As soon as he finished speaking, he got out of the car first.
Looking at Du Zechi getting off the carriage, she naturally couldn't ask any more questions.
Du Ze arrived late at the door of Cui Mansion, and he was considered a gentleman. He opened the curtain for Cui Lingwei not long after.
Cui Lingwei could only get off the carriage and reluctantly sent Du Zechi away.
Du Zechi breathed a sigh of relief after watching Cui Lingwei enter the Cui Mansion. He thought that when his mother saw him like this when he went back, if he and his mother would be more jealous, maybe he and Cui Lingwei would no longer need to interact with each other. .
After Cui Lingwei returned to Cui Mansion, she met Lady Cui soon.
People say that an eldest brother is like a father, and an eldest sister-in-law is like a mother.
Cui Lingwei's parents died early, so now she only lives with her eldest brother.
Fortunately, both her brother and sister-in-law treated her very kindly and not pedantically. Therefore, this peasant girl had a very lively temperament.
"Lingwei, how did you feel about visiting the garden with Mr. Du today?" When Mrs. Cui returned to the house with Cui Lingwei, she only asked Cui Lingwei how she felt about Du Zechi.
When Cui Lingwei heard Mrs. Cui mention Du Zechi, her face was filled with red clouds.
"Master Du, he is very kind to me. We had a lot of fun visiting the park today, but before we visited the park, I did something wrong."
Hearing this, Lady Cui asked, "What wrong did you do?"
When Mrs. Cui asked, Cui Lingwei also whispered, "We originally planned to go on a lake tour together today, but I didn't expect that a lake tour in the capital would be so expensive, costing eight taels of silver. I just wanted to cut the price with the boatman." , at worst I can row the boat by myself."
"Unexpectedly, before I lowered the price, I met Mr. Du's classmate. When he saw Mr. Du, he ridiculed him and even paid for him. I felt that I had lost Mr. Du's face, so I wanted to agree with him. The man argued for a few words, but who knew that the man became unwilling to give up. Mr. Du even got into a fight with the man over this."
After saying this, Cui Lingwei whispered again, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Mr. Du wouldn't have been slapped in the face."
Hearing this, Mrs. Cui was just shocked. She didn't expect that they would cause so much trouble just by going out for a date. She asked Cui Lingwei with concern, "Are you okay?"
Cui Lingwei immediately shook her head.
Lady Cui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she didn't look injured.
But after all, Du Zechi was injured, so Mrs. Cui only said, "In that case, I will take you to apologize to him in a few days."
When Cui Lingwei heard this, she quickly said hello.
After that, Madam Cui asked some more details about the garden visit. Cui Lingwei naturally only said good things when she heard this, and never mentioned the things that Du Zechi had done to her before. She even just said it herself. The maid who went with her today was just She was also bribed, but she didn't say anything about Du Zechi. Seeing that Cui Lingwei said so well, Mrs. Cui also thought that the two of them were expected to succeed. Therefore, she was very happy to see these two people together.
Back to the Winter Palace, since the last time Concubine Qi learned that Princess Jin was investigating the death of her aunt and only set her sights on her own palace, she sent Mu Jin to investigate what happened to Concubine Yuxian that year. .
She didn't want to just ignore it, but when she checked it carefully, she really found out some unsightly things.
Coriander was indeed pushed into the well and died, and the people who pushed her down were the two Huangmen eunuchs in her palace. However, in addition to the Huangmen eunuchs who pushed her, two other eunuchs later came to clean up. relics of coriander
Judging from the clean way in which the relic was disposed of, it was not so much that they wanted to kill Coriander, but that Coriander might have known something that should not be disclosed to outsiders. Some people were afraid that she would tell her, so they treated her. Kill and silence.
And Concubine Zhang was already dead, so these two people were obviously not her old friends.
Therefore, the most likely thing at the moment is that someone is taking advantage of these two people who were once members of Concubine Zhang's palace, and they are only deliberately creating confusion.
And after learning that these two people were really the murderers who got Coriander down the well, Concubine Qi wanted to actually confront these two people for a moment.
After all, Coriander can be regarded as an old person in Concubine Xian's palace. She did admire Concubine Xian a lot before she passed away.
Not to mention repaying kindness,
At least she didn't want to retaliate against Xian Fei.
However, Mu Jin still suppressed Concubine Qi's impulse. After all, these two guards were just thugs. If the real mastermind was not found out, then the result of rushing to alert the snake would be to be bitten by another poisonous snake lurking in the dark. , when the enemy is exposed and we are hidden, the situation will become more passive.
Since they couldn't alert the guards, all they could do was secretly observe every move of the two guards.
However, sending someone to follow up on this matter did not know whether it aroused the vigilance of that person, or whether the two people had only a one-time cooperative relationship with the person behind them. After several days of observation, let alone those two people interacting with any suspicious persons, their daily training seemed to be no different from others.
And just when Concubine Qi thought that she might not be able to find out the reason for this.
