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Chapter 2195 A small punishment but a big warning

As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. He confessed his guilt so humbly that even though Chen Changli and Wan Shufang thought it was strange, they had no evidence and could say nothing.

Seeing the two men's unhappy expressions, the emperor coughed lightly and said in a serious tone: "Even if they admit their mistakes, it is not an excuse for you to put them in the prison. They must be punished."

"Your Majesty is right. I am willing to accept the punishment." Zhao Yue kowtowed again, his sincerity leaving the emperor speechless.

He frowned and waved his hand: "Commander of the Imperial Guards, you have wrongly harmed an official without reason. Drag him away, give him thirty lashes of the cane, and fine him one year's salary."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Yue kowtowed to express his gratitude, with a triumphant smile on his face. Thirty strokes of the board was not a severe punishment for a martial artist like him.

He gave Chen Changli a deliberately provocative look, then obediently followed the attendant out. After Zhao Yue left, the emperor looked at Chen Changli and said softly, "Changli, I'm sorry to have wronged you."

"Your Majesty, I support your decision. I am still injured, so I will return first."

"Go, take good care of yourself. I'll have someone take some good things to the Duke's Mansion to replenish your body."

After receiving the emperor's order, the two men bowed and left the imperial study. They did not blame the emperor. After all, there was no evidence. The emperor's punishment of Zhao Yue was already an explanation to Chen Changli, a small punishment but a big warning.

But Chen Changli and Wan Shufang still felt something was wrong, so they decided to wait until his injuries healed and then investigate privately. The two returned to the original yard, and looking at the wounds on Chen Changli's body, Wan Shufang's eyes were full of heartache.

"This Zhao Yue is too cruel. He clearly wants to kill you." Wan Shufang bit her lip and carefully touched his wound. She took out medicine from the space and applied it carefully. "I really shouldn't let him go like this."

"He really wanted to kill me."

Chen Changli narrowed his eyes, his clothes peeling off, revealing his tight muscles. He looked at the wound on his hand and said calmly, "In the cell, Zhao Yue sent someone to deliver poisoned food. I was cautious and didn't eat it."

Upon hearing this, Wan Shufang was even more shocked. All these things made her feel that Zhao Yue was deliberately targeting her, but she couldn't figure out how she had offended him.

Unable to figure out what was going on, Wan Shufang could only treat his injuries first. The cold medicine applied to his body caused a stinging sensation.

"Hiss..." Chen Changli couldn't help but snort. Seeing his grimacing expression, Wan Shufang rolled her eyes and said angrily, "I let you show off your strength. Why didn't you bring more people with you? Now you've been beaten up, haven't you?"

Hearing the worry in Wan Shufang's words, Chen Changli chuckled and joked, "It's not that my wife is here to save me, I feel relieved."

He deliberately talked nonsense, making Wan Shufang blush, and then pulled Wan Shufang into his arms, coaxing her in a low voice: "Madam, my heart has also been cleaned, Madam, touch it and apply medicine to it."

"Chen Changli, you..." Before Wan Shufang could finish her scolding, his mouth was blocked by her. After the kiss, she was already gasping for breath.

After getting out of Chen Changli's arms, she threw down the medicine and ran out in a hurry.

The ointment was specially made by Wan Shufang and was very effective. After a few days, all the wounds on Chen Changli's body disappeared. It was a beautiful day. After dinner, the two of them left the courtyard and took a night tour of the moat.

Under the moonlight, the two walked along the river, but saw a vendor drop a string of candied haws when he was closing his stall. It happened to fall in front of Wan Shufang, so she picked up the candied haws and chased after him to return it.

"Uncle, your candied haws fell." Wan Shufang held her waist, breathing heavily, and handed the candied haws over: "Go back and wash it, it should be edible."

Hearing this, the uncle laughed twice and waved his hands quickly: "It's okay if it fell off. It's all covered in dust and can't be eaten. Thank you."

"I just happen to have two skewers left. If I keep them tomorrow, they'll go bad. Madam, since you're kind, I'll give them to you."

As he said that, the vendor took down two strings of candied haws and stuffed them into Wan Shufang's hands. She didn't want to take them, but she was worried that the candied haws would fall to the ground, so she had to hold them firmly.

Looking at the honest smile on the vendor's face, Wan Shufang had a complicated expression. She glanced at Chen Changli, who instantly understood and took out some silver and handed it to the stall owner.

But the stall owner waved his hand and said, "No, no, you two hit it off. This candied haws is for you."

After the words fell, the stall owner didn't wait for the two to say anything else, and left with the target on his shoulder. Looking at his back as he walked away, Wan Shufang sighed: "There are still more kind people in this world."

"Chen Changli, want to try something?" She handed a string of candied haws to Chen Changli, and took a bite of hawthorn herself. It was so sour that she couldn't help squinting her eyes and inhaling with a hiss.

Seeing her like this, Chen Changli suddenly leaned over and licked some sugar residue from her lips. His warm breath sprayed on her face. Noticing his actions, Wan Shufang was stunned again for a moment.

Then her face flushed red, and she couldn't help but glare at him: "Chen Changli, what are you doing?"

As she spoke, Wan Shufang looked around. It was already late at night, and although there were few people around, there was still someone. Noticing someone peeping at her, Wan Shufang's face turned even redder. She stuffed the candied haws into his hand and left first.

Looking at her hurriedly running back, Chen Changli chuckled and quickly chased after her.

When they reached a deserted place, he grabbed Wan Shufang's wrist, pulled her hard, and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly: "Madam, why are you running away? We are an old married couple, are you embarrassed by this?"

"Do you think I'm as shameless as you?" Wan Shufang glared at him and struggled to leave, but Chen Changli hugged her tighter, as if he would not give up. In desperation, Wan Shufang could only kiss him on the face.

"Chen Changli, I'm tired from shopping. Let's go back."

There was a hint of fatigue in the corners of her eyes. Chen Changli felt distressed instantly and rubbed the ends of her hair: "Okay, let's go home."

After he finished speaking, he gently took Wan Shufang's hand and walked along the river bank back to the small courtyard where they lived. It was a dark and windy night, and they had a good night's sleep.

The next day.

Chen Changli's injuries have completely healed. The two thought of Zhao Yue again and decided to go and find out what secrets Zhao Yue had hidden in the mansion.

So, taking advantage of the night, he put on a mask and carefully sneaked into Zhao's house. He climbed up the eaves and walls to the roof of the study and Chen Changli removed the tiles on the roof.

After lying in wait for a while, the two men looked through the small hole and saw Zhao Yue sneaking in with someone. The two men looked excited and seemed to be plotting something. The roof was too high and they did not hear clearly.

I only vaguely heard a few words, which meant that they were going to assassinate Chen Changli.

Wan Shufang frowned and subconsciously looked at Chen Changli. She lowered her voice and said, "Changli, when did you offend such a person and make them want to kill you so badly?"

"I don't know either." Chen Changli shook his head and continued to stare at the room. "Perhaps it's related to the corruption case that was investigated some time ago."

As he was about to take a closer look, Chen Changli suddenly discovered that the person in the room had disappeared!