Chapter 729 The Show Begins
"Madam? What's wrong?" Following Qiao Qinghe's gaze, Zhen Huan's eyes fell on Fu Wenqing.
She had heard of this prince consort's reputation; he was arrogant, domineering, and didn't know his own limitations after becoming a prince consort. In just one year, he had become infamous in the capital.
But she really couldn't see what was so special about him that could make Li Sanqi so infatuated with him.
Look at the way the old lady looks at this person... Could it be that this person really has some extraordinary abilities?
However, no matter what reason this person has to be arrogant, he will probably not have a good ending today.
He quietly withdrew his gaze and helped Qiao Qinghe walk inside.
"Is there something wrong with this person?" He actually leaned close to Qiao Qinghe's ear and whispered, in a voice only loud enough for the two of them to hear.
Qiao Qinghe suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, smiled, but said in an icy tone, "He killed Wenxiu and Zhuxi."
He actually stiffened for a moment. "What did the old lady say?"
Did she mishear?
Qiao Qinghe repeated it again: "The prince consort killed Wenxiu and Zhuxi."
"I've brought so many people here today to avenge them."
She gripped Qiao Qinghe's arm tightly, trying to calm herself down, but the trembling of her hands betrayed her shock and anger.
"I thought Wenxiu was..." killed by Princess Huaiyang.
She doesn't care about Zhuxi, but she cares about Wenxiu.
Or rather, she cares about everyone who came out of the assassin organization with her.
Wenxiu and she were brought back to the Qiao residence by Weijia at the same time. In addition, they also escorted the marriage procession to Da'e together.
Therefore, their relationship was relatively close among that group of people.
However, ever since she returned to Dayan, went back to the capital, and returned to the Yongning Marquis's residence, she was no longer on the same social class as them.
Naturally, it will be difficult to get close to them again.
Not to mention them, even their contact with the old lady has decreased, and their relationship is far less close than when she was still the old lady's bodyguard.
Therefore, she only learned of Wenxiu's death when the Qiao family held her funeral.
Originally, she wanted to go to the Qiao residence to get to the bottom of things. But she was stopped by her mother, the Lady of Yongning Marquis.
Later, her mother analyzed the situation for her and said that besides Wenxiu, there was another girl named Zhuxi who had died.
Others didn't know who these two were and thought the Qiao family was making a mountain out of a molehill by holding such a grand funeral for the two maids.
But they knew that Zhu Xi was Old Madam Qiao's personal bodyguard, and also the Emperor's spy planted in the Old Madam's inner circle. In a sense, she was one of the Emperor's people.
Wenxiu was Princess Huaiyang's personal head maid, and she was also a maid who came from the Qiao family.
It's not unreasonable to say that she was an informant planted by Madam Qiao to serve Princess Huaiyang.
But these two people with unusual identities died at the same time.
No one would believe there wasn't something fishy going on here.
Her mother told her that the most likely explanation was that a rift had developed between the princess and Old Madam Qiao. The previous plans might have changed.
They accepted Princess Huaiyang's overtures precisely because of Madam Qiao's attitude.
Now that there's a problem between Madam Qiao and Princess Huaiyang, it's best for them to do nothing and just wait and see.
Therefore, she kept this matter to herself. Until the old lady explicitly offered to help, she pretended not to know anything.
"The princess said it was the prince consort who did it, so now we can only seek revenge on him."
As she said this, Qiao Qinghe was still smiling, a smile tinged with bitterness and an indescribable, profound meaning.
He understood and nodded in agreement: "Let's deal with the prince consort today, collect some interest first, and talk about the rest later."
Qiao Qinghe patted Zhen Huan's hand, her eyes filled with relief.
He suddenly remembered something and asked with concern, "Madam, do you no longer have any bodyguards protecting you?"
Qiao Qinghe shook her head. "Wei Jia originally wanted to give me Shengxia and Nuanchun as bodyguards, but I didn't want them."
These two people had secretly done a lot for Wei Jia. Wei Jia had become quite accustomed to using them. She didn't want to take what others had given her.
Moreover, both of them handled the Qian family's affairs quite well back then.
It would be a waste of talent to transfer someone to her side as a bodyguard.
He actually thought about it, "I'll find another one for the old lady later."
Qiao Qinghe neither nodded nor objected, only giving a perfunctory reply: "Let it be."
Where did she get any secret guards back then?
He actually treated himself as her bodyguard, protecting her at all times, and gradually, he really did become her bodyguard.
After Zhen Huan left, Emperor Xiaozhao happened to place spies around her to keep an eye on her, and thus Zhu Xi, the second secret guard, came into being.
As for now, she doesn't really feel she needs bodyguards to protect her.
I didn't say anything more, but just silently kept it in mind.
As they spoke, the group was led to the main hall of the princess's residence, where guests were received.
Fu Wenqing smiled and invited everyone to take their seats, then quickly instructed the servants to serve tea.
The princess's residence was too large, and several of the people who came were elderly ladies. They were indeed quite tired after walking such a long distance.
So, without any hesitation, everyone took their seats in the living room.
After they had finished drinking tea, Madam Wen asked, "Where is Princess Huaiyang now? With so many of us here, why doesn't she come out to greet us?"
Fu Wenqing hurriedly and nervously replied, "Madam, please forgive me, the princess is indeed ill and is currently resting quietly. It is really inconvenient for her to receive guests."
"Inconvenient to receive guests?" Madam Wen scoffed. "Is it that the princess is inconvenient to receive guests, or that the prince consort is preventing the princess from receiving guests?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Wenqing repeatedly said that he dared not, "Indeed, the princess had given an order earlier that she would not receive any outside guests during her convalescence."
"Foreigner!?"
Wenxi said sarcastically, "Who are you calling an outsider?"
"I am her sister-in-law, and this is her maternal grandmother!"
"You dare say we're outsiders?"
"I wouldn't dare!" Fu Wenqing bowed again in reply, "The princess gave instructions, it's not something I could decide on my own!"
"How dare you! You have repeatedly prevented us from seeing the princess. What are your true intentions?"
Wenxi slammed her hand on the table, causing the teacup to jump.
"It wasn't that I deliberately tried to stop it..."
Just as Fu Wenqing was about to explain further, a commotion came from outside the door.
"Let me go! I need to see Madam Qiao! I need to see Madam Qiao!"
Just as a young girl's voice was heard, a young girl dressed as a maid was seen struggling to break through the crowd despite being blocked by several old women and servants, and stumbled into the hall.
"Help! Madam! Please save the princess!"
The maidservant knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down her face.
Upon seeing this, Fu Wenqing knew things were going to go wrong, and hurriedly ordered, "Quickly drag the person out, or you'll offend these distinguished guests!"
Unexpectedly, the group of people who had been pushing and shoving the maid at the door were now cowering at the door like quails, refusing to come in and drag her away.
Seeing this, Qiao Qinghe sneered inwardly.
Fu Wenqing must still be confused, right? Those people were probably arranged by Li Sanqi as well.
If they don't send a group of people to stop her, how can they highlight the hardship of this maid running to them for help?
How could she expect people to sympathize with her situation and confirm Fu Wenqing's crime of imprisoning the princess?
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