According to Sister Li, after Duke Cheng brought her back, he apparently entrusted her to Princess Mingchang's mansion.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the information that Sister Li has now was obtained from Princess Mingchang's Mansion. However, in the end, Sister Li didn't trust the people in Princess Mingchang's Mansion. Instead, she had to hide everywhere, fearing that she would be found by the Li family. This is a bit unreasonable. Something must have happened in between.
Sister Li sighed and held the bowl in her hands with both hands. After coming to the capital for a while, she has adapted to the customs and habits of the people in the capital. She took two sips of porridge from the bowl and then spoke slowly: "I only know that there is no free lunch in the world. They took great pains to help me find clues, and as soon as there was a little clue, they forced me to take out the jade pendant. The jade pendant is the only token of my recognition with my nephew. If I give it to them, what am I? Of course, they can make up whatever they want. Young Master Li is going to Yunnan to make achievements, why does he need someone like me to be in the way?"
If she was gone, then relying on the jade pendant, of course the Li family would become the ones who worked diligently to find the child.
And they can also put the blame for her death on Duke Chengguo. They can find the person here and stabilize the old people under the Mu Mansion in Yunnan. Then they can use them and win them over with the existence of this child, and let them fight for the court.
All the credit goes to Mr. Li from Princess Mingchang's mansion.
At that time, if they wanted to support her nephew to take the throne, they could keep him alive as a puppet and control him by the Li family. If they didn't want to keep him, they could kill him and support the current chieftain. After all, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.
She wouldn't be fooled.
Seeing that she saw things so clearly, Su Rong showed some approval in his eyes.
But after thinking about it, I understood - how could a man who had experienced a coup be compared to an ordinary woman
But it’s no wonder that the Li family tried so hard to find her. That was a piece of perfect fat meat. Who would give up if they could get it in their mouths
Moreover, Su Yao understood too well the subtle mentality of Princess Mingchang's Mansion towards Princess Yongning. If this matter was only beneficial to her, she might be able to do it or not. But if this matter was not only beneficial to her, but could also control or even frame Princess Yongning and disgust her, then she had to do it.
No wonder.
She suddenly chuckled.
She suddenly laughed while talking about such a serious matter. Su Rong turned to look at her: "Why? What are you laughing at?"
"I guess the Princess Mingchang Mansion has been eyeing me for a long time. This marriage may not be entirely for me. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's because they found out that I have some relationship with the Charity Hall and have dealt with Sister Li before, so they've set their sights on me." Su Yao figured it out and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "The Princess Mansion is really a man who doesn't do anything without benefits."
Princess Mingchang's mansion was not peaceful at this time. Princess Yunzhang walked through the courtyards and entered the main courtyard where Princess Mingchang was. She saw that the cinnabar plums at the door had become more colorful because the weather had warmed up slightly.
Seeing her coming, Cai Shanggong, who was beside Princess Mingchang, hurriedly came forward to greet her: "The county lady is finally here. His Highness has been asking about you just now, saying that you were about to enter the palace, but there was no sign of you."
Princess Mingchang had many children and grandchildren, but her favorite grandson was Master Li Xiaojue, and her favorite granddaughter was Princess Yunzhang. She had been used to being treated well at home since she was a child, so she smiled as a matter of course, listened to a few words from Concubine Cai, then walked in, turned around the dazzling antique display case, and first paid her respects to her grandmother who was sitting at the top.
Princess Mingchang was sitting on the kang in gorgeous clothes, with her nails being painted by the servants. When she saw her granddaughter paying her respects, she raised her eyebrows lazily: "Why haven't I seen you these days? Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and we have to go to the palace for a banquet. You are running around and haven't even chosen your clothes and jewelry for entering the palace. How can this be?"
Although she said so, Lady Yunzhang knew that she was not angry. She smiled slightly and called her grandmother, shaking her arm in front of her: "My granddaughter is going to do some serious work..."
She whispered that she had gone to see Su Yao.
Princess Mingchang subconsciously frowned in disgust when she heard Su Yao's name.
Then she scolded him in a low voice: "Nonsense! This matter is not your business, it should be the adults' concern. You are a good girl, why are you getting involved with her? You are losing your status for nothing!"
Although Su Yao was already a county lady in name, in the eyes of Princess Mingchang, how could she compare with her granddaughter? Her granddaughter was a real golden branch and jade leaf, but what was Su Yao? At best, she was just a rotten rag inside. In the final analysis, she was just a county lady picked up by her grandmother, Mrs. He, who would cry her heart out.
Princess Yunzhang was not afraid of her grandmother. She sat beside Princess Mingchang with a smile on her face and leaned her head on her grandmother's shoulder. "You all say that this Fourth Miss Su is so special. I just want to go and see her for myself."
"Have you seen it all?" Princess Mingchang glared at her lovingly: "How do you feel?"
Princess Yunzhang also laughed: "She's not that great, except that she's pretty, but she doesn't seem to have any special abilities. It seems that everyone praised her too much in the beginning."
"You!" Seeing that the servants had already removed the white cloth wrapped around her fingers and that her nails had been dyed bright red, Princess Mingchang took her hands and examined them carefully. She blew on her long, white and tender fingers that were still well maintained, and said with a click of the tongue, "It seems that you are still talking like a child. You can't just judge a person by their appearance. You see, she is not a supernatural being, but the things this little girl did are not something that ordinary people can do. In short, don't provoke this evil star. Your brothers will take care of the rest."
Princess Yunzhang smiled and said yes.
Princess Mingchang urged her to choose the right clothes and jewelry, and said, "If there is nothing suitable, just ask Concubine Cai to go to our storehouse to choose something and dress up nicely."
It is imperative to surpass Xianning.
She always has superiority over Princess Yongning, so of course her granddaughter must also be superior to Princess Yongning's granddaughter.
Princess Yunzhang acted coquettishly for a while before coming out. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw Master Li Xiaojue standing in the corridor with his hands behind his back, looking at the cinnabar plum tree. She cleared her throat and called out, "Third brother?"
Young Master Li hummed, turned around and raised his eyebrows at his sister: "I heard that you have been running outside a lot recently, and it seems that you have gone to see Miss Su Si? You seem to be very curious about this Miss Su Si."