He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

Jiang Sili was stunned. Did the Yangling Marquis take concubines so frequently?

But he thought about it and understood it instantly. Isn't it good to have more concubines? After all, looking at the whole Shengjing, where else can you find a second family with such a good job except Shen Qing?

So Jiang Sili responded with a smile on his face, "Then I will wait for the news from the young lady."

Shen Qing nodded and signaled Chan Yi to send him away.

Before leaving, Shen Qing glanced at the green-clothed servant with a complicated expression, smiling, "How is it, I didn't lie to you?"

The green-clothed servant frowned, never expecting that his master was actually the current marquis, and his mind was full of thoughts for a while.

"I'm sorry for offending you today, please forgive me, young lady."

"It's okay, I think you are sincere, why don't you come to my place to do business?"

Because they were afraid of exposing their identities, the green-clothed servants and their group were not under the Yangling Marquis, but temporary hires.

The young servant in blue was stunned. He didn't expect Shen Qing to extend an olive branch to him. He was hesitating when he heard Shen Qing say, "You can think about it first. If you have made up your mind, you can come to me at any time."

After that, Shen Qing and Aunt Qiu left the main hall.

...

Tinglan Courtyard.

After the maids prepared the meal, Shen Qing dismissed everyone and left only Chan Yi.

"How is the investigation of Lin Xuefu's miscarriage going?"

After Lian Rui hanged herself a few days ago, Yangling Hou closed the case of Lin Xuefu's miscarriage.

Because a confession letter was found in Lian Rui's room, it was written very straightforwardly that the reason why she attacked Lin Xuefu was because Lin Xuefu discovered her secret.

Lian Rui had a lover in the mansion, who was a servant who looked after the stables, but during an affair, Lin Xuefu accidentally saw it. Lian Rui was afraid that she would tell others, so she killed him cruelly, but she didn't expect that she only lost her child, but didn't take her life.

After knowing that the truth could no longer be concealed, Lian Rui was afraid that the Mu family would torture her, so she chose to commit suicide.

Afterwards, Lin Xuefu and the stable boy confirmed that this was true, and the stable boy also said that Lian Rui's condition was indeed not right during those days. She looked frightened every day, which was exactly the same as what was written in the letter.

There was no doubt about the matter, so Yangling Hou had Lian Rui's body thrown into a mass grave and the stable boy was expelled from the mansion, which was the end of the matter.

However, Mu Ziqian said that he would not admit anything. Although all the evidence pointed to Lian Rui, Mu Ziqian always felt that Shen Qing must have bribed Lian Rui and planned this with great effort, just to make things difficult for him and Lin Xuefu.

Although Shen Qing was too lazy to care about Mu Ziqian's madness, his thoughts were the same as his.

Shen Qing had seen Lian Rui, the girl, who looked loyal and faithful. Moreover, even if the affair was discovered by Lin Xuefu, according to the good character that Lin Xuefu had established in the mansion, she could have a happy ending if she just asked for help. However, she was so resolute and thorough, as if someone was controlling her behind the scenes.

So Shen Qing asked Chan Yi to send someone to pick up Lian Rui's body, and asked Chan Yi to investigate the matter carefully. It has been three days.

Chan Yi first served Shen Qing a bowl of black chicken soup, and then said, "I asked someone to carefully check Lian Rui. Although there was no sign of struggle on her body, undigested drugs were found in her stomach, so she should have been knocked unconscious before being hanged."

In other words, Lian Rui did not commit suicide, so the confession letter was naturally a trick.

After slowly drinking a mouthful of chicken soup, Shen Qing motioned to Chan Yi to continue, "In addition, I also asked someone to check the whereabouts of the stable boy. The strange thing is that after the man was expelled from the mansion by the Marquis, he seemed to have completely disappeared. I sent people to look for him for several days but couldn't find his whereabouts."

Shen Qing responded, "No need to look for him, he is probably dead."

Shen Qing had already guessed the identity of the person behind the scenes.

Shen Qing couldn't think of another person in Yangling Marquis's mansion who could do things so neatly and without leaving any handles, except Mu Xueliu.

"Keep an eye on the mansion these days and see who has frequent contact with Mu Xueliu. Be careful not to alert the enemy."

Chan Yi agreed, and then asked in confusion, "Miss, do you think this is the work of the prince's concubine?"

Shen Qing nodded, "According to my guess, there are probably many spies left by her in the mansion. Pull them out one by one first, and we will talk about how to deal with them later."

Although Shen Qing was not interested in Lin Xuefu's life or death, he would not allow anyone to make trouble under his nose.

Mu Xueliu's hands were too long, so Shen Qing didn't mind helping her trim them.

"Has Yangling Hou been to Aunt Chen recently?"

At the beginning, Shen Qing also thought that Yangling Hou only kept Qin Luan outside, but it was not until he followed for half a month that he found out that in addition to Qin Luan, Yangling Hou also kept Aunt Chen in the south of the city, and there should be another one outside the city. Shen Qing has not yet found out the specific whereabouts.

That's why Shen Qing told Jiang Sili today that there will be a wedding in Yangling Marquis's Mansion in a few days.

Qin Luan has already entered the mansion, so there is no need to worry about having another concubine Chen. Shen Qing can already vaguely predict how lively the future days of Yangling Marquis's Mansion will be.

Unlike Qin Luan, Concubine Chen was originally the concubine of Yangling Marquis, but because the wife of Yangling Marquis disliked her appearance and background, she found an excuse to send her to a nunnery a hundred miles away from Shengjing.

Aunt Chen was not willing to spend the rest of her life with the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, so she secretly found someone to deliver the letter, and then she was picked up by Marquis Yangling, who then kept her in Jiaohua Lane in the south of the city for more than five years. .

Chanyi said truthfully, "I only went there once ten days ago, and I stayed there for half a day, and I haven't been there since."

Shen Qing nodded, "The Yangling Marquis Mansion is in chaos these days. I guess he doesn't have the energy to deal with those Yingying Yanyan, but don't take it lightly. I'm very curious as to whether our Marquis is out there." Raised a few.”

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Shen Qing had lunch and then went to sleep. When she woke up, she heard Chan Yi come to report that Qin Luan had been placed by Yang Linghou in Fuchuntang, the farthest place from Qifutang. However, the two of them had not seen each other since they returned from the main hall. When they came out, Marquis Yangling was probably still struggling to explain; Mrs. Marquis Yangling woke up once, and when she heard that she was brought back by the guards in the courtyard, she was so angry that she fainted again on the spot; Mu Ziqian's leg was injured It became serious again. The doctor told him not to move anymore this time, otherwise he might really get the root of the disease. Mu Ziqian was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he swore that he would not do anything again unless the Hongyan Hall collapsed. Got out of bed.

Seeing Chanyi's expressions of joy, Shen Qing couldn't help but smile, "Are you happy now?"

Chanyi nodded, unable to hide the joy on her face, "It's so happy."

Shen Qing smiled and said, "In that case, then wait for me to dress."

Chanyi put on Shen Qing's coat and asked, "Miss, are you planning to go out?"

Shen Qing nodded, the smile in his eyes shining like stars, "Well, Marquis Yangling still owes us one thousand five hundred taels of silver. I have to go and get it back."