Meng Xinniang smiled noncommittally, "The year the first princess passed away, it happened to be the fiftieth birthday of the old concubine.

People with heads and faces in Jinan Mansion came to congratulate the concubine on her birthday, and we, the ladies of the family who had reached the age of discussing relatives, were also taken by the adults. The reason, I don't say, you must be able to guess it, because the son of the world is also old.

In fact, neither my mother nor I have much hope for this family business.

After all, I'm only twelve years old, and there is no reason to let the prince put down his body and wait for me for two or three years. I am also a close relative of the princess at the front, I am afraid that when the prince sees me, he will think of that and he will not be able to shake off the pain of losing his mother.

At the birthday banquet, I met the eldest lady of the Fang family from the capital, who is now the princess......"

Her tone was stunned, Jian Ying's heart jumped again, and she secretly said Could it be that the Fang clan was also originally coming for the prince, but he took down the prince and his father?

"Miss Fang is tall, outstanding, generous and demure, and her noble and unassuming demeanor makes us all ashamed of ourselves. At that time, all of us decided that she was the candidate for the princess.

The first princess was also very satisfied with the eldest lady of the other party, and kept holding her hand and talking cordially.

Just when the birthday banquet was about to end, the news of the death of the first emperor came from the capital, and the old lady was so shocked that she fainted on the spot. The birthday banquet ended hastily, and we also went back to our respective homes to mourn in addition to color.

After the first seven days of the emperor, the news of the old concubine's serious illness came out of the Ji'an Palace. The prince got the news and hurried back from the capital, but unfortunately he still couldn't see the old lady for the last time.

Not long after the old lady was buried, the first princess also died of illness. Because of the observance of the system, the marriage of the prince was also shelved.

In the year I was in the same time, it was just in time for the expiration of the period of the Ji'an Palace. At the Dragon Boat Festival, I met Miss Fang again. Seventeen years old, still dressed as a girl.

Not only me, but everyone is speculating whether the Ji'an Royal Mansion has made a marriage contract with the Fang family in private, and the good things of the prince are approaching.

When Miss Fang became the prince's stepfamily, everyone was surprised and surprised, you can imagine how much they were surprised.

Half a year after the prince remarried, I married the prince. For a long time, I felt awkward to see the princess......"

Speaking of this, Meng Xinniang's mouth showed a subtle mockery, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then there was no follow-up.

Jian Ying looked at her with a smile, "What does the sister-in-law say have to do with the death of the first concubine?" ”

"I don't know what it has to do with it." Meng Xinniang smiled faintly, "After marrying into the Ji'an Palace, I happened to hear an old mother in the palace say that although the first princess suffered some losses when she gave birth to the second young master, she did not hurt the fundamentals, and she was generous, and she didn't look like a short-lived person just by looking at her face."

I also had a good impression of the former princess, so I inquired about it out of curiosity. It is said that the first princess fell ill very suddenly, and the symptoms were very similar to those of Concubine Qi, and she also had a sudden attack in the middle of the night.

At first, I only thought that I had eaten something and my stomach was broken, but after taking the medicine, it didn't get better, and I went within two hours. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Jian Ying to reply, she stood up, "It's not too early, I should go back and see Sister Zhen'er."

I came to disturb me rashly today, and I asked my younger brothers and sisters not to be surprised. ”

"Sister-in-law is polite." Jian Ying smiled, "My sister-in-law can come to me for tea, I can't ask for it." ”

Meng Xinniang smiled at her, "Brother and sister can also go and sit with me when they are free." ”

Jian Ying responded with a "yes" and personally sent her out of the Blue Picking Courtyard.

After returning to the room and thinking about it for a while, he called Xiao Ji, "You go and check if there is any contradiction between the princess and the princess." By the way, I will inquire about the death of the first princess. ”

What did she think, Meng Xinniang came to read an old story with her, and mentioned the cause of the death of the first princess in a mysterious way, which was to imply to her that the Fang family killed the first princess and replaced the first princess, and now she is trying to harm Concubine Qi, who has exclusive grace.

She is not familiar with the former princess, so she will not jump out and pretend to be a princess just because she is Zhou Shu's mother-in-law, look through old cases, and seek justice for her mother-in-law who has never met; She has no friendship with Concubine Qi, and she can't do good things for justice.

Meng Xinniang probably saw that she was smiling at everyone, and regarded her as a second fool, trying to provoke her righteous indignation, so as to use her as a knife to deal with the Fang family.

She doesn't like to calculate others, if someone calculates on her head, catches her like a fish, doesn't eat the bait and breaks the fishing rod, and then drags the fisherman into the water, she will change her surname to Fan.

Xiao Ji came back quickly, "Sixth Miss, the slave didn't inquire about anything. ”

Jian Ying saw that there was no trace of annoyance on her face, but her eyes were shining, and she was eager to try, so she smiled, "The deeper you bury, the more material it means, you just have to check, I won't give you a time limit this time." ”

"Yes." Xiao Ji agreed, but he was not in a hurry to leave, "The slave maid heard one thing, after the first princess died of illness, the prince was grief-stricken, saying that he was afraid of seeing things and thinking about people, and sold all the people in the courtyard of the first princess, and even the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law who were close to the first princess on weekdays were also sent out.

Please allow the slave and maid to leave the house, and the slave and maid will need some silver......"

Jian Ying nodded, stretched out her hand, and motioned for her to take the pillow on the bed.

Xiao Ji didn't know what she wanted the pillow for, so she didn't ask much, and took the pillow over and handed it to her.

Jian Ying took it and removed the pillowcase, ripped open the lock rope at one end, reached in and took out a money bag, and threw it to Xiao Ji, "There are some scattered silver in it, and two hundred taels of silver tickets." ”

Xiao Ji was taken aback, "Miss Six, you don't need so many ......"

Jian Ying raised her hand to stop her words, "You take it and use it first, if it's not enough, go and look for it in my cages, I remember that there are silver ingots in the corners of the boxes." You don't have to worry about the money, how much you spend, and you can get it back in the future. ”

Xiao Ji didn't take seriously what she said in the future, she only felt that Miss Six even showed her the place where the money was hidden, and she must not live up to Miss Six's trust and must do her errand well.

"Can you go out on your own?" Jian Ying asked with some concern.

"Miss Six, rest assured, the slave maid is very familiar with Mrs. Li, who is in charge of purchasing in the big kitchen, and the slave maid will go out with her and come back together, and she will not stay outside for too long. If you find out about someone, the slave maid will come to find Miss Six's ideas again. Xiao Ji said without thinking, obviously he had already planned it.

Jian Ying patted her shoulder with relief, "That's good, you have to remember that everything else is secondary, and your safety is the first." If I lose you because of the news, I'll lose a fortune. ”

"Miss Six, don't worry, the slave can't be lost." Xiao Ji picked up the money bag and exited the door.

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