Chapter 1187 Unrequited love!
Throwing the newspaper aside, Murong Qingwu lazily asked Ying'er who was serving beside her:

"Has there been anything interesting happening in the mansion in the past few days?"

Ying Er thought for a while and said:
"There have been a lot of interesting things happening in the mansion recently, especially with Madam Bai and the eldest lady..."

Upon hearing this, Murong Qingwu immediately became interested and asked:
"Tell me what happened?"

"First, something happened to the Bai family. Some accounting issues and problems at the Liaoyang mine were investigated by the Censorate. I heard that a lot of people were implicated, which made the old man of the Bai family very worried. There were also rumors within the court that someone was behind the Bai family's actions. Even Mrs. Bai's sister-in-law, Mrs. Hu, came to the mansion to ask Mrs. Bai for help!"

"Then Madam Bai revealed that there was a spy around her. Madam Bai went to ask the First Madam to make a decision for her. Then, no one knew what happened. The First Madam beat Madam Liu, who was in charge of purchasing for her, to death. In the end, the matter of Madam Bai having a spy around her was forgotten!"

Listening to Ying'er's story, Murong Qingwu's expression became somewhat playful. Although Ying'er's words were a bit simple, she still felt something unusual from them. She realized that things were definitely not that simple!
This Nanny Zhao is An Miaoyi's confidante, and is in charge of some daily purchasing work in the mansion. Thousands of taels of silver are spent from her every month. An Miaoyi also has to let her do some secret matters. Someone in the mansion reported that Nanny Zhao took kickbacks before, but the matter was suppressed by An Miaoyi in the end, and a big matter was turned into a small matter!

Therefore, An Miaoyi actually beat her confidant to death with a stick, which was enough to show that Madam Zhao made a big mistake, at least much more serious than the mistake of taking kickbacks······················

Ying Er had been with Murong Qingwu for many years and had some understanding of her master's personality. Therefore, looking at Murong Qingwu's thoughtful expression, she roughly guessed what was in Murong Qingwu's mind. After a moment's hesitation, she asked:
"Madam, do you think I should go and find out the cause of Madam Liu's death?"

Murong Qingwu hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly before speaking:
"You can do this, but be careful not to draw attention!"

"Madam, don't worry, I know how to act properly!"

Murong Qingwu smiled upon hearing this. Perhaps it was afternoon or perhaps she was a little tired from reading the newspaper just now. In short, she was a little tired now.
During this period, she was pregnant and her life was very hard. Although she had the help of maids and nannies around her and had food and clothes provided for her on weekdays, the child in her belly was very noisy, kicking left and right, making it almost impossible for Murong Qingwu to sleep through the night.

Murong Qingwu could only sleep in fragments every day, sleeping for one hour in the morning, another hour in the afternoon, and finding an opportunity to sleep for two hours at night. Only by piecing together could she sleep for three or four hours a day, and that was barely enough time for rest.

A few days ago, Murong Qingwu couldn’t sleep because of the pain, so she asked a doctor from the medical school to come and see her. However, after a detailed pulse diagnosis, the doctor did not diagnose any problems and told Murong Qingwu that both she and the baby were very healthy, and if the baby in her belly kicked her, she should just bear with it...

Murong Qingwu was speechless at the suggestion of being patient, but she didn't have any other better ideas. However, Aunt Zhang beside her gave another conclusion, which was that Murong Qingwu was pregnant with a boy. After all, boys are more active than girls!
After hearing this conclusion, Murong Qingwu thought about it carefully and felt that what Aunt Zhang said was very right. She was also a person who had given birth before. When she gave birth to Ke Xin, she also felt that Ke Xin was making trouble for her every day. However, the degree of Ke Xin's trouble was far less than that of the little bastard in her belly now.

Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu began to have greater expectations for the little bastard in her belly. For this reason, she specially rewarded Aunt Zhang with five taels of silver. In the future, when she was kicked out, she felt both pain and happiness. Thinking that she could complete her mission and give birth to a boy, her stomach didn't seem to hurt so much anymore.

