Chapter 373: Inside Story
After Jiang Muyao left, Song Yixiao pursed her lips and was in a daze for a while before listlessly summoning someone to serve.
She actually doesn't want to use Jiang Muyao - although this Sister Jiang is not like Yuan Xuexu, she grew up with her, but after dating for the past two years, they also treat each other sincerely.
It's just that she has too many places to throw a mouse, even if she suspects Yuan Xuepei, she doesn't dare to investigate rashly, and it is not easy to rely on her husband's strength, so she can only piece together the news little by little through Jiang Muyao.
However, several clichΓ©s came down. still stayed in the stage of doubt, and failed to get substantial ironclad evidence, which made her more and more depressed because she felt sorry for Jiang Muyao.
"Yuan Xuepei has not been in the mansion recently, occasionally in the mansion, when Sister Jiang went to deliver food, she also saw him ...... the account book" Song Yixiao took the tea handed by Fan Qiang and took a sip, contemplating his eyebrows and thinking deeply, "This is really strange, my husband has not come to the back to see our mother and daughter recently, it can be seen that he is not very busy." And Yuan Xuepei's earlier busyness, in addition to participating in the seizure of the prince, was to help her husband share official duties! Now that the new monarch has been on the throne for a year, what does he need to go out often? β
She thought so, and when Jian Xubai came to visit his wife and daughter as usual on this day, she deliberately said, "Have you pushed the matter to Marquis Boling recently?" β
"Xue Pei?" When Jian Xubai heard the words "Marquis Boling", his heart jumped suddenly, and he quietly covered it up, "Recently, the Ministry of Industry has been very idle, otherwise how can I come over as soon as I have time?" And how could you bother him? β
Song Yi smiled and groaned: "Didn't Sister Jiang come to see me today?" She mentioned that Marquis Boling has not been in the mansion much recently, although it was just a casual remark, I heard that my sister was a little disappointed! In the end, they have been married for many years, they have no heirs, the elders above are not kind, and Sister Jiang is always lonely in the house alone! β
"I said, you suddenly asked what Xuepei was doing?" Jian Xubai was relieved when he heard this, and said with a dumb smile, "Are you afraid that Xue Pei has wronged your sister Jiang?" This is not a big deal, I mentioned it to him tactfully, and I think he was also negligent! β
"You better stop talking." Song Yi smiled and frowned, thinking that if you go to talk about it, when you turn around, the husband and wife will confront each other, and Sister Jiang thinks that I am too small to do, so it is troublesome to make Yuan Xuepei suspicious!
It was said, "Sister Jiang just said that, and it was I who listened to Cousin-in-law Xie's matter, and I felt something, but it may not be what she meant!" If you go and talk about it, maybe Marquis Yuan still thinks that Sister Jiang is coming to me to complain about her grievances today! In this way, we are instigating their husband and wife! β
Jian Xubai is not particularly interested in interfering in the affairs of other people's husbands and wives, but he is used to obeying his wife, and he does not insist when he hears the words at this moment: "Left and right Xuepei did not deliberately snub his wife, since this is the case, then let them go!" β
Song Yixiao was relieved and told him about her daughter's performance today.
But what she didn't know was that Jian Xubai returned to the front study before dark, but immediately summoned Lu Qinghong to speak: "What has Xue Pei been busy with lately, Uncle Lao Lu should check it out!" β
"What did Grandpa find?" Lu Qinghong asked.
"Fang Cai said that according to Mrs. Jiang, Xue Pei has been very busy recently, to the point of neglecting his wife." Jian Xubai walked around the room with his hands in his hands, and said with a gloomy face, "I want to know what he's up to?" β
Lu Qinghong said: "The grange of 300,000 taels of silver ......"
"That industry Xue Pei didn't dare to put it directly under his name, and he didn't ask for a grange near the imperial capital at all, how could he be blatantly busy with this?" Jian Xubai shook his head and said, "What's more, I told him not to show his flaws here, and I think he didn't dare not do it out of jealousy!" So what he is busy with at the moment probably has nothing to do with this matter, at least on the surface! β
He stared at Yuan Xuepei, but he didn't mean anything else, just thinking that Yuan Xuepei had just gotten a vote from the Song family, don't eat it well, and start other people's ideas again - although Yuan Xuepei has the skill of being a dragon, and has the backer of Jian Xubai, as well as the wife of the Jiang family, he can afford to bear the troubles of idleness, but if he does more similar things, it will inevitably reveal flaws, and even if he can get out of the way at that time, he will have to be discouraged!
