"Your Highness, do you still remember that Bai has only one younger brother?"
Song Chengze nodded. "Didn't they say that after she became a concubine, the Lin family gave her face and let her brother redeem himself? A few years ago, I heard that her brother came to visit her a few times, but I haven't heard of him in the past two years."
"If Jiang Wu's investigation is correct, her brother must have been captured by Prince Duan's men and has lost his mind. They are using her brother to threaten her. Of course, I have arranged for Wang Chenghai to tell Jiang Wu the specific situation and continue the investigation."
Song Chengze was really surprised this time. "How did you find out? It was the Guan family?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Yes, her brother should be at the Guan family now. The Guan family's servants told Bai that she was a distant relative of the Guan family's second branch and called her cousin. Her brother was imprisoned in the second branch's inner quarters, and now we know that he is not normal. We don't know if he was tortured by the Guan family or if something unexpected happened later. In short, Bai must have helped Prince Duan to inquire about the news in our mansion because her only brother was at the Guan family."
Song Chengze stood up. He really didn't expect it to be like this. Bai was actually the insider placed in the mansion by his second brother. How much news about the mansion had she spread?
Meng Qi also stood up. "I've thought about this. Given Bai's status, she probably doesn't know much about important matters. And judging from the time her brother hasn't appeared in the mansion, she only started working for Prince Duan in the past two or three years."
"In the last two or three years?" Song Chengze turned back to look at Meng Qi. This meant it was during the time when Gong was the head of the household. Indeed, Gong had been trying to get pregnant and have children since she came into the household, and she hadn't been particularly concerned with anything going on in the household.
At that time, Xiaolin had already begun to share the power of the housekeeper with Gong. Bai, following Xiaolin's side, must have been exposed to some matters in the mansion. Thinking about it this way, it is likely that the second brother took advantage of this and took action against Bai.
"Actually, I have another idea." Meng Qi looked into Song Chengze's eyes and said,
"Oh? Go ahead."
"Perhaps Bai's search for information about Prince Duan's residence was not Prince Duan's instruction or arrangement."
Song Chengze frowned, "You mean the Guan family?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Although the Guan family is the former princess's family, and Prince Duan has always taken good care of them, the current princess's surname is not Guan after all. Relying solely on the Crown Prince's relationship to maintain the relationship is not very reliable. If the Guan family is of no value or cannot play a role for Prince Duan, Prince Duan's favor towards them is only due to the former princess's small favor. If Prince Duan really achieves that great cause, their family's contribution may not be comparable to that of the current princess's family."
Song Chengze nodded, "So, they tried their best to find out information about the various families for my second brother. So, I'm afraid that the incident with Bai's younger brother was done by the Guan family to please my second brother."
Meng Qi nodded. "That's what I think, and I'm afraid the Guan family may have had some hand in other palaces. But their family is weak, so they can only focus on concubines like Bai. That's why Bai, even when Xiaolin treated her like that, still stayed by her side with a smile on her face. She just wanted more information, and she could only get it from Xiaolin. The more information she provided to the Guan family, the safer her brother would be there."
Song Chengze sat back and took another sip of tea. Yes, that was right. "It seems that the news released by the Bai family should not be very important."
"Yes, I thought so too. It's nothing more than a minor quarrel in the inner courtyard. Because of the outer courtyard's affairs, not to mention her, even Xiao Lin didn't get much. But now, she must be anxious, or the Guan family gave her some orders."
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi who was sitting opposite him and gently poured her a cup of scented tea. "Oh? What did you think of?"
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