Phoenix Duchess - C30

Return to the outside! Dong Ling Wan’s heart skipped a beat. Going back outside meant …

Dong Ling Wan’s heart became heavy. “Things can’t be delayed?”

How stupid, this kind of thing, how could she slow down a little? It was just that in her heart, she was always a little bit sour, and was about to leave again …

“I can take my time, but you can’t take my time. Xiao Qian is not a soft person either.”

Yes, as long as Xiao Xun made a ruckus here, the imperial government, especially Xiao Qian, would be most anxious. At that time, someone would have to deal with the matter of Gongyu, and it would be much easier to get Gongyu out. Dong Ling Wan stood up and said to Patrol Officer Xiao, “You wait here first.”

He didn’t know what Dong Ling Wan wanted to do, but he didn’t say a word. A moment later, Dong Ling Wan placed a golden box carved with red wood in front of him, indicating that he should open it. Xiao Xun didn’t understand what was going on, but his eyes suddenly enlarged after opening it.

“This is the document for collecting documents from the Ju Yi Bank. I have divided the eight million gold into six portions. It can be considered as …” Dong Ling Wan sucked in a breath. She didn’t say anything else. He was someone who was going to achieve great things, so how could she hold him back?!

The Juyi Bank was the biggest bank on the outside of the city. Xiao Xun must have taken the money out because it was inconvenient. Now, he could save a lot of trouble by taking a piece of paper.

Xiao Xun raised his eyebrows. He wanted to push this item back. Eight million taels was not a small amount. Moreover, it was gold! When he got to know Dong Ling better, Xiao Xun would naturally know some things about the Eastern Mansion. The family background of the Eastern Mansion was much deeper than they had shown, but eight million gold taels might not even be worth so much in the national treasury right now!

Eastern Ling Wan stopped his hand. “I will not be at ease.”

Holding the letter in his hand, Patrol Officer Xiao suddenly felt a little reluctant to leave. After a long while, he opened his mouth, but heard her soft voice, sounding a bit sad. “How could I not see your unwillingness after so many years? “I’ve just been hesitating and don’t want my boss to get involved in this mess, but I know it’s impossible. We’ve known each other for ten years …” “After knowing you for ten years, how could I let you go on your own? Even if you bear the consequences of a scolding, you’re still someone who can make me sacrifice my life for you.

“Wan …”

He was so excited that he wanted to rush forward and take her in his arms, but he didn’t. Everything was still unknown, so he couldn’t let her take any risks. He had already been prejudiced against her, but this was the first time he was worried that he would fail, that he would lose her.

“This is not something that my Dong clan can help you with. It is something that I lent you. My Dong clan’s Qingfeng cannot bear the notoriety of conspiring to usurp the throne. “Also, my elder brother is staying outside the pass. If we meet on the battlefield in the future, please show mercy, Crown Prince.”

Her voice was cold, but Xiao Xun was able to hear her unwillingness and worry. His fingers moved, but in the end, he did not do anything. Instead, he simply said, “Okay.”

“It’s time for you to leave as well. I offer tea in place of wine to you. I wish you a triumphant return!”

Dong Ling Wan picked up the teacup and shared a cup with Xiao Xun, who quickly walked away with the carved wooden box in his hands. Dong Ling Wan turned around and didn’t look at him again.

Xiao Xun did not know that this eight million gold was the dowry Dong Haojie had prepared for Dong Ling Wan in the past year, and that Dong Ling Wan had only given it to her last year. Although she did not want to admit it, Dong Ling Wan had already guessed that Dong Ling Wan would make this choice one day.

Life and death were unknown, and at times, Dong Ling Wan had the habit of placing them in the family category. However, in reality, Xiao Xun and Song Jingyi were different from the family, different from Pu Jing. This was her playmate since she was a child, the best memory in her entire life.

Ten years might not be a long or short period of time, but his life was only a few decades. How many people could there be like this? No.

There would be no one to replace him. She only hoped that he would be fine.

For a long time, he thought that Xiao Xun had gone far. Just as he was about to walk back into the house, he heard him call out “Wan.” Dong Ling Wan paused and didn’t look back.

“Don’t marry.” His words were different from the debauchery of the past, different from the hidden needles in his calculations, different from the wisdom of the current situation. Instead, it was a stiff and gentle tone that had never been heard before.

He didn’t say that he would make her his successor, because he knew that Wan was no ordinary woman and could not be bound. If she didn’t want to, he wouldn’t use this identity to tie up her freedom.

Eastern Ling Wan couldn’t hear his footsteps, nor did she turn around because of it. She walked into the house alone and closed the door behind her. After a long time, she took a look at the courtyard through the window. It was unknown when Inspector Xiao had already left.

Dong Ling Wan stood by the window, looking at the empty courtyard with disappointment in her heart.

How could she not know that the dissatisfaction he showed towards Ah Liu’s words in the past had intentionally or unintentionally made things difficult for him? Ah Yu was kind, but even if Ah Xun didn’t say anything, she would only treat it as nothing. Perhaps they were suitable in the past and were a match made in heaven in the eyes of others, but now, she no longer harboured such fantasies in her heart. He or Xiao Qian or the men of the Xiao family were destined to be people walking on thin ice, and she could not accompany them.

It was as though something was quietly changing, yet at the same time, nothing seemed to have changed.

These few days, the city had been deathly silent. Song Jingyi, Xiao Qian and Xiao Qian were nowhere to be seen. Even Xiao Han, who loved to visit, had never been to the city.

There was always a strange aura surging in the air above the capital. The streets were bustling as if they were old times, real as an illusion. But when the mask was taken off and the conspiracy behind the cover was revealed, what would happen?