Chapter 30 (2/2)

Marquis Moyu slightly smiled. “I’ll speak frankly. Does Sir Nie feel that there’s something strange with Sangyu?”

Nie Qingyun raised his eyebrows, “What is the marquis trying to say? What’s strange about her?”

Marquis Moyu turned his head to glance at the room and said in quiet voice, “Sir Nie, don’t you feel that Sangyu’s temperament has become much more docile? I could even say that she seems like a completely different person.”

Nie Qingyun paused for a moment to carefully think over the words that Sangyu had recently said to him. It wasn’t any different from the words that she had said in the past. They had only talked for a little bit before Sangyu went back to sleep. Even if he had wanted to check that there was something off

something off about her, he wouldn’t have been able to tell.

“Although she had acted insensibly in the past, a time had to come when she grew up.” Nie Qingyun said, “What is the marquis feeling suspicious about?”

Ning Yuxuan was silent for a moment. He didn’t speak until he drank half the tea in the cup. “May this one be so bold as to ask if Sir Nie remembers if Sangyu has any birthmarks?”

Nie Qingyun froze for a moment and then his expression became slightly ugly. “Marquis, you’ve been with Sangyu for six years, and you need to ask me this type of question?”

This was truly quite a shameful matter. Every time that Ning Yuxuan had bestowed favor on Nie Sangyu, he had routinely blown out the candles first. He really hadn’t paid enough attention to notice if she had any birthmarks on her body. But, as the older brother that had grown up with Nie Sangyu, Nie Qingyun should know this information.

“There’s a small birthmark on the back of her neck.” Nie Qingyun looked at Marquis Moyu and his voice was heavy as he said, “Marquis, if there’s something that you’re confused about, you can go look for yourself.”

Behind her neck? Ning Yuxuan committed this to memory, but he outwardly pretended that this wasn’t a big deal. “Sir Nie, you’re overthinking things. I was just asking out of curiosity. I heard that the emperor has recently

emperor has recently given Hebei’s entire salt transportation to you to manage….”

Moving from family matters to the affairs of the nation, these two people still had common topics to talk about. Although Ning Yuxuan was a leisurely marquis, his network of relations.h.i.+ps was complicated and he definitely had a certain amount of influence. In addition, the emperor favored him; so even Nie Xiangyun didn’t dare to look down on him.

The two of them talked in the courtyard until sunset. Before leaving, Nie Qingyun went back into the room to look at the still “deeply asleep” Nie Sangyu. He sighed and said, “It would be so wonderful if you could be the person that he loves.

Ji Man didn’t understand why this would be good. But, she still relaxed after hearing that person leaving.

During the night, Ning Yuxuan suddenly came into her bed.

Shocked, Ji Man said, “My lord, this servant is still sick.”

“En, I won’t touch you. I’m just here to share the bed with you.” Marquis Moyu said with a smile and hugged her from the back.

Ji Man had never been this intimate with another person before and this tips of her ears turned red. She didn’t dare to make a sound, so she gritted her teeth. She had to pretend that she was feeling happy over this.

Ning Yuxuan looked at the small birthmark on the back of her neck and the peculiar look in his eyes increased.