SFS Chapter 118 He Still Doesn't Believe Her
Chapter 118 He Still Doesn't Believe Her
Ning Miao knew this was not the right place.
After all, it is a business place, and even though the door is closed, there are still windows.
The windows of the office are diamond-shaped lattice windows without windows or doors.
"I'll give you something too." Yan Mobai suddenly said in a hoarse voice.
Ning Miao came back to his senses in a daze: "What?"
Yan Mobai's eyes flashed, and he walked around her and headed towards the coffee table in the room.
"The place where we are handling this case is rich in sandalwood hairpins. When we stayed at the inn, the innkeeper gave each guest one."
"It's a women's hairpin. I have no use for it and I don't have anyone to give it to. You gave me the sword tassel, and it's rude not to reciprocate. You usually dress simply, and this suits you very well."
As he spoke, he picked up the kettle to pour tea, but found that there was no water in the kettle.
He walked towards the door again, carrying the pot, and pointed to the table where he worked on documents, signaling her: "It's in the drawer, get it yourself."
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.
Ning Miao really wanted to say that she didn’t want such a thoughtless gift, such a gift that was just alms to get rid of people.
After thinking about it, I walked to the table and opened the drawer.
There were some miscellaneous items in the drawer, including a brand new pen, a box of cinnabar for stamping, and a ruler. Under the ruler were some written papers, like a secret letter.
She glanced at the top one and her eyes narrowed slightly.
Seeing something wrapped in a handkerchief nearby, she picked it up and opened it.
It was a hairpin carved from sandalwood.
It is very delicate, and it is carved with autumn osmanthus under the moon. The knife skills are very good. Whether it is the full moon or the osmanthus, even the petals and stamens of the osmanthus, they are all carefully carved and lifelike.
Ning Miao curled his lips.
Which inn is so generous in spending money to give such high-quality hairpins to every guest?
After closing the drawer, she inserted the hairpin directly into her bun.
Seeing Yan Mobai coming in with a teapot, she smiled and said, "Does it look good?"
Yan Mobai seemed to have not expected that she would put it on right away. He looked at her and said, "It fits."
Ning Miao glared at him and replied with the words he had said that day: "Does the word 'good-looking' burn your mouth?"
There was a slight arc at the corner of Yan Mobai's lips. He said nothing and picked up the kettle to pour water.
"Thank you for your gift. I like it very much. I won't interfere with your work anymore. I'm leaving now."
Ning Miao walked towards the door.
Yan Mobai did not stop her. He leaned against the coffee table, took a sip of tea from the cup, and looked at her back with a slightly deep look in his eyes.
Ning Miao went out and met Chifeng Lanying coming in.
Lan Ying greeted her: "Madam, it's time to go."
"Ah."
Ning Miao suddenly remembered something and stopped.
"I heard that the inn you stayed at during your business trip gave each person a sandalwood carved hairpin. I wonder if you two have given yours to anyone else? If not, could you please give me a price and sell it to me? I really like this kind of hairpin."
Here, Chi Feng and Lan Ying looked puzzled.
Over there, someone was choking on tea and was coughing.
"What hairpin?" Lan Ying asked.
Chi Feng glanced at the person who was coughing, then glanced at the hairpin on Ning Miao's head, and a hint of understanding flashed across his eyes.
Then he grabbed Lan Ying's arm and replied, "Sorry, ours has been given away."
Blue Shadow: “Ah?”
He turned his head and looked at Chi Feng in confusion.
Chi Feng's hand on his arm squeezed hard again.
Lan Ying cried out "Ah" again in pain.
Only then did he realize that Chi Feng was reminding him. Although he didn't understand why, he quickly agreed: "Yes, I gave it away..."
Ning Miao took in the reactions of the master and servants, but did not expose them. He nodded to indicate that he understood.
Then he looked at Yan Mobai with a smile and walked away.
