Ye Wan first wiped away Lu Weimian’s tears and softly asked, “Your uncle and cousin spoke to you just now, why didn’t you respond?”

Lu Weimian lowered her eyes. She didn’t know how to tell her mother about her uncle’s future plot to harm their family.

Her mother valued sibling relationships deeply, especially her brother.

Lu Weimian remained silent for a moment.

Ye Wan noticed something was amiss, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Lu Weimian lifted her eyelids. Her flushed face was held in her mother’s palm, like a little apple, “What if I said our family would be in trouble because of my uncle in the future?”

Ye Wan didn’t understand, thinking she was joking, “Where did you hear that? Don’t you know how much your uncle loves you?”

“I know,” Lu Weimian pursed her lips, trying to convince Ye Wan, “I’ve been restless since my marriage, dreaming about many things to come.”

Seeing Ye Wan’s unconcerned expression, she held Ye Wan’s hand, “I also know that Father is about to take over the renovation of the Jiangnan dam. The blueprints will have problems, and…”

“The Jiangnan dam renovation was decided at the beginning of the year after the Jiangnan flood, and it’s not a secret.” Ye Wan thought Lu Weimian was just overly worried due to her unhappy marriage, “Your new husband, did he bully you?”

Lu Weimian was interrupted, feeling a little anxious, “He didn’t bully me, but my uncle…”

“Alright,” Ye Wan gently patted her hand, “Don’t worry yourself sick over meaningless dreams.”

“When your maternal grandfather died on the battlefield, your maternal grandmother fell ill and passed away. Your uncle and I depended on each other in the Hou Mansion. During that time, he was my only relative in this world, and he is still my only family member now. You can’t speak ill of your uncle like this.”

Lu Weimian was speechless for a moment.

She always knew about her mother’s family affairs. Her mother and uncle were extremely close, and therefore, they interacted frequently.

Back then, the late Emperor, grateful to the loyal and brave Hou family, exceptionally granted the fifteen-year-old Ye Wan the title of Princess and the twelve-year-old Ye Lin the title of Marquis. Ye Wan raised Ye Lin alone in the Hou Mansion.

Lu Weimian knew that such a bond couldn’t be easily broken with a few words, making her mother suspicious of her uncle.

Lu Weimian remained silent.

Ye Wan thought she was just tired, taking out a box, “Since you’re home, rest well first.”

“You forgot to take this Yunxian incense. Take more back this time to avoid nightmares at night.”

Lu Weimian absentmindedly took the box and left her mother’s room, handing it to Muyun.

Muyun saw her mistress’s dejected look and stepped forward to softly ask, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Weimian stopped at the door.

Muyun rarely saw Lu Weimian with such a worried expression.

Although she didn’t know what she was worried about, whatever could make their carefree young lady look like this must be a significant matter.

Lu Weimian paused for a long time before speaking, “Help me investigate someone.”

“The Minister of the Ministry of Works, Zhou Zhe.”

“Okay.” Muyun agreed and asked, “Investigate what?”

“First, find someone to monitor his daily movements, where he goes, who he meets, tell me everything, no matter how small.” Lu Weimian walked towards her courtyard.

Zhou Zhe was a trusted subordinate of her father, promoted by her father.

In her past life, the first problem discovered was the engineering blueprints. Zhou Zhe reported it, and after her father was dismissed from his post, Zhou Zhe became the next Si Kong.

If he was instructed by someone, there would be traces and flaws.

Whether it was the Prince or Ye Lin.

Since she couldn’t convince them with words, she could only expose the traitor’s actions early.

Muyun agreed and went out to investigate.

Lu Weimian took a deep breath and walked alone towards her small courtyard.

Suddenly, a small pebble flew past, lightly hitting her skirt.

Lu Weimian didn’t turn around and continued walking.

Another pebble followed, hitting her heel.

Seeing that she didn’t react, the person behind couldn’t wait to come forward, “Sister.”

Lu Zheng chased after her, grabbing her sleeve, “Sister, why aren’t you paying attention to me?”

Lu Weimian was pulled back and stopped.

The young man was at the age of rapid growth, already slightly taller than Lu Weimian. His handsome eyebrows and eyes met her gaze, but his momentum was much lower.

Lu Zheng felt guilty under her gaze, touching his nose, “I didn’t succeed that day, I hit Brother Chu, but I thought of another way…”

“You dare to think.” Lu Weimian interrupted him, “Who allowed you to do that?”

Lu Zheng was startled and said softly, “What’s wrong? You don’t like him anyway.”

“Whether I like him or not, you can’t bully people like that.”

Seeing Lu Weimian angry, Lu Zheng mumbled, “I didn’t mean to bully him, I just wanted to vent your anger.”

