Chapter 55 The envoys will arrive in Beijing in advance
It was almost dusk when Jiang Xue woke up.
Fudong was guarding beside her bed. When he saw her slowly waking up, he immediately called out to her.
"Master He! His Highness is awake!"
He Zhilin, who was in the main hall outside, heard it and immediately went around to the inner room.
Jiang Xue just felt dizzy and said to Fu Dong in a low voice: "Fu Dong, tea."
Fu Dong immediately helped her sit up and added two pillows to the side of the bed. Jiang Xue leaned sideways and looked up to see He Zhilin coming towards her with tea.
Jiang Xue was stunned and asked, "Brother He? Why are you here?"
He Zhilin handed her the tea and said, "Your Highness suddenly fainted, and Miss Xiaochun sent someone to find me."
Jiang Xue hurriedly asked, "Does Gu Lintan know?"
He Zhilin shook his head. He was carried in over the courtyard wall by Guard Chen.
Jiang Xue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I think I have to secretly open the door in my backyard, otherwise I'll have to jump in and out every day."
He Zhilin asked: "Your Highness, are you feeling unwell now?"
Jiang Xue drank a sip of tea and said, "I feel a little dizzy and I don't have much strength. What's wrong with me?"
He Zhilin and Fu Dong looked at each other, both a little surprised.
Fu Dong said, "Your Highness was talking to Miss Biao, and somehow he fainted. Doesn't Your Highness remember it?"
Jiang Xue was stunned for a while, then her mind slowly regained clarity and she asked calmly, "Where's the hairpin?"
"It's with my cousin." Fu Dong said carefully, "Do you want her to throw it away?"
"No," Jiang Xue said, "Go out and find her, and ask her to bring the hairpin back."
Fu Dong looked at He Zhilin and said helplessly, "Okay."
After Fu Dong left, Jiang Xue said to He Zhilin, "Brother He, I lost my composure, didn't I?"
"Your Highness, it's because of the qi rushing up and the blood not returning to the meridians that he fainted and muttered. It's not because he lost control of himself."
Jiang Xue smiled bitterly.
"Xiao Qi's matter..." He Zhilin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, are you willing to tell me about it?"
Jiang Xue shook her head and whispered, "I don't want to mention him anymore."
He Zhilin sighed and asked, "Although I don't know the whole story, I know something. Did someone deliberately make you think of him?"
Jiang Xue bit her lip, thought for a while, and said, "I think it should be."
It must be intentional.
"Second brother has been here, right?" Jiang Xue asked, "What did he say?"
"The Second Prince came and looked after His Highness for a while, but he had to go back because of something urgent at the Ministry of Rites." He Zhilin said, "My cousin should have told him the whole story, but the Second Prince didn't do anything."
"That's good." Jiang Xue breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Jiang Yu would go to Wanbao Tower in a hurry.
"I can help your Highness investigate the matter of Wanbao Tower." He Zhilin said, "Your Highness may not be able to come forward, but I am a commoner after all."
Jiang Xue shook her head and said, "Ji Yan deliberately used this thing to provoke me. He must know something. It will be useless for anyone to go except me."
He Zhilin was about to say something else when the door was pushed open and Lu Qiongshuang, dressed in red tights, walked in.
Jiang Xue looked at her, smiled faintly, and said, "I didn't expect this ready-made dress to be so fitting. Qiong Shuang looks great in it."
Lu Qiongshuang's face was filled with regret. She walked over to Jiang Xue and said, "Cousin, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been easily deceived and brought the things to you."
Jiang Xue comforted him, "Ignorance is not a crime. It has nothing to do with you. Give me the hairpin."
Lu Qiong held the culprit in both hands and asked, "Why do we keep this thing?"
"Since you bought it for me, it's mine. Take it."
Lu Qiongshuang handed the hairpin to Jiang Xue reluctantly.
Jiang Xue held it in her hand, looked at it again and again, and said, "I will go to Wanbao Tower to look for Ji Yan in a few days. I may need to trouble Sister Su Yu to help me make an appointment."
He Zhilin frowned and said, "For Xiao Qi? But your identity is not ordinary. If this person knew about your relationship with Xiao Qi, he would use this to make a fuss..."
Jiang Xue's face was calm, she just said calmly: "No, Xiao Qi died a long time ago."
