Prince's Mansion

Cao Li, the steward of the Prince's Mansion, reported to the prince, "Your Highness, Cao Sheng invited Ning Hou to meet at Youhu Villa today. Look, are you sending someone to follow me?"

Zong Zheng shook his head, "No need!" After saying that, he raised his foot and walked into the study.

Cao Li stood there and looked at the prince's back, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The Cao family has had many accidents, and now even Cao Sheng cannot protect himself. Anyone with a brain can perceive it. This is not an accident, but a human cause.

Now, I just hope that Cao Sheng is smart enough to not tell Ning Hou everything. Otherwise, his situation will only get worse and will never get better.

Although something happened to the Cao family, Cao Li had no evidence to prove that Ning Hou was doing it. However, Cao Li thought in his heart that it must be Ning Hou.

Youhu Manor

A meadow, a pool of streams, several pavilions, and two-story wooden houses!

Quiet, cool, unique and vast, it can escape the summer heat and ride a horse, and is the best place to relax.

When Ning Hou finished his work and came as promised, Cao Sheng had been waiting in the pavilion for a long time.

"The sinner has seen the marquis, and the marquis is blessed." Cao Sheng bowed to the marquis Ning, and even claimed that he was no longer a humble minister, but a sinner.

I just don’t know what this ‘sin’ refers to?

Does it mean that he embezzled and accepted bribes? Or, he and Ning Youzhuang dared to decide on this marriage without his consent?

If it is the former, it is useless for Cao Sheng to apologize to Ning Hou. If it is the latter, it is too late to apologize now.

"Cao Xiang is so polite." Ning Hou responded and walked to the stone bench in the pavilion to sit down.

Cao Sheng walked over, picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea and put it to Ning Hou, "Mr. Marquis, please use tea."

Ning Hou nodded and said politely, "Cao Please sit down."

"Mr. Xie." Cao Xiang did not act pretentiously and shied down opposite Ning Hou.

Looking at Cao Sheng, who had become much haggard and thinner in just a few days, Ning Hou picked up the tea with him and took a sip of it, "This tea tastes good."

"Just Marquis likes it." Cao Sheng said, smiling bitterly, and said with a heavy expression, "It's just that no matter how good the tea is, the guilty minister can't taste it now."

Ning Hou didn't say anything after hearing this.

Cao Sheng then knelt down at the foot of the Marquis Ning, "Mr., the criminal, knowing that he had lost his composure in the engagement and humiliated the Marquis. The criminal, willing to be punished by the Marquis for his stupidity and ignorance. However, the crime is not as good as his wife and children. Please spare their lives for the sake of the innocent wife and children of the crime."

After hearing this, Ning Hou looked at Cao Sheng kneeling at his feet, his expression was cool and faint.

Mo Chen, who was standing aside, raised his eyes and looked at Cao Sheng kneeling on the ground, frowned.

Is Cao Sheng apologizing? This is clearly an accusation!

He said something about apologizing, but he blamed the Marquis for his wife, Mrs. Cao Bilan, and what happened to Cao Lan, and the Marquis. He pointed out that Cao Lan fell off a horse and Cao Bilan was poisoned by the Marquis.

It seems that Cao Sheng invited the marquis here today not to surrender but to apologize.

I don’t know where he got the courage, but I felt like using this trick. Or is it that who gave him this courage? It made him so presumptuous!

Looking at Cao Sheng with a solemn expression and a begging look, Ning Hou smiled slightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and spoke slowly, "Since Cao Xiang has spoken, I naturally cannot give you this old face."

Upon hearing this, Cao Sheng looked up and looked at Ning Hou, his eyes changing.

"I will definitely work hard to ensure that the wife and children of Cao Xiang are safe! As for Cao Xiang, what kind of crime you have committed, the emperor will decide, and it is not my turn to take action." Ning Hou said, stretching out his hand.

Mo Chen understood and handed the box in his hand to Ning Hou.

Ning Hou opened it, took out a booklet from the box, looked through it casually, and said slowly, "Since you want to be an in-law, then, I naturally need to know about you, Cao Xiang, as your father-in-law. So, I asked someone to check it out a little, but I really didn't know it if you didn't check it. It was shocking to check it out."

As Ning Hou said, throwing the booklet in his hand to Cao Sheng, and said lightly, "Cao Xiang, take a look for it yourself! Look at the old things above, how much can you remember?"

Cao Sheng looked at Ning Hou, looked at the booklet on the table, silently, picked it up when he was young, and opened it...

One page, one page...

Every time he turned the page, Cao Sheng's face looked a little ugly, and he had sweated even after he finished reading the temples.

"Che cheated in the exam room, falsely accused classmates, bribed examiners, took advantage of the Yue family's power to ride the wind, respected Yue family outside, respected Mrs. Cao as guests, but kept a captive outdoor room and gave birth to Cao Bijin!"

"After that, because he was afraid of affecting his reputation, he did not dare to recognize Cao Bijin, his biological daughter, and only dared to recognize him as his adopted daughter!"

"For the students, you are plotting everywhere; for the son-in-law, you are lip service; for the husband, you are two-faced; for the father, you are not kind and kind; and for the official..."

Ning Hou glanced at the booklet in Cao Sheng's hand and said indifferently, "You are not honest and unrighteous as an official! With a clever mouth, you speak perfectly, but behind you are deceiving your superiors and hiding your subordinates, and you are doing some shameful things."

"Cao Xiang's various actions really made me admire him and amazed. I never thought that the kind and kind left-minded minister who was praised by the world had this face in private."

"However, seeing Cao Xiang's actions, I have to sigh that Cao Xiang and Miss Cao Si (Cao Bijin) are worthy of being father and daughter!"

