Seeing Wang Chenghai's dejected look, Meng Qi smiled. "It's not your fault. I didn't think it through. I didn't expect there was such a thing. But it's okay. Bai Shi should feel that everything that needs to be said has been said before he took the medicine. As for whether the prince believes it or not, it depends on the prince himself. If he believes it, then he will believe whatever you and I say. If he doesn't believe it, then no matter how much Bai Shi says, it will be useless."
Wang Chenghai nodded. "I have already arranged for someone to keep an eye on Cheng Dianyi, especially his family, to see if anyone from the Guan family comes to visit."
Meng Qi nodded approvingly, "Not bad, you know how to draw inferences about other situations."
Wang Chenghai scratched his head and chuckled, "I learned all this from the princess. With the princess's personal guidance, I was able to make such rapid progress."
Meng Qi burst into laughter when Wang Chenghai said this. Wang Chenghai also felt happy when he saw Meng Qi's smile. He then reported some specific matters in the Bai family's process and retreated.
Meng Qi sat there, carefully considering the matter. She hadn't discussed it much with Wang Chenghai just now, especially regarding the extent of Cheng Qian's relationship with Xiao Lin. She'd just let Wang Chenghai assume it was just as Bai said. Some things simply weren't better the more people knew, especially since Xiao Lin was Song Chengze's concubine. If this were to get out, it would do him no good.
But she knew that Xiao Lin and Cheng Qian had indeed crossed the line between men and women. This was revealed by San Ya.
Sanya was originally a maidservant serving Song Baimo in Huamu Courtyard. She accidentally saw Xiaolin and Cheng Qian having an affair. However, Sanya was smart and knew she couldn't avoid it, so she took a long detour and pretended to enter the courtyard. First, she met the neatly dressed Cheng Qian, and then she saw Xiaolin.
Xiaolin had always believed that Sanya had only seen the two of them coming out of the side courtyard of Huamu Garden one after the other. Therefore, Xiaolin warned Sanya that if she knew that Sanya had seen her and Cheng Qian's "good thing", Sanya would definitely not be alive today.
That's right. Xiao Lin was also worried about San Ya. It was not until almost two years later, when there was no news at all, that Xiao Lin finally felt relieved and was sure that San Ya did not see anything that day.
After being transferred to Jing'an Garden, San Ya never dared to speak of this matter, keeping it bottled up deep in her heart. It wasn't until that time when the princess brought her along that she saw Xiao Lin still acting innocently and acting as she always did regarding the eldest young master's affairs. Thinking about how she had been treated by the princess since arriving at Jing'an Garden, and how Xiao Lin would punish her every time she did something wrong, San Ya finally told the princess about this matter.
The princess was surprised when she heard it, but she didn't take any action or confirm anything as she had thought. It was as if she had never said anything. But San Ya felt relieved when she said it. Now that the secret was known to her, it was not just her. Now the princess also knew it, and she would deal with it as she pleased.
Meng Qi hadn't been quick to include Cheng Qian in her list of targets. First, Xiao Lin was a brainless person, only capable of jealousy. She wouldn't be interested in the inner chambers, or even the inner chambers of other mansions. Second, Xiao Lin's identity proved difficult to handle. If this had happened to Wu or Li, she would have immediately explained it to Song Chengze. But not Xiao Lin. Because she was Song Bomo's aunt, she couldn't easily speak out.
Song Baimo will be in charge of the Ruiwang Mansion in the future, and perhaps when Song Chengze takes that position, Song Baimo's status will change even more. Song Chengze will never allow such a scandal to occur in the Lin family, and Song Baimo will not let his mother's family have such a reputation.
If the situation is not handled properly, not only Song Chengze but also Song Baimo will hate me.
Although she didn't plan to stay in the Rui Palace for long, she had thought about her future path, but she couldn't help but think about Meng Wei, Meng Wan, and even Meng Xiu. Waiting for Song Chengze to take that position, or even Song Baimo to take that position, who could bear the consequences of bringing up the past?
Therefore, after she knew about the affair between Cheng Qian and Xiao Lin, she did not tell Song Chengze, nor did she investigate it immediately.
Cheng Qian was quite courageous. On the one hand, the conditions offered by the Bai family were good, and on the other hand, he was a restless person. He needed to think about this matter more carefully and find a good solution that would satisfy both parties.
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