Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1329 Sinking

"Master!" Awan came running in, "Let me do it, you go and have a rest." She was about to push Wen Ya out, but Wen Ya shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, you've been guarding all night, I'll do it."

"It's okay. I'm young and can handle it." Awan patted her chest with a proud look on her face. Wen Ya rubbed her head helplessly, "You..."

"Oh, right." A Wan suddenly seemed to remember something and interrupted Wen Ya's words, "Master, are you going to the palace today to report the patient's condition to His Majesty?"

Wen Ya was stunned for a moment, then he withdrew his hand without leaving a trace, "Yeah."

This word, neither heavy nor light, made Awan's heart sink. It was a rare opportunity for her to lie to her master, but she never expected that her master would be so cooperative.

"Lord Fang is left to you." Wen Ya gave a few instructions and then left the Duke of Yue's Mansion.

Awan let out a long sigh, suppressed her anxiety, and prayed secretly that the trap set by Mo Han and the others would work and that the person who poisoned the food could be caught.

"Awan." Xiao Xuan'er walked in and her eyes fell on the table. Seeing this, Awan followed her line of sight and saw the medicine bowl that Cong Rong had just brought over. "Sister Xiao, do you suspect Sister Cong?"

"It's hard to say." Xiao Xuan'er shook her head and said calmly, "Awan, if the news gets out, someone will lose their balance. You must protect Master Fang."

"I know." Awan nodded with a firm expression.

That night, Awan cried out, causing panic among the people in the Duke of Yue's mansion, which was already not very peaceful. She rushed out of Fang Zilan's room, crying, "Oh no, Master Fang...she has died..."

Xiao Xuan'er covered her mouth and looked at Awan in disbelief. Mo Han rushed directly into Fang Zilan's room, and Chu Bin followed closely behind. However, he had just taken two steps when he heard someone shouting "Sister Cong".

From the corner of their eyes, several people saw Cong Rong, who had hurried to the corridor, fainted out of fright. Several maids hurried forward to support her, crying and calling her Sister Cong.

Seeing this, Zheng Yan retreated to the courtyard wall and told the soldiers guarding the gates of the mansion: "Guard the mansion strictly and do not let the news of Lord Fang's death spread."

The palace soldiers took the order and left. No one saw Zheng Yan's figure flash by, disappear at the side of the courtyard wall, and then appear in the courtyard where the servants lived in the palace.

On the other side, Chu Bin and Xiao Xuan'er climbed out from the back window of Fang Zilan's room and sneaked into the maid's yard quietly.

The courtyards were brightly lit. Some servants and maids were shocked and saddened upon hearing the bad news, while others gathered in groups of two or three to discuss their escape plans.

At this time, in Cong Rong's room, she sat on the edge of the couch, looked up at the person pacing in front of her, and said with a smile: "Sister Jia, you are making me dizzy."

"Sister Cong, you said..." The maid named Wu Jia suddenly stopped and held Cong Rong's shoulders, "Is Fang Zilan really dead?"

"If you don't believe me, just go and see for yourself." Cong Rong calmly pushed her hand away, "Sister Jia, congratulations, you got what you wished for."

Wu Jia was stunned for a moment, then a hint of joy appeared on her face, but the next moment she turned fierce, "No, Fang Zilan won't die so easily. If it's a trap, my plan will fail." Before she finished her words, a silver light flashed in her hand and landed directly on Cong Rong's neck, "Sister Cong, go check for me."

"Sister Jia, you are too impatient." Cong Rong curled her lips and said with a smile: "Why don't you tell me first, Sister Jia, why did you poison Lord Fang? I will help you to see the doctor later."

Wu Jia pursed her lips, and Cong Rong smiled even more. She said to herself, "I still remember how surprised I was when I saw Sister Jia poisoning someone."

"You..." Wu Jiacai realized something was wrong at this moment, but it was too late.

Cong Rong stroked the sharp blade beside her neck with her slender fingers, and said with a seductive look, "Sister Jia, someone has to die tonight, so why don't you just accept it."

"What did you say?" Wu Jia's hands trembled, Cong Rong's eyes moved, and she said charmingly: "As long as you plead guilty, I won't reveal the Zhongzheng Prince behind you, okay?"

Ah Wan frowned and asked, "Why did you take Cong Rong in?" Before she could even start, she added, "Don't tell me it was for some empty talk about getting back to the original source and being fair and just, or some nonsense about not being able to bear Cong Rong's plight, I don't believe it."

Fang Zilan chuckled and asked instead, "Awan, what do you think of Cong Rong's situation? How does it affect the Fang family and the Wang family?"

"No matter what, Fang Yuhan is in the wrong. It's a family scandal for the Fang family, so we have to cover it up as strictly as possible. As for the Wang family..." Awan pondered for a moment, and said carefully: "The daughter of the Wang family is Fang Yuhan's wife. There are many wealthy families with three wives and four concubines. Even if she knew about this, she would have nowhere to complain about her pain. She can only swallow her anger, but I'm afraid she will be cold towards Fang Yuhan."

"You're right." Fang Zilan looked at her approvingly and said softly, "Then why do you think I should take in Cong Rong, Awan?"

"Buying people's hearts?" A Wan pursed her lips and said as she thought: "After all, the Fang family is our source of income, so it's understandable to cover up for them. But you just asked about the Wang family..."

She didn't say anything more, Fang Zilan said, "Wang Quanzhi played a trick on me in the Northern Border case, and I will pay him back sooner or later. If those who know about Cong Rong's pregnancy keep silent, then why not keep it a mystery? If we keep her, as long as we use her appropriately, she will be enough to make the daughter of the Wang family lose face. If we rise together, we all rise together, and if we fall together, the Wang family will naturally not be in a good situation."

"You..." A Wan stared at her in a daze, only to hear her continue, "As for the Fang family, I am not just trying to buy their hearts. It is true that the Fang family must do me a favor regarding Cong Rong's matter, but what I want is leverage over the Fang family. Once the Fang family becomes suspicious of my identity, Cong Rong is the hush money."

After she finished speaking, a hint of jade appeared in her hand. It was the jade pendant that originally belonged to Fang Yuhan that Cong Rong took out at Fang's house just now.

She neither returned the jade pendant to Cong Rong nor gave it to Fang Lihui, but kept it in her own hands.

A Wan stared at her in amazement. She then put away the jade pendant and said with a smile, "A Wan, I am not a good person. Since someone has bullied me, I will always fight back. This is the rule, isn't it?"

Awan turned her head away, her expression showing a little more pity, "You are willing to use her to hurt innocent people?"

"Use?" Fang Zilan chewed on the word softly and said calmly, "Rather than using, it's better to say it's a transaction. I protect Cong Rong, and she is used by me, that's all."

Awan stared at the person in front of her, opened her mouth but couldn't help asking, "What about me?"