Quick Transmigration Sweet Story, The White Moonlight Rescue Plan

Li Xuanjing suddenly reached out and ripped off the ribbon binding the Buddha's head, his long, ink-black hair flying wildly in the breeze. He held a gilded bodhi seed between his fingers and flicked it precisely at the fish-shaped talisman at Ling Nanchen's waist, the crisp sound of metal clashing startling the candlelight in the room.

"Second Young Master, when you took that Ministry of War token from the gambling table at Zuixianlou on the 20th of last month, did you ever consider that it would alarm the Censorate?" He walked to Gu Xiao's side, his black python robe brushing against her white mourning clothes.

Before the words were finished, the hidden doors on the four walls of the ancestral hall suddenly burst open, and twelve black-armored guards, each holding a crossbow, aimed their arrows at Ling Nanchen's throat.

Ling Nanchen stared at Li Xuanjing in disbelief, never expecting him to know so much about the Ling family's affairs.

The torrential rain, mixed with hail, pounded on the glazed tiles, and Li Xuanjing pulled out a yellowed silk scroll from his sleeve.

When the words "corruption" appeared before Ling Nanchen's eyes, the ever-burning lamp on the offering table suddenly burst into flames, illuminating the gold paint on Ling Yubai's memorial tablet with dazzling brilliance—the flying white stroke of the last horizontal stroke of the character "Bai" was exactly the same as the annotation in the silk book.

"Impossible!" Ling Nanchen staggered backward, knocking over the incense table, and the gilded incense burner rolled away. "Impossible! Everyone who knew about this is dead, all dead!"

Li Xuanjing caught the falling memorial tablet, his fingertips tracing the dark patterns on its base: "A year ago, on the eve of Brother Yu Bai's serious illness, what he entrusted to me for safekeeping was not some 'family letter'." He suddenly slammed the tablet heavily to the ground, and half a secret letter burst out from the sandalwood shards, which contained the charges against Ling Nanchen.

Suddenly, the sound of armored figures kneeling in unison echoed outside the ancestral hall. Mo Feng's voice pierced through the rain: "Your Highness, the Ministry of Justice has seized ten cartloads of gold and silver from the Ling family's villa. It was indeed embezzled military funds."

Ling Nanchen slumped into the incense ash, his face ashen. Li Xuanjing then crouched down, smiling, and whispered in Ling Nanchen's ear, "Second brother, do you really think your elder brother is a blind and delusional hypocrite?"

In the instant the thunder roared, Li Xuanjing had already taken Gu Xiao's hand, pressed the secret letter into her palm, and said earnestly, "I must thank the First Madam for her righteous act of sacrificing family ties. I will certainly put in a good word for her when the time comes." As he rolled up his wide sleeves, three black iron chains suddenly fell from the dome of the ancestral hall, firmly nailing Ling Nanchen to the "Family Division Contract" filled with evidence of his crimes.

Gu Xiao stared blankly at all of this, unable to believe that he would actually harm his own family in order to eliminate any future troubles for her.

Just as Li Xuanjing was about to finish dealing with everything, a loud and clear male voice suddenly came from outside the door, abruptly cutting off the words he was about to utter.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Li Xuanche waving a folding fan, a warm smile on his face, striding into the ancestral hall.

Li Xuanche was also carrying an exquisite food box, which looked heavy and must have been filled with all sorts of delicious food.

As he walked, he muttered to himself, "My lady has worked so hard these past few days taking care of the affairs of the manor. I specially selected some of your favorite pastries for my dear friend who has long since passed away, as a small token of my appreciation."

After saying that, Li Xuanche ignored Li Xuanjing standing at the door as if he were invisible, walked straight to Gu Xiao without looking at her, and handed her the food box without hesitation. Gu Xiao was slightly taken aback, but quickly reacted, took the food box, and thanked Li Xuanche softly.

However, Li Xuanjing, who had been standing at the door, was not happy about this. He watched helplessly as Li Xuanche walked past as if no one else was there, completely ignoring his presence. A nameless anger ignited in his heart, but he could not show it.

Li Xuanche, on the other hand, only seemed to wake up from a dream after Gu Xiao took the food box and noticed that there were two angry people glaring at him next to him.

So he quickly put on an expression of sudden realization and belatedly realized, and greeted Li Xuanjing and Young Master Ling with a big smile: "Oh my, it's Ninth Imperial Uncle! My eyes are so sharp, I didn't even see you here! How rude of me!"

Li Xuanjing replied with a forced smile, "It's nothing. I'm here to take care of some business for His Highness the Crown Prince. I won't stay any longer!"

"That's good. I happen to have something to say to my wife, so I won't keep you any longer, Uncle Jiu!" Li Xuanche said without any ceremony, adopting the attitude of the male host.