TFWYH – Chapter 304 The Prefect Arrives

Yu Ziqing: ?

Wei Gao was so angered by her words that he laughed instead. “What do you think you can do to me? Tang Wan, I advise you to be sensible. I’m letting you go—so leave while you still can. Otherwise, you won’t be able to leave in the future!”

“Then let’s try it,” Tang Wan said calmly as she looked at him. “Oh, I forgot to tell you—Consort Li is my godmother.”

Wei Gao’s expression changed drastically. He stared at Tang Wan as if he’d seen a ghost!

Tang Wan continued, “She won’t let this go so easily. Just you wait.”

All the color drained from Wei Gao’s face in an instant. But soon, he forced himself to calm down. “Nonsense! Consort Li resides in the palace—how could she possibly take you as her goddaughter? Even if… even if she did, so what? I’ve heard she met with disaster and her face was ruined!”

Tang Wan said, “That’s right. I cured her.”

Wei Gao: !

Tang Wan went on, “So she took me in as her goddaughter.”

Wei Gao: …

Tang Wan added coolly, “Anyway, I’m not leaving. If I don’t ruin you completely, you’ll think I’m some harmless vegetarian.”

Seeing how serious Tang Wan looked—nothing like she was lying—Wei Gao’s heart sank deeper and deeper.

He absolutely believed in Tang Wan’s medical skills!

But… if that was true, then he was finished!

The emperor doted on Consort Li the most. If she had regained her looks, being favored again was inevitable.

Then he…

Those so-called pieces of evidence he had wouldn’t stand up at all!

At this thought, Wei Gao forced out a smile. “Lady Wan, this really was my oversight. I offended you—please don’t take it to heart.”

“No.” Tang Wan sat there expressionlessly, legs crossed, bouncing them casually—infuriatingly punchable.

You summon me and I come.
You tell me to leave and I leave?

Who do you think you are?

This young lady is not leaving!

Wei Gao felt like crying. He looked at Yu Ziqing pitifully.

“Well then,” Yu Ziqing said leisurely, fluttering his fan in an ostentatious manner. He shot Wei Gao a malicious glance and turned to leave. “You can just suffer a little longer.”

“No—Lady Wan, oh dear—Young Master Yu—” Wei Gao felt like his head had split in two as he hurried after Yu Ziqing.

At that moment, a constable rushed in to report, “My lord, the Prefect has arrived!”

Wei Gao froze on the spot.

The Prefect would never come without reason—especially not so suddenly.

Thinking of what Tang Wan had just said, Wei Gao swayed, nearly fainting.

He knew it.

He was finished.

Completely finished.

His mind in chaos, Wei Gao hurriedly ordered someone to fetch his wife to persuade Tang Wan, while he himself went out to receive the visitor.

Xiangxi Town fell under Weng City’s jurisdiction. The Prefect was also Wei Gao’s direct superior—Yi Zhanhong.

Unlike Wei Gao, who came from humble origins, Yi Zhanhong was the son of the current Grand Tutor and just over thirty years old.

His appointment as Prefect of Weng City was, frankly speaking, just to pad his résumé.

Recently, with the prefectural examinations underway, Yi Zhanhong had truly been busy beyond belief—rushing about nonstop, constantly thinking of how to achieve results so he could return to the capital as soon as possible.

Then he received a secret imperial order, telling him to rush to Xiangxi Town immediately to deal with Wei Gao.

Damn it, Wei Gao!

If you wanted to die, you could’ve just said so! Why did you have to drag me out in the middle of the night?!

Couldn’t you just behave yourself and be a proper official? Why stir up trouble and drag it all the way to the emperor?!

I rode so hard my backside nearly bounced apart!

What angered Yi Zhanhong the most was that Xiangxi Town was under his jurisdiction—yet not only did the county magistrate cause trouble, he even managed to alarm the emperor.

Yi Zhanhong instantly felt that his return to the capital was now a distant dream.

Fuming with rage, Yi Zhanhong made Wei Gao his outlet.

He brought his men straight inside without waiting for any formal reception.

Wei Gao also came out to greet him. Upon seeing Yi Zhanhong, he was badly startled and hurriedly put on a flattering smile.

“Lord Yi, what wind has blown you here?”