"Is it really Gao Qingnian?"
In Jiangxuexuan, Xue Zhiyi was not too surprised when he heard the news brought back by Qiuyun.
Ever since she learned from Huo Wuyou that the princess saw a man and a woman having a secret meeting in the Buddhist temple that day, and considering that Fu Rongxin was most likely in the ancestral hall at that time, she speculated that the man and woman the princess saw were Fu Rongxin and a certain man.
She had indeed guessed that the man was Gao Qingnian. After all, he had been particularly coveting Fu Rongxin in his previous life.
But now, she is not sure what the relationship between the two people is.
But she had a guess: Fu Rongxin asked her to go to the Buddhist temple that day, and it must be something bad, otherwise why would Gao Qingnian be there too?
However, Xue Zhiyi did not expect that Rong Ziying's maid Chuntao would follow Fu Rongxin.
Rong Ziying acted quite quickly. As soon as she settled down, she started to deal with Fu Ling and the others, and immediately aimed at Fu Rongxin.
This is really going to be a good show.
But Qiuyun was still a little worried: "Miss, Rong Ziying is always pestering the young master, is there anything wrong?"
Xue Zhiyi almost blurted out "I wish something happened", but suddenly remembered that she was still Xue Tingsheng's sister for the time being, so she coughed, held it in, and changed the subject: "Mother has someone keeping an eye on her and won't let her get close to big brother again."
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Zhefangyuan.
Rong Ziying's eyes lit up when she heard the news: "In that case, we don't need to worry. Fu Rongxin would go out to meet someone secretly, which means she already has someone she wants to marry. We should just find a way to get her married as soon as possible."
Chun Tao said, "But from the look on Miss Rongxin's face, it's clear she's not very willing and even a little angry. Besides, the man looks to be in his thirties, and he doesn't look like he has no wife."
Rong Ziying frowned. "Reluctant? Do you know the identity of that man?"
Chun Tao nodded. "I followed the man all the way home and watched him enter a house. Then I asked people living nearby. Sure enough, his name was Gao Qingnian, a censor in the Supervisory Office. He was in his thirties and not only did he have a wife, he also had several concubines."
"No wonder." Rong Ziying sighed. "They're all concubines. Anyone with any brains wouldn't give up being the concubine of the Shangshu Mansion's legitimate son to become the concubine of a sixth-rank supervisory censor."
Chun Tao agreed, but she said, "If that's the case, Miss Rong Xin is anxious to get rid of Gao Qingnian. She must want to marry into the Shangshu Mansion sooner rather than later. We must be more vigilant."
Rong Ziying held up her chin and smiled: "Chun Tao, please grind the ink for me."
"Miss, do you want to write something?" Although she didn't understand what it meant, Chuntao still started to prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Rong Ziying picked up her pen and said, "Gao Qingnian is also stupid. They say marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. He went to Linzhou to arrange the marriage with the Fu family. Is there any way for her to say no?"
As she spoke, she began to write, meticulously composing a soft and graceful love poem: "Luckily, I've also secretly memorized a few romantic pieces. Isn't Fu Rongxin unhappy? Well, I'm happy for her."
After the ink dried, she read it several times with satisfaction, then sealed it in a piece of letter paper and handed it to Chuntao: "Take this to the Gao family and say that you are Fu Rongxin's maid, and you are delivering this letter to Master Gao on her behalf. No matter what his current relationship with Fu Rongxin is, I can get a few words out of his reply."
She smiled coquettishly and spoke of the most shameless scheme in the most relaxed tone: "As long as Gao Qingnian believes that the person exchanging letters with him is Fu Rongxin herself, then I can encourage him to go to Linzhou to propose marriage. By then, the matter will be settled. What can Fu Rongxin use to compete with me for Young Master Xue?"
Chun Tao suddenly realized: "Young lady is extremely smart!"
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Xue Zhiyi learned the news about Fu Rongxin and Rong Ziying again from Hu Bai.
Hu Bai came under the cover of night.
He lowered his eyebrows and said, "These days, the letters between Miss Rong and Mr. Gao have all passed through the Second Young Master's review."
"Oh?" Xue Zhiyi became interested: "Is there any important news in the letter?"
Hu Bai hesitated a bit, "From what I've read, it seems that Miss Cousin... is already married to Mr. Gao."
Xue Zhiyi raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Hu Bai continued, "In short, the correspondence over the past two weeks has convinced Lord Gao that his cousin is in love with him and is willing to become his concubine."
Xue Zhiyi nodded: "However, even if he goes to Linzhou to propose marriage, my uncle will not agree to the marriage."
After all, her uncle Fu Wei knew Fu Rongxin's true identity as the Phoenix.
"Yes," Hu Bai said, "Second Young Master knows that Master Fu dotes on his cousin, but Madam Fu hates her to the core. So, Second Young Master wants me to use the letters in Master Fu's study to determine Master Fu's whereabouts. He can then choose a day when Master Fu is away on business and have Gao Qingnian propose marriage."
Fu Wei would not agree to marry, but Hu Shuixian was happy to see it happen.
Xue Zhiyi understood and said, "You must carefully check the letters sent by the Fu family and intercept any letters that mention this marriage."
Otherwise, if Fu Ling and Xue Zhentong knew about this, they would definitely try their best to stop it.
Hu Bai silently glanced at Xue Zhiyi. The previous incidents had made it known to everyone in the Xue residence that the Third Miss and her cousin had a bad relationship, but no one else knew that the Third Miss was such a ruthless person.
After thinking for a while, Hu Bai lowered his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Third Miss, the Second Young Master has also explained this matter."
Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi nodded: Xue Tingliu is still thorough in his work.
With just a glance, Qiuyun handed the reward silver to Hubai.
"Hey." Xue Zhiyi suddenly asked, "You know so much about Second Brother's affairs. It seems he values you very much."
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