Wan's voice was so loud that even the surrounding guests pricked up their ears.
Glancing at the people around him, Wen Qingzhu said with a smile: "What the eldest uncle said is as if my father is very harsh on the twelve younger sisters. As the elder sister, I just add some dowry as a routine. It depends on my personal preference, but it's not Auntie, the fourth aunt sent Mingliang to bring some extra makeup, but I haven’t seen it yet.”
Wen Qingzhu's voice was also loud. As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Wanshi in a different way.
Although we are currently separated, we were once a family.
Everyone in the fourth room of Lao Wen's family gave them extra dowry regardless of their previous suspicions. As the eldest son, the eldest son not only did not send extra dowry, but instead questioned the origin of the dowry.
Seeing Wan's livid face, Wen Qingzhu didn't want to pursue her fiercely. He just smiled and said, "It was the sixth sister who married to Prince Huai's Mansion as a concubine some time ago. Please forget about this, I will give you ten more money later." Plus my second sister, she won’t blame you.”
Not to mention, this also brought up the matter of Wen Qingfang.
She used to be the crown prince's concubine, but if she gives birth to a child in the future, the mother may be more valuable than the child.
But now that the prince has been demoted to Prince Huai, Wen Qingfang is destined to be a concubine. No matter how nice the side concubine sounds, she is still a concubine!
Wanshi endured it again and again, and finally restrained her anger. Then she said politely and turned away.
Wen Qingzhu shook his head, this Wan family really liked to ask for trouble.
After eating a few dishes, Wen Qingzhu had no appetite.
Xi'er's figure appeared at the door, and Wen Qingzhu stood up and took Lu Tao over.
Xi'er disappeared again.
She hurriedly stopped a little girl and asked, "Did you see the other maid next to me just now?"
The little girl shook her head, and Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to let her go.
I searched around the yard, but still found no trace of Xi'er.
Wen Qingzhu was a little puzzled: "Did something happen to the new house?"
"Probably not. Since Miss Twelve is married, she must be prepared." Lu Tao doesn't think so.
The two decided to look around next door.
Just after passing through a veranda, someone suddenly walked out hurriedly around the corner.
Wen Qingzhu retreated, and Lu Tao stepped forward to stop him: "There is someone!"
The man hurriedly raised his head, and Wen Qingzhu's eyes lit up.
this is not-
The man in front of him was dressed like a scholar, with a clear and elegant appearance. He was exactly like Fu Yu's breezy and bright-moon look. He was very good-looking.
He quickly took a few steps back and apologized: "Sorry, sorry, I was rude."
Wen Qingzhu smiled: "It's okay. The Wan family is having a wedding today. I see you are in such a hurry, but what happened at home?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at Wen Qingzhu.
This glance made him stunned for a moment.
Wen Qingzhu took the opportunity to look at him and found a bright red tassel peeking out of his sleeve.
The color seemed very familiar to her.
"Why are you staring at my young lady! The young lady is asking questions!" Lu Tao couldn't help but remind him when he saw this person looking directly at her rudely.
The scholar immediately came back to his senses and lowered his head: "Sorry, sorry, it's really an emergency at home, so I'll leave first."
Not long after the scholar left, Xi'er appeared.
Seeing the direction Wen Qingzhu was coming from, she quickly asked: "Miss, have you met Wan Juren?"
"Well, what did you give her just now?" Wen Qingzhu nodded.
Xi'er looked around and whispered to her: "Miss, Wan Juren came to attend the wedding today. The things he brought were too shabby. He was being kicked out by the Wan family. When Xiao Tao saw it, Miss Twelve immediately gave the slave a bag of silver. , let the slaves give it to Wanju people."
"Then how did he come out of here?" Wen Qingzhu looked at this road, which was the road leading to the lobby.
Xi'er explained: "After the Wan family accepted the money, his expression became better. He chased the slave to ask who it was, but the slave avoided him and only appeared after he left."
"That's it." Wen Qingzhu nodded. It seems that there is no smart person in the Wan family.
This time Wen Qingmei did something right.
If Wen Qingzhu remembers correctly, Wan Hongyu's old mother also came to the capital, and she will probably die of illness next year.
After the wedding was over, Wen Qingzhu left Wanjia.
Only then did Xi'er talk about what happened at the new house.
"Miss, I don't know. Apart from Master Wan, no one in the Wan family likes Miss Twelve now. Things have been going bad after they arrived at the new house. If Miss Twelve hadn't been prepared, I might not have been able to wait for Master Wan to come back."
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "After all, the eldest uncle is the daughter of the Wan family, and Mrs. Wan and Mrs. Wan are the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Wan is relieved. Of course, Mrs. Wan doesn't like Twelve even more. Let's see what happens next."
In September, Jiang Wuyang and Liang Pingshu returned to Beijing.
Jiang Yue hosted the banquet and brought their mother and daughter into the palace.
On the way, King Chu mentioned hunting, and Concubine Luo added fuel to the flames and made Jiang Yue agree to it.
This time, Jiang Yue only decided to go there for a few days, so he knew about the past of the royal family.
When Wen Qingzhu got the news, he inexplicably thought of Yun Xian's words.
She immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Lei Shuo.
Lei Shuo came over that day.
"General Lu and Lu Lei are also accompanying this time. If Jiang Yuancheng's target is really the eldest princess and the county lord, then there may be problems with this hunting."
Wen Qingzhu's tone was very serious, Qiaoyu's matter was easy to handle.
Just let me know and Wei Feng will handle it himself.
But what the eldest princess, the county lord and the others do is under the eyes of everyone.
Without a suitable reason, Jiang Yue could not be rejected at all.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and asked Lu Tao: "Will Hei Jiren come with you too?"
