Chapter 175: Unearthing Clues
Because she had never had time to make an appointment to meet the second lady of Jin Anbo Mansion, Xue Jinyi simply asked Pu Yangzhen and sent a reliable person to send a letter to the second lady who went to Baiyun Temple to offer incense.
There were only a few words on the letter.
"Qing is a harm to people".
The second lady is in charge of the food in Jin Anbo's mansion, she must be a delicate mind, and four words will definitely make her understand something.
There are always constant gatherings among the ladies in Beijing, and with their connections, did the second lady finally find out something?
The second lady glanced at the door vigilantly, and lowered her voice, "Our Jin Anbo Mansion is different from the past, and we wouldn't have gone to the eldest princess's birthday banquet, but my mother-in-law listened to people's persuasion and insisted on asking Ah Qing to go." Because the people who persuaded her said that seeing the eldest princess and the king of Chu made it easier to promote marriage. ”
"Who is this man?" Mrs. Liu couldn't help but ask, obviously this person had a bad mind and set up a game.
"She is a close friend of my mother-in-law, and the wife of Zuo Wei, the servant of the door." The second lady looked at Mrs. Liu and said slowly.
"I know Mrs. Zuo, and I often have dealings with my family." Mrs. Liu said that her father and Zuo Wei belonged to the same province and met every day.
The second lady said: "At that time, Ah Qing already knew that her grandmother was going to marry her to the king of Chu, so she went out for a walk with Mrs. Zuo's granddaughter and went to a pharmacy in Dongshi. But at that time, no one in the two families was sick, I took the opportunity to test the granddaughter of the Zuo family, saying that Aqing wanted to see what could be bought for her father to make up for her body, I saw her eyes dodging, how could she believe such a statement, but I couldn't ask anything if I tried it again, and I was afraid of startling the snake. ”
Xue Jinyi knew that what Ah Qing got was the poison that must have harmed the King of Chu.
"Then it was the night of the eldest princess's birthday banquet, A-Qing only had three or five friends, and she usually didn't talk to others, which was also known to her friends." The second lady continued: "But after Ah Qing greeted the King of Chu, I don't know who dragged him to play with the other ladies, and Ah Qing had an accident at that time. ”
Mrs. Liu couldn't figure it out, "According to you, everything is weird, A-Qing is not a sudden hidden illness, but was killed by someone?" ”
The second lady nodded, "I think so too, although Ah Qing's health is not very good, but there is nothing fatal wrong, how can there be no good people?" ”
"But, why do you want to hurt the young lady of Jin Anbo's Mansion?" Mrs. Liu thought for a moment and said in astonishment: "After Ah Qing's death, the rumors about the king of Chu are even more ......"
The second lady and Mrs. Liu looked at Xue Jinyi, who had a calm face.
Mrs. Liu thought that when she planned to frame Xue Jinyi that day, the words and deeds of the two were definitely emotional in her opinion.
Xue Jinyi looked at them intently, and said calmly: "I asked Master Huijing of Baiyun Temple for help, I would rather be in the ancient Buddha of the green lantern in the family temple for a year than marry the king of Chu." It's just that...... Recently, I have been involved a lot with the King of Chu, so my mind has changed. ”
She didn't have the slightest heart, and even the little caution of her daughter's family was bluntly told, the second lady and Mrs. Liu glanced at each other and decided to believe her.
At that time, no one dared to marry the King of Chu, Xue Jinyi was the eldest daughter of the Duke of Weiguo, and it was not a matter of words to want to marry? Directly pressed over the Jin Anbo Mansion, why kill people and dirty their hands?
But......
The second lady frowned deeply, staring at Xue Jinyi with some concern, she guessed who the person in the layout was.
Xue Jinyi also looked at the second lady, and that look made her understand that the second lady had guessed, "Second lady, everything pays attention to a piece of evidence, and it is easy to do things with conclusive evidence." ”
The second lady bit her lip lightly and tightened her veil.
