Chapter 370: It was done by the person who usurped the identity of the eldest brother!
At the same time, Lu An got rid of the Jiang family's spies and contacted Tian Xiao, Xiao Yanxu's spy in Beijing, and went to the teahouse together.
Cuiyun saw the two people coming and opened the door to let them in.
"Who is missing from the Jiang family?"
Lu An: "He is Mr. Jiang's eldest son-in-law."
"Song Mingen?" Xiao Yanxu was a little surprised. "Are you sure it's him?"
"Yes, Your Highness. The Jiang family's doorman said that his eldest brother-in-law is gone. I heard it correctly."
"Ning'er, it seems we guessed wrong. Song Mingen is just an ordinary commoner and no one will harm him."
Gu Yining looked at Lu An and asked, "How many blocks did the Jiang family follow us?"
"After following him for two blocks, my subordinates threw him off."
"Your Highness, Princess." Tian Xiao spoke up at this moment. "Since Song Mingen arrived in Beijing, apart from appearing at the Du family's family recognition banquet and collaborating with the Gu family on business, he has spent all his time at the Jiang Residence. He didn't show his true face on those two occasions because of a rash on his face. The imperial physicians have been visiting the Jiang Residence frequently recently, so it's likely that the persistent rash on his face took his life. It's unlikely that anyone would harm him."
Hearing this, Gu Yining frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Xiao Yanxu hurriedly said, "Perhaps it was because Lu An's makeup was too strange that the Jiang family's doorman had to send someone to follow him."
"Why."
Gu Yining sighed, "Song Mingen should have been a good junior. It's a pity that he died so early and didn't see Song Yu get married and have children. He must have regretted it. Song Yu must be very sad right now, right?"
Gu Yining felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.
"Ning'er, when Yu girl marries our godson, we will spoil her well."
"I haven't met Yu girl yet, so I don't know what her character is like. Let's see her first." Gu Yining looked at Tian Xiao, "Since the Du family came to exchange for marriage, what have Yi'er and her family of three done? Tell me in detail."
On the other side, Mu Jingxing and Xiao Chengqian were shocked when they saw Song Mingen's red rash.
It was obviously the rash that led to Song Mingen's death.
"Uncle Jiang." Mu Jingxing said, "Uncle Song looks like he's been poisoned."
Xiao Chengqian: "Last time at the family reunion banquet, Uncle Song was still in high spirits and didn't look like he was seriously ill. Just now I saw that the rash on Uncle Song's face was too scarlet, it really looked like he was poisoned."
The corner of Jiang Yunzhou's mouth twitched.
That was painted by Wanwan using a mixture of painting pigment and chicken blood.
"It's not poisoning, it's insufficient Qi and blood. It's definitely a difficult and complicated disease. Even Sister Yu didn't diagnose it and thought it was just a simple deficiency of Qi and blood, which delayed the treatment."
"Brother Prince, Cheng Qian." Jiang Guanchen hurriedly pulled the two of them out. "We won't entertain you today. My father and I still have to prepare the mourning hall and comfort my cousin and aunt. They still can't believe that their uncle is gone."
Mu Jingxing: "There aren't many cases today, I can stay and help."
"And me, I'll stay too. I'll go and comfort Sister Yu later."
Mu Jingxing frowned subconsciously. To comfort Miss Song, wouldn't he have to go to Miss Song's room?
"Don't!"
Jiang Guanchen pulled the two of them and hurried towards the gate.
"If you stay here, not only will your cousin not be able to feel any comfort, she might even faint from crying. Please come early to pay your respects tomorrow."
Jiang Guanchen didn't dare to keep the two expert investigators in his mansion.
If the two people who stayed behind noticed something unusual, the show would be over!
Mu Jingxing and Xiao Chengqian saw that there was no reason for them to stay after he said that, so they comforted Jiang Guanchen with a few words and left.
"Dayong, don't let anyone in if they come later."
"Okay, young master."
Jiang Guanchen turned back to the courtyard, and Dayong hurriedly said, "An hour ago, a bearded man came to inquire about our Jiang Mansion. I told him the truth according to the master's instructions."
Jiang Guanchen: "Can you send someone to follow?"
"We sent someone to follow him, but he figured it out after a while and lost him after following him for two blocks."
Jiang Guanchen's eyes darkened. The person behind the scenes was not simple.
In Song Yu's room in Furong Garden.
"Is it certain that my uncle will wake up in three days?"
Song Yu nodded, "My father will leave the house secretly in three days, and the funeral will be held at the Jiang family's ancestral tomb on the seventh day."
Cheng Qingmeng was surprised. "Then to outsiders, it would seem that my uncle has married into the Jiang family."
Wen Nuo said, "Sister Meng, this is all fake. If Uncle Song is resurrected, he won't be marrying into the family. His true identity will surely shock everyone. Uncle Song will definitely be a high-ranking official in the court in the future, and the richest official in the court."
Wen Nuo's eyes were full of longing. Uncle Song must be the next head of the Gu family.
"That's right, my uncle is a good student, a caring family man, and the eldest nephew of the Concubine of Prince Rong's Mansion... Hey, cousin, since your father is the Concubine's eldest nephew, you can't marry Prince Xiao!"
Jiang Shiyun said: "We can get married without a blood relationship, but we can observe mourning for three years and then discuss the marriage after three years."
Song Yu's eyes lit up. "Yes, that's a good idea, Lan'er. We can send someone to tell grandma."
Prince Rong's Mansion
"Really?" Xiao Hongyi pretended to be surprised.
"Absolutely true, dead as hell. Especially the dense, scarlet rash on his face, so creepy, it looks like he's been poisoned."
Xiao Hongyi panicked, "Died of poisoning?"
