"Brother-in-law, are you really so willing to resign from your official position and never enter officialdom again?"

In the inner chamber of Duke Yan's mansion, Li Qingzhao blinked his big eyes and asked Ning Fu curiously.

This is the back garden of the inner house. Ning Fu was in a good mood today, so he cooked a barbecue himself in the garden. Li Qingzhao happened to be here too, so he sat down to eat and chat.

"There's nothing I can do if I don't want to. Now that the situation in the court has reversed and villains are in charge, even if I stay in the court, there won't be any good results. So I might as well retreat bravely."

Ning Fu smiled calmly, and after speaking, he took a bite of the mutton skewers he grilled himself.

"Actually, it's okay to retire. In the past few years, officials have been traveling here and there, working hard for the court, and they don't have time to accompany Jing'er and me."

Liu Qingxin also smiled very calmly at this time.

Ning Fu has often been away from home these years, and Liu Qingxin has become a solid support behind Ning Fu. Not only does he help him take care of his family, but he also takes care of the family's business. It can be said that the Duke of Yan can live without Ning Fu, but he can never live without Liu Qingxin.

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"That's true. If my brother-in-law didn't resign, we wouldn't have the chance to sit here and eat barbecue."

Li Qingzhao also smiled. Although she had grown up and was a talented woman famous in the capital, she still maintained the appearance of a lively girl in front of Ning Fu.

Hearing Li Qingzhao's words, Liu Qingxin raised her head and glanced at her, and then suddenly said to Ning Fu: "Official, the houses and land in Yangzhou and Hangzhou have been bought. When will we move there?"

"What? Sister Liu and brother-in-law, are you leaving the capital?"

Li Qingzhao was startled and asked in panic.

"This... I have this plan."

Ning Fu coughed dryly and replied with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"The capital is a place of right and wrong. The official has resigned. It may be dangerous to stay here any longer, so it is better to hide away."

Liu Qingxin explained for Ningfu at this time.

"Then I..."

Li Qingzhao was about to ask herself what to do, but suddenly she thought that she and the Ning family were not a family in the first place, which made her stop suddenly, but tears began to well up in her eyes.

Ning Fu saw Li Qingzhao's appearance and wanted to comfort him, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

"My lord, please step aside for a moment. I have something I want to talk to sister Qingzhao about!"

Liu Qingxin suddenly said to Ning Fu.

"this……"

Ning Fu hesitated, but when he saw Liu Qingxin winking at him, he finally nodded, then stood up and went to the other side of the garden.

"Qingzhao, why don't you come with us?"

Liu Qingxin waited until Ning Fu left and suddenly said to Li Qingzhao.

"Ah? I...how can I go with you, sister?"

Li Qingzhao was stunned. Although she was extremely smart, she couldn't react for a while.

"Sister, I know that you have a deep affection for the officials in my family. In the past few years, how many young talents have come to your home to propose marriage, haven't they all been rejected by you?"

Liu Qingxin suddenly got straight to the point.

Li Qingxin blushed when she heard this, but she did not deny it. After all, she had been coming to Ning Fu's house whenever she had time in the past few years, ostensibly to see Liu Qingxin, but in fact they both knew it well.

"Sister, I..."

Li Qingzhao wanted to explain a few words because she felt sorry for Liu Qingxin.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, Liu Qingxin interrupted her with a smile: "Actually, I have noticed it since you first returned to Beijing, but I thought you were still young at the time, and maybe you would forget this relationship in a few years.

But I didn’t expect that you have a deep love for officials and your love has not changed over the past few years.”

"I……"

Li Qingzhao's face turned redder when Liu Qingxin pointed out his thoughts, and for a moment he didn't know how to defend himself.

"Actually, you don't have to feel sorry for me. The official is young and promising, and there are simply too many women in the capital who are attracted to him. I am used to it, but you are different from others. But in this way, my sister will be wronged too much."

Liu Qingxin's words were very tactful. After all, she was Ning Fu's official wife. If Li Qingzhao followed Ning Fu, he might not have a legitimate status.

"I don't care about my status, and I believe that my sister and brother-in-law will not treat me badly!"

Li Qingzhao spoke without hesitation.

Later generations only know Li Qingzhao's graceful words, but they don't know that she was a very decisive woman, who dared to love and hate, and didn't even care about the so-called status.

"That's fine. As long as my sister doesn't feel aggrieved, I'll go to the Li Mansion to talk matchmaking someday!"

Liu Qingxin smiled again.

In fact, with Ning Fu's status, there are countless people competing for her even if she is a concubine.

It's just that Li Qingzhao came from an official family. Although his status was much worse than that of Ning Fu, being a concubine was still too unfair.

"Let my sister make the decision in everything!"

Li Qingzhao didn't feel aggrieved. With her bold character, as long as she could be with Ning Fu, she didn't care even if she didn't have any status.

Ning Fu stood in the pavilion on the other side of the garden. Although he couldn't hear what Liu Qingxin and Liu Qingxin were talking about, he could guess.

But thinking about his current situation, Ning Fu couldn't help but sigh to himself. There were some things he couldn't tell Liu Qingxin, so although he liked Li Qingzhao, he really didn't have the energy to deal with the relationship between the two.

"Master, someone is coming from the palace!"

But at this moment, Shi Hua suddenly came walking quickly to report.

"Is it finally here?"

Ning Fu didn't show any surprise when he heard this. It seemed that this incident had been expected by him.

"Tell your wife, I'm going to the palace, I'm afraid I'll come back later."

Ning Fu gave instructions to Shi Hua, and then walked to the front yard.

As expected, the people who came from the palace were summoned by Ning Fu to enter the palace, so he asked people to prepare the carriage and then rushed into the palace.

On the way, Ning Fu opened the car window and looked at the bustling streets outside. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It wasn't until the carriage approached the palace gate that Ning Fu came to his senses. He looked at the majestic palace gate, then straightened his clothes, and the expression on his face became very firm, as if he had made some decision?

The carriage entered the imperial city, and when it could go no further, Ning Fu got off the carriage, and then, led by the chamberlain, he finally arrived in front of the Chui Gong Hall.

Ning Fu looked up at the familiar hall, hesitated again, and finally walked in.

I saw Zhao Ji sitting in the palace and Yang Jian standing aside. Ning Fu even saw Gao Qi among the guards in the palace, but they both turned a blind eye to each other, as if they didn't know each other at all.

"I would rather pay my respects to the officials again!"
Chapter completed!