Chapter 318 – Is she gone forever? 1 (2/2)
The curved lips slowly went down. Ning Yuxuan blankly looked at him for a long time before asking, ”What do you mean by disappeared?”
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Marquis Jingwen's estate had been thrown in an upheaval. Ji Man had quietly left. Other than leaving behind Ji Store's title deed to Dengxin, she hadn't left behind anything else, not even a letter.
Sitting in the empty room, Errong was at a complete loss. Ji Man's life had been going so well here. Why did she leave?
Next to her, Ning Mingjie's face was somewhat pale. Lowering his eyes, he smiled and asked, ”Did she leave of her own initiative?”
With reddened eyes, Dengxin nodded. ”If she didn't willingly leave, then master wouldn't have had the time to leave her stuff in this servant's room.”
Standing by Ning Mingjie's side, Kangyuan Junzhu still had a calm expression. No one would think that Ji Man's departure had something to do with her.
She hadn't known Nie Sangyu from before, but she didn't like to see other women by Ning Mingjie's side. Since that woman was suppose to be dead, then she should stay far away. If that woman came back to entangle herself with Ning Mingjie, then she would send her away a second time too.
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Marquis Moyu suddenly became gravely ill. The new emperor personally came to the marquis's estate to visit him. Seeing that he looked haggard and was even having trouble breathing, Zhao Li allowed him to take sick leave. He wouldn't need to attend the imperial court sessions until he had recovered.
The heavy burden and great responsibility of managing the Six Ministries temporarily fell on Prime Minister Xiao Tianyi's shoulders.
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A carriage swiftly sped towards Yong'an County. When they had reached halfway, the passenger said her stomach wasn't feeling well. While they were temporarily stopped at a relay station, she snuck onto another carriage and continued her journey in a different direction.
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In the following year, no one was able to find Ji Man. Even though Ning Yuxuan had faked an illness and secretly went to Jing Province, he only found out about Kangyuan Junzhu's connection to Ji Man's departure. As for what happened after that, he knew nothing.
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One year later, the carriages on the roads were all heading in the same direction. The titled princes with fiefdoms at the borderlands of the country were on their way to visit the capital.
Sitting inside a luxurious carriage, Ji Man sighed and said, ”Riding a carriage is still such bumpy ride.”
The other person in the carriage lightly harrumphed and said, ”You didn't need to come here this time.”
Ji Man turned her head to look at Zhao Zhe. She cupped her hands and said, ”Your Highness, these words are said in bad taste. Although this one is only an insignificant advisor, it's still fine if this one shares your carriage to come to the capital to do business, right?”
Zhao Zhe pursed his lips and swept his gaze across her. ”Is being able to sell your rice the only reason why you don't want to become an official?”
No one would have expected that Ji Man would ask for help from Zhangjun Prince after she left Jing Province. Dressed in a man's attire and carrying the five hundred silver taels she had accumulated, she started from the entrance of Zhangjun Prince's estate selling rice. From there, she attracted the attention of the estate's head steward, and then she got acquainted with the advisors that lived in the prince's estate. At the end, because of her out of the ordinary style of conversation, she was given a recommendation to be one of Zhangjun Prince's advisors.