royal girl

Chapter 32
The room was quiet, the husband and wife sat facing each other, for a moment neither of them could make up their mind whether to enter the palace and ask Concubine De for help.

In fact, Ji Fuyan's life has been smooth and smooth. He has been the emperor's favorite prince since he was born. He is intelligent, diligent, hard-working, self-motivated, and warm-tempered.This kind of temperament is already pleasing, plus people are also smart, and there is an outsider family, the Xinguo Mansion, behind him. Although his biological mother is not as favored as the imperial concubine, she has always been favored.Among the seven brothers, Ji Fuyan is really No.1 and rarely suffers setbacks.

But I don't know when, among the brothers, the mother's family is the weakest and the most insignificant Prince Jing suddenly became prominent among the brothers.To be honest, in the past, Ji Fuyan still felt pity for this fourth brother, but in fact, he never regarded him as an opponent at all. After all, Ji Qiyu couldn't keep up with the software and hardware, which seriously hindered him.But now?Ji Fuyan clasped his hands tightly, he had to admit that Ji Qiyu had become his greatest threat.

From salt affairs to shipping to the inner court, there are tricky errands everywhere, but Ji Qiyu handles the errands properly, even he feels sideways.Dong Yunji said that he went south to urge the army to pay, but in fact he had already received news that Dong Yunji had other tasks on him, especially when the news came that Dong Yunji was still in contact with King Anding and King Fengchuan, so naturally he couldn't sit still like a mountain.Ji Qiyu wanted to use Dong Yunji to intervene in the water transport, but he naturally couldn't allow him to do so, and after two fights, the water boat capsized.At the beginning, it was because of his carelessness that Peng Liang's matter was taken care of by Ji Qiyu. Naturally, he will not make the same mistake this time.

And now King Ning is not sure what his father means. He clearly knows that he and Ji Qiyu have fought a lot, but he keeps silent, and even brings up King Su all at once. I just got a garden, the first one among the brothers, this honor is naturally very beautiful.Although Su Wang is not as powerful as he and Jing Wang in terms of errands, but now that Fengyuan is clearly there, no one dares to underestimate Su Wang's status.

The father is getting old, the sons are getting more and more stable, and there are more and more people around him. There are countless officials who have come to fawn on him. Can it be as stable as a mountain?He has already figured it out now, the father rewarded Fengyuan to the elder brother, just to warn him and Ji Qiyu, they worked hard on the errands, but it was not worth the glory of the elder brother with a word from the father unlimited.All their honors and everything were given by their father.

The father may not be unaware of the actions of the two brothers in private, but he is so calm that it is unclear what he is thinking. This is the most disturbing thing.

Ji Qiyu was able to follow Dong Yunji's hand to disrupt his layout in the south, and dealt a ruthless blow. Naturally, he couldn't just be beaten and not fight back. That's why Yue Shuiqing went to Beijing to seek refuge.He has to make trouble for Ji Qiyu, don't let him stare at him all the time.He did the first grade of junior high school, and he can do fifteenth grade by himself.

Xia Bingyu looked at Ji Fuyan and felt a little uncertain, she didn't know what he was thinking at this moment, but her thoughts were still on Yue Shuiqing's side, so she said slowly: "There is Concubine Han in the palace, and Concubine Mother is doing it now." Things are not as convenient as before, if we let her worry about such a thing, we are afraid that Xia Yingbai will target her again, and it will not be beautiful then, what do you think?"

Hearing Xia Bingyu's words, Ji Fuyan slowly withdrew his thoughts, thinking of Xia Yingbai's heart was also bouts of irritability.At the beginning, it was his father who picked up Xia Mingzhe to fight against Lord Xin Guo. He could only stand aside and choose Duke Xin Guo. Help her out in the situation of mother and daughter.But at that time Xia Mingzhe was a shield erected by his father himself, how could he rush to fight against his father, now that this bad debt is still innocently on his own head, he feels wronged.

"Then we can only think of other ways." Ji Fuyan said with a sullen face.

"Dong Huiyu is my evil star. Everything doesn't go well when I meet her. Whether it's Xia Yingbai or Chu Ke who are against me, teach her well. It's really unlucky." Xia Bingyu couldn't help it. Complaining, now that I think about it, it's also my fault that Dong Huiyu didn't get into Prince Ning's mansion as a side concubine, otherwise I would be even more unlucky.

Hearing Xia Bingyu mention Dong Huiyu, King Ning's expression remained unchanged, but he remembered her face in his heart.He couldn't figure it out all the time. He had never offended her, but she always felt like avoiding him.In fact, she had the opportunity to enter Prince Ning's mansion to be by her side, but in the end she was destroyed by Ji Qiyu.At the beginning, Marquis Bei'an came forward to divert everyone's attention, but after careful consideration, he suddenly realized that in fact, maybe his good fourth brother was going after Dong Huiyu at first, but he foolishly acted as a stepping stone for him.

