Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 174
The more Li Taiwei thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

Li Yao went to Bai's house some time ago, but Li Pu hasn't been able to find an opportunity to talk to her about Sheng Rubai.

Judging by Wei Wan's expression today, I'm afraid she has already become suspicious of her and Sheng Rubai.If Wei Wan was asked to find out what was wrong, it would not only hurt Li Yao's face!

Thinking about it this way, Li Taiwei couldn't feel at ease anymore, and went straight to Zhao's Qingluju as soon as he returned to the mansion.

Mrs. Zhao was sitting on the porch watching Aunt Zheng embroidering flowers. When she saw Li Taiwei coming, the two hurriedly dropped their embroidery work.

Mrs. Zhao greeted her personally, with a look of surprise on her face, she said:

"Why did the princess come at this hour? I heard that the princess went to Jingzhao Mansion, and the third uncle also went... Could something have happened?"

Li Taiwei asked Dafu to send half of the dim sum brought back by Wei Wan to Yunshuiju to Zhaohe when he was at Ruyi Tangshui shop, and the remaining half to Qingluju to Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao thanked her with a smile, and even Aunt Zheng's face was stained with gratitude.

Mrs. Zhao was pregnant, and Li Taiwei didn't want to startle her, so she dealt with it casually and looked at Aunt Zheng who stood aside, looking a little at a loss.

Seeing Li Taiwei looking over, Aunt Zheng hurriedly straightened her dress, stepped forward to salute Li Taiwei:
"I have met the princess..."

Mrs. Li turned slightly to avoid it, and said softly:
"Is my aunt still used to being in the mansion?"

Aunt Zheng hurriedly made another gift to Li Taiwei gratefully:
"Thank you, Princess, for your concern... Everything is fine with me, if it wasn't for the princess... I'm afraid that I won't be able to see Sister Jing anymore..."

"The princess treats sister Jing like this...the concubine has nothing to repay, the princess should be worshiped by the concubine..."

Li Taiwei stretched out her hand to stop Aunt Zheng's body, but she told Zhao Shi to stop.

Mrs. Zhao held Li Taiwei's hand and said with a moved expression:
"This is my aunt's wish, the princess should accept this gift..."

Li Taiwei couldn't hold back Zhao's mother and daughter, so she had no choice but to agree.

Mrs. Zhao took Li Taiwei's arm and sat down under the flower stand outside the corridor, then turned around and asked Xianglan to pour tea.

Seeing that they had something to say, Aunt Zheng was about to bow and leave when Li Taiwei asked Dafu to move a stool for Aunt Zheng.

Mrs. Zhao was slightly startled, but her eyes were full of gratitude.

Aunt Zheng never thought that Li Taiwei would be able to praise her like this in front of the servant girl of Xiangfu, she looked at Mrs. Zhao with some anxiety.

Mrs. Zhao nodded to her with a smile, and then Aunt Zheng dared to sit down cautiously.

Li Taiwei looked at the half-embroidered baby soft cloth shoes on the small table, which were as big as the palm of her hand, she looked so cute, she turned her head and said to Zhao:
"Auntie's embroidery is really good. It would look even better if there were two smaller oriental beads on the shoes..."

After saying that, Li Taiwei turned around and said to Dafu:
"You pick out some of the little winter pearls in my cage, and take them to my sister-in-law..."

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly stopped her and said:

"The princess can't make it..."

Zheng Shi was also taken aback, and hurriedly said:

"Princess... milk dolls can use these..."

Li Taiwei never raised a child in her previous life, seeing that everyone was so nervous, she didn't force herself, chatted with Zhao's mother and daughter, and then asked about Li Yao.

Mrs. Zhao never thought that Li Taiwei came here for Li Yao, so she showed anxiety on her face:

"Princess...Could it be that Sister Yao got into trouble in Bai's house?"

Li Taiwei asked Dafu to send all the servants away, and then said:
"I've thought about something and I still want to tell my sister-in-law..."

