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Chapter 46 Uninvited Guest

Liang Jiang didn't rush to eat. Instead, she got up, poured a cup of plum juice from the side, and pushed it in front of Fang Chenghao: "This plum juice was bought by Aunt Yu from outside. It's quite refreshing. Have a cup."

Fang Chenghao nodded, took the plum juice, and drank it all in one gulp.

"The weather is hot and dry today, and I feel really thirsty."

Liang Jiang glanced at his slightly flushed face and asked bluntly, "Does your mother know you've come here?"

Fang Chenghao nodded: "I know. Actually, my mother likes you quite a bit, sister-in-law, and she also encourages me to visit you more often."

I think Mother probably had no other choice. After all, my eldest brother made a mistake first, and the General's Mansion used its power to oppress people. To protect my eldest brother, she had no choice but to apologize to you.

Liang Jiang did not refute: "Since you come here so often, isn't your mother curious about what we usually talk about?"

“I asked, but I didn’t say anything.” He glanced at the sweet soup in Liang Jiang’s hand: “Sister-in-law, why aren’t you eating? It’ll get too cold in a bit, and the dumplings won’t taste as good.”

Liang Jiang continued to stir the sweet soup slowly with a spoon: "I just suddenly remembered that once I bought a bowl of sweet rice soup from outside to satisfy my craving. Fang Yuan saw it and asked for it to eat."

She managed to eat a few bites, but couldn't stand the taste of the osmanthus sauce in the fermented rice wine; it completely ruined the flavor.

Fang Chenghao rubbed his forehead, shaking it vigorously. Feeling drowsy, he still forced himself to say, "She just likes to envy others..."

After muttering to himself, he leaned back in his chair and stopped moving.

His face was flushed and covered with fine beads of sweat.

Liang Jiang scoffed lightly, knowing perfectly well that the mother and daughter would throw away anything they didn't like, and wouldn't keep it for herself.

Why would the cook in the manor cook so meticulously according to his own taste, and then have Fang Chenghao serve it over?

She stepped forward and placed her fingertips on Fang Chenghao's pulse. After a moment's hesitation, her expression changed slightly, and she spat out a hateful spittle: "Sure enough, this family is truly heartless and rotten-hearted, they don't even care about shame anymore."

Shout out, "Aunt Yu!"

Aunt Yu responded and pushed the door open. Upon seeing Fang Chenghao, she was taken aback: "Second Young Master, this is..."

"He must have been too tired from reading last night and fell asleep here. Have two people carry him to the side room to rest for a while. Remember, don't make a fuss."

Yu Ma wondered, if her young lady wanted to avoid suspicion, wouldn't it have been better to just wake the second young master up and let him go back to sleep?
Why bother with all that effort?
Besides, even the most soundly sleeping person can't withstand this kind of disturbance, right?
Could there be another hidden story?
Yu Ma was clever and didn't ask any questions. She went out and called two servants, who together carried Fang Chenghao to a side room.

Fang Chenghao only mumbled a couple of words in a daze and did not wake up. Moreover, his face was flushed, as if he were drunk.

All three knew perfectly well that there must be a reason, but none of them asked.

After seeing the three off and closing the door, Liang Jiang turned back and was almost startled.

There was now someone else in the seat she had been sitting in. If Lu Xingzhan hadn't always been so unpredictable, she would have almost cried out in surprise.

This man wore a dark brocade robe with auspicious cloud patterns, his hair was tied up with a golden crown, his face was handsome and refined, his eyebrows and eyes were as if they were exquisitely sculpted, and his appearance was radiant.

He stretched out a hand with well-proportioned and slender joints, just like Liang Jiang had done earlier, and slowly stirred the sweet soup beside him. His eyelids were lowered, and he exuded an air of refined elegance.

Liang Jiang didn't recognize the man, but she was secretly amazed by his unfathomable skill. In the blink of an eye, he had silently slipped into her room without her knowledge.

Liang Jiang was already on high alert, staring at him warily: "Who are you? Why are you in my room?"

The newcomer raised his eyelids, his deep, piercing eyes looking at Liang Jiang, and slowly curled the corners of his lips into a smile.

"What, don't you recognize me?"

Seeing his dangerously dangerous eyes, Liang Jiang felt a jolt and thought of someone.

"Prince Pingxi?" Gu Xizhi raised his hand and stroked his chin. Last time he came to the Fang residence, he had a full beard and mingled among the guests without saying a word. Liang Jiang was still able to recognize him at a glance, which showed that she had excellent eyesight.

"I had Guanqi deliver invitations to you twice, but I was unable to persuade you to come. I had no choice but to come in person to invite you."

This morning, Aunt Yu did indeed come to ask me for permission again, and I refused without hesitation.

With the Prince of Pingxi pursuing her so relentlessly, she began to suspect that he might know something.

Faced with Gu Xizhi's teasing, Liang Jiang shrugged: "You should have seen it just now, there's a lot of trouble around my door, you should avoid it like the plague."

"Young Master Lu practically broke down your door, and you weren't afraid. So I have even less to fear. Isn't that right, City Lord?"

Liang Jiang felt a chill run down her spine; he really did know something.

She tried to calm herself down and sat down in the spot where Fang Chenghao had been sitting.

"Your Highness, you are far away in the capital, yet you are truly sharp-eyed and keen-eared. It seems that you have not been kept in the dark about any disturbances in Fucheng?"

"The other day, Guanqi happened to come to your house to deliver an invitation and I saw a good show."

"Then why does Your Highness assume that I am the city lord, and not Lu Xingzhan?"

"Because I know that Lu Xingzhan is an imposter, but you know the contents of the letter the city lord wrote to the prefect of Fucheng. Who else could it be but you?"

"That sounds somewhat reasonable. But I'm still curious, how did Your Highness know that Lu Xingzhan was an imposter? The Fang residence is so large, how did you know that I live in Tingzhu Garden?"

Her series of questions successfully gave her the upper hand.

Gu Xizhi, of course, could not say that he had climbed through someone's window, so he answered irrelevantly: "Before Vice General He returned to Xiliang, he entrusted me to take care of you."

Liang Jiang's hostility subsided somewhat: "Thank you, Your Highness, but I am fine now, so please don't trouble yourself."

Gu Xizhi leaned forward slightly: "Yesterday, Vice Minister He sent a letter."

Liang Jiang's heart skipped a beat: "What did he say?"

"You're the one who inquired about Fang Chengxu's affairs in Xiliang, aren't you?"

Liang Jiang readily admitted, "Yes."

"Therefore, we can cooperate."

Liang Jiang looked at him suspiciously: "What do you know? Why are you so concerned about this?"

"Everything you know, I know; and what you don't know, I also know. I share the same goal as Deputy General He, so if you have any questions about the Duke of Liang in the future, you can come directly to me."

Liang Jiang paused for a moment: "I know that after the Duke of Liang passed away, it was you and Marquis Huaiyuan who stood firm in the court and protected the Duke's mansion. I am very grateful, but you should not have been involved in this matter."

"There's no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't,' I do it for myself." Gu Xizhi said coldly, "I'm here today to ask you, who else have you told about the information you obtained from Fang Chengxu?"

Liang Jiang was taken aback: "What do you mean by that?"

"The most likely source of the leak is here."

“Impossible!” Liang Jiang retorted with absolute certainty.

Aside from myself, the only other person who knows about this is Yu Ma, and Yu Ma would never betray me.

(End of this chapter)