Seeing that Murong Qingwu was a little tired, Ying'er was very considerate and took a blanket to cover Murong Qingwu. Murong Qingwu was not very afraid of cold before, but after getting pregnant, she became a little afraid of cold. When it was serious, she couldn't stand any cold wind.

Just as Murong Qingwu was about to take a nap in the afternoon sun, there was a knock on the door. Ying'er immediately walked over and opened the door. A maid named Xiaoxi handed over a letter and said to Ying'er:
"Miss Qiqige, Wang Xing had someone send this here!"

Ying'er nodded when she heard that, and then she immediately closed the door for fear that the cold wind would enter the room, and then opened the letter.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Ying'er was startled for a moment, and then thought that she had read it wrongly. She read it again and after a few seconds, she was sure that she had not read the contents of the letter wrongly. Then she looked at Murong Qingwu who was taking a nap on the bed...
Ying'er's expression also became hesitant. She seemed to want to tell Murong Qingwu the contents of the letter immediately, but she was also worried that it would disturb Murong Qingwu's sleep.

Thinking that her wife slept for less than an hour last night and only an hour this morning, Ying'er felt reluctant to disturb her wife's sleep.

Although Ying'er didn't have the heart to disturb her, Murong Qingwu's sleep quality was very poor. She slept for less than half an hour and couldn't fall asleep anymore. She asked Ying'er to get her some ancient books and documents to read to relieve her boredom. Ying'er also took this opportunity to show Murong Qingwu the letter she had just received.

After reading the contents of the letter, Murong Qingwu was as surprised as Ying'er just now, and then looked at Ying'er and asked:
"Wang Xing sent this?" "Yes!"

Upon hearing the news, Murong Qingwu put down the letter with a serious expression, closed her eyes, and started to think quickly in her mind.

Like An Miaoyi, she made a lot of money by predicting the future of Yijing city planning. However, due to her special status, it was impossible for her to leave the house often, so Murong Qingwu handed over her own business outside the house to an old servant of the Murong family named Wang Xing to run.

Because the allowance in the Ye Mansion was limited, and the antique books and collectibles that Murong Qingwu liked were very valuable, so whenever Murong Qingwu needed anything, she would ask Wang Xing to buy it and send it to her. In addition to being responsible for Murong Qingwu's shopping needs, Wang Xing also did some miscellaneous things for her...
Most of the content of this letter is a report by Wang Xing on the situation of the various industries he has been in charge of over the past period of time in accordance with Murong Qingwu's request.

Wang Xing told Murong Qingwu how much silver the rent of several shops earned, how much silver the several businesses made, how much silver he spent on buying things for Murong Qingwu, how much silver he spent on renovating the outer house, etc. Murong Qingwu actually cared about all these. After all, although she had a close relationship with the family, she was a married girl after all!

As the old saying goes, a married girl is like spilled water, so Murong Qingwu was embarrassed to ask for money from her family. And she was not An Miaoyi, but the eldest lady of the Ye Mansion, who could be in charge of all the industries under the name of the Ye Mansion and could spend the money of the Ye Mansion however she wanted.

At the same time, the Ye Mansion only has so much allowance, and Murong Qingwu's expenses are so high, so even though Wang Xing has been a loyal servant of the Murong family for generations and his character and loyalty are guaranteed to a certain extent, but people's hearts are hidden and you can only know the surface of a person but not his heart.

Therefore, Murong Qingwu was a little worried that Wang Xing had embezzled her money. For this reason, she asked Wang Xing to report to her every once in a while on various income and expenses. Murong Qingwu would also ask the accountant to make a careful calculation to evaluate Wang Xing's work!

