394: ​​The Crown Princess Is a Little Fox

Zhu Chanyi glanced at Su Xinyi after hearing this, and thought that this was a bit interesting. She smiled at her and said, "You make sense. It's not easy for me, a married woman, to take care of my family affairs. Naturally, I can only ask my grandfather to take care of it."

Su Xinyi was happy and said to Zhu Chanyi, "The old Duke is very wise and capable. It's your blessing."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but think that if her grandfather was as healthy as Duke Zheng, the Duke Qi's mansion would not have lived in such a cowardly way as in the previous life.

It's really not good for this family to have no one who can do it.

Can't handle things.

Zhu Chanyi still looked at Su Xinyi hesitantly, "If you want to investigate this marriage, it will inevitably involve the Jiang family..."

It's not easy to deal with military generals and civil officials.

Su Xinyi laughed, "It's not easy to deal with, but it depends on what the matter is. I think Mrs. Zhu will have a way to deal with this kind of thing."

Mrs. Jiang wanted to cancel the marriage immediately. If she knew that the Zhu family was willing to lend a hand, she would naturally welcome it.

Mrs. Jiang said before that she would find a way to cancel the engagement. She was worried that her overreaction would make the Queen resent the Jiang family. The Jiang family was also on the Prince's boat. If people on the same boat quarreled among themselves, it would not be what Su Xinyi and the Prince wanted to see.

So, she went to great lengths to persuade the Queen to investigate Yan Qiongsi. Otherwise, why would she bother? She could just wait for news from Mrs. Jiang.

Zhu Chanyi sat for a while, thinking about something, and then got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, she looked at Su Xinyi and said, "I heard that Fu Yun and the Ming concubine sent by Concubine Li were in a big fight at the Prince Xiang's Mansion, but seeing that the Princess Xiang was about to marry in, the two of them stopped fighting for the time being."

Su Xinyi was quite surprised, "This is quite interesting. Can these two people join forces?"

Zhu Chanyi raised his eyebrows, "After all, the future Princess Xiang is also quite famous."

This was very much in Su Xinyi's mind.

After sending Zhu Chanyi away, Su Xinyi took a nap on the soft pillow. She had been running back and forth this morning. Even though she was in good health, she felt a little tired at this moment.

The Crown Prince had not replied yet, and Su Xinyi was even more worried. She had no idea what was going on. She would know when the second messenger came back.

There was no other way except to wait.

In the afternoon, Zhan Qiao came with a piece of news.

"Those little beggars have been found. Fortunately, the second master's people found them quickly, otherwise these children would be in danger." Zhan Qiao said in a deep voice.

Su Xinyi asked, "Where did you find them?"

"In a mass grave outside the capital, not many people go there. Several little beggars were knocked unconscious, their hands and feet were tied, and their mouths were blocked. They were thrown there. If it were a few days later, they would have starved to death."

"How cruel." Su Xinyi took a deep breath. "Did you settle them down?"

"Second Master was afraid of being discovered, so he secretly settled them in a farm outside the capital and took care of them first. According to the little beggars, they may have been discovered before, but the people behind them were watching them and wanted to find the people behind them. Fortunately, they were cautious and did not return to Qingjinfang or look for Zeng Liang."

"So, they didn't confess who ordered them to starve to death?"

"It should be. Fortunately, they didn't want to kill them with one knife, otherwise we might have found corpses."

"Zeng Liang's side Have you sent the letter?"

"Yes, Zeng Liang said he will remember the favor from the Second Master this time."

Su Xinyi shook her head, "It was because he helped us that he got into trouble. Although Zeng Liang is not short of money, you should still take some of it. Ask him if he wants to meet someone. If he does, take him there quietly to take a look."

"I have asked, Zeng Liang said he doesn't need to go, he feels very safe in the Second Master's territory." Zhan Qiao paused here, "Crown Princess, I think Zeng Liang is going to have a feud with King Yi, I'm afraid he will do something impulsive."

Su Xinyi nodded slightly, "Then go see him again and tell him that I know everything. I will seek justice for him and tell him not to worry."

Although Zeng Liang is a beggar leader, he is a loyal man who was able to protect Bao Datong and Tian Zao.

Fearing that Zeng Liang would not listen to his advice, he added, "Tell him that Tian Zao and Bao Datong are still thinking about coming back to see him, so let him live well."

