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

In Yi'an Palace, when Jiang Xue and Lu Qiong were about to arrive at the Queen's Palace, Dong Shupei was waiting outside the palace gate.

Seeing the two approaching, Dong Shupei immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, cousin, the time for the palace banquet is approaching. Your Majesty means that a group of married ladies will follow Feng Jia to the Funing Palace in a while. I am afraid that my cousin will feel uncomfortable if she is restrained. So let me ask your highness and my cousin whether you want to go with them together, or whether you should send someone from the palace to take you there first?"

Before Jiang Xue spoke, Lu Qiongshuang immediately replied: "We will go by ourselves, we will go by ourselves."

Dong Shupei looked at Jiang Xue, who smiled knowingly and said, "Then I'll ask Auntie to carry the chariot for us."

Dong Shupei nodded in agreement, and then called the palace maid beside him to lower his head and give some instructions.

Jiang Xue and Lu Qiongshuang got on the chariot and went to Funing Hall first.

On the way, Jiang Xue and Lu Qiong said to each other: "When you see someone later, don't rush up to recognize your relatives."

Lu Qiongshuang muttered unconvinced: "Who is that guy...that person's relative? He cannot reach such a high level as a talented girl like me."

Jiang Xue smiled, then just leaned on the chariot and began to think deeply.

When the two arrived at Funing Hall, the time had not yet arrived, and there were only a number of palace ladies and eunuchs in charge busy in the hall. Seeing Jiang Xue's arrival, the eunuch in charge hurriedly greeted her and said, "Your Highness, the palace is being decorated and it's a little noisy. Please take your Highness and your cousin to the side hall to rest."

Jiang Xue asked: "Is the Second Emperor Brother here?"

The eunuch in charge shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Jiang Xue said: "If the imperial brother arrives in a while, please give me a message for me and say that we will wait for him in the side hall."

The eunuch in charge said: "Yes."

Jiang Xue and Lu Qiong waited for about a cup of tea in the side hall when someone from the palace called out: "The second prince has arrived——"

Jiang Xue poured a cup of tea, handed it to Jiang Yu who came over, and said, "Brother, thank you for your hard work. Let's drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat."

"The work at the Xuanzheng Palace has just finished. Gu Lintan took them to rest for a while in preparation for the banquet. I came here to see how the palace banquet was arranged, and then I heard the eunuch say that you are looking for me. I I just have something to ask you."

Jiang Yu took the teacup and sat down. Just as he was about to speak, he glanced at Lu Qiongshuang beside him.

Lu Qiong Shuangshuang said obediently: "I'm going to go out for a walk first, and I'll come back when it starts later."

The two nodded.

After Lu Qiong left, Jiang Yu asked, "What happened to the letter you asked Chen Jin to hand over?"

Jiang Xue said: "Brother Emperor, Beixi's war horse has appeared in the capital. Does Brother Emperor know about it?"

Jiang Yu was shocked and said: "War horse?!"

Jiang Xue nodded and said: "Brother Huang must not know. That group of people pretended to be an ordinary caravan and had dealings with a grain store in the south of the city."

Jiang Yu frowned and said, "What kind of food business? How do you know about this?"

Jiang Xue said: "That grain store has business with Gu Mansion. I only found out about this when I asked someone to check the store where Huang Fu usually buys."

Jiang Yu's expression became solemn and he said: "We cannot rush to a conclusion on this matter. When buying from the famous family in Beijing, there are many considerations for the merchants. Even if you go there to buy, you can't explain anything."

Jiang Xue solemnly said: "The reason why I was suspicious was because the yard where I lived was being spied on that day. I took advantage of the fact that the day after this happened, Huang Fu, who had lost his housekeeping rights, still went to the street to buy things."

"Do you suspect that the Gu family is communicating with outsiders?"

Jiang Xue nodded and continued: "Huang Fu went shopping that day and went to two grain stores. There was obviously one on the East Street that was the closest, but after buying there, he went to the south of the city instead of being closer."

"Confusing your ears and eyes?" Jiang Yu sneered, "Father, Longevity, Bei Xi has also come. The letter of credence says that he will send envoys to celebrate his birthday, but he hasn't set off yet. Even if he has to go to Beijing, it won't be until the end of next month."

