Marry a Duke

Chapter 18 Distribution to the Frontier

"Mother, don't worry about it. I will get to the bottom of this matter." Wei Xuan accompanied the old lady to have breakfast before going out.

Because of his wedding——

Regardless of whether he was willing to marry or not, he still had to be given leave by the emperor. So, Wei Xuan originally had ten days of leave, but he thought it was too long and only asked for three days.

During these three days, he could have rested at home and nurtured his relationship with his wife.

He returned home before dinner and brought back accurate news.

*** wants to place people in the Duke's Mansion.

Little did he know that Wei Xuan had already planted his spies in the *** Mansion.

As soon as he got back home, he went straight back to his yard, but Fu Ran was no longer there.

"Returning to the country, my lord, the lady has been placed in the chrysanthemum courtyard at the back."

Juyuan is separated from Wei Xuan's Chaoguangyuan by two courtyards. If they don't interact with each other on a regular basis and Fu Ran doesn't go out, they may not meet each other throughout the year.

Wei Xuan's expression did not change at all.

"Whose idea was it?"

"It was arranged by the old lady. She was worried that the Duke didn't want to see her, so she placed her in the Chrysanthemum Courtyard."

Wei Xuan didn't say anything else and asked the maid to leave first.

He went to the new house and found that there was indeed nothing inside. The red silk wedding character that had been hanging there had been completely cleared away. There was no trace of Fu Ran's presence in the room at all.

The servants cleaned the place thoroughly.

Bi'an did not follow Wei Xuan out of the mansion today. The one who went with him was Gaomian. Gaomian usually followed Wei Xuan when he left the mansion. Once Wei Xuan returned to the Duke's Mansion, he seldom appeared by Wei Xuan's side.

Bi'an rushed over and explained the whole story.

"The lady surnamed Fu was quite sensible. The old lady asked her to move, and she did it obediently without saying a word." Bi'an saw it on the spot.

Fu Ran packed up his things quickly and moved to Juyuan with his maid.

Bi'an didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Fu Ran was full of joy at that moment.

She looked calm, but the joy in her eyes could not be concealed.

Wei Xuan glanced at him indifferently.

"She was brought into the Wei family by a matchmaker in a sedan chair carried by eight men. You should call her Madam."

Bi'an was stunned for a moment, then spoke reluctantly.

"Master, you think too highly of her. I was forced to do all this. I didn't do it willingly at all. If you want to call her Madam, I can't say that."

A wife who can be a good match for the master must be one of the best in the world in terms of appearance, family background, character and talent to be worthy of the master.

Wei Xuan walked past Bi'an and went out.

"You are becoming less and less aware of the rules."

Bi'an was not convinced. He felt that he had done nothing wrong. In the entire Duke's Mansion, no one treated Fu Ran as Madam, and even fewer people called her Madam.

Everyone felt that she would not be able to stay as a lady for long and would soon be forced to resign.

The Duke's Mansion will welcome the real Duke's wife.

Wei Xuan no longer paid attention to Bi'an, left Chaoguangju and headed towards Juyuan.

Bi'an followed behind and noticed that the route the Duke took seemed to be the one leading to Juyuan.

He wished he could stand in front of them and not let the Duke pass.

"Master, you are going to the Chrysanthemum Courtyard."

"..."

"Master, why would Master care about her?" Suddenly, Bi Anfu's eyes lit up, "Master must go and teach her a lesson."

Wei Xuan stopped and looked at Bi'an with cold eyes.

"Your brain has not kept up with your age at all, Bian, you are getting stupider and stupider."

Upon hearing this, Bi'an's face darkened.

Afraid that the Duke would scold him again, he had no choice but to follow him to the Chrysanthemum Courtyard.

Juyuan is a small courtyard with only two rooms and a small yard.

It used to be a guest room. Guests from far away would stay in this courtyard for a while. Several cousins ​​had also lived here before. However, when they grew old, they were all married off without any hesitation in the Duke's Mansion.

The Chrysanthemum Courtyard was empty. It was relatively quiet, far away from the front yard and from the courtyards of the old lady, the first lady and the third lady.

Fu Ran had been here for half a day. Sending her here felt like banishing her to the cold palace. She was happy that she could live in a yard by herself.

No need to face Wei Xuan’s cold face all day and be respectful.

But she was also worried that if the Duke's Mansion imprisoned her here, would she still have a chance to escape.

After all, she doesn't know martial arts, and the Duke's Mansion also has guards.

The Duke's Mansion still did not arrange a maid for her, but only told her that someone would come to deliver meals every day.

When she heard this, she had a vague feeling that someone was coming to deliver prison food.

She is in jail.

The house had everything she needed, the room and bed were ready, and she asked to see her dowry and find something useful in it.

The Duke's Mansion would not be greedy for her dowry.

She picked out some valuable items, mainly things like shavings, which were convenient to carry, but there were not many of them.

She actually had no use for things like vases, clothes, quilts, and some decorative utensils.

However, she moved all the properties that she thought were worth some money to Juyuan.

You can feel more at ease knowing it is under your own eyes and you can get it whenever you need it.

She didn't manage her dowry by herself. What if she needed it again and the Duke's Mansion refused to open the door to her?

So, she lived in one room, and in the other, she kept the dowry she had brought with her.

There was no one in the yard at this time. Fu Ran was sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard with a broom.

There is a tree of unknown age planted in the yard. It has not been cleaned properly for some time, and there are some fallen leaves on the ground.

Fu Ran smiled as he swept.

After arriving at the Duke's Mansion, I still worked as a maid.

"I've been coming and going, but I can't get out of the circle made by the maids." She swept very vigorously.

"People not only have to work for themselves, but also don't get paid monthly. Even though they don't have the indenture contract, they still don't have freedom." She glanced around and looked up at the sky.

The yard is small, and the sky you can see is only a small part.

"God, you are so unkind. You let me come here, but you can't just let me take a good look at this world. If I stay here every day, this trip will be in vain."

Just after he finished cursing, he turned around and saw someone standing at the gate of the yard.

She was startled.

Wei Xuan didn't know when he stood there, nor did he know how long he had been there or how many words he had heard from her.

"Duke, why are you here?" Seeing Bi'an following behind him, a very rude man, Fu Ran didn't look at him again.

"This place is small, and I'm afraid the Duke has no place to go. It's better to leave early."

She swept twice more.

Seeing that Wei Xuan didn't move, she added two more sentences.

"If the Duke is worried that I will break out, I swear that I will never cause any trouble for the Duke's Mansion. As long as the people in the kitchen are thinking about me, don't forget to send food to Juyuan. Otherwise, I will starve to death here and I don't know how many days it will take for someone to find me." She sighed.

After all, her situation was dire.

Bi'an's forehead twitched. This guy was pretending to be pitiful again.

"What do you think of the Duke's Mansion? They even withheld your food."

"You've never been hungry, so of course you're not worried." Fu Ran carried them on his back and began to sweep. "I come from a lowly family, and I've gone through many days of not having enough to eat. I know that skipping a few meals can kill a person."