The temperamental white moonlight is back, and the entire Marquis's family obediently calls him

"Of course, you can refuse my conditions. After all, I don't know what benefits Chu Yuan'er promised you. I just hope that benefits are really that important, important enough to cost you your life."

Yu Shuang chuckled softly upon hearing this, but her laughter was tinged with bitterness.

"What insightful opinion does Madam Lu have?"

Seeing that her attitude had softened, Lu Mingzhao knew that he had succeeded more than halfway. He gestured for her to sit down and looked at her at eye level: "I want you to pretend that nothing happened."

"I will meet with Chu Yuan'er as usual and finalize the plan with her. Of course, I need to know every detail."

Yu Shuang hesitated for a moment, "You want me to be an undercover agent?"

Lu Mingzhao raised an eyebrow: "No way?"

"..."

Yu Shuang pondered for only a moment before nodding, "Okay."

Seeing that Lu Mingzhao was somewhat surprised by her straightforwardness, Yu Shuang laughed self-deprecatingly: "For someone like me who is struggling to survive at the bottom of society, it's all the same who I work for. Whoever offers the best terms, I'll choose."

"Besides... I have no other choice now."

Yu Shuang paused, then frowned and said, "However, it's been a month since Chu Yuan'er last met me."

"I haven't been able to contact her at all these days. I think I might have become a useless piece in the game."

Lu Mingzhao said, "She was taken away by the He family... You should have heard of the He family, right? Not to mention you, even I don't know how she is now, or even whether she's alive or dead."

Yu Shuang knew about Zhou Ming'an's incident a few days ago and guessed that it was Chu Yuan'er's doing. Now, having heard that Chu Yuan'er had been taken away by the He family for a month, she pondered and said:

"Perhaps she offended the He family, or perhaps... her plan failed last time, so she gave up? After all, what she wanted was the position of the Marquis of Zhongjing's wife. Now that your whole family knows her true colors, she has no chance, so naturally she won't do it again."

Lu Mingzhao shook his head, looking somewhat wistful: "You might not believe it, but I always felt that she did all this not just for the position of Lady of the Marquis."

"She gives me a feeling of obsession bordering on madness, and the last person who gave me that feeling..."

At this point, Lu Mingzhao paused, then said, "Never mind, you don't understand."

"You mean, she resembles your previous wife?" Yu Shuang mustered her courage and looked at Lu Mingzhao, her eyes filled with undisguised shock and probing.

Lu Mingzhao was taken aback.

That's right, she was talking about the "time-traveling woman" who had taken over her body; to others, she was indeed the person she was before.

but……

How did you know?

As soon as Lu Mingzhao asked the question, he couldn't help but think of what Cuilan had said before she left.

Back then, Cuilan was personally selected by the time-traveling woman to enter the mansion. Many maids also entered with her and were later assigned to different courtyards, becoming spies planted for many years.

Yu Shuang and Qing Qing, both of whom were given to Zhou Shili by the time-traveling woman.

Yu Shuang looked directly into Lu Mingzhao's eyes and answered without hesitation, "That's right. Back then, you were the one who chose me to enter the manor. You said you would give me a way out and do your best to help me become the next eldest mistress."

"Later, we all realized that the old man was too loyal and only good to the old woman, so we had to give up on this idea for the time being."

"A year ago, you came to me again and told me to forget everything from the past, to pretend I never knew you, and that you would come to me when you needed my help."

Later, Chu Yuan'er appeared.

Lu Mingzhao remained silent for a long time before saying, "So, you made that embroidery pattern and the letter Qingqing received."

This is an affirmative statement.

Since Qingqing and Cuiju left the mansion because of the "sachet" incident, Lu Mingzhao has been searching for the mole who was able to deliver letters to Qingqing and who could come and go without a trace.

But a marquis's mansion is still a marquis's mansion. No matter how much trouble the transmigrated woman can cause, with several stewards personally selected by Zhou Ningchuan, the rules of the marquis's mansion are still quite strict.

In the end, Lu Mingzhao discovered that no one could do this—except for Yu Shuang, who lived in the same courtyard as Qingqing.

"Yes, Chu Yuan'er made me do this." Yu Shuang smirked. "I also framed Qingqing for it."

Lu Mingzhao narrowed his eyes with interest as if he had thought of something: "You can be quite ruthless. Do you know that I met Qingqing later, and she said a lot of good things about you?"

Yu Shuang was somewhat dazed.

During the year she spent with Qingqing, in order to make good use of her, she ate and lived with her, and they became like sisters.

Even though she had a guilty conscience, she couldn't deny that those days were a peaceful and happy year for her.

Yu Shuang slowly lowered her eyes and said, "Qingqing is naive and dull-witted, and easy to manipulate. Such a person is not worth using and is only suitable as a pawn to be used and discarded."

"That's all I know. I shouldn't have any other feelings."

Lu Mingzhao nodded noncommittally and stood up.

Yu Shuang: "Is Madam Lu in such a hurry to leave?"

In fact, she still had many questions: why did Lu Mingzhao's attitude change so drastically, and why would he harm himself?

Could it be true, as the rumors in the manor say, that Lu Mingzhao has lost his memory?

But now it seems that Lu Mingzhao doesn't have amnesia, but rather that he has completely changed into a different person.

Lu Mingzhao: "I still have things to do. I've told you everything I needed to tell you, and I understand everything I needed to understand. As for the timing, you know what to do."

"Let me know immediately if Chu Yuan'er looks for you again."

Yu Shuang hurriedly asked, "What if she doesn't come?"

Lu Mingzhao paused, then sneered, "She will come. After all these years, she would never give up."

Lu Mingzhao left the courtyard, walked across a street, and the carriage stopped at the corner.

The woman standing beside the carriage rushed forward to greet her as soon as she saw her, her eyes filled with eagerness: "Madam."

Lu Mingzhao handed her a heavy purse: "You did a great job."

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known that Yu Shuang was meeting with Shi Xu outside."

The woman grinned and said, "I was already extremely grateful to the old lady for sparing my life. You also helped Cuiju and my brother get married and arranged work for us. These are just small things we should do."

"Cuiju was diagnosed with pregnancy last month!"

Lu Mingzhao raised an eyebrow in surprise, then took out another coin and handed it over: "Consider it as me sharing in the good fortune."

Qingqing expressed her gratitude repeatedly.

Lu Mingzhao smiled and got into the carriage.

Naïve and foolish, or perhaps sincere.

Easy to operate, and also bold in thinking and doing.

Her parents had told her that no soldier was useless; it all depended on whether the commander knew how to use them.

Lu Mingzhao only understood today that his parents were teaching him not only how to become a commander, but also how to take a holistic view of life.

The carriage swayed and rocked.

Lu Mingzhao closed his eyes, but his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

Yu Shuang's words today confirmed her long-held suspicions.

Sure enough.

She should have realized it sooner.

The transmigrated woman occupied her body for fourteen years, so why would she suddenly be willing to leave?

The woman who traveled through time discovered that she couldn't truly have a happy and fulfilling family life in this body.

So, the woman who traveled through time found another body.

The close relationship between Chu Yuan'er and Zhou Ningchuan over the years made it easier for the time-traveling woman to carry out her next plan.

Lu Mingzhao slowly opened his eyes, and for the first time, a murderous intent flashed in them.

At the same time, she burst into laughter.

well.

Very good!