"It looked like it, but both the imperial physician and Sister Yu diagnosed it as not poisoning, but a difficult and complicated disease. Sister Yu didn't find it, and when she saw the lack of Qi and blood, she delayed treatment, and the patient died."
Xiao Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief. What if it was discovered that he had been poisoned?
The Jiang family knew that someone was behind the scenes trying to harm him.
Lin Yutang, however, had a worried look on her face. "Now that Song Mingen has died, won't Song Yu have to observe mourning? I originally planned for Song Yu to marry me when she reached the age of marriage, but now I have to wait three years, until she's seventeen."
Seventeen?
Xiao Chengqian was secretly delighted. Doesn’t that mean Huanhuan will be eighteen in a year?
Wouldn't it be better if he could get it done before marrying Song Yu?
Xiao Hongyi said, "Observing mourning is inevitable, so Seventeen will marry me."
"You say it easily, but will this matter affect our godson's succession to the throne?"
"No! My father asked me to be crowned a prince when I was eighteen. My father and mother came back this time mainly to ask for my godson to be crowned a prince."
Du Mansion.
Du Ye was in disbelief when she learned that Song Mingen had passed away.
So how could a tall man with such an extraordinary temperament die of illness?
She had no choice but to believe it. Sister Yu would never joke about this.
"Chunhua, go back and comfort Sister Yu. The dead cannot be resurrected. Let her be more open-minded. After all, things in life are unpredictable."
"Good old lady."
"Madam Qiao, go there in person and tell the Marquis and his family of three to accompany me to the Jiang Mansion to pay our respects tomorrow morning."
Gu Mansion
"You dare to say it wasn't you who did it?"
"Brother! Which eye of yours saw that I did it?" Gu Lao San was so angry that his face turned red. "No matter how worried I am about him coming back to divide the family property, I would never harm him!"
"Asshole!" Gu Wanqing raised his foot and kicked Gu Laosan, "I said I don't have any illegitimate children!"
"But his ears look exactly like yours!"
"Yes, Dad." Gu Zhouci said, "We went to see it, and the ears look like yours and mine."
Gu Wanqing frowned, "Did you see the face? Does it look like me?"
"His face was covered in rashes, so you couldn't even tell."
"Okay, stop imagining things. I don't have a son living outside, and I can't possibly have a concubine! If Song Mingen looked like me, Jiang Yunwan would have brought Song Mingen home long ago."
Gu Zhouci narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Wanqing, "But he fell ill a few days after leaving Zhongyi Tower. Are you sure it wasn't the Third Brother who did it?"
"Big Brother!!!" Gu Lao San was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. "Song Yu has already diagnosed him as deceased. If I really want to take action, I can just send someone to assassinate him!"
"Big brother." Gu Lao Er said, "The third brother will not lie."
"Yes, big brother." Gu Lao Si and Lao Wu also spoke up to support Gu Lao San. "There are many people who have similar ears and are not related by blood."
Gu Zhouci didn't think so. What was going on with his inexplicable emotions?
Gu Zhouci raised his eyes and looked at Gu Wanqing, "I believe it wasn't the third brother who did it, but I have a hunch that Song Mingen is related to us by blood."
"Get out of here!"
Gu Wanqing picked up the whip on the table and swung it at his brothers.
He was really pissed off!
He doesn't have an illegitimate child, but he is forced to acknowledge one.
Seeing this, Gu Zhouci and his companions ran away!
It was already dark when Du Zhihuan returned to the Song Mansion after school.
Song Mingzhu was able to get out of bed. When she saw Du Zhihuan coming back, she took her hand and asked her about her well-being, acting like a loving mother.
If she hadn't known in advance that Song Mingzhu was not her biological mother, Du Zhihuan felt that she might really be lost in Song Mingzhu's maternal love.
"Mother, when I came back today and passed by the Jiang Mansion, I saw the white banners hanging there."
Song Mingzhu opened her eyes slightly, "Who in the Jiang family is handling the funeral? Could it be Old Madam Jiang?"
Du Zhihuan shook her head slightly, looking at Song Mingzhu with an unclear expression, "It's not Madam Jiang. She and Mr. Jiang suffered a shock and fell ill."
"Who is that?" Song Mingzhu looked at Du Zhihuan's face and had a bad feeling.
Could something have happened to Song Yu?
She couldn't figure out who it could be?
Could it be that Huanhuan did something bad and harmed Sister Yu?
"It's Song Mingen!"
Song Mingzhu frowned immediately, "Don't talk nonsense, he's in good health!"
"I'm not talking nonsense. Yunyan inquired with the Jiang Mansion's doorman. Song Mingen suddenly fainted this morning and never woke up again. My sister and the imperial physician confirmed that he died of a sudden emergency."
boom!
Song Mingzhu's mind went blank. She slumped in her chair and muttered to herself, "How could this happen? How could my brother suddenly pass away? Ah! This can't be true."
"Madam!" Qiuyue saw that Song Mingzhu looked upset and quickly came over to comfort her. "Miss, you must have heard something wrong. Let's go check it out tomorrow. Mr. Song is a lucky man. He just fell asleep and might wake up tomorrow."
"Yes, big brother is asleep and will wake up tomorrow." Song Mingzhu's eyes were red as she spoke. "...But Huanhuan doesn't lie. Wuwu... How could big brother just leave like that? Wuwu..."
Seeing this, Du Zhihuan quietly left the room.
Song Mingzhu really has deep feelings for Song Mingen, no wonder she was so soft-hearted at the beginning.
How is it possible to have both family affection and wealth and glory?
Seeing Du Zhihuan leave, Song Mingzhu lowered her voice and said, "How could Big Brother suddenly die of illness? It must have been done by someone who usurped Big Brother's identity!"
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