However, today's letter was different from the usual ones. The content that attracted Murong Qingwu was not about expenses, but the last sentence in Wang Xing's letter.
Madam, my people discovered that Qiqige and Feng Yuning appeared in Fusheng Building together, and the two seemed to have close communication...
This paragraph was only a few dozen words, but when Murong Qingwu read it, her heart was moved!
Murong Qingwu knew which shop on the upper floor of Houde Building An Miaoyi was the actual owner of, and the price of this shop was very high due to its good location and good appearance. It was considered one of An Miaoyi's most valuable industries in Yijing, so she usually asked Wang Xing to keep an eye on it to see if there were any flaws!
Originally, Murong Qingwu did not have high hopes of discovering An Miaoyi's flaw in this matter, and she just instructed Wang Xing about this matter with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

However, what Murong Qingwu did not expect was that just half a month ago, Wang Xing brought her a piece of news that was somewhat surprising, that is, Feng Yuning rented An Miaoyi's shop on Houde Road!
This news immediately attracted Murong Qingwu's attention. She was also the daughter of a wealthy family in Luoan, and she knew very well what was going on in the circle of aristocratic nobles!

Murong Qingwu knew very well how crazy Feng Yuning was in love with An Miaoyi. Even though An Miaoyi had a bad reputation as the reincarnation of Bao Si, she ignored Feng Yuning. But Feng Yuning was completely bewitched and would not listen to anyone's advice. He even swore that he would not marry anyone else but An Miaoyi in this life!

In order to allow his father to go to the An family to propose marriage, Feng Yuning knelt in front of his father's door in the rain for a whole night. He had a fever the next day and almost burned himself to death!

Although Feng Yuning was infatuated and a true romantic, his feelings for An Miaoyi did not move his father Feng Junchen. Feng Yuning had good academic performance back then and passed the imperial examination at the age of 23. It was highly likely that he would pass the imperial examination in the future, and it was even possible for him to pass the second place and the first place in the imperial examination...

Because of this, Feng Yuning's father, Feng Junchen, the censor, also had great expectations for his eldest son. He hoped that his eldest son could bring honor to the family, surpass himself, a censor of the fourth rank, and carry forward their Feng family!
So even though Feng Yuning was infatuated and cared less about his future than about beauty, and was willing to give up everything for An Miaoyi, not even his future, his father Feng Junchen did not agree at all. He could not let a woman named Bao Si ruin his son's bright future!
So when Feng Yuning recovered from his fever and pestered him to go to the An family to propose marriage, this fourth-rank imperial censor of the Great Zhou Dynasty simply picked up a rattan stick and started beating Feng Yuning. However, Feng Yuning was really a tough guy. The rattan stick broke, and he lay on the ground with scars all over his body, still shouting that he wanted to marry An Miaoyi.

Although his father Feng Junchen was extremely angry, he couldn't really beat Feng Yuning to death, so in the end he had no choice but to confine Feng Yuning at home.

This incident was widely circulated in the circle of aristocratic families in Luoan at that time. Although most people ridiculed Feng Yuning for being a romantic ghost even after his death under the peony flowers, there were also people who admired Feng Yuning's unswerving determination!
Not long after this incident, Feng Junchen lost his power due to internal strife in the court and was demoted to Yunbing. Feng Yuning also followed him to Yunbing, away from the circle of nobles and aristocratic families in Luoan, and there was gradually no news about him...
Murong Qingwu originally thought that she would never hear news about Feng Yuning again in this life, but unexpectedly, she heard news about this old friend again ten years later. What was most intriguing was that Feng Yuning actually rented An Miaoyi's shop!

Even though Feng Yuning was almost unrequited in love, An Miaoyi didn't pay much attention to her at that time, and even rarely spoke to him.

But when she thought of his unwavering love for An Miaoyi and his determination and will to marry An Miaoyi even if you kill me, Murong Qingwu inevitably became very interested in this matter!
She was very curious about whether there would be any unknown sparks between Feng Yuning, who had married and had children after so many years, and An Miaoyi, who was also married and had children!

Of course Murong Qingwu knew that this kind of thing was a very serious problem in such a large mansion. Given An Miaoyi's personality, it was almost impossible for her to make a mistake in this regard!

At the same time, An Miaoyi stayed at home in the Ye Mansion, and Feng Yuning could not enter the backyard of the Ye Mansion at all, so there was no chance for anything to happen. However, Murong Qingwu was still very interested in this matter, so she also gave an order to Wang Xing, asking him to keep a close eye on this matter!

And now Wang Xing gave her the follow-up of this matter. Everyone knows who Qiqige is. If she really meets Feng Yuning, things will be really interesting...
(End of this chapter)