Chapter 7 A strange combination of circumstances
Wang Changyue rushed all the way towards the Prince's Uncle's Mansion without noticing any shadow outside the mansion.

However, the closer Wang Changyue got to the Prince's Mansion, the more panicked he became. Logically speaking, a carriage shouldn't be going so fast, but why didn't he see any carriage?

Or has he already entered the Prince's Mansion...

My originally warm heart suddenly became extremely heavy, and I felt powerless for having missed Aying.

When approaching the Prince's Uncle's Mansion, Wang Changyue gradually slowed down his pace. There were actually people from the patrol camp in front of him. Not only were they there, but it seemed that they were stationed at the Prince's Uncle's Mansion.

Fortunately, the commander of the patrol camp, General Fan Zhen, had some friendship with the crown prince Xie Chengyi, and the generals of the patrol camp were usually very polite when they saw Wang Changyue.

Wang Changyue dismounted, calmed himself, and walked towards the patrol team.

"Where are you going, Young Master Wang?" From afar, the patrol captain Wu Peng greeted Wang Changyue.

Wang Changyue smiled politely, "I wanted to go to the restaurant in front to have a drink, and I saw that it was lively here, so I came to take a look."

Although Wu Peng was a rough man, he enjoyed making friends. He sighed jokingly, "Oh! There is no excitement in the place where our patrol battalion is stationed. It's almost nothing but trouble."

Wang Changyue leaned over to look in the direction of the Prince's Mansion and whispered, "What? About the Prince's Mansion?"

Wu Peng's face changed, and he quickly patted Wang Changyue on the shoulder, motioning him to talk somewhere else. After walking two steps away, he said, "To be honest, I just received news that the Prince's Mansion is to be sealed off, and no one is allowed to leave!"

Wang Changyue frowned and asked, "Have you heard the reason?"

Wu Peng shook his head helplessly, with an expression of watching a good show, "If you ask me, this Li Guojiu is lustful and abuses his power. No matter what the reason is, it is to get rid of harm for the people! Besides, we all feel that it is inappropriate for the emperor to send him to the border to investigate the prince in detail. Now that something has happened, he must be replaced by someone else. This is a good thing, right?"

Wang Changyue looked at Wu Peng, who was smiling happily, and could only agree, "Yes."

After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively: "Did you see the carriage go in tonight?"

"A carriage? There really was one, and it seemed like it was driven in by a steward from the mansion." Wu Peng couldn't remember it clearly.

Wang Changyue's heart suddenly turned cold, "Did you see it clearly?"

Wu Peng thought about it for a moment and scratched his head. "It is indeed a steward. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Wang Changyue was stunned for a moment, then recovered his composure and said with a wry smile: "It's okay, just asking casually."

Wang Changyue turned around from the gate of Li Guojiu's mansion with a sinister look on his face, completely different from the frank look he had just shown when he came walking on the wind.

Even after returning to the Marquis' Mansion, the depressed feeling still remained.

Mother Wang was more afraid than anyone else that something might go wrong with her son, so she waited for him far away at the corner gate.

As soon as he saw Chang Yue stepping into the door, he hurried over to him and asked anxiously, "How is it?"

Wang Changyue remained silent.

Mother Wang was so anxious that she couldn't help but pat her son, "Why don't you say something?"

"What do you want me to say?" Wang Changyue couldn't help but raise his voice. At this moment, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He had never hated himself so much.

Mother Wang was frightened by her son's harsh words. She lowered her eyes and held back her apology, "Yue'er, I am sorry for you."

"Huh..." Wang Changyue couldn't help but sneer.

"She is not yours after all." Mother Wang said dimly.

Wang Changyue was completely enraged by this. He turned around and asked with a crazy look in his eyes, "Why? She is just an ordinary woman. Why don't we have a future? If she hadn't been sent to the Prince's Mansion, she wouldn't be like this now!"

The accusatory voice was like a needle, each one piercing Mother Wang's heart. From childhood to adulthood, her son had never disobeyed her, but now, for a woman he had only met a few times...

"Even if she didn't go to the Prince's Mansion, nothing would happen between you and her!" Mother Wang said in a cold tone.

Seeing his mother's expression, Wang Changyue cried and said, "No! We will get results!"

Mother Wang was also moved by her son's emotions and said excitedly: "Because I drugged her, she has entered the Prince's Mansion, no one can save her!"

Wang Changyue stared at his mother in shock and astonishment. Is this still the kind-hearted mother?

"You——" Wang Changyue's eyes turned red in an instant.

"She was originally a flower that was sacrificed. Whether she is broken or not, she cannot stay in this world any longer. This is for your own good." Mother Wang said with a firm look.

Wang Changyue: …

Outside the door, the shadow quietly left.

***
Shengfu.

"Did you hear it clearly?" Sheng Daoan asked.

"It is absolutely true. Huo Aying was indeed sent to the Prince's Uncle's Mansion, and was also fed with Love Powder." Wu Biao replied with his head down.

"Have the people sent out heard back?" Sheng Daoan hadn't heard the news personally, so he was still a little uneasy. However, hearing the news from Wang Changyue made him feel a little relieved. Wu Biao shook his head, "No reply yet."