Li Taiwei and Jiang Liyao talked to Mrs. Zhao about Sheng Rubai's possible interest in Sheng Rubai, and then told Mrs. Zhao about Sheng Rubai's marriage proposal with Wei Wan.

After saying that, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but change her face, she looked at Aunt Zheng, and said worriedly:
"Princess, to be honest... My aunt and I also guessed that Sister Yao's favorite is Mr. Sheng..."

Li Taiwei looked at Zhao Shi and motioned for her to continue.

Mrs. Zhao paused, then said:

"A few days before Sister Yao went to Uncle Yongping's mansion, the maid I added to her room reported that Sister Yao would hang it on the jujube tree in the courtyard every few days when she got up in the morning and took advantage of people's unpreparedness. A silver ribbon...after dark, a red ribbon will be retrieved from among the branches of the tree..."

"I couldn't let it go, so I asked someone to stare at it secretly. The servant girl who reported back said... When the person came to fetch the ribbon, he was very fast, but he looked like Mr. Sheng who sent Sister Yao back to the house that day..."

"I was afraid that something would happen to sister Yao, so I secretly took it when she was not in the courtyard..."

While talking, Mrs. Zhao asked Xianglan to fetch the red ribbon from the back room, with a small note tied inside, Mrs. Zhao opened it and handed it to Li Taiwei.

Li Taiwei took a closer look, there were only a few words in it, but it expressed the girl's longing.

Perhaps in order to deceive people, the note was neither signed nor titled, and the font was crooked, so it should be written with the left hand.

Li Taiwei's brows and eyes suddenly lowered:

"Sister-in-law didn't tell the eldest cousin about this?"

Mrs. Zhao bowed her head, wondering:

"Husband and Sister Yao have argued many times... Although I took this note, I can't prove it. If something is wrong, I'm afraid it will make things worse..."

"Besides, I asked someone to take the ribbon, maybe I alarmed that person, and the two of them never exchanged letters until Sister Yao went to her grandfather's house in Uncle Yongping's residence..."

Li Taiwei understands Zhao's difficulties, but Li Yao and Sheng Rubai are not clear at the moment, and they can't get out of control.

"Sister-in-law should come up with an idea with elder brother to bring Sister Yao back as soon as possible..."

Mrs. Zhao showed embarrassment at the mention of this, Aunt Zheng thought about it for a while, and then boldly said:

"The princess doesn't know something. Our sister Jing asked someone to send food and clothing to the Yongping uncle's house several times, but the fourth girl returned them..."

"The people in the house didn't even see Miss Fourth, let alone persuade her to go back to the house..."

"Auntie!"

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly frowned, and glanced at Li Taiwei anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Li Taiwei sneered with a sullen face and said:

"She really thinks of herself as a member of the Bai family..."

"If she really has the intention of living in Yongpingbo's mansion, she should ask Nanny Song of the Bai family to pack all her belongings away... It will save the mansion from worrying!"

Mrs. Zhao couldn't help showing surprise when she heard the words:

"What did the princess say? Nanny Song of the Bai family? When did she come to the mansion?"

Li Taiwei was stunned, stared at Mrs. Zhao in surprise, widened her eyes and said:

"The day before Li Yao went to Uncle Yongping's mansion, didn't the Bai family ask Nanny Song to pick her up?"

Nian Xia went to inquire specifically that day, and said that Nanny Song had come the night before to arrange clothes and jewelry for Li Yao, and returned to Bai's house with Li Yao early the next morning...

Could it be that there is fraud in this?

Seeing Mrs. Li's shocked expression, Mrs. Zhao was also a little confused, she shook her head and said:

"Did the princess make a mistake? That day, Uncle Yongping's mansion didn't send anyone to pick him up. Sister Yao went away in a carriage by herself early in the morning..."

Li Taiwei's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he turned to tell Dafu:

"Ask Nianxia to call the old woman who said that Sister Yao took Nanny Song out of the mansion to ask questions..."

(End of this chapter)