Zhan Qiao nodded, "I will go there in the evening."

Su Xinyi nodded, "You should also pay attention to the Duke's Mansion, but don't let anyone find out that you often go there, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Prince Yi."

"Don't worry, Princess Consort, Cao Qing is back at the Duke's Mansion now, and we have a place to meet privately." Zhan Qiao smiled, "Cao Qing is not used to staying in the capital now, and asked me to ask you when he can take up his duties."

"Isn't it better to let him rest?" Su Xinyi smiled, "Wait first, Your Highness is not in the capital, and the Tatars will not be able to recover after this battle for two or three years, and Your Majesty is not in the mood to arrange their affairs now. Besides, the assassination of the caravan has not yet come to a conclusion, and now is not the best time to go out."

Zhan Qiao said, "As soon as I told Cao Qing, he calmed down."

"Go ahead." Su Xinyi waved her hand.

Zhan Qiao bowed and stepped back.

Su Xinyi went to the study. There were too many things going on recently, and she had to sort out her thoughts.

***

Zhu Chanyi did not rush back to her parents' home after returning to Prince Rong's Mansion. Instead, she sent someone around her back to her parents' home to deliver a message, and then took a car back to Duke Zheng's Mansion the next day.

She is not as powerful as the Crown Princess. After getting married, His Majesty can nod her to go out and ride horses. Although she is also the daughter of a military commander, she does not receive such treatment in front of His Majesty.

In order not to cause trouble for the family and King Rong, naturally I couldn't be as free and casual as I was at my parents' house.

The carriage of Prince Rong's Mansion stopped in front of Zheng Guogong's Mansion. Mrs. Zhu came out to pick up her daughter in person. The two mothers and daughters entered the door affectionately. To outsiders, it seemed that Princess Rong was just missing her family and came back to visit her. Behind her was a gift from Prince Rong. The guards were waiting outside Zheng Guogong's mansion like door gods, and no one would think too much about it.

After Mrs. Zhu entered the house, she said to her daughter: "Your grandfather is already waiting for you. You said that your child, if something happened to you, didn't tell your parents, but you have to worry about it first." Your grandfather."

"Mom, my grandfather will talk to you and dad later. This is not the responsibility of the prince." Zhu Chanyi finally understood how a married woman should balance the relationship between her husband's family and her natal family.

At this point, she glanced at her mother and asked in a low voice: "Is sister-in-law at home?"

The eldest sister-in-law is Guo Yunrong, who just married Zhu Yi. Although she is friends with Guo Yunrong and the Crown Princess, this matter is very important. Even her parents have to make the decision. How much does the grandfather know? There is also a Guo family behind the eldest sister-in-law. , Zhu Chanyi is naturally more cautious.

It's not that she doesn't trust her sister-in-law, but she doesn't know the Guo family very well, so she can't take risks.

Mrs. Zhu glanced at her daughter and said, "Your sister-in-law is in her own yard. I will wait for you to finish talking to your grandfather before meeting her again."

Zhu Chanyi nodded, "Yes, but it depends on my grandfather's instructions for this matter. Mother must not drag my sister-in-law into it first."

Mrs. Zhu was happy, "Mom, you still don't know, but now that you are a princess and you can think about things so thoughtfully, I am happy. Go ahead and see your grandfather first. Mother will wait for you in the courtyard."

Zhu Chanyi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll talk to you later. I miss you."

"You silly girl, go quickly."

Mrs. Zhu watched her daughter enter the courtyard of the father-in-law, and then turned around and walked back. Her heart felt a little heavy. She didn't know what happened, but she actually asked her daughter to come back to discuss with the father-in-law.

It can be seen that it is not a trivial matter. If it were a trivial matter, the daughter would not alarm her grandfather.

Guo Yunrong was reading in his yard. Linghua opened the curtain and entered the house. He bent down beside his girl and whispered softly: "Young madam, I heard that Princess Rong has returned to the house."

Guo Yunrong was overjoyed, "Really? What happened when and now it's in my mother's yard?"

Linghua's face froze slightly, and then she said: "The princess went back to the palace to see the Duke first. The eldest lady sent her there personally."

Guo Yunrong was stunned, looking at Linghua with a somewhat dissatisfied look on her face, and reached out to poke her head, "What are you doing?"

