Yang Ning asked, “You seem to fear the Duke of Huainan. What? Does he have complaints about our family?”Mao Wenshou answered, “Your Excellency, you don’t know that. When His Majesty chose the crown prince, there were different opinions at the imperial court. Some people even asked His Majesty to let the Duke of Huainan take the throne. Of course, the Duke of Huainan must have been behind the scenes, but there were conflicts when the crown prince was decided and even several officials were punished.”Yang Ning asked, “Oh? The Duke of Huainan always wants to take the throne?”Mao Wenshou answered, “If only the Duke of Huainan has this intention, it is not scary. But as far as I know, many officials at the imperial court side with him. One of the four marquises, the Marquis of Golden Sword has a good relationship with the Duke of Huainan.”“The Marquis of Golden Sword?”Although Mao Wenshou was just a local official, obv

Although Gu Qinghan had been married to the Qi family, the Gu family still kept her yard, which was kept clean and tidy. After Yang Ning entered the house, he saw Gu Qinghan waiting inside. When Gu Qinghan saw Yang Ning coming in, she got up immediately and stepped forward quickly.Yang Ning was about to say something to comfort Gu Qinghan, but the latter had already raised her hand and slapped Yang Ning. He could have easily dodged, but at that moment, he did not. Gu Qinghan’s hand touched Yang Ning’s face. Obviously she didn’t use all her strength, so it didn’t hurt. Yang Ning smiled bitterly, and Gu Qinghan said with an angry face, “Do you know why I hit you?”“You are blaming me for my leaving alone that day.” Yang Ning sighed gently.Gu Qinghan was about to cry and said, “You knew that? Do you know that if something serious happens to you, how can I live alone?”“Third Auntie…” Yang Ning was touched, and said softly, “You know

Qi Yu roared, “Shut up! The mansion of the Marquis of Honor doesn’t belong to you alone, and you don’t have the right to speak to my mother in this way.”“If he doesn’t have the right, who does?” A cold voice came, and Gu Qinghan walked in slowly, with frost on her pretty face. “Qi Ning is the heir of the Marquis of Honor, and General has passed away, so everything in the mansion should be under his control. Is there any doubts?” She stared at Lady Qiong coldly with her beautiful eyes and sneered. “Qiong, can you take that seat?”Seeing that Gu Qinghan also showed up, Steward Qiu hurriedly smiled. “My Lady, you suffered a lot on the trip. You finally come back. In fact, there is nothing serious. These days, you and His Excellency were not in the mansion, so these servants were lazy. Young Master and Lady Qiong just came to help manage the domestic affairs.”“Oh?” Yang Ning looked back. “Steward Qiu, didn’t you say that there are no Young Master

Yang Ning frowned. “What do you mean? Did Gene…Father die for some reason behind it?”Qiu Yi replied at once, “I didn’t mean that. When General went to the battlefield, the third elder lord told me in private. He came to see me that time just to…help Qi Yu inherit the title. Qi Yu and Lady Qiong were present then, and they promised to give me two hundred families in the fiefdom and eight hundred mu of farmland.”“So our young master Qi Yu is really generous.” Yang Ning snorted. “But what does it have to do with the matter that you hooked up with Zhao Yuan and the others secretly?”Qiu Yi hesitated for a moment and then answered, “Just at that time, one day the third elder lord told me to see him and I saw Zhao Yuan. I didn’t know that he had become the accountant in the old house. The third elder lord knew earlier than me about what happened in the old house.”“Why did he see the third elder lord?”Qiu Yi responded, “T

The third elder lord seemed to have not expected Yang Ning to be so decisive. He was stunned for a while, and the hall was deadly silent. All people were petrified.After a long time, the corners of the third elder lord’s mouth twitched. “Can you make the decision?” He sneered. “I advise you to ask the dowager.”“No need to ask.” A voice came from outside the door. All people paid attention to Yang Ning and didn’t notice what happened outside. Hearing the voice, everybody looked at the door at the same time.They saw that Gu Qinghan with a nice figure supported one person to come in, who was short and humpbacked seriously with white hair all over the head. Seen at first glance, it was like a dwarf. But seeing this person, all people in the hall looked stiff. The people who were standing straightened their backs immediately and the elders who sat in the chairs stood up.The dowager in the marquis’ mansion came out in person at this