The details of the two eunuchs who handled Coriander's relics that day were found out. Although on the surface, it was natural for the two to handle the relics. After all, they were now handymen under Manager Ye Ting, so naturally they were doing the same thing. These chores.
However, before they entered Yeting, they were summoned eunuchs in Ye Jieyu's palace. Ye Jieyu naturally had no grudge against Concubine Yu Xian. Even because she was weak and not favored by the emperor, she was still cared for by Concubine Xian.
This Ye Jieyu is not an ambitious person. Because she has been lingering on the bed all year round, she is depressed every day. She doesn't interact much with the concubines, let alone serve the emperor with sex.
Therefore, there is no conflict between her and Concubine Xian, but rather a relationship of intersecting interests.
What's more, Ye Jieyu didn't make it through it either. Not long after Concubine Zhang's death, she was already terminally ill. Shortly after Zhang Guifei was disposed of, she also died in the same month.
As for her and that concubine Zhang, they naturally had no intersection. If there was no intersection between them, it was probably because they died in the same month.
And these palace people no longer fall under their jurisdiction after their death.
The places where these people were later assigned were obviously very easy to win over.
Therefore, anyone in this harem can become a target of suspicion.
And it was also because the threads pointed in too many directions that Concubine Qi had no clue when investigating.
Although Mu Jin's original idea was to do a favor for Princess Jin while she found out the real culprit behind it.
However, there are so many clues that it will inevitably take a lot of effort to investigate. Moreover, it took a long time. Today's Concubine Qi neither has the favor of Concubine Xian nor the methods of Empress Min. If she really finds someone who shouldn't be investigated, she may cause a lot of trouble in the future.
Therefore, Hibiscus gave up this approach soon after, and they were only determined to have a showdown with Princess Jin as soon as possible.
At this time, Jiang Nianjiao had been trying to get into the palace again. After all, what they found that day was only that the guards in Concubine Qi's palace were related to Coriander's death. As for the other information, she didn't know anything at all.
It's just that since her aunt passed away, she has been in a state where she cannot enter the palace without being summoned.
Therefore, she was only surprised and surprised by the invitation sent by Concubine Qi.
After confirming that she was not the only one present that day, she felt much more relieved.
When he arrived at the Winter Palace, he didn't expect Princess Liang to come earlier than him.
At this moment, Concubine Qi was only chatting with Princess Liang.
However, Princess Liang obviously had no interest in Concubine Qi's chat.
She didn't like Concubine Qi very much. After all, Concubine Qi was not favored by Emperor Yong. Although she holds the phoenix seal now, judging from the last time she was able to be teased by a little nobleman, she was disgraced. There is no benefit to the King of Liang.
Therefore, regarding Concubine Qi's invitation this time, she only thought that Concubine Qi wanted to show off her mother's favor to the world, or that she wanted to win over herself and Princess Jin.
When she thought of this, Princess Liang became even more lazy to deal with Concubine Qi.
When she happened to look out, she just happened to see Princess Jin, so she immediately greeted Jiang Nianjiao.
"Concubine Qi, it's Princess Jin who's here. I'll go pick her up."
After saying this, Princess Liang hurriedly came over and said, "Sister, please let Concubine Qi wait."
Regarding Xu Zhilan's sudden approach, Jiang
Nianjiao was a little surprised. After all, her relationship with Xu Zhilan had never been harmonious.
But she didn't have time to think too much before she was welcomed into the Winter Palace by Xu Zhilan.
Afterwards, the three of them chatted for a while. Concubine Qi was not a sociable person, so the scene was a bit cold, while Princess Liang left on the pretext of taking a step in advance. ..
After she left, Jiang Nianjiao finally understood why Xu Zhilan was so enthusiastic about her just now.
She has found someone who can accompany Concubine Qi on her behalf. How can she not be enthusiastic?
But she obviously didn't expect that Concubine Qi brought her here as a cover.
Originally, Concubine Qi was still thinking of finding some excuse to send Princess Liang away.
Now that Princess Liang has taken the initiative to run away, Concubine Qi naturally wants her.
Not long after Princess Liang left. When Concubine Qi saw that Jiang Nianjiao seemed to be preparing to let the maids around her leave, she suddenly said, "Princess, do you want her to go find the two Huangmen servants?"
Jiang Nianjiao was somewhat surprised by Concubine Qi's words.
She subconsciously glanced at the hibiscus next to Concubine Qi. Concubine Qi also knew that she must have scared Jiang Nianjiao, so she only added, "Gillian, don't worry about it. Since I dare to ask you this, then it's Because I’m also investigating this matter.”
"I know you doubt me. But regarding this matter, I must tell you that I have nothing to do with those things. You should have found out, right? Those two Huangmen servants are not from my palace. They are responsible for When Coriander hurt her, I was completely unaware of it." Concubine Qi looked at Jiang Nianjiao sincerely and explained.
