Chapter 754 Remaining inactive
Su Rongrong looked at this and then at that, and then burst out laughing.
"Hey, what are you arguing about? We're all family. No matter who you're targeting, you're all coming for us."
"I believe that Grandmother and Brother Yan will make the person behind this pay the price!"
Qiao Qinghe and Yan Jin couldn't help but exchange a smile.
Qiao Qinghe suggested, "Let's go to the study to talk."
Yan Jin had the same idea, and stood up, saying, "Please, Madam."
The two went to the study in the outer courtyard.
After entering the study and dismissing everyone else, once only the two of them were in the room, Qiao Qinghe got straight to the point: "Has someone threatened you again with things from the past?"
Yan Jin nodded with a deep look in his eyes, then suddenly gasped in surprise.
"How did you know?" Yan Jin looked at Qiao Qinghe in alarm. "You know about this? Then, what about Rongrong...?"
Qiao Qinghe gave him a reassuring look, "Don't worry, Rongrong doesn't know."
"If she knew, would she have acted that way just now?"
Yan Jin breathed a sigh of relief; indeed.
The joy in Rongrong's eyes when she saw him just now was as genuine as ever.
"Then how did you know that someone was threatening me?"
Qiao Qinghe sighed, "It was Aqi, who is by Rongrong's side, who said it."
“That day you asked her to come and talk to me about finding someone, and I sensed that something was off about this girl.”
"Later, we sent Ah Shuang over, but she didn't find anything wrong at the Marquis's residence."
"I thought I was just overthinking it, but I saw her wandering around on the street again today."
"After calling the person over and asking, we learned that this girl had seen some things she shouldn't have seen in your study a few days ago."
Yan Jin narrowed his eyes. "She's a maid who came from the old lady's side after all; she keeps her mouth shut. I'll reward her handsomely later."
Qiao Qinghe glanced at Yan Jin and said, "I've already had that girl sent back to the Qiao residence. I won't have her serve Rongrong for a while, to avoid giving herself away. As for whether she'll come back or when... we'll talk about that later."
Yan Jin nodded: "I will do as the old lady says."
Qiao Qinghe didn't continue the topic and returned to the main point: "Do you know who is threatening you?"
Yan Jin shook his head. "I've been investigating in secret these past few days, but so far I've found nothing."
"The person who threatens me is probably very powerful and deeply hidden."
Qiao Qinghe frowned in thought, "Threatening you without revealing your purpose... what are you trying to do?"
Yan Jin was equally puzzled: "I'm also completely baffled."
The two looked at each other in silence, each lost in thought.
After a moment, Qiao Qinghe said, "Do you think the person who threatened you, drugged the child, and sowed discord between our two families might be the same person?"
Yan Jin shook his head: "I don't know."
Qiao Qinghe suddenly laughed, "I think it must have been done by the same person!"
"Threatening you without stating the purpose."
"The purpose of using children to sow discord between our two governments is quite clear."
"These two things seem unrelated. But perhaps... it was that person who did it intentionally."
Yan Jin didn't consider himself a stupid person, but at this moment he didn't understand the meaning of Qiao Qinghe's words at all.
Qiao Qinghe smiled and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the person behind this will soon reveal their true intentions to you."
Yan Jin still didn't understand: "How did the old lady know?"
Qiao Qinghe smiled and said, "Didn't you realize that the child issue was actually just an excuse someone else prepared for you! An excuse that would allow you to openly turn against me!"
Yan Jin was taken aback: "But we all know that you didn't do this."
Qiao Qinghe shook her head: "It doesn't matter whether I did it or not. He just wants to give you an excuse, an excuse that will make everyone believe you will turn against me for this."
"In fact, that person doesn't even care whether you really turn against me or not."
"As long as you do as he asks, his goal will be achieved."
Yan Jin looked at Qiao Qinghe in astonishment, "From what you're saying, you know who's behind this???"
Qiao Qinghe gave a wry smile. "Perhaps."
She doesn't think anyone else is behind this scheme, except for Min Ji.
But what is Min Ji planning to do?
After discussing it further, the two decided to remain still and wait for the other side to reveal its true intentions before taking any action.
After leaving the meticulous study, Qiao Qinghe returned to the backyard and told Su Rongrong about Aqi's temporary stay at the Qiao residence.
The excuse they gave was that Qiao Ning and Amo had just gotten married, and Madam He was too busy with both to take care of her.
So she wanted to borrow Aqi for a while.
Su Rongrong hesitated only slightly before nodding in agreement.
Su Rongrong, who had originally planned to move to the Qiao residence with her child, ultimately couldn't make it.
As for the reason, it was naturally because Yan Jin couldn't bear to part with her and the child, and even put on a pitiful look of being abandoned, making it seem as if Su Rongrong was a heartless, cruel, and ruthless person if she really took the child to the Qiao family.
In addition, Lian Qiao said she could prepare an aromatherapy product within two days to soothe the young prince's emotions and stop him from crying.
Su Rongrong reluctantly gave up her idea of running away from home.
It was already dark when I left the Marquis of Enping's residence.
The interrogation of the wet nurse has also yielded results.
This wet nurse was the wife of a minor steward in the Marquis's mansion. Along with the steward's parents, the whole family were servants in the Marquis's mansion.
It was precisely because the lives of her entire family were in Yan Jin's hands that she was able to bypass many other women and become Yan Xu's wet nurse.
She genuinely wanted to take good care of the child, so she tried every means to supplement her nutrition to ensure the child had enough breast milk. The wet nurse's family naturally shared the same thought.
For this reason, the wet nurse even begged Su Rongrong to change her husband from a frivolous manager to a manager specifically in charge of kitchen purchasing.
The wet nurse's mother-in-law was also transferred to the kitchen to be in charge of the wet nurse's meals.
The problem lies with this family.
From purchasing to cooking, everything was taken into account.
They meant well, but their whole family was taken advantage of.
This is why the wet nurse reacted so strongly when she heard that the problem lay with her.
She did nothing wrong, but problems still arose, so the problem must be related to her diet.
She wasn't an ignorant woman; she had breastfed her own children and knew that some medications were not suitable for children to take directly, but could be passed to them through breast milk.
Once the matter is confirmed, his entire family will be implicated!
As for which medicinal herbs and foods caused the reaction, further research on the water sage and forsythia is needed to determine the exact cause.
When Qiao Qinghe left, the wet nurse and her family were temporarily detained, awaiting their fate.
Back at the Qiao residence, Wei Jia was waiting at the door.
Upon seeing her return, they quickly came to help her up.
"How's the investigation going?" Qiao Qinghe immediately inquired about the situation at the manor.
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