allonlinenovel Chapter 323 News
Chapter 323 News
Not long after, Cui'er arrived. She stood timidly at the door and whispered, "Master, are you looking for me?"
Mudik looked at her with a deliberately stern face. "Tweety, I heard you met a stranger in the garden a few days ago. Is that true?"
When Cui'er heard this, her face turned pale instantly and she knelt down quickly: "Young Master, I dare not hide anything. A few days ago, I did meet someone in the garden. He said he had something important to tell Madam, so I...I took him there."
Mudik was delighted, but pretended to be angry. "How dare you! You can bring anyone into the mansion? What if he is an assassin?"
Cui Er was so frightened that she trembled all over: "Master, please spare my life. I will never dare to do it again."
Mudik looked at her and softened his tone. "Never mind. Considering this is your first offense, go get Sun Ying and tell her I have something important to discuss with her. Remember, don't let anyone else know."
Cui'er nodded quickly and retreated in a hurry.
Mudik paced back and forth in the room, anxiously waiting for Sun Ying to arrive.
At the same time, in another corner of the mansion, Sun Ying was sitting in her room, looking out the window with empty eyes.
She was a concubine brought back from Donghai Island. Because of her outstanding appearance and status as an exile, she had always been ostracized in the mansion.
When she saw the fake He Jinyan, she had a strange feeling in her heart. She vaguely felt that something must have happened.
Sure enough, when no one was paying attention, the fake He Jinyan quickly and secretly slipped a note into her hand.
The whole process was as fast as lightning, leaving no time for him to even meet her eyes or say a word.
Finally, when she returned to her room, Sun Ying's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed a little.
She slowly loosened her fist that had been clenched tightly due to nervousness. When she fully opened her palm, after seeing it, Sun Ying's face turned pale in an instant and her hands began to tremble.
She knew that this matter was of great importance, and if the news was not sent out as soon as possible, the consequences would be disastrous.
She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
She began pacing the room, wondering how she was going to break the news.
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Mudik was lazily lying on a carved nanmu chair, playing with a jade ring in his hand. He seemed relaxed and at ease, but his slightly trembling fingers revealed his extreme anxiety. He glanced at the closed door from time to time, his eyes full of struggle and helplessness.
"No, we can't delay any longer! We must pass on this crucial message as quickly as possible!" Mudik roared frantically in his heart, anxiously.
He knew very well that if there was even the slightest mistake that led to the news being leaked, a devastating disaster would surely await all of them, and the consequences would be simply unimaginable.
At this moment, it has come to a critical moment of life and death, and the only person he can rely on and trust is Sun Ying.
A glimmer of hope ignited in Mudik's heart, and he prayed silently, hoping that Sun Ying would be smart enough to live up to his trust.
At the same time, Sun Ying was sitting in her boudoir with a frown on her face. The embroidery needle in her hand was unconsciously moving across the silk, but she couldn't embroider a complete pattern for a long time.
She had just entered the He Mansion and her position was not stable. As a concubine, her movements were restricted in every way.
"Alas! How can we send the message if we can't even leave this yard?"
Sun Ying sighed softly, her heart filled with worry. She had just arrived at the He Mansion and her foundation was unstable. As a concubine, she couldn't even enter and exit her own courtyard at will, let alone go out.
This time, it was with the help of the fake He Jinyan that she was able to walk out of the courtyard and had a quick meeting with the fake He Jinyan. Unexpectedly, she received such an important task.
Just as Sun Ying was racking her brains and thinking hard, an urgent call came from outside the door: "Sister, sister, are you there?" The voice was crisp, with a bit of childishness and anxiety.
Sun Ying suddenly came to her senses and recognized the voice of her younger brother Sun Shaojie. She quickly got up and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Sun Shaojie rushed in like a nimble deer, looking Sun Ying up and down, his eyes full of concern: "Sister, what took you so long to open the door? Did something happen?"
Sun Ying forced a smile and said soothingly, "It's okay. I was just thinking about something and didn't hear you knocking on the door."
"Sister, please don't lie to me." Sun Shaojie said seriously, "I've heard that there are many rules in this mansion, and there are many people who play tricks on you. If you are wronged, you must tell me."
Sun Ying looked at the little boy in front of her, who was no longer the crying boy on the road to exile. She felt relieved but also a little hesitant.
She was about to shake her head to deny it, when suddenly a light bulb went off in her head and a bold idea came to her mind.
Sun Ying narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Sun Shaojie carefully, and asked, "Brother, why didn't you go to the private school today?"
Sun Shaojie scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "The private school teacher had something to do today and let school go early, so I thought I would come to see you quickly. Sister, why are you asking this?"
Sun Ying was delighted, but she said calmly, "It's nothing, just asking casually. Since you are free today, you can spend more time talking to me."
After the two sat down, Sun Ying seemed to be casually chatting with Sun Shaojie about family matters, but in fact she was trying to find out indirectly about his movements and degree of freedom in the mansion.
Sun Shaojie was unaware of this and enthusiastically recounted the interesting things that happened in the private school and some new things he saw in the mansion.
As they chatted, Sun Ying finally confirmed that since her brother was the younger brother of a concubine in the mansion, and she was still somewhat favored by He Jinyan, Sun Shaojie could freely enter and leave the He mansion during his school years. This discovery ignited the fire of hope in Sun Ying's heart.
She knew very well that if she could let her brother spread the news, although it would be as dangerous as dancing on the edge of a knife, it was indeed the only way she could think of to break the deadlock at this critical moment.
But... Sun Ying slowly raised her head, her gaze passing through the bronze mirror and falling on her younger brother who was fiddling with small objects behind her with great interest. There was still a childishness on his face, and his eyes curved when he smiled, looking innocent.
Sun Ying felt a pang of pain in her heart. How could she bear to drag her only relative in the world into this hellish vortex of power struggle?
But when she thought about General Chen's uncertain life or death on the battlefield and the danger facing the people of Donghai Island, Sun Ying clenched her fists unconsciously.
If her hesitation led to the death of General Chen and the fall of Donghai Island, she would become a sinner for all eternity. More realistically, if she failed to deliver this crucial message, the only fate that awaited her and her brother would probably be being ruthlessly abandoned.
In this cruel world, abandoned children never have a good ending.