Chapter 744 Five Letters
Qiao Qinghe was naturally unaware of the schemes of the Zhong family patriarch and Fu Wenqing.
She has been keeping an eye on the Qi Prince's faction's impeachment of the驸马 (the驸马), while also paying close attention to Li Sanqi's reaction, and she also has to find time to oversee Amo and Qiao Ning's marriage.
The couple finally set a wedding date.
Both Mrs. He and her daughter He Rui took leave to help Amo with the wedding arrangements.
Qiao Ning had already moved back to the Qiao residence on Changxing Street, where she was embroidering her wedding dress and preparing for her marriage.
After the wedding date was set, Qiao Ning's parents came to the capital from Jiangnan, bringing with them the generous dowry they had prepared for her in Jiangnan.
After arriving in Beijing, the couple naturally visited the Qiao residence immediately, presenting generous gifts to express their gratitude to their aunt, Qiao Qinghe, for taking care of their daughter.
Both husband and wife are thoughtful and tactful in their dealings with others, so their meetings are always joyful and peaceful.
With the arrival of this couple, Qiao Qinghe no longer needed to worry about Qiao Ning's marriage.
After receiving the visitors from Jiangnan and redoing Qiao Ning's makeup, she focused her attention on dealing with Fu Wenqing.
Although she had expressed her stance to Princess Qi beforehand, Princess Qi then conveyed her message to Prince Qi and Lord Liu.
And indeed, the Qi King's faction launched an attack on Fu Wenqing.
However, the effect was not obvious.
Fu Wenqing was, after all, the top scholar in the imperial examination, and he had Zhong Hao, the Minister of Rites, as his mentor to protect him. In addition, although Li Sanqi had divorced Fu Wenqing, her lenient attitude of not pursuing the matter led many people to believe that she still had feelings for Fu Wenqing.
Therefore, some members of the Chu King's faction also stood up to speak for Fu Wenqing.
In short, more than half a month has passed, and Fu Wenqing is still safe and sound in the Hanlin Academy.
Of course, Qiao Qinghe didn't really think that the people under Prince Qi could bring down Fu Wenqing.
Therefore, while the Qi King's faction was openly attacking Wenqing, she was also secretly sending people to collect evidence of Fu Wenqing and his family's various crimes.
They even tried to unite those families who had been bullied by the Fu family to come forward together.
Unfortunately, out of consideration for Li Sanqi and Elder Zhong, most of them declined.
Just when Qiao Qinghe was at her wit's end, Qiao Jingyao's family, who had settled down in the Northwest, sent people to deliver dowry to Qiao Ning after learning about her marriage.
Also sent back were handwritten letters from Qiao Jingyao's family of five.
Qiao Qinghe was startled when she received the wooden box containing the letter.
Of the five family members, not a single one wrote a letter.
In his letter, Qiao Jingyao described his family's situation after arriving in the Northwest, from his appointment to the Northwest Border Defense Army to his chance encounter with Lin and his marriage to her as his second wife, recounting everything in great detail.
In the letter, Qiao Jingyao also emphasized the Marquis of Yongning.
When they arrived in the Northwest, they were initially met with difficulties and exclusion from everyone.
However, something happened in between, and a few days later, the Marquis of Yongning personally summoned him and treated him with a fairly friendly attitude.
Since then, their situation in the Northwest has improved.
He wrote to inquire whether Qiao Qinghe had done anything inside, and expressed his gratitude.
In addition, he told Qiao Qinghe that the Marquis of Yongning should be returning to the capital soon.
They are already working on having Deputy General Luo Wei take over the affairs of the Northwest Defense Army.
After reading Qiao Jingyao's letter, Qiao Qinghe felt a strange sensation in her heart. She immediately instructed A Shuang: "Send someone to the Yongning Marquis's residence to ask the Princess of Gaoping about the matter of the Yongning Marquis's return to the capital."
It might not be a good thing for Marquis Yongning to return to the capital at this time.
She still vividly remembers what happened back then.
Ah Shuang accepted the order and went out to make arrangements.
