Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 382 I'm thinking about something else

"I'm new here and don't know much about this. Manager Hao is on the second floor. I'll take you upstairs." The servant said with a smile.

"Thank you for the trouble." Molan nodded slightly.

"Please come this way!"

The servant led Molan upstairs to a room and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

"Boss, I'm Erniu. A lady said that she had ordered some ink sticks from you before, and came to ask if you have received them." said the servant.

squeak~
After a while, the door opened and the scent of sandalwood wafted out of the house.

"It's Mrs. Wen. The ink stick you ordered has arrived. Please come in and check the goods first. If you are not satisfied, I will replace them for you." Shopkeeper Hao smiled and bowed, then said sideways.

Shopkeeper Hao is fat and his eyes narrow when he smiles, like the Buddha, giving people a sense of intimacy.

Molan nodded and walked in.

Shopkeeper Hao waved his hand at Erniu and said, "Go and get busy."

"Hey!" Erniu responded and went downstairs.

Shopkeeper Hao entered the room and closed the door.

Not long after the door was closed, Erniu, who had originally gone downstairs, turned back, carefully walked to the door, and listened while pressing his lips against it.

Suddenly, Erniu hurried downstairs. Although his steps were quick, he made no sound.

Erniu had just disappeared around the corner of the stairs when the door opened. Yunzai walked out, closed the door, and stood guard at the door.

Erniu hid in the corner and could only see the hem of Yunzai's skirt. Knowing he couldn't get close to her, he had to go downstairs.

After going downstairs, Erniu saw several servants in the hall were busy, so he entered a warehouse while no one was paying attention.

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"Why haven't I seen that boy before?" Molan frowned.

"One of the servants in the store broke his leg. Business is good these days, so we can only hire someone to replace him. Madam's maid is guarding outside, so nothing will happen." said Manager Hao.

Molan didn't care when she heard this and said, "I'm going to be promoted soon, so you should fulfill your promise to me, right?"

"Don't worry, Madam Wen. Your husband will definitely be able to enter the Ministry of Personnel when he is appointed this time." Shopkeeper Hao said with a smile.

Molan was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said, "What do you want to do?"

"Mrs. Wen, there are some things that are better not known. If you work for us, I can guarantee that your husband will pass the imperial examination and have a successful career in the future. Everyone gets what they want, and isn't that a happy couple?" Shopkeeper Hao said with a smile.

"The things have been sent to the palace. What if there is any problem and I am implicated? I don't want to die in the future without knowing how!" Molan said lightly.

"Hasn't Madam Wen been examined? And the inspection in the palace is so strict. If there is really a problem, do you think you can bring it into the palace?"

"But this won't do you any good. What's the purpose of going to so much trouble?"

"Mrs. Wen!"

Manager Hao's face turned cold: "If you are afraid, you don't have to cooperate with me. Don't worry, I will definitely do it if you promise to help your husband get a job in the Ministry of Personnel. After all, you have helped us. But whether your husband will be promoted in the future depends on his own luck.

Although your father has two daughters in the palace and they are quite favored, your father has displeased the emperor before, and I am now living in the Ministry of Revenue, so how much help can I give?"

Molan was silent for a while after hearing this, then smiled: "Why should Manager Hao be angry? I'm just afraid, so I asked. Since you don't want to tell me, I won't ask."

"That's the best." Shopkeeper Hao said calmly. …………

"His Majesty!"

Liu Sanshi bowed and said, "Just now, Lady Sheng's family sent someone to deliver something to the palace, and one of the things was a sachet. But when I checked the sachet, I found that although the fragrance it gave off was the same as before, the contents of the sachet had been replaced with ordinary medicinal herbs."

Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised when he heard this and asked, "Have you asked Imperial Physician Wu to see it?"

According to his original guess, the sachet that Molan gave to Madam Wang was either really fine or just to paralyze the people inspecting in the palace.

After a few times, the inspectors will relax their vigilance and the people in secret will replace the things inside.

However, this replacement should be very hidden, and the problem should not be noticeable at a glance.

However, it had not been long since Rulan last brought the sachet into the palace, and including this time, she had only sent it twice in total.

Moreover, Liu Sanshi said that the medicinal materials in the sachet were replaced with ordinary medicinal materials.

Liu Sanshi could recognize them, which shows how common the herbs inside are.

It's impossible for the other party to do it so obviously.

Otherwise, the inspectors in the palace would be able to find the problem even if they were careless.

"Imperial Physician Wu examined them and said they were just common medicinal herbs and there was nothing wrong with them," said Liu Sanshi.

"Is it possible that the medicinal materials this time are related to the previous ones?" Zhao Xing asked.

"I have also considered whether it could be a trigger or something, but I asked Imperial Physician Wu, and he said that the two have no connection. The herbs this time are just ordinary tranquilizers, and the dosage is not enough. You have to endure it while taking it to be effective. Just smelling the scent is useless." Liu Sanshi said.

Zhao Xing frowned when he heard this. Why were things getting more and more weird?

What is the person behind this doing? Is he deliberately confusing the public?
"I understand. You can leave first and continue to pay attention to the things sent into the palace by the Sheng family." Zhao Xing ordered.

"Yes!" Liu Sanshi bowed and walked out.

Zhao Xing thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up thinking about it.

However, half an hour after Liu Sanshi left, Yin Hanzhang came to ask for a meeting and brought a piece of news.

"Your Majesty, I have confirmed that there are indeed problems with Moxiangzhai. Wen Sheng was instructed by him and seemed to be helping him send something into the palace. Today, Wen Sheng returned to the Sheng family. After leaving the Sheng family, he went to Moxiangzhai and had an argument with the shopkeeper Hao of Moxiangzhai." Yin Hanzhang said.

"Why would she help the people from Moxiangzhai?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Because Manager Hao promised to help her husband Wen Yanjing pass the imperial examination and to arrange for Wen Yanjing to serve in the Ministry of Personnel when the official title is conferred."

"But Wen Sheng was worried that there might be something wrong with the things sent to the palace, and was afraid of being implicated, so she went to see Manager Hao today to inquire about this matter."

"I see!"

Zhao Xing suddenly realized what was going on when he heard this. He had always thought that Molan was involved in this to avenge her mother, but now it seems that he was wrong.

Liu Sanshi had said before that the contents of the sachet had been replaced, and he was a little confused.

Now combined with what Yin Hanzhang said, it seems that Molan was feeling uneasy and secretly replaced it.

It is very simple to confirm this guess. You just need to check whether Molan has bought any tranquilizing herbs recently and whether the contents of the sachet will be replaced next.

"Go and check if anyone from the Wensheng family or the Wen family has bought any medicinal herbs recently. If so, check what exactly they bought." Zhao Xing ordered.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)