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After leaving the Dali Temple, the smile on Ning Miao's lips could no longer be maintained and collapsed.
She walked slowly along the road back to the Marquis' Mansion, feeling an unknown feeling in her heart.
Yan Mobai never believed her.
Even though she had told him while drunk that she had been abandoned by King Kang and that King Kang wanted to kill her.
Even though she had had the most intimate relationship with him so many times.
He still didn't believe her after all.
If I'm not mistaken, when he asked her to get the hairpin from the drawer herself, he actually wanted her to see the secret letter in the drawer.
It was pressed under the ruler and placed on the top, without being folded or put in an envelope, so it could be seen at a glance.
The content is: Tonight at 4 p.m., the Assistant Minister of Works, Tong San, will have a secret meeting at Zhaixing Tower with the Chief Clerk of Works, Huang Chengde, who has been missing for many days.
Huang Chengde had an account book in his hand, which recorded the corruption and abuse of power by the heads of the Ministry of Works in several recent major projects.
The Dali Temple will carry out a secret roundup tonight.
The Minister of Works Tong San was a man of King Kang, and the Minister of Works was also a man of King Kang.
If the arrest is successful and the account books fall into the hands of the Dali Temple, Tong San will be finished, the Minister of Works will be finished, and Prince Kang will also be implicated, or will be severely damaged.
Yan Mobai was trying to see if she would pass the message to King Kang.
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Dali Temple, Office
Yan Mobai walked to the table and sat down, opened the drawer, lowered his eyes to look inside, and pursed his thin lips.
Chifeng and Lanying were waiting on the side.
Both of them looked at their masters, but each of them had his own thoughts in mind.
Chi Feng thought that his master was really in love with her and even gave her a hairpin.
This has never happened since the beginning of time.
This business trip was so urgent and dangerous that he didn't even know when his parents went to buy the hairpin.
Lan Ying thought that his master and the lady must have some unclear relationship, and it was obvious that Chi Feng knew much more than he did.
Chi Feng actually knew more than him?
"Have all the actions for Youshi been deployed?" Yan Mobai closed the drawer.
The two men came back to their senses and responded in unison: "Deployment is complete."
Yan Mobai looked at the two of them and said, "When the time comes, Lan Ying will go with me to Zhaixing Tower to arrest Tong San and Huang Chengde. Chi Feng will return to the Marquis' Mansion after the office is over. If our action fails, Chi Feng will control Ning Pan as soon as possible."
Chifeng and Lanying were both shocked and stunned.
Lan Ying still didn't believe it, so he asked for confirmation: "Madam?"
Hasn't he been cleared of suspicion long ago?
Chi Feng was also very puzzled: "My Lord, do you suspect the Madam?"
Aren't the two of them already in love? Why are they suddenly...
Yan Mobai lowered his brows, hiding all emotions in his eyes, and his face was expressionless.
Naturally, he didn't want to doubt her, but her identity was there, and there were things that happened in her past life, the lessons were profound and bloody.
He had to defend.
She had been poisoned for three years, but this did not rule out two possibilities.
One possibility is that the poison was given by King Kang. She discovered his true identity and did not want to be used by him anymore, so she fled completely and came to the Marquis' Mansion, only looking for the antidote.
Another possibility is that the poison was not given by King Kang, but someone else stole it.
After all, it wasn’t just Prince Kang who had spies planted in the Marquis’ Mansion; there were other princes as well.
The stolen secret letter was of little use at the time, and the other party was unable to use it, so his identity was not exposed.
The reason why he determined that it was done by King Kang's men was simply because he and King Ning felt that King Kang was the strongest opponent and that King Kang resorted to such despicable means.
Now think about it, it seems a bit arbitrary.
If it was done by other princes' men, and they saw that the stolen secret letter was useless, they poisoned Prince Kang's men in an attempt to frame Prince Kang and lead them into a fight with Prince Kang, it is not impossible.