"Dong Xiqin is such a fool. What's the use of seducing Xie Lingxi? Jiang Rong is still alive, how can she wait for Xie Lingxi to divorce her wife and remarry." The woman's voice was calm, without a trace of ripples:
"A dandy is easy to deal with, but Jiang Rong is the biggest obstacle to marrying into the North Palace."
The maid carefully accepted the words: "This is the arrangement of the eldest princess, asking the second young lady to sow discord."
"My mother is even more stupid. Since she is an enemy, she should be killed with one strike, but she is arrogant and self-righteous and plays cat and mouse tricks." The woman's thin lips raised a sneer, and her eyes were full of ridicule:
"If arsenic had been played at that time, there would be no changes like today. It would have ruined a good game of mine!"
In her early years, Princess Anyang was appointed by the emperor to be married to the eldest son of Marquis Yongning.
Marquis Yongning and his eldest son led the army to guard the southwest.
Therefore, she lived in the southwest with her husband for a long time, and only returned to Beijing last year. They have two daughters and one son.
The eldest daughter had already been married, and the second daughter was frail and raised one child on the mountain. It was the one in front of her, Dong Xiqi, the head of Fuyi County.
Dong Xiqi was smart and good at calculations since she was a child. She chose her son-in-law - Xie Lingxi - early on.
In today's court, the prince, King Duan and the King of England stand on a three-legged basis, and any one of them may become the biggest winner.
Taking sides at this time is a huge gamble and the risk is too great.
What's more, the biological mothers of the prince and the king of England came from two other great generals respectively.
If any one of them ascends to the throne, their biological mother will be the Queen Mother.
The daughter-in-law's mother-in-law is inferior, but her Dong family is still outclassed.
Is that any different from today?
It would be better to simply avoid the struggle for the throne and choose a powerful man who will be as stable as a rock no matter who takes the throne.
The North Prince's Mansion caught Dong Xiqi's eyes.
What's even better is that the Crown Prince of the North is still an uneducated and ignorant playboy, and the person who will be in charge of the Prince's Palace in the future is actually the Crown Princess!
If she can marry Xie Lingxi, then the Xie family will be hers.
So in these years, Dong Xiqi secretly inquired about Xie Lingxi's information, became familiar with his preferences, and planned to wait for her to return to Beijing and make a careful plan to lure Xie Lingxi to the bait.
Never imagined……
Someone beat me to it.
This made Dong Xiqi, who was already weak, very angry after suffering a serious illness. He had just recovered a little recently and couldn't wait to leave for Beijing.
Dong Xiqi's gaze fell far away on the small boat in the middle of the lake, his eyes cold:
"There are only two people left in the Jiang family, and the world still praises her for her pure kindness and filial piety. For such a powerful and ruthless character, Dong Xiqin is no match. I have to help my good sister."
"Let's go back to Beijing."
Dong Xiqi turned around and his maid followed closely.
And just when she left for just a moment...
On the boat in the middle of the lake.
Xie Lingxi looked at the pavilion on the shore from a distance.
"What are you looking at, husband?" Jiang Rong followed his line of sight and saw nothing.
Xie Lingxi felt that there was a line of sight just now, which seemed to be spying on them.
However, when he looked over, the person was already gone.
"Nothing..." Xie Lingxi responded casually, paused, and looked at Jingzhe:
"Let Xiao Nanxing go check and see who has come to cross Qiaoshui Lake."
Jingzhe takes orders.
……
Mingxinsi, back hall.
Chu Jue was hunkering down at his desk and writing furiously, and it took him a long time to stop writing.
Leng Buding raised his head and saw a middle-aged man in a red python robe with a stern face standing not far from his desk.
"Dad! When did you come?" Chu Jue asked in surprise.
Chu Shouchen said with a serious smile and a cold face, "I heard that you are handling a big case recently, so you are quite capable."
"You're honored!" Chu Jue raised his chest proudly.
