Chapter 9

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"What about the Ministry of Punishment?" Jiang Qingyue asked as she followed behind Yan Shi.

    "The murderer drowned himself." Yan Shi said.

    Jiang Qingyue naturally understood Yan Maki's meaning, this life snatcher had 13 lives on his back, even if he was killed, it was not enough. The Ministry of Justice was all under King Zhaoge's command, so it was better to do more than less. The two disappearances that happened in the last few days are still unsolved, and now there is another case of human life, so I am afraid that the Ministry of Justice will make a big deal out of it.

    All the evidence now points to a suicide, and even if the Ministry of Justice came to investigate, that would be the result. But Yan Shi won't really know anything about the case, he'll just secretly send someone to investigate. It's not to avenge the death of the Fatalist, but it's just that the sudden appearance of the Fatalist in the Imperial City at this time is suspicious. It is worth investigating whether it is related to the two cases of recent disappearances.

    In fact, Yan Shi could have come to the Da Lisi first, he just got married yesterday and according to the rules, he could have taken ten days off. But he didn't want to stay in the palace and really didn't want to say it was to avoid the young princess.

    Yan Shi sighed softly, to say that he previously suspected that Hua Ling's appearance was pretend, but after the incident of serving tea in the palace, he concluded that Hua Ling he was like that by nature. What he said in the palace was not very favourable to the Kang Le Mansion, and the people of the Kang Le Mansion would not be so stupid as to sell themselves out just because they wanted to win others over. Therefore, if Hua Ling was not such a person by nature, why would he say such things before the Emperor?

    But this is where Yan Shi's head hurts. Last night he was actually given that by Hua Ling, and if it were anyone else, I'm afraid that person would no longer be alive at this moment. But Hua Ling is a child who knows nothing, he is not like those who have evil intentions, he only knows what to do on the wedding night, so he did it, and from this point of view he is not wrong. Yan Shi couldn't even be angry with him now if he wanted to, but it was inevitable that he would feel embarrassed to see him again.

    Instead of going back to Nuan Yang Court, Yan Shi found a room to stay in this night.

    The young princess, on his second day in the house, was left alone.

    It was late at night and all was silent. The innocent little princess quietly left the Nuan Yang Pavilion and flew up to the roof of the house, where he gently lifted a tile on the roof of a compartment and took advantage of the moonlight shining into the house to look greedily at the sleeping man on the bed for a while before he left again.

    No matter how much Yan Shi did not want to see his little princess, he still had to see him after dawn - it was time for Hua Ling to return to peace.

    According to the rules of the Yuan dynasty, a couple or husband and wife had to go together for the nunnery.

    The housekeeper, Qingji, had already prepared the gifts, so he did not take a sedan chair to the residence of the King of Hongle, but a carriage.

    "Brother." Yan Shi and Hua Ling were not originally sitting in the same place, it was Hua Ling who later sat over on his own.

    Yan Shi opened the curtain and looked out, pretending not to hear.

    "Brother-"

    Hua Ling gently shook his arm, and Yan Shi could not pretend not to hear him anymore, so he had to turn back to him and ask, "What is it?"

    "Where did brother go last night?" All of Hua Ling's expressions were written on his face, and at this moment this face full of unhappiness was unrestrained, and his tone was extremely resentful, "Why didn't you come back?"

    "I went to investigate a case last night," Yan Shi said, "I came back too late for fear of disturbing you, so I slept in the compartment."

    Hua Ling's face looked a little better: "Is brother always so busy?"

    Yan Shi thought that this was a good opportunity, so he said, "From now on, Your Highness can sleep on his own, there is no need to wait for me."

    "How can I do that? I'll be scared if I sleep by myself. I'm afraid of the dark, and I'm also afraid of ghosts." The unhappiness on Hua Ling's face was even more than just now, his eyebrows already knitted together, "Also, how come brother forgot again that you have to call me Ling'er."

    "Then how did you sleep before?" Yan Shi asked.

    "Before I got married I had the mute sister with me," Hua Ling said, "but I'm married now, how can I still have someone else with me?"

    Yan Shi did not intend to dwell too much on the subject, looking out of the window at the receding landscape and suddenly thinking of something else; he did not want anyone from the Kangle State House to know that he and Hua Ling had consummated their marriage. This was not because of his so-called face, but because he did not want the Duke of Kangle to misunderstand that he wanted to befriend him.

    "Mingting," Yan Shi still could not say "Ling'er", "you must be careful what you say when you see your parents."

    Looking at Hua Ling's puzzled gaze, Yan Shi added, "Don't say much about the two of us, especially, ahem, especially about the bridal chamber."

    Hua Ling was still puzzled, "Why? I still want both Father and Mother to know that I'm doing well."

    Yan Shi did not want to explain more to him and suddenly remembered what he had said earlier, "Didn't your mother teach you to 'get married and obey your husband'? Then did you listen to my words."

    "Yes, I listen to everything my brother says," Hua Ling seemed to be convinced, "Then is it okay if I talk to them about meeting Father and Mother?"

    "That's okay."

    After receiving the affirmation Hua Ling smiled, but then remembered what he had just said, "Then will brother still go out to live in the future?"

    "It's not easy to say." Yan Shi could not bear to lie to him, especially when he looked at Hua Ling's big eyes that were full of thirst. Deceiving a child as innocent as white paper would make him feel a sense of guilt.

