After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 599 - 374: You Really Are Sly!_2

Amidst the current national affairs, Fu Zhen quickly cast Cheng Kong’s words aside.

The various government offices in the court were quite busy for a few days, and in the blink of an eye, it was already late August.

Several frosty spells fell over the capital city, the fragrance beneath the osmanthus trees gradually faded, and the withered leaves, like butterflies, began to complement the golden chrysanthemums throughout the city to form a scene.

At this time, Yang Yi had already finalized the arrangement for a three-entry courtyard within Zhongming Square, located two streets outside the Donghua Gate.

However, the house was neither introduced by a broker nor a property of the Pei family, but a refined residence transferred by the old Mr. Li Yi from Taishan Hall.

The reason Li Yi was willing to transfer it was because he accidentally encountered Yang Yi at the Wanbin Building.

Just a few months prior, Li Yi had seen Yang Yi in Cangzhou and blamed himself for losing track of him. Upon suddenly meeting face-to-face, how could Li Yi not recognize him?

On that day, he was so shocked that he jumped up at the spot, pointing at Yang Yi, which was quite unbecoming for an old man close to seventy...

Fortunately, Yang Yi was not surprised. After recognizing him, he immediately took Li Yi by the arm and led him into the inner courtyard to talk.

From then on, Yang Yi’s identity was known to one more person.

Yet, as Fu Zhen and Mrs. Ning were busy contemplating how to strengthen precautions, Yang Yi instead calmly reassured them: "Things have long been out of my control. If Li Yi could stumble upon it today, others could do the same tomorrow. At least half of the generals in the court have seen me; it’s always difficult to be thoroughly guarded."

Fu Zhen was taken aback: "Then, Brother Yang, what will you do?"

Yang Yi gave her a glance: "Just let it be. Don’t you also hope that I can follow Ming Zhi to the northwest?"

Fu Zhen, caught off guard, was stunned and then let out a dry laugh.

Ever since it was confirmed that the severed connection between the Empress and him was fate’s mischief, and after they later met, Fu Zhen indeed started wanting to persuade Yang Yi to join the camp against Dayue in the war. Of course, it wasn’t just her wish; Pei Zhan thought the same. Because in this matter, Yang Yi could indeed play a significant role, and Yang Yi himself must also hope to completely end this strife.

Thus, she passed on the gathered information to Yang Yi at the earliest every day.

The Empress had left the palace twice again later, and the interactions between the mother and son became more and more natural. When the Empress didn’t come out, she often sent some food and necessities to her son. Yang Yi, initially awkward and hesitant, has now fully embraced it. He no longer shied away when talking about the palace.

Returning to the matter of acquiring a residence, after Li Yi knew that the person he painstakingly sought and lost was at Wanbin Building, he couldn’t help but come to visit often. During this time, he learned that Yang Yi wanted to acquire a house, and the ones provided by brokers were always too far from the Imperial Palace, not convenient for the Empress to visit. Even though the residences offered by Pei Yu were more exquisite one after another, Yang Yi resolutely did not want to take advantage, so Li Yi volunteered to transfer his house.

Of course, the price was estimated by the brokers, and not a single tael of silver was shorted to Li Yi.

Since the house was always cleaned and managed, everything was in place, and thus the contract was signed that day, and they could move in the next day.

Fu Zhen and the others, as well as Mrs. Ning, were all happy for Yang Yi and also for the Empress, thinking that since he had settled on a residence, he might not be so determined to leave anymore.

On the third day after settling down again, Yang Yi hosted several tables of banquet at home, inviting the entire Pei family, Mrs. Ning’s family, and Li Yi. Additionally, Xie Zhang, the Liang family, and Cheng Chili and Du Mingqian were also on the list.

Those in the know like Fu Zhen, truly felt genuine congratulation, while those unknowing, like Cheng Chili and his group, though they followed Pei Zhan to accept this gesture of goodwill, they couldn’t help but find Fu Zhen privately to ask: "What exactly is the background of Brother Yang? I don’t see him as a wealthy businessman, he shouldn’t be your business partner. But his demeanor is certainly not of an ordinary person, why haven’t I heard you mention him?"

Liang Zhi, who had met Yang Yi quite a few times, found Yang Yi to be very calm and upright and seemed to be well-informed. Compared to them, who only knew how to fight wars, Yang Yi’s horizons were much broader, and he had long regarded him as someone worth a deep friendship.

Since he is a guest of the Ning family, no matter his past, naturally, they felt at ease. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Hearing Cheng Chili and the others being so entangled, he raised a liquor pot and knocked their arms: "Why bother about someone’s background? Just remember he’s a relative of Aunt Ning’s family!"

Cheng and Du, having no reason to inquire further, opened their hearts and began to drink heartily.