Linghuaya said in a low voice: "I just think that you don't know about the princess' return to the house. If I hadn't accidentally learned about it, I'm afraid we wouldn't know about it even if she left. You are the eldest young lady in this house after all. , I should have informed you.”

"Who did you learn all this from? If I go back to my parents' house, do I have to go out of my way to say hello to my sister-in-law?"

Linghua said subconsciously: "Of course not..."

Guo Yunrong was happy and glanced at her, "Understood?"

Linghua was a little embarrassed, but then she became happy, "That's right, I'm wrong. I'm always afraid that you will be looked down upon in this house."

Guo Yunrong smiled, "Who can look down on me? My father is the commander of the Royal Forest Army. Not to mention that my husband is just a petty official now and is still accumulating qualifications. Even my father-in-law is still the heir apparent, and his official position is not as high as my father's. The old man in this family is in a day , I, my granddaughter-in-law, am relaxed.”

Guo Yunrong's temperament was lively and lovely, and she was open-minded. She never cared about everything. Marrying Zhu Yi was not only a marriage between two families, but also the person she liked. After marrying, her mother-in-law was kind, and her husband was not as considerate as a talented scholar. , but treated her sincerely, I don’t know how easy and happy my life was.

"This slave has made a mistake." Linghua said immediately.

"Linghua, you have been with me for so many years, and we have a special bond between master and servant. If someone tries to provoke you in the future, you can't be as reckless as you are today. If you make another mistake, I will send you back to the Guo family."

"Oh, I don't dare, I'm worried about you." Linghua said hurriedly, "You said this, I think I'm really fooled. I'll remember it this time. I'll see if I don't do it next time." Teach her a lesson."

Guo Yunrong knew that Linghua was loyal, so he could only give a warning at this time, "As long as you know what's going on, just wait. After the princess meets her grandfather, she always wants to meet me. We have exchanged handkerchiefs for so many years."

Linghua immediately said: "Please go and wait outside. Someone from Madam's side will definitely come to deliver the message."

Guo Yunrong waved his hand and let Linghua go. He could no longer read the book in his hand after being interrupted one by one.

Chanyi suddenly came back and saw her grandfather, something big must have happened.

Guo Yunrong knew that not everyone could have an ear or a hand in all major family matters. Even if something happened in the Guo family, her parents would not tell her about a little girl in the boudoir.

Now that she is married, she is just a new daughter-in-law who has not contributed an inch to the family. Why should people tell her everything?

She didn't feel that she was being treated lightly. In her family, if her sister-in-law had just gotten married and had to take care of the family's affairs, her mother would not agree.

Thinking of this, he stood up and called another girl over, "Go to the kitchen and ask them to make some white jade cakes quickly."

Chanyi likes to eat this the most.

The girl didn't ask why, turned around and went to the kitchen.

On the other side, after listening to his granddaughter's words, Zheng Guogong looked very serious. He walked slowly around the room with his hands behind his back, walking three or four times, then stopped, looked at Chanyi and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhu Chanyi didn't expect her grandfather to ask her first. She was stunned for a moment and then said, "My granddaughter didn't think about anything else. She just remembered that you told me before we got married that you were the protector of the crown prince, so my granddaughter remembered it."

Zheng Guogong was startled for a moment, and then smiled. His granddaughter saw it right.

"Grandfather said so, but after you marry someone, that is Princess Rong, so naturally you have to think about Prince Rong." Zheng Guogong said again.

Zhu Chanyi was deeply silent when she thought of Prince Rong's behavior. After a while, she said, "Grandpa, I think it's good for Prince Rong to follow His Highness the Crown Prince."

That is to say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess could control him. She saw that the Queen still indulged Prince Rong a lot. If no one took care of this, it would be a disaster.

She also couldn't understand how someone like the Queen could teach such a temperament as King Rong.

Zhu Chanyi naturally couldn't figure it out. In his previous life, after being pushed by the queen to constantly oppose the prince, and someone else making suggestions, King Rong's temperament was completely different from that in this life.

In his previous life, not only the queen, but also others pushed him forward and could not retreat. He constantly had conflicts with the prince, and after constantly suffering losses, his temperament naturally changed.

This life is different. With Su Xinyi's intervention, Prince Rong and the Crown Prince stood on the same boat, with the Queen controlling them and the Crown Prince protecting them. They were not letting themselves go.

