good season

Chapter 29 Meet again
It was still evening, and Zhao Shiqing could actually leave tomorrow morning, but she didn't want to stay in the palace.

Perhaps it was because she followed her master to Baihe Mountain at a very young age, although her father and brothers and sisters repeatedly told her that the palace was her home at all times.

But she still prefers the outside world.

Compared to the outside world, there are too many rules in the palace.

Especially after the death of his father, the atmosphere in the palace was oppressive and awkward.

No one mentioned the eldest brother except the sister.

Logically speaking, now that the father is gone, the eldest brother should come back to inherit the throne. However, it seems that except for his sister, no one else is optimistic about the frail and sickly eldest brother.

Compared to her eldest brother whom she had never met, Zhao Shiqing was of course closer to her second brother who was only two years older than her. Her second brother was very kind to her. Every time the palace sent her something, some were from her elder sister and some were from her second brother.

But the eldest brother would also send gifts to her from afar. As long as there was something for her sister, there would be something for her.

This made Zhao Shiqing very embarrassed. The palms and backs of his hands were all made of flesh.
She agreed with both of her brothers, no matter which one would inherit the throne.

Moreover, the eldest brother is weak and sickly, while the second brother is not too weak but also a little frail.

In short, if there is no crown prince yet, and she must choose one, she will abstain. Of course, she has little influence and no one will really let her choose.

But the problem is that there is a crown prince now. My eldest brother was made the crown prince at the age of five, and he has been a hostage in the capital for fourteen years!
How many fourteen years can a person have in his life?

Regardless of his physical condition, the throne should be his.

Therefore, Zhao Shiqing couldn't understand why those people turned a blind eye to such an obvious truth?
Therefore, Zhao Shiqing would rather spend the night at Wisteria Villa than stay in the palace.

When she went out today, she brought Lingbo with her. When the master and servant arrived at Wisteria Villa, it was already the second watch.

It was getting late, so Zhao Shiqing did not go to see Princess Jiayi. He asked someone to clean up a guest room for him to move into.

After having supper, Zhao Shiqing asked Ling Bo to call Meng Hu to ask about the situation over the past three days.

"In reply to the Second Miss, after the First Princess and the Second Miss left that day, Young Master Su of the Xiao family left first, followed by Guard Zhen and the other five guards."

Zhao Shiqing was stunned, and for a moment she couldn't remember who this Guard Zhen was.

Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly remembered someone. Guard Zhen? Zhen Gui! Precious!
This is the pseudonym of Young Master Xiao!

Zhao Shiqing quickly slapped her mouth and forced back the words that were about to come out of her lips. Seeing this, Meng Hu muttered that he should say goodbye. Was the second lady yawning because she was sleepy?

"Did Guard Zhen come back later?" Zhao Shiqing asked.

Meng Hu shook his head: "No, I can be sure that they have not come back."

Zhao Shiqing nodded, and Meng Hu immediately found an excuse to leave.

Zhao Shiqing was really sleepy. She had done a lot of things today. Even though she was young and strong, she felt tired and sleepy now.

There was no conversation that night. When she opened her eyes the next day, it was already noon.

Remembering that today was the fourth day, Zhao Shiqing asked, "Has Master Zhen arrived?"

Ling Bo hurriedly said, "Master Zhen arrived at dawn. Miss Second slept soundly, so I did not wake you up."

Zhao Shiqing smiled and touched Ling Bo's head: "Good Ling Bo, it's worth it that the Second Miss loves you so much."

After saying that, he put his mouth close to the ear of the little demon beside him and shouted, "Wake up, lazy cat!"

Then, she shouted to Xiaoguai who was standing on the windowsill and looking at her, "Let's get started, let's get started!"

After a hearty breakfast, Zhao Shiqing climbed up to the Observatory Tower with a grunt, and paid his respects to Princess Jiayi with a solemn expression.

Nanny Bai was guarding outside the door, stopping Ling Bo and letting only Zhao Shiqing in.

It was the same room as last time, and there were still three people sitting in the room.

After three days of not seeing each other, Princess Jiayi was still as radiant as ever, and Prince Consort Xiao was still as elegant as ever. Zhao Shiqing set his sights on the third person.

The handsome man and beautiful woman's son is still tired and haggard.

Zhao Shiqing bowed, then looked at Xiao Zhen with a smile: "The three-day deadline has passed, I wonder if Master Zhen has found evidence to prove himself?"

Just as Xiao Zhen was about to speak, Zhao Shiqing slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my memory. I got a new treasure yesterday. Please take a look, Princess."

As she spoke, she took out the purse containing the gold ingot, stepped forward, and placed it on the small table beside Princess Jiayi.

Princess Jiayi was about to take it when she saw the dirty fingerprints on the purse. She looked disgusted and quickly pulled her hand back.

When Prince Consort Xiao saw this, he smiled apologetically at Zhao Shiqing, took the purse and took out the gold ingot.

