Song Chengze walked out, holding Meng Qi's shoulders. Behind him came Hu's pig-slaughtering howl. Song Chengze reached out and covered Meng Qi's ears, "Are you still listening?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Listen, I did suspect her before, but after the Xiaolin incident, the mansion quieted down, and there were many things going on in the palace, so I didn't investigate further. I've always told you that I had a hunch that there was someone hiding in the dark in the mansion, but I never thought it was really her."
Song Chengze laughed at himself, "Yes, she has followed me since the palace. I never doubted her, but I didn't expect that she was actually the prince's person. So that's how it is. In the past few years, especially in the first few years after the establishment of the palace, the prince knew everything about me, haha. Let's go, now that things have come to this, let's get to the bottom of it all at once."
Meng Qi followed Song Chengze and headed towards the house opposite.
This yard is located in the northwest corner of the martial arts training ground where Song Chengze usually practices. There are two rows of adobe houses facing each other, with five houses on each side, of different sizes. The last two houses are next to the small pond.
Song Chengze walked towards the second room opposite. Chu Yong walked out quickly from the room he had just been in, reached out and pushed open the door. Meng Qi saw blood on his cuffs.
This room was much larger than the previous one. There was a charcoal brazier in the room, and two people were sitting on the kang on one wall.
Mother Jin and Roland stood up quickly when they saw the door was pushed open. After seeing that it was Song Chengze and Meng Qi, they hurried forward to greet them.
Mother Jin smiled and said, "I wonder what the prince and princess want me to do? Concubine Li has just finished offering incense, so I'm afraid there's no one around to serve her."
Meng Qi walked to the kang. Zhang Decheng had come into the room at some point, holding a few mats in his hands. He carefully spread them on the kang, then took the basket handed to him by the eunuch behind him, placed the teapot and teacups on the kang table, and quietly retreated.
Meng Qi poured tea while saying, "Your Highness, please come and sit down. It was really cold in that room just now."
Song Chengze walked over, took the tea that Meng Qi poured, took a sip, then turned to Chu Yong and said, "Remove the charcoal basin in that room. As long as they don't freeze to death, we'll deal with them tomorrow."
Mother Jin and Roland looked at each other, their eyes filled with worry.
Mother Jin was furious when she recalled how Li had learned that Hu had left her purse in the Second Young Master's courtyard and had hurried back to look for it, only to have the princess find out. After Li had personally gone to see Hu and returned, she told herself that she was afraid the princess had become suspicious.
The two did everything they could, handling the situation as best they could. Sure enough, within two days, they noticed an increase in the number of people walking around the door, and those who left were questioned. Even Roland's excuse of going to the temple to get incense was met with a neutral rebuff from Wang Chenghai.
She and Wang Chenghai got angry, saying that the incense was allowed by the prince for the concubine to use, and had been used for so many years. If it broke, the young master over there would not be able to pass away. Who would bear the blame? But Wang Chenghai turned around and ordered Xiao Shunzi to go to the temple to get it. He also smiled and asked Luo Lan to take a sample to make sure she didn't get the wrong one.
Just as they were wondering how they would respond if the princess or even the prince questioned them, they suddenly stopped. They thought it was just Meng's pretense for the prince, and they breathed a sigh of relief. Until today, Hu Changsheng called everyone who had been to the Second Young Master's courtyard recently.
Mother Jin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that she had discovered something? Or that Mrs. Hu had said something? She didn't know what Mrs. Li had said to Mrs. Hu that day. Was Mrs. Hu just talking nonsense?
She had originally thought of going to Li to talk it over. It was Li's sutra chanting time, and Li never allowed them to disturb her. Telling Li would give her some information, but Hu Changsheng didn't give her a chance. He was acting like the eunuchs would come and arrest her if she and Luo Lan didn't leave.
But when she saw servants from each courtyard being summoned to the outer courtyard, she felt relieved. It seemed that Mrs. Hu hadn't said anything wrong. This was good. As long as she didn't know anything, after all, it was the eldest daughter who went to the outer courtyard and brought the fragrant cakes. It had nothing to do with Jinmoju.
Fortunately, Roland didn't know a lot of things, so even if Roland said something, it wouldn't have much impact on the concubine.
However, as they followed Hu Changsheng toward the outer courtyard, Mother Jin grew increasingly anxious. Why hadn't they gone to the prince's study? At the very least, they had to go to the second young master's courtyard to question him. What was the point of bringing them here?
This was Mother Jin's first time here. She had been to the prince's martial arts training ground, but she didn't know there was such a courtyard here.
As they were led into the house, a heart-wrenching howl erupted from somewhere across the street. Roland was so frightened she hid in a corner, covering her ears, her eyes filled with terror. Mother Jin was also startled. Why did that voice sound so familiar? It wasn't until she heard the cry again that Mother Jin plopped down on the kang. It was actually Mrs. Hu's voice.
She became anxious at this time. Just when she was about to tell Roland something, the door was pushed open. It was Lord Chu, the chief guard of Prince Rui's Mansion. Mother Jin saw a large piece of blood on Chu Yong's sleeve. It was even rubbed against the edge of the door when he opened and closed the door.
Mother Jin bravely stepped forward to pay her respects, forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, and said something like this.
Song Chengze and Meng Qi sat down to drink a cup of tea, and then Meng Qi slowly stood up and walked over to Mother Jin, raising her hand and slapping her. Mother Jin felt as if her right cheek had been scraped by a knife. She cried out, covering her hand with her hands, and blood flowed through her fingers.
Meng Qi took out a handkerchief, turned the ring on the middle finger of her left hand back, and carefully wiped the blood stains on it.
"What a big tone! What's the matter? Is the prince's question more important than your concubines offering incense?"
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