"So I don't understand why Beixi's war horse appears in Jijing at this time?"

"Are you sure it's a war horse?" Jiang Yu was confused.

"Jiang Qibin saw it," Jiang Xue said. "Brother Huang has been in the north for many years. Does he know about the use of horses in Beixi? Do merchants in Beixi use war horses when doing cross-border trade?"

Jiang Yu shook his head and said: "There is no open exchange between Daji and Beixi. The secret exchange meetings are called ghost markets, and they are all held at night. When I was in the north, I went there several times disguised as a border citizen, but the civilian horses It is absolutely impossible to have anything to do with war horses.”

"Jiang Qibin said that he saw the horse's shoe clearly that day. It was different in shape from ordinary shoe shoes and had a rhombus-shaped embossing on it."

Jiang Yu was shocked and asked: "Seriously?!"

Seeing him like this, Jiang Xue probably understood something in her heart. It seemed that there was indeed something wrong with that team of businessmen.

Jiang Xue said: "The people of Beixi have contact with the shops in Jijing. The grain store must be where Beixi's eyes and ears are. As for Gu Lintan, most of his old servants do their shopping there, and they are the first to deal with anything in Gu's house." Time flies, is it for purchasing or reporting?"

Jiang Yu said in a deep voice: "When the palace banquet is over, ask Jiang Qibin to come look for me."

Jiang Xue nodded and said, "It's not difficult."

Jiang Yu asked again: "But what you mentioned in your letter was Ganshi, Wanbao Tower, and Gu Lintan - what is the connection between these three?"

"Originally, I suspected that the Qian people had some entanglement with Gu Lintan, but now I think I must have been wrong."

"Brother Huang, do you still remember that Qiong Shuang mentioned many times that her senior brother, King Ruichong, has excellent lightness skills?"

Jiang Yu nodded.

"The person who was spying on the roof that day was also very good at lightness. Even Jiang Qibin and the others couldn't track him."

"Are you suspicious that that person is King Ruichong?"

Jiang Xue nodded and said: "I made this conjecture before because the emperor said that Ganshi suddenly advanced his schedule and arrived in the suburbs of Beijing, so I thought that Ganshi had some connection with Gu Lintan."

"Later on the hairpin incident - I knew that Ji Yan from Wanbao Tower was probably a gangster. Only people who are very close to Xiao Qi would know about it."

"So you asked someone to send a message to remind me that Gu Lintan may be related to Qian Guo and Wanbao Tower?" Jiang Yu shook his head and said: "But I have been keeping people staring at Gu Lintan in the Ministry of Rites these past few days, and he has not done anything. There is nothing suspicious about it, and King Ruichong is treating Gu Lintan very lightly today, he simply treats him as nothing, and does not look like an acquaintance."

Jiang Xue nodded and said: "It was only after I met King Ruichong today that I realized that my guess was wrong."

"Have you met King Ruichong?!" Jiang Yu said in surprise.

Jiang Xue nodded, with a complicated expression.

"King Ruichong knew Xiao Qi. He told me that he was there when Xiao Qi died."

"What?" Jiang Yu asked in surprise, "Xiao Qi was not at the border of Hebei and Gansu when he died? How could he be there?"

"In short, he is indeed there, and I listen to his words, and I feel very sorry for Xiao Qi."

"Therefore, the hairpin in Wanbao Tower and the spying at night are probably just because of Xiao Qi's incident and have nothing to do with Gu Lintan."

Jiang Yu hurriedly asked: "Ming Bu Ping? Why are you complaining? What kind of close relationship can he have with Xiao Qi?"

Jiang Xue smiled bitterly. She also wanted to know, but things about Xiao Qi were something she never dared to touch.

Jiang Xue lowered her head and said: "Brother Emperor, he should be here only for me, so I will try my best to find out."

"At that time, give the emperor an answer."

The two brothers and sisters were facing each other and contemplating their own affairs, when they suddenly heard Lu Qiongshuang's voice outside the door.

"Hey! What are you doing! Do you treat our Ji Kingdom's imperial palace as the back garden of your Qian Kingdom? Break in whenever you want?"

Jiang Xue's alarm bells rang in her heart when she heard a hoarse and deep voice.

"If you don't want me to tap your acupuncture points again, just shut up and go away."