diskusbooks Chapter 528 Arrival in the Prefectural City
Chapter 528 Arrival in the Prefectural City
Du Mingxian met her in the main hall. Madam Cheng looked very unwell today and hurriedly bowed to Du Mingxian.
"What brings you here again, Madam Cheng?" Du Mingxian sat down and stared at Madam Cheng, her tone not very friendly.
Mrs. Cheng smiled awkwardly, "I've come to apologize to you, Madam."
Du Mingxian didn't say anything.
“I misunderstood some things before, which is why I came to ask you for help. Now that I know the truth, I no longer want to get involved. I hope you won’t blame me.”
"It's alright, it's good that Madam Cheng has come to her senses." Du Mingxian said coldly, picking up her water and taking a sip.
After serving tea to see the guests off, Madam Cheng did not leave. Instead, she looked at Du Mingxian with pleading eyes and said, "Madam, the affairs between adults have nothing to do with the children. I have watched those two children grow up, and I want to see them."
Du Mingxian slammed the teacup down on the table. "Mrs. Cheng, what gave you the illusion that I'm easy to talk to? You keep saying these things, how can I tolerate you again and again?"
"Show the guest to Xiangyang. If Mrs. Cheng comes again in the future, just refuse her."
"Madam, I was wrong, I was wrong. I just wanted to see the two children." Madam Cheng knelt down before Du Mingxian nervously.
Du Mingxian turned around and sneered, "They're not your own children, yet you're so attentive. Anyone who didn't know better would think those two children were yours."
While Madam Cheng was still in a daze, Du Mingxian had already left. If it weren't for the fact that she had said she would never see Madam Cheng again, she wouldn't have come over.
Madam Cheng is a fool. We didn't have much of a relationship to begin with, but now she insists on tearing away even the smallest bit of face.
No sooner had Madam Cheng left the mansion than news spread from the magistrate's residence that Madam Cheng's wife had made her ill and was now bedridden and unable to get up.
He even got a lot of medicine from outside.
That night, Chunfeng entered the mansion, bringing with her someone who resembled Du Mingxian in figure.
Before dawn, Du Mingxian and Chunfeng left the mansion and quietly departed.
The two went to Chunfeng's lodging first. After dawn, Chunfeng drove away in a carriage, with two guards following around the carriage. This was arranged by Ling Silang because he was worried about them.
Spring Breeze knows that its master is currently unable to withstand any jostling, which is why it is traveling so slowly.
Du Mingxian was speechless when she saw that the oxcarts next to them had overtaken their horse-drawn carriage. "Chunfeng, hurry up!"
“Master, it won’t work. Before I left, Master specifically instructed me to do so.”
"You..." Du Mingxian was really angry. "If we keep going like this, when will we ever get there? The carriage is paved and smooth, so let's go."
Seeing that Du Mingxian was angry, and remembering Ling Silang's instructions, Chunfeng was in a dilemma. In the end, she walked faster on flat ground and slower on uneven ground.
And so, despite the short distance, it took six days to reach the prefectural city.
Du Mingxian was at a loss for words. "If I were to walk, it would probably take me six days to get there."
Chunfeng gave an awkward smile, "Madam's safety is the most important thing."
Du Mingxian returned to the former Dong family's courtyard without taking Chunfeng with her. Chunfeng had to drive the carriage to their lodging in the prefectural city by himself, and then secretly go to find Du Mingxian.
These days, Madam Dong has been suffering greatly. Since her mistress left, she has not returned, which makes her feel abandoned.
She wanted to find the madam, but didn't know where to look, so she could only wait. Recently, because she had been staying up late, she couldn't eat and had lost weight.
Du Mingxian knocked on the door, and Madam Dong ran to open it. When she saw Du Mingxian, she was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes. "Madam."
"What's going on? What happened?"
Seeing that the already thin Dong Shi was now as thin as a paper doll, she was extremely surprised. She cried whenever she saw her, so something must have happened.
Madam Dong quickly shook her head and made way for her, "No, nothing happened, please come in, Madam."
After Du Mingxian came in, she didn't forget to ask, "Didn't the money I left you before I left go enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough." The lady left her thirty taels before she left, but she couldn't possibly spend it all; she still had more than twenty taels left.
"Then why don't you eat? You could be blown over by the wind."
Madam Dong smiled somewhat awkwardly, "Madam hasn't come back yet. I was worried because I thought she wouldn't return, so I ate less."
"You didn't just eat a few less bites of food, I thought something had happened."
Madam Dong quickly shook her head, "Go cook, make one more meal."
"Yes."
Just as the Dong family finished cooking, Chunfeng arrived. After the two introduced themselves, Du Mingxian said to Chunfeng, "I'll go out and buy a bed later to add to my room."
"Yes."
After the meal, Chunfeng went out and bought a bed, while Du Mingxian took a bowl of fruit and handed it to the person guarding the back gate when she arrived at the Tian family's house. She asked the guard to give the fruit to an old woman she knew and tell her to come back the next morning to make the transaction.
That evening, Du Mingxian met with the person who had stayed in the prefectural city to investigate the situation and was temporarily in charge.
Upon learning that he had not found any useful information during his few days in the prefectural city, he told him to take care of his own business.
The information was naturally difficult to investigate. If it were so easy to find evidence of Prince Ming's crimes, that would be wonderful.
As it was time to go to sleep, Du Mingxian suddenly remembered the two people in Miss Tian's courtyard. She hurriedly asked Chunfeng, "Among the people your former master sent this time, were there any with particularly good skills?"
"Yes." Chunfeng knew a little about those people, since they would be working together in the future. "They were a few people given to him by my former master, and they were all very skilled."
Du Mingxian considered sending someone to test the two people, but after much hesitation, she decided to give up. What if... what if she alerted them?
The next morning, Du Mingxian ate breakfast early and planned to go out by herself, but Chunfeng insisted on coming with her.
"I'm going to meet someone. It's inconvenient for you to stay here. You should stay at home."
Chunfeng wanted to say that the master had instructed her to stay by the lady's side at all times, but she chickened out when she met the lady's eyes.
"When a general is in the field, he may disobey the emperor's orders. I will take good care of myself."
"Alright then, Madam, please be careful."
"Peace of mind."
Du Mingxian disguised herself outside before carrying a basket to the entrance of the Tian residence.
The old woman has been having a hard time lately. She used to have delicious fruit and the young lady treated her very well, but the fruit delivery person hasn't come for a long time, and she's been unable to eat or sleep properly these days.
The young lady had punished her many times for this, and even gave a final notice that if she couldn't get the fruit again, she would be sold off.
The old woman was in a terrible state, but luckily the man had specially delivered fruit yesterday afternoon. After the gatekeeper brought it over, the young lady was in a great mood, and that's why she was waiting early this morning, afraid that the fruit seller wouldn't come.
The moment she saw Du Mingxian, she felt as if she had seen a radiant Bodhisattva, and rushed forward to grab her arm.
When Du Mingxian saw the old woman rushing over, she instinctively stepped aside, afraid that she would be bumped into, as her body couldn't withstand a strong impact.