Upon learning that someone was waiting in the courtyard, Lu Qiqi quickly walked out of the house and led Qingdai to her own courtyard.
Qingdai thought she had something urgent to attend to, so she quickened her pace and followed closely behind without saying a word.
Before entering the house, Lu Qiqi said to Qingdai, "Go to the kitchen and bring me a bowl of noodles."
Qingdai was puzzled. Didn't the young lady have lunch with the old lady?
Could it be that it's not to your liking?
Thinking of this, Qingdai quickened her pace as she walked toward the small kitchen.
Lu Qiqi pushed open the door and walked in a few steps, and saw that familiar figure sitting at the round table.
"Princess of the County".
Hearing the sound, Lu Qiqi took two steps forward before seeing Nineteen.
It's not that she didn't notice; it's just that the place where Nineteen was standing was in her blind spot.
She nodded slightly, then quickly walked over to Song Yanqing and sat down next to him.
Lu Qiqi said, "I heard from my maternal grandfather that you came here as soon as you received the news last night. You haven't been waiting since last night, have you?"
Before Song Yanqing could speak, Nineteen quickly interjected, "The county princess truly understands the young master. Last night, after the young master dealt with the assassins, he was worried about the county princess and came to find her."
Unexpectedly, the county princess rested in Ayao's courtyard...
"cough!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sudden cough. He received a warning look from the prince and immediately realized what was happening, quickly falling silent.
In order not to disturb their conversation, he made up an excuse and left.
After the unlucky child left, Song Yanqing turned to look at Lu Qiqi and took her hand in his.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. I went to the Dali Temple this morning and had the coroner hand over the examination results to the Dali Temple Minister."
Upon hearing about the coroner's examination, Lu Qiqi recalled the incident from the previous night when the coroner had disemboweled her.
"What did you find out?"
Song Yanqing tightened his grip on her hand. "The coroner found dried meat in the assassin's stomach; it was beef."
In the Great Jin Dynasty, all the oxen were draft oxen, and they could only be eaten if they died of old age. Moreover, even draft oxen that died of old age were not easy to obtain.
Lu Qiqi concluded, "They are most likely Tatar assassins sent by Wu Qi."
Seeing her furrowed brows, Song Yanqing gave her a reassuring smile. "The Empress Dowager ordered the Shadow Guards to guard the area outside the Marquis of Lin'an's residence at all times. Now the area outside the Marquis of Lin'an's residence is like an iron barrel, and these assassins can't get in."
Lu Qiqi had already learned of this from Marquis Lin'an, so she naturally had no doubt about the Shadow Guard's actions.
But this matter is far too simple.
Last night, Wuqi sent assassins, with a very clear target—it was obviously aimed at her.
However, the twenty assassins were not strong enough to last even an incense stick's time before they were subdued by the Shadow Guards and died in the fight. Seeing that there was no way to turn the tide of the assassination, they immediately committed suicide.
Suddenly, Lu Qiqi seemed to realize something.
Her slightly furrowed brows smoothed out, as if she had discovered something new and interesting. "I've got it!"
Song Yanqing looked at her intently, without interrupting her thoughts.
Then that melodious voice rang out, "If you were to send someone to assassinate me, what would you do?"
"If I were to send someone to assassinate my mortal enemy, I would make thorough preparations."
A glint flashed in Lu Qiqi's eyes. "That's right! Wu Qi has followed Su Diya for many years and is skilled in using poisons."
I fought her outside the border town. Uqi uses vicious poison when she attacks to ensure that she is absolutely safe.
Aside from the well-known alveolar poison, no other poisons were found on these twenty assassins, nor were any used during the fight.
Song Yanqing understood her meaning, "Obviously, the failure of the twenty assassins in this assassination attempt was Wu Qi's real objective."
The two meticulously examined the silkworm, carefully analyzing the details, and finally reached a conclusion.
Lu Qiqi said, "This assassination attempt is probably just an appetizer. Either she wants to make me a nervous wreck, or she wants to lower my guard."
But whether it was the former or the latter, her wishful thinking was wrong.
She will not only send more people to protect the safety of her family, but she will also cause Wuqi to suffer repeated losses!
Song Yanqing said, "The Tatars came to the capital for a marriage alliance, but they didn't bring many people with them."
These twenty assassins must have been planted by Sudia in the Great Jin Dynasty. If we follow this lead, we'll find out where Xianglou has moved to soon.
Lu Xiangxiang was originally bought by Xianglou, but she was never put to use.
In Lu Qiqi's view, the people in Xianglou should be divided into two categories: one is the people carefully cultivated by Su Diya, who are used to obtain important information.
One type is like Lu Xiangxiang, who uses methods to purchase and train others to warn them, making the cooperating party believe it to be true and not dare to have too many disloyal thoughts.
The fact that the Tatars meticulously cultivated the people of the Fragrant Pavilion to exist in the Great Jin Dynasty was not a good thing for the Great Jin.
If this leads to the discovery of Xianglou and the scattered lurking individuals, Wuqi will have done Song Yanqing a great favor.
After finishing their business, Song Yanqing recalled Lu Qiqi's visit to the escort agency to find Gu Shaoqing that day, and felt a pang of jealousy. "Did you have Nineteen deliver that portion of pastries to the Prince's mansion early this morning?"
pastry?
Lu Qiqi was stunned for a moment.
Song Yanqing took in his slow-witted appearance; it was clear he couldn't remember.
Song Yanqing said sourly, "It was the day you went to find Gu Shaoqing!"
Even someone as oblivious to emotions as Lu Qiqi could tell something was off about his tone; it was as if a sour smell was about to fill the entire room.
She chuckled and teased deliberately, "You think I went to deliver pastries to Gu Shaoqing?"
Of course not, he had already found out that she had gone to deliver the medicine.
However, we cannot admit it at this time.
Song Yanqing coughed lightly and said, "I stayed up all night and my mind is foggy. I'll go ask An Yi to prepare some food."
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