Without hesitation, Zhu Qian pointed out the first "Yishu" from the several options Mrs. Tao gave Qiu Yilan.
"Princess Yishu?" Qiu Yilan read it twice and smiled slightly, "After all, she is a business person. She is really considerate!"
"Since this title is ranked first, it is obvious that your old lady and old lady want me to use this." Swing spread his hands, "I think they hope that I - or that I, my brother, and Sister Mei will all be kind and gentle." So that they can worry less, it’s just a title, and it can win their favor, so why not do it?”
Qiu Yilan thought so too. When she got the alternative title, she planned to persuade Zhuo Qian even if she didn't choose this one. Unexpectedly, Zhuo Qian was also an understanding person.
"If you refuse to resume your status as the daughter of the Prince of Xihe, then the reason for making you princess is that you saved Lang'er. However, the origin of the antidote cannot be told truthfully!" Qiu Yilan began to explain the details to her, "It can be said that it was you The medicine passed down from our ancestors, you can come up with a more prestigious name to write the imperial edict; or maybe you discovered the conspiracy of the remnants of the Gu family by chance... Anyway, we can't say that you have sneaked into the Duke's mansion!"
Swing said: "Of course it's the latter one, it's passed down from our ancestors... If some fool believes it and targets us, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
"Originally, it would be okay to give Qiu Nie a title of Duke, but since he wants to participate in the hosting of 'Tianya', having a title will attract more attention, and it will not be conducive to wandering around the world. Anyway, you have become the princess, and with this title, Regardless of whether you are a high-ranking official or a high-ranking official, you can go there. It will be convenient for you to step in for him if you need anything." Qiu Yilan nodded, "The decree will come down in two days. You will stay in the mansion for the next few days. When the time comes, you will be here. I will accompany you after receiving the order, so as not to violate the etiquette."
He added, "After receiving the decree, you have to go to the palace to thank me. Now it is inconvenient for me to carry my uncle's filial piety. But it doesn't matter. Mother Hu in front of the old lady will accompany you when the time comes. She is helping the old lady take care of you." The Queen Mother, I think everything will go well with her here! I don't think the Queen Mother will deliberately embarrass you. Besides, the Queen Mother has always been on good terms with me. She even mentioned taking Lang'er as her adopted son two months ago. I will be there to help you when the time comes.”
When Qiu Yilan directed Swing into the palace to express his gratitude, Jiang Tan and others went to the hall to pay their respects to He Shuijin.
... Earlier and Shuijin were "injured" and "discovered to be pregnant" after they arrived at the most remote village of Xiao Tao. In short, it was not suitable to move. They "had to" live in that village to have the baby and could not return to Beijing. middle!
Then just as Qiu Yilan expected, she privately ordered someone to send a generous gift to her father-in-law's concubine, Chi. With Chi's kind words, Jiang Tianqi not only personally told his daughter-in-law to recuperate in Zhuangzi with peace of mind, with safety as the top priority, but also sent his son Jiang Yahengdu to accompany his wife, so as not to have anything to do with Shuijin. Something went wrong, no one in Zhuangzi dared to make the decision for her, and she missed something important.
This time, the Marquis of Jibei died suddenly, and the news was reported to Zhuangzi. Even though He Shuijin was pregnant, he had to return to Beijing to express condolences to his elders. Since the matter was serious, Jiang Yaheng rode a horse and took the first step, and He Shuijin took a car and drove slowly.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Jibei was very kind to Jiang Tianchi. Now that he has passed away, at least one of the fourth couple must be present to fulfill their filial piety, so the mourning hall will always be there and they will not be buried for the time being. Even though He Shuijin delayed his trip because of her pregnancy, he still couldn't come back faster than Mrs. Zhuang who traveled day and night from northern Xinjiang!
So she walked calmly and slowly to avoid hurting her body.
That day we rested in a village near the official road. The most prosperous family in the village heard that the Jiang family's grandson's daughter-in-law was passing by to stay overnight, so they were naturally extremely attentive. He Shuijin, a wealthy man of this level, was too lazy to come forward in person, so he asked his confidant maid to go out and deal with it, and the whole family was flattered.