"Then put it aside for now. We can't be in a hurry now. Take our time. If you are in a hurry, you will easily make mistakes." Ji Fuyan stood up again and looked at Xia Bingyu. "I'll go to the study first. There are more things going on in the south recently. Take care rest."

Xia Bingyu naturally knew this, so she responded with a smile, and said: "You also pay more attention to your body, and let them do what you tell them to do." Naturally, they were referring to the staff and cronies who surrounded King Ning.

Ji Fuyan nodded, patted Xia Bingyu's hand, and strode out.

Xia Bingyu watched Ji Fuyan's back disappear at the door, and then sat back down again.She just purposely complained about Dong Huiyu in front of him, but she didn't expect him to react like this. It seems that her guess was right all along. Cousin, he... Actually likes Dong Huiyu, right... Sure enough, Dong's family The sisters are not good things, each of them is against him, the older one is weak and sympathetic like a white lotus, and the younger one is like a vixen who seduces people everywhere.As if a cold and heartless man like Prince Jing could change his man for her, she couldn't believe that there could be a cat in this world that didn't steal.

Yue Shuiqing was specially selected by King Huai, and she was carefully taught how to make men pity and love him. With Dong Huiyu's magnificent appearance in front of him, after a long time, he will feel that Yue Shuiqing's appearance will shine brightly Bar?The most important thing is that when King Jing was in the palace, he was framed by a little maid who took the blame for him and was beaten to death. According to King Huai, Yue Shuiqing's appearance was somewhat similar to that maid. It can arouse his guilt, can't it?
"Fourth brother!" King Jia saw Ji Qiyu coming out of the palace gate from a distance, whipped his whip in his hand, and immediately chased after him, reining in his horse and turning over in front of him.

Ji Qiyu raised her head and looked at King Jia, "What's the matter?" Being so anxious, it seems that something happened.

King Jia threw the reins to the servants beside him, walked forward with Ji Qiyu, and said as he walked, "I checked the matter you asked me to check, and it turned out that the Cao Gang was deeply involved with the salt affairs. My lord went south according to the order, and they deliberately set up a trap to trap him. Although we know what happened now, but there is no evidence, it is really maddening."

Knowing who did it, but there is no evidence against him, which is suffocating.Looking at the fourth brother, he wasn't surprised at all, he knew that it must be the fourth brother who could think of this, and he felt admiration in his heart, as if the fourth brother could hold everything in the palm of his hand.

"Everything you have done will always leave traces. If you don't find it, it doesn't mean you don't have it. Keep digging. The people on King Ning's side can't tear their mouths, so they start with the Cao Gang. You are in charge of the salt affairs. Are you stuck with them?" It's very easy. The business of making a living is stuck, can they not be in a hurry? As long as they are in a hurry, they will find you, and then it will be much easier to negotiate terms." Ji Qiyu said slowly, "In the future, it will be easier to do things. Calm down, don't be so impetuous."

King Jia was not angry when Ji Qiyu scolded him, instead he said with a smile: "Thank you fourth brother for teaching me, I understand, the one who takes care of things properly is to take care of it."

Ji Qiyu patted him on the shoulder, he already knew that King Ning's side was not easy to attack, so it's not surprising that Lao Qi couldn't open his mouth.Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of something again, looked sideways at King Jia and said, "Let your people walk around with Dong Yunji more, you won't suffer."

King Jia naturally knew who Dong Yunji was, but the fourth brother thought of him too highly, right?It's not Ding Guogong in the south, nor Dong Yuncheng, Dong Yunji stayed at the border with Bei'anhou for several years.To be honest, if he sent troops to fight, he could still believe that Dong Yunji was capable of leading the army, but dealing with those officials in the south was not an easy job, it required brains.Dong Yunji had dug himself into it, and the fourth brother asked his people to walk around with him more, what does this mean?It's not that he underestimated Dong Yunji, but that soldiers and civil servants are not the same thing. Isn't it embarrassing for you to ask blacksmiths to make snacks?
"Fourth brother..." King Jia looked at Prince Jing cautiously, thinking about how to say what he said without getting angry.

Looking at Wang Jia's eyes, Ji Qiyu knew what he was thinking, and patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Qi, you can't judge by appearance, just go."

