xie Tingzhou, you king..."
"What?" Xie Tingzhou tickled her harder, "Want to call me a bastard?"
Chen Yu cried and laughed, panting, "You...you prince."
She struggled violently and her head hit Xie Tingzhou's injured cheekbone, causing him to hiss slightly in pain.
"Are you okay?" Chen Yu quickly sat up straight and asked.
Xie Tingzhou looked at her, his eyes seemed to be filled with moisture, "The Crown Prince's wife's head is so hard."
Shen Yu smiled, and then saw Xie Tingzhou reaching out to pull her closer, and whispered: "Seeing you, my bones are soft."
"The Crown Prince's wife is stubborn, but the Crown Prince is weak. The two of us." He stared into her eyes and said slowly, "We are a match made in heaven."
Xie Tingzhou's love words were a bit overwhelming. Chen Yu touched his face and joked, "Well, that makes sense. If the prince's head was as hard as mine, he wouldn't have been beaten into a pig's head by my brother last night.
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Xie Tingzhou laughed along with her, "Let's talk business. How did you make Fu Yao change her mind?"
"Are you so sure I didn't kill her?"
"If you had killed him, the Jiaofangsi would have been bustling by now."
Chen Yu curled her lips, "I was planning to kill her. I saved her life, and she should pay back what the Ge family owes her, but she is too afraid of death."
Chen Yu remembered Fu Yao struggling and retreating on the ground.
"Don't kill me, sir, please don't kill me. If you kill me, you won't get the account book."
Chen Yu pulled out the knife and wiped it twice on the tablecloth. "I changed my mind. I don't want the account book. I got the account book to make it public. As long as I kill you, the person who hid the account book for you will directly help me achieve my goal. Why should I do this?"
Fu Yao had been threatened and tempted by her many times, but this was the first time she saw real murderous intent in her eyes. She was sure that the master really wanted to kill her at this moment.
"What are you thinking about?"
Xie Tingzhou pulled Chen Yu back to her senses.
"Ah?" Chen Yu concentrated, "The account book is not with her. She wrote a letter to me."
Xie Tingzhou took the letter and quickly scanned it. "Jianzhou? It would take half a month to go back and forth even if you gallop. Can you make it in time for Emperor Tongxu to convict Li Jincheng?"
"It doesn't matter if you can't catch up." Chen Yu said, "Anyway, the matter has been decided. Li Jincheng can't escape the blame. This is just another stone that will crush him."
"Yes." Xie Tingzhou took the letter and said, "Then I'll ask Xifeng to go there.
"But..." Chen Yu hesitated, "Who will protect you if Xifeng leaves?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "It's no problem. He is not the only guard, and there are so many secret guards."
Chen Yu was still worried, "But, but Xifeng has always been following you."
"Didn't he not follow me when we went to Beijing?" Xie Tingzhou suddenly remembered, "Oh, you protected me during that time, so my safety for the next half month will be entrusted to Master Shi."
"But I have to be on duty in the palace during the day."
"That'll be tonight."
"About this matter." Chen Yu paused, "You probably have to ask my brother's fist first."
Xie Tingzhou: “…No need to ask.”
"how?"
Xie Tingzhou said unhappily, "Your brother has already moved his things here this morning. It looks like he wants to stay at the mansion and keep a close watch on me."
Chen Yu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. She wanted to live with her brother. After all, this was how they had lived since they were little.
Xie Tingzhou saw her face twitching as she tried to laugh, and sighed, "Ayu~"
Chen Yu's back went numb from his shouting. Xie Tingzhou had already leaned his head into her neck, murmuring, "What should I do? When can I marry you?"
The prince is acting like a spoiled brat, who can resist that?
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