The point is that Jian Xubai feels that Yuan Xuepei has no shortage of wealth and nobility, and he pins his mind on making money in his good years, but he really lives up to his talents, so it is better to find out early and lead this friend's mind to the right path.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that what his wife said was very right, and sighed lightly, "It's also because Xue Pei has no heirs so far, otherwise although he himself is not good at being a leader, he can always put his mind on cultivating the next generation, so that he won't mess up his work!" β
"Lord Hou is snubbing his wife, but where does this heir come from?" Lu Qinghong made a joke and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, a certain family will be able to give you a letter in less than three days!" β
Jian Xubai bowed slightly, and began to think about the words to persuade Yuan Xuepei three days later-unexpectedly, Lu Qinghong's announcement three days later made his face change suddenly: "Is this true?!" β
"It's a big deal, how dare a certain family talk nonsense?!" Lu Qinghong also completely lost the ease with which he received the task, and said with a solemn expression, "And a certain family just went to the third master, and after the third master heard about it, he provided a few more news......
With his statement, Jian Xubai's face became more and more ugly, and after a while, he was already gloomy: "Does anyone else know about this now?!" β
"In the words of the third master, he is also a minister of the dragon, but the Marquis of Boling is unable to enter the office due to illness, and he is destined to be a rich idler in this life, who will doubt him? If it weren't for the grandfather's message to investigate him, we would definitely be kept in the dark. When Lu Qinghong said this, he groaned and said, "Dare to ask Grandpa what he plans to do next?" β
Without waiting for Jian to answer, he continued, "If the grandfather plans to have an open and honest meeting with the Marquis of Boling, a certain family is very disapproves!" β
After a pause, he said, "The third master doesn't approve either!" β
Jian Xubai frowned, he and Yuan Xuepei have been friends since childhood, not to mention the hardships they shared when they were in Wuhuan, Yuan Xuepei's cripple was also because he refused to betray him - no matter how rebellious Yuan Xuepei did, he always hoped that the other party would wake up.
However, Lu Qinghong and Jian Limiao's status in his mind was not light, so he pondered for a moment and did not directly object, but said: "Why? β
"At that time, my grandfather had not been a toddler for a long time, and it is not strange that you don't know such an old past." Lu Qinghong said leisurely, "All in all, from now on, you just know in your heart!" β
β¦β¦ Song Yixiao didn't know this inside story, she felt more and more suspicious about Yuan Xuepei, and she felt more and more that the progress purely by talking to Jiang Muyao was too slow, and she might not even get a breakthrough, but she was suffering from the lack of suitable manpower.
After all, although Yu Shiheng and his ilk are shrewd and capable, they are Jian Xubai's henchmen after all.
She can use it, but it also means that she can't hide it from her husband.
And the disgraceful thing of biological parents killing each other...... Even if she knew that Jian Xubai would not look down on her because of this, she really didn't want to tell him.
To say that Song Yixiao has not cultivated his own manpower over the years, the problem is that Yuan Xuepei is not an ordinary person.
As a hereditary marquis, he also went out with the army to gild, he can't go out of office, and the guards under him don't eat dry food.
Song Yixiao wanted to send someone to follow him at the earliest, but he was only followed for a long time and was taken to a small alley by the neck for interrogation.
Fortunately, her subordinates were not capable enough to be loyal but very sufficient, and they refused to confess even when they were beaten to death, and the people of the Marquis of Boling didn't want to make a rash fuss in the imperial capital, so they let him go.
After that, Song Yixiao didn't dare to act rashly.
"If only I could use this token!" Helpless, she couldn't help but take out the token of the Song family's secret guard and strangled her wrist, "The ancestor of the Song family is much more powerful than the Yuan family, I want to be able to use these secret guards, check a Boling Marquis who is idle at home, then I need to say?" β
It's a pity that thanks to her father and mother, she has not received the teaching that the daughter of Jiangnan Hall should have taught at all, and her understanding of these things is not as good as that of the outsider Su Shaoge, according to Su Shaoge, the secret guard has always been only used by the head of the family, and her half-brother has not yet reached the age of use.