"Well, let's go together. Lord Hei is ready to make meritorious service in front of the emperor this time." Lu Tao sorted things out and guessed what Hei Jiren was thinking.
Lei Shuo frowned slightly when he heard the familiar tone between them and Hei Jiren: "Why do you suddenly have contact with such people?"
"Sister Shuo, Hei Jiren is certainly a hateful person, but think about it, if he can help the eldest princess and the county lord this time, do you think we are at a loss by interacting with him several times?" Wen Qingzhu patiently tried to persuade Lei Shuo.
"It's not a loss, it's just that he-"
Wen Qingzhu sighed and interrupted her: "I know what Sister Shuo means. Life is not black and white. Maybe Sister Shuo doesn't agree with my opinion, but I still want to say that if I can help the eldest princess and the county leader, , I am happy to associate with people like Hei Jiren, and there is no problem in being friends with benefits!"
"Qingzhu..." Lei Shuo didn't know what to say, so he finally said, "Okay, I'll go with you this time and help keep an eye on it, but the county owner is different from me. She has a brother-in-law who almost... She will never accept Hei Jiren’s kindness after being killed by Hei Jiren.”
"Then I'll trouble Sister Shuo. If there is any news then, I'll let Hei Jiren contact you." Wen Qingzhu was actually not at ease.
Jiang Yuancheng is a well-known person in the city. She can have a deal with Hei Jiren, so maybe he also has a deal with Hei Jiren.
"Sister Shuo, there is something else I want to explain..."
Autumn came early this year, and the matters in the paddock could only be left to Lei Shuo and Lu Lei.
As for her, she was going to the canal.
Under normal circumstances, Fu Lie would reply to one letter a day.
But Fu Lie's letter did not arrive on time yesterday.
While those in the capital were preparing for the hunt, Wen Qingzhu quietly left the capital.
But not long after she left the city, she discovered that she was being followed.
Xi'er drove the carriage and asked Wen Qingzhu in a low voice: "Miss, what should we do?"
"It's okay, continue to Luo City."
After riding the carriage for a day and a night, Wen Qingzhu finally arrived in Luo City.
She had a house in Luo City before, so she moved in directly this time.
In view of being followed, Wen Qingzhu did not contact Ningping.
After resting for a day and a night, Wen Qingzhu set off again, heading towards the canal.
The carriage, which had been driving for most of the day, was about to arrive at the inn.
In front of a dense forest, their carriage was stopped.
A group of men in black were holding swords and staring at their carriage with unkind expressions.
Wen Qingzhu, who was sitting in the car, was making tea leisurely.
Hot steam came out of the cup, the tea leaves rolled, and the color of the tea quickly changed.
Just as Wen Qingzhu put down the kettle in his hand, the table suddenly started to shake.
Several footsteps were approaching quickly.
Accompanied by sharp roars, the sound of killing shook the sky.
Soon, these voices fell silently.
Wen Qingzhu then asked: "Has everything been solved?"
"Well, they are already cleaning up the corpses. We can leave in a while." Xi'er looked at the corpses on the ground in front of her, but there was no blood flowing out. She felt more and more that she had to learn poison.
In less than two quarters of an hour, the carriage started again.
Arrived at the inn before dark.
Yang Dong was already waiting here. When he saw their carriage stopped, he hurried forward.
"Miss, you are finally here."
Lu Tao lifted the curtain and came down and glanced at him: "Of course it's here. Isn't this the time we agreed on before?"
Yang Dong chuckled: "Yes, yes, you come down and have a rest first. The master will come to pick you up in half an hour."
Wen Qingzhu got out of the car, turned around and followed Yang Dong in.
When we got upstairs, hot water and rice were all available.
After taking a bath, Wen Qingzhu changed into bright clothes and waited for Fu Lie's arrival.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Fu Lie did not come over. Instead, a group of caravans came.
After they paid money to the people at the inn, they went to several warehouses to store their goods.
Lu Tao went outside to take a look, and muttered when he came in: "It's really weird. Whatever is being transported is actually wrapped in oilcloth. Could it be that it melts when exposed to water?"
"You said their things were wrapped in oilcloth?" Wen Qingzhu raised his head and asked.
Lu Tao came over and sat down, nodding: "Yes, I have asked. They said it is newly dug soft jade and cannot be left open."
"Really?" Wen Qingzhu felt that it didn't look like soft jade.
Generally, soft jade is carved locally and then released.
"Xi'er, go check it out and see if you can get close." Wen Qingzhu ordered, feeling that this matter was not that simple.
Less than half a quarter of an hour later, Xi'er came back: "Miss, it seems to be soft jade. I saw fragments of soft jade."
Wen Qingzhu and Lu Tao looked at each other with serious eyes.
This is simply three hundred taels of silver in this place.
Fu Lie didn't come over in the end, and Wen Qingzhu went to eat early by himself.
Below the inn, people from the caravan were eating.
Yang Dong left first, and then Lu Tao came down.
But soon, Green Tao came back.
But within a quarter of an hour, Lu Tao left again.
I went back and forth like this four times and finally didn't come back.
Someone in the caravan was curious, and someone familiar with the station asked: "Who is the nobleman who lives up there? How do his servants come in and out?"
The officer at the inn replied lazily: "General Fu's friends were originally waiting for General Fu to come."
The yamen officer glanced at the sky outside: "It's so late and General Fu hasn't come here yet. I'm afraid he won't be able to come tonight. Be careful and don't bump into the noble man!"
"Yes, yes! We are just curious." The businessman quickly apologized and took out a handful of broken silver to let the government servants eat and drink.
As soon as the yamen officer left, the businessman turned around and glanced at the people around the table.
They nodded one after another, finished eating quietly, and went back to their rooms.
Inside the inn, it suddenly became quiet.