It was obvious that Marquis Yongping was also very angry when he decided to target his only son.
Princess Rongling said anxiously: "You have said so much, but what's the use? We still don't know who wants to frame Yang'er!"
Marquis Yongping felt a headache from her urging, "I will leave the mansion to you once I leave."
Princess Rongling remembered Li Qingyi's instructions and urged him to go out, "Then go quickly."
After Yongping Hou left the house, Princess Rongling called the eldest girl Jin Ling over: "You quietly tell me to go down. From now on, no one can enter or leave the house. If anyone leaves the house privately, please don't tell anyone and they will be tied up." Lock him up and wait for my interrogation. Then you go to Mother Qiao and check all the servants in Yang'er's yard to see if anyone is missing. If there are no missing people, come and report back to me."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Jin Ling went out, and Yin Ling brought Tremella lily porridge over, "Princess, please eat something first. How can you think of anything when you are hungry?"
Princess Rongling didn't have much appetite at first, so she took it after hearing this and ate every bite, "Previously, Zou's mother and son died unexpectedly. Dali Temple has searched all over, and no evidence has been found. Who knows what happened?" In the past ten days, Lin Wenye actually found such a thing from the wolf's den! Even if no one is causing trouble, even ghosts will not believe it!"
Yin Ling said: "The whereabouts of Yan Qiao were missing. Some people speculated that she was taken away by a wolf. However, Dali Temple searched around for a long time and did not find any blood stains outside the scene. Who would have thought that Mr. Lin San We actually found the wolf's den!"
Princess Rongling is not a fool, "He didn't find the wolf's den, someone led him to look for it! Someone must have put the short arrow in in advance!"
"Who is so sinister?"
Princess Rongling's teeth were itching with hatred, "Someone killed Lin Ji and put the blame on my son. Is it because of Lin Ji or because he has a grudge against my son and takes the opportunity to put the blame on me?"
Yin Ling reacted and said: "What the princess means is that there are two possibilities. Either someone killed Lin Ji and saw that the young marquis had a conflict with Lin Ji, so he framed the blame on the young marquis. Or Is there someone who didn't like the young Marquis? Seeing Lin Ji's death, they tried to find a way to blame the young Marquis on him?"
Princess Rongling asked her, "Do you think that one might be bigger?"
Yin Ling scratched her head, "Princess Master, I think it's possible..."
Princess Rongling put the bowl down and sighed: "It's useless to ask you!"
At this time, Jin Ling left and returned, "Princess, there are many people in the young marquis's courtyard, but there is one less person in our courtyard!"
Princess Rongling stood up hurriedly, spilling the soup next to her with her sleeves and splashing all over the floor, but she ignored it and asked, "Who is it?"
Jin Ling was a little scared, "It's Mother Zhong's daughter Lu Tao..."
"Green peach?"
Princess Rongling said angrily: "Call all the girls and ladies in the yard over here!"
"yes……"
Jin Ling responded and hurried out again.
Yin Ling looked ugly, "How could it be Lu Tao? Maybe she left the house on business before we came back."
Mother Zhong is Song Yang's wet nurse, and she is the most loyal and considerate. Lu Tao is not a child born in the family, but she has followed Mother Zhong to the Yongping Marquis Mansion since she was a child, and has served Princess Rongling. Now she is also a first-class maid, extremely With dignity, Mother Zhong passed away due to illness years ago. Princess Rongling also said that she would adopt Lu Tao as her adopted daughter and find her a good family when the time comes.
Princess Rongling said coldly: "Is it true? You will know after asking!"
After a while, all the maids and women in the main courtyard gathered over.
Princess Rongling's eyes swept over her coldly, and everyone fell silent.
Lan Xin, who lives in the same house as Lu Tao, is also one of the four eldest girls. She is usually steady and steady. She stepped forward and said, "This slave has just checked. Lu Tao's clothes and jewelry are still there. She is used to them." There is no shortage of things.”
Princess Rongling narrowed her eyes, "Does anyone else know the whereabouts of Lu Tao? Have you seen where she went?"
A woman said: "Last night, I was on duty and patrolling the yard. I saw Lu Tao coming out of the room and said that she had a stomachache and wanted to go to the latrine..."
Everyone looked at Lan Xin.
Lan Xin shook her head, "For some reason, I slept very deeply last night. I didn't even hear Lu Tao go out."
Princess Rongling signaled to Jin Ling, "Go and have a look."
Jin Ling went immediately and came back with a small copper incense burner, "Princess, there is the aftertaste of tongxiang in it!"
Everyone was shocked.
Mother Zhong had a headache, so Princess Rongling gave her precious Linglingxiang. In addition to curing headaches, Princess Rongling also had a soothing effect on her.
Lu Tao is the daughter of Mother Zhong, so it's not surprising that she has Linglingxiang in her hand.
Could it be that she really stole the young marquis's short arrow and was framed, and then fled in fear of the crime?
Lan Xin's face turned pale, and she knelt down to defend Lu Tao: "Princess, Lu Tao is loyal to you, how could she harm the young marquis! There must be some misunderstanding here, maybe Lu Tao will come back soon !”
"shut up!"
Princess Rongling slammed the table!
She is usually so kind to Lu Tao, and no one is more angry or hateful than her!
"Let people find it now! Get the green peach back to me no matter what!"
Lan Xin wanted to say something more, but Princess Rongling was so angry that it was useless. She had to wait and see if Lu Tao would come back.
