The next morning, Bixiyuan.

"Second Miss, no, Madam--" Faner walked into the room.

She had been used to calling her the Second Miss since she was a child, and it was a little difficult for her to change her way of addressing her. It had been several days since the wedding, but she had not yet changed her mind.

Fan'er patted her face twice and said, "I will remember this in the future."

Shen Qingyin smiled at her and said, "But is there any news from Yang Laoliu's family?"

Faner nodded: "That's right, Madam. As soon as we left the Shen family today, Yu saw the master and the old lady go to the Lotus Courtyard together. They stayed there for a long time and didn't let any servants in."

"Later, when they came out, Yu went into the courtyard under the pretext of picking up night incense and looked around. The main room was in a mess. It was obvious that the master and the old lady were looking for something in there."

Shen Qingyin raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Sure enough, this trip was not in vain.

Shen Zhinian and the old lady had already started looking for what she wanted...

"Have you found it?" Shen Qingyin asked.

Fan Er shook her head: "Yu said that when the master and the old lady came out of the Lotus Courtyard, they looked unhappy. They probably didn't find it."

"Okay, let's send someone to take care of the prison." Shen Qingyin said again.

"Yes, ma'am, I'll send someone right away."

Shen Qingyin chatted with Miaomiao for a while and then returned to the general's mansion.

Mu Beiyan has been going out late and coming back early these days, and has been busy with military affairs. He should have returned from the barracks by now.

I don’t know, what new news is there?

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the general's mansion, he saw Mu Beiyan's mount tied aside.

Shen Qingyin entered the mansion, but there was no sign of Mu Beiyan in the front hall.

"Where is the general?" Shen Qingyin asked the servant in the front yard.

"Madam, the general was summoned by the Madam right after he returned. She said there was something very important going on."

Something very important?

Shen Qingyin shuddered.

What could it be?

Shen Qingyin hurried to Xiang'an Hall where the lady lived.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I heard the lady getting angry inside.

"Kneel down, kneel down right there!"

"Tell me, what's going on with you all day long?"

The lady's anger seemed uncontrollable.

Shen Qingyin's heart tightened.

She had never seen the lady lose her temper like this.

She signaled to the maid at the door not to go and report, and went straight into the yard and walked to the door of the house.

"Do you have a problem? If you do, aren't you harming a good girl? If not, what do you want Yinyin to think?" The lady's voice was very low.

Shen Qingyin was stunned.

It turns out that the lady did this for this.

She bit her lip, feeling a little nervous.

She also wanted to know the reason behind this.

For some reason, the look in Mu Beiyan's eyes when he looked at her was clearly burning.

But whenever she got close to him, he would back off.

He said he was busy with military affairs, but it happened to be busy at night, perfectly avoiding sleeping in the same bed with her...

According to the time calculation, the war will start in seven days. Under such circumstances, it is probably impossible for her to leave a trace of bloodline for the General's Mansion...

"Grandma, please stop thinking too much. My grandson is fine, it's just..." Mu Beiyan's anxious voice to defend himself.

"Just what? Explain it to me clearly today! If you don't, you will keep kneeling here." The lady was still furious.

“But Doctor Feng said the day before the wedding that because she was poisoned a few days ago, she should not have sex for the next half month, otherwise it would be easy for her blood to flow backwards…” Mu Beiyan’s voice became smaller and smaller.

"Ah! Is it really because of this?" The lady's tone was full of disbelief.

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can go ask Doctor Feng."

Shen Qingyin was stunned again.

No wonder so.

That’s why!

But why did it happen to be only half a month...

Half a month after the wedding, Mu Beiyan was supposed to go to the battlefield...

This time, just like God arranged it, is not a coincidence...

"Madam, is the general in there?"

Just as I was in a daze, a voice came from behind me.

Shen Qingyin turned around and saw that it was Mu Xiaodao who came. He looked anxious and seemed to have something urgent to do.

Before Shen Qingyin could react, the door opened. Mu Beiyan walked out and looked at Shen Qingyin at the door in surprise.

"When did you come here?"

"It's been a while." Shen Qingyin smiled.

For some reason, even though she knew that she would not be able to leave bloodline to the General's Mansion for the time being.

But knowing that Mu Beiyan was not avoiding her for any other reason, she felt relieved.

"General, the person sent to Yuhu County has brought back a message." Mu Xiaodao said.

"What's the situation?" Mu Beiyan's face turned serious.

"As you expected, the person sent by the Shen family was indeed sneaky and suspicious. But the strange thing is that after going around in circles, the person he finally found was actually a fisherman fishing by the lake. Many people know that fisherman, and he really makes a living by fishing all year round..."

"Oh, what did the Shen family servant do after seeing the fisherman?"

"To buy the fish, he gave the fisherman a banknote, and the fisherman gave him two fish, that's all."

"You mean, the servant sent by the Shen family secretly ran all the way to Yuhu Lake just to buy fish?" Mu Beiyan found it unbelievable.

"Yes, sir, I did buy only fish and then returned to the capital."

Mu Beiyan pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized something was wrong: "You just said that he paid silver notes for the fish?"

Mu Xiaodao nodded: "Yes, sir, the letter sent back by our people did say that it was a banknote - you mean, there is something wrong with the banknote?"

After Mu Xiaodao finished speaking, he unconsciously widened his eyes and realized that something was wrong.

The smallest denomination of a silver note in the Northern Xin Dynasty was fifty taels, while the market price of a fish was only a dozen wen.

Why do I need to use silver notes to buy two fish?

An ordinary fisherman might not have as much as fifty taels, right?

Besides, there was no mention of looking for silver?

"Keep watching the fisherman." Mu Beiyan ordered.

"Yes, I'll go and deliver the message right away."

"Also, where did the servant from the Shen family go?" Mu Beiyan asked again.

"According to the message sent by the carrier pigeon, I'm afraid it will arrive in the capital in the afternoon."

"Listen to me..." Mu Beiyan whispered to Mu Xiaodao.

Watching Mu Xiaodao leave quickly, Mu Beiyan turned around and gently held Shen Qingyin's hand: "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it clearly before and made you worry."

Shen Qingyin smiled and shook his head: "As long as you are okay."

The lady heard the conversation between the two people in the house, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground...

At the west city gate.

A man who looked like a servant rode a fast horse and headed straight for the city gate.

The city gate was more crowded than expected. The servant got off the horse, pulled the reins, and walked into the city.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he was stopped by someone.

"Young man, these two fish look really good. Can you sell them to me? I'll give you thirty cents." An old woman asked, pointing at the two fish hanging on the horse.

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