Qiao Lian'er thought for a moment: "Use the same methods you use to deal with someone to deal with them in return."
Pei Shijiu seemed to understand what she meant.
What Qiao Lian'er didn't expect was that while she was still waiting for the right opportunity, the Zhao siblings started causing trouble again.
Zhao Rushuang even took the initiative to send her an invitation to meet at a teahouse.
The post only said that she had something important to tell him, and Qiao Lian'er wanted to see what tricks she was up to, so she accepted the invitation.
The two sides had been secretly vying for some time, and apart from having met at a banquet before, this was their first real meeting.
When Qiao Lian'er arrived, Zhao Rushuang had already prepared tea and snacks. She secretly used something from her spatial storage to test them and found no poison.
“Princess, you are an important person and a very busy person. It is rare for you to accept my invitation. I apologize for bothering you.” Zhao Rushuang smiled.
“Miss Zhao said it was important, so naturally I couldn’t delay.” Qiao Lian’er sat down naturally, picked up her cup without any suspicion, and took a sip.
“Since the princess is so frank, I won’t beat around the bush either.” Zhao Rushuang lowered her voice slightly: “More than half a month ago, the Shepherd was riding in a carriage to the Honglu Temple to report for duty when the horse suddenly got spooked and threw him out of the carriage. It is said that he was seriously injured at the time, but the Qiao family had a good medicine, which brought him back to life in such a short time. If there had been no good medicine, I’m afraid he would not have been able to recover.”
She brought this up directly, which amused Qiao Lian'er. She believed that there was more to come.
He changed his posture and waited patiently for Zhao Rushuang to continue.
Zhao Rushuang felt a little awkward being stared at like that, but she forced herself to continue.
“After this happened, I was thinking that when the Imperial Censor went to the Court of State Ceremonial to take over his post, my father and Lord Bai caught a cold and were bedridden. Could someone think that our Zhao family would not tolerate the Imperial Censor because of this, and that he had taken the benefits of receiving foreign guests, so they wanted to harm him?”
She looked into Qiao Lian'er's eyes and said, "If we suffer such a misunderstanding, our Zhao family cannot bear the consequences."
Qiao Lian'er raised an eyebrow: "The innocent are innocent, Miss Zhao, why do you have to say so much to me?"
"Yes, the innocent are innocent, but we can't stop those with ulterior motives from suspecting us. You know, rumors can spread like wildfire, and if they get out of hand, it could damage the Zhao family's reputation, which is not the kind of situation the Zhao family wants to see."
"So, Miss Zhao, who do you think did it?"
Qiao Lian'er knew that Zhao Rushuang was just waiting for her to ask this question.
“The Zhao and Bai families are the prime suspects, so my brother and I investigated thoroughly. Unfortunately, we discovered that on the day the Shepherd was sent to the Court of State Ceremonial to take over his post, the second young master of the Bai family went to the Jixiang Pharmacy to buy a medicine that could frighten horses. It was the most effective medicine imported from the Western Regions. A few days later, the Shepherd had an accident. The princess thinks there might be a connection between the two.”
Qiao Lian'er pondered that the Second Young Master Bai was tall and burly, somewhat simple-minded, and she had heard that he was a good-for-nothing playboy. No wonder he was chosen by the Zhao siblings.
"Young Master Bai, although he is not very upright, he does not seem like the kind of person who would do bad things."
Zhao Rushuang shook her head and smiled: "Princess, you think too simply of people. Even the most foolish person from a high-ranking family will plan for the interests of the family. From a young age, they are subtly influenced, and those ideas and calculations are already in their minds."
“However, Young Master Bai is not a smart man after all. Perhaps he hasn’t had time to throw away the medicine he used and has hidden it in his room.” Zhao Rushuang covered her mouth, her eyes flickered, and then waved her hand: “This is just my guess. If you believe me, you can investigate. If you don’t believe me, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
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