A carriage rolled towards Wu Mansion in the night.
Wu Dingbang in the carriage was slovenly, physically exhausted, but in good spirits.
He has not returned home for a long, long time, nor has he sent news back, but he finally returned home today.
As for the major corruption case at the Ministry of War, he has already completed the secret investigation and reported it. The remaining matters of trial and arrest will be left to the Ministry of Punishment and the Department of Internal Security.
Wu Dingbang is deeply concerned about his family at this moment.
Are your wife and children worried?
Seeing that the scientific examination is about to begin, I wonder if the two sons studied hard during his absence?
The eldest daughter Wu Lan's wedding date has been set and she is preparing her dowry. In his absence, Mrs. Wu is doing all the work alone.
There was also a young daughter who was left in the palace. Madam was very upset, but he was not around to comfort her.
Wu Dingbang's heart was filled with apologies, and he felt like returning home.
Suddenly, Chang Suiyinshan's "whoosh" sound came from outside, and then the carriage came to a sudden stop.
Wu Dingbang swayed for a moment, then settled down and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
Otoyama opened the curtain and explained: "Master, there is something blocking the road ahead. I'll go take a look."
Wu Dingbang was thinking about the affairs of Wu Mansion and agreed without thinking about it.
Yinshan put down the curtain, picked up a lantern, jumped out of the car and went to check.
Wu Dingbang thought about it carefully at this time and felt a little strange. They were familiar with this road. It was a thoroughfare in the capital. How could something block the road?
Thinking of something, a chill ran down his back. He quickly picked up the sword hanging in the carriage, opened the curtain, leaned forward and shouted: "Yinshan, come back!"
But it was too late, the lanterns outside were out.
Someone coughed lowly in the darkness, put a cold sword against his abdomen, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Wu, put down the sword in your hand, your little boy can still live."
Another person escorted Yinshan and slowly approached the carriage.
Wu Dingbang was startled, then threw away his sword and laughed calmly: "Mr. Yang Zhixu, the left minister of the Ministry of War, long time no see."
Yang Zhixu coughed twice and snorted coldly: "Thank you, Lord Tuowu, I'm not dead yet."
Wu Dingbang's eyes moved slightly and he said calmly: "I heard that Mr. Yang was wanted outside, so I never thought of returning to the capital. How clever! But you don't know why you stopped me here?"
The person behind the embezzlement case sent out the dead men and the Internal Security Department, both of whom were looking for Yang Zhixu. Unexpectedly, he lurked back to the capital.
Yang Zhixu said sarcastically: "Master Wu, why do you have to pretend to be stupid? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have fallen to this point. It's my fault for being careless and following the emperor's way, but the most dangerous place is the safest place, Emperor
You never thought I would have the guts to come back, haha, hahaha, cough..."
Yang Zhixu got a little excited, his throat felt itchy, and he coughed.
Wu Dingbang's eyes narrowed, and he was about to wait for an opportunity to act. Unexpectedly, the sword in his belly pressed closer and pierced his robe.
Yang Zhixu suppressed the itch: "Master Wu, please don't move, otherwise it would be a pity if you accidentally kill Master Wu."
Wu Dingbang's heart felt cold. He knew that Yang Zhixu was very guarded, and he had no chance to escape now.
But if you don't kill him directly, if you need him for something, you can try to persuade Yinshan to be released.
Wu Dingbang looked towards the direction of Wu Mansion and could not see anything in the darkness.
He sighed in his heart, not knowing whether he would be able to return home. He only hoped that his wife and children would be well.
Early the next morning.
The Queen Mother did not have a good rest at night, so she sent people to various palaces to pay her respects.
When Wu Fang'er learned that the reward was sent from Cangchen Palace late at night, she was overjoyed and couldn't wait for everyone to know that she had not fallen out of favor and that all the emperor's hard work had been in vain.
In her joy, Wu Fang'er thought of Chen Sisi for some unknown reason.
She had a sprained foot and couldn't walk, so she sent Linglong to find Chen Sisi to invite people to Jinghong Hall.
She wants to talk and share with her good sisters.
In fact, Chen Sisi was summoned first and had a cold attitude towards Wu Fang'er. She was really resentful.
She was so happy to receive another generous reward that she wanted to let Chen Sisi know about it.
Today's focus originally fell on Lihua, but after Wu Fang'er's manipulation, it shifted to Wu Fang'er again.
The harem is all confused. The heart of the Long Live Lord is like a needle in the sea. While summoning the concubines in Tingliyuan who thought they were relegated to the cold palace, he also gave Jinghong Palace a generous reward. What does it mean?
But there is no doubt that Wu Fanger has not fallen out of favor.
Lihua was also confused. She was secretly glad that she didn't have to say hello today.
Lu Jieyu from the East Side Hall came here specially to chat with her, and she was so weird that she was mocking her for her stubbornness.
Don't think that being summoned means being favored. Just take a look at Jinghong Hall and you will know what it means to be favored.
Lihua feels that this person really cares about food and not about fighting.
She had been a little merciful before, and she should have let Su Siru kill Lu Jieyu to death, so as not to jump around.
But...
Lihua thought carefully for a moment, did the evildoer really fall in love with Wu Fanger?
Instead of summoning Wu Fang'er, she gave her a reward at night, which was like a silent comfort.
Soothe Wu Fang'er's lost heart?
Lihua felt strange in her heart. She thought about the emperor and Wu Fang'er together and tried to imagine the scene.
Well, the two of them don't have the same style of painting at all.
Lihua couldn't think of it and thought it was funny.
Thinking of the concubines in the harem who behaved strangely, Lihua seemed to understand something: monsters have many eccentricities, and maybe they like weird ones, just like him.
So Lihua became worried, it seemed that she really had only one way left to go.
Lihua once analyzed the possibility that the emperor fell in love with her, and combined with what happened later, she put this possibility behind her.
As for Yu Chigong, Lihua had been dazzled by his beauty in the prosperous age. She had been irritated, annoyed, laughed, and happy by him.
It can be said that when she is with Yuchi Gongdao, her mood fluctuates up and down.
But she never thought about the relationship between men and women.
Because I don’t have any experience.
In Lihua’s past experience, almost all her peers looked up to her.
She has never experienced childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, youthful ignorance, and the worries of puppy love have nothing to do with her.
In modern times, peers of the same age would not have the guts to confess to her. After all, the senior sister is so much better than me and makes me look like a loser. How can I have the nerve to confess to her?
When I was in college, a senior student confessed to Lihua.
Lihua refused simply: "Senior, I'm still young and underage." She went to college much earlier than others.
The senior suddenly understood the subtext of the pear blossom and walked away dejectedly.
Lihua means that she is not yet an adult. Does the senior want to commit obscenity?
When Lihua turned eighteen, another senior came to confess to her.
Lihua's academic face: "Senior, you are majoring in mathematics, right? The Riemann hypothesis has not been proven yet, and Goldbach's conjecture has only been partially proven. How can you think about falling in love?"
It means that there are so many problems in the world that need to be overcome, and the road is long and difficult, so why are you so free!
The senior student left in shame.
From now on, no one will dare to confess to Lihua.