Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 417

"Master Fang is not feeling well, and no one will be seen." Zheng Yan put on a straight face, with a fierce look on his face.

Seeing this, Pei Poming's wife took a step back timidly, her face full of unwillingness, "General, if I don't go in, can you send the gift in for me?"

Zheng Yan saw that she was very persistent and still refused to leave, so he let go and said, "Madam, please wait a moment, I will go in and make an announcement."

"Thank you, General." Mrs. Pei bowed, and Zheng Yan ordered the other soldiers to guard the gate, then turned around and walked back to the mansion.

At this time, Fang Zilan and Mo Han were sitting in the front hall, and they were startled when they heard the news brought by Xiao Xuan'er.

"You said that Fang Lihui and Fang Lixing were detained by the household department?" Fang Zilan repeated Xiao Xuan'er's words, and said in disbelief: "What do you mean by being detained?"

Xiao Xuan'er hurriedly explained: "Mr. Fang Lihui is now an imperial merchant, and the water transport in the Jiangnan area has given face, and the cargo ships of the other party have always been exempted from inspection. Who would have thought that a random inspection suddenly appeared on the way this time, and found that the number of goods on board No, after verification by the household department, they claimed that the Fang family had illegally smuggled, and it just so happened that the name of Fang Lixing, son of the prime minister, was signed on the passage documents of the cargo ship..."

She didn't go on, Fang Zilan already understood most of it in her heart, "Does this happen usually?"

"Master Fang is saying..." Xiao Xuan'er pursed her lips, Fang Zilan sighed softly, "Illegal smuggling."

"Of course there are. Entraining and smuggling is an unspoken secret among businessmen, and even the government has heard of it." Xiao Xuan'er frowned slightly, "Generally, as long as it is not too much, no one will deliberately make things difficult. Could it be that... ..."

She looked at Fang Zilan as if suddenly enlightened, and saw that her expression was getting colder, and she beckoned Zheng Yan, who was standing outside the hall, to come in, "What's the situation with Pei Poming's wife?"

Zheng Yan said succinctly: "Madam Pei refuses to leave, she insists on entering the house with courtesy."

"Is she threatening me?" Fang Zilan's face was completely cold, "Go, blow her away."

Mo Han persuaded: "Sister Lan, Mrs. Pei is only following orders, or else..."

"Otherwise what?" Fang Zilan interrupted him impatiently, raised her hand and frowned slightly, "I agreed to the empress when she wanted to help her. If Pei's gift comes into my house today, then I will become Who is it?"

"Lord Fang, I saw Mrs. Pei's body seems to be injured." Zheng Yan couldn't help talking, Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "So what if there is an injury, do you want me to go back and forth? Get away."

"Yes." Zheng Yan took the order to leave, and Fang Zilan then asked Xiao Xuan'er: "After the household department detained the person, did you say what to do with it?"

"Not yet." Xiao Xuan'er shook her head, "Smuggling convictions are usually measured by the value of the goods. I heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs has not yet estimated the price, so the person has not been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment."

"I think it's not that the price has not yet been estimated, but that we will know how to estimate the price only after seeing the Fang family's reaction." Fang Zilan leaned half on the main seat, looking a little tired.

"If the Fang family bowed their heads and gave in, it would turn this matter into a trivial matter." Mo Han said, "But if the Fang family still refuses, the Ministry of Household Affairs may have something out of nothing."

Fang Zilan remained silent, thinking that Pei Juanqing was pressing every step of the way, is the Fang family really going to have nowhere to go?

"Lord Fang!" A Wan came in a hurry, and said anxiously: "Someone from the palace summoned you, saying that His Majesty invited you into the palace."

"Entering the palace again?" Fang Zilan only felt that her head was as big as a fight, and she didn't know what Li Shengxuan was thinking. Since the Lantern Festival, she had been summoned into the palace twice a day.

It stands to reason that she is not allowed to enter the court without a purpose, and she needs to enter the palace to report the situation only once a month, but now Li Shengxuan announces her to enter the palace every now and then, it is a trivial matter, but he wants to let her go for a while trip.

