My princess is so beautiful

Chapter 8

In Shen Ning's mind, a big net was quickly spread among the rich and powerful in Jian'an.

Princess Qingfu is the same mother and sister of Emperor Shengping, and Song Yan's direct aunt, so she naturally has a lot of voice in the royal family.

The Zhong'anbo mansion has been going downhill in recent years, the men in the family are useless, thanks to the long-sleeved and good dancing of the Xiao family, who was born in a wealthy businessman, so that he will not fall out of the circle of celebrities in Jian'an City.

Zhuyu frowned slightly: "Princess, this servant heard some news by accident, I don't know if it's true or not?"

Shen Ning motioned for her to come and listen.

Zhuyu thought for a while, then spoke cautiously: "There are rumors that Chen Wanwan, the third daughter of Zhong'anbo Mansion, seems to be getting closer to the King of Kangjun recently."

Shen Ning thought for a while, then smiled suddenly: "No wonder."

Song Xiao, King of Kangjun, was the eldest son of Princess Qingfu. He made an exception in the year of Guanzhi and was made the king of the county by Emperor Shengping.

The concubine he married was also very well-off, she was Meng Tinger, the granddaughter of Meng Guangting, the Governor of the Five Armies. Unfortunately, the Meng family had been in the mansion for five years and had nothing to do.

Shen Ning: "I think Princess Qingfu couldn't wait to have her grandson, so she wanted to give Prince Kang a decent side concubine."

Chen Wanwan is the youngest daughter of the Xiao family. She has the identity of the eldest daughter of the uncle's mansion, and also has the support of a wealthy maternal ancestral family like the Xiao family. It is not surprising that she was chosen by Princess Qingfu.

Zi Zhu was very puzzled: "If this Miss Chen enters the mansion and gives birth to a son, wouldn't the Meng family be happy to inherit the title of Duke of Kang in the future?"

If a concubine gave birth to a son, it would not be difficult for the princess of the county to hug her knees to raise her, but if a concubine from Zhong'anbo's mansion gave birth to a son, wouldn't the Meng family's status in the prince's mansion in the future be in name only? ?
Zhuyu: "Princess, Governor Meng is domineering, so it should be impossible for him to make such a concession?"

The corners of Shen Ning's lips twitched slightly: "Usually, Governor Meng would not know it, but what if Princess Qingfu promised greater benefits in exchange?"

Aristocratic families are married, and there are a few of them because of love, and not all of them are for the sake of getting what they need.

Zhuyu and the others were a little puzzled at first, but after Shen Ning's advice, they suddenly became enlightened.

It's just that the position of the princess of the county is not low, so what will be the exchange that can make Governor Meng give up his eldest granddaughter?
Shen Ning's mind turned extremely fast, and a possibility came to her mind almost instantly.

She remembered that Dudu Meng also had a second son who had been stationed in the northwest, and this General Zhenyuan had a second daughter who was not out of the cabinet.

Shen Ning: "Zisu, find a chance to go to Mr. An's place and see if you can find out the list of generals who will report to Jian'an this year."

Zisu responded cautiously.

Shen Ning said again: "Lianqiao, go and reply to Princess Qingfu, and say that I have accepted the post for the Spring Banquet."

Lian Qiao hesitated slightly: "Princess, do you need to take care of your injury for a while?"

Shen Ning smiled: "The outsiders may think that I am depressed and hit hard, so I just take this opportunity to let them open their eyes and see, the princess is doing well~"

What other occasion is easier to inquire about news than the spring banquet where the rich and powerful gather in Beijing?
So this time, she had to go, and she still had to go in a high-profile way!
She, Shen Ning, is not a persimmon, if she wants to grab something from her, it's better than seeing whose chess is the bottom line!
After two days passed, Shen Ning's body was basically recovered.

She went to the Wenyuan Hall to greet Emperor Shengping, and Emperor Shengping left her to drink tea, exaggerating how much Song Yan cared about her distress, and how to receive Daqi's envoys, In the end, without any accident, Shen Ning returned to the East Palace with a cart full of rewards.

Zhuyu was waiting outside the gate of the East Palace, seeing her princess getting off the carriage, she immediately stepped forward and whispered something in her ear.

Shen Ning frowned, and the appearance of a round-faced little maid appeared in her mind.

Outside Mingzhao Hall, Huo Shan and Lady Meng both knelt beside the stone road.

Shen Ning let the two of them enter the hall to talk.

Huo Shan handed a small bundle to Zizhu beside Shen Ning, and when the Zizhu was unpacked, inside was a man's belt and two pairs of Xinna insoles, and the insoles were tightly stitched, it is not difficult to see that the people who sewed them put great effort into it.

Zi Zhu's face turned black like the bottom of a pot, and the East Palace actually found this pickled thing!
Huo Shan obviously knew that he was ashamed, and said in a difficult voice: "This morning, a female corpse was found in the mandala flower garden not far from the northwest corner gate. After identification, it was confirmed that it was a vegetable washing girl in the kitchen. Her name was Sizhu."

What he didn't have the nerve to say was that Si Zhu's death was extremely ugly, not to mention the tattered lower body dress, what else was given to him?
There are some things that he really can't say in front of his own princess.

Shen Ning is so perceptive, almost in an instant, she outlined a complete storyline of being trapped by love, the seller begged for glory, and the other party feared that the matter would be exposed and then ruthlessly killed her.

Huo Shan: "The slave secretly invited the assistant of Beicheng Division to see if he can find anything else."

Shen Ning answered with a sullen face, and then looked at Lady Meng: "I have an impression, what's unusual about her? And how did she have the opportunity to meet a foreigner?"

Mrs. Meng was in charge of the kitchen, she was already full of regrets, she recalled everything about Si Zhu's past a hundred and eighty times in her heart, and she said it all like pouring beans.

The details provided by Meng Niangzi coincided with Shen Ning's guess. This silk and bamboo was obviously targeted by someone when she was out shopping in the palace by chance.

When something like this happened to her own people, Shen Ning felt sick in her heart.

Forsythia made tea, and Shen Ning drank more than half of it, before slightly suppressing the discomfort in her stomach.

Not long after, Wu Zuo also got results, and found a ring with a purple gold pattern in Si Zhu's stomach.

Purple gold is not considered expensive, but the hemp pattern craftsmanship is quite rare. This ring is obviously not something for ordinary people.

Zi Su frowned, and tried to recall: "Princess, I seem to have seen this kind of purple gold pattern jewelry somewhere."

Zizhu also felt a little impressed: "I seem to have seen it before."

Shen Ning immediately asked the two to go to the warehouse: "Go and look through the list of items that have been rewarded by the palace recently."

Zizhu was about to respond, when Zisu suddenly slapped her forehead: "Princess, I have remembered! Years ago, Eunuch An asked my servants to pick out the annual gift for tribute from foreign countries. I saw a set like this in the tribute items of the Xirong envoys." I remember that there were four rings, a pair of twisted bracelets, a purple gold twisted necklace inlaid with opals, and a pair of earrings."

It turned out to be a tribute!
Shen Ning curled her lips: "Then it's easy to find."

Zi Su: "Why don't you go to the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs again now?"

Emperor Shengping treated his princess generously, and rewarded him every now and then, and most of the time his princess would pick out any good things brought into the palace. Zisu was already familiar with the eunuchs in charge of the warehouse.

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Plot preview: There will be a guest tomorrow, guess who it will be?

Good night

(End of this chapter)