sbdcsierra Where is the mistake in Chapter 504?
Where is the mistake in Chapter 504?
"You admit you're wrong again? Tell me, what did you do wrong this time?"
Mu Xin Nuan bit her lip lightly. "I shouldn't have dressed up as a man and run out without asking you first. Also, I shouldn't have caused trouble and confronted that Second Young Master Xue directly. I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again."
Her attitude was absolutely excellent! She was meek and sincere, and her words were earnest. However, Duanmu Chuze was left speechless, both amused and exasperated by her actions!
"It's not that I don't want you to go out, but is it really necessary? If you want to go out for a stroll, then go out openly and honestly. I'll go with you."
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes flickered, and she looked up at him in disbelief. "Really? You're not lying to me?"
"Silly girl, why would I lie to you? I've almost finished dealing with things here. As for that Second Young Master Xue, he's temporarily detained in the Censorate. I want to see how the Xue family manages to smash up the Censorate."
Duanmu Chuze's cold and stern voice actually made Mu Xinnuan smile. "Exactly! The Xue family is simply lawless. But when do you think they'll make their move?"
Duanmu Chuze shook his head, a glint in his eyes, and looked at her with a hint of mockery. "I know what you're thinking. Don't worry, as soon as there's news, I'll bring you along to see the excitement. But, no more men's clothing. What kind of image would that be?"
What Duanmu Chuze didn't say was that Mu Xinnuan's appearance in men's clothing was just too alluring, making people's imaginations run wild. He wondered if the way that Second Young Master Xue looked at her today would be disgusting.
When Mu Xin Nuan is dressed as a man, she has a unique charm. How could she possibly show this other side of her as a wife to outsiders?
Mu Xin Nuan naturally had no way of knowing Duanmu Chu Ze's ulterior motives. She could only obediently follow him back to the courtyard, and then obediently serve him for half the night before finally stopping.
Two days later, Mu Xin Nuan was feeding the fish in front of a pond in the courtyard when Rong Yue ran over with a smile, "Madam, the young master said he wants to take you out in a little while, and he wants you to go and prepare first. The young master will be waiting for you ahead."
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes lit up. It seemed that the Xue family had indeed made a move.
This time, Rongyue, as a personal maid, did not forget to prepare a veiled hat for her mistress.
When the group arrived at the Censorate’s office, they saw a huge crowd of people. However, Duanmu Chuze did not approach them. Instead, he led Mu Xin Nuan to a small teahouse across the street.
More and more people gathered below, and many of them clearly had a certain level of martial arts skills. Of course, this was all told to Mu Xin Nuan by Duanmu Chuze; she herself couldn't tell.
"Who are these people who have come?"
Several sedan chairs approached, accompanied by riders on tall horses; the procession was truly magnificent. Mu Xin Nuan examined them closely but still couldn't discern anything amiss, so she turned to Wang Zhao beside her and asked.
Why not ask Duanmu Chuze? Because someone was bullied badly last night and wanted to come out and watch the show, so they couldn't easily offend him again. Therefore, they could only express their dissatisfaction indirectly.
Wang Zhao glanced at the Prince, then at the crowd below, and whispered, "Reporting to Madam, they are all local aristocratic families and gentry. Of course, the aristocratic families here are incomparable to those in the capital and Yanzhou. However, from what I just observed, it seems that officials from higher up, namely those from Yu County, have come."
"Yu County? So, it was that scholar who works as a clerk in the Yu County government office who got the news?" Mu Xin Nuan frowned slightly. "The news spread quite quickly."
“Madam, look, isn’t that Young Master Lu?” Rongyue said anxiously.
Mu Xin Nuan looked in the direction she was pointing and saw that it was indeed Lu Shaofeng. It seemed that the person who came was of high rank, otherwise, someone like Lu Shaofeng would not have come out to greet him personally.
"Oh, the magistrate of Huayang County has also arrived," Rong Yue said again.
Duanmu Chuze took a sip of tea. "This is his territory. It's perfectly normal for him to be here. There's nothing strange about it. Besides, since his superiors sent someone, he can't just pretend to be deaf and dumb, can he?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan's bright eyes flickered. She recalled that this county magistrate seemed to be surnamed Yu. When she came here last year, Magistrate Yu had truly cared for the local people. She just wondered if, this time, with higher-ups involved, Magistrate Yu could give them another surprise.
Suddenly, Mu Xin Nuan seemed to understand that Duanmu Chu Ze had only made a move against this Second Young Master Xue. Since he wanted to deal with the entire Xue family, he naturally had to consider all possibilities.
It's clear that a large family that could wield such power and influence in Huayang County for so long couldn't have done it simply by having a few scholars and officials in their household.
In the capital, she had never heard of any high-ranking officials with the surname Xue. This surname was not particularly prominent in the capital. Because of her maternal grandparents' family and being her father's darling, Mu Xin Nuan had never paid attention to the minor figures in the outside world.
Looking at the entourage now, the one who had just emerged from the sedan chair appeared to be a fourth-rank official, only one rank lower than the prefectural governor. Mu Xin Nuan was genuinely curious about the Xue family's extraordinary background.
"Aze, will Lu Shaofeng be in trouble today? If we don't step in, will he be able to handle it?"
Duanmu Chuze smiled and directly grasped her hand that was on the table. "Don't worry, he'll be fine. You forgot, he doesn't just have Zhao Zihe by his side now, there's also Xu Hai. That Xu Hai is an extremely shrewd person. If they want to make things difficult for Lu Shaofeng, they'll have to see if they have the ability."
Hearing the disdain in his words, it was clear that he didn't take the newcomers seriously. Mu Xin Nuan frowned. She knew that Duanmu Chu Ze was trying to use this Second Young Master Xue to fish for fish, but she didn't expect that what he wanted to fish for was more than just these people.
"Anuan, don't you think it's a bit illogical that a mere clerk in the prefectural government could manage to get a fourth-rank official to come here and take charge?"
"This is indeed illogical. Could it be that the Xue family's reliance is actually on someone else?"
Wang Zhao frowned, rested his chin on his hand for a moment, and suddenly said, "I remember there really is a person named Master Xue in the capital. But I really can't recall which family he is related to by marriage."
In-laws? Mu Xin Nuan suddenly realized that she had been too narrow-minded. Just because there were no noble families with the surname Xue in the capital did not mean that there were no prominent families who had married women with the surname Xue!