Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1225 Gossip
Chu Chengyao was also surprised to hear that Yu Momo and Xu died in the fire last night. Yu Momo's move was extremely secretive, so no one would know that he was his man, so naturally they would not go after Yu Momo.

Who wants to kill Xu?
Zhong Yi stammered:
“We haven’t found out who they are. But…the thieves who were sent to investigate before, who kidnapped Lin Jinyun, happened to appear near the burning house last night.

We sent people to track down this group of people and found that they had been to Zhou’s residence the day before yesterday…”

Although Zhong Yi did not point it out explicitly, the implication of his words was that Xu's death was most likely related to Zhou Huaili.

Chu Chengyao was confused after hearing this:
"Although the Zhou family and the Lin family no longer have any contact, they have never severed their relationship. What reason does he have to kill the Xu family?"

Zhong Yi looked even more embarrassed, and only spoke after being urged by Chu Chengyao:
"Recently, officials and their wives have been gossiping about the princess in private..."

Chu Chengyao originally thought that Zhong Yi had found out something important, but when he heard that it was about Zhou Yuexue's reputation, he immediately lost interest in listening and lowered his eyes to look at the list in his hand:

"Zhong Yi, you should know how busy I have been recently and how tense the situation is. If you have time to talk nonsense, you should do more work for me.

Her reputation was like that before she got married, so there is no point in saying more."

Although Zhong Yi found it difficult to speak, he did not want his master to be kept in the dark, so he gritted his teeth and continued:
"That day at Ronghua Hall, the princess and the Lin family had a quarrel in public, and then rumors began to spread. It was said that... the princess and Lin Jinyun, the second wife of the Lin family, had some unclear relationship...

I don't want the palace to be humiliated, so I sent someone to find out who spread the rumor. They didn't find out, but they found out... the handkerchief you collected before seemed to be embroidered by the princess for Lin Jinyun."

Chu Chengyao suppressed his impatience and listened to the end. He slowly raised his eyes and saw Zhong Yi staring at his toes and not daring to look at him at all.

Chu Chengyao's thoughts drifted away, and he suddenly remembered Yan Ling's strange expression when she took out the handkerchief in public at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. He felt something was wrong at the time, but the matter was urgent and he had no time to think about it.

Also, on the day when Ronghuatang opened, Yanling mentioned the handkerchief when she was angry. Lin Jinyan also said at that time that it would ruin people's marriages. So this is what she meant... If this is true, then it makes sense for the Zhou family to want to get rid of Lin Jinyun before the wedding...

Then why did Xu do that?

Disgusting anger swept through his heart inch by inch, spreading to the bottom of his eyes. Chu Chengyao slowly tightened his hands and laughed in anger:

"Okay, very good."

Upon hearing Chu Chengyao's order to investigate the matter in detail and to send an invitation to invite Princess Yanling and Gu Yichen to dinner, Zhong Yi, who was too afraid to breathe, quickly obeyed the order and left.

Only after leaving the yard did Zhong Yi slow down his pace. He used to admire Zhou Yuexue very much because of the Phoenix Fate theory, and he said a lot of good things in private in front of his master to try to reconcile them.

If Zhou Yuexue is really that kind of fickle, vicious and hypocritical woman, then wouldn’t he be harming his master?

Could such a woman with such a corrupt character, such a bad reputation that she brought disaster to her master, and who had no help at all, really be destined to be a phoenix?

After instructing the spies to investigate secretly, he turned around and saw Song Yi and Cao Xian who had just returned from sword practice.

Recalling that before the wedding, Song Yi had wanted to stop his master from marrying Zhou Yuexue, Zhong Yi inexplicably called Song Yi aside.

After listening to Song Yi's description of Zhou Yuexue's young character, Zhong Yi's already gloomy face became even darker.

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After seeing off Zhong Yi, whose steps were getting heavy, Song Yi glanced in the direction of the main courtyard:
It's going to change.