Chapter 100 They must be in love with each other
“No, no!” Maotuan waved his cat paws excitedly, “Do you still remember those two white cranes? They came from Jiangning. I’ve found a way to find them!”
"White cranes?" Fang Qianxue thought of the two white cranes that followed Xu Miaoyan to the capital. "They haven't left yet?"
Mao Tuan nodded: "They have been staying at Wangyue Villa outside Shangjing."
"So what information did you find out?" Fang Qianxue helped Cuishuang sit down on the railing of the corridor.
"The two white cranes told me that the horse that Xu asked about was used to pull the carriage in Prince Yong's mansion, not a war horse. They said that Prince Yong's mansion suddenly had many war horses from the Western Regions, and they were to be given to the Liaoyuan Marquis's mansion, but they did not say that Prince Yong was planning a rebellion."
"Send it to Liaoyuan Marquis' Mansion?" Fang Qianxue frowned, thinking of the more than 100 lives lost in Prince Yong's Mansion. She felt suffocated. "Then why did Xu Miaoyan say that Prince Yong was planning a rebellion?"
Xu Miaoyan actually talked nonsense about treason, a matter that concerns the lives of everyone in the mansion. This is simply disregarding human life.
"The two white cranes said that the half bucket of water only understood the first sentence but not the second one!" said Mao Tuan.
Fang Qianxue was shaking with anger: "I understand."
At that time, Lu Changli was inspecting the government affairs of local officials in Jiangning. He was worried that he had no outstanding political achievements. He happened to meet Xu. Xu Miaoyan mentioned to him that the Yongwang Mansion was purchasing war horses. Lu Changli became suspicious, so he wrote a letter that seemed to be true or false and reported the Yongwang.
The Yongwang Mansion was in Jiangning and had only a small number of soldiers, so there was no need to purchase thousands of war horses. The sudden purchase of war horses naturally made Emperor Ming suspicious.
Lu Changli's memorial was sent to the capital, and he originally just wanted the emperor to investigate the matter in detail, at least to prove that he had properly inspected the local officials. However, he did not expect that Prime Minister Yang would submit the memorial and exaggerate the matter. The Yongwang Mansion suddenly dispatched troops, and Emperor Ming was furious, and directly sent the Pingnan Army to quell the rebellion.
In less than half a month, the Yongwang Mansion was wiped out.
Mao Tuan continued, "The two white cranes said that after the Yongwang Mansion was wiped out, Lu Changli and Xu Miaoyan were in a difficult situation. This treason theory can no longer be changed."
"You said 'it can't be changed', could it be that Xu discovered something and wants to change it?" Fang Qianxue asked.
"Well, the two white cranes said that on the night when the royal family was exterminated, countless war horses fled in Jiangning City. One of them escaped to Xu's house. The horse cried and said that all its companions were dead. They were originally going to Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion to help Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion attack the Minyue Kingdom in the south. Xu finally understood."
"Minyue Kingdom?" Fang Qianxue sighed, "I see. So she knows how many people she has killed."
It turned out that Prince Yong purchased the war horses not for himself, but because the war in the south was tense. The national treasury was empty, and the Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion had requested military pay and war horses from the court several times but was rejected. So Prince Yong had to buy war horses privately to support the Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion.
"Yes, on the day when Prince Yong's family was exterminated, the streets of Jiangning were filled with the smell of blood. Xu was so scared that she didn't dare to go out and just hid in the house." Mao Tuan said, "It was Lu Changli who comforted her and said, 'It's over now, we have to look forward.'"
Fang Qianxue was angry: "Lu Changli also knows?!"
If Lu Changli and Xu Miaoyan had stood up after the incident in Prince Yong's Mansion, there wouldn't have been so many "Prince Yong's followers" liquidated by the Yang family, and her grandfather wouldn't have died.
Maotuan nodded: "Xuexue, don't be too sad."
"They knew that Prince Yong's purchase of the warhorse was not for treason, but they concealed the fact for fear of being held accountable. This case implicates so many people..." Fang Qianxue felt a lump in her throat. "How shameless!"
"That should be the case." Maotuan rubbed her hand.
"Okay, I got it." Fang Qianxue calmed down, fed it some dried fish, and said, "You can go to my room and rest first. I asked someone to build a cat bed for you, but it won't be delivered so soon."
"Okay!" Maotuan was very happy. He finished eating the dried fish happily and went into the house with a proud step.
Fang Qianxue looked at the scenery in the courtyard, frowning and thinking.
Only Prince Yong and the escaped war horses knew the purpose of Prince Yong's Mansion purchasing war horses. However, if the war horses were asked to testify, no one would understand except her and Xu, and Emperor Ming would not be convinced.
In this case, we can only bet on another possibility, that is, after Prince Yong purchased the war horses, he must have informed the Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion. As long as the Liaoyuan Marquis comes out to testify, it can be proved that Prince Yong did not purchase the war horses for rebellion.
But as soon as this thought came to her mind, she shook her head in self-mockery.
The Prince Yong's Mansion no longer exists, so Marquis Liaoyuan would probably not be willing to wade into this muddy water.
Half a year has passed since the incident. If Marquis Liaoyuan wanted to come out to vindicate Prince Yong, he would have done so long ago. However, there has been no movement from the Marquis Liaoyuan's mansion over the past six months. Perhaps Marquis Liaoyuan did not want to offend Prime Minister Yang, or perhaps he was afraid of the emperor's wrath, so he simply concealed the matter.
His Majesty is suspicious and cruel. If he knew that he had accidentally killed his own son and grandson, he would probably not reflect on himself, but would vent his anger on others. Therefore, it is understandable that the Liaoyuan Marquisate stayed out of the matter.
But now that things have come to this, she wants to exonerate the Fang family, but she can't care about the face of His Majesty.
Thinking of this, Fang Qianxue called out to the courtyard, "Cui Shuang."
"Yes." Cui Shuang walked up the steps quickly and asked, "What do you want, sir?"
"Go to Liaoyuan Marquis's Mansion and pass on a message for me, saying that spring is here and the flowers are blooming. I would like to invite the young marquis to come and enjoy the flowers tomorrow at noon."
The Liaoyuan Marquisate also has a mansion in Shangjing City, where Jiang Xu, the hostage, usually lives.
Cui Shuang looked up at the sunset in the sky and said, "Sir, the sun has already set today. How about I deliver the letter tomorrow?"
Fang Qianxue thought about it and decided that it was not appropriate to visit at night, so she nodded and said, "Yes, it's too late now, and people will gossip about it. Then you can deliver the letter for me tomorrow morning."
"Yes, I know." Cui Shuang nodded, knelt down and retreated.
Unexpectedly, these words were heard by Qilin who was lying in the yard.
Qilin rolled his two sparkling eyes, pondering the meaning of Fang Qianxue's words.
It had just arrived in the capital and didn't quite understand the ways of the world, but it understood: its master wanted to meet Young Marquis Jiang but was afraid of gossip.
The last time it was in the back hill of the Imperial Garden, it saw that its master and Young Marquis Jiang were a perfect match, and Young Marquis Jiang was also gentle and considerate to its master.
They must have been in love with each other, but unfortunately they were disturbed by the King of Beining last time.
As soon as Qilin thought of King Beining, he began to dig the ground with his claws and growled twice.
The man was insidious, cunning, and violent by nature, and he looked at his master with a fixed gaze. Qilin knew that it was an undisguised possessiveness.
No, we can’t let the master be cheated by him!
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