My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 438 What's Wrong

Qin Yuan said after a while: "This is really... a great opportunity. Thank you, Brother Cheng, for thinking of it. If it weren't for his suggestion, we would never have thought of this."

If I could follow the Five Cities Military Department in the investigation, it would be what I wanted.

Dai immediately took over the conversation.

"There are still many ways to discuss this. No one expected that the emperor would suddenly celebrate the empress dowager's birthday. In the past, he said that we should be frugal on the fifth and tenth days of the lunar calendar. I don't know why he wants to celebrate it again this year."

Qin Yuan didn't understand either.

In previous lives, the emperor and the empress dowager were both extremely frugal.

On the one hand, it is because the emperor and Queen Lin want to be wise rulers and virtuous queens.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Revenue would often cry out for a shortage of silver at this time, and the censors would submit memorials asking the emperor to emulate the sage monarchs. Anyone who wants to become an emperor of all ages must first restrain his desires.

Qin Yuan said, "It is indeed time to recheck the household and business registers. They have not been cleaned up for many years. Let's not talk about anything else. Just look at how many outsiders have come to Beijing to serve as officials over the years. All the relatives and clansmen in their hometowns have come to live in the capital, and these people want to get married and have children, and there is no telling how many of them have come here to seek relatives and friends. Officials do not return to their hometowns after retirement, but continue to live here. And there are those who leave their hometowns to come to the capital to make a living... There are really too many."

Dai nodded.

"That's right. My master said that he would put a lot of effort into the investigation this time. I remember the last investigation was more than ten or twenty years ago."

Qin Yuan and Dai agreed that they would wait for Marquis Gu to come back to discuss the matter and then work out a detailed plan. When the time comes, they can just ask the Marquis' Mansion for money and personnel.

Dai smiled and said, "You said you can't make decisions for the Marquis' Mansion, but I think you can even make decisions for the Marquis."

Qin Yuan chuckled and said, "It just so happened that the Marquis gave this matter to me to take care of."

Dai smiled and shook her head: "I don't believe anyone who hasn't been a new daughter-in-law."

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then Dai stood up and said goodbye.

After seeing Dai off, Qin Yuan spread out a piece of paper and a pen, thinking back to some events in his past life, and writing them down carefully for future consideration.

And secretly warned myself not to have preconceived ideas about anything and not to think that I would have everything planned out if I lived longer.

For example, this time, we almost missed the opportunity to check the household registration for the Empress Dowager’s birthday.

Hongye and the housekeepers checked the accounts and left Hongmian and Mozhu to check them. Then they hurried back to have lunch. After learning about this, they said, "You really don't know the ins and outs of a trade until you get into it. If it weren't for the connections with Master Cheng, who would have thought of this method?"

The capital city is so big that Zhao and others are like a drop in the ocean.

No matter what other methods the Marquis' Mansion has, the human and material resources are always limited, and they can only wait for her to jump out on her own.

Cui Ming seemed to be lost in thought.

"You know what, if Mr. Zhao can be patient, it's not impossible for him to wait another 10 or 20 years before coming out to recognize his son."

Hongye was so frightened that she patted her chest and said, "Amitabha, Wuliang Tianzun, this vicious woman should never come to harm others again. We should catch her quickly."

Qin Yuan said casually: "Maybe she had this idea in mind before, so she left the two children behind."

Hongye asked, "I've wanted to ask this for a long time. Why does she need to come and pick up the child now? Can't she just wait?" Qin Yuan said, "You see, she does things one by one. If one link is broken, the following chess pieces may not be able to be used. When she followed the Marquis into the mansion, she created the illusion that she was going to be accepted into the mansion, and attacked the heart everywhere."

Hongye nodded.

Thinking about the situation when they first entered the mansion and his various suspicions of the Marquis, she could not help but feel hatred for the Zhao family.

Qin Yuan said: "She was so outrageous at that time. Who would have thought that she had brought clothes of smallpox patients from the northern frontier? This move has been prepared for at least several years."

Clothes for smallpox patients were not readily available.

Hongye was startled and felt a chill on her back.

"This woman is not only vicious, but also scheming."

Cui Ming nodded in agreement.

"Luckily, luckily we won."

Qin Yuan added: "She wanted to use smallpox to disrupt the Marquis' Mansion. When the Marquis' Mansion and even the capital were dragged into the vortex, it would be a good time for her to come out. It was indeed a good move. She predicted everything that the Marquis and others were thinking. She was also decisive and ruthless."

Cui Ming smiled and said, "It's a pity that she met our young lady."

Hongye clapped his hands and laughed, "This is called brine poking tofu. One thing conquers another. She is doomed to lose when she meets our young lady."

Qin Yuan chuckled and said, "Cui Ming just said it was a fluke. There are no outsiders here. Why are you trying to flatter me?"

Hongye said seriously, "Every word comes from the heart. Although Miss was smart in the boudoir, she was not so sophisticated. Since Miss decided on this marriage, it seems like God has helped her. I think Miss is very blessed and has been blessed by God."

Cui Ming said: "This is called evil cannot defeat good."

Qin Yuan added: "Don't interrupt me. I haven't finished speaking yet. Let's discuss it together."

Hongye and Cuiming both sat up straight and listened attentively.

Qin Yuan said: "But this move has now been scrapped. The two children were sent out of the house and recognized as adoptive parents by Cheng's sister-in-law's family. Is Zhao afraid that if she doesn't take them home, they will be raised as someone else's children?"

"Isn't that fake Mrs. Yang here?" Cui Ming reminded.

Qin Yuan nodded: "You are right. With the fake Yang Po around, it is definitely impossible to support her. The Marquis and the Marquis's family treated her so well before... So she didn't make any moves before?"

"Then why take the risk and take it away now?"

Qin Yuan said, "This is worth pondering. The Sixth Madam is gone, and everyone is busy with her funeral. The mansion is not well prepared, and rumors about the Marquis are everywhere..." At this point, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and chuckled, "She plans to take the child away. This is because leaving the child in the Marquis's mansion is a waste of time. If the Marquis has no children in this life, he will definitely adopt the Sixth Madam's son and will no longer take care of the adopted son. What's more, to the outside world, Cheng Ge'er is no longer the Marquis's adopted son, but the adopted son of Sister Cheng's family."

"What's wrong with staying at Master Cheng's house?" Hongye was puzzled. "It's better than her wandering around with her child. Why doesn't she wait until the child grows up before recognizing him? I still don't understand this."

Cui Ming said, "Didn't she hook up with the Yelu clan? Maybe she got rich? If Xu Zhen really disappeared because of her, it's hard to say what this woman did. I also have something I don't understand. The Yelu clan had a grudge against her for killing her husband. Could it be that she wanted to take her two children and recognize the thief as their father?"

Qin Yuan remained silent, tapping the table with his fingers. After a while, he said, "Could there be some secrets about these two children? I think so. Pang Hai's origins were unknown, but because he died saving the Marquis, even if his origins could not be found, there were not too many suspicions... Zhao suddenly acted ruthlessly because the Marquis ordered Sixteen to go to Jizhou to look for Pang Hai's clansmen... But later, the Marquis ordered people to visit old colleagues and fellow townsmen everywhere, but they didn't get any results. What's wrong?"