Doted By The Regent Chapter 404 - 404 404 A Storm is Brewing

??404: Chapter 404: A Storm is Brewing

404: Chapter 404: A Storm is Brewing

Wen Congrui looked down from above at the woman clutching her calf, her head raised, crying like a rain-drenched pear blossom, pitiful and lovely.

If this were a man, he probably would have softened and began cherishing the beauty before him.

However, Wen Congrui’s eyes flashed with disgust and irritation, and he said in a deep voice, “Let go.”

Lan Shu’s heart trembled, and she instinctively released her grip, choking out, “Young Master, Lan Shu knows her mistake, please give Lan Shu a chance, Lan Shu won’t leave.”

“You have served

for many years, do you not know my temperant?

I have said that I will not change what I have decided, yet you dared to send word ho?

Lan Shu, you have greatly disappointed .” Wen Congrui coldly dropped the sentence, “Go and pack.”

He lifted his leg to leave, and after taking only two steps, he heard a collision behind him.

Wen Congrui turned around to see that Lan Shu had bumped into the sharp corner of a table and was slumped on the ground, with blood flowing down her forehead.

Her complexion changed greatly, and she shouted out, “Nan Shan!”

Afterward, he hurried back to Lan Shu’s side and picked her up.

Lan Shu’s face was covered in blood, and she gave him a grueso smile: “Young Master, I would rather die than leave, Young Master…”

Her head tilted, and she fainted.

When Nan Shan entered and saw this, his expression changed.

He wanted to step forward to take Lan Shu but rembered his status and beca anxious, “Young Master.”

n and won must not touch hands when giving or receiving objects, and a woman’s reputation is of utmost importance.

Lan Shu is the Chief Maid by the Young Master’s side; it’s one thing for him to hold her, but for Nan Shan, it would an he would have to take responsibility for her.

“Quickly go and call for a doctor,” Wen Congrui swiftly carried Lan Shu back to her room.

There was quite a commotion in the Rear Governnt Office.

Wen Congrui sat in the study, drinking tea served by Nan Shan, not expecting Lan Shu to be so fierce in temperant.

“Young Master, could it be that Sister Lan Shu did sothing wrong?

Please give her a chance.

Sister Lan Shu has always been loyal to you,” Nan Shan cautiously suggested.

Wen Congrui’s expression turned slightly cold.

Seeing this, Nan Shan imdiately dared not speak anymore, thinking to himself that Sister Lan Shu had always been prudent, so why had she now upset the Young Master upon her arrival here?

At the study’s doorway, a guard reported that Mr.

Li was seeking an audience.

“Let him in,” Wen Congrui promptly said.

Mr.

Li was his Adviser, and lately, they had been investigating the examination fraud occurring this year.

Indeed, this year, the number of scholars and Child Students from Huayang County and the neighboring Yaan County was nearly double that of previous years—an anomaly.

Wen Congrui revisited the scholars’ exam papers and spotted the pattern.

From their county alone, three examinees had answers to the questions that, while not identical, were extrely similar, which was certainly no coincidence.

Therefore, he sent people to investigate and truly uncovered traces of deceit; soone had dared to leak the questions for profit, an act perpetrated by the forr county magistrate and the current one.

They dared treat Wen Congrui as a stumbling block, as a fool to be played with!

Wen Congrui did not make a big public fuss but instead collected evidence in secret, just waiting for a chance to strike decisively, and Mr.

Li was the one responsible for this task.

Mr.

Li soon ca in with a stack of papers, his face alight with excitent and fervor.

Upon seeing Wen Congrui, he bowed and said, “Master Dong…”

“No need for such formalities, Mr.

Li.

Please, take a seat and let’s talk,” Wen Congrui raised his hand, smiling as he gestured towards a seat.

Nan Shan served tea from the side and then stood aside.

Mr.

Li took a sip of tea, then handed the papers over to Wen Congrui, joyfully saying, “I have not failed Master Dong, all the evidence has been found.”

Wen Congrui was overjoyed, looking over the papers to see the testimonies, complete with the relevant personnel’s signatures.

“Master Dong, is it ti to take action?” Mr.

Li asked again.

Wen Congrui nodded and said, “Send the order down, arrest all those involved in the examination as well as the suspects, and bring them in for questioning.”

A storm was brewing, and for so, misfortune was at the doorstep!