She was not hungry at all now, and her mind was full of worries about the Tian family and the white jade pendant.
The carriage entered the city.
“Stop!”
The officer guarding the city gate suddenly stopped the carriage.
Zhao Yunzhu frowned slightly, lifted the curtain and looked out of the carriage.
The driver handed the token of Prince An's Mansion to the officer guarding the city gate for inspection.
"Okay, let's go into the city."
The officer waved his hand and let the carriage from Prince An's mansion enter the city.
"I didn't see such strict martial law when I left the city just now. What's going on now?"
Aunt Hua muttered, her expression becoming more tense and serious.
Prince An is not in the city now, and the young lady is pregnant, so Nanny Hua feels a little uneasy.
"When we get back, tell someone to find out what happened."
After Zhao Yunzhu finished speaking, she ordered the carriage to go directly to the back door of Prince An's Mansion.
After the carriage stopped, several people got off.
The streets that were bustling in the past are now extremely deserted.
"Zhao Yunzhu!"
As soon as she got off the carriage, she saw the old woman behaving strangely at the entrance of the alley, who suddenly called her.
The old woman looked unfamiliar.
Aunt Hua and Linglong immediately became alarmed.
"Mammy, wait for her to go to the side hall at the back door and talk," Zhao Yunzhu instructed. She glanced around and felt relieved when she saw that no one else was around. "Be careful, don't let anyone see you."
She took Linglong to the side hall at the back door first.
Nanny Hua and the maid followed. When the back door of Prince An's mansion was closed, Nanny Hua instructed the two maids guarding the back door, "Search carefully. If this maid has any sharp weapons hidden on her and injures Concubine Yun, we will be blamed by His Majesty. We can't afford it!"
"yes."
The two maids bent down and carefully searched the maid in front of them.
Seeing that she didn't have any sharp weapons on her, Nanny Hua took her to the side hall at the back door to talk with confidence.
In the side hall.
Zhao Yunzhu held a heater in her hand.
His eyes fell outside the house.
Not long after, Nanny Hua brought the old woman in.
The old woman was dressed in brown coarse cloth and looked to be about fifty years old.
He was dressed very casually, and his clothes didn't look like they cost much.
But even such a woman had the courage to stop Zhao Yunzhu.
With just one glance, Zhao Yunzhu concluded in her heart that this woman's background was probably not simple.
"This old servant greets Concubine Yun."
Zhao Yunzhu was greatly surprised to see the old woman greeting her in a very proper manner without a trace of satisfaction in her eyes.
She doesn't look like a woman from an ordinary family at all, but rather like a maid from a wealthy family.
"What's Madam's name?"
Zhao Yunzhu pointed to a chair beside her and gave instructions.
The old woman didn't say anything. She stood up and bowed to Zhao Yunzhu before sitting down with confidence.
He lowered his eyes slightly and looked at Zhao Yunzhu, with a hint of propriety in his respect.
"To Concubine Yun, this old servant is Mrs. Li, the steward of Master Liu Er."
Zhao Yunzhu was surprised.
"Oh? I wonder why Madam Li is dressed like that? And how did she find me?"
"Replying to Concubine Yun, my master has asked me to come and ask if the one in the cold palace is still alive."
Mrs. Li just opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Yunzhu, letting her look at her.
Zhao Yunzhu was silent.
She felt a little amused. The Liu family was not her relative, so why did they ask her about everything?
It’s not like the Liu family is no longer in Chang’an City.
She sneered, her eyes slightly cold, "Please go back and tell your master that this concubine doesn't have the time to worry about unimportant things all day long!"
"Concubine Yun, my master has said that as long as Concubine Yun agrees, my master is willing to give up half of the family property."
"Using half of the family fortune to buy information about the person in the cold palace?" Zhao Yunzhuzi asked curiously.
"Yes."
Nanny Li's eyes were firm.
"Even if Mr. Liu has half of his fortune, I don't think it will be as good as Prime Minister Liu's family."
Zhao Yunzhu lowered her eyes and tapped the table lightly with her fingers.
"Concubine Yun, tomorrow I will bring the things through the back door as usual. Then, Concubine Yun will make the decision. How do you think?"
Mrs. Li was not at all surprised by Zhao Yunzhu's reaction.
After all, her master has not been in Chang'an in recent years and has been devoted to business.
Even the Liu family in Chang'an does not know the true financial strength of their master.
"Okay, tomorrow at the same time, I will be waiting for you here as usual."
Zhao Yunzhu stood up. She wanted to take a good look at the financial resources of Master Liu Er.
Nanny Li stood up and saw her off respectfully before leaving.
Back to the main courtyard.
"Miss, could it be that the second master of the Liu family has a lot of money in his name?"
Linglong was equally curious.
"We'll know tomorrow. I'm quite curious too."
Thinking of Aunt Qing in the cold palace, what kind of person could her brother be like?
"Then does the young lady really want to tell the truth to Master Liu Er?"
Aunt Hua took a soft pillow and placed it on the back of the chair, then helped Zhao Yunzhu sit down.
"Actually, if she really is the maidservant of Master Liu, I'm willing to tell her everything I know even if she doesn't pay me. After all, if it weren't for Aunt Qing, I wouldn't have known many things."
Zhao Yunzhu took out her purse and played with the jade pendant inside.
After many twists and turns, this thing turned out to be left by Prince An's biological mother.
What was the story behind his biological mother and the son of the Tian family? Why did he give the family heirlooms to Prince An's biological mother?
Before her death, Aunt Qing's last words were that Qin Zongzhi was not the late emperor's blood...
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