Chapter 41 [Special Invitation from the Queen Mother]
Little boy Xin Yan and little boy Master Liao were teasing the wild rabbits given by the villagers at the gate of the Ning family compound.
When I looked up, I saw a young man dressed as a playboy showing his courtesy to my aunt.
Xin Yan immediately became alert, wondering if this man wanted to kidnap the Fairy Aunt.
Seeing his disappointing uncle Xin Che still standing there like a log, Xin Yan immediately walked over to Li Sicong and said, "Uncle, we don't want to buy roast chicken and snacks."
"My aunt just ate the roast chicken her husband gave her and is very full now. Go hawk your wares somewhere else!"
Jiang Lili couldn't help laughing when she saw Xin Yan's angry look.
Li Sicong thought that the child with his hands on his hips in front of him was very interesting. Just when he was thinking of teasing the child, he suddenly saw the little kid next to Xin Yan and was stunned!
Those iconic protruding ears and crescent nose, and that calm demeanor, could it be none other than his good friend and dorm leader in the upper bunk of his high school dormitory, Liao Ji, Master Liao!
Li Sicong was heartbroken: "King Jiji, how did you become a child!!!"
Li Sicong and several of his roommates in his high school dormitory were the most conspicuous in the class. They were deducted points every day for talking and playing cards when the lights were turned off at night, so the class teacher called their dormitory the Monkey's Nest.
The calmest dormitory head, Liao Ji, was nicknamed "King Jiji" by this group of monkeys.
Li Sicong casually stuffed the snacks and roast chicken to Jiang Lili, bent down in disbelief to pick up Liao Ji, and checked the little kid over and over again.
Seeing Li Sicong calling a one-and-a-half-year-old child "King", Xin Yan shook his head in confusion. This uncle's mental state was a little abnormal. He said to Jiang Lili, "Auntie, don't eat anything he gives you."
Jiang Lili smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie is just discussing with him the preparations for after arriving in Linzhou. We are going to cross the dangerous Qinglin Mountains, so it is important to find a local to ask questions."
Xin Yan suddenly realized what was going on. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "So that's how it is."
Xin Che picked up Xin Yan and said with a curved lip, "Don't worry about it, kid."
Jiang Lili and Li Sicong squatted down and chatted with Master Liao. The three of them whispered to each other, just like the aunties gossiping at the village entrance.
Li Sicong: "My father has asthma and relies heavily on Chinese herbal medicine. However, you know, sometimes when you're away from home, you don't always have a doctor or herbal medicine by your side."
Jiang Lili immediately thought of modern asthma medicine, the portable spray.
Li Sicong's eyes flashed with brilliance: "I have a plan that can make my father willingly send someone to escort you across the Qinglin Mountains."
Liao Ji put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Tell me about it!"
Li Sicong plotted quietly: "When you arrive at the Linzhou City government office to take over, let's do this first... and then this..."
Jiang Lili clapped her hands after hearing this: "That's a good idea!"
Liao Ji nodded slightly in approval.
After the trio finished their discussion, Jiang Lili's legs were sore from squatting when she stood up.
"That's it, I'll take these human traffickers back to Linzhou to report, and then we'll meet up as agreed."
The yamen runners needed a day's rest due to the cold, and the others were still in shock after being knocked unconscious and packed up last night. They all agreed to set off the next morning.
Li Sicong had conveyed the message. After saying goodbye to Jiang Lili and Liao Ji, he went with the officials to interrogate Yuan Shi and his group.
After Li Sicong left, Jiang Lili saw the message sent to her by the deputy monitor and her face became serious.
@Deputy Class Leader: Concubine Ying doesn't trust me very much. She's had no appetite these days and won't eat or drink. She also has a pre-existing illness, and her attending physician, Imperial Physician Duan, has disowned her.
This won't do. Jiang Lili has to think of a way to give Xin Yingshu a hope to live.
Jiang Lili thought so, went into the courtyard to find Xin Che and said, "Li Sicong brought me some news about Concubine Ying."
Xin Che's face turned serious when he heard this: "What happened to my aunt?"
He had just received the latest intelligence from Cheng Jiayu a few days ago, and he didn't expect the situation in the palace to change so quickly.
Jiang Lili: "Emperor Qingning banished her to the cold palace, and the imperial physician refused to treat her."
Xin Che clenched his fists, a layer of frost covering his face: "Emperor Qingning really has a heart of stone."
Jiang Lili also hated Emperor Qingning, the scumbag and ungrateful man.
She sighed and said, "The most important thing now is that Imperial Concubine Ying hasn't received any news from us and feels that things are very bad for the Marquis of Zhaoping's mansion. She has no motivation to live anymore."
Jiang Lili changed the subject: "However, Li Sicong has a way to pass the message to the palace."
Xin Che's pupils dilated. The eldest son of the Linzhou prefect had been ill for less than half a month, yet he had such ability?
But when Xin Che thought about Jiang Lili saying that Li Sicong was also arranged by his grandfather, he understood a little more.
Jiang Lili elaborated on the intelligence handed over by the deputy squad leader: "Emperor Qingning also discovered that the Yang family's embezzlement of disaster relief funds was related to the Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion."
"The whereabouts of the 300,000 taels of stolen money remain unknown. Emperor Qingning suspects that the Marquis of Zhaoping used it to raise private soldiers and hoard armor."
Xin Che was very surprised that Jiang Lili knew so much about even the smallest details. Apart from being a scholar, how powerful was Jiang Lili's grandfather Min Xunli?
"I already know about this, but I haven't told my parents yet. I've been observing the Yang family all along the way."
"They are just pawns. They probably don't even know their greed is being exploited. But the Ministry of Revenue might be playing the pig to eat the tiger."
Jiang Lili couldn't admit that even the emperor's personal eunuch was her connection. She frowned and said, "The conspiracy to rebel was clearly a frame-up. Now even the Yang family's corruption case from two years ago is linked to us."
"You and I both know who is behind this. It's not easy to prove your innocence, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. There are always clues."
Xin Che said in a deep voice, "But right now my men are scattered and I can hardly protect myself, and there is no one in the capital to support me."
This was the first time Xin Che revealed the situation of his forces to Jiang Lili. Jiang Lili was very surprised. Did this mean that Xin Che began to trust her?
Jiang Lili thought for a moment and said, "Why not ask Auntie to keep calm in the palace and be the fulcrum for us to overturn the case. This way, she will have the motivation to live well?"
"Okay, I'll go prepare the token to give to my aunt."
Xin Che remembered that there were pens, ink, paper and inkstone in the Ning family's accounting office, so he immediately started preparing them.
Jiang Lili felt that her body was still too weak and she needed to improve her physical fitness, so after digesting her food, she exercised in the Ning family compound.
Jiang Lili used to work a lot of part-time jobs, and in order to improve her physical fitness and energy, she did a lot of research on sports and fitness, so she started exercising according to the physical fitness classes she had studied before.
Chen was very curious when she saw Jiang Lili running and jumping in the yard. After hearing Jiang Lili say that she wanted to keep fit for the upcoming journey, she resolutely joined Jiang Lili.
The virus gradually spread from person to person between the two people who were exercising, and Yin Zhen also brought Liao Dabao to join the exercise group.
“Ding ding ding.”
While Jiang Lili was taking a break to drink some water, the group message rang.
Jiang Lili took a look and saw that it was Hou Xiaoxiao who posted three selfies in the group.
@Hou Xiaoxiao (Princess of Jin): My dear family, the Queen Mother has invited me to the palace tomorrow for tea and flower viewing. What outfit would look good on me? (Sunglasses)
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