Chapter 140 I Have a Way
Shangguan Yao was surprised and her eyes fell on Xueqing.
"Why is she at the Jiang family?" He repeated his previous doubts: "I heard that Zhang Ruru disappeared before the entire Yinggong Mansion was massacred, and that's why she escaped this disaster."
The last time Shangguan Yao and her servant saw Zhang Ruru was at the Peach Blossom Banquet at Yunwu Manor.
Although he didn't participate much in the Peach Blossom Banquet, he knew a lot.
"Could it be that the Jiang family knew that Zhang Ruru was pregnant, but they didn't dare to go directly to propose marriage, so they hid Zhang Ruru. After all, Zhang Ruru was pregnant with Mr. Jiang Liu's child." Xue Qing's voice trembled when she said this.
After the Peach Blossom Banquet, very few people knew that Zhang Ruru was pregnant, but the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion knew about it.
After all, Qin Junyi is close to the prince.
At that time, in order to win over the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion and with the Empress Dowager's blessing for the marriage, the Crown Prince suppressed his anger and agreed to marry Zhang Ruru.
Even if you are pregnant.
However, not long after, the Duke of Ying's family was brutally murdered and Zhang Ruru also disappeared.
The marriage was thus called off.
But now that Zhang Ruru appeared at the Jiang family, Xueqing whispered again, "The Jiang family is so bold that they even dare to hide the prince's woman before she even married him."
Shangguan Yao stood up and walked towards the purple gold incense burner by the window, picked up the lid of the incense burner and threw the letter into the incense burner.
Soon, thick smoke came out of the incense burner, followed by flames.
She closed the incense burner's lid, her gaze fixed on the flames rising from the cracks in the lid. She said, "Compared to my own offspring, offending the Crown Prince is nothing. Moreover, the Duke of Ying's Mansion is gone. Why would the Crown Prince still be thinking about a woman who had been defiled by someone else?"
He's just a useless pawn of the family.
It only has some effect on the Jiang family.
Jiang Yin finally has a descendant left in the world, how could the Jiang family let him go?
"What does the letter say?" Xue Qing walked forward and asked in a low voice.
Shangguan Yao's eyes were dark as she said, "The day after tomorrow is Old Madam Jiang's birthday, and she said she wanted to get together with me."
"What's the point of her getting together with Madam?" Xue Qing didn't understand. "Madam doesn't even know her well."
Shangguan Yao asked about Qin Junyi. She glanced at Xueqing and asked, "Junyi hasn't returned to the Marquis' Mansion yet?"
Xue Qing immediately lowered her eyes upon hearing this, as if dodging something. "They should be returning home soon. I'll go to the front yard and wait for the young marquis to come and see the lady."
Shangguan Yao noticed something was wrong in the past few days. Qin Junyi arrived at Linfeng Garden later and later every day after leaving the court.
At this moment, he noticed something strange in Xueqing's expression.
She asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Xue Qing said softly, "No, ma'am."
"Xueqing." Shangguan Yao knew the girl beside her well enough: "When you lie, you lower your head and your voice seems weak."
Xue Qing raised her eyes and met Shangguan Yao's gaze, saying, "Madam, I am afraid that you will be sad."
"What's wrong?" When Shangguan Yao heard the word "sad", she subconsciously thought of Qin Junyi: "Could it be the young marquis?"
Xue Qing knew that the truth would come out sooner or later. Even if she didn't say anything now, Shangguan Yao would find out in a few days. She said cautiously, "These past few days, the young marquis always goes to the East Garden after returning home."
Sure enough, Shangguan Yao’s originally gentle face froze instantly after hearing this.
"Just now, after I received the letter from Zhang Ruru's attendants, I saw the young marquis return. Before I could even approach him, I heard him tell his attendants that he was going to the East Garden first. Many times, the young marquis would go to the East Garden before returning to Linfeng Garden."
Xue Qing observed Shangguan Yao's expression as she spoke, and immediately added, "I feel that the young marquis needs the young lady's help, so I've been trying to ease the tension with the senior lady for a while now. Madam, please don't take it to heart."
"Really?" Shangguan Yao had noticed Qin Junyi's abnormality since they were in Yunwu Manor.
However, after many things happened one after another, Qin Junyi's abnormality faded away, but Shangguan Yao also understood that with a wife like Xie Rongying around, no man could remain indifferent.
But Qin Junyi really betrayed her.
She will definitely not let Qin Junyi have an easy time!
"Is there any progress with Fengqing?" Shangguan Yao asked.
Xue Qing whispered, "There's some progress. The maid next to her said that Xie Jing went there several times, but each time he just sat for a while and then left. Miss Feng Qing only met Xie Jing once."
Hearing this, Shangguan Yao's face finally showed a slight smile: "As long as there is progress on her side, that's fine."
"Madam, if the young marquis..."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
"Yao'er?" Qin Junyi walked in and smelled a faint smell of burnt food in the room: "Why is there a smell in the room?"
Xue Qing came out from the inner room and bowed, "Young Marquis."
Shangguan Yao, the "Jun Yi" (Jun Yi), stepped forward to greet him: "Are you back from my sister's Dongyuan?"
Qin Junyi lowered his head slightly and looked at the slightly unhappy expression on Shangguan Yao's face. He took Shangguan Yao in his arms and walked towards the inner room: "Come in, I will tell you."
Shangguan Yao raised her eyebrows when she saw that Qin Junyi didn't look guilty at all.
Qin Junyi pulled Shangguan Yao to sit on the couch and said, "The last time the prince came here, besides talking about your brother, he also had other things to do."
"What's the matter?" Shangguan Yao still knew Qin Junyi a little. Even if he was interested in Xie Rongying, he would not show it so obviously.
"The Xie family is escorting medicinal herbs and grain to the border. The emperor and the prince want me to follow the Xie family's caravan and take you to the border, and also to Longxi." Qin Junyi lowered his voice when he said this. "I didn't want to tell you, but you were upset just now, and I didn't want to hide it from you."
Shangguan Yao frowned. It turned out there was something like this going on. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"The emperor didn't issue an order, but the meaning is very clear. He wants me to escort the medicinal herbs and grain as the son-in-law of the Xie family, and also take the letter from the emperor to your father to Longxi. The fewer people who know about this, the better."
"So that's why I've been dealing with Xie Rongying recently?" Shangguan Yao felt much better. "When are you leaving Bianjing?"
Shangguan Yao was secretly delighted when she heard the news. Ever since she entered the Yongyi Marquis's residence and encountered so many things, she had been thinking about leaving Bianjing. But then she remembered that her brother was still in the hands of the King of Wei: "But my brother is still in the hands of the King of Wei."
"Don't worry, with the emperor and the prince here, the King of Wei won't do anything to your brother for the time being." Qin Junyi comforted.
Shangguan Yao sighed deeply and asked, "When will the Xie family send the medicinal herbs to the border?"
"The time hasn't been set yet." Qin Junyi frowned as he spoke of this. "It would be difficult for Xie Rongying to persuade her father."
His attentiveness these days seemed like a joke in Xie Rongying's eyes, and Qin Junyi began to feel troubled.
If Xie Rongying did not agree to let Qin Junyi follow the Xie family caravan, Xie Jing would definitely not agree either.
Shangguan Yao smiled softly and said, "Junyi, I have a solution."
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