To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 47 Homecoming

   "Red beans, don't mess around." Luo Sheng raised his eyebrows and scolded the servant girl, showing a very shallow smile to Wei Han, "It's fine for the prince to send it over when it's convenient for you, don't worry."

   Wei Han slightly nodded with a cold face: "Understood. There will be a period later."

  If possible, he hopes to never see this blood-sucking Luo girl.

   Thinking of the supreme delicacy he ate these past few days, Wei Han felt a little shaken in his heart.

  This idea is a bit dangerous!

   Wei Han's heart trembled, he shook the reins and went straight to the gate of the city.

  He's not one to bend over for one bite.

  Until entering the city, Shi Yan was still confused: "Master, do we really owe Miss Luo three thousand five hundred taels of silver?"

   Wei Han looked at the guard with a sullen face, feeling the urge to kick him off his horse.

   Is it what we owe? Obviously he owes it!

  Shi Yan had no sense of crisis, rubbed his face and said: "Master, something is wrong."

"Um?"

   "Think about it, at first you got Miss Luo's dagger, they wanted three thousand taels of silver, right?"

"Um."

   "Later, Miss Luo asked you to **** her to Beijing, and the three thousand taels of silver will be offset, right?"

"Um."

   "But now that the capital is here, why do we owe Miss Luo another three thousand five hundred taels?"

  Wei Han: "..." He didn't want to talk, and he just wanted to kick the guard off his horse.

  Shi Yan is still thinking: "If you didn't make a promise to repay the debt at the beginning, you only owe Miss Luo three thousand taels now, and you don't need to send Miss Luo to Beijing—"

   Wei Han rode his horse and passed the little guard, leaving a sentence: "When you return to the palace, remember to brush the Gong barrel."

  The young prince, who was burdened with huge debts, became even more wary of Luo Sheng.

  He really underestimated this girl.

  At the beginning, he was careless with a bowl of simmered noodles, but who would have thought that there would be meat in cured sauce, gourd chicken, yellow fish rolls, and crispy duck with peach kernels...

  Unknowingly, the debt has reached 3,500 taels.

  Looking at the noble and extraordinary gate of Kaiyang Palace, Wei Han feels like he will survive the catastrophe.

  He should be thankful that it only took a few days to **** Miss Luo to Beijing, otherwise the rest of his life would probably be spent paying off debts.

  The streets in the capital city are very lively, Sheng Sanlang looks around and is dizzying.

  Hongdou got out of the carriage and sat next to Sheng Sanlang, with joy in his eyes: "Oh, the governor's mansion is coming soon, and the governor will be very happy to see the girl back."

   "Where is the Governor's Mansion?" Sheng Saburo asked.

  Hongdou pouted: "Go ahead and walk to the first fork, turn north, then turn west and you will be there."

   Sheng Saburo touched his nose and decided to drive the car silently.

  The little maid was obviously a little excited, and she kept chattering non-stop: "Our Metropolitan Government House is very lively, and the carriages and horses in front of the gate have never stopped like running water. You must have never seen it before."

  Sheng Saburo responded perfunctorily: "Yes, I haven't seen it."

   It has nothing to do with him whether it is hot or not, he only cares about whether he can still eat the dishes cooked by his cousin in the Dudu Mansion.

  Thinking about the delicacies eaten in the past few days, Sheng Saburo asked Hong Dou in a low voice: "Do you girls know how to cook in the house?"

  Hongdou curled her mouth: "My cousin, are you joking? This is not Jinsha, let alone a road. This is a capital city with countless handsome men. How can we girls have time to cook when we return to Beijing?"

  The corner of Sheng Saburo's mouth twitched.

   I'm so sorry, he forgot his cousin's real preference.

  Hongdou glanced at the young man's distressed expression, and did not forget to add another knife: "Besides, Mr. Biao will go back after sending our girl to the house. Even if our girl can cook, you won't be able to eat."

  Eat—no—eat!

   Sheng Saburo was struck by lightning.

  It’s fine if my cousin never cooks again, but if she cooks but can’t eat—just thinking about this possibility, Sheng Saburo feels like a thousand arrows piercing his heart.

   No, he must find a way to stay, he won't leave!

  Sheng Saburo strengthened his belief and flicked his whip vigorously.

   "It's here!" Hongdou cheered and jumped off the carriage, turned around and helped Luo Sheng down.

  Luo Sheng raised his eyes and glanced at the gate of Luo Mansion.

  The vermilion lacquer gate was tightly closed, and the lion head door knocker on it was mighty and extraordinary, but it was a bit unusually deserted compared to the crowd of people in Hongdou's mouth.

  Luo Sheng remained calm and looked at Hongdou.

  Hong Dou also sensed something was wrong, and murmured: "It's weird, why is there no one?"

   As she spoke, she stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker vigorously.

   "Who is it?" A doorman poked his head out.

   "Open the door quickly, the girl is back!" Hongdou roared angrily.

  The doorman thought his eyes were dazzled, rubbed his eyes hard, and then woke up like a dream, and shouted through his throat: "The girl is back, the girl is back!"

  In an instant, the news of Luo Sheng's return spread throughout the Governor's Mansion, and those who got the news either ran out or hid, with various reactions.

  Luo Sheng walked in, turned his head and asked a middle-aged man in charge, "Where's my father?"

  She doesn't have Miss Luo's memory, but that doesn't hinder her pretense.

  The steward burst into tears: "Girl, it's a good thing you're back, otherwise—"

   "How else?" Luo Sheng frowned and asked.

  The steward wiped away his tears and looked sad: "The governor was assassinated and has been in a coma for almost a month!"

  Luo Sheng paused: "Assassinated?"

   "Yes, the governor is seriously injured. Almost all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Office have been here these days, but the governor has not woken up yet. The doctor said—"

  Luo Sheng's face sank: "Finish the words at once."

   At this time, she has no patience to tolerate other people's hesitation.

  The steward's scalp went numb, thinking of the danger of the girl, no, it was terrible, and he didn't dare to repeat: "The imperial doctor said that if the governor does not wake up, he will not be able to survive..."

   "Take me to my father."

  Luo Sheng's complexion was heavy, and his heart was even heavier.

  The governor Luo was assassinated, and she was attacked on the road. Is all this a coincidence, or is there another mystery?

  She thought that returning to the capital as Miss Luo, the problems she wanted to solve were all related to the palace, but she didn't expect that the Luo mansion itself was also in trouble.

  Of course, no matter how big the trouble is, you still have to face it.

  Luo Sheng was ushered into the main courtyard, looking at the row of girls standing in the corridor, hesitant.

  Hongdou said that there are four girls in Luo's house, and there are three girls in Luo family, but in the group of girls in front of him, except for three or four older ones, the others all look quite young, and at first glance they are all dressed up as women.

   Fortunately, after only a moment of hesitation, one of the women shook her handkerchief and exclaimed, "My God, why did the girl come back!"

  Girl?

  Luo Sheng pursed his lips, probably knowing how to deal with this situation.

  She walked over with a straight face, scanned the women and tried to remember as many faces as possible, then raised her chin slightly and asked, "Is my father inside?"

  The oldest woman among them said: "Master is inside. Miss, why are you back?"

  Luo Sheng didn't answer this question, and walked straight inside.

   At this moment, a voice shouted from behind: "Stop!"

  Luo Sheng turned around and looked at the person who made the sound. It was a girl in blue clothes rushing forward with her skirt in hand.

   "What's the matter?" Luo Sheng asked.

  A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the blue-clothed girl, and then she mustered up the courage to ask: "You have made your father like this, and you still have the face to see him?"

  (end of this chapter)