Seeing the two people pretending to be mysterious, Xiaoman couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Who is it? You guys are really quick. You actually found out the owner of the house in one night."
Bai Chen heard Xiaoman's tone and felt that she seemed a little unhappy, so he quickly confessed: "My Lord, it was a man named Fu An."
Fu An? Xiao Man said this person's name, then looked up at Bai Chen and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this person?"
Bai Chen smiled and said, "The county lady is smart. There is nothing wrong with Fu Anming's apparent death. He was an honest businessman, and he was also a member of the former Shangshu Ren family."
Xiaoman raised an eyebrow: "You mean Fu An openly killed someone from the Ren family. If we follow Fu An's lead, we might find the Ren family? What about secretly?"
Seeing Bai Chen talking, Lin Yi also spoke up, and Xiao Man continued at the end of his words: "It really is a coincidence."
"When I went to investigate last night, I happened to meet Fu An who was paying respects to his real master. By the way, after talking for so long, I still haven't told the county lady who the real master is."
"County Lady, you would never have guessed that the real master behind Fu An is the Qi family."
Qi family? Xiaoman's mind spun around, and a family appeared in his mind: "The Qi family you are talking about, is it the Qi family where Qi Zhongtian, the elder, is from?"
Lin Yi nodded: "I didn't expect that you would guess it right away, Master. It is indeed the Qi family. The Qi family has been very low-key over the years. I didn't expect that there would be so many calculations in secret."
Xiaoman couldn't help but laugh when she heard Lin Yi's words: "You said that the Qi family has been very low-key for so many years? But Qi Chengyuan is not low-key at all."
"Speaking of which, if the emperor hadn't insisted, I'm afraid that Qi Chengyuan would have been the one who came to serve as your general. But this county lady is a little confused."
"If the person behind Fu An is from the Qi family, then the Qi family and my Chen family have no grudges against each other, so why would they go to such great lengths to wipe out my Chen family?"
Lin Yi and Bai Chen were also speechless for a moment. They lowered their heads and said, "We haven't found out anything about this matter yet. We only found out that Fu An was the one who died in the house."
"I'm still not sure whether Fu An knows about the secret passage under the house."
Xiaoman frowned: "Well, this matter is full of mystery, take your time, anyway, I spent so much effort last time, but got nothing."
"I think the other party will behave himself for a while and won't dare to attack our Chen family so brazenly, but this county lady is still a little worried."
"So I called you two here. Bai Chen, you will investigate this matter, and Lin Yi, you will be responsible for protecting my family. Let's do this for now."
"I have not slept all night and I am going to rest."
After that, they left the two of them alone, and they were taken away by the housekeeper, while Xiaoman went back to her room to rest. Sometimes things just happen by coincidence.
Not long after Xiaoman returned to her room to rest, the Qi family, whom she had just talked about, sent someone to deliver an invitation. The housekeeper accepted it very politely.
In the afternoon, Xiaoman woke up and the housekeeper came over: "County Lady, at noon, the Qi family sent an invitation."
"The Qi family's youngest daughter's coming-of-age ceremony is here, and the county lady is invited to attend."
Xiaoman raised her eyebrows. To be honest, Qian Jiujiu didn't like such occasions, and she didn't like them either. So for such a long time, except for the banquets held by the palace.
She had never attended any banquets before, and she didn't like attending such banquets. Everyone in Kyoto knew it. At this time, the invitation sent by the Qi family seemed a little inappropriate.
But Xiaoman also happened to be planning to go to the Qi family for something, so she looked at the housekeeper and asked, "When was it?"
The housekeeper was just reporting as a matter of routine and had never thought that Xiaoman would go. This time, he looked at Xiaoman in surprise and asked, "Is the county lady going?"
Xiaoman nodded: "I'm going to go, check what time it is and get ready. I plan to go."
The housekeeper nodded and said, "Got it, County Lady. The time is two days later. I will have someone prepare it for you. You can rest assured."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "I am naturally relieved when the housekeeper does things. Go ahead."
The housekeeper then took his leave. At this time, news came from the palace that the imperial concubine was finally safe and sound, but she was still very weak and needed to rest well.
The emperor also went to the queen's residence, wanting to lift the ban on the emperor. Xiaoman couldn't help laughing when she heard the news, fearing that the emperor would not see the queen's good face again this time.
The truth was pretty much the same as Xiaoman thought. When the emperor arrived at the queen's palace, the queen was playing with the eldest prince, who could now crawl on the bed.
It was also more fun. The emperor looked at the eldest prince lying on the bed and said, "Come, Yin'er, come here quickly, come to your mother."
When the eldest prince stretched his legs and prepared to crawl towards the queen, he heard the eunuch's voice: "The emperor has arrived."
