Chapter 244

"Paying respects to the Princess Consort." Steward Yun chu entered the room and immediately knelt, without the slightest hesitation, his eyes full of respect.

The general had said that seeing the Princess Consort is like seeing him; the Princess Consort is their master.

"Are there any capable people in Jingdu?" Jiang Yunchu dismissed the attendants and asked directly.

There's no time to beat around the bush; since we chose to contact Steward Yun chu, we aren't planning to hide this from Ning Chengyan.

The Regent Prince's Manor belongs to Ning Chengyan; she is only acting in his stead, so many matters still need to be reported to him for details.

"How many does the Princess Consort need? We have some people in Jingdu who maintain ordinary identities by day, but we have a manor ten li outside where all are experts left by the prince." Steward Yun chu said without hesitation.

Jiang Yunchu blinked, feeling slightly unaccustomed, but there was no need to be so forthcoming…

"When the prince left, he said that seeing the Princess Consort is like seeing him; your orders are his orders." Steward Yun chu spoke to clear up the confusion.

Jiang Yunchu rubbed her brow, "He... when did he leave?"

He left, didn't even leave a note—this man, how unreliable can he be?

"It's been over a month, the Prince didn't leave Wang Fu, did he?" Steward Yun was shocked—clearly the Prince had left Wang Fu that day, how could the Princess Consort not know the Prince had left?

Jiang Yunchu suddenly recalled that night, light rain was falling; she went to check the children's blankets, fearing they'd catch cold, and met Ning Chengyan.

So...

Was he there to say goodbye that day?

She hadn't expected Han Xiao Wu to suddenly get up at night, which interrupted their conversation, and due to the awkward atmosphere, she spoke without reservation...

Thinking of that scene, Jiang Yunchu's mouth twitched slightly; she could only say the two were probably incompatible.

Anyway, whenever they met, nothing good ever happened.

"Princess Consort, what's wrong?" Steward Yun watched the Princess Consort rubbing her brow, looking dazed, and couldn't help asking.

Jiang Yunchu waved her hand, "It's fine, send a few capable people to guard this place; no one except His Majesty's people may enter."

As she spoke, her eyes narrowed slightly, hiding a hint of ruthlessness.

The person behind the scenes must be ferreted out, otherwise Da Ning will never know peace; when the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain intact?

"Yes."

Steward Yun looked at the map before him, which clearly marked the directions and locations.

Fame List Academy, the gate of He Hall...

"Once His Majesty's people arrive, ours can withdraw." Jiang Yunchu looked at Steward Yun and said softly.

Steward Yun immediately clasped his fists in a standard barracks salute; Jiang Yunchu raised an eyebrow, as if thinking...

Nobody is simple!

"Yes."

Steward Yun left, and the ledger she had brought was taken away as well.

The ledger each month is routinely checked by Miss Su Xin; the Princess Consort rarely inquires about accounts, but this time she specifically ordered an audit, which must be for another reason—the audit is merely a pretext, and moreover it's so urgent.

Only then did she nonstop, casually grab a ledger and come to the Wang Fu.

In the study, after grinding ink, Jiang Yunchu wrote on the white paper: Regent Prince's Manor, then below wrote Zhuangzi, next to the Regent Prince's Manor she wrote Fame List Academy, then the Secret Room, and He Hall.

After thinking, she wrote under the Regent Prince's Manor: Kang Fu, Jiang Fu...

Afterwards she wrote Chun Hua Xue Yuan and the children's clans; under Fame List Academy she wrote the names of the major academies and their deans.

Looking at that network diagram, her mind was now a complete chaos.

In the blank space she wrote a few words: weapons, grain, troops!

The clues she now has are only these; she hasn't even scratched the surface of the iceberg, she needs to obtain more information, even...

She still doesn't know what information the elders are hiding from her; it seems they are resisting her knowing, or they have some unspeakable difficulty.

Just as she felt a headache, while her mind instinctively thought, something flew in through the window.

Jiang Yunchu immediately lifted her head, flung open the window, leapt straight from the study's window, rolled on the ground, borrowed the force, and her lightness skill unfolded.

"Bai Zhi, guard."

Just as Bai Zhi instinctively wanted to follow, a calm voice sounded, soft yet icy, the voice unique to the Princess Consort.

Bai Zhi immediately stopped, then returned to the outside of the study, hid in the darkness, guarding the study's door.

On that side, Jiang Yunchu's several transitions—she tapped her toes on treetops, either changing direction or hiding in the shadows.

Mainly because she had a thorough understanding of the Wang Fu's defenses.

But the person ahead was somewhat terrifying; Jiang Yunchu silently calculated that his every move was always waiting for her, fearing she'd lose him, while also taking care not to draw the Wang Fu guards' attention.

His martial arts were unmatched.

Thinking of the iron chain fragment in the study, it wasn't hard to guess who the person ahead was.

"Arrived?" Jiang Yunchu saw the person ahead stop, then she also halted her steps, looking around at the surroundings, feeling somewhat surprised.

After marrying into the Wang Fu for over a year, she had never come here before.

Or rather, this place is not marked on the Wang Fu's map...

But who exactly is the person before her? He seems very familiar with the layout of the Regent Prince's Manor.

"Arrived, come in." That person instead seemed like the host, while the illustrious Regent Prince's Consort, in her own manor, seemed like a guest.

Jiang Yunchu raised an eyebrow and entered the courtyard; outside the courtyard, unlike the layout of the Regent Prince's Manor, there were no walls, just rows of fences; inside the fences, aside from a small path, all around were tall bamboo, hard to imagine that in Da Ning's capital Jingdu, where people freeze to death in winter, one could see green bamboo.

"Please sit." The person had already changed clothes; although it was coarse gray cloth, his hair was neatly kept, his attire clean, and now she could finally see his face clearly.

He turned out to be a handsome, beautiful middle-aged man?

His chiseled face, as if specially carved by some master sculptor, every angle was in perfect condition.

If asked Jiang Yunchu what she likes most, she would answer without hesitation: bone structure.

This handsome middle-aged man's bone structure is truly perfect.

Beauty lies in the bone, not the skin; why couldn't this apply to a man as well?

"What's wrong?"

The man just smiled, as if he had long been accustomed to the current situation, and he didn't dislike the girl's gaze opposite him; in fact, he felt a little bit of joy and happiness in his heart.

This feeling is quite special, but it truly exists in one's heart.