Chapter 758 Reconciliation
Just now, Madam Zheng mentioned that the scholar said that she had gathered a powerful force around her.
This includes the residences of the Marquis of Enping, the Duke of Jin, and the Marquis of Yongning.
But think about it carefully...
The Marquis of Yongning suddenly returned to the capital, the Marquis of Enping was threatened, and Lady Zheng was approached by someone again...
The Yongning Marquis's mansion is now ruled by the Yongning Marquis's wife. And the Yongning Marquis's wife mostly listens to her daughter.
Therefore, it is inevitable that the Yongning Marquis's family is now very close to her.
But once the Marquis of Yongning returns to the capital, he will regain control of the Marquis of Yongning's mansion.
The Yongning Marquis's residence would no longer be part of her network of connections. They might even turn around and make things difficult for her at every turn.
As long as the past still poses a threat to the Marquis of Enping, the Marquis of Enping's mansion will not be able to escape those people's schemes.
As for the Duke of Jin's mansion, as long as they win over Madam Zheng, it's equivalent to winning over the Duke of Jin's mansion.
Now, all three companies have encountered changes at the same time!
Could it be that Min Ji wants to take them all away from him?
Or is Min Ji plotting some conspiracy she doesn't know about?
Qiao Qinghe sorted out her thoughts and decided to tell Madam Zheng about the changes in the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and the Enping Marquis's Mansion as well.
"Now, besides your side, the Yongning Marquis's residence and the Enping Marquis's residence have also experienced changes recently."
Madam Zheng was taken aback, wondering why Qiao Qinghe suddenly brought this up, but she still listened attentively.
"The Marquis of Yongning will be returning to the capital soon."
"You should know that the deaths of Madam Yu of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and her adopted daughter, Yu Yin'er, who impersonated the Princess of Gaoping, were more or less related to me."
Madam Zheng nodded. "I know about this. It was partly the reason you were forced to leave the capital."
Qiao Qinghe sighed, "Although so many years have passed, we can tell from the attitude of Marquis Yongning over the years that he has not completely let go of what happened back then."
"So I suspect that once he returns to Beijing, he won't make things easy for me."
Madam Zheng nodded in agreement, "The Marquis of Yongning is a man who is blindly filial. Since the matter involves the death of Madam Yu, he certainly won't easily let bygones be bygones."
Seeing that Madam Zheng understood her meaning, Qiao Qinghe continued, "The return of the Marquis of Yongning to the capital means that the Marquis of Yongning's mansion will soon no longer stand on the same side as me."
"This is an unexpected event in the Yongning Marquis's residence."
Madam Zheng's expression changed slightly. "Continue."
“Someone from the Enping Marquis’s residence has plotted a scheme to make me appear as an ambitious person who is plotting to seize the young heir of the Enping Marquis’s residence, thus putting me on the opposite side of the Enping Marquis and his wife.”
"And he also secretly threatened Marquis Enping."
"I fear that when the person behind the scenes reveals their true purpose, it will be time for Marquis Enping to break with me."
"This is an unexpected event in the Enping Marquis's residence."
Madam Zheng's expression changed again, "As for our Duke of Jin's mansion... if it weren't for your honesty with me today..."
"I never imagined that so much would have happened these past few days."
Qiao Qinghe sighed heavily, "I never expected that several families I was close to would all run into trouble."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glare at Madam Zheng with a hint of annoyance, "I thought I was the closest to you, and that you were the least likely to cause trouble, but you're the first one to suspect me!"
Madam Zheng gave a slightly guilty twitch of her lips, but then she became righteous and assertive: "Who told those people to make such reasonable arguments? I'm not like you, who is smart enough to see through their schemes at a glance."
"Besides, this matter involves the Empress Dowager and you, who are the people I care about most. It's understandable that I panicked for a moment, isn't it?"
"Hmph, if anyone's to blame, it's those people who were too insidious, specifically targeting my weaknesses."
Seeing that Qiao Qinghe wanted to say something, Madam Zheng seemed not to give her a chance to speak, and pressed on, "Besides, although I suspect you, I haven't completely severed ties with you, and I'm not giving you any chance at all!"
"See, I didn't deliberately stop the Bai family from delivering a congratulatory gift to your grandniece, and that's how I lured you here."
"Besides, I didn't have anyone stop you from coming in!"
"Aren't I giving you a chance to explain?"
"Hmph, I think I've done enough!"
Qiao Qinghe was speechless after hearing what Madam Zheng said.
She pointed at Madam Zheng twice, both amused and exasperated, but could only shake her head helplessly in the end.
"You have a point."
Upon hearing this, Madam Zheng immediately perked up, raising her chin and saying, "Hmph, what I said makes perfect sense!"
After saying that, the two old ladies couldn't help but smile at each other.
All the previous arguments and unpleasantness vanished in an instant.
"What are you planning to do next?"
Madam Zheng asked worriedly, "The fact that all three of our families have encountered trouble at the same time is clearly aimed at you."
Qiao Qinghe shook her head: "I don't have any ideas yet."
"We need to wait for the other party to reveal their true intentions before we can decide what to do next."
Seeing Madam Zheng's worried expression, she quickly smiled and comforted her, "You don't need to worry too much. The schemes of the Marquis of Enping's mansion pose no threat to me."
"Once the threat posed by those people to Marquis Enping is resolved, the Marquis Enping's mansion will be as solid as a rock."
"As long as you don't make a fool of yourself or get instigated by others, there shouldn't be any problems with your Duke of Jin's mansion."
"As long as your Duke of Jin's mansion and Marquis of Enping's mansion remain stable, no matter what those people are scheming, it will all be in vain."
Hearing Qiao Qinghe's words, Madam Zheng felt a little relieved.
She solemnly promised, "Don't worry, I will never fall for those people's tricks again. I will never believe anything they say again."
"I'll listen to whatever you say from now on."
Qiao Qinghe smiled and gave her a reproachful look: "I hope you can keep your word."
"You still don't trust me?" Madam Zheng was somewhat dissatisfied, but thinking about what had happened recently, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Qiao Qinghe had no intention of dwelling too much on what had already happened, and said with a faint smile, "Let's see what the other party's purpose is in stirring up trouble everywhere."
Madam Zheng earnestly promised, "Don't worry, I will send someone to inform you as soon as I have any news."
After returning from the Duke of Jin's mansion, Qiao Qinghe waited for news.
A few days later, Marquis Enping returned to the capital.
Surprisingly, as soon as Marquis Enping returned to the capital, Emperor Xiaozhao entrusted him with an important task, appointing him as Minister of War and bestowing upon him the title of Grand Tutor of the First Rank, instantly making him the foremost military general.
At the same time, the Enping Marquis's Mansion and the Jin State Duke's Mansion finally made a move.
Marquis Enping received an invitation.
He was invited to a small, secret banquet three days later.
The Duke of Jin's mansion also received the same banquet invitation.
Both sides sent people to deliver the invitations to Qiao Qinghe.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar handwriting on the invitation, Qiao Qinghe couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
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