Chapter 653 Picking Up a Lot
Zhao Shen said, "Qi San also guessed that those people were not sincere, so he sent people to monitor the flower boats on the river. When I came back, there was no movement."
Ji Yunshu asked, "There are so many ships, and you only have a few people. Can you keep watch over them?"
Zhao Shen looked at her: "Do you have any clues?"
Ji Yunshu said, "When the officers and soldiers were searching today, I happened to be with Xianxian and Yu Shiyi. Later, I smelled blood outside. I've asked Jingzhe to keep an eye on them. Whether we can catch the person or not will depend on his return."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "I had forgotten about you. It would be great if we could catch you. Otherwise, Qi San's work these days would have been in vain."
Ji Yunshu wasn't sure if Jingzhe could catch the man. She remembered Xianxian's words and said, "Miss Xianxian mentioned Yang Zhen today. From what she said, it seems that her relationship with Yang Zhen is not what we thought."
Zhao Shen was a little surprised: "Do you believe her?"
Ji Yunshu said, "She's the most popular courtesan. Now that she's mentioned it, she shouldn't shy away from such a relationship. But she denied it. It seems like she really thinks Yang Zhen is a good official."
Zhao Shen thought thoughtfully: "Where is Yu Shiyi?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head. "To be honest, I still don't understand what kind of person he is. He doesn't seem to like talking about government affairs. He only talks about poetry these days. Today, he just echoed Xianxian's words a few times. He didn't say anything useful."
Zhao Shen said, "The Yu family can't possibly raise someone who only knows how to talk about poetry and painting, not to mention that even you can't understand it. This Eleventh Young Master is probably not simple."
Ji Yunshu frowned: "You're right, Xianxian seems a little afraid of him. She always subconsciously checks his expression before speaking."
She noticed this from the beginning, but she thought Xianxian was concerned about Yu Shiyi's identity. After all, he was the young master of the Yu family. Saying something inappropriate in front of him would indeed cause trouble.
But these days, Yu Shiyi seemed to be living on the flower boat. Whenever she went to Xianxian's place, she would always run into him.
Xianxian couldn't find a chance to talk to her at all. She seemed a little anxious today, so she brought up Yang Zhen's matter.
But she didn't trust those two people, so she didn't respond.
But the behavior of the two people behind her made her vaguely feel that they were not of the same mind.
Xianxian's fear of Yu Shiyi didn't seem fake.
She thought she knew what she was going to do next.
Zhao Shen also understood what she meant: "It seems that Xianxian knows something, but with Yu Shiyi here, she dare not say it."
Ji Yunshu nodded: "So next I plan to shift my target to Miss Qingyu."
"Miss Qingyu?"
Zhao Shen obviously didn't know anyone on the flower boat.
Hearing her words, he looked puzzled.
Ji Yunshu explained, "Miss Qingyu is the prostitute that the brothel owner is promoting. She recommended her to me when I first went there. Xianxian has only been the top courtesan for about a month. Under what circumstances do you think the prostitute would choose a newcomer over her?"
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "Yu Shiyi is in charge personally. She has an inexplicable relationship with Yang Zhen. There is also a girl named Qingyu. This flower boat is really interesting."
Ji Yunshu said, "That's right. And the place where I smelled blood today was right outside Qingyu's door. Later, I found an excuse to ask Qingyu to dance, but she refused on the pretext of not feeling well."
Zhao Shen analyzed: "It's unlikely that Qingyu was coerced. One of her and Xianxian must have a problem, or they belong to different camps."
His words enlightened Ji Yunshu, who was still confused. "Prince Yong and the Yu family are in collusion, but their interests are not entirely aligned."
Jiangnan is such a small place, and all the benefits have been divided up.
As an outsider, King Yong's arrival would inevitably change and affect the interests of others.
As the largest family in Jiangnan, would the Yu family willingly give up what belongs to them?
Originally, the Yu family colluded with Prince Yong in order to gain merit from him and help him gain power.
If successful, it would bring endless benefits to the Yu family.
For this benefit, they can ignore the cost.
But now, Prince Yong's rebellion in the capital failed, and he fled to the south of the Yangtze River.
King Yong might say that he was in a strategic retreat, preserving his hidden strength and that he would make a comeback one day.
But the Yu family is not fools. They can see the current situation and know that Prince Yong has no chance of winning.
This means that all their previous investments have gone down the drain.
And King Yong also wanted to seize the resources from them.
Ji Yunshu sighed after figuring this out: "Maybe we were wrong about Miss Yu Qi. She might not have been sent by the Yu family to alienate us, but to show goodwill."
Zhao Shen shook his head. "No matter what her original intention was, if she succeeds, the end result will be to alienate us. And I still believe she is Prince Yong's supporter. Of course, the Yu family may not know this either."
He knew very well where Ji Yunshu's bottom line was.
No matter what reason Yu Qi had for entering his backyard, she would never trust him again.
After all, many men initially took concubines on the grounds that they had no choice.
Ji Yunshu said, "That's fine. It seems the situation in Jiangnan is more complicated than we imagined."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "This complexity is not a bad thing for us."
Ji Yunshu nodded. They originally thought that the Jiangnan families, led by the Yu family, had colluded with Prince Yong to control the entire Jiangnan region and would threaten the imperial power.
But now it seems that the two sides are fighting, which has given them a loophole.
If it weren't for this, Yang Zhen's affairs might not have been reported to the capital at all.
What we have to see now is whether Yang Zhen is really an unlucky cannon fodder caught in the fight between the two sides, or a pawn of one of the sides?
Ji Yunshu held his chin and said, "In that case, maybe we really did get a bargain."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "It seems that I was right to bring you here. You really are my lucky star."
Ji Yunshu laughed: "When did you start believing this?"
Zhao Shen looked into her eyes and said, "I have always believed it."
He always believed that if it weren't for her, he would be dead now.
Ji Yunshu felt a little uncomfortable when he saw her, and reached out to cover his eyes. "You have memories of your past life, so you should believe that you are different. Even without me, you will be fine."
Zhao Shen took her hand and held her on his lap, saying, "I have had memories of my past life for a long time, but nothing has changed before I married you."
Ji Yunshu kissed his chin. "But you married me. I was so afraid you wouldn't want to marry me. I thought since I couldn't marry Zhao Heng anyway, I'd have to rely on you. But you turned out to be much easier to talk to than I thought."
Zhao Shen: "...Why do you think I'm hard to talk to?"
Ji Yunshu certainly couldn't say that she thought he might be mentally unstable after going from a favored child to a cripple, so she coaxed him, "Don't I just not understand you? When you broke your leg before, your aunt wanted to cancel the engagement. I feel so ashamed of you."
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