Seeing his daughter's serious look, Yu Chengguang remembered the first time he met Feng Yuan.
At that time, she was the head of the female officials in the palace. She wore a golden crown of fine silk on her head and a long-sleeved water-red official uniform. She just stood beside the emperor, and her every move was like a heavenly being.
When Yu Chengguang returned from the army, the first thing he did was to enter the palace to report to the emperor. But the first time he stepped into the imperial study, he was attracted by Feng Yuan.
The peach blossom noodles mentioned in the poem are probably like this.
What Yu Chengguang didn't expect was that he would be lucky enough to marry this beautiful female officer in the future.
I never expected that she would end up like that...
Therefore, the palace was a place of right and wrong for him, and he would never dare to let Chu'er in.
Not to mention that Chu'er looks very similar to A Yuan, the Queen Mother must have tried every means to make things difficult for her.
If the emperor treats Chu'er because of her appearance...
Yu Chengguang didn't dare to think any more. He held his daughter's hand tightly, his eyes full of worry.
"Chu'er, my father won't allow you to enter the palace. Can you agree to your promise?"
"Your mother has passed away. Dad just wants you to be safe and happy forever."
He stared at the gray hair, looking like he was crying, but he looked sincere.
Yu Nianchu paused and forced a smile very skillfully.
"Dad, what are you talking about? Isn't the palace the most sacred place?"
"You mean as if your daughter will not be safe if she enters the palace."
Yu Chengguang wiped away his tears and soon realized that he had spoken too much, so he stopped continuing the topic.
"Hey, dad is getting old and thinks a lot."
"It's getting late. Chu'er should go to bed early. Madam and Shu'er, don't go there. Do you understand?"
Yu Nianchu saw that he could no longer ask anything, so he nodded.
In the middle of the night, she took out a piece of white paper and carefully wrote down the clues she now knew on it with a pen.
Murderer: People in the palace (high position, can threaten the safety of the entire Li family), Li Xianglan
Poison: Gelsemium
She thought for a while, and finally put Yu Chengguang's name on the paper.
Participant: Yu Chengguang?
Although I don’t know what role my father played in my mother’s death, I can tell from my father’s reaction just now that he must not have been aloof from the incident.
Yu Nianchu bit the tip of his pen lightly. During the day, the Queen Mother seemed to have mentioned A Niang.
She even called herself a foxy girl because she looked like her mother, which was very disgusting.
In this way, the Queen Mother can also be temporarily classified as a suspect.
'Fox Meizi'?
Could it be that Aniang had an affair with someone in the past?
To make the Queen Mother feel so disgusted, I am afraid that this ambiguous person is still someone close to the Queen Mother.
This range is quite broad.
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In just a few days, Yu Nianchu managed the housework in an orderly manner.
She carefully looked through the family's account books, and found that in the three years since her father had been absent, the wife and the eldest lady's expenses had been seriously overrun.
Even if Madam used Yu Nianchu's share to make up for it, it would still not be enough.
There is no additional expenditure in the overall account books of the Hou Mansion, so how did Li and Yu Shuen get their money?
The Li clan gave birth to a favored noble concubine, and although members of the clan were promoted to higher ranks, they even reached the position of minister.
Yu Nianchu could only acquiesce that Li's money was supplemented by the Li family.
She picked up the red pen, circled these expenses, and then began to inventory the treasures and antiques in the warehouse of the mansion.
Now that she has taken over as housekeeper, every account must be clear.
Moreover, with the power of housekeeping, many things that she could not check before can now be easily obtained.
After counting, she found that the treasures in the warehouse were not enough. Li mostly used other expenses to close these loopholes. However, these could not escape Yu Nianchu's eyes.
She has learned this from her mother since she was a child, and now she is very comfortable using it.
"Okay, write down the difference and show it to father later."
As she said that, she continued to flip through the accounts at the back, preparing to check the dowry and body left by her mother.
The results were unknown until an investigation was carried out. However, when the investigation was carried out, they were shocked. With her father going on the war, Li had almost emptied her mother's dowry.
All that was left was some worthless old jewelry.
None of these were registered in the account books.
Yu Nianchu now understood how the money squandered by the mother and daughter came from the Li family!
It’s clearly my mother’s dowry! !
She suppressed the anger in her heart and recorded all of this in a book. As for the old jewelry left by her mother, she had someone clean it carefully and put it back in her room.
After reading the account, the old housekeeper sent all the errors and omissions to Yu Chengguang.
Yu Nianchu sat on the edge of the bed, holding his forehead in frustration.
Seeing this, Ayun hurriedly stepped forward and said anxiously, "Miss, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"How about I ask the government doctor to take a look at you?"
Yu Nianchu's eyes flashed, maybe this is an opportunity...
She was looking for someone who knew medical skills to ask about the poison called Gelsemium.
However, everyone in the mansion obeys the orders of Marquis Dingyuan. If Yu Nianchu asked this, the doctor might tell his father.
Ayun was about to go to the doctor when he was suddenly pulled away by Yu Nianchu.
"Ayun, wait! I won't call the government doctor."
Ayun: "Huh?"
Yu Nianchu continued to rub his head, his face looking ugly.
"Although the doctor in the government is good, I have almost become resistant to his medicine if I keep taking it. Let's go out and find another doctor."
Now that he is not under Li's control, Yu Nianchu can go out at will.
Ayun raised her head, vaguely feeling that what the lady said made sense, and she also wanted to go outside and take a look.
"Yeah, okay~ slave, I will accompany the lady out now!"
The two of them changed into their casual clothes, put on their curtain hats, and walked out of the Yongding Hou Mansion in an upright manner.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Yu Nianchu specially found the most remote medical clinic. There was no one coming and going here, except for an old doctor with gray hair.
"Hey, girl, what's wrong with you?"
The old doctor was still taking a nap. When he saw the two people coming in, he quickly sat up and returned to his serious appearance.
Yu Nianchu coughed slightly and said to Ayun, "There was a candied haws seller outside just now. Go buy two bunches."
Ayun snorted and nodded immediately.
"Yes, yes, the lady is already sixteen, and she still likes those things that children eat~"
As soon as A-Yun left, the old man asked doubtfully, "Isn't the young lady here to see a doctor? Are you not afraid that I will be a bad person when you let the girl go so safely?"
Yu Nianchu unceremoniously took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table, which made the old doctor's eyes widen.
"I want to ask you something, sir. If you know everything and keep it secret, then this silver ingot will be yours."
"Of course, if sir has bad intentions, then I will also give this silver ingot to sir——"
"Have a funeral."
The old doctor swallowed. He thought the person in front of him was a docile girl, but he didn't expect her words to be so scary...
