Xuan Yelan smiled and patted Xuan Minghui's head. "Okay, it was my fault this time. I won't do it again next time."

Xuan Minghui's eyes widened when he heard this, "Do you want to do it again?"

Xuan Yelan looked embarrassed, "No, there won't be a next time."

Xuan Minghui felt wronged and threw himself into Qi Wuyou's arms, "Sister-in-law, you see, brother only knows how to bully Minghui."

Xuan Yelan pushed Xuan Minghui away, "There is a difference between men and women. This is your sister-in-law, keep your distance."

Xuan Minghui didn't listen, "I'm still a child, I'm only fifteen years old."

Xuan Yelan raised his eyebrows, "I forgot that you are already fifteen years old. Tomorrow, let the uncle pick a few wives for you."

Xuan Minghui curled his lips and looked at Qi Wuyou who was gloating over his misfortune. "Otherwise, brother, give your sister-in-law to me as your wife."

"My brother is more than ten years older than my sister-in-law, but I am only one year older than her."

Age has always been a taboo for Xuan Yelan. Sure enough, as soon as Xuan Minghui finished speaking, Xuan Yelan's face turned green.

"I think you're itching for trouble," Xuan Yelan said sternly.

Before Xuan Yelan's slap hit Xuan Minghui's butt, he ran out of the imperial study happily, "Brother, Minghui knows his mistake, you and little sister-in-law will grow old together."

"This little bastard deserves to be punished." Although the last sentence appeased Xuan Yelan, his expression was still very ugly because of his age that stimulated him before.

Qi Wuyou smiled and said, "I didn't know you had such a cute brother."

Xuan Yelan's anger, which had just subsided, rose again, "You actually praised him for being cute?"

Qi Wuyou kept looking at the direction where Xuan Minghui ran away, and didn't notice Xuan Yelan's emotions. "Yeah, she's cute and pretty."

Xuan Yelan's face turned completely dark. He straightened Qi Wuyou's body so that she was facing him. "You can only look at me."

Qi Wuyou found it a little funny. Well, he was jealous again.

"Okay, okay, I'll only look at you." Qi Wuyou quickly hugged her and comforted her, saying, "You're so jealous, don't let yourself get hurt by being jealous anymore."

Xuan Yelan found this trick very useful, and most of the depression in his heart was relieved.

The next day, the Duke's Mansion spread the news of Zhang Ruoning's death, and many people came to pay their respects.

Zhang Ji went over and made a big fuss again, insisting that he had to see Zhang Ruoning to lose her virginity.

What a joke, what if it's fake death?

Liuzhi wrote to say that she had fallen off a cliff, and before they had time to look for her, people from the Duke's Mansion and the Imperial Palace had already arrived.

Zhang Ji couldn't feel at ease because he was not sure whether she was really dead.

He was making so much noise that Duke Anguo decided to let him watch.

Zhang Ji looked over and saw a female corpse in the coffin that was so unrecognizable that her original appearance could not be seen at all.

Zhang Ji was unable to recognize the body and could only suppress his nausea and rush over to hug it, wanting to see if there was that wound on the body.

On his way here, Zhang Ji thought about the fact that the original appearance of the corpse could not be seen, and naturally he thought of the scar on Zhang Ruoning's chest.

Duke Anguo and Ma Yu both saw Zhang Ji's actions. They knew that this little jerk would do this. Fortunately, they were prepared.

Ma Yuanzhu couldn't bear it anymore. Although she was not his biological daughter, he couldn't let this beast insult her corpse.

Someone was immediately sent to pull him away, but Zhang Ji refused to let go.

During the tearing, Zhang Ji saw the scar as he wished, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

He stopped pretending, waved away the servant who was pulling him, straightened his messy clothes, waved his sleeves and left.

Zhang Ji didn't even think about it. How could a weak scholar like him resist the pulling of those servants?

Duke Anguo sneered. The people sent by His Majesty were very useful and looked like the real ones.

Mrs. Ma went forward to tidy up the clothes of the corpse, and carefully wiped the scar on the chest with a handkerchief, feeling extremely bitter.

Xiaotao, I'm sorry for you. It was so painful, but I still asked you to act with us.

Don't worry, it won't take long before I send Zhang Ji down to apologize to you.

Ma held back her grief, tears welling in her eyes as she ordered, "Seal the coffin."

While people were crying and wailing over there, Zhang Ji was ecstatic and went straight to Nanshi to find Liuzhi.

As for why I knew to find Liuzhi, it was because Xuan Yelan had already found the butcher.

As the saying goes, to catch a thief, you must seize the stolen goods. When Zhang Ji was giving the eight thousand taels of silver note to Liu Zhi, he was caught red-handed by Liu and He Gengwu who were following closely.

It turned out that the group of people led by Six Fingers were deserters. They were okay against ordinary guards, but they were far from enough to fight against the Imperial Guards.

They were all pressed down one by one, and not a single one escaped.

As for Zhang Ji, he was already confused when Geng Wu and Liu He came in.

When he came to his senses and was about to explain, he was interrupted by Liu He.

He shook the banknote he had just taken and sneered, "Master Zhang, you should think about how to explain this banknote to His Majesty."

After saying that, he exchanged a glance with Geng Wu, "My family, Steward Geng, and these imperial guards saw with their own eyes that you took the money out from several banks and gave it to Six Fingers here."

Zhang Jitui sat on the ground. Liu He was right. He had been an official for so many years, it was impossible for him to come up with eight thousand taels just from his salary.

Moreover, he was originally a poor scholar with no background, so the origin of the money was enough to make him suffer a lot.

Liu He sneered, "Take him away and put him in the prison. I'll let you know your fate later."

On the same day, Ye Wu received the news and went to find Shen Gao Ruoning.

Straight to the point, "Ms. Zhang, your family is here to pick you up."

Zhang Ruoning was stunned when she heard this. She said her name was Ma Ruoning. Could it be that the manager Ye already knew his identity?

Ye Wu noticed Zhang Ruoning's expression and said, "The day you woke up, we knew your identity."

"However, after the girl leaves, this farm must not be disclosed to the outside world."

Zhang Ruoning nodded when he heard this, "Of course."

It must be related to Mrs. He's identity. She doesn't want to be exposed, so Zhang Ruoning will help her hide it no matter what.

Ye Wu nodded, "A carriage will take you out later, and your family will be waiting for you at Ci'an Temple."

Zhang Ruoning nodded without saying anything.

Ye Wu recalled the contents of the secret letter and added, "Zhang Ji, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has been arrested for corruption and has been thrown into prison. His wife has already divorced him."

Zhang Ruoning looked up in surprise. Ye Wu explained, "As far as I know, your mother divorced your father right after you left the Zhang family."

Zhang Ruoning cried with joy, "That's good, that's good."

This happiness is for myself and for my mother.

Now that Zhang Ji has been arrested, she may be safe, and her mother will no longer be implicated by Zhang Ji.

Ye Wu couldn't bear to see girls cry, so he said, "I'll ask Aunt Zhang to help you. Just pack up and leave."

Zhang Ruoning quickly touched his face, "That benefactor..."

Ye Wu said, "Madam already knows. She told you to live well. You still have a long future ahead of you."

Zhang Ruoning sat up and bowed, "Manager, please help Ruoning pass on a message, just say that Ruoning will do it."

"Also, Ruoning didn't deliberately deceive his benefactor."

Ye Wu nodded and Aunt Zhang walked in.

A quarter of an hour later, a carriage left the farm and headed straight for Ci'an Temple.

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