Chapter 518 Nighttime Visit to a Boudoir? Mutual Espionage!
To see Father?
Changning wanted to know what Lady Nangong wanted to see her father about, so after returning to the mansion, she went straight to the study.
Aide: "Master, you said this matter should be kept from the princess?"
"Do you perhaps have some other use for this Lady Nangong?"
Zhang Tingjiu: "Right now, I just owe her a favor."
"After all, back at Ningyuan Temple, without her personal manipulation, the princess and Xie Huaiyuan wouldn't have been exposed so quickly as I wished."
"Of course I have to thank her."
"But Lady Nangong knows too many secrets of the Princess's residence. If it weren't for the fact that she has too many subordinates and I have witnessed their strength, the best outcome would have been to silence her, as she is just a merchant's daughter."
"However, since she took the initiative to come to me asking for a favor, why shouldn't I accept her sincerity?"
"She and I are people who have each other's weaknesses."
"Perhaps in the future, I will actually need her help."
Zhang Tingjiu toyed with the jade in his hand, looked at his advisor and warned in a cold voice: "Remember, this matter must be kept from Changning."
“She had doubts about her origins, and it took me a lot of effort to convince her that I was her biological father.”
"If she finds out that Lady Nangong knows the truth, she will definitely go and inquire about it."
"If she were to suspect that this Lady Nangong was the murderer who killed her own parents, Changning would definitely cause trouble!"
"I don't want Changning to get hurt, so this matter must be kept a secret forever!"
"Remember this: anyone who dares to leak this information will not be spared by me!"
However, a glimpse of a pink skirt had already quietly disappeared from the corner of the wall outside the door...
Not long after leaving the princess's residence, Que'er came up to her and said, "Miss, it seems that the carriage that just went back was Princess Changning's."
Li Qingluo's eyes, which had been closed, snapped open instantly: "I understand."
Once they were completely away from the princess's residence, Leng Dian asked from the front, "Miss, what do we do next?"
"This Zhang Tingjiu doesn't seem like someone who can be easily manipulated. It's quite risky of us to expose our identities now. I wonder if he'll resort to any underhanded tricks?"
Li Qingluo: "He witnessed our power at Ningyuan Temple. At least for now, he won't dare to make a move easily."
Whether we can still use each other in the future depends on our abilities.
"Just wait and see, I believe he will give me a satisfactory answer."
However, Li Qingluo did not just wait at home.
Under the cover of night, she and Leng Dian quietly made their way to the Yang family's house.
Yang Qilang's wife was also the seventh daughter of the Jiang family.
The couple were ordinary, unassuming and low-key, but in reality, Yang Qilang had been working for the Empress, the Crown Prince, and the eldest son of the Emperor.
Li Qingluo's visit to the Yang family tonight has no other purpose.
I just want to see how Jiang Qiniang reacts when Yang Qilang is arrested.
The two men quietly made their way onto the roof and successfully found the courtyard of Jiang Qiniang and Yang Qilang. Sure enough, they soon spotted Jiang Qiniang anxiously asking questions.
Jiang Qiniang: What are they saying at home now?
Maid: "Miss, the reply from over there says... that they have pleaded with the master about this matter, but he refuses to see anyone now."
Jiang Qiniang slumped into a chair, her face deathly pale.
“My father has an elder uncle who is the Minister of Rites and a younger uncle who is doted on by my grandmother. For many years, he has been like an invisible person in the Jiang family and has never been valued.”
“Even if we, the second wife, have any requests, they are almost always ignored and disregarded. Just like me, I have always been insignificant among the sisters in the family.”
"Therefore, the seventh son, who was originally a concubine of the Yang family, was not valued by the Jiang family at all."
"This time, Qilang and that merchant's son are probably really in trouble!"
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been afraid that we would all prosper together and suffer together, if I hadn't been afraid that our second branch of the family would be implicated and begged Qilang to investigate the truth of the matter, Qilang wouldn't have been involved in this matter!"
The maid and the old woman advised, "Young mistress, please don't be anxious. The matter has not yet been decided."
"Since Seventh Master is innocent, I believe the Dali Temple will not falsely accuse him."
Jiang Qiniang sneered: "Dali Temple...?"
"I'm afraid my grandmother will insist that my eldest uncle save my third uncle's life!"
"It just so happened that Qilang was falsely accused and imprisoned. He was also the least favored son-in-law of the Jiang family. That day, he happened to bring the young master of that merchant family back to the Jiang family together."
"If we pin the blame on them for their secret sabotage and make them take the fall, the entire Yang family and our second branch will be finished!"
Maid: "How could that be? After all, this is Her Majesty the Empress's maternal family!"
Jiang Qiniang: "He's just a concubine. It's not like they'll punish his entire family. To them, he's just an ant as insignificant as a feather. Who would care about a nobody like Qilang?"
At this point, Jiang Qiniang sadly wiped away her tears.
Maid: "Then...what if Seventh Master pins all the blame on the merchant's son?"
"Anyway, nobody cares if he dies."
"If we fake his suicide out of fear of punishment, and he died at the Dali Temple, then no one would know?"
"That way, at least Seventh Master can escape this predicament for now. Let him get out first!"
Jiang Qiniang: "Foolish! If Qilang really did such a thing, then he would not be Yang Qilang, nor my husband, Jiang Qiniang."
"There must be another way."
“As long as Uncle doesn’t listen to Grandmother and doesn’t make a mistake and wrong Qilang, Qilang’s innocence will naturally be cleared.”
Li Qingluo nodded silently from the rooftop.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Qiniang was so clear-headed.
After the maids and nannies had all left, Li Qingluo quietly slipped into Jiang Qiniang's room again.
"Jiang Qiniang, do you want to save your husband?"
Jiang Qiniang was leaning against the bed, rubbing her temples with worry, when she heard a voice suddenly come out of the room, which startled her so much that she jumped up instantly.
"you--"
Li Qingluo lifted the gauze curtain and walked out, then raised her finger and shushed everyone.
"Don't shout."
"I meant no harm."
Jiang Qiniang stood up and hid behind the bed.
Her face was full of wariness: "Who exactly are you?"
"And how did you get into my room?"
What do you want to do?
Li Qingluo was dressed in black night clothes and wore a black mask.
Although her voice sounded like a woman's, Jiang Qiniang was terrified because of her unknown origins.
To show her sincerity, Li Qingluo lifted her veil.
"Your husband must have mentioned to you that the young master of the merchant family who was traveling with him is the live-in husband of the young master of the Flower Pavilion Restaurant, right?"
"I am Lady Nangong."
Please forgive my intrusion.
Jiang Qiniang looked shocked.
She had indeed heard Qilang mention this matter.
But she never imagined that there was a woman like Lady Nangong in this world!
She actually came to her husband's house at night like an assassin!
How did she manage to do that?
Does she have martial arts skills?
Qi Lang said that Li Langjun was highly skilled in martial arts and had an extraordinary temperament.
Now, Jiang Qiniang realizes that this stunningly beautiful and even more astonishingly virtuous Lady Nangong is truly no ordinary person!
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