"Mr. Song, did you look carefully just now?" asked Mrs. Song.
Song Yaohui shook his head. "That child only looks like our Wanwan, our youngest daughter, and Chunjiao in terms of ears. He even has your women's rouge and powder on his face. How can he be a member of our Song family?"
Mrs. Song frowned unhappily, "I see you just can't stand it. How can that be called greasy hair and powdered face? It's clearly because the child has fair skin that she can put on such beautiful makeup!"
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to talk to you." Song Yaohui waved his sleeves and was about to leave.
"Oh, don't go. Look how much our son-in-law loves us."
Song Yaohui looked over and saw Meng Zilu affectionately taking Su Ningwen off the pony's back and holding him in his arms.
He kissed the back of Su Ningwen's head again before gently placing him on the ground.
Then he stood up and hugged Meng Yunqian who was still on the horse, kissed Meng Yunqian's forehead, and put him down.
Song Yaohui was so shocked that if someone didn't know him, they would think he was his son.
It's really rare that he hugs his own son last!
The two children actually followed Meng Zilu hand in hand.
Little did they know that Xiao Lingyu, Su Xingyi and Xiao Xier who were on horseback had all seen what had just happened.
Xiao Xier turned around and whispered, "Daddy, Mommy, do you think Uncle Zilu is Third Brother's father?"
Su Xingyi: "No, don't guess."
Su Xingyi said that he wanted to find Wen Ge'er's biological parents, but deep down he didn't want to lose such a good son.
At noon, the three families of Su, Lu and Song went to the dining hall of Meng's mansion for lunch at the invitation of the Meng brothers.
After lunch, Xiao Lingyu was invited to the study by Meng Gaoyu.
"Madam Su, the people I sent back have reported that the iron ore smuggled out by the Cui family has been delivered to Feixia Waterfall, a hundred kilometers away from the capital. This is the letter Yan Wei brought back, which describes Feixia Waterfall in detail. Please take a look."
Xiao Lingyu opened the sealed letter and took out a drawing and a letter from it.
This Feixia Waterfall is a unique world. Inside is a large valley surrounded by mountains on two sides. There are fertile fields, rivers, ironworks, martial arts training grounds, and mansions in the valley. It is completely self-sufficient and can support 3,000 elite soldiers!
The second prince not only made weapons, but also used the stolen iron ore to make tools and sold them to the people of the capital at high prices.
Not only that, he also received a large amount of other silver.
He actually sold salt privately!
There are still hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salt stored in the valley!
No wonder in the original owner’s memory, salt in the capital was ridiculously expensive!
It seems that Feng Jinyu’s rebellion was charged with the crime of selling salt!
It turned out to be the second prince's frame-up!
Then her Xiao family is also the work of the second prince!
This guy is closely related to the original owner's remarriage!
The letter also said that Feng Jinyu had made corresponding arrangements after learning about this matter.
Now we just have to wait for Zhu Xu to send a message back.
"Master Meng, everything is going smoothly. We are just waiting for the results to be announced. I wonder if there will be any unexpected situations on that day?"
Meng Gaoyu said, "Madam Su, I have been secretly arranging people in the government office to monitor the officials of the Cui family and their relatives, and to collect evidence of their corruption."
"As for the Cui Mansion, Cui Zhehan himself did not notice any unusual behavior. He just met Lu Zeyi a few times. Lu Zeyi's confidant Chen Ji has disappeared."
Chen Ji?
Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly, "I see. What other discoveries have you made in the Cui Mansion?"
Meng Gaoyu said, "A few days ago, Cui Yuan, the third son of the Cui family, was personally punished by Cui Zhehan for some reason! Apart from this incident, everything in the Cui Mansion is normal."
Xiao Lingyu's eyes glared, "A few days ago? Which day exactly?"
Meng Gaoyu was a little surprised. Why did Madam Su care about such an ordinary matter?
"Three days ago."
Wasn’t that the day when Cui Yuan brought his wife and daughter and the Meng brothers to the Song Mansion at the same time?
"Do you know the relationship between the third branch of the Cui family and the Song family?"
Meng Gaoyu said uncertainly: "They should not be related. If the Cui family and the Song family have some relationship, I can't be unaware of it."
Xiao Lingyu said calmly, "Mrs. Song's maiden name is Liu. She and Cui Yuan's wife, Xiao Liu, are aunt and niece."
Meng Gaoyu's heart tightened, "Madam Su, how did you know this?"
How should Xiao Lingyu respond to this? Should she tell him that she had sent people to secretly follow Meng Zilu's whereabouts?
"Master Meng, to be honest, I also sent people to monitor the Cui family. Just three days ago, I discovered that the three of them had gone to the Song Mansion..."
Meng Gaoyu held his forehead with his hand. It turned out that his people didn't investigate carefully enough!
"Madam Su, I really don't know their relationship. I think Xiao Liu is not close to her aunt. After marrying into the wealthy Cui family, she no longer has any contact with the Song family."
Xiao Lingyu pondered for a moment, "Then do you know what the Cui family's third branch's situation is like in the Cui Mansion?"
"Master Cui Zhesi of the Cui family's third branch passed away early. The Cui family's third branch was not favored by Old Lady Cui, and their situation was relatively not very good..."
Meng Gaoyu paused and looked at Xiao Lingyu's expression. "The third branch of the Cui family is related to the Song family. If the Cui family gets into trouble, will the Song family be implicated as well?"
Xiao Lingyu said, "I'm just asking about the situation of the third branch of the Cui family. What kind of relationship is that? Beiyi law will not let a bad person go, nor will it wrongly accuse a good person. However, Cui Yuan's family of three suddenly visited the Song Mansion. It's hard to say whether there is something behind this."
After respectfully sending Xiao Lingyu to the guest house, Meng Gaoyu hurried to the courtyard of Meng Wei, the mistress of the Meng family.
Just as Meng Wei was about to lie down for a nap, she heard the servant say that Meng Gaoyu had arrived. She instantly lost her sleepiness and went to the side hall.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Sister-in-law, I remember you came back from Linghua Temple and said that Master Ci'en said that the family related to Yunqian's mother would suffer a great disaster. I'm afraid this is true. The Song family may be in trouble soon!"
Meng Wei's heart skipped a beat and she glanced at Nanny Wu.
Nanny Wu quickly sent the irrelevant servants away.
"Mrs. Su told you?"
"Madam Su didn't mention it, but I just found out today that Xiao Liu from the Cui family's third branch is the niece of Zilu's mother-in-law..."
Meng Wei pressed her eyebrows, things were a bit tricky.
If the Cui family's crimes are exposed, and if the Song family really has any dealings with the Cui family, the Song family will naturally be in trouble.
No!
There must be something shameful going on!
Otherwise, Master Ci'en would not have said that.
"Sister-in-law, what should we do? After all, the Song family is Yunqian's maternal family."
Mrs. Meng Wei said sternly, "If the Song family is truly connected to the Cui family and has done something shameful, they must be punished accordingly by the court. We cannot help the Song family escape punishment just because they are Yunqian's maternal grandfather. This is absolutely unacceptable! What we can do now is to find out what the Song and Cui families have done and see if we can get them a lighter sentence... Go and invite the two relatives here. If they don't tell the truth this time, there's nothing we can do."
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