Chapter 187 Another Price
"Miss Jiang, is it possible that Pei Heng would kill someone?" Zhan Luochen asked. He still didn't quite believe that Pei Heng would kill so many people.
"It's hard for me to say without evidence. We'll know after further investigation." Jiang Yunxi said seriously. She didn't want to link Pei Heng with the murderer.
Zhan Luochen pursed his lips and said, "Uncle, I want to investigate this case with you. I believe Pei Heng is not the murderer."
They have known each other for more than ten years, and he trusts his character.
With Pei Heng's desire to serve his country, he would never brutally kill more than a dozen innocent women.
"Whatever." Zhan Beiyuan saw that he was serious and did not refuse.
Zhan Luochen was very excited when he saw that he agreed.
After Jiang Yunxi and Zhan Beiyuan left, they went straight back to Prince Han's Mansion.
"How could you link Pei Heng with the murderer?" Zhan Beiyuan asked.
"Before Zhan Luochen raised those doubts, I didn't link these two things together. As of now, there is indeed no connection."
"But tonight I saw the paintings in Pei Heng's yard. He actually can paint. Plus, he's been locking himself in the yard for the past year, acting so mysterious."
"Also, we didn't sense any other living beings when we went in before, but Pei Heng suddenly appeared." Jiang Yunxi's face was solemn.
In short, this Pei Heng is very strange and must be investigated thoroughly.
"Since you have doubts, start investigating from Pei Heng tomorrow." Zhan Beiyuan listened to her analysis and it seemed to make sense.
Perhaps Pei Heng is a breakthrough.
"You go about your business tomorrow. I'll go straight to Zhan Luochen after I get to the Prime Minister's Mansion." Jiang Yunxi felt that he was capable enough, not to mention that he had his own things to do.
"I will wait for you at Zhan Luochen's residence tomorrow." Zhan Beiyuan said lightly. He wanted to hear what Pei Lie said about Pei Heng.
Jiang Yunxi: “…”
The next day.
Jiang Yunxi went to the Prime Minister's Mansion early in the morning. After she explained her purpose to the gatekeeper, the other party warmly invited her in and said that Chu Leyi was waiting for her.
As soon as she entered the yard, she discovered the feng shui layout and smiled faintly.
Based on her experience of living for several lifetimes, ordinary people may not believe in Feng Shui so much, but the rich and powerful people all believe in it very much.
She knew why they believed that.
People are like this. Once they get power and wealth, they want to hold on to them tightly, and even want more, so they are willing to spend money to get them.
Some people have good moral character and their ancestors have accumulated good karma, so they will naturally get better and better.
Most of the remaining people will not get what they want. If they have poor moral character and do unscrupulous things, they will gradually decline once the blessings accumulated by their ancestors are used up.
"Miss Jiang, this is our second young lady's yard. Please come in." The servant took her to a quiet yard.
Jiang Yunxi walked in.
"Miss Jiang." Chu Leyi was already in the pavilion in the yard. They had made an appointment early yesterday morning, but she didn't expect Jiang Yunxi to be quite punctual.
"Have you written down your detailed birth date?" Jiang Yunxi walked into the pavilion and found a place to sit down.
"Here." Chu Leyi pushed the paper covered by the teacup lid in front of Jiang Yunxi.
Jiang Yunxi looked at her birth date and then at Chu Leyi. "Miss Chu, are you testing me? Your birth date is probably not accurate."
Chu Leyi's eyes widened, and his expression was a little uncomfortable. "How did you know that?"
Jiang Yunxi raised an eyebrow, "You won't understand even if I tell you."
Chu Leyi: "..."
She had no choice but to tell her the real birthday as soon as possible. She tossed and turned in bed last night and couldn't sleep, with Jiang Yunxi's words always in her mind.
She was in extreme torment the whole night.
Jiang Yunxi looked at her birth date and quickly calculated it. "You have two choices for your marriage partner: one is from the royal family, and the other is the son of a powerful family."
Chu Leyi's eyes widened. "You, you really calculated it from your birth date?"
"Do you think I went to secretly inquire about you as soon as I returned to the capital? Please, before yesterday, I didn't even know who you were." Jiang Yunxi was speechless.
Chu Leyi's face was embarrassed. "I do have someone to choose from now. Either I marry into the royal palace, or I marry the legitimate son of a minister in the court."
"So you have a choice?"
"No."
"In fact, whether you marry a prince or the legitimate son of a minister, you will be rich. It's just a matter of whether you are rich or poor. Or it depends on whether you want wealth or favoritism."
Jiang Yunxi looked at her with a smile. One cannot have it all. There are people with such good fortune, but they are relatively rare.
She could tell from Chu Leyi's face that she longed for wealth and prosperity.
Chu Leyi was stunned because Jiang Yunxi had hit the nail on the head. She had been struggling with how to choose recently. "Which one do you suggest I choose?"
"I don't have any suggestions." Jiang Yunxi said coldly. They were not familiar with each other, so she would not help her make a choice.
Chu Leyi: "..."
Jiang Yunxi smiled and said, "Give me the money."
Chu Leyi's mouth twitched slightly and she looked at the maid next to her.
The maid quickly stepped forward, took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and presented it to Jiang Yunxi.
"Yesterday plus today." Chu Leyi said generously. As for the bad thing she wanted to do recently, she thought about it for a long time last night and decided not to do it.
Although she didn't know whether fortune-telling was accurate or not, she was in awe of it.
Jiang Yunxi took the banknote and said, "Let's go."
She put the banknote away, stood up and left.
I came to the Prime Minister's Mansion today just to have my fortune told.
Chu Leyi quickly followed, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Actually, you know who would be better if I chose, right?"
"So what if you know, so what if you don't know? For such a big choice, you should follow your heart." Jiang Yunxi said seriously.
She wouldn't give her any advice.
Chu Leyi: "..."
The two of them walked out of the yard and towards the main gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. When they reached the garden, a younger woman with a big belly walked slowly towards them.
"Le Yi, there are guests." Xu Yinyin greeted with a smile.
"What's it got to do with you? Go away." Chu Leyi's face was full of displeasure, and she didn't like the other person at all.
Xu Yinyin touched her round belly and smiled gently, "I'm just concerned about you."
Chu Leyi rolled her eyes and walked quickly.
Jiang Yunxi followed and asked, "Is that your sister-in-law?"
"She's not my sister-in-law, she's my father's concubine." Chu Leyi's tone was full of gunpowder when she said this.
"She's your father's concubine, so the baby in her belly is your father's?" Jiang Yunxi's mouth twitched slightly. She had met Prime Minister Chu at Pei's house yesterday.
Chu Leyi was speechless, "She is my father's concubine, the child must be my father's."
"How many children does your father have?" Jiang Yunxi asked.
"Three sons and four daughters."
"Seven! I see on his face that there are seven too. He won't have any more children..."
Chu Leyi suddenly stopped, looked around, and lowered her voice to ask, "You mean, the child in Xu's belly is not my father's?"
Is this true?
At this moment, she hoped so much that it was true, so that Xu Yinyin, the vixen, wouldn't be so arrogant.
"Want to know? That's a different price. I won't watch it for free." Jiang Yunxi smiled harmlessly. He didn't expect that he could get some melons when he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion today.
If the Prime Minister of Chu already has seven children, then the child in Xu's belly is definitely not his.
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