Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Pei Xuanzhi heard this, but still forced himself to tease Song Wanning, "Why are you crying? It's just a minor injury, it will heal after some rest. The Prime Minister will be jealous if he sees you crying for another man."

Song Wanning was amused by Pei Xuanzhi's words and said, "It's already this hour, and you're still saying this. Think about how you're going to explain it when you get home."

"I won't explain anymore." Pei Xuanzhi closed his eyes and said slowly, "You are the one who should explain."

Song Wanning knew in her heart that now that the Pei family had saved her life, she didn't know how to repay them, and she didn't know how to face Master and Madam Pei.

"Go back home and check on your injury first. I'll come to see you another day." Song Wanning sighed twice.

Song Wanning got off the carriage and ordered her men to send Pei Xuanzhi to Pei Mansion as soon as possible, while she stayed there to interrogate him with Yin Yichen.

General Chen stood here and explained to Yin Yichen, "Prime Minister, you don't know that the bandits can be so rampant because there is a mountain not far from the capital called Langfeng Mountain. There is miasma on the mountain. The bandits got a way to avoid the miasma from somewhere, so they went up the mountain to guard it and prevent outsiders from entering. These people were originally from a mountain hundreds of miles away. They were wiped out a few years ago. Who would have thought that a few of them escaped and became stronger and rebelled here. Now they even dare to stop the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion. They are really bold."

Yin Yichen frowned upon hearing this, and immediately continued, "It's obvious that these people came prepared, so how did they know when Madam would be leaving?"

"This..." General Chen shook his head and said slowly, "I'm afraid someone in the capital reported it, otherwise it's just a coincidence."

"It was Jiao Rong, the manager of Fengxian Restaurant. Seeing that I had reduced his power, Jiao Rong must have felt resentful, so he sent someone to tip off the gangsters. But why he was able to have contact with the bandits on Langfeng Mountain, I don't know." Song Wanning shook her head slightly and sighed, "Who would have thought that I would encounter such a thing when I was just visiting the shop."

Yin Yichen took a deep breath, his eyes were cold, and he said in a very cold voice, "Put Jiao Rong's matter aside, I will take care of it."

As they were talking, Song Jing and Song Lan also rode up on horseback. Song Jing jumped off his horse and looked at Song Wanning and said, "Wanning, I heard that you met bandits outside. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Song Wanning said with a guilty tone, "It's just that Xuanzhi was seriously injured while helping me, and now he has just returned to Pei Mansion to recuperate."

"How can there be bandits at the foot of the capital?" Song Lan frowned and looked at Song Wanning in confusion, "I heard that there were bandits on Mount Langfeng before. Could it be that group of people?"

Song Wanning nodded and sighed, "These bandits have a close relationship with my father. After hearing my name, they actually want to take revenge."

After hearing this, Song Jing became even more angry and said, "It was my fault that a few of them escaped in the first place, so I should have cleaned them up completely. I will report to His Majesty in the future, and I will definitely go up the mountain and catch them all in one fell swoop."

Song Lan came close to Song Jing and advised him, "It's good that the people are fine now. I'm afraid we need to plan for the suppression of the bandits. I heard that the bandits are now on Mount Langfeng and there is miasma protecting the mountain. Ordinary people will be poisoned if they go up the mountain. Now it's important to go and see Xuanzhi first."

Song Jing thought this made sense, and immediately said to Song Wanning, "Wanning, the most important thing now is to go see Xuanzhi first. Go home and have a rest, and go see Xuanzhi when you are less busy."

Song Wanning responded and watched Song Jing and Song Lan return on horseback.

Yin Yichen stood in front of Song Wanning, put his arm around her shoulders and whispered, "Don't worry, I will always repay Pei Xuanzhi's kindness with you."

Song Wanning responded softly. Now Pei Xuanzhi was injured for him. She needed to find a way to repay such a great favor. Although she heard Yin Yichen's comfort, she still couldn't be happy.

Song Wanning followed Yin Yichen back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. She was frightened, extremely sleepy and tired, and fell asleep after a while.

However, Yin Yichen, who was beside Song Wanning, got up and went to the study.

He looked at the book in his hand and called out softly, "Wei Fu."

Wei Fu, Yin Yichen's subordinate, came in from outside a short while later. Hearing Yin Yichen continue to speak, he said, "Go and bring Jiao Rong, the manager of Fengxian Restaurant, to me. I want to interrogate him personally."

Wei Fu said yes and quickly went out to catch the man. But within an hour, the man was tied up and brought to Yin Yichen.

Wei Fu explained in a low voice in Yin Yichen's study, "Master, the man has been captured. However, when I went to capture him, Jiao Rong was selling things in the house. I'm afraid he wanted to escape. Fortunately, I went there early, so he failed to succeed and was captured."

Yin Yichen raised his head and glanced at Jiao Rong who was lying on the ground. Jiao Rong's face was now as red as liver color, and the ropes on his body were tied tightly, causing the fat on his belly to flow out from the gaps in the ropes, which looked very funny.

"Take the cloth off his mouth." Yin Yichen's eyes were cold and indifferent, and the look he gave Jiao Rong was very oppressive.

Wei Fu responded and raised his hand to remove the cloth from Jiao Rong's mouth. Seeing this, Jiao Rong moved his fat body and tried to kneel on the ground, but failed several times. He kept begging for mercy, "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, this is all a misunderstanding. Please forgive me this time."

"Did I ask you? Why did you start talking about it yourself?" Yin Yichen's eyes dimmed and his face was as cold as a knife.

"Your Excellency, I... I... I heard about your wife's misfortune at home. Now that you have brought me here, I am afraid there must be some misunderstanding. I am explaining now." Jiao Rong's lips were trembling as he spoke. "Your Excellency, please understand. I have never done anything to let your wife down. How dare I?"

"Either you admit it yourself, or you are taken to the Ministry of Justice's prison. You choose one." Yin Yichen sneered and didn't look at Jiao Rong again.

"I... I was really possessed by a ghost. Today, my mistress went to Fengxian Restaurant and said she wanted to replace me. She also asked me to pay her back. I didn't have the money to pay her back, so I got angry..." Jiao Rong kept trying to comfort himself. "I know I was wrong now. If you forgive me this time, I will pay you back immediately and take my family away. I also ask you to consider my father's loyalty to Old Master Yin for his whole life, Prime Minister."

Yin Yichen raised his eyes again, his gaze was cold, and he said word by word, "I just want to ask you, how did you know the bandits from Langfeng Mountain?"