"What is this." Prince Consort Xiao asked in confusion.

Zhao Shiqing: "Your Highness and the Prince Consort, do you recognize this kind of gold ingot?"

Prince Consort Xiao turned the gold ingot over and took a look at it: "It looks familiar, but I'm not sure if it's from the princess's mansion."

After saying this, Prince Consort Xiao took out a snow-white silk handkerchief, carefully wiped the gold ingot three times, and then handed it to the eldest princess.

The corners of Zhao Shiqing's mouth twitched. If there was any dirty gold that was unwanted in the princess's mansion, she could throw it all to her. She wouldn't mind.

Xiao Zhen had already turned his face away, unable to look directly at him. Forget it, he was his biological child, and he couldn't be reborn, so he just had to make do with it.

Princess Jiayi finally took up the gold ingot with dignity, but she only took a glance at it and then shouted to the outside of the door, "Old Bai, come and take a look."

Princess Jiayi handed over the gold ingot and said, "It looks familiar to me. Take a look."

Nanny Bai only took a glance and nodded affirmatively: "Your Highness has a good eye. This was made by the Neizaofu specifically for our mansion."

Zhao Shiqing was curious: "Is there any difference between this gold ingot and other gold ingots in the Neizaofu?"

Nanny Bai said, "To answer Second Miss, these gold ingots with foreign characters are divided into two types: Blooming Wealth and Good Fortune and Pen Ding Ruyi. Although the gold ingots of each mansion also have these two types, the Internal Renovation Department has put a lot of thought into them. Take the Blooming Wealth for example. Second Miss, please look, there are two peonies on it. Among all the princesses who have established their own mansions in the capital, only our princess has a perfect marriage and deep love. Therefore, only our mansion has two peonies. The other princesses' mansions only have one peony flower."

Zhao Shiqing had never been to the capital, and didn't know what the situation was like there. However, at least now she knew that the princesses' marriages were not very happy.

Princess Jiayi said with a haughty expression: "Of course."

Among her aunts, sisters and nieces, except for those who are still unmarried, she is the only one who is married to a man through a formal matchmaker, and there is only one man.

For the others, either their husbands died, or they divorced their husbands, or they never got close to men again, or they kept a group of men.

For example, her aunt, Princess Fuyun, had already become Buddhist Fuyun.

And her younger sister, Princess Jia'an, had been divorced three times and simply didn't want a prince consort anymore, so she kept more than a dozen male lovers in her mansion.

Zhao Shiqing understood, which means that this gold ingot was from the Princess's Mansion.

Xiao Zhen cleared his throat, asked Nanny Bai to leave, and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Second Miss Zhao, where did you get this gold ingot?"

Zhao Shiqing smiled: "The owner of this gold ingot is suspected of murder, and she has been silenced."

Prince Consort Xiao took a deep breath and quickly explained: "Although this gold ingot belongs to the Princess's Mansion, the mansion gives out countless gold ingots throughout the year. If this item is used as proof, it would be really unfair."

Zhao Shiqing smiled, took the gold ingot, and put it back into his arms: "I didn't say it was evidence, I just showed it to you."

Yes, show it to us, and tell us, by the way, that this was left by the murderer.

(Ding-ding-ding-ding, Auntie Yao starts mumbling. Whoever is listening to the book, I’m talking to you. Come over here quickly!)
　Maybe it's because the gap is too big. Even though I saw Baozi, I still don't understand why Nie Qionghua wanted to kill King Liang. I think it's been written very clearly, but I'll summarize it again.

　　Ten years ago, Nie Qionghua helped her sister deal with Concubine Liu, causing her to have a miscarriage. Concubine Liu retaliated against her by making her infertile, but her sister did not stand up for her. Out of venting her anger, she asked Ma Dao Po for help and kidnapped the little princess, causing her to be killed. Ma Dao Po also had a handle on her, and ten years later, she used this incident to threaten her and asked her to attack King Liang. Aunt Zhang found out that the neighbor Wang's wife had an affair with her fake brother, so she used this to threaten Wang's wife to join the game. Aunt Li was eager to save her son, but was threatened by Wang's wife and her lover, so she dragged two maids to the game and poisoned King Liang together. The poison was given to Nie Qionghua by Ma Dao Po, and Nie Qionghua gave it to Aunt Li through Wang's wife. Someone asked, Ma Dao Po herself was also the murderer who kidnapped the little princess, why was she not afraid, but dared to threaten Nie Qionghua? This is the saying, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. She is a gossipy woman, the worst that can happen is that she can run away, but Nie Qionghua cannot, she has to rely on her sister to live, and there is someone behind Ma Dao Po, as for who it is, in fact, everyone knows it, there will be no one else except the emperor, but now they can only kill all the small fish and shrimps first. There is also a saying, if the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects must die. Even if she really wants revenge, she dare not seek revenge from the emperor. Not everyone can be a rebel, there are many ways to take revenge, it is not just taking a knife and rushing into the palace to take revenge.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)