Is it the fifth princess?
Su Liuye's eyes darkened, and then she thought of the fifth princess who was also in Lingyuan Temple. She was probably the only one who would target her like this.
But she really couldn't figure out why.
Could it be that the fifth princess knew about Liu Yuan's investigation of the dragon-patterned jade pendant, and the fifth princess thought she was instigating it, so she wanted to get rid of her?
Thinking of this, Su Liuye's brows jumped suddenly. This might be the truth, otherwise she really couldn't imagine why the fifth princess would target her like this.
The prince in the palace had no connection with them, and their identities were very different, but he detained Qin Lian as if he was deliberately trying to embarrass her, asking her to apologize for a broken jade pendant.
Seeing Qin Lian's frightened pale face, Su Liuye felt heartbroken and angry at the same time.
What would have happened to them if Xiaowu hadn't found them in time? Will he lose his life for breaking the second prince's jade pendant?
She had no doubt that the eunuch who stopped Qin Lian just now wanted to kill Qin Lian.
This treatment may be due to the words of the fifth princess.
The fifth princess's reason for targeting her was most likely because she was investigating the dragon-patterned jade pendant. As long as we find out about the jade pendant, we might be able to find out whether the fifth princess knew that Zhou Yun'er was not the princess at all and wanted to bring her into the palace to deceive the Queen Mother.
This is a grave sin.
It's just that it's all her guess at the moment, and she didn't meet the fifth princess today...
When we got back to the house, the sky had turned gray and it was probably going to snow again.
Qin Lian was in a daze all the way because of the fright in the temple. When she returned to the house, she remained silent, with timidity in her eyes.
"Xiaowu, please take Lianlian back to rest first."
Su Liuye knew that she must have been frightened.
"Okay, Mrs. Chu."
Xiao Wu nodded and helped Qin Lian walk to the room.
Su Liuye wanted to go find Liu Yuan, but found that there was no one in his room. After asking, she found out that he had not come back at all in the past few days.
Although Liu Yuan said he was living here on loan, the Liu family still had several houses in the capital, so he didn't need to come to the house often.
If he didn't come, Su Liuye wouldn't know where to find him.
"Uncle Zhou, hasn't Mr. Chu come back either?"
"No."
Uncle Zhou said, "Mr. Chu was still there a few days ago, but he has been out these few days. He said he had to take care of some things. Before he left, Mr. Chu didn't tell me when he would be back. Mrs. Chu, if you have anything to do with Chu, Young Master?"
"There is something."
Su Liuye glanced at the closed door and saw that there was no one in the room, so there was nothing she could do.
Although Chu San rented here, she didn't know much about Chu San, and she didn't even know his full name.
It's just that Chu San does know a lot of things related to the palace. Su Liuye really doesn't know who to look for now except Liu Yuan and Chu San.
"Mr. Chu didn't say anything to me before he left. If Madam, you really have something to talk to Mr. Chu about, I'll tell him when Mr. Chu comes back."
"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Zhou."
Su Liuye had no choice but to go back first. When he went to the kitchen, he saw Mr. Lu smoking a cigarette outside.
She opened her mouth, thought for a while but still didn't go over and tell Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu was unwilling to tell her more about the affairs in the palace from the beginning. Even if she asked, she might not tell him.
She was almost certain that the person who attacked her was the fifth princess. She could not remain so passive. She had to take the initiative to investigate this matter and seize the fifth princess's handle, otherwise she would sooner or later suppress her.
"Girl, do you want to see me for something?"
Just as Su Liuye was about to leave, Mr. Lu suddenly spoke leisurely.
Su Liuye turned around and saw Mr. Lu sitting up from the recliner, staring straight at her with a pair of wrinkled eyes, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through her easily.
Su Liuye's heart sank slightly, it was the first time she saw Mr. Lu look like this.
"Grandpa Lu, you..."
"Come here! Old man, I know you must have something to ask me."
The old man snorted, retracted his gaze, and picked up his cigarette again to smoke.
Hearing what he said, Su Liuye did not hesitate anymore and went over to ask, "Grandpa Lu, do you know who the fifth princess is now?"
"Fifth Princess?"
Mr. Lu frowned and pointed her in the direction after a moment, "Are you talking about the princess of the Fifth Prince's Palace over there?"
"yes."
The direction Mr. Lu pointed was the Fifth Prince's Mansion. Su Liuye nodded and said, "Old man, do you know these things?"
"Why are you asking about the fifth princess?" Mr. Lu looked at her doubtfully.
Su Liuye hesitated for a moment, but still did not tell Mr. Lu what happened in the past few days. She only said that she went to the Fifth Prince's Mansion to cook that day, and the Fifth Princess seemed dissatisfied with her.
Hearing this, Mr. Lu thought deeply for a while. He hit the cigarette in his hand on the chair and poured out the ashes.
"I don't know much. I only know that the fifth princess is a relative of the Queen Mother. She was deeply loved by the queen mother before she got married, so she was taken into the palace. Later, the late emperor granted her marriage to the fifth prince."
"The fifth princess's natal family does have some power. She is one of the generals guarding the border. She has been loyal and loyal for generations. The fifth princess is also her legitimate daughter. It was quite a scene when she married the fifth prince. I heard that the fifth princess's natal family gave her a secret weapon. Wei, I don’t know if it’s true, I only heard about it in the palace.”
"Secret guard?" Su Liuye frowned.
"Yeah, anyway, I only heard about this back then." Mr. Lu took a long puff of cigarette. He didn't know what he thought of, and his face felt a little sad.
"But I think this is probably true. Before the fifth princess married the fifth prince, there were several concubines in the fifth prince's house. One of them was particularly arrogant. She seemed to be a dancing girl given to our country by a neighboring country. Later, the late emperor gave her to the fifth prince."
"The dancer was beautiful and loved by the fifth prince. But the dancer didn't know how to advance or retreat. She fought openly and covertly with the fifth princess several times because of her favor, and finally ended up with a tragic death." Mr. Lu said, "Back then, I was alone My fellow villager worked for the Fifth Prince, and he talked to me about it during his vacation, and I still remember it."
"It is said that the dancer died in such a miserable condition that no one sent by the government could conduct an autopsy. They hurriedly wrapped her in a straw mat and threw her away."
The princess is just a backyard girl, but she can use such vicious methods to get rid of the hands of those who disobey her. Such methods are unheard of in the palace.
Mr. Lu was surprised when he heard this. He remembered it for so many years, "The Fifth Prince was not in the house at the time. Many people said that this incident had nothing to do with the Fifth Princess. But my villager told me that on the night of the incident, there was a rumor in the Fifth Princess's yard. Come on, the dancer’s scream, oh, it’s so miserable.”
Speaking of this matter, Mr. Lu still had some lingering fears.
