Just when Lin Luoling was guessing that it was Marquis Yongning who killed the court physician, or Zhu Xianzhi guessed that it was the court physician who tampered with Lan Wanshuang's medicine and then killed the court physician to vent his anger.

The back window was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Chi jumped in, fanning himself and saying, "Zhu Xianzhi held down the court doctor and fed him poisoned wine. After the poison took effect and the doctor died, Zhu Xianzhi arranged it to look like he had committed suicide."

Lin Luoling asked: "How did you know?"

Jiang Chi sat down in a chair and said, "Of course I saw it with my own eyes. What else?"

"So that's how it is," Lin Luoling frowned and asked, "You came to see me so late, I'm afraid you didn't come to tell me that the court doctor was killed by Zhu Xianzhi?"

Jiang Chi chuckled and waved at Biyou, signaling Biyou to step back first.

As soon as the door closed, Jiang Chi leaned towards Lin Luoling and said in a low voice: "Sister will ask Zhou Yuanbao for 30,000 taels of silver tomorrow. Would you be willing to lend me 20,000 taels of silver?"

"What do you want the silver for?" After thinking for a while, Lin Luoling wondered, "Are you short of 20,000 taels of silver?"

Jiang Chi sighed, "One or two thousand taels of silver, I can take it out at any time. Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion is not short of 20,000 taels of silver. But if I ask my mother for it, she will definitely ask me where the money went. I don't want to deceive her."

Lin Luoling knew that Jiang Chi was not lying. She raised her eyelids, looked at Jiang Chi and said, "Is it Prince An who wants to use this money?"

Jiang Chi shook his head and said, "Don't think that Prince An is bored, he is a man who knows how to make money. Have you ever thought about why Prince Jin and Prince Rui are so poor? Prince Rui can even ask Marquis Yongning to smuggle military rations stored in Xuzhou, and Prince Jin is even worse than Prince Rui. You can imagine how poor they are."

"Hiss..." Lin Luoling sighed softly, poured a cup of tea for Jiang Chi, and said:

"I've heard you say more than once that Prince An is rich. How do you know he is rich? There is one more thing I can't figure out. Is the lack of money of Prince Jin and Prince Rui related to Prince An?"

Jiang Chi picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying, "Sister, you are so smart, how could you not figure it out? Do you think the person in charge of the Jade Pavilion is a fool? Without even asking, he let Zhou Yuanbao undertake the renovation of the Jade Pavilion and gave him 50,000 taels of silver for the renovation. It shouldn't cost 50,000 taels of silver to rebuild the Jade Pavilion, right?"

Lin Luoling pretended to be dumbfounded and said, "So, you arranged for the manager of Qionglouyuge?"

Jiang Chi raised his hand and patted Lin Luoling on the forehead, snorting, "Don't play dumb with me! It's obvious that Prince An deliberately gave you money. Don't tell me you are so stupid that you haven't understood such an obvious thing."

Jiang Chi's slap was not heavy. Lin Luoling subconsciously covered her forehead and gently patted it twice, saying, "It was just a guess. There is no definite answer. I can only suspect it, right?"

Jiang Chi paused while fanning himself, grinned and said, "I'll tell you a secret."

"Huh? You say."

Afterwards, Jiang Chi used just a few words to let Lin Luoling know how Prince An blatantly earned money from Prince Jin and Prince Rui, and how he also made sure that Prince Jin and Prince Rui would never know about Prince An's methods until their death.

A few years ago, Emperor Deshun secretly ordered the training of a hundred secret guards. Although they were called secret guards, they were actually talented people with both civil and military skills.

Moreover, these secret guards have signed death contracts.

That is to say, they will be loyal to their master until their death, and their master is King An.

Afterwards, some of these secret guards were sent to the Staff Office in the capital in batches, and naturally a large number of them were selected by Prince Jin and Prince Rui.

The remaining secret guards openly did business to make money for Prince An, and secretly cooperated with the secret guards picked by Prince Jin and Prince Rui to obtain valuable information privately.

The main business activities were armor, weapons, ironware, war horses, gold and silver jewelry shops for soldiers, river transportation, etc.

As for the information they obtained, they would exchange it with each other, so that King Jin and King Rui would spend money to buy the secret things done by the other party in private.

There was also a group of secret guards who were trained to be thieves, specializing in stealing gold, silver, jewelry, hairpins and rings from the concubines in the rear houses of Prince Jin's and Prince Rui's palaces.

The queens of the two palaces thought that there was a traitor in the harem. They investigated everywhere and killed and sold many suspicious maids, but they still haven't caught the culprit.

Jiang Chi slapped his thigh, laughing so hard that his teeth were exposed, and said, "Sister, you don't know that the concubines of King Jin and King Rui have dug holes in the walls and dug secret rooms. I don't know where to hide the gold, silver, jewels, hairpins, and jewelry...

Hahahaha... His Royal Highness Prince An is really mean..."

Lin Luoling never expected that Emperor Deshun and Prince An could do such a thing.

This gave Lin Luoling the feeling that Prince An was the legitimate son of Emperor Deshun, and Prince Jin and Prince Rui were accidentally born out of nowhere.

Now Lin Luoling is even more certain why Emperor Deshun has not appointed a crown prince yet, because the person Emperor Deshun wants to appoint as crown prince is Prince An.

Jiang Chi suddenly stopped smiling and said seriously, "Our Emperor Deshun is good at checks and balances. Sister Ling'er, don't think that Prince Jin and Prince Rui are fools. If they had no one to use in the court and were short of money, why would Your Majesty grant Prince An Jingxuzhou as a fief? You should have made Prince An the crown prince long ago."

Lin Luoling originally wanted to ask Jiang Chi about the three kings' fight for the position of crown prince.

Jiang Chi was fanning himself, not wanting to continue the conversation, so he changed the subject and said, "I recently found a kind of ore in a mountain that is very suitable for making weapons, so I thought of secretly finding someone to dig it out, so I asked you to borrow this money. In half a year, I will pay you back double. How about that?"

"Do you want to make weapons for Prince An's private soldiers?" Lin Luoling asked tentatively.

Jiang Chi replied, "For the soldiers under the command of King Jin and King Rui."

Lin Luoling nodded, agreed immediately, and said: "You don't have to give me double the money. Since I call you brother, it's okay to give you the money."

Jiang Chi stood up and said, "Sister, you are straightforward. Then I will tell you the truth. If you want to deal with the second prince, Prince Rui, the best way is to marry Prince An. I have carefully observed Prince An these days, and he is a man worth marrying."

"Oh, by the way, how does my sister plan to kill Zhou Yuanbao?" Jiang Chi walked to the back window and turned his head to ask.

"You're going to kill him for me?"

"How is it possible? Is it worthy of my efforts to deal with a small fry like Zhou Yuanbao?"

Lin Luoling waved at Jiang Chi and said, "It doesn't matter how he dies. I just don't want to see his face."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chi jumped out of the back window and left.

Lin Luoling took out the Qilin jade pendant of Prince An from the interlayer of the pillow, rubbed it with his fingers for a long time, and pondered for a long time.

The next morning, Zhou Yuanbao did not dare to come to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, so he handed all the 30,000 taels of silver to Yan Jin.

When Yan Jin came to ask about Lin Luoling, Lin Luoling asked Yan Jin to quietly give 30,000 taels of silver to Jiang Chi, and repeatedly warned Yan Jin not to mention this matter to anyone.

At about noon, Yan Jin came again, looking flustered. He entered the room and said, "Miss, something bad has happened."

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