    Hua Ling's mouth immediately puckered up, "I'm not happy."

    Yan Shi didn't say anything else and took a book next to him and flipped through it, pretending to be engrossed in it.

    "I'm a bit sad oh." Hua Ling muttered in a small voice.

    Yan Shi pretended not to hear him and flipped through another page of the book.

    "I'm not in a good mood." Hua Ling attempted to get his own brother's attention with constant talking.

    Yan Shi pretended to turn another page of the book.

    "I'm a little sick, maybe I'm sick." Still undeterred, Hua Ling even bent his body down and looked at Yan Shi with his head facing upwards that way.

    Yan Shi decided to ignore it to the end.

    "I really don't feel well." Hua Ling's two forefingers touched each other, his small mouth holding one another, "It's hard to feel uncomfortable in my heart."

    Just as Yan Shi was having a hard time, the carriage suddenly stopped and Qing Ji's voice rang out from outside, "Your Highness, Your Highness, we have arrived."

    The two of them got off the carriage one after another, and Qing Ji looked at the angry Wang Fei, wondering what was wrong with him, he was so happy before he got on the carriage, why was he angry now?

    Naturally, the people of the Duke of Kangle's house knew that Yan Shi was coming back today, but they didn't make too many preparations in front of the house, it was still the same as before. Yan Shi knew that this was a sign to him, to let him know that they could draw him in or discard him at any time.

    The concierge went to inform him and in a short time Hua Qiancheng went out to greet him with his family. There were dozens of people in the family, and they were standing in a full house.

    Hua Qiancheng had three brothers, all of whom lived together. The other two brothers were also officials in the imperial court, but they were not very important, and were no match for Hua Qiancheng.

    As Yan Shi's status was there after all, Hua Qiancheng was not rude and invited him into the lobby of the house. However, he also saw Hua Ling, who was full of anger, and after he had offered tea, Hua Qian Cheng gave a wink and asked Yang to send Hua Ling away on an excuse.

    Yan Shi knew full well that he had gone to find out the news.

    When she came in the morning, Yan Shi did not ask Mute Sister to come with her on the pretext that she was too old to stand the strain, so there was no one to serve Hua Ling. So Yan Shi asked Qingji to wait beside Hua Ling, and once Hua Ling left, Qingji naturally followed.

    The only people in the hall were Yan Shi and the Hua family, who had some pleasantries with each other, when they saw the housekeeper of the Hua residence hurrying in from outside.

    "Your Highness, Master," he gave a salute to both Yan Shi and Hua Qiancheng, "King Zhaoge has sent someone here, saying that he has something for you."

    A trace of surprise appeared on Hua Qiancheng's face, "Where now?"

    The butler replied, "He is waiting for you outside the door."

    Yan Shi put his cup of tea on the table and said before Hua Qiancheng could say anything, "Since father-in-law has something to do, you should go and get busy."

    "Then, Your Highness, wait a little later," Hua Qiancheng's face made an appearance of great difficulty, "I'll be right back."

    Looking at Hua Qiancheng's back, Yan Shi picked up his cup of tea and took another sip, narrowing his eyes. This was clearly a deliberate move, a warning to him, this was really a combination of grace and power.

    After about half a cup of tea, Yan Shi got up and walked outside, with the servants of the Duke's mansion waiting behind him, Yan Shi waved his hand and told them to go back.

    This is the second time that the Duke of Kangle's residence has come here, the first time being to welcome the bride. It has been less than half a year since Yan Shi left the palace to establish his residence, but he can count on his five fingers the number of residences of the dignitaries in the capital that he has visited.

    After passing through the water pavilions and buildings, Yan Shi remembered that there seemed to be a large garden in the residence.

    As he walked towards it, he saw the sound of a man and a woman among the flowers. The man was none other than his young Wangfei, and the woman was Yang.

    Yan Shi lightened his steps and walked quietly towards the garden. The flowers in the garden were in full bloom, so Yan Shi did not go in, but only found a hiding place outside. There were four people in the garden, Hua Ling, Yang, and Yang's two maids, but Qingji was not there.

    "Why are you so useless, you can't even do the smallest thing!" It was Yang who spoke, her voice loud and with a monstrous anger in her tone.

    "your son, your son didn't do anything either." Hua Ling bowed his head, his voice full of aggression.

    Yan Shi frowned, this Yang really did not leave any face, she was telling people off in front of the maid. I'm afraid that this was not the first or second time this had happened.

    "How dare you talk back!" Yang used one finger to nudge at Hua Ling's head, "Have you become so unfilial since you married someone else?"

    For some reason, Yang's action made Yan Shi very uncomfortable, and after thinking about it, Yan Shi should have sympathised with the child who had been bullied by his stepmother.

    "I dare not," Hua Ling lowered his head a few more points, his voice shaking a little nervously, "Mother will always be my mother, this child should not have made mother angry, it's just that this child really doesn't understand why  mother is angry. I thought I had behaved well when I saw Father and Mother yesterday, and they even rewarded me with a lot of things."

    Hearing this, Yan Shi understood that the Empress must have told Yang what had happened yesterday, and Yang was looking for trouble with his young wangfei over it.

Note: I would stop using the word concubine, cause Hua ling is not a concubine, but the legitimate wife of Yan Shi..

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