Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 372: Just talking hard
When Gu Zhouting came home late, he thought his mother and aunt had gone to bed. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took off his court clothes and changed into casual clothes, his seventh aunt came.

"Aunt, why haven't you rested yet?"

"Don't I miss Wan Ning? Is there any result on the Fahua Nunnery case? I heard that more than a dozen people were burned to death."

"Well, it's over."

"Accidentally flooded or someone set a fire?"

"It was deliberately set on fire."

"Did Wan Ning solve this case?"

Gu Zhou stopped and smiled, with a little pride: "Well, she broke it."

Zhao Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion: "How come she knows everything? Zhou Ting, you are outclassed by her."

"There is no comparison between me and her. She is capable, I am happy, and I am successful and she is happy."

"Tsk, tsk, look at how beautiful you are. By the way, did she say anything about the silk shop?"

"Said, she asked me to tell you that you go directly to Jiangji Silk and Satin Store to look at the materials. Just tell the shopkeeper Zhang Guangsheng what you like. Zhang Guangsheng will arrange everything and give you the price according to the cost price. Aunt, she originally wanted I will go with you, but she will enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and she will probably go on a long trip soon, and she will be on an imperial mission, so I will let you go by yourself and she will say hello."

"Going far away on an imperial mission? Where are you going?"

"Dayuan."

Zhao Lin was surprised: "Dayuan, how dangerous it is. Why does the emperor need a woman to travel so far away?"

"I'm just going to see a doctor." Gu Zhouting said it lightly.

In fact, he was very worried. The situation in the Dayuan royal family was very complicated. There were overt and covert conflicts among the princes. Tudor was the most beloved prince of Duye Khan. There must be some people who didn't want Tudor to be alive. Therefore, Wan Ning's trip Going to Gubei is extremely dangerous.

Tudor cannot die yet. If Tudor dies, the dispute over the crown prince in the Dayuan royal family will immediately subside, and the eldest prince Du Yi will soon be able to take control of the situation. Du Yi is a man of literary and military skills, brave and resourceful. He is extremely ambitious. If he becomes the crown prince of Dayuan, it will be extremely detrimental to Daqi.

That is to say, if there were no Tudor, everyone would obey Du Yi. It is precisely because of the existence of Tudor, who is not outstanding in talent, has no merit in his hands, and can get everything just by being favored by Du Ye Khan, that everyone would give birth to me. Why are we not as good as him? If he can sit on the throne, why can't we?

"Seeing a doctor? There are so many doctors in the Royal Hospital, can't you just send anyone there? Does it have to be Wan Ning?"

Gu Zhouting smiled bitterly: "Only she can cure this disease."

Zhao Lin sighed: "It's not a good thing to be too capable. It's her turn to do any dangerous errands. Zhou Ding, you have to make careful arrangements to ensure that she comes back safely."

"Don't worry, aunt, if I don't make arrangements, His Royal Highness will make arrangements. Of course, I must make arrangements myself. I won't trust it if it is left to others."

Mrs. Zhao Lin returned to her room thoughtfully, and when she entered the room, she saw her eldest sister sitting in her room.

"Sister, you didn't sleep at night. Why did you come to my place? You scared me. I thought I had entered the wrong room."

"Didn't you stay up late at night? Did you go to Zhou Ding?"

"I'm going to pay attention to the case of Fahua Temple." Gu Lin asked curiously: "Has this case been investigated clearly?"

Zhao Lin asked: "You want to know, why don't you ask Zhou Ting yourself?"

Gu Linshi glanced at her: "I wanted to ask, but there was someone who was faster than me. He went in and didn't come out for a long time. I feel sorry for my son who is already busy with official work, and I disturb his rest at night."

"Yes, yes, it's my fault as an aunt."

"Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly."

Zhao Lin sat down and motioned to her eldest sister to pour her tea.

Gu Lin rolled her eyes angrily and poured her a cup of tea.

Zhao Lin then said: "It's broken, someone set the fire deliberately."

"Who is the murderer? But Qin Siyue, the daughter of Uncle Anping's family? I heard that she was the only one who survived."

"It wasn't her. She was almost regarded as the murderer. Fortunately, Wan Ning was aware of everything and found out the clues. He found out the real murderer. Zhou Ting said that the murderer's name is Jingting, and he is the most promising successor of the host. He is in charge of the law. As for the accounts of Hua'an, her brother lost money in business and owed a lot of debt, so Jingting misappropriated the incense money in the nunnery to repay her brother's debt..."

Gu Lin was stunned when she heard this: "Just for more than three hundred taels of silver, more than a dozen lives were lost? What did she think?"

"What she was thinking, of course she was thinking about herself. She roped in a pilgrim to be her scapegoat. If they hadn't given Qin Siyue food last night, Qin Siyue would have woken up hungry in the middle of the night and escaped. Do you think who else would have escaped? Knowing that Jingting is still alive? Those corpses were burned to charcoal. Wouldn't she be able to live in anonymity somewhere else with the remaining incense money? "

Gu Lin sighed: "This Qin Siyue is also very lucky, but he made a mistake before An Pingbo's rebellion and was punished by going to Fahua Nunnery. Therefore, he escaped being executed by the whole family, and now he escapes because of being treated harshly. Seven Sister, you don’t know that Qin Siyue has often bullied Wan Ning and taken advantage of her. "

"Hey, sister, instead of calling her Mrs. Jiang, she calls her Wan Ning instead?" Zhao Lin joked.

Gu Lin said sarcastically: "Didn't I follow your words?"

"You, the only thing left in your body is your stubborn mouth."

"By the way, sister, you went to have tea with Mrs. Chen this morning. Did you drink tea all day?"

"How could it not be possible? Later we went to have a small gathering at Mrs. Lu, the Minister of Rites, together. Alas! If I had known about it, I would not have gone. It made me so angry that I was half dead."

"Who has offended you? How dare someone dare to inflict anger on the Prime Minister's mother and make her impatient?"

"It's not directed at me. Everyone was chatting and talking about Wan Ning. The ladies first praised her and then said, "You can't marry a woman who is too powerful. Who dares to marry? What can't be conquered?" "Yes, and then the words became more and more outrageous, saying that it is a virtue for a woman to be without talent, and that women should be honest and do their duty, take care of their husbands and raise children at home, and so on."

"Don't listen to them. They really want to have this ability, but unfortunately they don't have it. They can only rely on belittling others to show that they are not so incompetent." Zhao Lin said sarcastically.

"That's right, I really couldn't listen anymore, and was about to fall out, but Mrs. Chen said with a smile, "The Empress has read poetry and books, and has been famous for her talents and learning since she was a child. Do you think the Empress is not virtuous enough and is not worthy of the post?" ? The ladies were so frightened that their faces turned pale."

Zhao Lin almost spat out her tea as she burst into tears and laughed: "This Mrs. Chen is also a wonderful person. The scene at that time must have been extremely ridiculous."

Gu Lin also laughed: "When they know that the woman they despised has been crowned a princess, and when they see that the woman no one dares to marry has become the daughter-in-law of my Gu family, let's see what they have to say. I will also be dedicated to it then. Invite them to a wedding banquet."

Zhao Lin smiled and looked at the eldest sister. The eldest sister regarded Wan Ning as her daughter-in-law, so she would be angry if others said bad things about Wan Ning.