For several days in a row, Qingyan kept asking Yin about the identities of the two people, but Yin refused Xiaoguai's questions, saying that he had not investigated them clearly.
Seeing Yin's increasingly furrowed brows, she realized that there must be something wrong here.
That day, she finally found a free opportunity to go back and see her father and children. Sitting in the carriage, Qingyan stared out the window, lost in thought, wanting to understand what Yin was refusing.
"Sulan, did you ask Su Peisheng where those two are now?" Qingyan instructed Sulan to try to get close to Su Peisheng and find out the details.
It has to be said that the more Yin tried to hide things, the more he aroused her gossipy nature.
Unlike Yin, Fei Yanggu and his two sons would never directly refuse to tell her the truth.
"Master, Su Peisheng told me that Fourth Master didn't tell him at all." Su Lan was also somewhat helpless. Su Peisheng was a man of few words, and she couldn't possibly get any information out of him. "Master entrusted this matter to Erlu!"
Erlu!?
Qingyan couldn't help but want to cover his face. Erlu's surveillance was a deadly weapon. His loyalty to Yin was unparalleled. It had to be admitted that Erlu was the carefully cultivated shadow guard.
Even though things have come to light, he hasn't lost any of his belongings from the Shadow Guard.
"Hmm!" Qingyan was prepared to support herself and placed all her hopes on the three members of the Ulanara clan. From a young age, Fei Yanggu and his two sons would often use questions from the court to teach Qingyan in order to cultivate her keen insight. Therefore, she still needed her doting father and brothers to help her with the questions she was most curious about.
"Master, you'd better not interfere. Su Peisheng hinted to me that I must keep an eye on you and make sure you don't cause any trouble for the master!" Su Lan still listened to Yin's words, which is why she thought of giving Qing Yan a good talking-to.
Qingyan smiled, knowing that Yin didn't want her to get involved or listen to the issue, probably because it involved people close to her.
"Who did it?" Qingyan stared coldly at Sulan. "Who did it?!"
Su Lan was shocked. They had all been informed, but they were to keep it a secret from Qing Yan.
"Speak!" Qingyan's face fell, and her eyes turned cold.
Her appearance was exactly the same as when Yin was angry, and Su Lan's heart pounded.
If she tells the Fujin (the wife of the deceased), she certainly won't be punished by the master; if she doesn't tell, Qingyan will still punish her.
In an instant, she was caught in a dilemma.
"Tell me, and I'll pretend I don't know. There are only the two of us in the carriage!" Qingyan whispered to Sulan, making a promise.
After thinking it over, Su Lan decided to remain loyal to Qing Yan.
“Master, it’s a joint effort between the Jue Luo clan and the Dong E clan. Both of them were chosen from Jiangnan, and each of them has a woman with outstanding looks in their family.” Upon hearing this, Qingyan couldn’t help but smile.
Sure enough, the Fourth Prince was a femme fatale. Even if Yin refused, those women would not give up the support that Yin had gained through his pulse diagnosis.
“Each of the princes will have their own people by their side!” Su Lan explained softly.
Besides the Fourth Prince's residence, the other princes all had their own people in their backyards, so they focused all their attention on the Fourth Prince.
"They have them all?!" Qingyan exclaimed in surprise.
She understood how strict the selection process was for the women in the prince's household; even families with members from different marriage alliances would not be selected together.
The officials in Jiangnan went to great lengths to obtain the most detailed information. They not only sent trained women into the princes' quarters in various ways, but also made it impossible for the princes to investigate. Every family of these "slim horses" was perfectly legitimate.
"Yes!" Su Lan felt a little scared.
The Third Prince's biggest rival was the woman from Jiangnan who had been taken into his harem by the Third Prince. That woman acted exceptionally well in front of the Third Prince, causing the Third Prince's wife to be criticized and scolded a lot because of her.
"Fine, I get it. This woman probably thinks I'm easier to mess with!" They actually showed up with the lowest price in the price range, all dressed in pink. What are these people supposed to do if they're not planning to watch the variety show?
"Are there really only these two families?" Qingyan felt something was wrong. Could the Dong'e Clan and the Jue Luo Clan alone have such great power?
They must have been acting as a shield for the real mastermind. Her questioning made Su Lan uneasy. She felt she shouldn't hide anything, after all, her master's nerves were too sharp.
Qingyan fell silent, pondering how to speak to Fei Yanggu and his two sons.
Since this issue involves myself, my father and brothers certainly won't go into too much detail.
"Yes, it's also related to the Cao family!" Su Lan knew she couldn't hide it anymore; they were about to arrive at the new house.
Given how much those three masters doted on their master, they certainly wouldn't say a word more, and in the end, I would be the biggest cannon fodder.
“The Cao family…” Qingyan turned to look at Sulan.
Su Lan nodded quickly, a hint that came from hearing Su Peisheng's warning.
The Cao family must be connected to the Crown Prince. No wonder Yinzhi is keeping quiet about this matter. If Kangxi had known, he would probably have suppressed it.
In Kangxi's heart, the Crown Prince was still the most important, while Yinzhen and others were not so important.
"Sulan, has the Cao family's influence extended to the Jue Luo clan?" Qingyan had always entrusted Sulan with managing the Jue Luo clan's spies, yet the spies hadn't mentioned such a serious issue.
Su Lan shook her head. Recently, her informants hadn't reported any special information, so it must have been done unintentionally.
"My lady, someone said that the Jue Luo family received a lot of gifts before, saying they were congratulatory gifts for the old lady of the Jue Luo family!" Su Lan remembered that when Lady Ulanara went to give congratulatory gifts to the old lady of the Jue Luo family, these people also took the opportunity to send the gifts to the Jue Luo family's residence.
"Mother, are there any things that the Cao family brought back?" She couldn't do too much at the old house, otherwise, it would make Fei Yanggu feel a little awkward.
Su Lan quickly shook her head, saying she didn't know.
"Wait, I'll tell Father. Sulan, send our people to thoroughly investigate all the warehouses inside and outside the old house. Make sure those things aren't left in the mansion. Get back to me in the next couple of days!" Qingyan felt something was wrong and had a sense of dread, as if something was about to happen.
Su Lan noticed Qing Yan's caution and quickly nodded in agreement.
At this time, Fei Yanggu and his two sons returned from the yamen early, waiting for their little girl to come back.
Qingyan sat in the carriage and could see them from afar. Only then did she feel relieved of her burden.
"Master, I will have the people in the manor be careful in a moment. It is said that Madam has prepared a lot of things for the two young masters!" The people in the new manor are basically trained by Qingyan. Even if there is a possibility that they have been bribed, they still have absolute power.
Qingyan nodded, entrusting all matters to Sulan. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
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