"Ah?" Meng Qishi didn't expect Song Chengze to be so decisive.
"Aren't you afraid of alerting the enemy?"
Song Chengze walked back to the table and sat down. "You replaced the rose perfume with osmanthus perfume today. Even if Prince Cheng doesn't think too much about it, how can his staff not analyze it? So, they will definitely be on guard. Of course, this is just our idea. I will naturally not deal with Li Mancang openly. I will find a reason to make everyone think that he has other things to do. Don't worry, Uncle Lu has plenty of ways to make people talk."
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. "One more thing."
"What?"
"I'm afraid Li Mancang has accomplices in the mansion."
"Aren't they his disciples?"
"Of course not, but I haven't found out who this person is. If the prince asks him to speak, he must ask who the tightly wrapped woman who met him that night is."
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi in surprise again. Meng Qi smiled slightly and told him that Yuan Yue had seen a woman go to the west courtyard twice.
"Of course, I'm not sure the person she went to see was Li Mancang. It's just my intuition. Your Highness needs to investigate."
Song Chengze rubbed his forehead and asked, "Have you figured out who that woman is?"
"Yuan Yue only saw her heading towards the southeast side of the pond. Besides Jinmoju, there was Huamuyuan."
Song Chengze frowned. One from the Lin family, one from the Li family, or someone hiding in their courtyard?
Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze, and the heartache she had just felt surged back. She said softly, "As the saying goes, you can't know a person's heart by looking at their face, and you can't watch them every day. Even Li Mancang, who has been with you for so long, has shown second thoughts. You don't have to blame yourself too much if they do something. But maybe I'm wrong. There are some things, especially in this situation, that are better to be on guard against. I've asked Wang Chenghai to keep an eye on those two in the courtyard."
Song Chengze hummed, then smiled self-deprecatingly, "I thought everything was under control, but I didn't expect the fire in the backyard had already started and I couldn't see it."
Looking at his expression, Meng Qi wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but she didn't know where to start.
The sound of a clapper came from outside. Song Chengze looked up at her and said, "You are tired today, so you should rest early. I will let Song Lu take care of Li Mancang's matter. Starting tomorrow, you can arrange for Wang Chenghai to be the head of the back house."
Meng Qi thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, there's one more thing I wanted to tell you, but now I don't know whether to tell you or not."
Song Chengze was slightly surprised, then understood. He was afraid that Meng Qi had discovered someone around him who was worthy of suspicion, and she was afraid that she couldn't bear it.
"Go ahead, tell me everything. Perhaps as you investigate, you'll find out more. Perhaps there aren't many good people in the inner chambers of Prince Duan's mansion."
Meng Qi heard the helplessness in Song Chengze's tone and said softly, "The Bai family is also unusual."
Song Chengze was even more surprised this time. Bai, the Bai who was like a transparent person, the Bai who followed Xiaolin cautiously?
Meng Qi told Song Chengze about Bai's unusual behavior today. "She no longer has any relatives in the Lin family, but she almost always accompanies Xiao Lin back home. Even if she's helping out, she shouldn't always be accompanying her. So, when I heard Wu mention Bai's constant accompaniment to Xiao Lin's return home at Brother Mo's housewarming party the other day, I became suspicious. And sure enough, Xiao Shunzi, another of Wang Chenghai's apprentices, discovered this today."
Song Chengze listened very carefully and did not interrupt Meng Qi. Meng Qi told Song Chengze the news that Wang Chenghai brought back.
"Originally, I wanted to inquire about the situation of Bai's younger brother. Wang Chenghai also said that when Sister Lin was still alive, her brother came to visit a few times, but then disappeared without a trace."
Song Chengze stood up. "Guan family?" He frowned as he thought about it. He still had a vivid memory of this former princess. She was a very dignified woman who gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Prince Duan. She died of illness two years ago.
Because of their early friendship and the fact that she was the Crown Prince's biological mother, Prince Duan showed special care for the Guan family. The person who misled Prince Duan into misinterpreting Meng Hai was the one who passed on the information through the Guan family, indicating that the Guan family is still being used by Prince Duan.
But how could Bai be Prince Duan's person? Bai was a servile child of the Lin family, and had no connection with Prince Duan at all.
Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze's pensive expression, thought for a moment and then said, "Of course, it's a bit far-fetched to arbitrarily say that the Bai family entered the Guan family without a thorough investigation. After all, the situation behind that street still needs to be verified. Now that the prince has given me some outside help, I can let..."
"Okay, you arrange for someone to investigate the Bai family matter. I'll have Chu Yong arrange for a few skilled martial artists. If you encounter any difficulties, please let me know."
Meng Qi exhaled. This was good. "Okay, you don't have to worry about the things in the mansion. I will continue."
Song Chengze hummed, rubbed his forehead again, and then laughed at himself, "If I keep investigating like this, I have a feeling that none of the women in this courtyard are simple. It seems that I have really failed."
Meng Qi couldn't find words of comfort. After a moment's thought, she said, "You've also said that the most unpredictable thing is the human heart, especially when there are vested interests involved. This happens in every mansion. Fortunately, it seems these people haven't affected your arrangements and plans over the years. It's precisely because you've built a strong barrier between the Outer Courtyard and the Bibo Hall that they can only use these petty quarrels to provoke you. Take Meng Zhi today, for example. If there was someone like her in our mansion, what would you do? I heard that Princess Cheng has great trust in her. She's even been to Prince Cheng's Outer Courtyard several times."
Song Chengze was stunned at first, then waved his hand, "You don't have to comfort me. It seems that if they were really bribed, whether voluntarily or under duress, it all stems from their distrust of me. They all want to cling to the tree they think is the thickest."
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