My wife has a secret

Chapter 127 Secret Whispers in the Boudoir
When Miss Liu realized that she could not hide her thoughts from Princess Danyang, she gave up the futile struggle and told her the reason why she sneaked out of the Liu Mansion.

"Jin'er, do you still remember Erlang?"

Princess Danyang blinked her bright eyes, and her beautiful face was like a blooming spring flower, with a sweet smile on her face.

She touched her thin lips with her white fingers and pretended to be in a daze and said, "Is he the ideal husband of your dreams, the Second Young Master of the Dong Family?"

The Dong family is also a famous noble family in the capital, but it does not have a long history like the Heluo Liu family, nor does it have a first-class lord like Jinshan Gong sitting in the hall.

Therefore, unlike the Liu family who dominated one side, the Dong family had always been dependent on the royalist nobles and held important positions in the Ministry of Revenue.

"The day before yesterday, the matter of the Prince of Dong'an was traced back to the Dong family. The eldest son of the Dong family embezzled public funds and falsified accounts for Prince Kang, dragging the entire Dong family into trouble... I heard that he privately transferred city taxes to raise food and clothing for the private soldiers of the Prince's Mansion, which is a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and beheading."

Although Miss Liu was also smiling, her smile looked more like a pale and weak, forced, miserable smile.

"If this crime is proven, the men in the Dong family will be thrown into prison, and the women will be demoted to slavery and assigned to the Music Bureau. The eldest son of the Dong family is certainly abominable, but the second son came of age two years ago and just passed the imperial examination. He is in high spirits... Isn't this a disaster sent from heaven for him?"

Miss Liu was extremely anxious when she received the news yesterday. Even though her father, Lord Jinshan, repeatedly warned her not to get involved in this matter, she still worried about her lover all night.

According to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, Dong Jia Erlang would be given a lighter sentence because of his meritorious service. But whether he was imprisoned or exiled, Erlang would miss out on his best years of youth and become a frustrated and useless person.

Miss Liu pondered for a long time and finally made up her mind to come to the princess's mansion to ask Princess Danyang for help.

Princess Danyang is deeply loved by the Queen Mother and knows her habits and preferences very well. If she can speak for herself, this matter may be able to turn around.

"Well……"

Princess Danyang's pretty face revealed an embarrassment. She said with a tone full of regret: "Qingge, if it were half a year ago, Jin'er would have been able to solve this matter for you whether you went to the Queen Mother or the Emperor's brother, but now things are different..."

"Jin'er, I also know how difficult this matter is, but when I think about how Erlang has never known anything since he was a child, and how he might die of exhaustion during his military service... I can't calm down."

Miss Liu's face was filled with sorrow as she pleaded, "As long as you can save Erlang, I'm willing to do anything."

"It's not that Jin'er doesn't want to help. No one dares to touch the crime of treason committed by the Prince of Dongwan. The nobles in the court are afraid of getting into trouble, and even a wealthy family like your Liu family is no exception."

Princess Danyang pouted with little interest and said, "And Jin'er is just an insignificant chess piece in the eyes of the Queen Mother. By the way, Qingge, you may not know... The emperor's brother was not killed by the rebels, but was beheaded by the imperial guards in the Ministry of Justice along with a group of old court officials."

When saying the last sentence, Princess Danyang deliberately lowered her voice.

Liu Qingge was also shocked by the information revealed by Princess Danyang. He stared and looked at her in disbelief.

After a moment, she seemed to realize something, her face turned pale, and she didn't know what to say.

Notices posted throughout the capital all stated that the little emperor was killed by the desperate Prince of Dongwan, but who could have imagined that the royal orthodoxy that was personally fostered by the empress dowager would die in her hands.

"Jin'er just knows what the Queen Mother likes to hear and what she likes to watch, and she tries her best to please her. The Queen Mother has never given birth to any children for the Li Qi royal family, so she doesn't consider us as her own family."

"Jin'er, I'm sorry..." Liu Qingge realized that he was embarrassing the princess and felt very ashamed.

She had never thought before that her best friend's situation would be so difficult.

Princess Danyang stood up and stretched, her proud chest raised upwards, highlighting the exquisite curves of her delicate body.

Her expression changed and she let out a clear giggle.

"But then again, although Jin'er can't help you, there is another person in the capital who can help you."

"who is it?"

"Xu Qing, the nephew of the same clan as the Queen Mother... is currently staying in Suzhou City. He has received the Queen Mother's decree and has been ordered to investigate the thunder and fire incident on the outskirts of the city."

Liu Qingge frowned slightly, looking a little confused.

She still had some impression of what she heard individually, but when everything was mixed together, she couldn't figure out the current situation.

She once borrowed the "clairvoyance" of Princess Danyang and spied on the young master of the Liu family from afar. She remembered that he was a dissolute and bad boy.

She also knew about the thunder and fire in the sky, which was a strange phenomenon of heaven and earth that occurred in the Falun Temple. Legend has it that the real Buddha appeared.

"Mr. Xu is the nephew of the Queen Mother's family. They have a close relationship, but how can he be so favored? And aren't all the cases in the capital investigated by Chengchengxuanfang, which is led by Shen Shuangxu?"

Even though Liu Qingge was not the strategist like Duke Jinshan, she had some understanding of things related to the capital.

Although the relationship between aunt and niece is close, Xu Qing is not the empress dowager's biological son. How could the empress dowager, who killed the little emperor at will, show mercy to this person?
Moreover, everyone in the capital knew that Chengxuanfang was dispatched by Shen Shuangxu, the daughter of the Prime Minister, and was the empress dowager's eyes and ears.

"You were locked up in the backyard and knew nothing about what was happening outside... The Queen Mother lived with the late Emperor for several years and was deeply favored by him, but she had no offspring. Don't you find it strange? Moreover, the current owner of Chengxuanfang has been replaced by this Mr. Xu."

Liu Qingge kept silent. Only now did she understand Xu Qing's position in the Queen Mother's mind.

But she has no relationship with Mr. Xu, so why would he help her rescue her lover?
"It seems that the Prime Minister was also involved in the matter of the Prince of Dong'an, so Shen Shuangxu fell out of favor with the Queen Mother and was punished to stay at home. Qingge, Jin'er knows that the Queen Mother has been trying to find a good match for this nephew recently..."

Princess Danyang stopped talking halfway through. Liu Qingge understood the hidden meaning of her best friend's words and was slightly stunned.

"You mean, let me marry into the Xu family?"

"Yes, the other concubines of the Xu family are all not presentable... Qingge, you have a good family background, a good position, and you can represent the attitude of the Heluo clan, isn't that just right?"

Princess Danyang sneered slightly, with a matter-of-fact expression on her fair face.

"And Jin'er will marry him as a concubine. When the Xu family takes over, you can become the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace... We two sisters will serve him together and make sure he has no time or energy to care about other women."

(End of this chapter)