The main reason was that Madam Tong herself had a legendary experience. After saving the Queen, she was brought back to the palace to be raised. For a time, she was even more glorious than the princess. Even though her status was affected after the Queen died, after all, she was still a person of high reputation and had that experience, so she was feared by others.
What's more, there is Grandma Xu, who is Xu Ci Fu's daughter-in-law.
Everyone knows that recently Lord Sun lost his position as Lord because of a fight with Xu Ci Fu and had to retire and go home.
County Magistrate Wu did not want to be the second Lord Sun, and he did not have the ability to do so. After offending Xu Ci Fu, he was afraid that he would not be able to retire peacefully.
He coughed and gently reminded his overly straightforward subordinate: "If it's really not the girl from the Qi family, then it's even better. Just investigate it as an ordinary murder case. Besides, isn't there another clue? Let's go investigate Xuanyuan!"
Although Taoist Priest Xuanyuan is famous, he is just a Taoist priest after all, right
Compared with the two, Xuanyuan is naturally easier to investigate.
Judge Zhang understood what his superiors meant. It was obvious that since the matter involved the Xu and Tong families, they wanted to escape from the battlefield and make a big thing into a small one.
But he didn't want to.
County Magistrate Wu himself is a person who likes to smooth things over. He would just muddle through whatever happens, so it is understandable that he doesn't want to offend anyone, but he is different.
He was still young, and he passed the imperial examination and became an official in order to get a higher position in the future. To get a higher position, he had to make some achievements.
Now is the opportunity.
Therefore, although County Magistrate Wu gave a lot of advice, Tui Guan Zhang had his own plans.
After leaving the county government office, he went straight to the Xu family.
He was just a small magistrate, so he was not a big shot in the Xu family. When he heard that he wanted to see Grandma Xu, the doorman of the Xu family looked down on him and did not respond for a long time. After he had been in for a while, he came out and glanced at him sideways, saying unhappily, "Wait! Our Grandma is busy now and has no time to see you!"
Of course they are busy. Xu Huixian had already been engaged, and now a letter has arrived. The fifth master of the Feng family is already on the way, ready to send the betrothal gifts.
This is a big deal. Ever since Qi Yunxi returned to the capital, the Qi family has been living in fear. After buying that batch of jewelry a while ago, they have nightmares every day, always thinking about the past.
The demise of the Li family was like a huge mountain pressing down on her head. Until now, whenever she thought about her life experience, she felt as if there was a sharp sword hanging over her head that could fall at any moment and pierce everything she had into pieces.
Her daughter's marriage was a great joy to her, and it at least alleviated her recent tension and fear.
Xu Huixian pouted, looked at her ruby headdress and blinked: "Mom, I don't want to get married so early..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qi pursed her lips and looked at her daughter. Although she was complaining, there was a smile in her eyes. She gently embraced her daughter in her arms, stroked her daughter's hair and comforted her softly: "When the child grows up, he will always have to get married and start a family. The Feng family is very good. You will not be wronged if you marry into it. Living happily is better than anything else."
There was a thick pile of dowry lists at her hand, and the items listed in it were dizzying, from large items like the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea step-out bed to small items like spittoons, brooms and porcelain basins.
Even the clothes at the bottom of the box had to be packed into seven or eight sandalwood boxes.
Xu Huixian took a quick look and was a little shocked: "Mom, isn't this too much?"
When my cousins got married, the most they received was 10,000 taels of silver. In fact, the money given by the public treasury was only about 7,000 to 8,000 taels. But now it's her turn, but the silver on the books alone is worth 30,000 to 40,000 taels. With such an obvious difference, won't there be gossip in the family
She now understands the ways of the world and looks at her mother with some worry.
Qi couldn't help but laugh at her: "You are such a silly child. When a girl gets married, in addition to the allowance from the government, there is also her mother's dowry! You and your brother will each get half of my dowry, and no one can say anything!"
Xu Huixian was a little confused, but also a little proud: "Mother, come to think of it, you and your great-aunt...are you both very much loved by the late Queen Mother?"
Otherwise, how could the dowry be so generous
Her mother must also be from a famous family.
Qi's hand paused, a hint of evasion flashed across her face for a moment, she snatched the dowry list from her daughter's hand, and rebuked in a deep voice: "What does this have to do with your little family?"
"Why is it irrelevant?" Xu Huixian pursed her lips and looked at her mother in confusion: "My great-aunt saved the Queen in the past! Isn't this something everyone knows? We should be proud of it. I also heard that my great-aunt herself was from the side branch of the Zhennan King..."
Qi's expression changed drastically. She reached out and knocked her daughter's hand down, angrily saying, "You are really going too far! Why are you bringing up these things? They are all old and trivial matters!"
Xu Huixian couldn't help but be surprised. She looked at her mother, a little surprised: "Mom..."
Qi came to her senses and immediately felt a little regretful. She forced a smile and said, "It's not a good thing. Your great-aunt and I both fled. Although your great-aunt saved the queen and was taken to the palace for education, she was always criticized for having been a wanderer. Why are you bringing it up again?"
Xu Huixian seemed to understand, but she knew that her mother really didn't like to talk about this matter, so she said, "Then I won't say it."
Qi hummed, and suddenly lost interest, so she simply sent her away: "Okay, after talking for so long, I am a little tired. You go back and rest first, and come back in the evening."
After Xu Huixian left, she walked to the dressing table in a daze, stared at the exquisitely crafted makeup box for a while, opened the drawer, looked at the drawer full of jewelry and lowered her eyes.
Qi family
How could she be from the Qi family
The reason he said this back then was just to make Emperor Yuanfeng feel more at ease leaving his aunt with Queen Hu.
Her aunt hated the Qi family so much that she gnashed her teeth.
After all, if the Qi family had not tipped off Emperor Yuanfeng, her grandfather would not have died so miserably at the hands of Emperor Yuanfeng on the battlefield.
Thinking of what happened back then, Qi closed her eyes, closed her makeup box with an uneasy mind, and ordered the maidservant below: "Go and ask the doorman to prepare the car. I want to go and see my aunt."
The people below hurriedly agreed. Seeing that she was in a bad mood, they did not dare to report to her what the doorman had said before, saying that Zhang Tui Guan had come and wanted to see her for something.
Qi was worried and didn't care about anything else.