Empress Ming, Empress Xiaochunxian, of the Gu'erjia clan, from the Manchu Plain White Banner, younger brother is Grand Scholar Gu'erjia Jiahuan. When Shizong Yongzheng was a prince, she gav...
Just as Xiao Hezi was about to leave, Xiao Hongxuan suddenly asked, "Mother, aren't you going to tell Father? Father's men are very powerful. If Father is willing to help, they can definitely avenge you."
Jiaming patted the little guy's head and said with a half-smile, "You said it yourself, if he's willing, I don't know if your father is willing either. Besides, you don't need to tell your father specifically, he'll know anyway. In this mansion, as long as the information isn't hidden too deeply, there's nothing your father doesn't know, only things he doesn't want to know."
Given the current weakened state of the Li family, how could they possibly keep this from Grandpa? This news will definitely reach Grandpa's ears.
Although he didn't say what he really wanted to say, Xiao Hongxuan understood from what he had said earlier. Without any further questions, he returned to his seat and, behaving like a little adult, started eating snacks and drinking tea.
Just as Xiao Hezi was about to leave again, Jiaming called him back.
"Wait a minute, Xiao He, there's something I forgot to tell you."
Xiao Hezi immediately put his feet back on the ground, stood still, and asked Jiaming with a puzzled look, "I wonder if there is anything else you need, Master?"
Hearing his mother say this, Xiao Hongxuan also cast a questioning look at Jiaming, staring intently at her, waiting for her to speak.
Jiaming smiled gently and said, "It's nothing important. Actually, you already know what to do after you finish what I just told you. But I'd still like to mention it to you anyway."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hezi thought for a moment and immediately understood what his master wanted to say.
Xiao Hongxuan couldn't understand it. After listening, he thought about it but still couldn't figure it out. His eyes were filled with confusion.
Sure enough, Jiaming saw that Xiao Hezi understood, and it was indeed unnecessary to mention it again. However, she glanced at her bewildered son, thought for a moment, and realized that this was a good opportunity to educate him, so she continued.
"Get our people in the backyard moving, but be discreet and watch how the Li family reacts when they hear the news."
Xiao Hongxuan then realized that his mother had more than one idea in mind.
Mother not only wanted Li Eniang and the others to deal with Princess Wang of Eighth Uncle's household, but also wanted to indirectly and more easily learn about Princess Wang's situation through Li Eniang and the others' reactions.
Xiao Hongxuan was right; Jiaming had exactly that in mind.
If the Li family and their group cannot deal with the Wang family, then she can get more information about the Wang family from them, so that when she deals with the Wang family in the future, she will be able to come up with more effective methods because she understands the Wang family better.
Xiao Hezi is indeed Xiao Hezi; he's efficient in his actions. The people under his command are all capable as well. Not long after Jiaming gave her instructions, Li Shi, Hesheli Shi, the Fujin, and others quickly learned the contents of the secret letter, and they weren't implicated at all.
Those who received the secret letter were all stunned, finding it hard to believe that it was actually the princess from the Eighth Prince's mansion who did it.
Like Jiaming, Xiao Hongxuan, and Xiao Hezi, they also felt that the two sides had nothing to do with each other. It didn't make sense that Wang was targeting and scheming against Taoyuan Guarjia for no reason.
Like Xiao Hongxuan, he also felt that there might be a mistake in the investigation, so he asked someone to investigate again, but the result was still the same. The clue pointed to Princess Wang in the Eighth Prince's mansion.
It seems there must be some connection between the Wang family and the Taoyuan Guarjia family that they are unaware of?
Therefore, it gives the impression that it was a struggle between the Wang family and the Guarjia family, and the women were caught in the crossfire. So a servant suggested, "Why don't we just watch these two continue to fight, and then you, Master, can be the fisherman and reap the benefits?"
Quite coincidentally, the servants gave Li and others the same suggestion.
They were all somewhat tempted, but the thought that their men had been wiped out by the master's men because of that Wang woman's framing made them resentful. Unable to contain themselves any longer, they ordered their men to continue investigating Wang woman, thinking that if they ever found any dirt on her or had an opportunity, they wouldn't mind taking action or even fueling the fire to teach Wang woman a lesson, quietly venting their anger.
Besides this, they felt that something was wrong with Wang.
As Li gathered more information, she felt that this Wang seemed to be a time-traveling woman.
The Fujin and Hesheli felt that the other party seemed to have some kind of prophecy, perhaps like themselves, having been reborn.
Each of them became wary of Wang because they suspected that the other might be a time traveler or a reincarnated person.
Moreover, they each thought about it and realized that if that were the case, they would be able to understand.
It was precisely because the other party might be a time traveler or a reincarnated person that she knew the Fourth Prince would ascend the throne and the Eighth Prince would be the loser. As the Eighth Prince's princess, she naturally supported him. For the sake of the Eighth Prince, she targeted the Guarjia clan, who were completely unrelated to her.
Moreover, if something were to happen to Lady Guarjia, she would lose herself and the child in her womb. The remaining Fourth Prince, a tiny little prince, would not survive long in this cannibalistic inner court, given Lady Wang's methods.
After eliminating the descendants of the Guarjia clan, they then targeted the prince's other sons. If they succeeded in doing so, how could a prince without offspring possibly succeed in the struggle for the throne?
The Fujin, considering his secret methods, believed that Honghui's cold might have been caused by him.
The more they imagined it, the more wary they became of Wang Shi. Therefore, the group continued to send people to conduct a thorough investigation of Wang Shi.
Wang, whose given name was Xuezhen, became an orphan after the flood. She first sold herself to a slave trader, and then the slave trader sold her into the Eighth Prince's mansion as a maid. One day, the Eighth Prince got drunk and had sex with her, so she, who happened to be serving the Eighth Prince, became his concubine.
Because of her pregnancy, she was promoted to the rank of Gege by the Eighth Prince. She has a son and is shrewd and resourceful. She has the upper hand in the power struggles with the Eighth Prince's wife in the inner court.
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In the pear orchard, Li looked at the paper containing Wang Xuezhen's information again and again, many times.
The reason he watched it repeatedly for so long was because he felt that there was something he had overlooked.
Suddenly, Li's gaze fell on "Wang Shi, named Xuezhen". She had a feeling that something was wrong with this name.
Wang Xuezhen, Wang Xuezhen, Wang Xuezhen, he walked back and forth in the room with a piece of paper with Wang Xuezhen's information written on it, constantly repeating the three words "Wang Xuezhen" over and over again.
Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she exclaimed, "Wang Xuezhen, it's her! She's not dead!"
After exclaiming in surprise, her voice immediately lowered. As she pondered, she muttered, "She's not dead. No wonder she schemed against the Guarjia clan."
Outside, a cleaning maid twitched her ears, but her hands continued cleaning naturally without any hesitation.