Zhi Chen visited Xiao Qingyao at the Prince ng Mansion. He had another residence in the Capital, specifically an estate in the suburbs, where he lived with Yun Ge and others.
He received a letter from Shujun. Recently, there had been frequent correspondence between Nanling and the Capital. His wife, Dong Huiying, also wrote many letters to Zhi Chen. Whenever he saw that familiar handwriting, only heaven knew how much strength Zhi Chen needed to restrain his eager heart.
He really wanted to go to her side imdiately!
But temporary patience was for a better future.
Zhi Chen opened the letter and read it at a glance, then savored it word by word.
He suddenly smiled with a commanding presence: "Before facing each other head-on, that Lao Ba started to act already?"
He chuckled lightly, then picked up a pen to make slight andnts to the letter. Afterward, he summoned a helper sent to the Capital by Tie Yi from Mist Capital. This helper had been dormant in the Capital for several months and was now quite a famous troupe in the city.
He had the letter secretly sent to the Pri Minister Mansion. Although the Pri Minister didn’t know who had leaked the information, he first thought of the Eighth Princess’s favored husband, Qinghe Zhengjun.
Even though Qinghe acted secretly, making people think he was infatuated with the Eighth Princess due to the Mind-Bewitching Gu, a few people knew he was not under its control. Among those in the know were the Great Commander beside Her Majesty the Empress and the Pri Minister who succeeded the previous one!
"You’re eager to find the Imperial Jade Seal because you fear and want to win over those neutral Ancient Tribe aristocratic families. Now that you suspect , I have no interest in pretending to maintain this sovereign-minister relationship!"
So the Pri Minister swiftly wrote a secret order and sent it to the Secret Departnt under her control.
Not long after...
The third Miss of the Nanling Lian family, nad Lianqiao, was recently infatuated with a handso young master. She followed him to the countryside for an outing and happened to encounter the ’Concubine’ of the Zhu family.
Nowadays, the Zhu family was in na only, their descendants hiding to avoid disaster. The Eighth Princess resided in the deserted Zhu Mansion, indirectly controlling it and becoming its owner.
"The scenery on Wanglong Mountain is splendid!" said a handso young master standing by the cliff, gazing at the sea of clouds. Beside him, Miss Lian San’s seductive smile ruined the young master’s mood for appreciating the view.
The young master showed slight displeasure, just as a carriage approached from behind.
"Concubine, co, lend a hand!" said a man in white, who was the first to get down. The lustful Miss Lian San recognized this person as Bai Xian, the Young Master Qin, a famous courtesan.
One of his performances fetched a price of gold. Before Bai Xian joined the Eighth Princess’s followers, Lian San once spent a fortune to chase after him.
Lian San, enamored by Bai Xian’s beauty, was montarily distracted despite having another handso young master beside her. While handso, his deanor couldn’t match Bai Xian’s, causing her to waver.
This made the young master even more disgusted.
"A woman like this, so fickle, is hardly a good match. Not to ntion her attitude makes feel like I’m just so cheap cabbage sold by the roadside, only ’lucky’ to catch her eye because I look slightly better."
But he would rather not have such attention!
"Miss Lian San, I’ve just rembered an urgent matter. I’ll be taking my leave first!"
The handso young master bowed to Miss Lian San and left the mountain without looking back.
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