Marry a Duke

Chapter 59 Household Notes

Fu Ran broke the lock and found several files inside, but there was no household registration card for Cheng Susu.

That was originally the most likely place to hide the household stickers.

Disappointment almost swept over Fu Ran, and he wanted to smash the box into pieces.

"Madam, are you okay?" Yudi asked worriedly.

Fu Ran shook his head and took a breath to calm himself.

"I'm fine. The box is a bit heavy. Let Xiao Ningzi move it back to the study later." She glanced at the broken lock. It was good to let Wei Xuan know that she was looking for the household sticker.

Maybe he could return the household allowance to her.

The sound of raindrops was frightening.

"Madam, we went into the study room with Xiao Ningzi on our backs. Now we are moving the Duke's things out of the study room and breaking them. If the Duke finds out, how will we explain it?"

"I have my own instructions. Don't be afraid. Just follow them." Fu Ran said.

The raindrops are still very nervous.

She originally wanted to move it back with some effort, but when she was halfway through, she met Xiao Ningzi. Xiao Ningzi knew at a glance that the thing was from the master's study.

His face immediately turned dark.

"Why did you move things in the master's study? Who allowed you to do this?" Xiao Ningzi said sternly.

Yudi was startled and almost couldn't keep up the movement of his hands.

The box is valuable, you can't break it.

Fu Ran rushed out upon hearing the noise.

"I asked them to move. The Duke secretly took something from me and refused to return it, so I had to look for it myself."

Xiao Ningzi didn't say anything after hearing this. He silently took the box from Yudi and moved it back to the study.

When he came out again, he locked the study.

Fu Ran's forehead twitched.

It's nothing to think about. There are so many books in the study, it's impossible for her to look for them one by one.

Since I can’t find it, it doesn’t matter whether I can get in or not.

When Wei Xuan returned to Chaoguangyuan, Xiao Ningzi reported everything that had happened that day.

He also conveyed Fu Ran's words word for word.

"Master, is the Madam becoming less and less afraid of you? The study is a very important place, but she not only dares to go in, she also dares to move things out of it." Xiao Ningzi frowned.

Madam's behavior is really unruly and she does not take the Duke seriously.

Except for the old lady, no one dared to step into the Duke's study nowadays.

Even when the Third Miss returned home and wanted to enter the Master's study, she had to get the Master's permission.

Madam's secretive behavior is bound to make people think too much.

Wei Xuan went to Fu Ran's room, and Fu Ran was drinking the soup sent from the kitchen.

He had already changed out of his official uniform and was now in casual clothes. Although he lacked the majesty of his official uniform, it made him look tall, handsome, and graceful.

Fu Ran couldn't help but look at him again.

Everyone has a love for beauty, and always wants to take a closer look at beautiful things.

"The Duke is back, and the kitchen has sent some soup. The Duke should have a bowl." Fu Ran said casually.

The soup she drank had the effect of helping her to maintain her pregnancy.

If a man drinks it, I really don’t know what effect it will have.

Unexpectedly, Wei Xuan sat down directly opposite her.

Fu Ran's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled.

"Forget it. My soup is not suitable for the Duke. Raindrop, didn't the kitchen say they have Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup? Send a bowl to the Duke."

"Yes." Yudi didn't dare to stay and immediately went to the kitchen to get the soup.

Wei Xuan looked at her calmly. This experience had indeed had a huge impact on her. She changed from her previous timid and obedient self and even dared to break into his study.

"You know, the study is a restricted area and no one is allowed to enter," he said in a low voice.

This is someone who is here to call for punishment.

Fu Ran took another sip of soup, his appetite not affected by his words.

The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.

She couldn't let herself go hungry.

"Your Majesty, isn't that too polite? I am the wife of the Duke, how can I be an ordinary person? Now that the Duke has asked me to move to Chaoguang Courtyard, is there anywhere in Chaoguang Courtyard that I cannot enter?"

"Besides, the Duke took something from me that day and never returned it. I just went into the study to look for it, but I didn't do anything against the laws of nature."

If he didn't return Cheng Susu's household registration card, then he would return her own household registration card to her.

"Duke, when I married here from the *** Mansion, *** had already torn up my indenture and registered it with the Ministry of Households. From now on, I am a good citizen. Later, I signed a marriage certificate with the Duke. My household registration card is definitely not in the *** Mansion. Is it already in the Duke's Mansion?"

Before this, she had never thought about where her household registration would be.

I always feel that the world is not that strict.

But you need a household registration card to leave the city——

She was too naive. Without a household registration certificate to prove her identity, she could not go anywhere and could not do anything.

"You want your household registration card?" He still had Cheng Susu's household registration card hidden in his sleeve.

Fu Ran nodded as a matter of course.

"Of course. That's the document that proves my identity. It's my responsibility to take care of it myself. Please return the household registration card to me, Duke." She stretched out her hand and asked him for it.

Her hands were delicate and thin, and the pregnancy had taken its toll on her to some extent. Coupled with what had happened in the past few days, she did look a little more pitiful.

"As long as you are the wife of Duke Wei's Mansion, the household certificate will be kept in Duke Guo's Mansion. As for Cheng Susu's..." He slowly took out a thin piece of paper from the sleeve pocket of his uniform.

Fu Ran knew that it was Cheng Susu's household registration card.

"I have sent people to check. Cheng Susu passed away three years ago, but her account has never been closed. What you are using is a dead person's account sticker."

He watched her every move with a serious look.

That day, she said she picked it up.

Of course he wouldn't believe it.

A household registration card has many uses for a person. It is needed when entering and leaving the city, and even more so when traveling far away. If one wants to inherit the family's land and property, one must also have a household registration card.

It is true that some people accidentally lose their household registration cards.

He asked people to check the four cities, but no one was looking for his household registration card.

She definitely didn't pick it up easily. After investigation, Gao Mian found out that the guard she used to communicate with the government was named Cheng.

After some investigation, it was found that Cheng Susu was Cheng Jiang's sister.

She had been dead for three years, but Cheng Jiang didn't want to cancel Cheng Susu's account. He thought that by doing so he could pretend that his sister was still alive.

It's just that we are separated by heaven and earth.

He was willing to hand the household registration card to Fu Ran, which showed that he still had some trust in Fu Ran.

Fu Ran paused at his words.

Cheng Susu is dead, but everything about her life is real.

"Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with anyone else, as long as the household note is real."

"If I have my own account, why would I need to use someone else? I am just forced to do so."

Her eyes were fixed on the household registration card in front of her, even if Cheng Susu was dead, even if she did not escape from the city with Cheng Susu's household registration card as she wished that day.

But she still hoped to return Cheng Susu's household allowance to Cheng Jiang.

He stayed by my side because he had a purpose.

"I picked this up, so it's mine." She reached out and pressed the household registration card.

Wei Xuan didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.

"You are the wife of the Duke of Wei. Even if you have your own household registration certificate, you can't go anywhere as long as I give the order."