The queen couldn't help but frown. When the emperor came in, she still saluted him: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed. I wonder why your Majesty is not with the imperial concubine in Qinghe Palace and came to me?"
"Could it be that you have remembered and feel that confinement is not enough, and you want to scold me?"
The emperor's face suddenly turned ugly, and he looked at the queen: "What are you talking about, Queen? Am I the kind of unreasonable person? Besides, it has been proven now."
"The queen is completely innocent. House arrest and the like naturally do not count."
The Queen sneered: "Why, Your Majesty now believes that I am innocent? But Your Majesty's habit of changing his mind every day, can you please change it?"
"If this continues, Your Majesty, your sincerity will be compromised."
The emperor frowned. "I know the queen has some opinions about the house arrest, but do you have to say that? You are the mother of a country. How can you be so sarcastic?"
Hearing the emperor's accusation, the queen just smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't want to listen to me, the palace gate is there, you can leave."
The emperor was stunned and looked at the queen in front of him: "Why, Queen, are you planning to break up with me?"
The Queen raised her lips and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? You are the king of this palace. How dare I break up with you? I just don't want to wrong the emperor."
"Since you don't want to talk to me, then don't talk."
The emperor was speechless after being rebuked by the queen. He really didn't mean to not want to talk to the queen. Besides, he came to inform the queen that she no longer needed to be under house arrest.
Now that he had said that, seeing how much the Queen hated him, the Emperor was about to return home when he saw the little person crawling back and forth on the bed.
Suddenly, he was surprised: "Yin'er can crawl now?"
The Queen's eyes turned cold. Yin'er is now more than nine months old. What's so strange about crawling? She looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't be surprised. Yin'er has been able to crawl for a long time."
"Speaking of which, the emperor has few children, and the imperial concubine finally had a child but didn't know how to cherish it. Hey, the emperor, please continue to flip the cards tonight."
"At least the sisters in the harem should all have their own children. Someone, go ask Xiao Suzi to bring all the cards over, and the emperor and the others will flip through them."
The emperor originally planned to accompany the imperial concubine in the evening, but he frowned and said, "I will stay in Qinghe Palace tonight."
The queen blinked her eyes, her face full of shock, as if to say, how could you be so beastly? The imperial concubine just had a miscarriage, how could you have the heart to do that to her
The emperor was annoyed by the queen's look: "Why are you looking at me like that, queen?"
The Queen suddenly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine just had a miscarriage. I'm afraid this may have an impact on you. Let her recuperate slowly in Qinghe Palace. As for Your Majesty."
"You have more important things to do! The matter of offspring is much more important than the imperial concubine."
As he was talking, Xiao Suzi came in holding a sign: "Your servant is here to see the Emperor and the Empress."
The emperor looked at Xiao Suzi and said nothing. It was the queen who spoke up: "Stand up, bring the sign over, and let the emperor turn it over."
The Imperial Concubine did so much just to keep him by her side, but how could she let the Imperial Concubine's plan succeed? You want to die or be sick, it's up to you.
The emperor here must continue to flip the cards, and must continue to favor the concubines in each palace. Thinking of this, the queen's eyes became more profound.
Seeing that the emperor did not move, he could not help but walk to the side of the sign and reached out to draw one: "Your Majesty, how about this beautiful lady Zhen serving you tonight?"
"Speaking of which, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know who this beautiful lady Zhen is? She is the daughter of the Minister of Rites and a famous beauty. The emperor is very lucky."
The Queen looked at the Emperor as she spoke. The Emperor remained silent, and the Queen did not care. She just continued to flip the card and then paused.
"Your Majesty, guess whose card I turned over?"
He kept saying this, as if the two of them were having a very pleasant chat, but the emperor's expression was something that no one could ignore, it was very dark and ugly.
The Queen, however, was serious and pretended not to see it: "Your Majesty is so boring. Since you don't want to guess, then I will tell you, this person is not someone else."
"It is none other than your cousin, the Concubine Chen. Speaking of which, the Concubine Chen has been in the palace for quite some time. Your Majesty should go there. If Your Majesty has no objection."
"Xiao Suzi, go inform Concubine Chen that you will sleep with her tonight."
Xiao Suzi looked at the emperor. The emperor still had a gloomy face, but the queen didn't care. "Why don't you go? The emperor didn't say anything, which means he agreed."
After hearing what the queen said, Xiao Suzi bowed again and went out, of course to inform the concubine to sleep with her. After Xiao Suzi left, the queen continued to speak.
"Your Majesty, if you don't go to Concubine Chen's palace, I'm afraid Concubine Chen will be very sad."