He Shuijin himself took a sip of warm rose water in the main room vacated by the master's house. The maid hurriedly came to report that Jiang Tan had brought someone and asked to see him for something urgent. She was surprised and hurriedly asked someone to call them. Came in: "But what happened in Jingli? Why are you here to see me?"
Normally, if something happens, the person from the third bedroom should come to find his wife, the third bedroom, right
Even if it is a private matter of the fourth room, it should be the person in front of Qiu Yilan!
Jiang Tan gave a cursory salute - He Shuijin also said that he was so casual because the matter was urgent. Unexpectedly, Jiang Tan followed and said expressionlessly: "Young Madam Fourteenth, my young master and young madam want to ask you for advice if there is something urgent! "
He Shuijin was quick-thinking and immediately noticed that his attitude was no longer respectful. He was a little surprised, but his expression remained calm. He nodded and said, "Go ahead!"
"My Mr. Sun was poisoned two days ago..." Jiang Tan's first sentence made He Shuijin's eyes widen. After hearing the story, Jiang Tan didn't need to mention Qiu Yilan and his wife's suspicion, so he raised his hand to stop it. : "I understand, are Nineteen and his wife suspicious of what I did?"
Jiang Tan frankly admitted: "Without the traitor, it is absolutely impossible for the remnants of 'Qing Feng Ji' to know the habits of Sun Gongzi's wet nurse, and it is impossible for Miss Qiu to enter the Duke's mansion for a walk at will! Especially when Miss Qiu heard about the antidote and the delivery The timing of the antidote was simply perfect. With only one or two hours left, Young Master Sun... Both my Young Master and the Young Madam felt that even if the eldest and third bedrooms were added together, the calculations might not be so accurate. Only... "
"Only I have been in charge of the family for many years, and my reputation for being good at calculation is known both inside and outside! So it must be me who did this?" He Shuijin laughed angrily, "Your young lady knows the reason why I had the baby outside. But if you want to talk about this, I have to accept her relationship with my fourth aunt! How can I retaliate against her child?"
Tears fell down as she spoke, "When it comes to how it feels to have one's own flesh and blood murdered, I know better than she does! At least her child is still alive!"
Jiang Tan has followed Jiang Yashuang since he was a child. In the past, when He and Shuijin brought things to Jiang Yashuang, they would usually give him a share. Although his share cannot be compared with that of Jiang Yashuang, He Shuijin still thinks highly of him, so he dare not say that he admires He Shuijin, but he also has a good impression of him. Seeing He Shuijin's tearful face at this moment, she felt her heart soften. She paused for a moment before speaking, and her tone softened a lot: "Young Master and Young Madam regard Young Master Sun as their own lives. Young Master Sun was murdered at a young age. The young master and the young lady are naturally very heartbroken! However, the reason why I sent you to question me is to find out the real culprit!"
He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Actually, it was you who presented the antidote to Miss Qiu, who was also questioned repeatedly. That Miss Qiu is still in the Duke's mansion and is not allowed to leave!"
After He Shuijin heard this, he said after a while: "Even the person who saved their son is suspected, so I really have nothing to feel sad about!"
Hearing the sarcasm in her tone, Jiang Tan lowered his head, but thinking of the order for this trip, he still raised his head and said, "Young Madam, please explain!"
"There's nothing to explain, it's not me." He Shuijin said calmly, "I have suffered the pain of losing a child myself, and no matter how bad I do, I will never do anything to a child! Believe it or not, your young master and young lady!"
She was angry, and the maids were anxious - if something like this happened in other rooms, she was Shui Jin's legitimate grandson-in-law, and she was still the head of the family. There was no hard evidence, so what was there to be afraid of? But the fourth room has so many criminal records, and because of the death of the Marquis of Jibei, the terrible Mrs. Zhuang is still rushing to the capital at full speed! If this was to confirm their suspicions without any evidence, they might have committed a murderous act? !