“Don’t act so recklessly.” Lu Weimian knew that Lu Zheng was always reckless and impulsive. In her past life, he was sent away, yet he ran back to assassinate the Prince for their family, resulting in his death.

Thinking of the Prince, she unconsciously thought of Feng Xingyuan, “He’s a good person, you can’t treat him like that.”

After saying that, she left directly.

Lu Weimian turned into her courtyard and ran into Feng Xingyuan at the gate.

Lu Weimian’s heart skipped a beat.

Judging by Feng Xingyuan’s expression, he seemed to have heard her conversation with Lu Zheng.

Lu Weimian felt a little embarrassed, but she didn’t say anything she shouldn’t, “Why are you standing in the courtyard? Aren’t you going inside to rest?”

Feng Xingyuan didn’t answer, but looked meaningfully at the bite marks on her neck.

He recalled her words, “He’s a good person.”

Feng Xingyuan couldn’t remember when he became a good person. He said slowly, “I bit you like this, and I’m still a good person?”

If he had intentionally aimed a little differently, he could have bitten her to death.

Lu Weimian didn’t know his thoughts. She only knew that some couples did have such preferences.

He didn’t use much force, and the feeling of being bitten wasn’t entirely painful.

“Since you know it’s not good,” Lu Weimian twisted her fingers, hesitating for a long time before looking at him, “Then next time you bite me, can you be gentler? It hurts.”

Feng Xingyuan looked at her for a long time, but didn’t answer whether he would be gentler.

Lu Weimian didn’t dwell on the answer.

She still had many things to do.

Besides the traitor in her father’s court, she checked the origins and deeds of the people in the mansion, fearing that internal traitors would cause trouble.

Therefore, she didn’t return to the Feng Mansion on the day of her return visit, contradicting the custom.

However, Feng Xingyuan didn’t care, and Lu Sikong and the Princess naturally hoped that their daughter would stay longer, so there was nothing to avoid.

Lu Weimian compared Xu Hua’s deed, although she couldn’t see anything unusual, she still preferred Grandma Sun to be with her in the Feng Mansion compared to Xu Hua.

Lu Weimian gave Xu Hua’s deed to Muyu, planning to transfer Xu Hua away when she returned.

Lu Weimian returned to her room, where Muyun had already lit the Yunxian incense sent by her mother.

The familiar scent of her boudoir made her feel much more at ease.

She looked around, didn’t see Feng Xingyuan’s shadow, and turned to ask, “Where is he?”

Muyu replied, “The young master went out for a while.”

Lu Weimian understood, “If he doesn’t come back tonight, it’s fine. If he does, let him sleep in the side room of my room. It’s not good to sleep separately on the return visit, it would cause gossip.”

Muyu tidied the bed, leaving a lamp by the pillow.

In the secret prison, the man’s kowtowing sound echoed, “Please spare me, sir. Originally, the military supplies to be taken to the battlefield were all checked, but the Crown Prince sent people to change them midway.”

“The Crown Prince said that only changing your military supplies wouldn’t affect the overall situation, and I dared not disobey.”

“You also know that I’m just a minister, how dare I oppose the Crown Prince.”

“But I know I’m wrong, I dare not do it again.”

Feng Xingyuan didn’t seem to be listening to him, sitting aside with one hand supporting his forehead, not knowing what he was thinking.

The room was silent for a moment.

The man secretly looked up at him, but just happened to meet Feng Xingyuan’s gloomy eyes.

Feng Xingyuan inexplicably asked a question that was completely unrelated, “Then do you think I’m a good person?”

“Yes,” Cao Xing’s eyes rolled around, “You fought for the country, you’re forthright and upright, you’re naturally a good person.”

“Since I’m a good person,” Feng Xingyuan curled his lips, like a hunter waiting for his prey to take the bait, “You shouldn’t treat me like this, shouldn’t you pay a price for what you’ve done?”

Cao Xing’s lips trembled, a chill arose, and he quickly kowtowed, “I… I will definitely follow your lead in the future and make amends for my mistakes.”

“That’s not necessary.” Feng Xingyuan glanced at the night, very leniently, “It’s dark at night recently, so you can light a lamp and guide the way for me.”

Cao Xing was about to rejoice when he suddenly saw the attendant next to him walk towards him with a knife and oil.

He suddenly realized that this was to use a human as a lamp!

Hollow out the abdomen, fill it with lamp oil and light it!

Slowly burn the person to death in the long night.

The man struggled violently, “No, sir! Sir Feng!”

The struggling pleas, accompanied by pain and fear, turned into curses, “Feng Zhen!”

“The Crown Prince is right, you are a vicious and bloodthirsty ominous star!”

“You madman, you will not have a good end!”

Cao Xing’s mouth was covered.

Feng Xingyuan ignored his words, as if he had heard them countless times since childhood.

He was even incredibly happy.

Yes, he was a madman.