Qiao Qinghe suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and continued to read the other people's letters.
The second letter contained a letter from Mr. Lin.
Lin was Qiao Jingyao's second wife.
But Qiao Qinghe knew that Lin was Mu Jin.
She picked up the letter, thought about it, put it down again, and picked up other people's letters instead.
Zhou's letter was very long, recounting Qiao Qinghe's life from when she was still unmarried to when she married and moved to the capital, and everything that followed... Zhou recalled everything with great emotion. Then she focused on the events that occurred before she left the capital.
Zhou's entire piece is filled with gratitude, thanks, and sincere apologies.
Qiao Qinghe remained unmoved, and after reading the letter, she tossed it aside.
Qiao Yuanyao's letter contained similar content, but her gratitude and apology were expressed more directly than Zhou's.
In addition to expressing gratitude and apology in the letter, Qiao Yuanyao also sent Qiao Qinghe several paintings back.
Some depict the scenery of Northwest China, while others were drawn along the way to Northwest China...
As Qiao Yuanyao's paintings become increasingly rare on the market, they are now fetching astronomical prices.
These few paintings are enough to be passed down through generations.
Of course, Qiao Qinghe would never be short of money, no matter who else was.
Therefore, what she cared about was not the value of the painting, but Qiao Yuanyao's sentiment.
She had someone find the painting that Qiao Yuanyao had given her and carefully hung it in the study.
Then came Qiao Zhan's letter.
The twelve-year-old boy already knew right from wrong and even vowed to repay his great-aunt in the future.
In addition, the young boy also mentioned Qian Ge'er, Zhen Jie'er, and others in the letter, and said that he had prepared gifts for them.
Qiao Qinghe still had people find the items and delivered them to the children according to what Qiao Zhan had written in his letter.
Surprisingly, in addition to the children of the Qiao family, Qiao Zhan also prepared gifts for Li Rui and his two siblings.
When Ah Shuang received the gift list, she couldn't help but smile and exclaim, "Young Master Zhan has also learned about social etiquette."
Qiao Qinghe smiled and said, "After all, Zhan-ge and Li Rui have been living and studying together for two months, so it's normal for them to develop some feelings for each other."
"Their belongings were also sent to their room."
"Yes," A-Shuang replied with a smile.
In the end, only Hibiscus's letter remained unread.
Seeing that Qiao Qinghe was holding the last letter and not opening it for a long time, A Shuang was about to ask her a question when she suddenly thought of something and her expression became strange.
After a long pause, she asked in a low voice, "Madam, was this letter written by Doctor Mu?"
"If you don't want to see it, why don't I see it for you?"
"I have something important to tell you. Otherwise, I'll save you the trouble."
Qiao Qinghe nodded and was about to hand the letter to A Shuang, but halfway through, she sighed and withdrew her hand.
"Never mind, they've all been seen off, there's no harm in taking a look."
In truth, aside from secretly contacting Min Ji and doing things for Li Sanqi behind her back, Mu Jin hadn't done anything to wrong her. On the contrary, Mu Jin had helped her and those around her a great deal.
Before leaving, Mu Jin asked Qiao Jingyao to send her all sorts of life-saving medicines.
But betrayal is betrayal, and the emotional estrangement can never be easily eliminated.
She also put those medicines away, and she didn't plan to use them unless absolutely necessary.
There are plenty of doctors in the capital and imperial physicians in the palace, so she doesn't lack the medicine that Mu Jin has.
Qiao Qinghe knew that she was still bothered by Mu Jin's betrayal, so she was also worried about the medicine Mu Jin had left behind.
Pulling her wandering thoughts back, Qiao Qinghe roughly opened the letter written by Mu Jin.
In the letter, Mu Jin truthfully recounted all the things she had done over the years at the behest of her master.
Qiao Qinghe already knew many of the things Mu Jin had told her.
Therefore, she did not take Mu Jin's letter to heart at first.
It wasn't until she saw something Mu Jin had done more than two years ago in the letter that Qiao Qinghe was shocked and discovered a huge secret!
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