She once thought that her identity had been exposed, which made Li Shengxuan suspect that she had fallen in love with her, but Li Shengxuan didn't even ask about Mr. Zuo's matter, but only asked her how she was hurt, which puzzled her.

Now at this juncture, what was she calling into the palace for?You wouldn't ask her why she did something to Pei Xuanchang at the flower festival yesterday, would you?
Seeing Fang Zilan's headache, Mo Han coughed lightly and said, "Sister Lan, Your Majesty is going to announce you to the palace again."

"I heard it." Fang Zilan responded angrily, and Mo Han couldn't help reminding: "At this time, the call is probably related to the Fang family's affairs. Sister Lan, you must avoid the suspicion that should be avoided. Your foundation is not stable. , can’t make too many enemies.”

Fang Zilan sighed, "I see." After she finished speaking, she walked out and entered the palace with the palace servants sent by Li Shengxuan.

However, as soon as she stepped out of the mansion, she was entangled by Mrs. Pei, "Master Fang, it's great to see that you are fine."

"Mrs. Pei, I'm in a hurry to enter the palace. We'll talk about it another day." Fang Zilan perfunctorily pushed Mrs. Pei away, but Zheng Yan separated her when she was about to follow.

"Master Fang!" Madam Pei yelled loudly and knelt down on the ground suddenly, "I was wrong about what happened yesterday, but it is an indisputable fact that Second Miss Fang and Mrs. Pei are engaged. If you have a suspicion with me, Mrs. Pei, you will stab me horizontally and break this marriage forever, right?"

"What did you say?" Fang Zilan glanced back at Mrs. Pei, her eyes were like icy edges, making her tremble.

However, when Mrs. Pei thought of Pei Juanqing's ruthless appearance, the wounds on her body ached.She was determined and shouted: "Lord Fang, I would rather demolish ten temples than destroy one relationship. Today, I will apologize to you on behalf of Mrs. Pei, please let Second Miss Fang go, and this marriage will be fulfilled!"

Fang Zilan was angry from the bottom of her heart, it was the first time she had seen such nonsense with her eyes open and her eyes turned upside down.Unexpectedly, before she got angry, the palace servant beside her said, "Lord Fang, Your Majesty is still waiting for you."

"I..." Fang Zilan looked at the back of the palace man, so he stomped his feet and followed.She held back her anger, and when she walked into the imperial study, she was extremely gloomy.

Li Shengxuan looked at her angrily saluting, and said with a smile: "Why are you so angry?"

"No." Fang Zilan lowered her head, Li Shengxuan walked up to her, looked at her with great interest, and asked after a while: "What is the relationship between Miss Fang and you?"

"What?" Fang Zilan reacted suddenly, waved her hand and said: "It's okay, I just think that the mansion of the Duke of Pingguo is too deep, and he is really not a good person. The second lady Fang is a straight person, and the two are really not suitable."

"I don't even know that you can still be a Yuelao?" Li Shengxuan smiled but Fang Zilan avoided his gaze, "Did Your Majesty call me into the palace just to make fun of me?"

Li Shengxuan suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Don't meddle in this matter, the Empress Dowager has already decreed the marriage."

"What did your Majesty say?" Fang Zilan was shocked, and Li Shengxuan said in a low voice: "What the capital needs is rest and recuperation, not internal friction. The prime minister is standing on the side of the poor family, and Duke Ping represents the aristocratic family. The marriage between the two parties is not only What the Empress Dowager means is also my attitude."

Fang Zilan was speechless for a long time, and Li Shengxuan took the time to say: "If families from poor families fight each other, both sides will suffer. Fang Zilan, do you think that the two sides cannot coexist, so you always report hostility to the Pei family?"

"I don't know." Fang Zilan's expression was calm, and Li Shengxuan said in a deep voice: "Mr. Juan's means may not be good, but Mr. Pei has been in charge of the household department for these years, he has done his duty. If not, you may not have been in Qiluo City for a month. Hold it."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan took a deep breath, and met Li Shengxuan's gaze, "I don't know how many complicated things were behind that month in Qiluo City. There is only one thing I know, and that is that I held on. But If it is not such a critical moment of life and death, some people may wish for me to die."

　Fang Zilan: Weak, pitiful, and helpless...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)