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

One person is missing.

And there are people helping to conceal it and cover it up.

Jiang Xue narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "I know."

Fudong and Xiaochun looked at each other and silently stepped aside.

She was waiting for Jiang Qibin to come back.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the door.

Fu Dong walked over and opened the door. When he saw Jiang Qibin outside the door, he silently moved out of the way.

Jiang Qibin walked into the house and saluted with his hands clasped in fists.

"I have met His Highness."

Jiang Xue asked: "How? Did you find anything?"

"I hid in a tree not far from the courtyard gate and saw the group of people from the front yard running all the way to the backyard. The leader of the group had a few words with one of the guards in the inner courtyard."

"Not long after, the man used the excuse to summon the inner courtyard guards. He whispered something to one of them, and the man quietly left from the group of guards."

"Are you following?" Jiang Xue asked.

"Yes, I followed him silently and saw him walking to the Prince Consort's study."

Jiang Xue was not surprised, she seemed to understand everything.

"Have you seen the consort?" she asked.

"No," Jiang Qibin said, "He didn't knock on the door directly, but whispered something to a boy outside the study."

"The young man should have gone in to pass the news, but the person who came out was not the consort."

"But Huang Fu."

"Oh?" Jiang Xue said, "Isn't that right? The prince-in-law said that he had an appointment with his colleagues outside the house tonight."

"I followed Huang Fu all the way. He was very anxious when he got the news. He immediately asked his servants to prepare a sedan and go out."

"I know." Jiang Xue said with a smile, "You are tired after working all night. At dawn of winter and dawn of spring, you go to the wing to rest."

"Jiang Qibin, Xiaochun just found Chen Jin and Chen Xiu again. You, brothers Xu Chong and Chen Jin can make your own arrangements and take turns keeping watch at night."

"Xiaochun, find another empty room for them to rest."

After she finished her instructions, she sent the three of them out.

She had something to think about.

Xiaochun and Fudong walked to the door. Fudong stepped out of the threshold but saw that Xiaochun didn't come out. She looked at Xiaochun doubtfully.

Xiaochun winked at her, Fudong nodded slightly, and whispered: "Don't be too late, Your Highness needs to rest."

Xiaochun nodded and closed the door.

Jiang Xue was lowering her head in deep thought, not realizing that Xiaochun was still in the room at all.

Xiaochun walked in and called softly: "Your Highness, Your Highness."

Jiang Xue suddenly raised her head and asked in surprise: "Why haven't you gone down to rest yet?"

Xiaochun said: "I feel that there are too many things wrong with what happened tonight."

"That's why I brought you here today." Jiang Xue smiled, took Xiaochun's hand and played with it gently.

Seeing that she didn't care, Xiaochun felt a little anxious.

Xiaochun squatted beside Jiang Xue, raised his head and looked at her sincerely, and said:

"Your Highness, this matter should be reported to the empress. You live here. It is too dangerous if you only have these people."

Jiang Xue said: "There's no rush."

This matter will be reported to Ouchi sooner or later, but now is definitely not the time.

She had no idea of ​​Gu Lintan's plan. This man was so comfortable walking around the court that he must have someone to rely on behind him.

If we cannot follow the clues to find out who is behind the scenes, the hidden dangers cannot be eliminated.

Xiaochun said: "I know His Highness has a plan, but with just these people - I really don't feel confident."

"Even if Your Highness doesn't want to worry Your Majesty, you should at least add more people from the palace."

"What are you worried about?" Jiang Xue said, "I thought there were too many people and it would scare the snake."

"Jiang Qibin just now said that someone from the inner courtyard guard got the news and immediately went to find the prince-in-law."

"Fu Dong also said that the guards in the inner and outer courtyards are different. The guards in the outer courtyard are obviously ignorant, but the guards in the inner courtyard cover each other and hide the number of people."

"I'm worried. The water in Gu Mansion is too deep. You just rely on a few of us - I'm afraid it's not complete."

Jiang Xue knew what Xiaochun meant.

It seemed that Gu Lintan was very cautious. Although he took care of all the servants in the Gu family, they were not all his spies.

I just don’t know how many of these servants I need to be careful about.

Moreover, were these eyes and ears that Gu Lintan purchased only after he came to Beijing, or were they arranged for him to use by the people behind him?

There were too many unknowns in everything, so she could only explore and explore slowly.

Xiaochun said that sending more people from the palace would protect her, but it would also make the people in the palace more wary and not take action easily.

Then she wouldn't be able to catch the clue.

She said to Xiaochun: "You don't need to worry too much about me. Now you go and have a good sleep. It will be of greatest help to me to cheer up and check on the servants in the past few days."

