At night, Su Li, her mother and her two children were left at the Duke's Mansion for the night.
Knowing that Ji Zhao and his sister were going back to Beijing, the old lady in the Duke's Mansion had two courtyards prepared early on as their own.
After all, the brother and sister are now quite old, and they can no longer live with Su Li in Danhuai Courtyard.
Ji Tinglan didn't come back until evening.
"What took you so long? What does Lord Pei want to see you about?"
Ji Tinglan dismissed the servants: "The princess born to Empress Renxuan should still be alive."
"oh?"
"Regarding the princess's matter, Senior Brother has identified three suspicious individuals..."
At that time, Concubine Xiao's maid Caihe was ordered by her to take the princess born to Empress Renxuan out of the palace and drown her during the chaos.
For some unknown reason, Caihe secretly took the princess back to her adoptive father's home who also lived in the capital. On the second day after Caihe's death, her adoptive father took the princess away from the capital.
"In other words, as long as we find Caihe's adoptive father, perhaps we can find the princess?"
Ji Tinglan nodded: "Caihe has three adoptive fathers, and they were all beggars who made a living by begging."
Su Li was surprised: "Beggar?"
"Cai He was originally an abandoned baby girl who was adopted by three beggars. Later, she entered the palace as a maid and became a maid that Concubine Xiao valued very much. Because of her good work, she received many rewards. As a result, the three beggars, her three adoptive fathers, also lived a good life and no longer had to beg..."
"And what about now? Do you know where those three beggars have gone?"
"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. For some reason, the three beggars didn't go to the same place. According to the clues Senior Brother found, they went to Zhengzhou in the north, Guangning in the south, and Qiangzhou in the west. As for the more specific details, I have to investigate personally."
"Guangning?"
Su Li and Ji Tinglan looked at each other. Guangning happened to be one of the three places. It seemed too much of a coincidence. She wondered if it really could be a princess.
Ji Tinglan continued, "The three places are thousands of miles apart. Knowing that I was planning to return to Guangning, my senior brother wanted me to track down the beggar while he went to Zheng in the north. When Prince Chun learned about this, he asked the emperor to send him to Qiangzhou..."
Su Li nodded to show that he understood. "So, when are you planning to leave for Guangning?"
"As soon as possible, in three days."
"Okay, I'll clean up then..."
The next day, Ji Tinglan went on business as usual, while Su Li left her two children at the Duke's Mansion and took some gifts to visit the Huitian Divine Doctor and his wife at the Gu Mansion.
On the way back to Beijing, Doctor Huitian had already received a letter from Ji Tinglan, and learned that Su Li had recovered her memory. Therefore, when he returned to Beijing that day, he did not go to the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion with Chu'er.
However, when Su Li went to Gu's house, the divine doctor Huitian took her pulse again and was relieved to know that she was safe.
In the afternoon, she went to the street to buy some supplies for the journey back to Guangning. On the way back, she stopped by Mingyue Pastry Shop to buy some snacks and cakes that the old lady and Ji Zhao's siblings liked.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Zhao Xingwen supporting the pregnant Zhang Ruying.
Xiao Wu whispered, "Madam, I heard that Zhang Ruying is pregnant with twins..."
Twins?
In the original novel, Zhang Ruying did not get pregnant with twins, but the time when they got married was different from the time in the original novel, so it is not surprising that she was pregnant with twins this time.
At this time, Zhang Ruying also saw her, and she still disliked her as always.
She glared at Su Li and said in a sarcastic voice, "Oh, my husband, I should have listened to you and rested at home. Now, I've run into someone I hate and even lost my appetite. It's really bad luck."
Zhao Xingwen supported her carefully. Even though he knew she was talking about Su Li on purpose, his attitude was still indulgent and doting: "You are still so spoiled. In this case, let's go home."
"Well, let's go. This is really unlucky."
As the couple was talking, they were about to pass by Su Li.
Su Li had no reason to suffer in vain, so he stopped them directly.
Zhang Ruying raised her chin, not fearing at all: "A good dog doesn't block the road. Could it be that the Crown Prince's wife doesn't even know such a simple truth? Why, didn't anyone teach you at the Duke's Mansion?"
Su Li curled his lips and sneered, "A good dog doesn't get in the way, but I don't know who is the dog between you and me. Zhang Ruying and Princess Rongfu are both dead, and you're still licking her tongue like a dog? You're so loyal, you were born to be a lackey."
Wasn't it because she wanted to please Princess Rongfu that she tried to embarrass and humiliate her again and again?
"What did you say!"
Zhang Ruying was so angry that she pointed at Su Li and couldn't say anything in rebuttal for a long time.
After all, Su Li was telling the truth. Didn't she want to humiliate Princess Rongfu just to please her?
But after repeatedly hitting a wall in front of her, she became more and more disgusted with her, to the point that every time she saw her she wanted to humiliate her, but every time she did so she ended up shooting herself in the foot.
Zhao Xingwen was naturally unhappy about his wife being humiliated like this. It was not that he cared about her that much, but when they were in the academy, Ji Tinglan always suppressed him in everything. Now that he had become the prince of the Duke of Ji's Mansion, he suppressed him even more. Now his wife also wanted to suppress his wife. How could he tolerate it?
"Madam, Ying'er doesn't have much of an appetite during her pregnancy. She was just complaining a few times. Why did you bother with a pregnant woman and still be so persistent?"
Su Li raised an eyebrow: "Why, are you heartbroken?"
Zhao Xingwen acted like a good man: "Ying'er is my wife. She worked hard to give birth to my child. I naturally feel sorry for her."
Su Li taunted, "Master Zhao is truly a good man. I just wonder if he also felt sorry for your deceased first wife, the one who gave birth to your children?"
Su Li continued to talk to herself, "Oh, of course I won't feel bad. After all, Lord Zhao's deceased first wife didn't have a father who was a minister."
The implication is that Zhao Xingwen's so-called sympathy for Zhang Ruying is only because she has a father who is a minister.
It is not a busy time for the dim sum shop, but there are still many people in the shop who come to buy dim sum. Although they seem to be choosing dim sum, they are actually listening to the noise here with their ears perked up.
When they heard Su Li's words, they couldn't help but secretly agree. What a good man, isn't he just a gigolo who lives off his wife?
Zhao Xingwen's face was extremely grim. "Madam, although you are just a country woman, you are now the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion. You should learn some rules and etiquette, so as not to be so outspoken as you are now, not knowing what to say or what not to say!"
Su Li curled up the corners of her mouth and was about to give him a proper response when a cool and pleasant voice came from the door.
"Madam, when did you need Lord Zhao to lecture you?"
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