The current Jin Anbo Mansion is like an ant trying to shake the tree in front of the Weiguo Mansion, even if he knows that Aqing's death is related to the Duchess of Weiguo, what can he do?
Wrong...... She turned her head sharply to look at Mrs. Liu, who seemed to have thought of something, and the two exchanged glances very tacitly.
A moment later, Xue Jinyi sent the two ladies to the Hanging Flower Gate.
"Miss Xue, thank you very much." The second lady owed Xue Jinyi.
Xue Jinyi held her and said with a smile: "The second lady doesn't need to see outside. ”
Hard work pays off.
The second lady cares about Ah Qing so much, knowing that there is a problem with the cause of her niece's death, she will definitely investigate it to the end, although the Jin Anbo Mansion is weak, but because of her relationship, the relationship between the second lady and Mrs. Liu is getting closer and closer, and the Liu family will definitely take advantage of Cai's reprimand and suppression by the emperor and fight back, they help each other, and they will be able to avenge Ah Qing.
If Mrs. Xue has one more enemy and one more headache, she will be happier and more relaxed.
Seeing off the two, Xue Jinyi returned to the flower hall.
Qing Zhi counted the gifts and sent the list to her, "Miss Xue, there is still a place to put it in the west side house, do you want to move over?" ”
"Hmm." Xue Jinyi nodded, called the subordinates of the Weiguo Mansion to help, and moved all the twelve boxes of things back to the broken courtyard.
There was a long way from the flower hall to the broken courtyard, and they made a lot of noise, and the news spread in the Weiguo Mansion in an instant.
"Twelve boxes, I see that those boxes are heavy, and they must contain a lot of valuable treasures."
"Then plus the rest, it must be beautiful when you get married."
"Isn't it easy to compare Miss Fang......
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“……”
No matter what the house was talking about, Xue Jinyi still stood calmly at the gate of the broken courtyard, and when she watched the people carrying the box, she noticed that the gray-tailed pigeon landed on the tree again, and the corners of her mouth rose uncontrollably.
A team of nurses hurried by, almost hitting the next person.
"Don't you have eyes?" The nurse scolded, as if he didn't see Xue Jinyi, and left quickly.
Xue Jinyi couldn't help but notice their distant figures, and her smile gradually dissipated, feeling a little strange.
After Qinglan commanded her subordinates to carefully stack the boxes, she came to the gate of the courtyard and planned to inform Miss Xue, but she saw that Mother Qin, who was beside Mrs. Xue, was talking to Miss Xue.
"Since the Jin Anbo Mansion and the Liu family have sent gifts to Miss Jin, then take advantage of today to take a look at the dowry that Madame has prepared for you, and please keep it for yourself."
"Okay." Xue Jinyi followed Qin's mother back to Taoming Courtyard and entered a room that was originally locked, only to see some red boxes stacked randomly on the ground, the colors on them were a little mottled, and the red silk tied was also wrinkled, wilting, as if it was about to die.
Mrs. Xue only prepared sixteen dowries for her, which was almost the standard of a poor family's daughter.
Looking at the list and the contents of the box, it is all flashy and worthless things, and the texture and color of the porcelain in the box are not bad, but they are all flawed.
Mother Qin's nostrils looked at people, with an arrogant look, "Miss Jin, these things are carefully selected, and they are the most suitable for your identity." Some of them were brought from Miss Fang. ”
Mother Qin's tone seemed to be a great reward from Xue Fangyi to her, and she looked up to her.
Xue Jinyi didn't care much, but seeing that Mother Qin didn't seem to be sarcastic, she preemptively spoke: "Mother Qin, I still have to follow Liang Dianzan to learn the rules, please go back." ”
Mother Qin snorted coldly, flicked her sleeves and left.
Xue Jinyi looked at the tatters on the ground, smiled and shook her head.
It seems that Mrs. Xue was so angry that she broke the jar and couldn't hold it.