0p0 Chapter 371 Meng Family Has Changed
Chapter 371 Meng Family Has Changed
"I have no objection to you and Tang'er doing business. Just tell me how much capital you want and I'll go back and give it to you."
Xie Liuzheng shook her head, her eyes serious, "Mom, I don't need the money from our family to learn business from sister Yuntang. I have some money saved in the bank, and it will be enough when the time comes!"
Xie Jinrong rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "You earned this from the casino again, didn't you?"
"I've told you so many times not to go to that kind of place. You just love to hang out with your bad friends. You make too much money from unknown sources. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
Xie Liuzheng touched his nose and said awkwardly: "Dad, I promise you, I will never go to the casino again!"
"If your promise is useful, even pigs can climb trees. I think I'd better find you a wife as soon as possible, so that..."
He had just finished speaking when Xie Liuzheng jumped off the carriage and disappeared in a flash.
He only left one sentence, "Dad and Mom, I'm going to the bank to get some silver, you guys go back first!"
Mrs. Cai shook her head helplessly. "Ah, this kid, he runs away when it comes to getting married. I really don't know what to do with him."
Xie Jinrong sighed, "Forget it, let him be, maybe he will figure it out one day!"
On another road, the carriage of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion was also moving slowly forward.
Ji Nanchuan leaned on the back of the carriage. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the death of Taoist Yuqing today was strange. His eyes involuntarily turned to Meng who was drinking tea.
"Madam, does Taoist Master Yuqing's death have anything to do with you?"
It was just a casual question, and Ji Nanchuan didn't think about what answer Meng would give.
After all, she didn't even dare to kill a chicken at home, let alone kill a living person!
This happened in front of so many people including Emperor Jingyang and the Queen, and the time of death was determined exactly.
Ji Nanchuan didn't think about Meng at all, but she put down the teacup, looked at Ji Nanchuan calmly, and said three words.
"I killed him."
Ji Nanchuan: "..."
Ji Nanchuan: "!!!"
His eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "What did you say?"
Meng was silent for a moment, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Today, when Taoist Master Yuqing came down the mountain to ask me for the banknotes, I put a Gu on him to prevent any accidents from happening."
"If he doesn't confess anything about the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, the poison won't work. But once he tries to say the key words related to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and you and me, the poison will bite his heart and kill him."
Meng's words shocked Ji Nanchuan. He sat up straight and asked, "Where did you get the poisonous insect?"
"I asked someone to buy it."
Ji Nanchuan: "..."
Ji Nanchuan: "!!!"
He really didn't expect that Meng, who had always been law-abiding in the Marquis' Mansion, could say such words calmly.
Ji Nanchuan looked at Meng with scrutiny, his heart filled with complicated emotions.
It seemed as if this was the first time he got to know Meng again.
He saw an unknown side of the other person.
And this person is the one who sleeps beside him.
It would be a lie for Ji Nanchuan to say that he was not afraid. In his opinion, the poisonous insects were extremely evil.
It can control people and kill them without them even noticing.
The most important thing is that there are very few people in this world who can cure poisonous insects, and many imperial doctors can't even take a person's pulse.
Ji Nanchuan swallowed his saliva and asked nervously: "Madam, do you have any extra poisonous insects?"
In fact, what he wanted to ask was whether Meng had put a curse on him, but he couldn't say it out loud for fear of arousing Meng's suspicion.
Meng and Ji Nanchuan have been husband and wife for so many years that she can tell what the other is thinking almost at a glance.
She pulled the corner of her lips and said, "Don't be afraid, my lord. I am your wife. How could I possibly harm you?"
"The poisonous insects in Miaojiang are rare to begin with. I bought this one by chance."
After she finished speaking, she chuckled and continued, "Have you forgotten, Lord? When I was at home before, I told you that Taoist Master Yuqing asked me for a huge sum of 150,000 taels of silver. At that time, Lord Marquis didn't care and even asked me to give him the silver."
Ji Nanchuan's breathing stagnated, and he asked in surprise: "So, from that time on, you planned to put a curse on him?"
Meng picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Yes, I was thinking of finding a chance to give it to Ji Yuntang, but Taoist Yuqing got the advantage in advance."
Ji Nanchuan was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He felt that the Meng family had changed now!
She was no longer the Meng he knew. She had become vicious, cruel and calculating.
The man who didn't even dare to kill a chicken before can now plan to kill people step by step. His mind is so meticulous that it's scary.
Ji Nanchuan looked at Meng with fear in his eyes.
He decided that after returning home, he would sleep in a separate room from Meng.
Meng didn't know Ji Nanchuan's thoughts yet, she felt that her move was perfect.
Although she failed to kill Ji Yuntang, she killed Taoist Master Yuqing and saved the entire Yongning Marquis Mansion.
Most importantly, no one present suspected it was her.
She felt that she had accomplished a great deed this time, and Ji Nanchuan should be nicer to her in the future, right?
The husband and wife were sitting in the same carriage, but they had different thoughts.
At the same time, Ji Yuntang also returned to the Night Palace.
As soon as she walked in, she saw Luo Junhe sitting in a wheelchair. His beautiful bamboo-like fingers were holding a pair of silver scissors, trimming the camellia flowers she planted in the yard.
A smile appeared in the corners of her eyes. She reached out and pulled a camellia branch that needed to be trimmed in front of Luo Junhe, while talking to him.
"Ahe, guess what your father gave me as a reward today?"
Luo Junhe cut off the branches with a "click" and looked at the woman beside him with deep peach blossom eyes.
"I guess the emperor will give you an official position."
"This official won't be high-ranking. At most, he's a minor official of the sixth or seventh rank, and he'll only be doing odd jobs."
Ji Yuntang gave him a thumbs up and said, "You really understand your father."
"However, he didn't confer me an official rank of 6th or 7th grade, but a clerk of the rank of 9th grade, which is not even 9th grade. I can see that he really wants me to work in the Ministry of Revenue. I guess he wants to keep an eye on me."
"By the way, he also said that he would arrange two people to take care of your daily life. Doesn't this mean that he wants to monitor the Night Palace as well?"
Luo Junhe's eyes darkened, and he turned to look at Ji Yuntang, "Atang didn't agree, right?"
"Am I such a fool?" Ji Yuntang pushed his wheelchair forward. "It's obvious that he has no good intentions. Today he was thinking of taking our woodworking designs to other three countries to sell for money, but Master Mei rebuked him!"