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Chapter 510 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Du Mingxian overslept again this morning; before she knew it, it was already past ten o'clock. She looked at Ling Silang speechlessly and said, "You're sitting here so calmly, aren't you afraid someone outside will come looking for you?"

"It can't be anything serious. If it were, you would have woken up long ago if there had been a knock on the door."

Du Mingxian rolled her eyes at him, "You really know a lot about people."

"Of course I know my wife well."

Du Mingxian got up and washed up before pulling Ling Silang out of the space. She thought to herself that she couldn't sleep in the space anymore, otherwise she would wake up late every morning and Ling Silang, an adult, would be late every day, which would not be a good influence.

Ling Silang pretended not to be in a hurry, but as soon as breakfast was served, he heard that something had happened upstairs, so he grabbed a steamed bun and left quickly.

Du Mingxian muttered under her breath, "I told them to go a long time ago, but they wouldn't listen. Why are they rushing off like this now?"

She said this, but she was still worried. "Xiangyang, go up ahead and see if things are busy. If they're not busy, send some food over. If they are... never mind."

"Yes."

After Du Mingxian finished eating, Xiangyang returned and said, "Madam, the Grand Master has left the manor with his men. It seems he has something important to discuss."

"Then forget it. Send someone to keep an eye on the front, and let me know as soon as the master returns."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian was strolling in the yard after dinner when Xiangyang leaned closer and recounted what had happened the night before.

She pondered for a long time, then said, “Here’s what we’ll do: go and give those two children some food, and tell them that I’m going out tomorrow, so they can come to me openly and honestly tomorrow.”

"Yes."

Ling Silang returned from outside in the afternoon. He heard that there was a fight outside the city, with several people suffering broken heads. In the end, the government officials went over and separated them, and the troublemakers were brought back and locked up in jail.

Du Mingxian immediately had food prepared and sent to the front.

The kitchen prepared a lot of food and sent it to the front. The yamen runners who went out with Ling Silang had not eaten and were all starving. When they saw the food, they kept saying thank you, Madam, but their hands were moving quickly and they ate faster and faster.

It was already dark when Ling Silang returned.

"Would you like something else to eat?"

"No, I ate quite a bit of the food you sent to the front, so I'm not hungry right now."

"I think I should prepare some food for you from now on, so you can carry it with you. There's really no time to eat when you're out, so having something to eat with is good too."

"If I, an adult, were to secretly eat something there, what would the people below think? If I were out in the open, countless eyes would be watching me, and this scene might be seen by someone else."

Du Mingxian thought about the scene and felt it was too beautiful to imagine. "Then you'll just have to go hungry."

"It's okay."

"We'll sleep outside tonight, so you don't have to get up early every day and not even have time for breakfast."

"I ate, I ate today," Ling Silang explained. "When I was in the space, you weren't up, and I was just idling around, so I made something to eat."

"Really? I didn't hear a thing."

"Of course it's true. Do you think I'd starve myself?"

"Okay, I believe you. Take care of yourself, because you don't belong to you, you belong to me."

"Okay, okay." Ling Silang liked to hear such sweet words, and he also liked Du Mingxian's coquettish little temper.

After a brief moment of tenderness, Du Mingxian said she was going to meet the Yu family's two children the next day. Ling Silang was a little worried, "Don't be careless just because they are children. Maybe we shouldn't go."

"How can that be? I specifically asked Xiangyang to inform those two children. How can I not go?"

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Silang said, "I'll go early tomorrow to finish up my business, and then I'll go with you?"

"Lord Ling, when did you become so long-winded? I still have Xia Yu and Xiang Yang by my side. You underestimate them too much."

"I can't help but worry about you when I'm not around."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll take care of myself."

"Alright, be careful."

"Good good."

The next day, before going to the yamen, Ling Silang specifically reminded him again, "Be sure to be careful."

"Well, let's go."

Du Mingxian really couldn't stand Ling Silang's cloying manner; it was too nauseating.

Du Mingxian took Xiangyang and Xia Yu out at 10:30, and they walked instead of taking a carriage.

Xiangyang was still a little worried. "Madam, why don't we take a carriage and get off when we reach a more bustling area?"

"No need, no need. We're just going out to get some fresh air. Riding in a carriage is so boring."

"But Madam, if you walk too much, won't it have an effect?"

"It's okay, don't worry."

Before Xiangyang could say anything more, Xia Yu stopped her, saying, "It's the same if you sit down and rest for a while before you leave."

Du Mingxian was speechless at the two of them. Did they treat her like a child?

"You two shut up. I know my own body. If you keep dawdling here and talking about resting, go back now and don't follow me."

Seeing that Du Mingxian was truly angry, the two immediately stepped forward to apologize, each more sincere than the last.

"I know you mean well, but I'm not made of clay. I have the strength to walk, and I care about my voice more than you do, so please stop making arrangements on your own, okay?"

"Yes." This time, the two of them truly learned their lesson and dared not say another word.

Du Mingxian also reminded, "And you two better behave yourselves. If others find out I'm pregnant, it'll be your fault."

"No, no, no."

At first, the two were very nervous, but as they got more nervous, they gradually calmed down and even forgot about Du Mingxian's pregnancy.

It wasn't until they arrived at the teahouse that Du Mingxian had mentioned, and she went upstairs and sat down, that Xiang Yang and Xia Yu quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

They wanted a private room.

Du Mingxian asked, "Xiangyang, did you talk to them about it?"

"I told you."

Are they sure they're coming?

"Yesterday you said you would come, but whether you will come today or not, I don't know."

"Then just wait."

Du Mingxian waited for an hour but no one came. She sensed something was wrong. "Xiangyang, go to the Yu family quietly and see if something has happened."

"After watching it, we went straight back to the mansion. Xia Yu and I also went back to the mansion."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian led Xia Yu downstairs, and by sheer coincidence, they ran into Liu Yuanwai's favorite concubine, who was accompanied by a man.

The concubine's face fell when she saw Du Mingxian, but due to her status, she neither greeted her nor left, but simply brushed past her like a stranger.

Du Mingxian didn't intend to greet them, but after she walked over, she heard voices behind her.

The man following behind the concubine asked, "Cousin, who is that person?"