Chapter 228: The Southern Qi Envoy Arrives

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"You are Zhao Wu?"

Zhao Wu looked at Ling Haoyue and raised his eyebrows: "So what?"

That's right, Ling Haoyue glanced over, Xiao Yao immediately stepped forward and kicked over, but before Zhao Wu could react, he was kicked over, and fell to the ground and shouted ouch.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" a woman in the house hurriedly ran out when she heard the sound.

"You ...... Who are you?" the woman ran over to help Zhao Wu up, looking at Ling Haoyue and the others in horror.

I think this woman is Zhao Wu's wife, Zhang.

"You don't care who we are, you just need to answer my young lady's questions well, if there is half a lie, be careful of your life!" Qing Dai was used to staying in the palace, and there was no sense of disobedience in her coercive words.

Zhao Wu was still crying out in pain, Zhang looked at Ling Haoyue's clothes were not very gorgeous, and he didn't think in the direction of the nobleman, he wanted to refute a few words, but before the words came out, he saw Xiao Yao grinning at her, like a little devil, and instantly stopped thinking, this little ancestor can't afford to offend.

"Yes, yes, we will answer whatever the noble person asks, and there is no lie. When Zhang spoke, his voice had its own trill.

"Ten years ago, Mother Zhao of the Ling Guo Mansion asked you to take a lot of silver, who did you send it to?" Ling Haoyue asked.

Zhang's face changed greatly: "No...... Not...... There is no silver. โ€

Ling Haoyue's eyes froze: "Don't tell the truth yet!"

Zhao Wu lowered his eyes and replied: "Nobleman, we are telling the truth, there is really no silver. โ€

Of course Ling Haoyue won't believe it, Yuying is willing to exchange this news for her life, it must be inquired clearly, otherwise the news is wrong, then Yuying will die, she is a timid and cautious person, there is absolutely no reason to talk nonsense, then it can only be that Zhao Wu and his wife are lying.

"Xiao Yao, cut off one of his hands!" Ling Haoyue commanded in a cold voice.

Xiao Yao didn't say a word, and directly slashed down with a hand knife, only to hear a "click", Zhao Wu rolled on the ground in pain.

"Finally, I'll give you another chance, who did the silver give?" Ling Haoyue's tone was cold, very different from her gentle and beautiful appearance, and Zhang shivered with fright.

"Mrs. Zhao, it seems that you know?" Ling Haoyue said lightly. Zhang's panicked expression had already exposed her heart, and Zhang must have known.

"I ...... I don't know anything......" Zhang shook his head quickly, but it was useless to deny it now, it was obviously lying to cover it up.

Zhang looked like a weak woman, it was not difficult to deal with her, Ling Haoyue instructed Qing Dai: "Go and take Mrs. Zhao's grandson out, in front of her grandson, Mrs. Zhao must be very willing to tell the truth." โ€

Zhang was completely panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Ling Haoyue's sleeve: "Miss, you spare my grandson, he is still a child, what is coming at me." My son died early, and there is only one grandson like this, please......"

Zhang kept kowtowing to Ling Haoyue. That little grandson is her life.

"Mrs. Zhao, our young lady just wants to know a little thing, as long as you tell the truth, there is nothing. Qing Dai kindly persuaded.

"I ...... I really ......."

Ling Haoyue's face turned angry, and she said in a deep voice: "You still want to lie! Your lies can only deceive children, you don't want your grandson anymore, right, Qingdai, don't go quickly!"

Qing Dai got the order and immediately walked towards the house. Zhang hurriedly rushed forward to grab Qingdai, crying and begging: "Miss, I beg you, you can let us go, we are just ordinary people, and we haven't done anything hurtful on weekdays." โ€

"Mrs. Zhao, you better tell the truth, think about it, whether the grandson is important, or someone else is important. Qing Dai persuaded again.

Ling Haoyue and Qing Dai sang and harmonized, and after two rounds, where could the Zhang family bear it, so they had to say honestly: "His father just did what his aunt told him, and he didn't know what the silver was used for, but the silver was sent to Feihua Building." โ€

"Feihualou?" Ling Haoyue said thoughtfully, and suddenly asked: "If you want to go, Zhao Wu will go, how do you know about it?" Feihualou is the number one killer organization in Western Qin, and Ling Haoyue beware of fraud among them.

Zhang hurriedly explained: "Ten years ago, I was startled when I saw Zhao Wu come back with so much silver, so I couldn't help but ask a few words, but he told me that I don't care about this matter, but with so much silver, I always feel unsteady in my heart, so when my aunt came, I hid behind the window and eavesdropped a few words, and I heard that the silver was given to Feihualou, as for what it was going to do, we didn't know." โ€

Looking at the woman's appearance, it shouldn't be a lie, Ling Haoyue waved her hand, and Xiao Yao let go of Zhao Wu and retreated to Ling Haoyue's side.

"If you want to live, don't pass on today's events, otherwise be careful of your little grandson!" Ling Haoyue knocked again before leaving.

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"Princess, is what the woman said true?" Qing Dai questioned a little, "Originally, this matter should be the one Zhao Wu knows best, why did this Zhang family jump out and tell the truth, the slave maid always felt that something was wrong." โ€

Ling Haoyue said lightly: "It doesn't matter who said it, the purpose of this palace is just to know who the 100,000 taels of silver were given?"

