After the groom escaped from marriage, she married Jiangmen

Chapter 20 Clues
Xiaowen is the son of a family, and her parents are also working in the Ningguo Mansion. Her home is in a street behind the Ningguo Mansion, and the people who live there are basically slaves from the surrounding families.Although slaves and maidservants have residences in the master's house, it is obviously inconvenient for those who have become families to live in the master's house. Most of them will have a residence nearby, and return to their own homes when they are not on duty.Since there are parents, Xiaowen will not be rejected if she asks for leave to go back to see her parents, but at this time, it has to make people think too much.

Bi He's heart became more serious, she nodded and said, "Young servant, please find someone to ask."

In the East Palace, Cheng Junyue had just put the child to sleep, and when she returned to her own room, she saw the prince sitting at the table drinking tea, and when she came out, she raised her head and asked, "Brother Chun is asleep?"

"I'm exhausted after playing all day," Cheng Junyue moved the teapot away, "It's getting late, I won't be able to fall asleep after drinking too much tea."

The prince smiled, and put down the teacup in his hand, "You have been busy all day today, no one will make trouble for you!"

Sitting in the position of the prince, marriage should be more about the court than the relationship.When the royal family chose Cheng Junyue, apart from Cheng Junyue himself being a generous and outstanding girl, it was more because of the Cheng family, backed by the Cheng family, who had a high prestige in the army and was loyal and patriotic. Cheng Junyue's position in the East Palace was fairly stable.

When the prince said that, Cheng Junyue knew who she was talking about.Last year, a Zhong Liangyuan was added to the East Palace. She was petite and dainty, and she spoke coquettishly and timidly. Cheng Junyue didn't know if other people liked such a woman, but the crown prince really didn't like her. But this is the queen mother's distant niece, If you feel unsatisfactory, you will complain to the Queen Mother.

As the empress dowager with the highest seniority in the palace, she is considered reasonable among old ladies of this age, so when Zhong Liangyuan went to sue, she didn't blame Cheng Junyue, she just called the prince to talk about it, although the queen mother always loves the prince more, but the prince It's really annoying because she is being talked about by the Queen Mother.

"Zhong Liangyuan is quite honest today," Cheng Junyue was also annoyed by Zhong Liangyuan's meddling, but apart from being meddlesome, she didn't make any mistakes, so she could only ask His Royal Highness to take care of her. , I have received a lot of presents, would your Highness want to see them?"

"Then let's have a look!" He was already in the Eastern Palace, and he couldn't be dismissed casually, and the prince didn't want to embarrass himself, so he nodded in agreement after hearing what his wife said.

The guests who came to the birthday banquet would give gifts, but most of them just sorted out the books and put them away, and those who would be sent here were relatively close ones, such as Ningguo Duke's Mansion.When the gift was brought up, the prince noticed the small and exquisite Four Treasures of the Study at a glance, and reached out to pick up the jade pen to look at it, only to hear Cheng Junyue say: "This is a gift from Junze's wife, as expected of a girl raised by a scholarly family."

The prince nodded and said: "Two years ago, I heard that Master Taifu got a good jade and made a set of exquisite ornaments, which were given to his grandchildren. At that time, Gu wanted to ask for one with the cheek. Got it."

That being said, the crown prince can't snatch his son's gift, he has to keep it carefully and take it out when Brother Chun is older. It would be even better if he can urge his son to study hard.With the prince's instructions, the little maid carefully put away the jade ornament, the prince had already opened the other one, Cheng Junyue was sitting next to him holding the gift list, and upon seeing it, he took on the duty of explaining, "This is from the uncle's house, The gift list says a coral tree."

Da Chu has always advocated frugality, so gifts to the emperor and grandson should not be neglected, but most of them are exquisite and small things. This coral tree is only one foot high, but its color is bright and beautiful, which is considered rare.The prince picked up the coral tree to look at it, and said: "Brother Chun likes brightly colored things, this one is..."

The prince's words stopped suddenly, Cheng Junyue turned his head slightly, and asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

The prince took a closer look at the coral tree, and now Cheng Junyue noticed that there was a crack on the tree, which seemed to have been repaired carefully, and it couldn't be seen without a close look.

"Call Lian Youlai!" The prince put the coral tree on the table. As a gift, it is generally not repairable. First, many people think it is unlucky. Second, it has been repaired. Who knows whether it is to save money or to move Hands and feet?What's more, it was sent to the East Palace.The prince didn't believe it was done by his uncle's family, so it was probably tampered with by others.

The coral tree was taken away by the prince's confidants, but after such an interruption, the prince lost the interest to continue looking at the presents. The husband and wife cleaned it up for a while and then took a rest early.

Bihe asked someone to look for Xiaowen, only to get news that Xiaowen was seriously ill, and her parents were about to return to the Duke's Mansion to send another person.The people arranged by Bihe were careful, and when they got the news and asked carefully, Xiaowen suddenly had abdominal pain and vomited blood. Her parents went to the doctor and only said their condolences. Now her family is already preparing for the funeral.

Hearing this, Lu Hanzhi felt that Xiaowen didn't seem to be sick, but rather poisoned, but her parents obviously didn't dare to tell the truth. Hearing this, they planned to take this opportunity to send another person in.Xiaowen is a second-class maid in Chengyuan. Not to mention the rewards from her master, she has a lot of money in a single month. If she dies unexpectedly, according to the usual practice, the master Lu Hanzhi will always reward some money. It is not a problem for her family to send someone over. But if he did something against the master, it would be good if he didn't implicate his family.

Lu Hanzhi stared deeply at the jade ornaments that he hadn't had time to put away, and said, "Take your things and go to the Heyuan to see your mother."

Lu Hanzhi didn't intend to hide this matter from the Zheng family. The other party came for the Cheng family. Although Lu Hanzhi could investigate, but there were too few people who could use it. If he couldn't investigate clearly, the legacy would be a disaster.It's just that Lu Hanzhi was exhausted after walking around the palace today, not to mention Mrs. Zheng. Lu Hanzhi originally planned to find out some clues by himself first, and then go to Mrs. Zheng tomorrow morning, but Xiaowen was silenced. After waiting, one night is enough for many clues to disappear.

Mrs. Zheng was really exhausted. After returning to the mansion, she chatted with Ning Guogong and planned to take an early rest. At this moment, she heard Lu Hanzhi coming.

Based on Zheng's understanding of Lu Hanzhi, Lu Hanzhi has never been busy, and it must be no small matter to come here at this time. Thinking of this, she asked Ning Guogong to rest first, and she changed her clothes and came out.

Lu Hanzhi moved the congratulatory gift, and Xiaowen went through the details of the sudden accident, saying: "I shouldn't have disturbed mother so late, but this matter is very important. If it is delayed, I'm afraid there will be no clues. gone."

(End of this chapter)