The queen's indulgence was obviously well thought out. Since she did not compete with the prince, she naturally could not raise a son who was praised for observing etiquette and law. Only the prince who was prone to being caught in pigtails could be protected by the prince.

Zheng Guogong strangely guessed some of the truth from his granddaughter's silent face. King Rong's temper... He felt a little unworthy of being beaten when he left.

I also feel wronged to my own children.

If it weren't for the imperial edict granting marriage, King Rong would have had to find a way to reject his granddaughter's wish to marry him. However, he had been loyal to the emperor all his life, so Duke Zheng had no choice but to hold his nose and accept the imperial edict.

"Grandpa will arrange for someone to investigate, so don't worry. I'll tell you when there is news. The Crown Princess..." Zheng Guogong's eyes flashed when he thought of Su Xinyi, "You and she were friends earlier, and now we are sisters-in-law." Luo, just get along well. You can help the Crown Princess with anything she doesn’t want to do. "

Zhu Chanyi nodded, "I listen to my grandfather."

"Go and talk to your mother. As for your sister-in-law, don't talk about it yet. We'll discuss it after I see your brother." Zheng Guogong told his granddaughter.

Zhu Chanyi thought that this was indeed the case, so she smiled and agreed, then stood up and left.

As soon as Zhu Chanyi left, Zheng Guogong's expression became serious. He called his cronies and whispered: "Immediately let people keep an eye on the Guangping County Prince's Mansion, especially the every move of Princess Runyi. In addition, Let’s find out what happened before Princess Runyi got engaged to the Jiang family, especially if she saw anyone during those days.”

"Yes, my subordinate will go check it out right now."

Duke Zheng nodded, thinking that the Crown Princess would definitely not mention that the Jiang family's marriage was planned by Princess Runyi for no reason. Since it was a plan, there had to be a reason.

Why did you target the Jiang family?

King Yi...

What is the dispute between the Jiang family and King Yi?

If there was no dispute, the Crown Princess would not hint that this marriage might have anything to do with King Yi.

If it is really related to King Yi, what does King Yi want?

Among your Majesty's sons, none of King Yi's sons are close to each other.

Moreover, His Majesty has many sons, but King Yi is still a concubine. To him, the throne is like the moon in the sky, which he can only look at and out of reach.

The throne has nothing to do with him, it can only be related to the person who sits on the throne.

But I couldn't tell which prince Yi Wang was close to. The only sign was that Princess Wu attended Princess Yi's banquet a few days ago.

Ji Shilang... I didn't find out which prince he was usually close to, and his private meeting with King Yi was discovered by people from the East Palace...

Zheng Guogong's mind was spinning. He thought that Su Xinyi's little fox looked very much like her father. When Fourth Master Su was around, he had an idea in his eyes. His granddaughter told her that no one was available in the East Palace, but he didn't believe a word of it.

The East Palace cannot be moved, and the Duke's Palace of Qi cannot be used?

The old man in the Duke of Qi's palace was a fox among foxes. He gave his son the title early on to take care of himself until his old age. Wasn't it because he didn't want to be taboo to His Majesty today? This old guy is amazing, he can gain and give up, advance and retreat. Anyway, if it were him, he might not be able to do it.

The Duke of Qi's Mansion will definitely be moved, but now the Crown Princess has taken the Duke's Mansion of Qi out of the Queen's presence. Why is she doing this?

Zheng Guogong couldn't guess the princess's intentions for a while, but he had to do things well next.

Let's find out what's going on with the Jiang family first. The little fox will definitely not make useless plans. She might be holding something back.

Others say that Su Xinyi is rude and will take action whenever they disagree. She is the first Crown Princess in the history of Southern Qi who does not follow the rules. If she is such a person, can His Majesty choose her as the Crown Princess?

Let alone Su Chun's death, it is impossible even if Su Chun is alive.

Besides, Su Xinyi became the Crown Princess. Did she do something that was caught and affected the Crown Prince?

No.

Duke Zheng thought of this and walked faster. Su Xinyi's actions only showed one thing: Prince Yi had problems, and Princess Runyi had problems.

Princess Runyi had problems, which threatened Prince Rong.

If Prince Rong had problems, Duke Zheng's mansion would not be able to escape.

Duke Zheng's face darkened. No wonder the Crown Princess asked her granddaughter to go back to her parents' home for help. She knew that he would not disagree.

Once you step on it, you can't get off.