Chapter 826: The Endless Eight Kings' Gang
"Wan family? Which Wan family?" Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang in confusion.
Xiao Yeyang's eyes sparkled: "The family of the late emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Wan Guifei."
Daohua's eyes widened: "Isn't that the Eighth Prince's maternal grandfather's home?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded, then frowned in annoyance: "The Wan family's old house is right next to the Weiguo Mansion. I actually overlooked such an important point."
Daohua: "Back then, the entire Wan family was executed, and the old Wan family house has been vacant ever since. What does it mean that Luo Qiong's people entered the Wan family house?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe, we'll know after the imperial physician comes to the mansion to check your pulse tomorrow." Then he looked at Daohua and said, "I have to go out for a while. You go to sleep first."
Daohua nodded and watched Xiao Yeyang and the secret guards slip away.
Xiao Yeyang didn't come back until almost dawn.
As soon as Xiao Yeyang lay down on the bed, Daohua woke up.
"Did I wake you?"
Daohua shook her head: "Is everything arranged?"
Xiao Yeyang said "hmm".
Daohua: "Go to sleep, I'll keep an eye on what's going on in Chenyuan."
Xiao Yechen really attached great importance to the baby in Luo Qiong's belly, and invited the imperial physician to the palace early in the morning.
Inside the tent, Luo Qiong looked nervously at the imperial physician who was taking his pulse, his heart beating wildly.
After a while, the imperial physician stood up and looked at Xiao Yechen who was waiting beside him with a smile: "Don't worry, my dear, both the grandmother and the young master are doing well."
Xiao Yechen glanced inside the tent and asked with a smile, "Is Grandma's belly a little too big?"
The imperial physician smiled and said, "Compared to an average pregnant woman of one or two months, your belly is a bit bigger. I think it might be because you've been eating too much recently. You should pay more attention to your diet."
Hearing this, Luo Qiong and Xiao Yechen both breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yechen smiled more and more. He carefully asked the imperial physician about various precautions during pregnancy, and then personally sent the imperial physician out of the palace.
Pingxi Hall.
As soon as the imperial physician left the house, Daohua knew the diagnosis result.
The result was somewhat surprising, but not too surprising.
"What did the imperial physician say?"
As soon as Daohua entered the bedroom, she saw Xiao Yeyang sitting up. She quickly poured him a cup of warm water and asked, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Xiao Yeyang drank some water and said, "I'm awake."
Daohua sat on the edge of the bed and said, "The imperial physician said the same thing as the previous doctor. Luo Qiong's baby is less than two months old."
Xiao Yeyang's face showed no surprise: "I guessed it."
Daohua: "The man outside Luo Qiong is really capable. He can even bribe the imperial physician." Then he looked at Xiao Yeyang and said, "Who do you think that wild man is? He can bribe the imperial physician and is involved in the Wan family's old house. Could he be a follower of the Eighth Prince?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile: "Good analysis."
Daohua stared, "Really!" Then, with a look of amazement on her face, "This is a big deal."
"From the fact that Luo Qiong sent her maid to inform the man outside yesterday, she knew that he had the ability to solve the problem of the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis. In other words, Luo Qiong was very clear about the man's identity."
"She knows everything, so what about the Duke of Wei's Mansion?"
"Doesn't this mean that the Duke of Wei's Mansion is also a member of the Eight Princes' faction?"
At this point, Daohua's face suddenly showed enlightenment: "I understand. Mei Lan was right on the night of the Lantern Festival. There was indeed someone hiding in Luo Qiong's carriage. It was that wild man. It was also him who attacked Jiang Jinghui. He just wanted to see the emperor and the Jiang family fight."
That person is a member of the Eight Kings faction, so everything makes sense.
"There is also the interaction between the Duke of Wei and the Hu people."
"During the Northern Frontier War, didn't the Eighth Prince join forces with the Tatars? So, those Daxia people disguised as Hu people that Yuan Yao and Sun Changze saw were the Eighth Prince's men."
"And the Duke of Wei's Mansion belongs to the Eighth Prince, so they secretly interact with the Hu people."
After saying that, Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang with burning eyes: "Am I right?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and reached out to cup Daohua's cheek, kissing her hard: "My wife is really smart. I haven't even said anything yet, and you've already guessed it."
Daohua smiled proudly: "That's right."
Xiao Yeyang sneered: "I have to say, the Duke of Wei's Mansion is really well hidden."
Daohua sighed, "Eighth Prince is dead, but his men are still going strong. Can't they just find a place to hide their identities and live a good life?"
A sharp light flashed in Xiao Yeyang's eyes: "The Eighth Prince is dead, but his son is not dead."
Daohua's eyes widened. "The Eighth Prince's son?" She paused. "He's about your age, right?"
Xiao Yeyang: "A few years older than me."
Daohua swallowed her saliva and said, "Could Luo Qiong's wild man outside be the Eighth Prince's son?"
Xiao Yeyang sneered: "I have sent someone to keep an eye on the imperial physician, we will know soon."