"Am I praising you? The Mingxin Division's cases are not enough for you to handle. You have to go outside to find cases involving the Princess's Palace and the Prince's Palace. You can take such a difficult case." Chu Shouchen snorted coldly. .
"What's the point? Isn't it our Mingxin Division's main goal to catch someone regardless of their family background?" Chu Jue didn't take it seriously:
"You have handled so many major cases, and you have killed several princes. This case of mine is not like killing the eldest princess."
"That's the person the emperor wants to kill, so the prince can kill him too. But now the emperor has no intention of touching Princess Anyang. You arrested her. Do you think you can afford to offend her?" Chu Shouchen said angrily.
Chu Jue was stunned, what? It turns out that our Mingxin Division can arrest anyone we want, right?
But it's not a big problem.
"I can't afford to offend you, don't I still have you? Even if the sky falls, my father will support me!" Chu Jue chuckled.
Chu Shouchen: What a terrible thing!
"Princess Anyang has met me and asked me to release all her people." Chu Shouchen said calmly.
Chu Jue's expression changed instantly, "Dad, you can't listen to her!"
"Is it possible to listen to you?" Chu Shouchen asked back.
Seeing that Chu Jue's face was getting more and more ugly, Chu Shouchen slowly said the second half of the sentence:
"But the old concubine of the North Palace also sent someone to deliver a message, asking the Mingxin Division to investigate strictly. If they are all released, it will offend the North Palace. When these two families are fighting, both sides have to give some face."
"You can pick a few people as the murderers and close the case within five days. Chunyue Pavilion should be unsealed immediately and all other irrelevant people should be released."
Chu Shouchen left.
Chu Jue stayed alone in the back hall, feeling depressed.
He originally wanted to find a reason to continue to seal Chunyue Pavilion after he sentenced the old bustard and others for killing the common girl.
Because once Chunyue Pavilion opens, it will be able to recruit new managers, and there will be another tragedy like Zhang's daughter...
And if the princess's mansion opens another brothel, it will continue to be closed for investigation...
Never let the tragedy of Zhang's daughter happen again.
But it doesn’t seem to be possible at the moment.
Chu Jue frowned, thinking about it, and suddenly thought of someone.
Jiang Rong.
Thinking of the woman's plan of turning her hands to cover the clouds and rain, maybe we can discuss it with her!
"Come here, go and invite the Crown Princess of the North to come over!" Chu Jue said.
Subordinates take orders.
After a while, he came back to report, "The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince left the capital to enjoy the lotus flowers. It is said that they will not be back until two days..."
……
A few days later.
Outside the capital, there is a ten-mile pavilion with willows and willows.
In a pavilion on a mountain peak further out on the outskirts of Beijing, a woman in blue was holding a telescope, looking down at the Ten Mile Pavilion.
"County Lord, the hour is here." The maid said nervously, staring at the hour clock.
They brought this copper kettle and hourglass from their house.
You don’t know the time in the mountains, but the county master needs accurate time.
"Okay, let her run to the outskirts of Beijing. In about a quarter of an hour, she will meet the person she needs to meet." Dong Xiqi said calmly.
In another quarter of an hour, the carriage from Beiwangfu will arrive at Shili Pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing.
The maid was ordered to retreat.
After a while...
A peasant girl who ran away in panic appeared on the outskirts of Beijing, and behind her was a strong man holding a wooden stick.
Dong Xiqi's thin lips curved slightly.
Jiang Rong could keep a civilian girl saved by Xie Lingxi by his side and entrust her with important responsibilities. Regardless of whether she was truly kind-hearted or deliberately pretending to be in front of Xie Lingxi, logically speaking, this civilian girl would also be saved by her. .
Moreover, she specially selected a person from a nearby village whose life experience was similar to Jiang Rong's.
His parents died young and he was fostered in his second uncle's home. He was bullied by his second uncle's family...
I believe it will arouse Jiang Rong's sympathy even more.
That's right.
Her plan was not to get close to Xie Lingxi, but to Jiang Rong.
