Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1163 - 1160_1

Chapter 1163: Chapter 1160_1

"Two days later, in the evening, a long food transport team stopped at a certain post station.

In the middle of the night, a white dove flew out from a window.

In the dark, an arrow shot down the white dove.

The next evening, Shangguan Ruixi hastily rushed into Prince Rui’s Mansion.

He even forgot Shangguan Xuanhao’s lesson and directly rushed into the main courtyard.

Yang Liu was standing guard by the door and promptly stopped him.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment, let me announce your presence!"

Shangguan Ruixi quickly steadied his body and nodded: "Quickly!"

Yang Liu turned and knocked on the door of the room: "Master, the Crown Prince of Prince An is here to visit!"

At this moment, both Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi were in the room, one going through the unfinished memorials and the other making clothes for the children.

The weather was gradually getting hotter, and Xiao’er had to prepare some cool summer clothes for them in advance.

Hearing Yang Liu’s voice, Xiao’er quickly emerged with Shangguan Xuanyi from the room.

...

Shangguan Xuanyi then led Shangguan Ruixi to the study.

"What is it?" Shangguan Xuanyi asked, casually sitting down in the study.

Shangguan Ruixi glanced at Shangguan Xuanyi’s face. Seeing that he doesn’t look irritated by an interruption, he couldn’t help but remark, "The day is not even over yet, and you two are already in closed-room. I thought I was interrupting something, but it seems I was not. What are you two doing in there, exactly?"

Shangguan Ruixi was extraordinarily curious about what they were doing in the room, and why Yang Liu was stationed outside the courtyard.

Shangguan Xuanyi looked grim after hearing this. What he and his wife did inside their room was not his business! Why was he so curious!

It seemed that he had too much free time. It was time to find him some work to do!

Shangguan Xuanyi decided to keep him so busy that he had no time to be alone with his wife.

"I thought you came for something urgent. But turns out you are here to pry into other people’s private matters? I don’t have to accommodate your perverse hobbies—the door is right there. Feel free to leave!" After saying this, Shangguan Xuanyi stood up, planning to return to his room to continue dealing with the memorials. He still had a pile of things to finish!

"Wait! Wait! I came here for serious business! We have a bite!" Shangguan Ruixi quickly stopped him and handed over a piece of paper.

Shangguan Xuanyi was not surprised at all. He took the paper and found it to be incomprehensible musical notations. He calmly asked, "Who is it from?"

"Vice General Lei." Shangguan Ruixi never thought it would be him.

Vice General Lei had been serving Prince An for many years and was deeply trusted. Shangguan Ruixi has suspected many people but never him.

"Have we checked his background? Why would he betray Uncle Wang?" Shangguan Xuanyi had a slight memory of Lei Wu. The man who didn’t speak much but was very meticulous and trusted by Prince An.

If he was a spy Nangong Country planted in Prince An’s Mansion, then they may well know many secrets!

"I just received the news and came to see you immediately."

After Shangguan Xuanyi heard this, he looked up and asked, "Why come to me?"

"Of course, to ask you to investigate Vice General Lei’s background!"

"Why should I do it when he’s from Prince An’s Mansion? Do you think I’m not busy? Am I such a meddling person?"

"Because I know the men under you are competent. To avoid a snake in the grass, it’s better for you to send someone to investigate! I don’t know who else in my mansion is a spy!" Even those who had served his father for many years and were most trusted turned out to be spies. Lei Wu had a high status in the Mansion. He doesn’t know who else in the mansion could be trusted, and if he sent someone to investigate, it could easily leak information.

"I see." Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t decline after hearing this. He handed the paper back to Shangguan Ruixi: "Find a way to stage a scene. Make Vice General Lei believe there was an accident and the note could not be delivered. Since you suspect there are his confidants in the Mansion, this note matter should be handled properly. Don’t let him have any suspicions. This time we must uproot his people altogether."

Shangguan Ruixi was stunned by this, "How to stage a scene that the note could not be delivered without arousing Lei Wu’s suspicions? This is too difficult, isn’t it?"

Shangguan Xuanyi gave him a look that implied ’if it was not difficult, would I ask you to do it?’ Then he directly left the study, ignoring him.

This was something Shangguan Ruixi needed to figure out and manage. He did it all for him, what else was left for him to do? Did he have nothing else to do but to pry into what a couple was doing in their room?

Shangguan Ruixi sighed as he looked at the figure of Shangguan Xuanyi walking away.

If he knew that transporting food would be so troublesome, he would have declined it in the first place!

When can he calmly engage in poetry, verse, and literature?

He just wanted to do things a civil servant should do, why should he deal with things a general should do!

So annoying!

Shangguan Ruixi left Prince Rui’s Mansion and returned to Prince An’s Mansion, looking listless.

Seeing her husband in such a disheartened state, Du Yijin asked, "What happened, my Lord?"

Shangguan Ruixi, who had been pondering over it all the way and still could not think of a good solution, dismissed everyone in the room and told Du Yijin about his distress.

After thinking for a while, Du Yijin said, "Since the pigeon was killed by an arrow, you can just treat it as an accidental killing."

Accidental killing?

Shangguan Ruixi remembered the hobby of a bodyguard under him, and his eyes lit up.

"Yijin, you really are my lucky star!" He couldn’t help kissing Du Yijin’s face, and then quickly ran out to find Shangguan Xuanyi to work together on arrangements.

Next day at noon.

The transport team drove for the whole morning and they were already tired and hungry. Seeing this, Vice General Lei let everyone rest and eat dry food in a forest before continuing on their way.

Everyone found a tree to sit under and rested while leaning against the tree.

The person Shangguan Xuanyi sent to secretly follow them saw them resting in the woods. He took the opportunity to hide in a big tree and released the white homing pigeon in his hand.

A soldier who loved hunting always took out his bow and arrow and looked for prey whenever they passed through a forest. The game he hunted would be served to everyone as an extra dish in the evening.

Everyone was used to his behavior and didn’t pay him any attention.

Suddenly, he saw a white pigeon flying in the sky. He immediately aimed at the pigeon, drew his bow and shot an arrow, which went straight towards the pigeon, and it fell straight down.

The soldier went forward to pick up the white pigeon, only then did he find out that this was a homing pigeon. He carried the pigeon back to the team with a disheartened face, saying, "I’m done for, I’ve shot someone’s homing pigeon. I hope the message isn’t about something important!"