Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 175 Canglan Ferry (45)

This sudden turn of events left everyone in the Duke's mansion stunned, even Pei Ji was taken aback.

But then he realized what had happened.

Pei Yuanhong was ashen-faced when he was taken away, while Xu Bihua held Pei Ji's hand and wept.

"Zhou'er, save your mother! I only meant to scare Zhao Danyan back then, I didn't mean to kill her, but who knew the house would catch fire unexpectedly... You must save your mother!"

Pei Ji didn't speak, coldly brushing Xu Bihua's hand away.

After Pei Yuanhong and his wife were taken away, Pei Ji hurriedly returned to Zhuyuan and asked Yan Zhen as soon as he entered: "Did you anonymously report Pei Yuanhong and Xu to the Dali Temple?"

Yan Zhen was making the second batch of beauty cream for Zhang Shulan when he heard this. He looked up and said, "Yes, before the closure of the mansion, I wrote a letter and asked Jianxue to deliver it to the Zhang mansion and give it to Zhang Shulan, asking her to anonymously report it on my behalf."

Once the matter of treason is investigated, the Duke's mansion will be held accountable, making this the perfect opportunity to further exacerbate Pei Yuanhong's predicament.

Now that he has been demoted to a commoner and lost the protection of his title as Duke of Dingguo, the revelation that he harbored the daughter of a disgraced official is tantamount to adding insult to injury and will surely attract the attention of the court.

Having confirmed his idea, Pei Ji felt a warmth in his heart.

She said she considered him an ally and that she would help him; it wasn't just empty talk.

Pei Ji took a long time before finally saying, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Yan Zhen said. "Don't just sit idly by. While Pei Yuanhong is in the eye of the storm, go and ask Lord Zhang to help reopen the old case of the Zhao family and see if you can overturn the verdict for your maternal grandfather's family."

The Zhao family's case happened twenty years ago, when the late emperor was still in power.

The late emperor was suspicious by nature and could not tolerate any wrongdoing. The Zhao family was framed by their political enemies, which is why they were exiled and their property confiscated.

The current emperor is wise, decisive, and upright. If he reopens the old case of the Zhao family, the success rate of clearing their name is very high.

"it is good!"

Pei Ji became busy, bringing back good news every few days.

—The old case involving the Zhao family has been reopened, attracting widespread attention, and the Emperor has agreed to restart the investigation.

—It is difficult to overturn the case and collect evidence, but the Zhao family is well-liked, and former friends stood up and spoke out for justice at the morning court.

—Find key witnesses who can prove the Zhao family's innocence…

Pei Ji's smile grew more frequent each day, and his steps back to the Duke's mansion after his shifts became lighter.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the verdict in the treason case was announced. Many of the main culprits, including the Yan family, were sentenced to have their entire families exterminated, and their married daughters were also punished. They were to be executed three days later.

This result was within Yan Zhen's expectations.

The Yan family brought this upon themselves; they deserve to die.

Unexpectedly, in the early hours of the second day after the verdict was announced, Yan Zhen was awakened from her sleep by a burning sensation on her wrist. She rolled up her sleeve and saw that the wound on Yan Jinhe's wrist had healed.

At the same time, the system issued a mechanical notification: "Congratulations, host, on completing this task. 100 points have been credited to your account. Please check your account."

Yan Jinhe is dead.

Yan Zhen quickly went through the task in his mind.

Although it took a while, the task was 100% completed.

With Yan Jinhe dead, she can pack up and go back to Canglan Valley.

The thought of eating her senior's cooking when she got back made her feel relaxed, and she started planning what gifts to buy when she went back.

As she was thinking, she fell asleep again.

The next day, when Yan Zhen woke up, Pei Ji had already gone to work.

After washing up, she took the prepared beauty cream and went to the Zhang family.

Firstly, it was to deliver the beauty cream, and secondly, it was to say goodbye to Zhang Shulan properly.

Zhang Shulan was one of the only two friends she made after coming into this world.

Upon learning that Yan Zhen was about to embark on a long journey and would never return to the capital, Zhang Shulan was indeed very reluctant to part with her. She held her hand and cried for a long time before finally saying, "What will happen to the Crown Prince if you leave? Don't you want him anymore?"

Speaking of Pei Ji, Yan Zhen smiled and said, "I've already spoken to him about it."

"He agreed to let you go?"

"Ah."

After much persuasion and calming down Zhang Shulan, Yan Zhen left the Zhongshu Ling Mansion and took Jianxue shopping.

She had saved up a lot of money. Since gold and silver didn't circulate in Canglan Valley, they were useless if she took them back. So she simply exchanged them all for gifts and gave them to her senior sisters, senior brothers, junior brothers, her master and mistress, and the big yellow dog in the valley.

After shopping for most of the day, Yan Zhen filled the carriage to the brim with the things he bought.

When Pei Ji returned to the Duke's mansion after his shift, he immediately saw servants unloading things from a carriage at the gate, with Jianxue directing them to handle them gently.

Upon seeing Pei Ji return, Jianxue quickly curtsied and greeted him: "Young Master."

Pei Ji asked, "Who bought it?"

Jianxue said, "It was bought by Miss Jiang."

Pei Ji frowned slightly, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

He strode into the bamboo garden, where the maids were serving the meal. Yan Zhen was leaning against the couch, sitting with his legs crossed, looking rather unseemly, and idly flipping through a pharmacopoeia.

Seeing Pei Ji enter, she greeted him lazily, "You're back."

Pei Ji walked up to her: "Yan Jinhe is dead."

"Oh? How did he die?" Yan Zhen asked, but he wasn't surprised at all, and his attention was entirely on the pharmacopoeia.

"Hanging herself was probably to avoid being beheaded. Three other women from the Yan family also hanged themselves last night."

Yan Zhen put down the pharmacopoeia: "I didn't expect her to be afraid of death too."

As the two were talking, a servant brought in gifts of various sizes, and Jianxue instructed them to pile the gifts in the outer room.

Pei Ji looked at the items, hesitated for a moment, and then asked casually, "Why did you buy so much stuff?"

At this point, Yan Zhen waved his hand to dismiss the servants and said, "Yan Jinhe is dead. I have achieved my goal of leaving the valley. I will return to Canglan Valley the day after tomorrow."

Pei Ji's heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable emotion fermented and spread within him. His fingers unconsciously curled up: "So soon?"

“I’ve been out long enough. If I don’t go back soon, my master and mistress will come looking for me.”

As Yan Zhen spoke, he picked up a prescription from the small table. "This is the prescription for the beauty cream. I've written it down. Tomorrow, send a clever and trustworthy maid over, and I'll teach her how to make it step by step. In the future, you can use this prescription to continue cooperating with the Feng family and making money."

Pei Ji: "...Oh."

Yan Zhen keenly sensed his displeasure, so she teased, "All good things must come to an end. Even if you're reluctant to part with me, I still have to go home. Meeting you is fate, and we're friends. If you miss me in the future..."

Pei Ji immediately asked, "How is it?"

Yan Zhen originally wanted to say that if Pei Ji missed her in the future, he could visit Canglan Valley. However, she then thought that Canglan Valley did not have contact with outsiders, and if he went in and out too often, there would inevitably be a risk of leaking secrets.

She changed her mind and said, "Just bear with it."

Pei Ji: "..."

Yan Zhen stood up and called to him, "Don't just stand there, come on, let's go eat."

A surge of impulse welled up in Pei Ji's heart, and as Yan Zhen walked past him, he grabbed her wrist.

"Can you not leave?"