At that moment, Ting'er advised: "Young Madam, why do you have to say that? You have never won over the guards. I think the Nineteenth Young Madam also understands. Now that Jiang Tan is the Nineteenth Young Master's confidant, can't you still listen?"
Without waiting for He Shuijin to reply, Ting'er hurriedly told Jiang Tan, "Normally, this matter should not be talked about to the outside world, but it involves the safety of the Seventeenth Grandson, and there are no outsiders at this time, so I will tell you: Third Madam Although she is the direct aunt of our young lady, she has always been very strict with our young lady! Earlier, our young master was a bit ridiculous outside, and the young lady was beaten several times by the third lady. Fortunately, the third master is a fair person - you say How can our young lady win over the guards when the three ladies are watching like this? Even if the guard commander reports monthly according to the rules, one time the young lady was busy with some accounts and casually asked him to come to the back room to talk, and our young master was still with him. Next to me! I was taught a lesson by the third lady!"
Jiang Tan frowned. After all, Ting'er was someone close to He Shuijin. This hit the nail on the head: Swing was able to sneak into the Duke's Mansion at will, but now everyone thinks that there is something wrong with most of the guards. According to normal logic, He Shuijin, the head matron, is the most suspicious. But Ting'er pointed out that the He family was quite harsh on He Shuijin, and even her daughter-in-law would cause trouble in front of her son by calling the guard commander into the back room to listen to a few words of report. It would be good for He Shuijin to try every means to avoid suspicion, let alone win over the guards. Got it!
If He Shuijin had not won over the guards, her suspicion of Jiang Jinglang's poisoning would naturally be greatly reduced!
"Not only can you ask the commander of the guards about this matter, but you can also ask our young master!" Ting'er saw his hesitation and immediately produced another witness, "After that, our young lady never met the commander of the guards again, even if it was for official business Let the mothers pass it on, even if they don’t send us maids, they usually ask us to help when they hear that the guards are in trouble, so we won’t do it anymore!”
"If that's the case, why does it sound like the third lady is even more suspicious?" Jiang Tan pondered in her heart, "She deliberately criticized her daughter-in-law for not being reserved enough when getting along with the guard commander, and made the fourteenth young lady try every means to distance herself. She even knew that there was someone in the guard. Ignore the difficulties - isn't this a good opportunity for the third lady to win over people's hearts?"
Jiang Yaqing, who disappeared at the beginning of the year, was He's biological son. With this hatred, He's had enough reasons to attack Jiang Jinglang. In contrast, He Shuijin is just Jiang Yaqing's sister-in-law after all, and she may not be willing to take such risks for her elder brother-in-law, whom she has never met a few times.
Especially since she was still pregnant, it was too late to save the baby!
"Although the Third Madam has always been considered unintelligent, how can she control the smart Fourteenth Young Madam? Even if she relies on her status, there is nothing she can do with the Fourteenth Young Madam's methods. After all, Ladies!" The more Jiang Tan thought about this, the greater the possibility, "Besides, even a stupid person may not be smart when driven by hatred!"
He is thinking about how to report when he returns...
"Wait a minute!" He Shuijin, who had been sitting there with a straight face, suddenly said, "You said that Miss Qiu sneaked into the Duke's Mansion three months ago and two days ago, and she was not caught by anyone. Discover?"
Jiang Tan was a little surprised and said: "Yes! Because of this..."
He Shuijin interrupted him: "Then the way she sneaked into the Duke's mansion was to steal the badge of a real servant of our family and dress up like a servant?"
