Chapter 40
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Chu He hurriedly said, "Lady Ning, please don't misunderstand! My family's young master is sincere towards you and has no interest in that Qiu Niang. "
Beside him, Bian Ri nodded vigorously and continued, "The cause of the matter is this: Our young master's good friend in the poetry society, the Jiang family's fourth young master, had a conflict with the Sun family's second young master for some unknown reason. The two argued and almost used violence, so they made a bet: Whoever can win the favor of Niinu and see her true appearance first, the other person will be willing to be humiliated by Han Xin. However, the Jiang family's fourth young master failed several times and then came to beg my family's young master. "
"At that time, my family's young master was busy preparing for his wedding with you. He was busy every day and didn't want to meddle in this matter. However, many years ago, my family's lord was almost convicted because of his words. Fortunately, Lord Jiang spoke up and helped my family to escape this calamity. Because of his previous kindness and friendship, my family's young master couldn't resist the Jiang family's fourth young master's pleas and agreed. "
"That night, the Moon Embracing Lake was bustling with noise and excitement. Nearly a hundred scholars gathered to compete. Niinu came up with three questions in a row and my family's young master came out on top. Niinu announced on the spot that she wanted to invite my family's young master to meet her on the pleasure boat. Everyone was envious, but they couldn't help but admit defeat. Thus, my family's young master brought the Jiang family's fourth young master onto the pleasure boat. We waited by the lake and then heard Miss Niinu's moving singing voice. She was as graceful as a fairy and was indeed extraordinary. "The two of them vaguely recalled the beautiful scene and felt that it would be great if they could stay at that moment.
Gossip was a refreshing medicine. Ning Shu listened with great interest, "And then?"
"Then we waited by the shore for a long time, but our young master didn't come ashore. However, our young master clearly said that he would return shortly before boarding the boat. Thus, we asked the pleasure boat for him. The servant on the pleasure boat said that our young master had already come ashore on the other side of the lake. When we heard this, we became anxious and hurriedly searched. However, we couldn't find any trace of our young master. Even the Jiang family's fourth young master was nowhere to be seen.
We searched for nearly four hours and almost went crazy. We almost went to report it to the authorities. In the end, we found our young master under a peach blossom tree on a small hill not far away. At that time, I found it strange. I had clearly searched around the peach blossom tree a few times, but I couldn't find it. Why did I only find it after searching so many times? Later on, when I thought about it, perhaps Young Master ran around after getting drunk and got lost with me. "
Ning Shu asked, "After your Young Master was found, did he say anything?"
Peasant shook his head and said, "Young Master was drunk and couldn't recognize anyone. He looked at me and said nonsense about himself. I thought it was fortunate that I was able to find Young Master, so I carried Young Master back to the residence."
Forsythia interrupted, "If that's the case, why is Lord Wei threatening the two of you?"
Finally, he reached the most terrifying part of the story. Peasant held his dizzy head and mumbled, "Because when Young Master woke up, he found that he had an additional jade pendant."
Ning Shu asked, "What kind of jade pendant?"
"Carved on the back … is a jade token with an azure sparrow …"
Forsythia didn't know what was so special about the Cyan Sparrow. How could a jade pendant scare these people like that? But Ning Shu knew it like the back of her hand.
Because this azure sparrow was the emblem of the Empress Cao's maternal family, Uncle Cao's family!
Peasant's tears rolled down his cheeks. "We don't know what happened. After Young Master regained consciousness, he couldn't remember clearly. Besides a tear in his clothes, there was nothing else, so we didn't take it to heart. The jade pendant was originally on Young Master's table, but it disappeared without a trace. We really didn't think much of it at that time. Who knew that Young Master would become like that … "
They also didn't understand. It was such a small matter at that time, so how did it escalate to such a state? They were still in a daze after being threatened by the official yesterday. But what could they do? Sometimes, everything was just fate.
Ning Shu finally understood.
No wonder yesterday at the entrance of the Duke Public House, Shen Zecheng didn't even care about the reputation he had accumulated over 20 years of handling cases. He just wanted to convict her based on a few flawed pieces of evidence.
Whether it was to offend the high and mighty Empress or to offend the little Ning Shu, the latter was definitely more worth it.
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