C98 (1/2)

Zhou Leping was startled and stared into his eyes, ”I'm not in the mood to joke with you.”

Zhu Guanliang looked back at her seriously.

She looked as serious as ever, but the words that came out were … Not serious.

The atmosphere suddenly turned awkward.

”Is the general serious?”

Zhou Leping heaved a sigh of relief, ”Don't make such a joke in the future, it's not funny at all.”

The smile on his face was quickly wiped away as the two of them sat opposite each other in silence. They were speechless all the way home.

The first thing Zhou Leping did after returning was to quickly change out of his clothes, find a place to hang them, and even put them in a separate place. According to Qu Tan's explanation, he would just need to bring another incense table for himself.

Just from the few times that Zhou Leping had been injured, the way the female imperial physician had applied the medicine was countless times lighter than Zhu Guanliang's. Although it was still painful during the process, it was not unbearable.

The second day after she returned from the palace, an unexpected guest came to the General's Estate. The gatekeeper carefully invited the person in and sat them down in the front hall, then went to invite Zhou Leqi.

Qu Tan glanced inside the hall as he passed by, and when he returned, he said to Zhou Leping in panic, ”General, it's not good, Lin Guobang is here.”

Since she had returned to the capital, this was the first time Lin Jing had stepped through her General's Estate gate.

She straightened her back and moved her legs out of the bed, ”Go and get someone to prepare some tea. If there's a guest, you can't just ignore them.”

Qu Tan was baffled, ”What kind of guest is he? It's all because he hurt the general to this extent, I'm not going.”

”The person who came was a guest. We can't let him get a handle on us again and say that we didn't treat our guests properly, right?” She spread out her arms, and Qu Tan went forward to help her change her clothes. He then heard her speak, ”Furthermore, this person might not be here to find trouble with me, maybe he's here to see me?”

Although Qu Tan did not believe her, but he felt that what she said was reasonable. After helping her change her clothes, he went out to entertain the guests.

She stood there with her head held high and chest out, and asked with a deep voice, ”Have you finished taking care of Madam Wang's corpse?”

Qi Miao said, ”I have already followed your instructions and laid down the grave.”

Qi Si continued, ”The person at the Ministry of Justice side said that they still need to ask Zhou Zheng about some more details, and will only release him after they have asked everything clearly.”

”Alright, you two keep an eye on this matter. Oh right, where is Xiao Wan?”

Qi Miao pointed in the direction of Zhu Guanliang's residence, ”I haven't told her about Madam Wang yet, I'm still having fun with her.”

Zhou Leping sighed, ”I'll tell her about it later.”

Qi Miao squinted in the direction of the front hall and said, ”I just saw Lin Jing coming over, what is he doing here right now?”

”I don't know.” Her back straightened even more. ”We'll know once we go and take a look.”