Xiao Mochen simply sent someone to tell Yan Qingqing to come to the Prince Chen's residence when she had time, without telling her what it was about.
So Yan Qingqing didn't think it was a big deal, but she didn't expect Lin Ning'er to arrive.
Yan Qingqing looked at Lin Ning'er with surprise and asked, "Sister Lin, when did you arrive in the capital?"
Lin Ning'er replied with a smile, "I only arrived yesterday afternoon, and I haven't congratulated you on your promotion to the rank of First-Rank Imperial Lady yet."
After saying that, she was about to bow to Yan Qingqing, but Yan Qingqing quickly helped Lin Ning'er up and said, "It seems that my sister has really become distant from me."
Lin Ning'er was somewhat reserved in front of Xiao Mochen.
Xiao Mochen knew that Lin Ning'er and Yan Qingqing had a good relationship, so he said, "Aunt, I'll take Xiao Qi and the others to see Xiao Hei. You two can catch up."
Yan Qingqing nodded upon hearing this.
Xiao Mochen took Li Xiangyang and Li Jinxiu away, but left Xiao Ruizi behind, instructing him to take good care of Yan Qingqing and Lin Ning'er and not to neglect them.
Xiao Ruizi led them to the room and thoughtfully closed the door for them.
Lin Ning'er held Yan Qingqing's hand, looked her up and down, and then said sincerely, "It's so good to see you again."
Yan Qingqing also said with a smile, "When my sister gets her revenge, we can meet every day."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ning'er was no longer as gloomy as before, because she had seen hope for revenge.
So he said, "What my sister says is true. His Highness Prince Chen has given me the opportunity to crawl out of the darkness, and I must cherish it."
I've never lived my life according to my own will, but after I've taken my revenge, I'm determined to live according to my own will.
Yan Qingqing did not ask Lin Ning'er how she planned to take revenge, because it involved what Xiao Mochen wanted her to do, and the fewer people who knew, the less chance of it being leaked.
The two then chatted about Chengyang County. According to Lin Ning'er, Magistrate Gao had managed Chengyang County extremely well.
Moreover, under Li Kaishan's management, Canghe Town has become even more prosperous, and it is now showing signs of becoming the largest town in Chengyang County.
After learning about these circumstances, Yan Qingqing felt much more at ease.
After all, Canghe Town was his base of operations, and he would have to go back there sooner or later.
Lunchtime arrived quickly, and Yan Qingqing originally planned to go back, but Xiao Mochen was unwilling to let her leave.
So Yan Qingqing insisted on having lunch at Prince Chen's residence.
Lin Ning'er did not see Yan Qingqing off when she left.
Xiao Mochen said to Yan Qingqing, "She entered the capital secretly, the fewer people who know about it, the better."
Moreover, she is my secret weapon for dealing with that old scoundrel Yu Chengzhong, and she cannot be shown in public for the time being.
My aunt will just pretend she's only come to the manor for a meal and has never seen her before.
Yan Qingqing naturally knew this, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie knows what's important."
Then he instructed Li Xiangyang and Li Jinxiu not to tell anyone about the people they met today.
The two little ones were very clever, and repeatedly assured everyone that they wouldn't tell anyone.
Yan Qingqing still trusted the two of them on this point.
Li Jinxiu is calm and composed, and always keeps her mouth shut, especially since Yan Qingqing's words carry more weight than Yuan Huiniang's.
Li Xiangyang may seem unreliable, but if she doesn't want to talk about something, no one can get any useful information out of her.
Yan Qingqing then took the two of them home.
Just as Yan Qingqing was pondering how Xiao Mochen and Lin Ning'er would deal with Yu Chengzhong, Ruyi came in to report that Mu Xi requested an audience.
Upon hearing this, Yan Qingqing quickly instructed Ruyi to invite Mu Xi in.
After Mu Xi entered, she respectfully bowed to Yan Qingqing.
Yan Qingqing looked at her cautious expression and laughed, "Alright, I only said a few words to you yesterday, there's no need to be so careful."
Mu Xi replied, "Actually, Madam is right. Madam trusts me, which is why she entrusted all the secret guards in the house to me."
This concerns the safety of everyone in our Li family, so we can't be careless.
Yan Qingqing nodded in agreement; it was certainly best that Mu Xi could understand.
Yan Qingqing stopped dwelling on the question and asked again, "Has the matter been investigated thoroughly?"
Mu Xi replied, "It's all been investigated. It was the Qian family and the Yu family who did it."
Next, Mu Xi told Yan Qingqing what she had found out.
It turns out that this story was originally spread by a group of onlookers on the day the Han family presented their betrothal gifts.
But they just said it casually as a joke.
However, they were targeted by someone with ulterior motives. Later, someone found them and gave them a sum of money to spread the story everywhere.
These people were indeed blinded by the money at first, and they started spouting nonsense to everyone they met.
But later they realized something was wrong, because rumors were spreading everywhere, even among storytellers.
They were afraid that the Mingzhao Prefecture would cause them trouble, so they thought of returning the silver.
But they couldn't find the person who had given them the money.
Later, they happened to run into the servant who had given them the silver on the street.
But the servant denied giving them any money and was determined to make them take the blame.
These men were clever; they followed the servant and discovered that he had entered the Yu residence.
Following this clue, Mu Xi carefully sent people to investigate, and it turned out that it was actually Madam Yu and Madam Qian who were behind this.
It turns out that Miss Qian has been holding a grudge against Li Yueniang because of the incident when she fell into the water last time. In addition, since Han Yu was originally the person Miss Qian had her eye on, she felt that Li Yueniang was not good enough for Han Yu at all.
After losing face at the Pei residence that time, Miss Qian locked herself in her room and refused to eat or drink.
Madam Qian felt sorry for her daughter and promised to avenge her, bringing Li Yueniang and Mingzhao Mansion to ruin. Only then did she appease Miss Qian.
Later, upon learning that Han Yu had gone to Mingzhao Prefecture to propose marriage, Miss Qian even sent someone to keep an eye on things.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Miss Qian became extremely jealous and went back to demand that Madam Qian avenge her.
Madam Qian had a sudden inspiration and thought of spreading rumors, but she dared not send anyone to do it directly, for fear that Mingzhao Prefecture would come after her.
So she went to the Yu family to discuss it with her married sister-in-law.
Madam Yu felt sorry for her niece, so the two of them hit it off immediately and had the rumors spread.
Yan Qingqing's expression darkened after hearing this. The Yu and Qian families, huh? They're really on good terms.
Mu Xi thought for a moment and then said, "Madam, I have also found out something else."
Yan Qingqing glanced at her, signaling her to continue.
Mu Xi pretended to cough and said, "Didn't we discover the First Prince and Miss Yu having an affair at Jiyun Temple last time?"
However, during this investigation, we discovered that the eldest daughter of the Qian family also had an ambiguous relationship with the eldest prince.
Yan Qingqing became interested; this was another story of cousins sharing a husband.
Wouldn't that be the same as the late Empress and Consort Yu?
Is this hereditary? Or is it a common hobby among royalty?
Thinking of this, Yan Qingqing quickly shook her head, praying that Xiao Mochen would not have this kind of fetish.
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