Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"Your Highness," He Zhilin looked at Jiang Xue and said, "I guess what you are suspicious of is-"

"This woman and child have a close relationship with Gu Lintan."

Jiang Xue nodded solemnly with a solemn expression.

Jiang Yudao: "What if it's really as he said, it's his cousin's aunt in his hometown?"

"Not too possible."

He Zhilin spoke decisively and said: "I was taken to the place where the woman lived early this morning by Huang Fu to see the child. Huang Fu was very respectful to her."

"And there are actually five or six slaves in that small courtyard."

"When she saw Huang Fu, she blurted out and called him 'Uncle Huang'. The two seemed very familiar with each other."

"I didn't pay much attention at first and just focused on seeing the child. Later, after I finished the diagnosis, I came out with the woman. Huang Fu was giving some instructions to the servants there. When he saw the woman, he bowed and saluted. "

"The prescription I prescribed was also taken away by Huang Fu. It was not passed through the hands of ordinary servants. It can be seen that he was very nervous about the child."

"If he only has such a shady status as the concubine of a brother in the clan, why should the steward of the Gu Mansion be so respectful? Why should he be served by so many slaves?"

Jiang Yu was surprised: "Could it be..."

"That child..." Jiang Xue spoke slowly.

"That child looks very similar to Gu Lintan," He Zhilin said.

He Zhilin looked at Jiang Xue and said firmly: "Does His Highness's guess agree with mine?"

Jiang Xue nodded.

"Could that woman be Gu Lintan's own wife?" Jiang Yu became increasingly angry and said, "He just got married to Xue'er, but he dared to raise a wife secretly?"

"Outer room?" Jiang Xue snorted coldly.

"It doesn't look like a foreigner to me. The child looks to be three or four years old." He Zhilin said, "Three or four years ago he was just an ordinary civil servant in Jiaodong, and he was unmarried. If there was someone he liked, As long as a woman is married, why should she support a foreign wife?"

"I'm afraid that woman is his first wife." Jiang Xue said coldly.

Jiang Yu's face became increasingly gloomy.

Jiang Xue always paid attention to Jiang Yu's expression.

She was reluctant to tell her brother the matter at first because she was worried that Jiang Yu's past temper would cause him to explode immediately.

If he had an attack, it would only be a warning.

Fortunately, Jiang Yu only looked gloomy and was not too excited.

He Zhilin said: "In other words, our consort is most likely trying to deceive the princess into getting a marriage contract, and deceive the king."

"More than that." Jiang Yu said in a deep voice.

"If he is greedy for wealth, just abandon his first wife in Jiaodong. If he is more cruel, just find someone to deal with it."

"Why did he bring her mother and son to the capital to keep her by his side?"

"It seems that he wants both the reputation of the consort and the wife of a loser."

The more Jiang Yu said, the colder his words became.

"As for Xue'er, I'm afraid he will regard her as a tool for him to ascend to the throne, a ladder to the sky."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Xue and asked:

"What are your plans for this matter?"

"Brother, don't you plan to report to your father directly?" Jiang Xue joked.

"We have not taken the person into our hands at this time. If there is no witness to this matter, it will be difficult to prove his crime of deceiving the emperor. Instead, he may be accused of disrespecting women's virtues and being jealous." Jiang Yu said.

He said seriously: "It's not just that."

"Even if I can get someone, I don't plan to get it at this moment."

"How did Gu Lintan escape the local examinations at all levels, including the children's examination, the rural examination, the general examination and even the palace examination? Even when he won the top prize, no one found out that he had a wife?"

"Unless he had Princess Shang's plan from the beginning."

"But from what Zhilin said, he should have a deep love for his first wife. Otherwise, how could he take the risk and take her to the capital to take care of her."

"How could a woman who cares about her so much have planned to marry another princess from the moment she took the imperial examination?"

As soon as Jiang Yu finished speaking, Jiang Xue continued;

"As the royal brother said, I thought about it last night too."

"These things are always inconsistent when you think about it carefully. If there are contradictions, you can know-"

"He probably has other agendas."

She looked at He Zhilin: "So I originally wanted to use your clues to find out the whereabouts of the mother and son."

"Only by finding someone can I find out layer by layer how he managed to open up so many joints that even the royal family can be deceived."

He Zhilin said: "Your Highnesses, please don't forget the hundred taels of silver he gave me."

"Yes," Jiang Xue said.

"He spent a lot of money today, not only because he wanted to silence Brother He, but also because -"

"He is not short of money at all!"

"This is completely inconsistent with the situation of the students reported by the Ministry of Etiquette."

"You must know that his marriage to me will cost countless dollars."

"The review report reported by the Ministry of Rites shows that his family has been poor since he was a child. There is only his mother in the family, and he relies on a few acres of thin farmland to survive. It is not easy for him to study and take exams."

Therefore, some matters were handled by Ouchi and Gu Lintan was not responsible. Because the emperor cherished talents and loved his daughters, all expenses were covered and a mansion was given to him.

After some discussion, they felt that the hidden meaning was quite deep.

Jiang Xue said:

"Brother Imperial, he is definitely not here for glory and wealth."

Jiang Yu said: "I understand that this person has many things to explore."

Jiang Xuedao: "Who is the examiner from the Head of the Ministry of Etiquette inspecting?"

Jiang Yu replied: "The family background, place of birth, background, and even three generations of parents of those who can take the palace examination will be carefully inspected by local officials, compiled into a register of students, and reported to the Ministry of Rites at all levels for review by the Minister of Rites. "

"Are you suspecting that there is something wrong with the officials who reviewed these registers?"

Jiang Xue said: "Yes, I have this suspicion."

"No," Jiang Yu shook his head, "Although the register is reviewed by the Ministry of Rites, an official from each place is required to act as a 'guarantor'. The Minister of Rites will check with these guarantors one by one before granting the student qualifications."

"If it is still possible to bribe local officials, what if we say to bribe officials of the third rank of Zhongzheng? If Gu Lintan has such great hands and eyes, how can he have no reputation in the country of Hebei?"

Jiang Xue thought about it carefully and said: "The current plan is to work hard for the emperor for a little longer."

She said slowly: "He doesn't care about me, he must be above the court. Now my father is more and more interested in supporting him. If you return to the north, my father can only continue to rely on my grandfather for government affairs."

"And he became a student of his grandfather. Now he not only has a place in the Hanlin Academy, but also increasingly participates in the affairs of the Chancellor."

"I understand," Jiang Yu nodded and said, "Although I have been away from the capital for three years, my father and the emperor still respect me for matters in the capital."

"I will report to my father tomorrow to relieve my father's worries and ask him to stay in the capital."

"I will pay more attention to his future interactions in the court, and I will also find an appropriate opportunity to remind my father."

Jiang Xue nodded and bowed slightly to Jiang Yu.

"As for me, if he has any human relations with anyone, he will definitely not be able to avoid the Gu Mansion."

She said: "I will order some of the people I have brought to keep an eye on Gu Mansion."

"Besides, I have to find out what happened to the mother and son."

She looked at He Zhilin.

At this moment, Xiaochun gently knocked on the door of the pavilion.

"Your Highnesses, Huang Fu is here. We are asking him to wait in the courtyard."

Jiang Xue frowned and said, "I know, just invite him in."

He Zhilin suddenly stepped forward and whispered:

"Your Highness, when you see Huang Fu later, and even during dinner, please be sure to pretend to have a headache and discomfort."