After everyone went down, Jin Ling gently stroked Princess Rongling's back: "Princess, calm down..."
Princess Rongling clenched her fingers and said, "Yang'er's set of bows and arrows happened in the Year of the Monkey, and I don't even remember them. Anyone who knows about this must be an old man in the house, and must be someone close to our mother and son." Get close to people! This green peach ticks all the boxes!"
"But why did Lu Tao do this?"
Jin Ling frowned and remembered something, "Earlier, the princess said that she would be adopted as her adopted daughter. I went to congratulate her. She seemed very happy to see her, but when she mentioned marrying into a good family, she lowered her eyebrows and said nothing. Now think about it. , could it be that you have other thoughts?"
Yin Ling was surprised, "What else are you thinking? She couldn't have fallen in love with the young Marquis, right? Because the young Marquis wants to marry Miss Li, so she has a love-hate relationship?"
Princess Rongling frowned: "Is there such a thing?"
Jin Ling said hurriedly: "This servant is just guessing based on thin air and cannot be accurate."
Princess Rongling thought deeply for a long time, "You don't have to defend her. The right and wrong are right and wrong, and I will not wrongly accuse her without any reason."
After what they said, Princess Rongling later realized that Lu Tao was indeed very fond of Song Yang on weekdays. When she followed her to Song Yang's yard, Song Yang's girl would often forget where she put things. But she remembered it clearly.
Yin Ling wondered: "But if Lu Tao really wants to escape, why didn't she take away any of her things? Even if it's inconvenient to carry, there are always things that can be taken care of, right?"
Before Jin Ling could answer, Princess Rongling snorted coldly: "Hmph, if she is really cheating and doing such things, she must have been bribed by others. What can't be bought with money? Why bring all these burdens to attract others? Suspect!"
"However, the princess is never stingy with green peaches, and she rewards them a lot on weekdays. When she goes out, she can compete with the ladies from small families."
"My son's life is certainly worth more. Since the other party wants to frame my son, he must have paid an eye-watering price!"
Jin Ling and Yin Ling looked at each other after hearing this.
Princess Rongling now believes that Lu Tao is a traitor, and no matter how hard she tries to persuade her, she can find a rebuttal, and the two of them don't know what to say. What's more, they really couldn't be sure whether it was Lu Tao who did it.
Now I can only find someone first.
*******
Wei Mansion.
Wei Laner came back from the third wife Guo's yard, looking a little unhappy.
Bi Shu knew her because the third lady mentioned her marriage.
After the tea party, Mrs. Wang immediately found a matchmaker to come to her door. This was a marriage that had a tacit understanding before. Without any trouble, the post was exchanged smoothly. The three books and six etiquette were already in place. In progress.
Mrs. Guo was so upset that she spent the whole afternoon talking ill of Mrs. Wang to Wei Laner.
However, although Wei Laner was not very happy today, he did not lose his temper, which made Jing Shu a little confused.
Regardless of their girl's temper, they will definitely find an opportunity to express their temper, otherwise they will not be able to get over this hurdle.
But she is not Jin Shu, and she won't ask questions.
After returning to Tinglan Pavilion, Wei Laner asked: "Is Jin Shu back?"
Bi Shu nodded, "Just now, the little girl said that Jin Shu has come back. He went to change his clothes and then came over to give the girl an answer."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Shu had already knocked on the door and came in, "Girl!"
Wei Laner saw something was wrong with her expression and frowned, "What's wrong?"
Jin Shu said: "That girl is missing!"
"Disappeared?" Wei Laner immediately sat up straight after hearing this, "Why don't you see the law?"
"Princess Rongling went to Rongchang Bo's Mansion for a banquet today. She heard that Mr. Lin San went to Dali Temple to play drums and sue Mr. Song Xiaohou, so she immediately returned to the mansion. It didn't take long for someone to come out of the mansion to look for him. I heard that Lu Tao was there today. No one has been seen for a day, and he probably absconded out of fear of crime."
"Afraid of crime and absconding?" Wei Laner said in a deep voice: "Is this fool afraid that someone will not know that she stole something and framed her?"
Jin Shu glanced at Wei Lan'er carefully, "Maybe she was afraid of being silenced, so she ran away..."
If she hadn't escaped early, she would have died today.
Wei Laner snorted coldly, "If you ask Da Liu to find someone, you must find her before the Yongping Marquis Mansion!"
Da Liu is Jin Shu's uncle, a butcher who sells pork. He looks honest and honest, but he is always working for Wei Laner outside the house, and he has a rather ruthless streak.
Jin Shu listened to the instructions and responded: "Yes, girl."
"etc."
Weilander stopped her, took a purse and threw it into her arms, "Take it, this is the hard-earned money for you and your uncle."
Jin Shu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, girl, for the reward."
"Okay, let's go."
*******
Zhuoxiangyuan.
Li Qingyi had just returned from Li Mansion, and the master and servants were also talking about Lu Tao.
Changlan said: "This Lutao has followed Mother Zhong into the mansion since she was a child, and she has served Princess Rongling very devotedly. If she is really adopted by Princess Rongling as her adopted daughter, she will not be able to marry a fifth-grade official, but will marry a sixth-grade official." Being an official is good, and being an official's wife will mean that your children will be freed from slavery. What a great future, why would she take the path of framing Mr. Song Xiaohou? Isn't it too strange? "
