"As Miss expected, the slave and maid carefully checked all the letters that have entered and exited the house in the past three months, and four of them are addressed to Aunt Liu, and among these four letters, two of them were entered last month, respectively, on the seventh and ninth days of the new year, and one was only entered the house the day before yesterday."

Xia Xue'er frowned slightly, as far as she knew, the entire Liu family in Binzhou was wiped out twenty-five years ago, and the Liu family was the only survivor. Moreover, on the seventh and ninth days of the first lunar month, the time of sending and replying to the letter is only two days apart, if this person is not from the city, then who else will it be?

"In addition to the exchange of letters, has the Liu family ever been out of the house?"

"I haven't been out in the past three months, but I went to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion once a year ago. Mrs. Zhang of the Hou Mansion had come to the house before, and Aunt Liu and Aunt Liu hit it off at first sight, chatted quite happily, and the relationship was very good. ”

Pingyang Marquis's wife Zhang is also considered to be a famous family, her grandfather is the former dynasty of the middle of the order, the prestige is quite high, the emperor of this dynasty coup d'état made an internal response, and three days after the emperor ascended the throne resigned and went into hiding, fame and fortune. His father, Zhang Yan, is currently the secretary of the Criminal Department, with an excellent reputation and prestige, and can be regarded as a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor in the eyes of outsiders. It's just that Xia Xueer doesn't think so. Zhang Yan inherited his old father's eyesight, but he did not inherit his old father's exquisite heart to judge the situation, and his ambition was too big, and sooner or later he would be planted on the road of chasing power.

Speaking carefully, this Mrs. Pingyang Hou and Concubine Jingxian really have some origins, and the concubine of Pingyang Hou's Mansion married the younger brother of Concubine Jingxian's mother's family and became her brother-in-law. From this point of view, the meeting between the Liu family and Concubine Jingxian is afraid that it is inseparable from the Zhang family, the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang!

Xia Xue'er thought so in her heart, and asked again: "Who are the people who sent the letter?" ”

"The person who sent the letter was a girl, who was generous, and every time she didn't register on the grounds of hard work, and the person who received the letter was without exception Ruixiang next to Aunt Liu."

"Ruixiang?"

Xia Xueer searched around within her cognitive range, but did not find any information related to this girl named "Ruixiang". Although there are more than 100 people in the house, she can't remember all of them, but she can also name the maids and servants of this class and second-class.

Generally, the personal maids of the sons and young ladies are second-class maids, but this Liu family is different, although she is only a concubine, and she is not favored by her father, but she is very respected, so she is equipped with a first-class maid. Because it is different, Xia Xueer paid special attention to it when she investigated the identity and background of the aunts in the house. At this time, listening to Cuizhu say this, I felt that this "Ruixiang" who came out of nowhere was probably one of Liu's henchmen, but such a person, why didn't he notice it at all before?

"It's a shame that the young lady hasn't heard of her, and even the slave maid only inquired about it today. Na Ruixiang is a girl who just entered the house after the year, and it happened that a third-class girl in the Liu family's courtyard was kicked out of the house after being punished for unclean hands and feet, and this Ruixiang took her place. There is no need to be suspicious, but although this Ruixiang has just arrived in the house, she knows a lot of etiquette rules, and at first glance she is a well-trained maid with the temperament of a big family. The slave maid heard from the people in Liu's courtyard that she rarely did the work of serving and rarely followed Liu's side, but she was very loved and trusted by Liu's family. ”

"I'm afraid that the origin of this Ruixiang is not simple."

Xia Xue'er listened carefully, and after thinking for a while, she seemed to say such a sentence casually, but it actually meant something. Dongmei and Qiu Ju were both confused after hearing this, only Cuizhu nodded noncommittally. Then he listened to her instructions: "You find someone to keep an eye on the girl named Ruixiang, and then inform Xiao Wu at the east gate to keep an eye on the movements outside the house, if the girl who delivered the letter comes again, be sure to see if she is coming from the direction of the red wall." ”

Dongmei felt very incredible after hearing this, the red wall? Isn't that ...... So he interjected and asked, "Miss suspects that the person who sent the letter is...... From the palace? ”

"Let's see!"

Xia Xueer neither denied nor affirmed. Mo said that Dongmei was surprised, even when she first came up with this idea, she was also startled. If it weren't for Liu's leakage for a while, and the pigeon's bloodstone was too similar to the one in her hand, she would never have imagined this, just because the two were completely incompatible.

I remember that when Mu Feiyang gave her the pigeon's bloodstone, he said that this was a tribute from the Western Regions a year ago, and there was only one piece, but the emperor asked the craftsmen in the palace to cut it into two pieces, one was awarded to Concubine Jingxian, and the other was awarded to Mu Feiyang's mother concubine Sun Guifei. Then the concubine gave her her piece of Tuo Mu Feiyang, and the pigeon blood stone on Liu's armor was very fragmentary, presumably Concubine Jingxian gave her the remaining scraps after making the piece in her hand into jewelry.

Since this matter is related to Mrs. Pingyang Hou, it means that the Liu family and Concubine Jingxian have been in contact for more than three months! It's just that if these two really hook up together, then what will they be planning? What can they plan? What is your role in their schemes? ……

Thinking that Xianglan was sent out by herself to investigate the matter of Shuang'er and has not returned, Uncle Rong is still in prison, I don't know what the situation is, and Bai Yining is not honest, always secretly making small moves, originally even if it was a mess of life, and now I have learned the news that the Liu family and Concubine Jingxian are adulterous.

It's really exhausting.

"Slave maid serve the young lady to take off the hairpin, wash up and sleep early, so as to stay away from these troublesome things."

Dongmei looked at the young lady frowning and thinking, and felt very uncomfortable. She just felt sorry for her young lady who was pestered and annoyed by these incomprehensible things all day long. Originally, he was only a few years older than himself, but he seemed to be busier and more thinking than his wife, who was busy with all kinds of opportunities and housework. What a good childhood, it was ruined so hard, and I couldn't help but greet the ancestors of the Shen family and the Liu family again.

"Either way."

Xia Xue'er shook her head, there are no clues now, and blindly thinking about it is not a solution, not only can it not solve the problem, but it adds a lot of trouble. Put it aside for the time being, and then transfer the general to block it when the soldiers come, besides, looking at today's situation, it won't be as simple as wanting your own life!

[To be continued]