Well, after the fourth brother said that, he couldn't say anything more, so he nodded and said, "It's no problem if you ask me to discuss the Cao Gang's affairs with Mr. Dong. I'll give orders when I get back." Anyway, Dong Yunji really What he did was wrong, isn't the fourth brother helping him?But speaking of it, the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law have a good relationship, and they are so kind to her family, I'm really envious. "The books on the South Water Transport side are all from the second brother. As soon as we make a move, he will receive news from his side."

"I'm not afraid that he knows, but I'm afraid that he doesn't know, you just let go and do it." Ji Qiyu said.

"Where is the father..."

"When the military salary is collected, there is nothing to do at the border. Naturally, the emperor will not care about these trivial matters." By throwing Dong Yunji to the south to mess around, isn't the emperor's intention to rectify the officialdom in the south?This trailblazer used it well and cleverly, and Dong Yunji cooperated well, and sure enough, there was a big mistake as soon as he went there, which was in line with the emperor's wishes. Isn't this a good thing?
The harder you toss, the better.

Things outside were getting more and more troublesome, the south was in turmoil, Huiyu didn't have such a long arm, and couldn't reach the south, but from Ji Qiyu's expression, it could be seen that everything was as expected.By the time Deng Yangyu came back from the south, it was already late autumn, and Huiyu was already wearing padded clothes.

Originally, I thought that I would be able to come back in more than a month, but I didn't expect that the delay would be two months.

"My subordinate greets the concubine." Deng Yangyu strode in and saluted immediately, walking with a bit of a soldier's strong air, the maids and women in the room couldn't help but slow down their breathing and lower their heads.

"Xueying and Xueqi stay, and everyone else goes down," Huiyu said slowly.

"Yes." The waiter in the room backed away, leaving only Xueqi Xueying guarding.

Then Huiyu looked at Deng Yangyu and said, "Get up, you have worked so hard for this trip, but what have you gained?"

"It's my duty to be loyal to the princess, and I dare not talk about hard work." Deng Yangyu stood up slowly, without raising his head, and replied: "According to the instructions of the princess, this subordinate came from the Qingshi Bridge in Suiye City. Wensi Lane has inquired carefully..."

The matter was basically the same as what Yue Shuiqing said. After all, everyone knew what was going on on the surface, and it was easy to be exposed if he lied, so Huiyu also knew that what Yue Shuiqing said about the situation of the Yue family was basically true.Yue Tongfu, also Ji Qiyu's grandfather, resigned from office and returned to his hometown more than ten years ago, and has never been an official since.One daughter died within a few years of entering the palace, and one son gave birth to only one daughter, Yue Shuiqing. When her mother gave birth to her second child, both mother and child died of dystocia. Not long after, her father also died of illness.Later, Yue Shuiqing and Yue Tongfu depended on each other for life, but unexpectedly, her grandfather died of illness in the end, and just before his death, he told her to come to the capital to find someone.

These news were basically the same, Huiyu looked at Deng Yangyu and asked, "Apart from this, do you have any other news?"

"This subordinate once wanted to draw a portrait of Miss Yue, so that this person in the mansion would know the truth. I didn't expect that Yue Shuiqing usually didn't show up very often, and very few people had seen her. Later, when Mr. Yue died of illness, and there was only one old servant in the family to serve him. Later, when Miss Yue came to Beijing, she let her go home. The subordinates went to find this servant, but they couldn't find anyone. It was said that they never went back No. The subordinates felt that this was a bit strange, so they asked around, and they all said that Miss Yue had never seen this servant again after she set off, but they all knew about Miss Yue letting her go home for the elderly.

With such a woman waiting by her side, it is true that Yue Shuiqing does not need to show her face, and it is not surprising that not many people have seen her.But something was still wrong, so he looked at Deng Yangyu and asked, "Although the countryside is a bit remote, when Mrs. Yue was still here, didn't you take Miss Yue out to meet people?"

"I heard that the rules of the Yue family are very strict. Madam Yue doesn't usually go out, and the father of Miss Yue will come forward for everything. Later, after the death of her father-in-law, what happened was that woman walking outside. Miss Yue has never seen much Human."

That is to say, there is no evidence to prove that Miss Yue in the mansion is fake, and there is no way to prove that she is real.If this Yue Shuiqing is a fake, it is no wonder that the people at King Ning's side have such a high risk of catching a cold and pretending to be her. The outside world only knows about Miss Yue but no one has seen her. It is really easy to pretend to be a fake.

Really shrewd.

Huiyu thought that the behavior of the Yue family might have something to do with Fang Jieyu who died young in the palace, but she didn't expect the Yue family to be too careful.

