Chapter 1659 Investigation
Manbao had never taken the princess out before and was very hesitant. "Is this okay? Can you leave the palace at will?"
"Of course it's impossible to go out casually, but I can still go out if I find a good excuse," Chang Yu said in a low voice, "Before my third brother went to the vassal state, I always used the excuse of going to see him leave the palace. After my third brother went to the vassal state, it became difficult for me to find an excuse. Sigh..."
In fact, Changyu has a good relationship with Prince Gong. Every time she and her brothers want to leave the palace, they ask him for help. In comparison, the Crown Prince is much stricter.
Mingda ignored Changyu's disappointment and said to Manbao, "Anyway, you can just say a few good words for us when we leave the palace."
This is no problem. Manbao patted his chest and said, "This is not difficult. Just call me over when you want me to intercede."
Manbao thought of the needle bag she had just touched and couldn't help asking the two of them, "Is there any news in the palace these days?"
"News? Wasn't the biggest news the tribute from the various vassal states during the sixteenth year?" Mingda glanced at Changyu and said, "Each country paid tribute with many treasures. For example, a small country in the Western Regions presented a horse to your father. I heard it has the blood of a Ferghana horse, making it a divine horse."
Chang Yu added, "As for the Goguryeo we just mentioned, in addition to the ten beauties, they also paid tribute with ginseng, deer antlers, and other things. Anyway, it was quite a lot."
Manbao listened with envy, "Are these gifts for His Majesty?"
Mingda said uncertainly: "It's for Father, right? What's given to us in Dajin is for Father, isn't it?"
"Of course it's different. What's collected in the private treasury is for His Majesty, and what's collected in the national treasury is for the Great Jin, which is managed by the Ministry of Revenue." Recently, the Imperial Medical Bureau has been asking for money from the inner treasury and the Ministry of Revenue, and the procedures are different. Man Bao felt a headache after listening to it, and sympathized deeply with Xiao Yuanzheng and others in his heart.
Mingda said, "It's for my father. The other day he gave me a box of pearls that Japan presented to him."
It was impossible for the emperor to give his daughters things from the Ministry of Revenue, so he could only give things from his private treasury.
Manbao knew what it was. If it was something from the private vault, she might have the chance to see it in the future. It was said that Goguryeo had a lot of medicinal herbs.
"Apart from that, is there any other news?"
Mingda and Changyu shook their heads together, then asked with a smile, "Why are you just thinking about watching the fun? There's not really that much fun to see in the palace."
Mingda smiled and said, "The palace has been very peaceful recently. The Empress Dowager's health has improved a lot, and she looks forward to the birth of the Imperial Grandson every day."
Manbao seemed to be thinking about something, and nodded and smiled at the two of them, saying, "I understand."
Then he defended himself, "I didn't mean to watch the fun."
However, Mingda and Changyu didn't really believe it.
Manbao returned to the house and asked Keke, then put the needle bag in the medicine box into the system space, took out the bag of needles that had been moved and put it back into the medicine box, then closed it and put it aside.
Manbao asked, "What is she doing?"
Keke sent her the recorded video and said, "She is folding your clothes."
Xu Yu was responsible for Manbao's daily life. She washed, collected, and folded her clothes, and she also had to clean the room. Manbao thought that if she was a bad guy, there were many ways to harm her, but she didn't expect that she would touch her medicine box in the end. However, there was no evidence at the moment, so Manbao asked, "Did she touch it?"
Koko: “…I don’t know.”
Manbao propped up his chin and sighed, "It's my fault. I let my guard down, but I can't spend points every day letting you watch my room, right? It's fine with you, but what if I don't have you?"
Koko said nothing.
Manbao quickly cheered up, glanced at the medicine box beside him, and said, "Let's wait until the truth of this matter is revealed. Then I will put the medicine box in Chongwen Hall."
Bai Shan's opinion on this is, "Chongwenguan may not be safe. There are more people and more resources there."
He said, "You can catch a thief a thousand miles away, but you can't guard against it for a thousand days."
Manbao asked, "Then what do you say we should do?"
Bai Shan turned around and went to find Yang Heshu, asking him to help check Xu Yu.
Yang Heshu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why are you investigating a palace maid?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I just have some doubts in my heart. I want to know where she is from and who else is in her family. It's just that it's inconvenient for us to enter and leave the palace, so I wanted to ask Brother Yang to help find out."
Yang Heshu thought about it and agreed.
It was not difficult for Yang Heshu to check the family background of a palace maid. Not to mention Yang's connections, even if he was working in the palace now, it would not be difficult for him to find out the hometown of a palace maid.
The next day, Yang Heshu handed Bai Shan a note saying, "I'm from Xuzhou. Besides my parents, I have two brothers and a sister."
Bai Shan took the note and thanked him.
Yang Heshu asked with a smile, "Now you can say why you are investigating her, right?"
Manbao didn't catch her in the act, and the people in the palace were confused, so who knew if it was her?
If not, wouldn’t they be harming innocent people by making rash guesses?
Well, actually she is not that innocent either. She has been keeping an eye on Manbao's whereabouts several times, but let's be fair.
So Bai Shan shook his head and didn't tell Yang Heshu anything.
Yang Heshu smiled and did not ask any more questions. What else could the palace affairs be about?
It's just those few things.
Bai Shan did not let it go, and turned around to find Yin Huo, "Xuzhou people, when I return to leave the palace, I will send someone to Xuzhou to investigate. You ask Ma Fuming to help me ask if anyone has come to visit Xu Yu in the past six months."
Ma Fuming was a eunuch who served Yin Huo and Liu Huan. Because Yin Huo treated him well, Ma Fuming obeyed Yin Huo's orders. Although he did not show it, Bai Shan vaguely knew that Ma Fuming had joined the Yin family.
Yin Huo did not refuse. After writing it down, he asked Ma Fuming to check it in the evening.
The eunuchs and palace maids had their own sources of information. They could get a lot of information just by sitting under a tree and chatting with people with a plate of snacks.
As long as it is not a secret, the palace people are still willing to communicate.
Things like relatives coming to visit can be brought up as a topic at any time, because they are valued by their relatives and are a support for them in the palace.
If not physically, then mentally.
It’s better to have hope than no hope, right?
It can be said that in addition to comparing clothes, jewelry and rewards, the thing that the palace maids compared the most was their families.
Moreover, the release date is different for each person every month, but a group of people meet together at the same time, so it is basically impossible to hide it from others.
The next day, Ma Fuming reported, "Xu Yu has an aunt in the capital. She visits Xu Yu every month, bringing her shoes, socks, and small jewelry. Xu Yu also asks her aunt to send her savings back home. She also met her aunt on her release day this month. Other than that, I can't get any more information."
Ma Fuming said, "But I heard that her family treated her very well. When she first entered the palace, they even gave her some money every month as a favor."
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(End of this chapter)
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