Chapter 1210: Chapter 1208: Guilty Conscience
Fu Gui ca out from the main hall and headed out of the residence. With such a big event occurring, he needed to inform the master first; otherwise, he couldn’t handle the repercussions.
"Go, prepare the carriage. I will personally go fetch the master from the royal court." Fu Gui arrived at the gatehouse and gave the gatekeeper lad a kick.
The lad quickly scrambled to his feet and hurried away.
anwhile, Wu Lihong, upon leaving the grand hall of deliberations, felt a sense of complete satisfaction. Even the blazing sun in the sky didn’t seem so intense.
"Congratulations, Lord Wu. It seems I’ll have to ask you for a drink in the future," a colleague walking beside Wu Lihong remarked with a smile.
Wu Lihong had handled this assignnt with perfect steadiness and had even received praise from the emperor during the morning court. Although he hadn’t received a promotion, his rit was noted, and perhaps the decree might co any day.
Faced with his colleague’s congratulations, Wu Lihong responded modestly with a few polite words, increasingly feeling that this assignnt was the smoothest one of his career.
Not only did he complete the assignnt successfully, but he also reunited with an old lover. It was indeed a double blessing; Madam Zhou truly brought him luck.
As he walked out of the palace gates, Wu Lihong saw Fu Gui waiting at the shaft of his family carriage, and his heart skipped a beat.
After all these years, Fu Gui had beco a steward and no longer needed to fetch him from court personally. Why did he co personally today? Did sothing happen?
Wu Lihong’s eyelid twitched a few tis. What’s that saying? The left twitch brings wealth, and the right twitch brings disaster?
"What brings you here?"
Fu Gui personally helped Wu Lihong onto the carriage and jumped on himself, whispering, "Master, Madam has fainted!"
"Hmm. What?" Wu Lihong looked at him, "Fainted?"
Fu Gui said, "Because of the lady you saved yesterday, Madam summoned the servant to question. Also, wasn’t Ping An sent to Huayang before?" Wu Lihong nodded, so what?
"I don’t know how Madam found out about the issues with Madam Zhou, so she sent Ping An. At the ti, I didn’t ntion anything, only soothed Ping An, and ntioned briefly in the letter. And now, she summoned the servant to question," Fu Gui tried to clear himself of responsibility.
Wu Lihong widened his eyes, "Did you tell her?"
Fu Gui replied bitterly, "Master, this matter can’t be concealed. Sooner or later, it has to be said! I thought, if I confess a little first, it would prepare Madam ntally, so when you bring it up, she wouldn’t direct all her anger towards you!"
Wu Lihong listened and hurriedly said, "Right, you make a good point."
Sooner or later, it had to be said. He didn’t even know how to start. Now that Madam Wang had asked about it herself and Fu Gui had explained clearly, he could follow up more easily.
Seeing the master’s expression, Fu Gui knew he had gambled correctly. He then repeated, with so embellishnts, what he had said to Madam Wang, saying, "...so that the master would be aware, and know how to respond. When Madam heard that Madam Zhou was pregnant, she fainted out of anger at the scene. Fearing the master would have difficulty explaining, I ca personally to report."
Upon hearing that Madam Wang fainted from anger about Madam Zhou’s pregnancy, Wu Lihong felt a bit guilty, asking, "Has Madam woken up when you left?"
"I do not know. I hurried out, fearing I’d be late." Fu Gui answered cautiously.
Wu Lihong suddenly felt a headache. Despite Madam Wang being thorough in matters, with her powerful family background and a sister in the palace, her aura was increasingly formidable. Normally, she was quite domineering, and now that she’s furious, if he went ho, he feared he would bear the brunt of it.
"Let’s not go back yet. Let’s take a walk to the Minister of Rites’s residence!" Wu Lihong decided imdiately.
He had to wait until that fierce woman cald down before going back; otherwise, his face might get scratched!
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