Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

The sound was so loud that it almost echoed throughout the Duke's Mansion. Chen Changli rubbed his brows helplessly, stopped trying to stop him, and just looked at him quietly.

Soon, Wan Shufang rushed over after hearing the news. The first thing she saw was Tan Tai He lying on the ground crying, and Chen Changli standing beside him as if nothing had happened. She was slightly stunned: "Changli, what's going on?"

Before Chen Changli could say anything, Tan Tai He came up to her and said pitifully, "Sister, he hit me and broke my hand."

The boy's wobbly arm frightened Wan Shufang instantly. She hurriedly checked and breathed a sigh of relief when she found it was just dislocated. She straightened it in a few seconds.

There was a click, and Tan Tai He's eyes suddenly filled with tears: "Sister, it hurts."

"Can you please kick him out? He's a bad guy."

Hearing this, Chen Changli couldn't help but laugh out loud. He looked at Wan Shufang with a deep gaze and said, "Madam, are you going to kick my husband out of the house?"

After hearing this, Wan Shufang looked at the two jealous people fighting for her favor. She was so confused that she said helplessly, "Changli, why are you bullying a child?"

"Hehe, but this kid's kung fu is pretty good." Chen Changli chuckled and signaled Wan Shufang with his eyes to look at the injured servants in the yard.

Now it was Wan Shufang's turn to be surprised. She cast a suspicious look on the boy's face: "Were all the injuries on their bodies caused by you?"

"I...I, I hit them because they scolded me."

Tan Tai He felt very aggrieved and lowered his head slightly. He subconsciously wanted to come over and act coquettishly with Wan Shufang, but was coldly taken away by Chen Changli.

He immediately glared at Chen Changli with disgust in his eyes, but before he could lose his temper, Chen Changli threw him to a black-clad secret guard and coldly ordered: "Take him away, lock him up in the dungeon, and then carefully investigate his identity."

"Such skills are definitely not ordinary people."

After she finished speaking, Wan Shufang hesitated a little, but facing Tan Tai He's pleading eyes, she looked away for the first time. Well, she was just curious about this guy's identity.

Anyway, Chen Changli would not kill anyone casually, so she didn't need to worry too much.

Thinking of this, she completely relaxed and let him go without paying any attention to him. In the evening, when Chen Changli was massaging Wan Shufang's shoulders, she suddenly turned her head to look at him, interrupting his movements.

"Changli, according to the time, it seems that the Chen family will be worshipping their ancestors in two days, but we haven't started preparing yet..."

As she spoke, a trace of worry appeared on her face. Seeing Wan Shufang's uneasy look, Chen Changli, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but pinch her cheek, holding her hand and said, "It's okay, I'll take you up the mountain tomorrow."

"Now that the foreign enemies have not been eliminated, the sacrifices can only be kept simple for now."

"Is this really okay?" Wan Shufang was still a little worried, but when she saw Chen Changli nod, she stopped talking in doubt.

The next morning, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang prepared the offerings and took them up the mountain to their ancestral cemetery. They first cleaned the area around the cemetery and then placed the offerings one by one.

This is the beginning of worshiping our ancestors.

"Ancestor, I, your descendant Chen Changli, and my wife Wan Shufang, have come to pay my respects to you."

As soon as the words fell, they both knelt down to salute, but after only three kowtows, they saw the secret guards running over and said in panic, "Sir, Madam, something bad has happened!"

Hearing the words "not good", the two of them felt a little headache, but they still endured it and remained calm and asked: "What happened?"

"Your Excellency, the Northern Di envoys have arrived in the capital, but they did not come to see Your Majesty. Instead, they came to the Duke's Mansion. They brought a jade pendant, claiming it was given by an ancestor of the Chen family. I saw that the jade pendant did indeed have the Chen family emblem, so I hurried to report it."

Hearing this, the two were shocked, but they didn't care too much. After hurriedly apologizing to their ancestor, they left the cemetery and rushed back to the Duke's Mansion.

When the two came back, the Beidi delegation was sitting in the hall, looking leisurely.

Seeing Chen Changli return, the leader immediately took out the jade pendant and whispered, "Duke, you should recognize this jade pendant, right?"

After he finished speaking, Chen Changli glanced at the jade pendant. Seeing that it was indeed the Chen family emblem, his face darkened. "The Chen family's ancestors have never been to Beidi. I don't know where you got this thing from?"

"You're a descendant, so how can you say you haven't been there?" The man scoffed, put away the jade pendant, and then spoke: "This jade pendant is a token of the alliance your grandfather made with the leader of a Northern Di tribe."

"The Northern Di tribe is currently in civil strife, and the tribal leader who possesses the jade pendant has been falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. He is truly desperate. We have come here only to ask the Duke to come forward and testify as agreed."

"Otherwise..." He changed the subject, his eyes hardened, and his tone was unfriendly: "Otherwise we will make the token public and falsely accuse your clan of treason!"

The other party bluntly said the word "false accusation" and even looked at him provocatively. It was obvious that he felt he had nothing to fear and could control Chen Changli.

His words did make Chen Changli and Wan Shufang a little wary. He had recognized that it was indeed his grandfather's relic, but he didn't know why it fell into the hands of the Northern Di people.

If we sit back and do nothing, and the letter leaks out, it will definitely ruin the family's reputation, and even... our lives will be in danger.

Now, Chen Ping and others have a smooth career, so he really doesn't dare to gamble!

Thoughts swirling, Chen Changli took a deep breath and could only temporarily coax those people: "This matter is of no small importance. Please allow me to think about it."

Hearing this, several Beidi people looked at each other and finally nodded in agreement: "Okay, Lord Duke, then we will give you time."

"However, I want a reply by tomorrow at the latest. Do you agree to go with us to Beidi? Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."

Seeing the threat in the other party's eyes, Chen Changli gritted his teeth and said calmly: "Okay."

After he agreed, he did not stop for a moment and asked people to see the guests off. After everyone left, Wan Shufang supported Chen Changli and said, "Changli, that jade pendant is really..."

"It's my grandfather's legacy, that's true."

"How could this be? This must be a trap set by the Northern Di or a spy within the court, just to expose our true identity."

Wan Shufang murmured, but soon fell silent. Even if they guessed this, there was nothing they could do at the moment and they could only let the Northern Di people control them.

After a moment of silence, the two raised their heads, looked into each other's eyes, and then nodded slightly.

"For the sake of the Chen family's innocence, we can only agree to go to Beidi. As for other matters, we need to stabilize the Beidi delegation first and then investigate." Chen Changli said slowly, and then heard Wan Shufang sigh, looking anxious, but also agreed.

"This is the only way to deal with the current situation. Otherwise, those mad dogs will really do whatever it takes and push the Chen family into the abyss. Ping'er and the others are at a critical moment in their official careers and cannot be affected."

Moreover, they did not dare to gamble because everyone in the court believed them, and they could never admit to the crime of treason.