"Then princess, how can you be sure that the Zhang family is telling the truth?"

"Qing Dai, have you forgotten that Hua Wuying, the owner of the Feihua Building, still owes this palace a favor?" Ling Haoyue stroked the jade pendant in his hand, which was the token left by the owner of the Feihua Mansion at that time.

"Feihualou specializes in killing people, they have a principle in doing business, every business will leave a case record, on which it is clearly written who gave the silver, who to kill, and the buyer also has to leave a handprint as proof. โ€

Only then did Qing Dai remember that there was such a thing: "The slave maid didn't think of it, that Hua Wuying still owes the princess a life, and in exchange for this, he must not be unwilling." โ€

Ling Haoyue nodded, it was this reason: "Xiao Yao, be good, take this thing and go to Hua Wuying, the owner of Feihua Mansion, and tell him to give me the case record of the people from the Ling Guo Mansion ten years ago." โ€

"Princess, the slaves and maids will send you back to the Lingguo Mansion first, and then the slaves and maids will go with Xiao Yao. Qingdai was very worried that Xiaoyao couldn't say clearly, she was still a child and didn't understand the importance.

"Well, that's fine. But don't waste time, Lily of the Valley and the palace just go home, you just go back quickly. โ€

It's not too far to go back to the Lingguo Mansion from here, and Qing Dai didn't object after thinking about it.

Ling Haoyue and Lily of the Valley had not yet arrived at the Ling Guo Mansion, but they met a person who was not particularly familiar but knew each other - the second prince, Qin Jingzhong.

"Princess Haoyue. Qin Jingzhong greeted Ling Haoyue.

Ling Haoyue wanted to avoid it, but the other party had already opened her mouth to say hello first, and she couldn't pretend not to see it, so she smiled and saluted: "Second prince." โ€

Qin Jingzhong said with a smile: "I haven't had time to congratulate you on your promotion to the position of princess." โ€

"The second prince is polite, it's all His Majesty's love. Ling Haoyue's tone was light, but she didn't necessarily have much detachment, and her demeanor was moderate.

She didn't want Qin Jingzhong to have anything to do, and was about to find a reason to say goodbye, but she heard Qin Jingzhong say again: "Princess, my father has canceled your marriage with Xiao Gongzi, don't go to your heart, Xiao Gongzi is a rare general, my father cherishes talents for the sake of the country, and the princess will definitely have a good horse in the future." โ€

Ling Haoyue was surprised, this Qin Jingzhong seemed to care about her very much, and she couldn't see any hypocrisy from his face at all, as if it was all sincere.

"Thank you to the second prince for your explanation, but Haoyue didn't think much about it, there is a providence in the matter of marriage. Ling Haoyue maintained a gentle smile on her face, stretching out her hand not to hit the smiling person, even if she didn't want to have anything to do with Qin Jingzhong, she didn't want to deliberately put on a face to show others.

Qin Jingzhong nodded: "Then the prince will rest assured." โ€

"Second prince, is there anything going on today? Why is the Ministry of Rites Shangshu also here?" Ling Haoyue saw that there were still a few court officials standing not far away, as if they were waiting for someone.

Qin Jingzhong replied: "The envoys of the Southern Qi Dynasty have arrived, and the father emperor sent the prince and several adults of the Ministry of Rites to come out to greet him. โ€

"Envoy of Southern Qi, aren't the six princes of Southern Qi here? Could it be that there are other people from Southern Qi who have come to Western Qin?" Ling Haoyue guessed in her heart, could it be for her and her pro-Nanqi affairs? If this is really the case, then it is nothing, I am afraid that there are other things.

Others don't know, but Ling Haoyue can see that in the matter of King Ning, Emperor Western Qin doesn't seem to want to make concessions, and the relationship between the two countries is a little delicate. Qi Yan said that the letter of marriage had already been given to Emperor Xiqin, and her marriage with Xiao Qingfeng had been canceled, but the holy decree of marriage had not yet come down, and there must be something strange in it.

"It's General Wei of Southern Qi, and Princess Hua'an. โ€

Ling Haoyue's heart jumped, Princess Hua'an was the favorite princess of Emperor Nanqi, if it wasn't for something, Emperor Nanqi would never let her come all the way to Xiqin, I'm afraid something would happen.

Qin Jingzhong saw Ling Haoyue's brows furrowed slightly, and just wanted to ask her what was wrong, when someone suddenly stepped forward and said, "Second Prince Qi, the envoy of Southern Qi has arrived." โ€

"Princess, this prince is going to be busy, see you later. โ€

Ling Haoyue hurriedly said, "Let's go with the second prince in this palace." Speaking of which, the palace is also the princess of His Majesty, and Princess Hua'an is a female dependent, and the palace to greet her is also to fulfill the etiquette of Xiqin. โ€

Qin Jingzhong smiled: "That's fine. โ€

After a while, I saw the envoys of the Southern Qi Dynasty appear in the field of vision, Wei Zhao rode in front, and behind was a luxurious carriage, and the person in the carriage was self-evident, it was Murong Sifei, the princess of Hua'an.

"General Wei, it's been hard all the way. Qin Jingzhong greeted him with a smile.