Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 969 A rare visitor comes to the door

A sneak attack by a wild beast?

Cen Yan didn't believe it, and Ji Wuyan didn't believe it either.

With Qingshan's skills, what kind of beast could sneak attack him? Could it be a monster? But since he said so, it must be related to Shangguan Chu. Ji Wuyan held Ji Feng's hand and shook his head, "If he said a beast, then it is a beast. Go to Old Chen and get some golden wound medicine to send over. Don't ask anything else."

After that, he touched Ji Feng's head and said softly, "Now that you have your own sword, you should practice martial arts more. Qingshan is good at martial arts, you can go find Brother Chu and ask him to ask Qingshan to teach you martial arts."

Ji Feng responded hurriedly, handed the snack bags of various sizes in his hand to the doorman, took his sword from Cen Yan, and left happily - he had always wanted to worship Qingshan as his master, but everyone disagreed, saying that he was not suitable to learn how to kill people with a small wooden sword - now, the girl was willing to let him learn, and he always felt that he was one step closer to becoming a hero with unparalleled martial arts and chivalrous spirit.

Obviously, he didn't know that no one in the entire Ji family would actually teach him how to kill people.

Ji Wuyan smiled to himself. According to Qingshan's personality, even if Cen Yan sent him the golden wound medicine, he might not take the initiative to use it. To him, everything is external and unimportant, even his own body. Now that he has been given this job, he will find a way to cure those "minor injuries" that are not serious and will not cost him his life.

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Ning Xiuyuan got up early in the morning before dawn and returned to the Duke's Mansion. Then he would go to the palace with the people from the Duke's Mansion to attend today's New Year's Eve state banquet.

Ji Wuyan returned to her own courtyard. Not to mention Ziqiu, there was not even a single servant in the courtyard. Then she remembered what Ziqiu had said two days ago, that there were not many people in the mansion, but now that the old lady and Master Shangguan were both here, this year would be a formal occasion. Although there was no need to worship the ancestors, other matters could not be neglected.

Therefore, in the past two days, the servants in each courtyard have been running around wherever they are needed, like spinning tops, with no time to rest.

It seemed that she, as the owner, had nothing to do, standing by the pond with a food box in her hand, feeding the fish out of boredom.

After lunch, she walked around the yard, yawned, and went to sleep with Xiao Yuan in her arms... When she woke up, she found a cup of warm medicine on the bedside. She was used to being watched every day and drank it. She drank it with a normal expression and walked around the kitchen. The kitchen was the busiest place. When the maids saw her coming, they didn't even bother to greet her and pushed her... out.

Miss Ji was in her own home, which was decorated with lights and lanterns. Wherever she went, she was "asked" to leave by the maids and servants with a smile on their faces without any explanation. In the end, she could only walk with her hands behind her back, watching the servants along the way carefully tying beautiful colorful silk flowers on each stone lantern. The whole place was colorful, lively, ostentatious, and a little noisy.

Before the third hour, a rare guest arrived at the mansion.

It was the second master of the Ningguo Mansion who came with his wife to pay New Year's greetings. He said that everyone in the family had gone to the palace for a banquet, and the couple felt lonely in the empty Duke's Mansion, so they thought that they were a family after all, so they came here to celebrate the New Year together. They brought a lot of gifts, and the host family got all of them. Even Jifeng got a set of valuable brushes, inkstones, and Miss Ziqiu also got a pair of delicate and beautiful earrings.

As for the gifts for the host family, there were many. The second lady said that because they were coming, each room and courtyard had prepared one to bring over. Because the servants were busy, these gifts were placed directly in Ji Wuyan's room, filling up the whole room.

After all, it was a girl's courtyard, so Ning Xiuren greeted her and asked the servant to take him to Shangguan Chu's courtyard, saying that he had something to discuss, and left the second lady to accompany Ji Wuyan to talk.

Ji Wuyan looked at the room full of gifts and kept saying they were too polite.

"Part of it is a return gift. I have received many gifts from you recently, and I always want to return them. But it would be awkward to return one for every gift I receive. It seems that we want to distance ourselves from you...Part of it is a New Year gift. New Year's Eve is a major festival. You and your brother-in-law are not married yet. Normally, the Duke and mother-in-law should come to visit. But this year, His Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness, so they can't refuse, so they told us young people to visit. As for the other thing..."

The Second Lady has always been direct and never beats around the bush. She felt a little embarrassed at this moment, so she lowered her head and gently stroked her abdomen.

Ji Wuyan was slightly startled, and then she said shyly, "The imperial physician said that the little one is a little fussy, and I'm afraid this trip will be hard. Second Master and I thought about whether we could ask Master Chen to take her pulse and prescribe some prescriptions to calm her nerves and nourish the fetus..."

"What are you talking about?" Ji Wuyan shook her head and glared at her, scolding, "For such a small matter, you specially gave me a gift? Are you insulting me?" Ji Wuyan asked the maid to invite Chen Lao, and then pretended to be angry and said, "Tell me, those things in here are for this matter, pick them out and take them back!"

It is impossible to take back a gift that has been given. The Second Madam laughed and reached for Ji Wuyan's hand, shook it in her hand, and then coaxed her coquettishly, "Okay! I don't mean to insult you, how dare I? My brother-in-law treats you like the apple of his eye. If I insult you, even the Second Master can't protect me... It's those big men in the business world who insist that you can't ask someone to do something without giving some gifts, so they told me to say this. You know, I'm not good at talking and my brain is not smart, so naturally what he says is what it is!"

After saying that, she smiled sweetly, with a bit of shamelessness in her tone.

It is said that the second wife of the Duke's Mansion came from a small family and was not as smart as the first wife. They had been married for many years without having children, which showed that the couple had a lot of discord. Pian Ji Wuyan saw that the second wife was a wise but foolish person. She seemed to be neither popular nor famous in recent years, but she lived a relaxed and comfortable life. Even Aunt Ning would laugh and scold her when she talked about her, "That rascal!"

Now that they have a child, it is obvious that the couple’s bad relationship is just speculation by outsiders... Besides, how many wives in Yanjing City dare to slander their husbands behind their backs?
Ji Wuyan sincerely congratulated, "Congratulations."

Old Chen arrived very quickly. As soon as he entered the room, Ning Xiuren and Shangguan Chu followed him.

Shangguan Chu said that it was no wonder that he felt absent-minded and his eyes were wandering when he spoke, because he was wandering here. Ning Xiuren then scolded him for being a lonely man who didn't understand, and then he stared at Old Chen nervously, which made Old Chen nervous, and he asked him to leave with a glare. On the contrary, the second wife was amused, and she giggled and said that all men in the Ningguo Mansion were like this. I heard that my eldest brother was like this, and the Duke was also like this, and I thought that my younger brother-in-law would be like this in the future.

The family was used to seeing a man who was not afraid of life and death, but at this moment he was at a loss and felt uneasy.