Chapter 24 Will He Cut Me?
One person is missing.
And there are people helping to conceal and cover up.
Jiang Xue narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "I understand."
Fudong and Xiaochun looked at each other and silently stepped aside.
She was waiting for Jiang Qibin to come back.
About a quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the door.
Fu Dong walked over and opened the door. Seeing Jiang Qibin outside, he silently made way.
Jiang Qibin walked into the house and saluted with his hands clasped together.
"Meet your highness."
Jiang Xue asked: "How is it? Did you find anything?"
"I hid in a tree not far from the gate and saw the group of people from the front yard jogging to the back yard. The leader had a few words with one of the guards in the inner yard."
"After a while, the man used the excuse of gathering the inner courtyard guards and whispered something to one of them. Then he quietly left from the group of guards."
"Did you catch up?" Jiang Xue asked.
"Yes, I followed him silently all the way and saw him go to the Prince Consort's study."
Jiang Xue was not surprised, and looked as if she understood everything.
"Have you seen the prince consort?" she asked.
"No," Jiang Qibin said, "He didn't knock on the door directly, but whispered something to a servant outside the study."
"That servant should have gone in to pass on the message, but the person who came out was not the prince consort."
"It's Huang Fu."
"Oh?" Jiang Xue said, "That's right, the prince consort said he and his colleagues are going out of the palace tonight."
"I followed Huang Fu all the way. He was very anxious when he heard the news, so he asked his servants to prepare a sedan chair and left."
"Got it." Jiang Xue said with a smile, "You've been busy all night and you must be tired. Fu Dong Xiaochun, go to the side room and rest."
"Jiang Qibin, Xiaochun just called Chen Jin and Chen Xiu over. You, Xu Chong, and Chen Jin can make your own arrangements and take turns to be on duty."
"Xiaochun, find another empty room for them to rest."
After she gave her instructions, she sent the three men out.
She had some things to think about.
Xiaochun and Fudong walked to the door. Fudong stepped out but saw that Xiaochun was still not coming out. She looked at Xiaochun in confusion.
Xiaochun winked at her, and Fudong nodded slightly, whispering, "Don't stay up too late, Your Highness needs to rest."
Xiaochun nodded and closed the door.
Jiang Xue was thinking with her head down and didn't notice that Xiaochun was still in the room.
Xiaochun walked in and called softly, "Your Highness, Your Highness."
Jiang Xue suddenly looked up and asked in surprise: "Why haven't you gone down to rest yet?"
Xiaochun said: "I feel there are too many things wrong with what happened tonight."
"That's why I brought you here today." Jiang Xue smiled and took Xiaochun's hand and played with it gently.
Xiaochun felt anxious when she saw that she didn't care.
Xiaochun half-knelt beside Jiang Xue, looked up at her earnestly, and said:
"Your Highness, this matter should be reported to the Queen. It is too dangerous for you to live here with only these people."
Jiang Xue said: "No hurry."
This matter will have to be reported to the palace sooner or later, but now is definitely not the time.
She had no idea of Gu Lintan's plan. This man was too comfortable in the court, so he must have someone to rely on.
If we cannot follow the clues to find the person behind the scenes, the hidden danger cannot be eliminated.
Xiaochun said: "I know that Your Highness has a plan, but I am really worried about relying on these people alone."
"Even if Your Highness doesn't want Her Majesty to worry, you should at least send more people from the palace."
"What are you worried about?" Jiang Xue said, "I'm worried that there are too many people and the snakes will be scared."
"Just now Jiang Qibin said that someone from the inner courtyard guards got the news and immediately went to look for the prince consort."
"Fudong also said that the guards of the inner and outer courtyards are different. The guards of the outer courtyard are obviously ignorant, while the guards of the inner courtyard are protecting each other and hiding their numbers."
"I am worried. The waters of the Gu Mansion are too deep. If you rely on just a few of us, I am afraid we cannot handle it well."
Jiang Xue knew what Xiaochun meant.
It seems that Gu Lintan is very cautious. Although all the servants in the Gu Mansion were hired by him, not all of them are his spies.
I just don’t know how many of these servants we need to be wary of.
Moreover, these spies - were they people bought by Gu Lintan when he came to Beijing, or were they arranged for him by the people behind him?
There were too many unknowns, so she could only explore and grope slowly.
Xiaochun's suggestion of sending more people from the palace could protect her, but it would also make the people in the mansion more cautious and not act rashly.
Then she won't be able to catch any clues.
She said to Xiaochun, "You don't need to worry about me. Go get some good sleep first. If you can be more alert and check on the servants these days, that will be of the greatest help to me."
