Chapter 89: The Princess's Favor
Jing Ye smiled and asked, "Then your highness, please tell me first, what do you want to do with my people?"
Jiang Xue said: "If, as the prince said in the letter, Gu Lintan is really the orphan of the Chao family, then if we want to find out the truth about his identity, the best way is to start with his closest relatives."
"Today I have entered the palace to report to my mother. To show my filial piety, I want to take Gu Lintan's mother to live in the capital."
"In order to prevent Gu Lintan from directly intervening in the matter of picking up people, this team will be dispatched directly from the palace."
"I have already explained to my mother that I hope to have a few more people in the Gu Mansion to take care of this 'Madam Gu', but - I really don't have any extra confidants under my command right now. Even if I did, they are not well-trained after all."
"So, I hope the prince can give me a few men to place in the team for spying purposes."
After Jiang Xue finished speaking, she looked at Jing Ye who was silent beside her.
Jiang Xue quickly added: "This is about Gu Lintan. I think the prince definitely doesn't want to..."
Jing Ye nodded and said, "I understand. When do we set off?"
Jiang Xue was a little surprised. She didn't expect him to agree so readily.
"Your Highness, please send the people to my Wenqing Pavilion quietly by tomorrow morning at the latest. I will make arrangements then. At least two women will be needed."
Jing Ye said: "I understand. I will give the person to you tomorrow."
Hearing this, Jiang Xue asked suspiciously, "Does the prince trust me so much? Why doesn't he ask a few more questions?"
"Then why does the princess trust me so much?" Jing Ye asked sarcastically, "How do you know that I will agree? And how do you know that I didn't have other plans when I gave her to you?"
Jiang Xue lowered her eyebrows. For some reason, she had been on guard against Jing Ye many times in her heart, but every time when it came to a critical moment, she had an inexplicable intuition to trust him.
Maybe it’s because he is indeed the best ally at the moment.
Jiang Xue raised her eyes, looked at Jing Ye, and suddenly smiled, saying: "The prince and I have the closest interest relationship, don't we?"
No matter whether Jing Ye wanted to find out what happened to Xiao Qi, or wanted to expose the rebels in the country of Gan, or he had other purposes - but at least at this moment, Jing Ye needed her, needed her identity as a princess, and needed her to deal with Gu Lintan.
"If the princess had other ideas, she wouldn't have come to me, a foreigner, for help."
"Since the princess has come to me, I have to investigate the matter of Gu Lintan anyway, so why not do me a favor for the princess?"
"Even if the princess really set up a trap to drag me into it, firstly, I would benefit from finding out the truth; secondly, the princess doesn't seem to have the ability to do so."
Jing Ye said coldly: "So I don't need to ask. If the princess really wants to get promoted, get rich and kill her husband, she can only cooperate with me."
Jiang Xue picked up the teacup with a smile and said, "Then I will use tea instead of wine. Thank you for your help, Your Majesty."
Jing Ye just snorted softly.
"I have read the things you asked Ji Yan to give to me."
Jiang Xue asked, "Does the prince have any ideas?"
"I have asked someone to secretly investigate the details of this grain store. It has been open for quite some time, but it has only been dealing with this caravan for a few months."
"And in the past few months, there have only been two exchanges." Jing Ye said in a deep voice, "If someone really wants to take this opportunity to use the Ji State's route to transport troops to the Gan State, how much can a caravan transport?"
Jiang Xue nodded and said, "So I think there are two possibilities."
When Jing Ye saw her speak, he stopped talking, looked at her with interest, raised his chin, and motioned for her to continue.
Jiang Xue said: "First, if the transportation of troops is successful, there must be more than one business."
"Assuming that the people in the merchant company were completely unaware, and the soldiers of Beixi found ways to sneak into the merchant caravan, or disguised themselves as merchant caravans to trade with Daji and Gan countries, then there should be tens of thousands of such merchant caravans, countless."
"If this assumption is true, then it means that someone in the DPRK and on the border has colluded with Beixi to open up many connections and let people in."
"But if the mastermind behind this is so well-connected, we shouldn't just use this method to slowly solve the problem now."
"My father is in his prime, and my brother is also strong and healthy."
"My grandfather is currently absent from court due to illness, and my father is eager to cultivate the power of a crown prince. As a result, there is no prince in charge of the Northern Territory, and there is no reliable successor in the inner court."
"If this man spends this much time trying to win over the country of Gan, by the time Gan changes its regime, my brother will have grown up. Besides, my brother has been at the border for three years, so he must have planted many confidants in the army."
"If my brother can take control of the imperial court, he can free up his hands to properly manage the military affairs in the northern border. By then, my father will remain in the court to protect my brother, and he will be able to go to the northern border with more freedom. With a strong monarch in the court, the northern border will be firmly defended. By then, contacting the rebels of Beixi and Gan to divide Ji State will be far less successful than the current rebellion."
"So, if they really have the ability to communicate with the government offices of various prefectures and the Northern Xi, why bother to go far away? Wouldn't it be better to open the border gates directly, let the Northern Xi go south, capture Ji State, and then divide it with them? Is it worth it to lower yourself and seek cooperation with the traitors of Gan State at this time?"
Jing Ye just stared at Jiang Xue, listening to her endless analysis, a complicated look in his eyes.
Jiang Xue is still as smart as ever.
Jiang Xue had talked a lot and felt a little thirsty. She lowered her head and saw that her teacup had been filled up without her knowing, so she picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
"What does Your Highness think?" Jiang Xue asked hurriedly when she saw Jing Ye didn't say anything.
"Well," Jing Ye said in a deep voice, "What about the second possibility?"
Jiang Xue smacked her lips and asked in a low voice, slightly tentatively: "Does Your Majesty think that my opinion is correct?"
Jing Ye reached out and picked up the teapot, refilled her cup with tea, and said calmly: "Princess is very talented, why do you need me to confirm it? Go on."
Jiang Xue didn't know whether the candlelight in the room was too dim or she was dazzled.
She seemed to catch some...
A smile of relief?
She shuddered, put aside her thoughts, and continued:
"The second possibility is that since someone in Gan Dynasty is buying soldiers and horses, someone in Ji Dynasty is acting as a pimp, and someone in Beixi is acting as a seller - then," Jiang Xue smiled cunningly and said, "these pimps and buyers must inspect the goods first."
"If this grain store was just an ordinary grain store, I probably wouldn't have thought of coming here. But this grain store has business dealings with Huang Fu, the old butler under Gu Lintan."
"The Gu family used to buy food in the north of the city, but there were always a few times when Huang Fu would go the long way around and go to the south of the city."
Jiang Xue stood up, took out another booklet from her dressing table and handed it to Jing Ye.
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