After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Seeing that his friend did not deny it, Xiahou Xi was shocked.

He was really right. My sister-in-law is related to the Qin family?
However, my sister-in-law looks very similar to Qin Xuan, and even Mrs. Qin. If she is really the daughter of the Qin family, it is actually reasonable.

But why did my sister-in-law grow up in the countryside?
Qin family, do you know that there is such a daughter?

Xiahou Xi had many doubts in his mind. He looked up and saw that the couple were looking at him. After a pause, he smiled and assured, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who likes to gossip."

Qiao Jingjing and Lu Xingzhi both looked at him with an indescribable look. If it were someone else, they might have believed it, but Xiahou Xi's mouth was not very reliable.

"What are you looking at? Don't you believe me?" Xiahou Xi looked annoyed.

"In short, this matter has not been investigated clearly yet. You must not make it public before it is investigated clearly." Lu Xingzhi reminded again.

Xiahou Xi was very upset, "Am I such a person who doesn't know the difference between the important and the unimportant?"

Lu Xingzhi didn't say anything, the answer was obvious.

Xiahou Xi was very angry, "I trust you so much, but you don't trust me?"

Qiao Jingjing coughed lightly, "Master Xiahou, your husband doesn't distrust you."

Xiahou Xi glanced at Lu Xingzhi, snorted coldly, and said, "By the way, you haven't told me why Madam Qin wanted to kill Aunt Chen. Even if my sister-in-law might be a daughter of the Qin family, she has no reason to kill my sister-in-law."

Lu Xingzhi said calmly: "Think about it, if my wife is really the daughter of the Qin family, why did she grow up in the countryside? And Duke Qin and Prince Qin probably don't know that there is such a daughter and sister. Why did Madam Qin hide this?

If I'm not mistaken, Madam Qin must have stolen everything from my sister and married into the Duke Qin's mansion on her behalf. Master Yu and Old Lady Yu only have Madam Qin as their daughter. Aunt Chen is probably the only one who knows that Old Lady Yu gave birth to another daughter. Madam Qin was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so she killed her to silence her."

He was not sure at first, but Aunt Chen said before she died that the second young lady was Madam Qin's twin sister.

Since they are twins, they must look exactly the same.

In Duke Qin's mansion, Madam Qin obviously hates Qin Xuan, which makes people think more.

What kind of woman would not love her own child, to the point of being violent towards him?
First, the child is not her own, and is born to someone she hates; second, the mother’s character is problematic.

Of course, Mrs. Qin’s character is indeed problematic, but she is obviously very good to Qin Yue’er, but she is so disgusted with her son Qin Xuan.

So he was sure that Qin Xuan was not only not born to Madam Qin, but was also born to someone she hated.

Since he was not born to Madam Qin, then Qin Xuan, who looks like Madam Qin, must have been born to the second lady. For some unknown reason, Madam Qin married Duke Qin instead of her sister and kept Duke Qin in the dark.

Thinking of this, Lu Xingzhi fell into deep thought.

Xiahou Xi had imagined the first few sentences he said before, and when he heard the last few sentences, he couldn't help but feel incredible, "Mrs. Qin stole everything from my sister and married the Duke of Qin?"

"These are just my guesses." Lu Xing knew.

"If it's really as you said, then Madam Qin is too abominable." Xiahou Xi said with some fear, "Moreover, if Old Madam Yu really gave birth to twins, why did she hide it? What secrets were there? And what Madam Qin did, did Master Yu and the others know about it?"

What he said was exactly what puzzled Lu Xingzhi and Qiao Jingjing.

They clearly gave birth to twins, why did she hold one in her hands while ignoring the other, and even not letting others know the existence of this daughter?
Qiao Jingjing thought of what Aunt Chen said before she died, and she felt depressed and uncomfortable.

They were both daughters, so why were they treated so differently? But it had been so many years since the incident, and it was not easy to find out the truth. Even Aunt Chen was killed to silence her. It was obvious that anyone who knew the truth back then would have been killed.

However, judging from what Aunt Chen said, the second young lady was still fine and not pregnant before she resigned and returned home.

Therefore, if she and Qin Xuan were both born to the second young lady, it would mean that Aunt Chen was unaware of what happened to the second young lady after she left, so she also did not know that the second young lady had given birth to two more children.

Madam Qin killed her to silence her just to prevent people from knowing that the Yu family actually had another daughter.

"What are you going to do next?" Xiahou Xi looked at the couple's faces for a moment and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lu Xingzhi did not answer, but said: "Now, the only people who know about it are probably Old Madam Yu and Madam Qin."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned when she heard this, "You mean, Master Yu doesn't know about it either?"

Lu Xingzhi shook his head, "Not necessarily, this is just my guess."

Qiao Jingjing was silent.

Regardless of whether Mr. Yu knew or was unaware of Madam Qin's marriage to Duke Qin in place of his sister, it was an indisputable fact that the Yu family treated the second young lady badly.

Moreover, the Yu family also erased the existence of my younger sister.

What kind of secrets does the Yu family hide?
"Besides them, the people who serve them closely must also know about it." Qiao Jingjing suddenly raised her head and looked at him.

Lu Xingzhi nodded, "You are right. If we want to find out the truth, we can only start with those who serve us."

"But it may not be easy to get useful information from those people." Qiao Jingjing frowned and said distressedly.

"Everyone has weaknesses. As long as you find their weaknesses, they will reveal the truth." Xiahou Xi said lazily.

"In that case, I will hand the person over to you for interrogation when the time comes." Lu Xing knew.

Xiahou Xi choked, "Why me?"

Lu Xingzhi patted his shoulder and said, "Except you, no one else can do this job. I believe that those who are interrogated by Xiahou Shaoqing will confess everything on their own initiative."

Xiahou Xi was pleased in his heart, but said on the surface: "Finally you remembered my kindness?"

Qiao Jingjing secretly found it funny when she saw this.

But after this interruption, her mood improved a lot.

The government officials arrived soon, and Lu Xingzhi and Xiahou Xi went down to negotiate with them. While Qiao Jingjing was sitting in the private room waiting, Manager Chen brought people and served food, all of which were signature dishes of Zuixianlou.

Unfortunately, despite the delicious food on the table, Qiao Jingjing didn't touch any of it.

When Lu Xingzhi came back, he saw Qiao Jingjing sitting in a daze, not eating a single bite of the food on the table. He frowned, walked over, held the back of her chair and asked, "Why don't you eat something?"

"I'm not hungry." Qiao Jingjing shook her head. In fact, she had no appetite. (End of this chapter)