Chapter 506: Oriole (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yan Du thought for a moment before going to look for Fan Siwen first. He hoped that Fan Siwen could submit a memorial alongside him tomorrow morning as a form of support for his nephew.

Fan Siwen had the intention to ease his relationship with his son, and after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that it wasn’t a big deal, so he agreed.

As for Qi Feng, after he thought about it for a while, he agreed to write a memorial for his son.

Yan Du ran for a long time. In the end, including Fan Siwen and Qi Feng’s endorsement, there were only seven or eight people who were willing to believe in Qi Haoran. This number was really not worth mentioning considering there were hundreds of ministers. Yan Du’s memorial only resulted in a small ripple, like a really really small one. Soon, it was overshadowed by the good news from Jinghu’s south road.

On the other hand, when Yan Du stepped out to ask the Emperor to pay attention to Qi Haoran’s question, Minister Qin stood up and agreed. Not only Yan Du, but the other ministers also looked at Minister Qin in surprise and doubt, their eyes constantly darting back and forth between him and Yan Du.

Looking at the dark-eyed Emperor and the equally bewildered Yan Du, Minister Qin curled his lips in disdain in his heart. He only stood up because he couldn’t stand the fact that there were too many idiotic ministers. In addition, it was in his interest that the country be wary of West Xia.

In the end, idiots were idiots. Just one sentence was enough to scare them to this extent.

Because there were too few ministers who agreed, and the Emperor was wary of Minister Qin, this matter was inexplicably put on hold. However, when Fan Zijin found out about this through Fan Siwen, only then did he realize that he had not received a letter from Qi Haoran for a long time.

It was the same for Mu Yangling. Those ministers did not believe Qi Haoran, but she and Fan Zijin did.

At this moment, Fan Zijin was planning to go all out in the Jiangnan business circle. Since Qi Haoran was not in any danger, he washed his hands off of the matter after briefly asking about it. He told Mu Yangling to come to him only when Qi Haoran caused trouble again or when his life was in danger.

Mu Yangling’s lips twitched. How unreliable was Qi Haoran in Fan Zijin’s heart?

Fan Zijin was not interested in war affairs, but Mu Yangling got someone to find a detailed map of Jinghu and study it every day to see if she could guess Qi Haoran’s whereabouts from the map.

The West Xia soldiers had infiltrated the Jinghu area from Yungui, so Zhu Liang sent Mu Yangling a map of Yungui.

Seeing that these were all military maps, Mu Yangling raised her eyebrows slightly. She glanced at Zhu Liang, who had his head lowered, and knew that he had most likely made use of Qi Haoran’s influence in Lin’an Prefecture. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to obtain such military maps.

Mu Yangling did not ask further and waved him off. This made Zhu Liang heave a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Fourth Madam would ask him where he had gotten this from. Although he could refuse to tell her or push the blame to Fourth Master, this would definitely make Fourth Madam unhappy or cause a rift between Fourth Master and Fourth Madam. Considering Fourth Master doted on his wife so much, Zhu Liang would definitely be the one suffering in the end.

However, if he told the truth and violated a taboo, Fourth Master would probably be suspicious of him later and his future would be over.

Thank God Fourth Madam didn’t ask a single thing about it.

Mu Yangling laid the map on the couch in the room. When she had time, she would take a look. Now that Little Treasure could already walk and run, his most favorite thing to do was to come and play with his younger brother. Every day, when he opened his eyes, he would open his arms and ask for his younger brother. He wished he could stay in Zhaohua Courtyard. When he ran in, he saw Fourth Aunt standing in front of the couch and looking at those pictures. Meanwhile, his younger brother was sleeping in a corner of the couch and trying his best to eat his little feet.

Ignoring his fourth aunt, Little Treasure ran over and tried his best to stand on tiptoes to see his younger brother. Seeing that he was trying his best to stuff his feet into his mouth, he patted his hand in a bid to make him let go.

Little Treasure’s wet nurse, Nanny Wang, quickly pulled his hand away and said in a low voice, “Second Young Master, you can’t hit Third Young Master’s hand. You have to talk to him nicely.”

Upon hearing this, Mu Yangling looked up and smiled at Little Treasure. “Little Treasure, are you here to play with your little brother again?”

Little Treasure grinned when he heard that. He held his brother’s hand, shouting, “Bear, bear!”

Three black lines slid down Mu Yangling’s forehead. She thought for a moment and said, “Little Treasure, this is your younger brother, not a bear. He hasn’t been given a nickname yet. When your Fourth Uncle comes back, you can ask him what your younger brother should be called.”

Unhappy, Little Treasure tugged at his younger brother and shouted, “Ah, ah, ah!” Then, he shouted, “Bear, bear…”

Li Jinghua, who had just entered the door, burst out laughing and said, “Let’s see if you’ll still spout nonsense in the future. You clearly know that a child has excellent memory, but you still keep lecturing the child in front of him, calling him a brat©. Do you know your mistake now?”