This sentence hit her heart like a thunderbolt.
Although she only heard about this from Qin Zongzhi yesterday.
I didn't expect that his movements would be so fast. I was curious about what Qin Zongzhi could do before, but now after hearing this... he seems a bit merciless.
"And then? Did you hear where the news came from?"
Linglong tilted her head, thought for a moment, and replied, "I heard that Marquis Yong'an was recognized when he went to the hospital for a consultation. I also heard that the news came from the clinic's staff, saying that Marquis Yong'an took a sterilizing decoction in his early years and would never have children in his lifetime."
"When the Marquis of Yong'an heard the news, he was furious and smashed the clinic. Later, I heard that he switched to two other clinics, but the results were the same."
"I heard that the clinic that was smashed had a strong background. The news spread early this morning."
Linglong recounted the entire incident in detail, as if she had witnessed it all at the crime scene.
"Why does it sound like you're there?"
Zhao Yunzhu smiled and glanced at her, then raised her finger and tapped her forehead twice.
"Concubine Yun has misunderstood. I wasn't lucky enough to witness this spectacle myself. It was just a rumor spread outside. I heard that the gates of the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion were tightly closed. From what I've seen, I'm afraid this couldn't be faked!"
At noon, Qin Zong came to have lunch with her.
Only then did she hear that he was the mastermind behind all this.
"Why did Marquis Yong'an suddenly think of going to the clinic secretly?"
"Because I secretly gave Marquis Yong'an some advice, he became suspicious and went to the clinic in disguise. Unfortunately, I was the one behind the clinic."
Zhao Yunzhu suddenly realized that if it were not for this, how could a small clinic take such a risk to offend the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
As the saying goes, businessmen should not fight with officials.
Unless the owner behind this clinic is someone very important.
"You act like this, aren't you afraid that the Marquis of Yong'an will find out about you and settle accounts with you?"
Qin Zongzhi had a playful smile on his lips. "Don't be afraid. Besides, what the doctor said is true. He just couldn't accept it and smashed my clinic. I haven't asked him for compensation yet."
Looking at the pride in Qin Zongzhi's eyes, why didn't she realize before that he was such a person in private?
"But I'm curious, how did you know this?"
"secret."
Qin Zongzhi didn't want to talk about it, so he took her hand and walked out, "We just had dinner, let's go out to digest it."
Nanny Hua hurriedly took out the cloak and put it on her. Seeing the deep relationship between Concubine Yun and the Ninth Prince, she felt very relieved.
The Yong'an Marquis Mansion was silent for two days.
When the tightly closed door opened again, the servants in the mansion all had heavy expressions on their faces.
The gatekeeper came forward with a ladder, took down the lamp hanging at the door, and replaced it with two plain white lanterns. He wrote two big words "funeral" on the lanterns with black ink.
The stone pillars were wrapped in plain white silk.
Even the plaque on the main entrance was covered with plain white satin.
Zhao Yunzhu sat in the house, looking at the card handed to her by the maid. It was a visiting card of condolence from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
Madam Du of the Yong'an Marquisate suddenly fell ill last night and passed away.
Zhao Yunzhu felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
Thinking of the three years of relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, I still feel a little sad.
Mrs. Du was in good health, but she was gone just like that.
"Why so sudden? Did you hear he was sick?"
Zhao Yunzhu put the post on the table, looked up at Aunt Hua and asked.
Nanny Hua shook her head, also somewhat helpless. "There's no word from outside, but I feel like there might be something hidden."
Zhao Yunzhu nodded in approval.
Then he remembered something and ordered, "Go and tell His Highness that it's Concubine Du's family, and let Concubine Du go back and stay for a few days. On the day of the funeral, we will go to pay our respects."
The maid took the order and went to reply.
But what surprised Zhao Yunzhu was that it was Du Jiaojiao who sent someone to tell her that she was already married and that she couldn't let others say anything, so she had to go to the funeral with them according to the rules on the day of the funeral.
"Why has Concubine Du suddenly changed her temper?"
Zhao Yunzhu was quite curious. Could something have happened in the palace that she didn't know about?
"Yes, from what I have seen, Concubine Du seems to be quite different from before."
"Never mind. Tell someone to keep a closer eye on it."
Zhao Yunzhu carefully reminded him that only when she was prepared for any eventuality could she feel at ease.
In the evening, Qin Zongzhi came to stay in her room.
"How could Madam Du just disappear out of nowhere?"
Zhao Yunzhu snuggled in his arms and whispered softly.
Qin Zongzhi still managed to catch a hint of depression from her lost mood. After all, they had been together for three years, so it would be fake to say that there was no love between them.
"I don't know either. I've already asked someone to investigate. I'm afraid there's some secret hidden in this."
On the day of the funeral of the wife of Marquis Yong'an, all the dignitaries in Chang'an came to pay their respects.
Qin Zongzhi held Zhao Yunzhu's hand, while Du Jiaojiao followed behind him in plain clothes.
His expression was dull and his eyes were lifeless.
When they arrived in front of the mourning hall, they knelt down, kowtowed, and burned paper money. The servants of Yong'an Marquis's Mansion welcomed them to the guest reception area in the backyard.
The only person guarding the mourning hall was Mrs. Du's maid. There was no one else.
Male and female guests were separated in the backyard. No matter how reluctant he was, Qin Zongzhi could only watch her go to another yard.
Du Jiaojiao remained silent all the way. Zhao Yunzhu looked at her and said, "My condolences."
Seeing her slightly surprised expression, she didn't say another word.
"Thank you very much."
Du Jiaojiao replied in a low voice, but her voice was too soft. When the wind blew, the sound of the suona outside drowned out her voice.
The owner of the Du family was not in the hall.
Only the steward was busy greeting the guests.
As soon as they sat down, a maid came forward and asked Du Jiaojiao to leave.
"Why did Madam Du just disappear out of nowhere?"
"yes!"
"It was really surprising. I was stunned for a long time when I heard about it."
"Have you heard about the Yong'an Marquis's affairs?"
"I heard it, I heard it."
"Tell me, could this be related to Madam Du's sudden disappearance?"
"Shh!"
Zhao Yunzhu hid at the end, listening to the people in the hall talking about the affairs of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
It seems that everyone has heard about what happened in Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
And they all obviously had doubts about Mrs. Du's death.
"Concubine Yun——"
She was drinking tea and listening to everyone's discussion.
A low voice suddenly sounded in her ears. She turned around suddenly and looked suspiciously, only to see an unfamiliar old woman.
The old woman didn't say much and gestured for her to go out and talk.
She had doubts in her heart, but she followed anyway.
Linglong and Aunt Hua followed carefully, both of them were extremely alert.
Afraid of making a mistake and something going wrong.
Although Zhao Yunzhu was very familiar with the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, the old woman today looked very unfamiliar to her. She had never seen this face before.
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