Mrs. Lin couldn't see through Li Qingyi's thoughts for the time being, so naturally she didn't want her to get her wish.
However, the old lady's recent attitude towards Li Qingyi was just about to get better, so it was inevitable that she would take her words into her ears and treat her carefully, so she said: "What Yi'er said is not unreasonable. Let's just let it go these days." Guard Xue Xiao will stay in the mansion to investigate the matter, and you appoint two people to assist."
Any further refusal would be too conspicuous, so Mrs. Lin had no choice but to say, "Yes, my daughter-in-law knows."
The old lady said "hmm" and asked people to inform Xue Xiaowei before going. Then she left Huiyue Residence with Li Qingyi and went back to Jingyuntang.
Mrs. Lin looked at Li Qingyi's back with a gloomy expression. Nan Zhu directed everyone to carry away Xian Ning's body and place it. Han Su was about to follow, but Mrs. Lin called her from behind: "Han Su, come here!"
Han Su glanced at her sister's body, then turned back to Lin: "Princess..."
"Just now, why did you have to ask Xue Ping to come to the back house to investigate?"
"Princess, there have been so many things happening in our yard recently. The old lady was already suspicious. Just now, seeing the attitude of the eldest grandma, she must seize the matter and toss it in our yard. If she is allowed to do it, she won't be able to save everything again. What's the point? It's better to let the old lady's trusted guard Xue come to investigate the matter. Firstly, it can remove the old lady's suspicion. Secondly, guard Xue has been in the palace for a long time and has been treated well by the princess. If anything happens, Guard Xue's heart will also be on our side, and everything will be easy to handle."
When Mrs. Lin heard this, she looked at Han Su deeply and asked, "What else?"
Han Su bit her lip and said: "The slave suspects that Xian Ning's death is related to grandma. She must have been unable to find a flaw in the princess, so she made trouble and wanted to take the opportunity to cause chaos in the princess's yard, so she killed Xian Ning. Introduction, if the princess comes to investigate by herself, with the old lady's current attitude, and with the uncle as a guarantee, the eldest grandmother may not feel any pain. But the little guard Xue is the old lady's person, and if he comes to investigate, it is equivalent to the old lady coming to investigate. When the time comes to find out something, the old lady will not slap her in the face. Even if the uncle helps, if you can't do anything to the eldest grandma, the relationship between the eldest grandma and the old lady will definitely fall to the freezing point again. "
Lin's expression changed slightly after hearing this, "What you said makes some sense."
"This slave has made his own decisions. Please punish me, Princess."
"That's all, this matter is not considered out of bounds. You and Mother Sun will accompany Xue Xiaowei to investigate in the next few days."
Mother Sun is the mother in charge of Huiyueju. She has everything under control. Having her watching over Xue Ping makes people feel more at ease.
"Yes, Princess." Han Su's eyes were red and swollen, and she still couldn't stop crying, so she could only hold back her sorrow.
Mrs. Lin sighed and said: "Your sister has been by my side for many years, but now she dies inexplicably... I will let someone bury her generously."
Han Su kowtowed: "Thank you, Princess."
Early the next morning, Han Su got up and walked out of the room. He found that Xue Ping, Xue Xiao's bodyguard, was already waiting at the entrance of Huiyue Residence. Han Su quickly ran over and asked, "You came so early?"
Seeing that her eyes were red, Xue Ping couldn't help feeling a little distressed: "I heard about Xian Ning last night, but I couldn't come to the back house without permission. What's going on? Look at you, your eyes are swollen like this."
Han Su thought of her sister's death and couldn't help crying again. She looked around and saw that no one else was paying attention. She took Xue Ping and walked a few steps into the corner. "It was because I had no clue that I tried every possible means to beg the princess to give in." Come investigate this matter, Brother Xue, you must help me find out the cause of Xian Ning's death! I suspect... it's the eldest grandma..."
Xue Ping has known the Han Su sisters for a long time, and he regards Xian Ning as his sister in his heart. Moreover, he and Han Su have been privately engaged for a long time, and he only waited for an opportunity to ask the old lady to make them happy. This is why Han Su did not explain to Lin. a reason.
"Don't worry, I will find out."
"Yes." Han Su looked back and said, "I have to go in quickly and wait for the princess to get up. You can wait here for a while. The princess will definitely see you and give you a few words."
"Okay, you go first, I'll wait here."
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Fulingju.
Li Qingyi had breakfast in the morning and called Chang Lan over to ask, "Is there anything going on in the middle courtyard last night?"
Chang Lan replied: "The truth about Xian Ning's death needs to be found out, so the body was not transported out of the house. After you and the old lady left, the princess sent people to buy a coffin from the longevity store, and collected Xian Ning's body. After that, the second master Back. The princess went to Hanshan Pavilion to talk to the second master, and it took a long time to come out. The second master was very skilled in martial arts, and the servants did not dare to come close, and did not hear what they said. "
Li Qingyi plucked the green buds and leaves in the cup and said with a smile: "Of course it's about that piece of paper."
"What is the origin of that paper? How could the princess have such a big reaction, and Xian Ning just glanced at it and was silenced?"
"The nunnery where Lin Jianyue lived after leaving the Lin family was named Kudu nunnery. There are 82 people registered in the nunnery who practiced in the nunnery at the same time as Lin. Excluding the 45 people who are of different ages, there are 82 people who are still practicing in the nunnery today. Of the twenty-nine people practicing in the nunnery, there are only eight left. It is most likely that women disguised themselves as men and hid in Kudu nunnery, and had an affair with Lin and became pregnant. Of these eight, two returned to secular life and six died."
Changlan hissed when he heard this, "So, the second master's father should be among these eight people!"
At that time, Li Qingyi and Qin Zeng speculated that Lin had not had an affair with Sun Jingzhi, Prince of Zhenbei, after they met him in prison. In order to stabilize Gongsun Jingzhi and prevent him from resisting, Lin said, "Let the old woman feel at ease." "" and other reasons, she persuaded Gongsun Jingzhi to cooperate with her and fake it, and at the same time deceived the old lady and Gongsun Jingzhi's mother and son.
Therefore, the flesh and blood in Lin's belly was probably "prepared" in advance, and Gongsun Yi's biological father was someone else.
After that, Qin Zeng asked people to go to Kudu Nunnery to investigate. Now, he finally has a fairly certain result.
Li Qingyi said: "It is easier to identify the two who returned to secular life. Now that the suspicion has been eliminated, the six who died are likely to have faked their deaths."
Chang Lan said: "Since it is a fake death, it is either a fake death and burial and dig it out later, or it is possible to find a dead person to replace it."
Li Qingyi agreed: "Indeed, among those who died, three of them were sick. One died before Lin left Kudu nunnery, and two died after Lin left Kudu nunnery. They were both the abbot of the nunnery, Shitai. Diagnosis, seeing that the person who is dying day by day is unlikely to be the person we are looking for. Of the remaining three, one went up the mountain to collect medicine and was bitten by a poisonous snake. He died due to lack of treatment, and the other went down the mountain to beg for help and treat people. He was accidentally infected with macules and died of ulcers all over his body. The last one died suddenly of a heart attack."