Looking at Cao Sheng, whose face was already pale with his words, Ning Hou said slowly, "Because of a father like you, no wonder Cao Bijin can be the one who seeks assassin and assassinate my son!"

After Ning Hou's words fell, Cao Sheng's expression changed again.

Ning Hou threw the box directly at Cao Sheng's feet, "As the saying goes: If you don't know, don't do it yourself! Although the assassin is dead, the things Miss Cao Si did were not buried with the assassin. Now, the evidence is here, and Cao Xiang can see it in person."

Looking at the things in the box, Cao Xiang did not move. Although he had not looked at it, Cao Bijin could do such a stupid thing as a secretly asking the assassin to assassinate Dai Dai.

Before, when he was assassinated on Daidai Street, this kind of thought flashed in Cao Sheng's mind. However, seeing that Cao Bijin looked safe and looked nothing unusual, he was lucky. But now it seems that he was too arrogant to Cao Bijin. At the same time, he also understood why Ning Hou suddenly attacked the Cao family.

It turned out that it was not only because Cao Bijin's identity insulted him, but Cao Bijin moved people who should not have moved and angered him.

"I don't know how Cao Xiang gave me an explanation?"

Cao Sheng did not say that because of this unexpected incident, his mind was a little confused.

Looking at Cao Sheng with a blue and white face, Ning Hou leaned over slightly, stopped at a distance, and said quietly, "Actually, Cao Xiang, what kind of person, what kind of official do you have, is not as good as this Hou."

Guan, this marquis has no intention of meddling in other people's business. As long as Cao Bijin's affairs are concerned, Cao Xiang can give this marquis a satisfactory explanation. Then, the things in this booklet will never fall into the hands of the Dali Temple Minister, and will not be handed over to the emperor's desk."

When Cao Sheng heard the words, he stared at the charming face in front of him, and was more suspicious of Ning Hou's words just now.

Will Ning Hou be easy to talk about?

Moreover, if you want to punish Cao Bijin, Ning Hou can make his own decisions and be happy. Why do you need to do this in one go? What explanation should he give?

"Does Cao Xiang hope that this marquis will hand over these to the emperor and join forces with the Dali Temple Minister to send you and Cao Bijin to the death row. Or should you exchange Cao Bijin for peace in the Cao family? Cao Xiang can choose one."

Is it necessary to choose? Whoever can live will be willing to die?

Especially, the evidence that is not good for him is now in Ning Hou's hands. What else can he do besides being grasped?

Cao Xiang Mansion

"I haven't seen each other for a few days, why is my mother so old?"

Mrs. Cao's breath was uneven, and her body was leaning against the bed with a heavy body. Looking at the bright and charming Cao Bijin, who was dressed in a very charming manner, "What are you here to do?"

"My mother is not feeling well, so I came to visit her." Cao Bijin looked at Mrs. Cao, with a little joy and a lot of disdain between her eyebrows and eyes. "My mother is like this now, but it reminds me of what my mother looked like before her death."

This is to curse Mrs. Cao's death undoubtedly.

"Get out, get out of here."

Seeing Mrs. Cao Bijin was excited, Cao Bijin smiled, "My mother doesn't want to see her daughter, so I'll leave. I just hope that my mother can take good care of her health and will support me no matter what, no matter what, the day I marry into the Marquis' Mansion."

"Otherwise, my mother missed not only my marriage, but also my marriage between her two sisters. The eldest lady and the second lady were not young anymore, so they could not afford to delay. If they were asked to mourn their mother for three years, by then, it would be difficult for them to be the main wife, or to be the second wife or to be the concubines."

"Get out, get out of here!" Mrs. Cao roared angrily and said sternly, "Cao Bijin, don't be too proud. Do you think the Cao family will be able to do it? Also, do you think you can really marry into the Marquis' Mansion? I tell you, don't be foolish, Marquis Ning will never marry you."

"Your identity as a daughter in the outer room is already destined to be out of reach with the Marquis' wife, not to mention that you are now the daughter of a criminal minister!"

"One prospers and one prospers, one loses and one loses! You won't understand such a simple truth. So, you won't be proud for long!"

"Is that so? Then let's wait and see." Cao Bijin turned around and left.

Although I tried my best to restrain myself, my mood was inevitably affected by Mrs. Cao's words. My original good mood disappeared without a trace and was stained with a hint of gloom.

As soon as he walked out of the yard, Cao Bijin had not yet reacted, a group photo suddenly flashed out, "Miss Cao, please follow me!"

"Miss, Miss..."

Qingdai exclaimed, watching the black-clothed guard picking up Cao Bijin and disappearing from the Cao family in an instant.

***

Youhu Manor?

When the acupuncture point was sealed and taken to the place, Cao Bijin immediately recognized the place where he was.

But she didn't understand what this bold thief brought her here for!

Cao Bijin couldn't speak, and was even more upset when she was angry and uneasy. When she saw the old man sitting next to her, she was stunned!

Dali Temple Minister?

Isn’t this the Lord Jiang, the Dali Temple? He is here too.

Could it be that the Dali Temple Minister sent someone to kidnap him. Is the purpose of using her as a hostage and threatening her father to explain the problem?

While Cao Bijin was surprised and suspicious, a familiar voice came into his ears...

"It is natural to pay back the debt and kill people to pay their lives. It is true that Cao Bijin intends to kill the young master. Then, it is also necessary for her to be punished."

This was heard, and Cao Bijin's face changed immediately, and he quickly turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

Through the dense trees, I saw the two people in the pavilion and my heart tightened.
To be continued...