"How did the butler's investigation go?"
Zhou Jinyan did not answer Wei Bai's words, but frowned and mentioned something else. Before returning to Shengjing, Zhou Jinyan made people stare at the activities in Prince Jing's Mansion.
Although it is his own residence, Zhou Jinyan does not live in the residence for a long time, and the servants in the residence are not confidants. They are all sent by the Internal Affairs Office of the palace.
No matter how many years the steward has been in the palace, it is said that he is still a slave. How dare he dare to confront Princess Jing, whom the emperor personally ordered to marry? There must be someone here to instruct and rely on.
"Master, the housekeeper had dinner with the second manager of General Dingyuan's Mansion three days ago. They are fellow villagers."
When talking about General Dingyuan's Mansion, one has to think of the Miss Guo family who was tricked by Jian Yu and put into solitary confinement. She was on good terms with Tang Fu.
"When the Ci'an Palace in the palace was purchasing eunuchs and leaving the palace, I also met the second steward of the Guo family."
The Miss Guo family was always in front of Tang Fu. With such a relationship and the timing of meeting, it is not difficult to think that the Guo family steward followed Tang Fu's instructions to find trouble with Jian Yu.
Looking back on their first encounter, Jian Yu guessed that his identity was also sent by Tang Fu. On the surface, the Tang family and the Jian family had no enmity, and Jian Yu and Tang Fu lived in Jiangnan and Shengjing.
How much grudge can go so far as to send assassins to take lives? Now she doesn't want Jian Yu to have a good life and stumbles secretly.
Zhou Jinyan thought of the third prince who was grounded in order to ask the emperor to withdraw the imperial edict of marriage. His eyes were dark and obscure, and there was deep thought in his eyes.
"How's the investigation going in Jiangnan?"
After the emperor granted the marriage, while Zhou Jinyan sent people to investigate Tang Fu, he also sent a letter to Jiangnan to investigate Jian Yu's situation in Jiangnan.
"I haven't received a reply yet. It will probably take a few days."
"A few days ago, you made a new discovery to the Minister of Household Affairs who was investigated by your subordinates..."
After reporting everything, Wei Bai looked at Zhou Jinyan's servant's clothes and felt quite uncomfortable. He said, "Master, have you done cleaning work today?"
Thinking of his master's hands that were supposed to be killing enemies with a long knife, and sweeping up fallen leaves with a broom outside, with a simple and honest look on his face, Wei Bai felt a sense of violation and wanted to take a look at it.
If the master still cleans tomorrow, he can sneak over and take a look while the kitchen is not busy, out of curiosity!
"Wei Bai." Zhou Jinyan softly called his name.
"Yes, Master, what are your orders?" Wei Bai immediately stood up straight and looked straight ahead.
"Want to pour night fragrance?"
Regarding Wei Bai's mentality of always wanting to watch the fun, Zhou Jinyan threatened lightly.
"Master, if you don't want to, I will resign now!"
It was a more torturous job than pouring swill, and Wei Bai didn't want to do it at all.
*
The actual Prince Jing's Mansion was very different from what Jian Yu expected. It was more luxurious and less strict than she thought.
She thought that as the residence of Prince Jing, the guards must all have extremely high martial arts skills and the rules and regulations in the residence must be strict. But now, it seems that this is obviously not the case.
Not to mention the looseness of the servants, the guards in the mansion seemed to be less capable than the guards in Taifu's mansion. It was so naive for me to actually want to rely on Prince Jing's mansion to fend off the assassins.
Prince Jing, who was in the north, didn't care at all about the residence in Shengjing. It was no different from an ordinary residence. Jian Yu was a little worried. What if Tang Fu sent a killer again?
Jian Yu had an idea in her mind. She considered whether she should tell the emperor about the assassin and ask for revenge. After all, this time was sensitive. From the emperor's point of view, the assassin wanted to kill Princess Jing, which meant that he was targeting Prince Jing or Prince Jing. It came from the Zhou Dynasty.
Jian Yu, who was thinking about the feasibility of this matter, heard movement near the window, and the next second, she saw someone coming in.
Jian Yu, who had slept all day during the day, couldn't sleep at night. She asked her dowry mother-in-law to cook in the kitchen. It was already the second watch. She was lying on the imperial concubine's couch, with a small table above filled with dishes.
It only took one day for the servants of the palace to realize that the princess was a willful master. What lady would complain that she was hungry in the middle of the night and ask the kitchen to prepare a bunch of dishes?
The aunt who was cooking was not surprised at all, and said that the princess had a bad stomach and had to eat when she was hungry.
Yuan Zhangshao, who was following his mama, complained in his heart. Are you sure it's because of a bad stomach? He obviously has a great appetite!
Who has a bad stomach and can eat randomly in the middle of the night? ! The chef was angry and dared not say anything about this, but he couldn't remember to follow suit, but he was afraid that his grandma would kick him out of the kitchen, so the chef had to learn from the sidelines.
As soon as Zhou Jinyan entered the bedroom, he smelled the aroma of the dishes. Thinking of the servant food he had for dinner, his stomach couldn't help but protest.
Jian Yu was used to his old man and greeted him very familiarly: "You're here."
Zhou Jinyan hummed, swaggered over, sat across the table, twisted off a chicken leg with his hands and started eating. Underneath his ordinary appearance, he was full of bohemian and unrestrained energy.
Jian Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that the assassin who was by Tang Fu's side must not have a low status on the surface. The way he ate meat and stepped on it with one leg was obviously a rough and uncivilized move, but there was something wrong with him. A feeling of high spirits.
Even with this ordinary face, it is difficult to describe the relaxed and comfortable posture.
"Can you help me next?"
Zhou Jinyan said while eating that he intended to let Jian Yu work for him, so that by using the connections in Taifu's house, he might be able to discover the secrets hidden by Taifu Jian.
"The place where the knight wants to serve must be out of the Tang family's sphere of influence. Huaibei and Jiangdong are not accessible, so the best location is in the northwest. Several towns over there are suitable. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the Tang family's hands are If you can't reach it, getting an official position is not something that can be done overnight. It will take time if it doesn't work. I'm already working on it, so you can just wait and feel at ease."
After saying that, Jian Yu changed the subject, pushed the dish in front of her and said, "This plate of sweet and sour carp is delicious~"
Zhou Jinyan lowered his eyes and laughed in his heart, and sent someone to the northwest? Little liar.
Of course he didn't expose it. Instead, he raised his chopsticks to take a bite of Jian Yu's recommended dish and commented: "Not bad."
"Now...I don't know what to call a knight?"
"Just keep calling him by Rong Xiao's name."
Hearing the other party's answer, Jian Yu rolled her eyes inwardly. She was really cautious and didn't reveal any information about her identity!
"Mr. Rong, I'm a little worried now. If Tang Fu can't send you, will she send a more powerful master? Can you tell me something about Tang Fu? She is our common enemy. It's convenient for me to know better. Fight back.”
Jian Yu asked tentatively.
Zhou Jinyan knew that if he wanted the horse to run, he had to let the horse eat grass. He took a sip of tea, and then said in a divine voice: "The actions of the housekeeper in the palace were ordered by Tang Fu."
Jian Yu had some doubts about Tang Fu in this matter, and the manager Qiqi'er must have followed other people's orders. Now that she heard Rong Xiao's words, she confirmed her original guess.
Seeing Jian Yu's unsurprised look, Zhou Jinyan became interested.
