Doting on concubines and destroying wives? I don’t want to be the mistress of the Hou clan anymore.

Chapter 47 Deep scheming
Lin Miaofu stood up and walked back and forth in the room. She thought of many things.

No one knows the inside story of the case in the previous life. How could such an outstanding person as Gu Zhao give up? No matter what, he would always think of a chance to get ahead.

Moreover, it was the Duke himself who exposed this matter. If he were him, he would try his best to help cover it up.

"Miss, Lord Chen is here."

Lin Miaofu straightened her clothes and went out to meet the guests.

Lin Qiyuan is also there. He is not an outsider, he will always know these things, and maybe he can be used as a shield for himself in the future.

"Master Chen, I have invited you here for no other reason than to ask if you can get in touch with Prince Gu now?"

Lin Miaofu asked solemnly.

Chen Jue was a little careless at first. After hearing his question, he said casually: "I can only send someone to write a letter to Youzhou. When Brother Qianjun arrives in Youzhou, he will naturally know."

"Youzhou..." Lin Miaofu murmured, "It's too late."

"Why is it too late?" Chen Jue stared at Lin Miaofu with sharp eyes.

The matter concerned Gu Zhao, and he had to brace himself to deal with it.

"Master Chen Hou, what do you think of Duke Yongyi?"

"What exactly do you want to ask?" Chen Jue was a little impatient. He was always like this except in front of a few people.

"I am a person who believes in Taoism. When I first came to the capital, I donated tens of thousands taels of incense to the Taoist temple. I heard that Mrs. Jiang is also a frequent visitor to the Taoist temple."

In fact, Lin Miaofu didn't think about what she wanted to do.

She could only rely on certain memories from her previous life, which were about to become blurry.

"Yes, Mrs. Jiang used to go there often, but she hasn't traveled far in the past few years."

Chen Jue looked at Lin Miaofu with increasingly uncomfortable eyes: "Why are you asking about this!"

Does this woman want to make friends with Mrs. Chiang through herself?
What does she want to do?
Could it be that she thought that she could still marry into the Duke's palace and become the crown prince's wife, despite her decaying body?
With her background, she is not qualified to be a concubine for Brother Qianjun!

"Is the reason why Mrs. Jiang has been away less recently because she is not feeling well?" Lin Miaofu continued to ask.

Chen Jue just stared at him and didn't answer.

Lin Miaofu didn't want an answer, so she said slowly to herself: "Mrs. Jiang spent a lot of money in the past few years to get some things from a highly respected Taoist priest in the Taoist temple to use them to keep the house safe."

Chen Jue's expression became increasingly impatient. How did he know these things?

"What do you want to say? If you have something to say, just say it."

"That Taoist priest... is not an upright member of the Shangqing Taoist sect." Lin Miaofu said: "I also learned about these two things by chance. I didn't think anything was wrong at first. But I heard that Mrs. Jiang has been lingering on the sickbed. This That’s when I felt strange.”

"Do you think Mrs. Jiang's illness is related to this Taoist?"

Lin Miaofu nodded and added: "Mrs. Jiang was in poor health because she was hit during childbirth. My hometown is in Yangzhou. There is an old lady He who specializes in treating this kind of disease. I think if she is Please come and show Mrs. Jiang, it will be clear at a glance."

"I will investigate the things you mentioned." Chen Jue said, "But, what is the purpose?"

"It's to repay Prince Gu for saving my life."

Chen Jue sneered: "It's best this way."

"Master Hou, don't believe it?"

"It's hard to believe." Chen Jue said: "I checked and Liang Yuqi is not as bad as you said. He doesn't like the poor people. This is a rumor spread to him by someone who bribed him."

"I did this." Lin Qiyuan finally intervened and said: "That day, the Marquis helped to entertain Liang Yuqi. He spent the night in the Qingguo Pavilion, and I happened to bump into him, so he made this move."

"You two brothers and sisters are very scheming." Gu Zhao and Chen Jue had different circumstances. Although they were friends, their ideas were completely different.

Gu Zhao has been crawling around in the military camp since he was a child, learning about conspiracy.

Chen Jue has lived in a house full of intrigues since he was a child, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will look at things with a conspiratorial eye.

"Master Marquis, it doesn't matter what you think." Lin Miaofu said in a good temper: "But I still hope that you will help Mrs. Jiang with this matter."

"It concerns Mrs. Jiang, so I will naturally take action." Chen Jue turned the jade plaque in his hand and said calmly: "But if I find out that you are deceiving me, I will definitely make you two disappear from the capital."

"Then I guessed wrong. I will go back to Yangzhou on my own without the Marquis taking action."

Chen Jue raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and prepared to go directly to the Duke's Mansion.

Lin Miaofu stopped him and added: "This matter must be investigated without telling the Duke."

"Why is this?"

Lin Miaofu looked at Chen Jue and said word by word: "I once heard in the market that someone was fighting for the injustice of the Duke. They said that Mrs. Chiang was overbearing and did not allow the Duke to take concubines. They also said that it was because of this that he got retribution. , her illness is the one that is getting worse."

"Is there any relationship between the two?"

"I have only been in the capital for such a short period of time that I don't understand the mystery behind it, but I know a little bit about it, and it's groundless."

Chen Jue couldn't figure out what Lin Miaofu wanted him to do, but he decided to hide the matter from the Duke and go directly to visit the Jiang family.

Jiang was surprised when he heard about his visit.

"Oh, you are such a rare visitor." Mr. Jiang's face flushed, and he said angrily: "It's rare to see you come to me instead of your brother Qianjun."

Chen Jue felt a little awkward.

Except for the Queen, no elder dared to tease him like this.

"Auntie, please stop making fun of me." Chen Jue had already ordered people to wait outside. There was also a naturalist and an imperial doctor waiting outside.

I just wanted them to help see if there was anything wrong in Jiang's house.

"Auntie, I came to see you today for business."

Jiang looked at Chen Jue, who looked serious, and the smile on her face became even wider.

"I have fallen in love with a girl from some family. Isn't it convenient for me to talk to the Queen?" Mrs. Jiang said happily.

"That's not the case..."

Chen Jue blushed a little and said, "I heard before that you hired a lot of things from the Taoist temple to keep your house safe. I just wanted to see what they were and gain some insights."

"You can't lie." Jiang said with a smile: "Like Qianjun, if you lie, people can tell it at a glance."

"I still couldn't hide it from my aunt."

Chen Jue knew that he was too busy, so he told what happened when he met Lin Miaofu today.

However, her gender was deliberately blurred, and she was only said to be someone who wanted to have a relationship with the prince.

Since Gu Zhao was not here, I left it in front of him.

"If he really wants to make friends with our Duke, he should follow the path of the Duke, not mine." Jiang took a sip of tea and carelessly touched the tea bowl: "How did you and Qianjun get to know her? ?”

Chen Jue stopped talking, just blinked his peach blossom eyes and looked at Mr. Jiang.

"Auntie, he also has good intentions. Please let me check. The naturalist and the imperial doctor I brought are both outside. They are close confidants of the Queen and will never talk too much."

(End of this chapter)