Judging from the current situation, the reason why Mrs. Pang concealed the truth of Song Yuan's death was mainly because she hoped to take revenge on Wei Mengying while preserving the Lu family's mother and son as much as possible, leaving a legacy for the Song family. So when Song Yiyao grows up, he may be told the reason for the loss of his father, just like after Wei Mengying's death, Bo's mother immediately confessed to Song Yixiao, but she has not told Lu Guanyun's brothers and sisters the inside story so far.
At that time, it would be good if Song Yiyao didn't hate Song Yixiao, how could he help the eldest sister find out the cause of death of the enemy who killed his father?
I can only think about it at the moment.
I was thinking that it was useless to hold such a token, and it became more and more annoying to look at it in front of me, whether it was to throw it back to the Song family earlier and be out of sight - Fan Qiang came to say: "Aunt Yuguo is here!" β
"Please!" Song Yi was stunned for a moment, and got up busily, "Chiqiang go and get a plain coat with me!" β
After a while, Yuguo walked in, asked for peace, and explained her meaning straightforwardly: "Old lady Duanmu went to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager today, and it happened that Concubine Nuan brought His Royal Highness King Qing, and Miss Pei were talking in front of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager thought of Miss Jian in the middle, and said that she hadn't seen her for a few days, so she sent a slave maid to pick up Miss Jian into the palace to stay for a few days!" β
"The Empress Dowager wants to lift Qingyue, this is her blessing." Song Yixiao was very surprised when she heard this, although she knew that the Empress Dowager could not be unfavorable to Jian Qingyue, but her daughter was still young, so she was not at ease when she was sent to the palace like this, so she said euphemistically, "But this child is still young, in case he gets naughty and disturbs the Empress Dowager......"
"Why should Madame be worried? Earlier, when the grandfather was in front of the Queen Mother, he was not without naughty. Yuguo said with a smile, "Moreover, several eldest princesses and the first emperor were all raised by the Empress Dowager herself, what is such a big child like, is it not clear to the Empress Dowager?" Is it embarrassing to blame Miss Jane? β
sighed again, "Don't hide it from Madame, because the first emperor was not here last year, the empress dowager couldn't bear to come here to escape the summer this year." It's really too hot in Futian's imperial capital, and His Majesty and the queen mother are afraid that the empress dowager is old, and it is easy to be attacked by the cold with ice to escape the heat, so they persuaded the empress dowager to nod - Rao is so, since this came back to Cuihua Mountain, the empress dowager's eyebrows have been heavy! β
"When I mentioned Miss Jane today, Fang showed a little smile!"
"Otherwise, the slave and maid will not come to this trip immediately-if the lady is not at ease, why don't you let the people who originally served the young lady also go over?"
Speaking of this, if Song Yixiao refuses again, he will inevitably be suspected of not being sympathetic to the Empress Dowager, so he has to say: "Qingyue is going to touch the blessings of the Empress Dowager, so what is there to worry about?" However, this child is still young and cannot be taken care of by anyone, so in order not to worry about the Queen Mother, she still asked the person who originally served her to follow! β
On this day, Jian Xubai came back and learned that her daughter was picked up by the Queen Mother, but she was not very worried: "Aunt Yuguo watched me grow up, and she has always been very good to me. What's more, it is impossible for the emperor's grandmother to stay in Qingyue for a long time, and she will definitely be sent back in three or five days at most. β
Seeing that Song Yixiao was still sullen, thinking that his wife was still keeping filial piety, it was inconvenient to go out, and she was confined in the house, and the only fun was probably to tease her daughter, and now that her daughter was picked up by the Queen Mother, she was not only not at ease, but also bored when she thought about it.
After pondering for a moment, he said, "Or ask Sister Yi to mention it when she enters the palace tomorrow, and let Qingyue come back sooner?" β
"Sister Yi?" Song Yixiao was a little surprised when she heard this, "Sister Yi has been going to see the Empress Dowager a lot lately?" β
I just heard Yuguo say that Pei Yourui is also in front of the Empress Dowager today, she thought it was an accident, this will listen to her husband's tone, Pei Yourui has often entered the palace recently?
This is strange, although this righteous sister is the heart and soul of her mother-in-law, she is treated as a pearl in the palm of her hand, but she is not very familiar with the palace, why did she show filial piety for a few months, and suddenly offered her courtesy to the queen mother?