Daohua: "Then Luo Qiong is really courting death. However, judging from what happened yesterday, Luo Qiong didn't go directly to the Duke of Wei's mansion, but instead found a man outside. This means that the Duke of Wei doesn't know about her affair."
Xiao Yeyang: "Whether they know it or not, as long as it is proven that the Duke of Wei's Mansion is an accomplice of the Eighth Prince, it is a capital crime."
The imperial physician who went to take Luo Qiong's pulse was controlled by the secret guards as soon as he returned home, and was brought to Xiao Yeyang that night.
"Tell me, who is your master?"
The imperial physician was not as panicked as one might imagine, as if he had anticipated this scene. "I am willing to cooperate with you, but can you let my family go?"
Xiao Yeyang: "That depends on how much value you can provide."
The doctor lowered his head and said, "I am the Eighth Prince's man."
Xiao Yeyang: "Who contacted you?"
The imperial physician shook his head. "I don't know. When I arrived at the Imperial Hospital this morning, I saw a piece of paper with the Eighth Prince's Palace's unique markings on it."
"The note said that I should go and check the pulse of the eldest lady in Prince Ping's mansion, and the result could only indicate that she was less than two months pregnant."
Afterwards, Xiao Yeyang asked the imperial physician some other questions, but the imperial physician was a marginal figure and did not provide much valuable information.
Although the old residence of the Wan family was found, the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and the Eight Kings' followers were hidden too deeply. A large number of secret guards were sent out, but there was no real gain.
In the Chenyuan of the palace, Luo Qiong was completely relieved after the imperial physician took her pulse. Except for not allowing her to leave the palace, Princess Ma and Xiao Yechen almost granted her every request.
Of course, she didn't dare to be too careless and carefully concealed her growing belly.
At the end of April, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the Hundred Flowers Garden became the best place to cool off.
"Don't you think that grandma's belly doesn't look like it's only been pregnant for a month or two?"
"Didn't I tell you that Grandma eats a lot after she gets pregnant?"
"Even if you eat a lot, you shouldn't just have a big belly. My sister-in-law was pregnant before, and when she was more than four months pregnant, she looked like my grandmother now."
"The imperial physician would never misdiagnose a pulse."
"I'm going to tell you something, don't tell anyone else."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"The other day, I was out doing some errands, and I happened to see the Duke of Wei's mansion inviting the imperial physician who was examining Grandmother's pulse into a carriage. How could a mere imperial physician be qualified to ride in the carriage of the commander of the Beijing Guards? Who knows what might be hidden inside."
"I want to die, how dare you say such things."
Princess Ma was standing at the gate of the courtyard, listening to the maids' discussion with a gloomy expression. She wanted to ask the maid to arrest those gossiping maids, but she saw Concubine Ji coming over with her maids.
Not wanting to be laughed at, Princess Ma could only put the matter aside for the time being.
After sending Concubine Ji away, Princess Ma once again remembered the maid's discussion. When she sent the maid to arrest the people, she didn't know who they were, so she could only return to Pingxi Hall in anger.
As soon as the princess left, Pingji's wife found the maids and said, "After a while, I will transfer you to Pingxi Hall. Then you can leave the house and get married."
Several maids were delighted: "Thank you, sister."
Pingji's wife: "The princess must still have some impression of you. You'd better not get close to her recently."
"Don't worry, sister. We know what's going on."
"Okay, go down quickly and don't let anyone know that I have looked for you." After saying that, Pingji's wife returned to Pingxitang and reported to Daohua what had happened.
With the seed of doubt in her heart, Princess Ma began to pay attention to Luo Qiong. What's more, she actually discovered some things that she had not noticed before.
My daughter-in-law's belly really doesn't look like it's only one or two months old.
Princess Ma couldn't calm down when she thought about her son not entering his daughter-in-law's room in the first and second months of the year.
In the next few days, Luo Qiong discovered that Princess Ma came to Chenyuan from time to time, asking various questions, which made her feel vaguely uneasy.
Especially when eating, Luo Qiong noticed that Princess Ma looked at her belly with a strange look in her eyes, and quickly asked with a smile: "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Princess Ma didn't hide it and said directly, "Normally, a pregnancy shouldn't be noticeable in the first three months, but your belly... I think we should call a doctor to take a look at you."
Luo Qiong's heart tightened, but she nodded in agreement. "I'll listen to you, Mother." She was silent for a moment. "Mother, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. I want to go back to my parents' home. If you're worried, you can send one of the nannies to accompany me."
Princess Ma glanced at Luo Qiong, and thinking of the fact that her daughter-in-law always returned to the Duke of Wei's mansion during the New Year, she surprisingly did not object: "Okay, go back if you want."
Luo Qiong's face lit up immediately: "Thank you, mother."
The next day, Luo Qiong packed up and returned to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion.
What she didn't know was that as soon as she left, two groups of people followed her.
One group is Xiao Yeyang's people, and the other group is Princess Ma's people.
After finally waiting for Luo Qiong to leave the house, Xiao Yeyang thought he could gain something this time, but unexpectedly, he met a stupid teammate.
No, he and the Ma mother and son were not teammates.
(End of this chapter)
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