"It's not a robbery, otherwise we should have been discovered three months ago." Jiang Tan said truthfully, "It was arranged to trick the servants who were out into drinking, get them drunk, and take the opportunity to steal the waist badge. After it was used up and returned, people woke up again. I heard that the two people were also kept in the dark and only said that they were too drunk. "
"Then there aren't many guards who have been bribed!" He Shuijin sneered, "Both your young master and young lady don't care about family matters. That's why they think that the guards of such a large government are no longer reliable. ! Is that really possible?! Grandpa is still here, how can these old people he brought back from the Zhenbei Army be so unsatisfactory? "
Seeing Jiang Tan's astonishment, He Shuijin said coldly, "Three months ago, it should have been Lang'er's full moon. During the seven days of flowing water mats at home? At that time, the house was full of guests, and there were even more servants. , our family simply doesn’t have enough servants to usually serve guests, so we can only temporarily transfer a group from shops and other places to deal with it, and then let them go back to their original places after the matter is over - as long as you are brave enough and make preparations in advance. , the chance of deceiving a disciple to enter the Duke's Mansion is very high. After all, these servants only go to the Duke's Mansion a few times a year. They may meet the same disciple every time. Who can remember to come? "
"This time my uncle passed away! The house is also full of visitors, right? The door of the Hou Mansion is not crowded! From what you said, even my grandparents went to the Hou Mansion to help, let alone others? But my uncle can leave Suddenly, people from the Duke's Mansion must have rushed over after receiving the news - then, will they realize that they didn't bring something with them when they arrived at the Hou's Mansion, and they need to send someone to the Duke's Mansion to pick it up? "
He Shuijin said one word at a time, "Especially since I'm not here, my uncle's funeral is a big deal. I'm afraid the family is used to resting. The arrangements for this funeral will be very chaotic at least at first, right? So there are people from the Duke's Mansion." Someone left something behind and had to send someone to get it, but he and his personal maid couldn't get away, so he had to ask the maid of the Hou Mansion for help... Let me ask you, between the Duke's Mansion and the Hou Mansion, which one is not full of servants? The Duke's Mansion? No matter how capable the servant is, can he really remember all the servants of the Hou Mansion? Is it possible for him to check it out at any time when the maids of the Hou Mansion are replaced? As long as he is careful and bold, he will seize this opportunity. If I go to the Duke's mansion in the name of a maid, what's the difficulty in getting in?"
Jiang Tan was dumbfounded, and after a long while he said: "That Miss Qiu refused to elaborate, but why is it that no one among the guards is willing to say anything?"
"Stupid!" He Shuijin scolded impatiently, "That Miss Qiu just made a great contribution to saving Lang'er and she didn't want to go into details, let alone the guards?!"
He sneaked into the Duke's Mansion under the guise of so-and-so. Even if Zhuoqian saved Jiang Jinglang, even if this so-and-so might have been picked casually by Zhuoqian, as long as he was told who it was, he would have to be responsible for deliberately trying to win him over. Guards, charges of bad intentions
Swing, Mei Xue and other ordinary people can understand the truth, let alone the guards who have been in the Jiang family for so many years and are used to seeing infighting? If you don't say that Swing Qian pretended to be someone and sneaked into the Duke's mansion, although he is also responsible, at least he has many years of master-servant relationship to remember; if he does, if he offends his wife, he may not know how he died, and his family may be hurt!
Do you still want to consider this option? !
Jiang Tan was stunned for a long time, confused whether to laugh or cry: "But the Fourteenth Young Madam - what you said makes sense to me. You can come up with such an idea, so... maybe you sent someone to do this?"
He had a good impression of He Shuijin, but he was still loyal to Jiang Yashuang after all: According to He Shuijin's analysis, there was no need to bribe the guards for Swing to sneak into the Duke's Mansion twice. All he had to do was seize the opportunity when something happened to the Jiang family. , then according to what Ting'er just said, He Shuijin has no confidants among the guards! So her suspicion is still unclear...
"...You go back to the capital, take this hairpin of mine to the shopkeeper of 'Linlangji', and ask her to tell you all the arrangements I gave her before I left. Is this done?!" He Shuijin was so angry that he almost vomited blood - I kindly point out the fallacies in the analysis of you novice housekeepers. After hearing this, you become more suspicious of me. You can't burn bridges so quickly!
Just seeing Jiang Tan's eyes sweep over his bulging belly calmly, he felt a chill in his heart: "It seems that the Nineteenth couple are really angry this time, and would rather kill by mistake than let go? If I don't make it clear completely, I might want… "
I don’t dare to be angry anymore, “I guarantee that the shopkeeper’s words can clear all suspicions for me!”