Xiaochun bit her lip and nodded helplessly.

Inside Huijiang Tower.

As soon as Gu Lintan arrived, he saw "Yan Zhe" sitting in the private room on the second floor, leaning on the railing, drinking a small drink, looking out, as if in a daze.

When he walked into the private room, Yan Zhe immediately turned around and stood up with a smile on his face.

The two of them bowed to each other and saluted.

Gu Lintan stretched out his hand to invite Yan Zhe to sit down, picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of tea.

Gu Lintan said very apologetically: "Sir, I'm really bothering you. You have to be bothered by me at night."

"I have never enjoyed such a beautiful scenery without the invitation of an adult." Yan Zhe pointed to the river view outside the railing.

"I wonder what the name of this river is?"

"Although this building is called Huijiang Tower, the water outside the building is not a river, but a river. It flows from the northwest and passes through the capital, so it is called 'Jiao River'." Gu Lintan said.

Yan Zhe took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "No wonder it's called Huijiang Tower, Jianghe? Jianghe! It's both a river and a river. What a strange name."

Seeing his reaction, Gu Lintan was even more convinced that this was his first time in the capital.

"I wonder why sir came to Gu's house today?" Gu Lintan said.

"Butler Huang...oh no, Old Man Huang," Yan Zhe's eyes flashed with teasing.

"Didn't he tell you what I asked him to tell you?"

A trace of displeasure flashed in Gu Lintan's eyes. Yan Zhe knew that Gu Lintan must be dissatisfied with Jiang Yu's removal of Huang Fu's stewardship.

"I'm going back home late today. Before Uncle Huang could tell me, you came to visit." Gu Lintan pretended not to know.

"I heard that sir is delivering medicine to the princess? Why don't you just leave the prescription to the servants in the palace to handle it?"

"Oh, I thought Old Man Huang had told the adults, it's true."

Yan Zhe looked dissatisfied and said, "My lord, the appointment you made with me this morning still counts, right?"

"That's natural." Gu Lintan said.

"Whole grains can make people sick, but it's just too slow. I don't know when the opportunity will come."

Yan Zhe curled his lips and said, "If I don't do it myself, the dosage of the medicine can be easily controlled. When I get sick and when I get better, don't I have the final say?"

"Sir, how could you do this to Your Highness the Princess?" Gu Lintan raised his eyebrows, seeming to be frightened.

Pretend, you continue to pretend.

Yan Zhe rolled his eyes silently.

He said aggrievedly: "I will keep the secret you asked me to keep secret from now on; as for what you promised me - I can't just wait with my fingers to see when the princess will get sick, right?"

"Alas," Gu Lintan said helplessly, "I know Mr. Yan is eager to become famous, but this method is too risky."

Not taking risks? If you don’t take risks, are you waiting for you to drug Jiang Xue yourself? Yan Zhe sneered inwardly.

"Therefore, I will prepare the medicine myself and send it to the Gu Mansion every day in the future, and watch the princess drink it - there will be no dregs of the medicine left, so why take risks?" Yan Zhe looked confident.

Gu Lintan was actually very satisfied with what Yan Zhe had done.

All the personal maids in Jiang Xueyuan are now people from the palace, so it will be very difficult for him to take action in the future.

It's better to just let Yan Zhe do it. He is an outsider. Even if he finds out the clues in the future, he, Gu Lintan, can push him away.

After all, it was the princess who wanted to believe what the wandering doctor said - what did it have to do with him?

Besides, it wouldn't be a pity not to use this outsider who has nothing to do with the Gu family as an informant and brought him to your doorstep.

Gu Lintan lowered his head and suppressed his smile, and only said with worried words:

"Brother Yan, you must be careful and don't hurt the princess's body no matter what."

"That's natural. If something big happens, how can I continue to rise to prominence?" Yan Zhe said matter-of-factly.

After Gu Lintan took a sip of tea, the conversation changed.

"Brother Yan, have you met the second prince?"

"I've seen it before."

"Speaking of which, the second prince is more powerful than me. With Brother Yan's talent, if he can win the favor of the second prince, brother Yan will still like me, a little Gu family..."

Yes, if Jiang Yu wanted to take this person for his own use, who knows if such a villain would betray him immediately?

When Yan Zhe heard this, his face was full of disbelief.

After a while, he seemed to have figured something out, looked at Gu Lintan with a smile, and said:

"Of course, if I get to know such a big person before this, I'm afraid I won't be able to accept Sir Gu's olive branch."

Gu Lintan's hand holding the cup tightened.

"But I gave the princess the medicine to drink in front of him today—"

"Shall I get on his boat?"

"Sir, do you think he won't chop me up alive?"