Marry a Duke

Chapter 161: A Small Heart

The carriage moved forward slowly.

Before reaching the Duke of Wei's mansion, someone attacked the carriage.

Fortunately, Wei Xuan had made arrangements in advance, and Fu Ran heard the fighting outside in the carriage. Wei Xuan was as steady as a rock, holding Wuyou in his arms, and was not affected by the outside world at all.

Wuyou was in Wei Xuan's arms, and Fu Ran was sure that Wei Xuan would be able to ensure Wuyou's safety.

But there is Nian'er in the car behind, and Nian'er cannot be frightened.

She subconsciously grabbed Wei Xuan's sleeve.

Wei Xuan's gaze fell lightly on her slender white fingers.

"Wei Xiuning, who attacked us? Do we have enough people? Nian'er is still behind us, will she be in trouble?" She was not sure whether Qian Wu and Qiao'er could be a match for these people.

Their car was driven by Bian.

"Don't worry. Gao Mian is here. I have already made arrangements in advance. The other party is in the dark and we are in the light. We are not afraid of them." Wei Xuan said in a calm tone.

It seems like they are talking about today's weather.

Cloudy to overcast.

"Who is the other party? Is it related to what you are going to do today?" Fu Ran quickly guessed that Wei Xuan also took Yuchi Mingxiu away today. If it was just an ordinary matter, there was no need for him to take Yuchi Mingxiu away.

After returning, Yuchi Mingxiu's attitude towards Wei Xuan changed greatly.

It can be seen that Yuchi Mingxiu saw Wei Xuan's wisdom and means.

This time, Wei Xuan stared at her straight.

"good."

"So who is it? Is it the princess? I heard this afternoon that several people received bounties while searching for Huo Nanfeng, but none of them were large amounts. They were just gossips that were mostly useless. Some even lamented that they would never have the chance to make small amounts of money again, let alone the chance to get a bounty of 1,000 taels."

At that time, she just listened to what someone said casually and didn't take it seriously.

Wei Xuan knew best about the Huo family's situation.

Huo Nanfeng was taken away by Wei Xuan that day.

Only Wei Xuan knew where Huo Nanfeng was imprisoned.

The people no longer had the chance to win the grand reward because Huo Nanfeng had been found.

"You really dare to guess." She was quite sharp-minded and what she said was almost right.

"I'm not just guessing. There are clues everywhere. Did you return Huo Nanfeng to them? Is it because they knew that it was you who locked Huo Nanfeng up that they sent people to assassinate us?" Look, he is the culprit.

They were all implicated.

"Huo Nanfeng was indeed returned to them. It is time for Huo Long to return to Huzhou. If Huo Nanfeng had not been found, he would not have gone back easily. I ordered someone to break one of his legs, but Mingyue prevented Mu Yan from being a real man anymore."

Wei Xuan explained the truth in a few words.

Fu Ran was stunned.

What does it mean that I can't be a real man? Is it castration? Is it the same as a eunuch?

Mingyue is so cruel.

However, the Huo family forced the Shou Palace into that state, so they deserved to be taught a lesson.

"It was the Huo family who did it. Are they going to deal with you and Mingyue at the same time?" If Wei Xuan hadn't imprisoned Huo Nanfeng, the Huo family would have returned to Huzhou long ago, and Huo Nanfeng would not have been treated so harshly.

Even if they knew who did it, they couldn't provide any concrete evidence.

In the end, he still had no choice but to accept it. How could Huo Long swallow this? Although he had more than one son, hurting Huo Nanfeng would hurt his face.

Huo Nanfeng is his most beloved child. Although he is not the eldest son, he has high hopes for him.

After Huo Nanfeng suffered this crime, his personality changed drastically and he is probably doomed to failure in the future.

Wei Xuan had no intention of telling Fu Ran the details of the incident, and Fu Ran did not ask any further questions.

Fortunately, the fighting outside gradually subsided.

"Master, the person has been dealt with." Bi'an said.

Wei Xuan hummed.

Fu Ran lifted the curtain and looked outside. Apart from the bloodstains on the road, he really didn't see anyone else.

Whether it is a killer or a high-immunity one.

Fu Ran hurriedly got out of the car and looked at Wei Nian. He found that Wei Nian had been sleeping and was not affected at all by what was happening outside.

She was relieved.

Wei Nian was really tired after playing in the afternoon.

This time, the carriage returned to the Duke's Mansion safely.

Hui Niang carried Wei Nianxian back to Qingyin Pavilion.

After entering the mansion, Wei Xuan handed the child to the wet nurse, and Fu Ran took the child back to Chaoguangyuan first. Wei Xuan returned after a while.

He was handling today's affairs in the study in the outer courtyard.

At night, I went to Fu Ran's house as usual.

When he arrived, Fu Ran was still awake. She was sorting out everything that had happened today in her mind. The relationships in the capital were actually very complicated.

Wei Xuan is not an ordinary person. He detained Huo Nanfeng and slowed down Huo Long in order to arrange people to go to Huzhou and Shouzhou as soon as possible.

Now, his men have almost completed their mission, and even if Huo Long returns to Huzhou, it will not affect his overall situation.

He just didn't expect Mingyue to do this, but he didn't seem to blame Mingyue for letting Mu Yan cripple Huo Nanfeng.

From this we can see that Wei Xuan is indeed very good to everyone in Shouwang Mansion.

When Wei Xuan went to bed, he saw her looking at him with her two dark eyes open.

Wei Xuan was silent for a moment, then slowly lay down.

There was no trace of sleep in her eyes.

There is still a lot of exploration.

Fu Ran wanted to ask, but it was not easy to ask. If he asked a question that he didn't want to answer, it would be awkward for both of them.

After a moment, she turned around, facing away from him, and closed her eyes.

But he didn't sleep. His mind was still sorting out the current situation. In fact, if you say that the confrontation in the court was between Wei Xuan and the eldest princess, it was actually between the emperor and the eldest princess.

The eldest princess targets Wei Xuan everywhere because Wei Xuan is now the most useful person in front of the emperor.

If Wei Xuan was gone, with the eldest princess's methods, I'm afraid that all the people around the emperor were arranged by the eldest princess.

Who could have known why the eldest princess, who was openly the best to the emperor but secretly resented her own birth, was only a princess and not a prince.

Otherwise, if she were the one sitting on the throne today, why would she have to go to so much trouble to support her brother to take the throne?

But after her brother came to power, although he respected her, he tried to undermine her in every way.

This is something she absolutely cannot tolerate.

She began to make plans to make the emperor dependent on him, and to make sure that there was no one else around the emperor but her.

Wei Xuan was the deepest thorn she wanted to pull out.

Apart from Wei Xuan, the others were nothing but minions in the eldest princess' eyes, not worth mentioning.

She sighed softly.

The situation is still unclear.

Who knows whether Wei Xuan will win or the eldest princess will win.

This sigh entered Wei Xuan's ears. Wei Xuan slowly opened his eyes and his gaze fell on her slender shoulders.

"Why are you sighing?" he asked.

Fu Ran froze for a moment.

"I didn't sigh. I just ate an extra roast duck leg at night and was too full to sleep." She answered with her eyes closed.

"Is it really just something wrong with your stomach, not your heart?" Wei Xuan said casually.

Fu Ran turned suddenly and almost ran into his arms.

"Of course I have something wrong with my stomach. My heart is quite small and can't hold so many things."