Seeing that the princess did not speak, Deng Yangyu thought for a while, and then said: "This subordinate once visited the neighbors that Mrs. Yue visited before she was still alive. I heard that the old lady of that family met Miss Yue, and it was when Miss Yue was young. The old lady had passed away for many years when the subordinates went to find her. Her daughter-in-law said something, saying that she heard something from his mother-in-law by chance. When she was young, Miss Yue also liked to play. She also fell off a big rock by the river at the entrance of the village, leaving a scar on her arm. It's just that she has been so old, and she can't guarantee that she remembers it correctly. Moreover, the subordinates also heard from the family that Miss Yue's body It's not good, she needs to drink medicine all year round, which is one of the reasons why she doesn't come out to meet people."

Needing to drink medicine all the year round to take care of the body, it is very likely that Miss Yue is a frail disease brought from the mother's womb.But the current Yue Shuiqing didn't see any need to take medicine. Although she was delicate and weak, she was a healthy person.

When Ji Qiyu came back, Deng Yangyu had already left, Huiyu told him the news Deng Yangyu found out, and then said: "I'm really worried now, if the one in the mansion is fake, then Where is the real cousin now?" In fact, Huiyu prefers that the real Yue Shuiqing is no longer there. After all, a person who needs to take medicine all the year round, plus the loss of his mother first, then his father, and then his grandfather disappeared, leaving only She is alone, and she is a weak and sick person. In such a situation, not to mention a sick person, even a normal person may not be able to survive.

She said this tactfully, and Ji Qiyu could understand it if she wanted to.However, I didn't see any expression on Ji Qiyu's face. Thinking about it, since Ji Qiyu had memories, there was no feeling of the existence of a foreigner.There are so many princes in the palace, all of them have wives.The imperial concubine's natal family is also inconspicuous, but it's not that she was conferred a title by the emperor and has a good reputation in Beijing.But Fang Jieyu's natal family was defeated, and Ji Qiyu had no natal family to rely on since she was a child, so maybe she was ridiculed a lot because of this.Listening to what happened in the Yue family now, Huiyu can understand without expressing too much.But Ji Qiyu didn't value it, and it didn't mean that others could step on Yue's family to harm him.

"I've sent someone to investigate this matter, don't worry." Ji Qiyu said this after a while, and sat there in a daze for a while.When he was very young, he watched his brothers proudly showing off their parents' family in front of him. King Yi's grandfather was only a county magistrate at first, but later he was named Jin Rongbo by the emperor because of the concubine's favor.King Chun's grandfather also worked his way up to the position of prefect from the county magistrate, and then retired to his hometown when he was old. Although Mingui was not favored, the emperor rewarded him a lot for this, allowing him to return to his hometown in glory.But his natal family has never appeared in his life, so he doesn't have much affection for people and things that have never appeared.

Although there is no relationship, it does not mean that it is not a relationship.Therefore, he will properly accommodate people from his family who come to seek refuge, but it is impossible for him to treat people from his family as close relatives.Originally, he was a very indifferent person, and the development of such a temperament had a great relationship with his life in the palace for so many years.

Listening to Huiyu's words at this time, he actually understood in his heart that even if he didn't care anymore, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"You are naturally much better at taking over this matter than me. The people on my side are not as smooth as yours." Huiyu changed the subject with a smile. She could also see that Ji Qiyu was not in a good mood, "Since If that's the case, I think Miss Yue in the mansion has to try again. As for whether there are any scars on her arm, just let the maid who serves her take a closer look."

"You can do what you see. Since it's a fake, just watch it in the backyard and don't let her cause trouble. When the matter is found out, go back to where it came from." Ji Qiyu looked stern. , with a thick gloomy look between his brows and eyes.

"I know, don't worry." Huiyu sighed inwardly. In fact, no one can accept such a thing calmly.It's like you know that there is such a relative, but you have never been in contact with it since you can remember, and because of this relative who has never been in contact, you have been ridiculed by others, and now you are deceived by someone in the name of a relative Come on, it's impossible not to be angry at all.

Ji Qiyu nodded but didn't speak. Huiyu looked at him and felt pitiful in her heart.He got up, walked to sit beside him, and said with a smile: "You have me and sister Zhao by your side now, and we will have many children in the future, and you will have many close relatives by your side. They will all be like me, like You, respect you, rely on you. Let the previous things pass, and you will have me and children in the future, why bother to grieve for the past that has already fallen into the dust, it is not worth it."

Ji Qiyu turned her head to look at Huiyu, her dark eyes that seemed bottomless rolled waves, "You don't understand how I expected them to appear in front of me in those days."

When he was being bullied, when he had no one to rely on, and when he also wanted to gain family affection, he once especially hoped that they would appear. That was his only expectation and only hope in those dark days.

(End of this chapter)