"But Ji Yan, it's not that simple."
"If this person doesn't have a close connection with Xiao Qi, there's no way he would know about the dagger."
"As for Xiao Qi, he has been living in the palace since he came to Ji as a hostage. He only has a handful of people to interact with on a daily basis. He doesn't have any other close friends in Ji."
The expressions on He Zhilin and Lu Qiongshuang's faces became increasingly serious.
Lu Qiongshuang said, "That is to say, the people who are familiar with him should not be from Ji country?"
"He died young," Jiang Xue said expressionlessly, as if she was talking about an unrelated person. "He died just after arriving in Gan Country. Who can I tell this to?"
"So, I can only go find Ji Yan and find out his identity and origins."
Lu Qiongshuang asked, "Will Ji Yan tell you?"
"I don't know," Jiang Xue said, "but since he did this, he must have his own purpose. This matter was originally directed at me, so only I can go."
He Zhilin nodded and said, "I will tell Su Yu when I get back and ask her to help arrange it. However, this matter must be kept secret, and the Prince Consort must not be informed."
Lu Qiongshuang said, "It's not difficult. I can just hold my cousin and jump over the wall."
Jiang Xue held her forehead and said, "I have to hurry up and find out what happened to Gu Lintan. At the very least, I have to cut off all his spies in the Gu Mansion. It's not good to have them climbing over the wall all day long."
Lu Qiongshuang was surprised and asked, "What's wrong with this brother-in-law? This mansion was at least given by the emperor. How can my cousin, a princess, act so cautiously here?"
Jiang Xue took her hand, looked into her eyes seriously, and said, "Can you promise me one thing?"
"Cousin, you say."
“Don’t ask about the affairs of the Gu Mansion, and don’t tell anyone in the Lu Mansion, including Grandfather, about any suspicions.”
Jiang Xue didn't know what wind had helped Gu Lintan to be so successful in the officialdom, nor did she know what his ultimate goal was. Prime Minister Lu was powerful in the court, but he was deceived by this man. Now he has accepted Gu Lintan as his disciple because of his father's order. I don't know what the relationship between the master and the disciple is.
Until the matter is clarified, we can only keep it secret from everyone.
Lu Qiongshuang nodded with a complicated expression.
She has always disliked these political struggles, and she also hates all kinds of constraints from aristocratic families and royal relatives. The reason why she asked Jiang Xue was simply because she was worried about her cousin. But after Jiang Xue said this, she was afraid that the inside story of the matter might involve state affairs, and she didn't want to get involved.
But my cousin actually specifically told me to keep it a secret even from my grandfather?
The daughter of the Lu family is the heir of a country, so the Lu family and the royal family must be of one mind. But what my cousin meant by this is that the royal family also has doubts about the Lu family?
Lu Qiongshuang quickly rejected this idea.
Because she is also a member of the Lu family.
Lu Qiongshuang said, "I promised my cousin that if you need my martial arts skills, you can use me without any worries. We are the people of Jianghu who stand firm on the earth and rely on friendship."
Jiang Xue smiled and patted her arm.
There was a knock on the door, and Fu Dong stretched his neck and asked, "Who?"
Xiaochun said: "It's me."
Jiang Xue nodded, Fu Dong walked over to open the door, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiaochun approached Jiang Xue and said, "Huang Fu came to the backyard just now and asked to see Your Highness. I said Your Highness was not feeling well and I had already ordered that no one should disturb him."
Jiang Xue asked, "Did you say anything?"
"It is said that the Prince Consort sent someone back to the palace to report that the Ministry of Rites has been short of staff these days, and His Majesty asked the Prince Consort to go over to help. He is busy over there, and it is estimated that he will not be back for two days, so I came to tell Your Highness."
Jiang Xue frowned: "Then tell him to ask someone to pack some clean clothes for the prince consort."
Just as Xiaochun was about to leave, Jiang Xue suddenly asked, "Why is the Ministry of Rites so busy recently? Can you tell me why?"
Lu Qiongshuang interrupted, "I know! Cousin Yu said that the envoys from the Qian Dynasty suddenly moved up the date of their visit to Beijing, and will arrive in two days. That's why Cousin Yu came to see my cousin at noon and then left in a hurry."
Jiang Xue's heart skipped a beat.
"The envoys from the Qian Dynasty are going to the capital in advance?"
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