Luo Ran took medicine in the morning and then lay down again. He was so groggy that he didn't know how long he had slept. I just felt that I had a very comfortable sleep, and the Qingning sister and brother didn't bother me. She reached out and touched the middle coat on her body. It was very dry.
Somewhat puzzled.
She clearly remembered that after taking the medicine, she started to sweat all over her body. Aunt Qiu said that it would be better to sleep after sweating, so she did not take a shower, and covered herself in the quilt with only her middle coat on.
Could it be that Youqing changed it while he was asleep?
"again……"
"Shh... don't talk yet, drink some water."
Just as Luo Ran spoke, a tall figure walked towards the light and blocked the door of the canopy bed.
Fu Jinan lowered his head.
His lips were very cold and touched his forehead. Luo Ran couldn't help but shudder.
"Well, it's okay, I don't have a fever anymore."
Fu Jinan then helped her sit on the bedside and brought warm water to her lips.
Luo Ran drank the water from his hand, looked at the bright sky outside, and asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"
He hesitated.
Luo Ran's delicate brows couldn't help but frown: "You didn't go to the Yamen?"
Fu Jinan said: "No, someone will be looking for me in the past two days. I don't want to see him, so I will go back to my house and hide for two days."
Luo Ran was obviously relieved when he heard what he said.
There was a hint of deep meaning in Fu Jinan's eyes, but he joked on his face: "Why, you don't want me to accompany you in the house so much?"
Thick eyelashes drooped, Luo Ran shook his head, like every qualified wife, considerate and sensible: "How could it be? I'm just afraid of delaying your business."
Seeing her well-behaved appearance, Fu Jinan knew that he should be happy, but he couldn't be happy anyway. He always felt that there was something between the two of them. But he clearly felt that since that day when he came back from the mountain, she was much closer to him than before.
How long has it been? How come...
With questions in mind, after lunch, Fu Jinan went to the study and called Changying: "Has Madam seen anyone recently?"
Changying thought for a moment and shook his head: "Since the last time, my lord ordered me not to inquire about my wife's whereabouts at will, my subordinates have not sent anyone to look at her. However, on the day when the prince's wife in the east courtyard gave birth a few days ago, the gatekeeper heard that The guard said that Madam had a few words with the Prince's aunt."
He knew Qiqin's true identity, and he could roughly guess what the two were talking about, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Changying looked at the adult's frown and asked in a low voice: "Then..."
"Need not."
Fu Jinan waved his hand.
"yes."
Changying immediately replied and said: "Sir, the lantern is ready. The Duke's birthday is tomorrow. Do you want to send it off now?"
"Um."
Fu Jinan responded casually.
In the evening, Fu Yi came back from outside and saw that people in the mansion were busy dressing up and hanging exquisitely crafted lanterns on the corridor.
I glanced at it casually as I passed by, but didn't take it seriously. Just when my foot was about to cross the threshold, I suddenly felt something was wrong. I took back my foot, took half a step back, looked over again, suddenly my face darkened, and I shouted angrily: "This is Who asked you to hang it up!"
A young boy at the bottom saw that the Duke was angry and hurriedly came over with his back bent: "Reporting to the Duke, it's Fu Da..."
Halfway through his words, he got stuck in his throat, and he didn't know whether it was due to suffocation or fear. His face turned purple, his eyes widened, and he stared at the row of lanterns.
It turned out that they didn't feel anything when they hung it, but from the perspective of the Duke, several lanterns were lined up in a row, and the lines on them clearly spelled out a human face: the eyes were turned up, and there seemed to be two unknown lines flowing out of the eyes. Is it tears or blood? His tongue is hanging long, and he looks like a hanged man.
"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw them all!"
The boy crawled underneath, shaking his stool, and the servant who was hanging the lantern almost fell off.
Fu Yi stared at the lanterns for a moment, then threw up his sleeves and strode away.
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Changying: "My lord, the Duke is coming this way, but the guards guarding the door don't dare to stop him. Do you want me to go down..."
Fu Jinan raised his hand: "No need."
Sure enough, after a while, Fu Yi kicked open the door of Fu Jinan's study, pointed at his nose and cursed: "You beast! You, what on earth do you want to do!"
Fu Jinan was sitting behind the desk with a lazy posture and his dark eyes were careless. He was the opposite of the angry Fu Yi.
"What do I want to do? Hey, you better think about what you want to do."
Finally, Fu Jinan spoke lazily.
Fu Yi's eyes flashed, and he said with dignity: "It's not your turn, a beast, to dictate what I do!"
Fu Jin'an shrugged nonchalantly: "In that case, I, a beast, won't let the Duke drink tea. Changying, see you off!"
"you!"
Fu Yi pointed at his nose, his hands trembling a little because he was so angry: "You, don't force me!"
Fu Jinan looked at him with a faint smile.
Here, Luo Ran was also listening to Chunyu chattering non-stop.
If Chun Yu wasn't worried that her master was ill now, she would have wanted to make a scary expression to describe it.
Luo Ran couldn't believe it and said, "Is it really a human skin lantern?"
Chunyu chuckled: "Madam, don't worry. I've asked Changyun. It's actually sheepskin. It's just that the craftsman's skills are good and the skin is shaved so thin that it looks like human skin. However, it is said that Lin Shoucheng's appearance is similar." Nine points!"
Luo Ran lowered his head and thought for a while. Since the man painted Lin Shoucheng's portrait on the lantern and gave it to Fu Yi, it meant that the Duke of Jingguo had something to do with Lin Shoucheng's matter!
It seems that my father really died directly at the hands of Lin Shoucheng in his previous life.
Luo Ran asked again: "Now, is Duke Jingguo still in your study?"
Chunyu nodded: "Yes, after Duke Jingguo looked at the lantern, he showed such a posture that even the guards at the door didn't stop him."
Luo Ran suddenly stood up and said, "Wait for me to change my clothes."
Youqing was anxious: "Madam, you are not feeling well yet, where are you going?"
Luo Ran: "It doesn't matter, just wear more clothes. I'll go take a look."
You Qingjian couldn't resist, so he had to find a thicker dress and put on a thick cloak. The master and servants went to the study.
As soon as Changying saw the figure appearing in the yard, he hurriedly greeted her: "Madam."
Luo Ran stood still and nodded: "Is the Duke still here?"
Changying replied: "Still."
Luo Ran said again: "Well, you go in and make a call and say that I have a question that I would like to ask the Duke."
Changying hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."
Duke Jingguo had just lost his temper, but now he finally calmed down. After sitting down and just about to speak, he heard Dao Changying come in and say contemptuously: "What do I have to say to her?"
Fu Jinan's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he said to Changying: "It's cold outside, Madam is in good health, so you let her freeze outside like this?"
With that said, he got up and came to take Luo Ran in personally.
