Chapter 284: Chapter 284

Uncle Lin was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Did the Madam leave something at the Hongwen Academy?"

Wen Wan said no, just that she sat in the school all day and felt bored. Seeing that it was still early, she wanted to go for a walk.

She also instructed Uncle Lin not to take the usual road, fearing it was unsafe, and told him to take a detour back home. They didn’t need to wait for her, she would hire a carriage shortly.

Uncle Lin felt strange in his heart; he thought the usual road was so close and they walked it every day, how could it be unsafe?

But since the mistress had spoken, he naturally couldn’t refute. After the two masters got off, he turned the carriage around, bid farewell to Wen Wan, and took a detour back to the Song family.

"Mother, why did you let Grandpa Lin leave first?" Song Yuanbao stood aside to avoid the passing pedestrians, feeling puzzled by Wen Wan’s actions. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

Yuanbao was always unaware of Wen Wan’s secret. She didn’t plan to explain, just said to him: "Jinbao has nearly ruined all his toys, I want to buy him new ones."

But that wasn’t the truth.

In her premonition, the carriage of a fellow student named Su Dai would collide with hers at the street corner, causing a slight abrasion on Wen Wan’s forehead.

Su Dai had only come to Hongwen Academy after Lin Xiaoyue took leave. She had a quiet personality and usually lacked presence. She had almost no interactions with Wen Wan.

After injuring someone and realizing it’s a fellow student, Su Dai felt very apologetic and insisted on taking Wen Wan to the clinic.

Wen Wan couldn’t refuse, ended up going to the clinic with her, and halfway through the treatment, she passed out. When she woke up, she was tied in a dark room with a cloth stuffed in her mouth. The person had a black cloth on their face, preventing her from speaking but forced her to write a rescue letter to Song Wei.

The prerequisite for Song Wei to rescue her was to use all means to have the coal mine case retried.

Even though Wen Wan did not understand the court completely, she wasn’t so naive as to know nothing.

The ones most affected by the coal mine case were the Su Family and Princess Mansion.

The two of them from Princess Mansion were her godparents, who left for Ningzhou long ago, surely wouldn’t do such a thing.

That leaves only the Su Family.

Connecting the dots, it’s easy to see that Su Dai’s carriage colliding with hers was not a coincidence, but a deliberate design by the other party, intending to take her to the clinic to strike.

In this regard, it seems like the Su Family will stop at nothing to reinstate their positions.

Just unsure if Su Xiang was directly involved.

Wen Wan thought, as the Imperial Uncle and chief civil servant, if acting so recklessly and brainlessly, then his suspension was indeed a great favor for the court.

"Let’s go, let’s buy early and return early." Wen Wan called Song Yuanbao and stepped forward.

By the blue brick wall at the street corner, a seemingly inconspicuous carriage was parked.

Inside the carriage sat a charming girl, still wearing the Hongwen Academy uniform she hadn’t had time to change. Her brows slightly furrowed, she seemed somewhat anxious, intermittently asking the driver outside, "Have they arrived?"

The driver replied, "Sixth Miss, I’ve been watching closely, their carriage hasn’t arrived yet."

The person in the carriage was Su Dai, a daughter born to the Third Aunt of Su Xiang’s house.

Knowing the Prime Minister had been in a bad mood recently due to his suspension, Third Aunt intended to comfort him today but accidentally overheard Su Xiang and Hao Yun’s conversation, learning that Little Four’s beloved was the wife of the Imperial Envoy who pushed the Su Family into the fire pit.

Fearing mistakes, Third Aunt secretly went to find Su Yu, asking if she knew.

Su Yu wouldn’t be unwilling to inform her, wishing Third Aunt’s methods were crueler and hoping Song Wei experienced the feeling of losing his wife.

Third Aunt learned Wen Wan enrolled at Hongwen Academy, and coincidentally, Su Dai was also there, so at midday while Su Dai was still in class, she personally went to Hongwen Academy, called her out, and instructed her to ensure the matter was resolved to relieve the Prime Minister’s worries.

As for the specific instructions —

Asked Su Dai to find a way to knock out Wen Wan so they could bind her, and then use the opportunity to threaten Song Wei.

Su Dai was just a daughter from a concubine, though not as neglected as Su Yu, she inherently had a soft nature and a timid disposition, and had never done anything so outrageous, originally unwilling to agree.

Third Aunt threatened her, saying if she dared to defy her today, tomorrow she would have the Prime Minister revoke her chance to study at Hongwen Academy.

Su Dai had no choice but to inwardly apologize to Wen Wan.

Having not yet actually abducted anyone, waiting for the "collision," Su Dai was already incredibly nervous, sweat beads forming on her fair cheeks as she lightly bit her lip, unable to stop her anxiety.

After a while, she asked the driver again, "How about now?"

The driver still shook his head, saying he hadn’t seen the Song family carriage come over, and curiously asked, "Could it be that they left early?"

"Impossible." Su Dai tightly clenched her embroidered handkerchief, trying to sound calm, "When we left, Mrs. Wen’s carriage had just arrived at the Imperial College. Since she’s picking someone up, it couldn’t have left so quickly, she must still be behind, let’s wait a little longer."

Meanwhile, Wen Wan, whom the Su family was waiting to drug after colliding carriages, was shopping with Yuanbao, quite enjoying herself.

Having premonitions of something happening to her was nothing new, she was well used to it and had a calm mindset.

After buying the larger cloth tiger for Jinbao, Wen Wan pondered getting her husband a set of stationary.

Although spending his money, thinking about it, she seemed never to have given him any formal gift.

Having made up her mind, Wen Wan planned to find a reliable stationary shop, her eye catching sight of a carriage slowly approaching not far ahead.

As the carriage passed by, it gradually came to a halt.

Wen Wan pulled Song Yuanbao aside, moments later, seeing the person inside lift the curtain to alight. The tall, slender figure and familiar clear and handsome face made her already calm heart gain another layer of security.

"Husband, why are you here?" Wen Wan felt surprised that Song Wei personally came to the market.

Song Wei did not question her for not going home after class and wandering in the streets instead.

He believed the girl he had trained wouldn’t do anything foolish.

His gaze towards Wen Wan was left only with softness, his tone warm, "Have you finished buying?"

Wen Wan hugged the cloth tiger tightly, nodding, "Bought it."

In his presence, she felt shy to mention gifting him a set of stationary.

Song Yuanbao scratched his head, "Mother previously said you hadn’t bought it yet and planned to gift Father?"

Wen Wan: "...No, you misheard."

As she spoke, she dared not look at Song Wei, her eyes fixed on her toes.

Upon hearing this, Song Wei’s lips curled into a pleasant smile, asking her, "What are you planning to gift me?"

Wen Wan refused to admit, "I have no money, what can I gift you? Obviously, Yuanbao was talking nonsense."

Before Song Wei could respond, Song Yuanbao chuckled and said, "Isn’t it simple? Hongwen Academy teaches so many things, Mother can easily make something as a gift without spending too much money. Then, with both craftsmanship and intention, can Father say he doesn’t like it?"