Xiaochun bit her lip and nodded helplessly.
Inside Huijiang Tower.
As soon as Gu Lintan arrived, he saw "Yan Zhe" sitting in a private room on the second floor, leaning on the railing sipping a glass of wine, looking outward as if in a daze.
When he walked into the private room, Yan Zhe immediately turned around, stood up, and had a smile on his face.
The two men bowed to each other.
Gu Lintan extended his hand to invite Yan Zhe to sit down, then picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of tea.
Gu Lintan said apologetically, "Thank you for bothering me at night."
"If it weren't for your invitation, I would never have enjoyed such a beautiful scenery." Yan Zhe pointed to the river view outside the railing.
"I wonder what this river is called?"
"Although this building is called Huijiang Tower, the water outside the building is not a river, but a river. It flows down from the northwest, passes through the capital, and is called 'Canghe'." Gu Lintan said.
Yan Zhe took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "No wonder it is called Huijiang Tower. Jianghe? Jianghe! It is both a river and a river. What a strange name."
Seeing his reaction, Gu Lintan became more certain that this person was visiting the capital for the first time.
"I wonder why you came to Gu Mansion today?" Gu Lintan asked.
"Butler Huang...Oh no, Mr. Huang," Yan Zhe's eyes flashed with mockery.
"Didn't he tell the adults what I asked him to tell them?"
There was a flash of displeasure in Gu Lintan's eyes. Yan Zhe knew that Gu Lintan must be very unhappy about Jiang Yu removing Huang Fu's power as housekeeper.
"I returned home late today, and Uncle Huang had not yet informed me that you came to his house." Gu Lintan pretended to be unaware.
"I heard that you are sending medicine to the princess? Why don't you just give the prescription to the servants in the mansion?"
"Oh, I thought Mr. Huang had told you, really."
Yan Zhe looked dissatisfied and said, "Does your promise to me this morning still stand?"
"Of course." Gu Lintan said.
"Whole grains can make people sick, but it's too slow, and we don't know when the time will come."
Yan Zhe curled his lips and said, "Why don't I do it myself? It will be easier to control the dosage. When the disease will heal, won't it be up to me to decide?"
"Sir, how can you treat Her Royal Highness the Princess like this?" Gu Lintan raised his eyebrows, seeming very frightened.
Go ahead and pretend.
Yan Zhe rolled his eyes silently in his heart.
He said aggrievedly: "The secret that the master asked me to keep, I will keep it secret from now on; and the secret that the master promised me - I can't count the days and wait for the princess to get sick, right?"
"Alas," Gu Lintan said helplessly, "I know Master Yan is eager to become famous, but this method is too risky."
No risk? No risk, are you waiting for you to drug Jiang Xue yourself? Yan Zhe sneered in his heart.
"So, I will prepare the medicine myself and send it to Gu Mansion every day in the future, and watch the princess drink it - there will not be any residue left, so how can there be any risk?" Yan Zhe looked confident.
Gu Lintan was actually very satisfied with what Yan Zhe had done.
Now all the personal maids in Jiang Xue's courtyard have been replaced by people from the palace, so it will be very difficult for him to take action in the future.
It would be better to let Yan Zhe do it. He is an outsider, and even if clues are found out in the future, Gu Lintan can push it aside.
After all, it was the princess who believed the traveling doctor's words - what did it have to do with him?
Besides, wouldn't it be a pity not to use this outsider who has nothing to do with the Gu family's status as a spy and has come to the door on his own?
Gu Lintan lowered his head and hid his smile, and said with concern:
"Then Brother Yan, please be careful and do not hurt the princess at any cost."
"Of course. If something terrible happens, how can I continue to rise to the top?" Yan Zhe said as a matter of course.
After Gu Lintan took a sip of tea, he changed the subject.
"Brother Yan, have you seen the Second Prince?"
"Yes."
"Speaking of which, the Second Prince is more powerful than me. With Brother Yan's talent, if he can win the Second Prince's favor, Brother Yan will still look down on my small Gu Mansion..."
Yes, if Jiang Yu wanted to recruit this person for his own use, how could he know whether such a villain would betray him immediately?
When Yan Zhe heard this, his face was full of disbelief.
After a while, he seemed to have figured something out, looked at Gu Lintan with a smile, and said:
"Of course, if I had been able to meet such an important figure before this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to accept Lord Gu's olive branch."
Gu Lintan's grip on the cup tightened.
"But I gave the princess the medicine in front of him today—"
"I'm on his boat?"
"Do you think he will not skin me alive?"
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