freenovelworld Chapter 612: Are You Satisfied?
Chapter 612: Are You Satisfied?
Concubine Rou rubbed her brows and thought about countermeasures.
The Lu family had been prepared for this matter ever since the batch of counterfeit official silver was lost and fell into Xie Jingchi's hands.
Originally the best solution was to kill Mr. Xie.
But for some unknown reason, the Lu family and He Yu failed several times and ended up losing a lot of manpower.
This Xie Jingchi is really weird!
On the other hand, Shen Shuyi's guess was actually correct. As the most critical node in the counterfeiting of official silver, the Chai family was naturally the best candidate for scapegoat.
But Your Majesty is not a fool. You can't just push the Chai family out to settle the matter.
What's more, the evidence Xie Jingchi presented today was far more than they expected.
In other words, even if the Chai family took the blame, this matter would not withstand investigation.
What’s important is your Majesty’s attitude.
Does he want to protect his son? Does he want to protect their Lu family?
"Has Feng Wan arrived?" Concubine Rou asked. Long Dong was about to reply when he saw Eunuch Hai coming in. He nodded and said, "Yes."
Not long after, a woman in her twenties, with her skirt fluttering, walked slowly in from outside the hall.
"Aunt." After seeing Concubine Rou, Feng Wan knew the situation was urgent and did not express any courtesy.
"How is the investigation going for me?" Concubine Rou asked in a deep voice.
Feng Wan whispered, "Ms. Zhao Xueqing, the legitimate daughter of the Qingyuan Marquis's mansion, is very wary. I sent people to probe her several times, but I was unable to get any useful information out of her."
Concubine Rou's face darkened slightly: "Aristocratic families are often filthy. I don't believe that there is nothing wrong with his Qingyuan Marquis Mansion."
Right now, what she has to do is to magnify this problem, magnify it countless times, until it makes His Majesty dissatisfied.
Firstly, it was to divert some attention from the Jiangnan case, and secondly, it was to control Shen Shuyi and prevent the Lu family from being completely passive.
However, Concubine Rou felt that her actions were still a little slow.
At first, they didn't take this little daughter of the Shangshu Mansion seriously. She even thought that even if she was ordered by the empress dowager to investigate some old events, it would be difficult to stir up any trouble.
But unexpectedly, she didn't find out anything about these palace secrets, but secretly got involved with Xie Jingchi and investigated the issue of flood relief funds in Jiangnan.
Feng Wan hesitated for a moment, then said, "But... the cousin who lives in the Marquis's Mansion... can be targeted."
When this was mentioned, Concubine Rou became interested.
"tell me the story."
Feng Wan said, "This person's name is Pang Xinlian. She is the granddaughter of another daughter of the old lady of the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion. Her father died, and her mother fled with a border general. Pang Xinlian was taken to the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion to be raised."
"What about this girl?" Concubine Rou continued to ask.
Feng Wan thought for a moment and said, "This person has a gloomy personality, she is self-pitying and self-blaming. Although everyone in the mansion treats her well, she seems to have many dissatisfactions in her heart."
"Why are you dissatisfied?" Concubine Rou said straightforwardly.
"To put it in a broader sense, she felt that she was living under someone else's roof. The old lady in the Marquis's Mansion treated her better, so she felt that she was an outsider and that the old lady was treating her like a guest. If the old lady treated her the same as the descendants of the Zhao family, she would feel that the old lady was treating her coldly..."
"To put it more recently, ever since the Shen family and the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion resumed their relationship, she has been jealous of Shen Shuyi. She feels that the Zhao brothers and sisters are close to Shen Shuyi, and she also feels that the old lady and others are biased towards Shen Shuyi, and she loves Shen Shuyi more."
After hearing what Feng Wan said, Concubine Rou sneered: "There are still such people in the world."
It seems that the Zhao family has raised an ungrateful person.
But it just so happens that such people can be won over and used for one's own benefit.
"Yes, this person's temperament... is really unpleasant..." Feng Wan pondered for a while and really didn't know how to describe it.
Concubine Rou's eyes were deep: "It's not that her personality is unpleasant, it's that she is too greedy."
She was so greedy that she felt that everything in the world should revolve around her, and she was so greedy that she felt that everything in the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion should even belong to her.
She envied those who lived better than her, but she also resented that there weren't enough people who coveted her.
"I sent people to investigate her carefully for a while. She seemed to like Gu Yunhe, the imperial guard of the Imperial City. Every time Gu Yunhe said a few more words to the women next to him, she would get so angry that she would often cry." Feng Wan thought about it carefully. At that time, she didn't take this man too seriously.
After all, Pang Xinlian's surname is Pang. Although she is a blood relative of the Zhao family, she is ultimately the daughter of a family with a different surname.
"But it's funny to say that Gu Yunhe is most afraid of women crying, and he always tries to stay as far away from Pang Xinlian as possible."
Hearing this, Concubine Rou called Feng Wan to come closer.
"You can find a way to get her to do something for me. If it works, I can promise to help her get married to Gu Yunhe. After she gets married, I can find an opportunity to confer a higher title on her."
Feng Wan was stunned for a moment: "What does my aunt want her to do?"
After Concubine Rou invited her to come closer, she whispered something in her ear. Feng Wan looked solemn and nodded.
When Feng Wan stood up, Concubine Rou patted her hands and said, "You are the girl I value most in my family. Although your mother is a concubine's daughter, she has a close relationship with me. This matter is of great importance and concerns the life and death of the entire Lu family. You must act with caution."
"Don't worry, Auntie. Feng Wan won't let you down."
After Feng Wan promised, she turned and left.
Concubine Rou looked at Long Dong and asked in a deep voice, "Is Shen Shuyi still in Chonghua Palace?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Come with me. It's time for me to see Sister Xiangfei again." Concubine Rou stood up and changed her clothes.
It was not until they arrived at the gate of Chonghua Palace that, after Xiao Zhuzi's message was passed, Concubine Rou was finally able to meet Concubine Xiang.
However, it was a coincidence that Shen Shuyi just left.
But Lu Qing didn't care. After all, she came here today to see an old friend.
When Lu Qing arrived, Yuan Shulei was watching the fish in the room. Xiao Hongyan got her a two-meter-long tank, in which he kept several red-tailed and golden-tailed fish the size of a palm, which were very lively.
"Sister is still the same." Lu Qing said with a smile.
Yuan Shulei stood up, still smiling: "Come in and sit down."
"It's a rare day with good weather today. It's warmer than before." Yuan Shulei had tea served and seemed to be in a good mood.
Lu Qing stood there and looked at the sky.
It was already dark, but Yuan Shulei was right, it was indeed a rare good day, and the wind was still gentle at this hour.
Lu Qing sat opposite Yuan Shulei, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty still likes my sister the most. Even if my sister never leaves the gate of Chonghua Palace, this spring tea is always delivered to my sister's palace first every year."
Yuan Shulei raised her eyes and looked at her, her voice soft: "I don't ask for much, a cup of tea and a meal are enough, but I don't know if my sister feels satisfied after all these years?"
Lu Qing's face was more desolate. "To be honest, I don't know what I want. When I was young, I thought that one day I would stand out from the crowd and not let others bully me. I thought I could protect my mother and brothers, but when I really did it, I found that... I had more things to bear on my shoulders."