"Has Wang Changyue discovered you?" Sheng Daoan asked intently.

Wu Biao said confidently: "No, he has a very low level of alertness. I followed him for a long time and he didn't react. He shouldn't be wrong."

Sheng Daoan murmured in confusion: "This is strange. He has always been the calmest."

"Could it be that - he likes that girl?" Wu Biao guessed.

Sheng Daoan smiled for a moment, his face showing an expression of joy that could not be concealed, "This is quite interesting..."

After a moment, Sheng Daoan secretly made a decision, "Forget it, I won't wait for him. The sword is on the string and I have to shoot it!"

Wu Biao bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will arrange it right away!"

Sheng Daoan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the bright moon and waved his hand.

On the sparkling water surface, fish jumped from time to time, just like Sheng Daoan's unconcealable joy.

***
Songhuayuan.

Wang Changyue stood aside with a serious expression.

Xie Chongkun's face turned pale. Guan Yulan looked at the Marquis timidly, then at the empty doorway.

"I, Xie Chongkun, have been careful with my words and actions all my life, and I never thought that the people around me could be so stupid! How could you come up with such a stupid idea!" Xie Chongkun was so angry that he didn't want to speak anymore and sighed with his hand on his forehead.

Guan Yulan was not unaware of the Marquis's temperament. She was just too worried about her son, so she resorted to such a desperate measure. "Marquis, I didn't expect it to be so serious."

Xie Chongkun said solemnly, "You don't have to say anything more. Pack up and go back to Qingzhou tomorrow."

Guan Yulan's full of explanations fell silent at Xie Chengkun's words. She stood there in a daze, with the words echoing in her mind: I will pack up and return to Qingzhou tomorrow...

Although she was not from a famous family, she was one of the most influential people in Qingzhou because of the Marquis' success. Now that she was sent back, she would be stabbed in the back. She was so scared that her legs and feet became weak. She said in a trembling voice: "Marquis, I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to save Chengyi. If you send me back to Qingzhou, you might as well let me die!"

Xie Chongkun seemed to be determined, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy, "What's the point of you dying!"

Outside the door, there was a timely sound of a cane tapping in reproach, "You might as well kill her if you let her go back to Qingzhou!"

Xie Chongkun's eyes moved and he quickly stood up.

Jinling lifted the curtain, and Nanny Su supported the old lady and slowly walked in.

"Oh, mother, why are you here?" Xie Chongkun hurried to support the old lady.

The old lady glanced at her son, slapped his hand away, and tapped her cane in dissatisfaction, saying, "If I don't come again, this family will be torn apart by you!"

Guan Yulan said with tears in her eyes: "Mother..."

Old Madam Xie looked at this unpromising daughter-in-law and sighed deeply, "What can I say about you?"

Guan Yulan tearfully admitted her mistake and said, "Yulan was wrong. I shouldn't have thought of doing this and made things difficult for the Marquis. But I'm worried about Chengyi. I'm afraid that Uncle Li will make things difficult for him."

Upon hearing this, Madam Xie looked up at Xie Chongkun and asked, "What are your plans?"

Xie Chongkun said solemnly: "Sending someone to the Prince's Mansion is equivalent to being in the same camp with him, isn't it? This is a big taboo for His Majesty!"

When Guan Yulan heard this, she felt regretful in her eyes.

"You are right. Your Majesty is suspicious by nature. Although our Xie family has the merit of supporting the emperor, it does not have a deep foundation. We must be cautious in every step. Otherwise, if His Majesty dislikes us one day, the entire Xie family will be buried with us." Old Madam Xie taught her son to be cautious every day because the Xie family did not have a deep foundation.

Xie Chongkun nodded, his sorrow growing stronger, "That's exactly what mother said."

"Right now, it's useless to blame Yulan. You might as well think about what to do tomorrow." Although Mrs. Xie's hair is gray, her eyes are reassuring.

Xie Chongkun thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a better way.

Wang Changyue, who was standing aside, mustered up his courage and said, "Madam, Lord Marquis, Madam, Changyue has a plan."

Mother Wang was distracted and tried to stop them, "You have no right to interrupt the masters when they are talking. Get out!"

The old lady stopped Mother Wang slightly and said, "Changyue, please tell me."

"I heard from Madam that this matter was handled by the concubine of the Prince's Mansion. Why not say that Huo Aying has a close relationship with that concubine's family and went to the Prince's Mansion just for a courtesy visit." Chang Yue said slowly.

Guan Yulan nodded repeatedly, then changed her mind and said with some concern: "This is an idea, but it is not very glorious for Huo Aying, an unmarried woman, to go to the prince's mansion at night."

Wang Changyue immediately said in a serious tone: "Then just say that I have already made an engagement with Huo Aying, and it will be legitimate! After all, I am not a son of the Xie family. Even if my marriage is related to the Prince's Mansion, Your Majesty cannot blame the Marquisate!"

"Marry her???" Mother Wang's legs went weak and she was stunned. How could she let her son ruin himself like this after spending half her life's hard work? At this moment, she even had the urge to kill him...

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