He Jinchun held the note, frowned and asked Doctor Yan again.

Doctor Yan repeated everything that Prince An and the housekeeper had said, word for word, then shook his head and said, "No more words."

He Jinchun smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yan, for coming here. I'll have the secret guards escort you home as soon as possible."

Doctor Yan bowed and listened to He Jinchun's instructions to Madam Qi, then followed Madam Qi out of He Jinchun's yard.

He Jinchun sighed, "Butler Jiang is not at home because he is on business. If he were here, it would be easier to investigate this house."

After thinking it over, Lin Luoling said, "Mother, why not let Biyou and Bizhi go explore that house first? Maybe that's where Rong Shuhua's son is hidden."

He Jinchun had just thought so, but she remembered that the wife of the Marquis of Yongning had mentioned this.

It is said that the back door of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion is never opened all year round because the two streets behind the door are inhabited by cunning poor people who often fight for a few cents. There are also widows who have lost their husbands and make a living by trading in sex.

Although Rong Shuhua is not a presentable person, the Yongning Marquisate has few descendants. How could Zhu Xianzhi and Lan Wanshuang raise a boy who is less than one year old in such a filthy place?

Since Lin Luoling said so, He Jinchun called Biyou and Bizhi to investigate the house at night.

Chen Yin leisurely flipped through the remaining two brocade boxes, which contained interesting objects, just some things to amuse children on the street.

Then he said, "I think Princess July has been kept in the palace for so long that she treats these things like treasures, putting them in such an exquisite brocade box and bringing them to Jingxuzhou.

If she likes it, she can go to the Luo River in Xuzhou, Beijing, at night. Many peddlers and hawkers will tear off the cloth sheets and put the things on display. Wouldn't she be so attracted by them that she would buy them all?"

He Jinchun casually picked up a few and took a look, then explained with a smile, "Prince An and Princess July were both raised by the Queen Mother. Your Majesty favors Prince An the most, but the Queen Mother favors Princess July the most.

Princess Chang'an was the youngest princess born to the Queen Mother and was deeply loved by her. On the way back from her triumphant return, Princess Chang'an fell ill and died.

When the Queen Mother heard the sad news, she was so heartbroken that she vomited blood. She stayed in bed for more than ten days, but she managed to stay awake and personally escorted Princess Chang'an to the mausoleum, and also kept Princess July by her side.

Prince An and Princess July were both in the Empress Dowager's palace and had gotten along well since childhood. Perhaps Princess July heard that Prince An's illness had worsened, so she insisted on coming to Xuzhou in the capital to see Prince An, and the Empress Dowager could not persuade her otherwise.

He then issued two imperial decrees, and ordered General Zhenyuan to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to escort Princess July to Prince An's Mansion in Xuzhou, Beijing."

Hearing this, Lin Luoling and Chen Yin both took a breath of cold air.

Chen Yin exclaimed: "It's a 600-li journey from the capital to Jingxuzhou. The Queen Mother ordered the second-rank Zhenyuan General to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to personally escort Princess July?

This kind of scene is beyond the reach of the princesses in the palace. Even when Prince An came to Xuzhou three years ago, there was no scene like this! "

He Jinchun said: "Even if the Queen came to Xuzhou, I'm afraid the phoenix carriage would not be so grand, but..."

After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "Your Majesty is neither the eldest nor the legitimate son. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's help in the coup, even if Emperor Deshun had the merit of capturing the prince, he would not have been able to inherit the throne.

Your Majesty obeys all the words of the Queen Mother, and from now on, the one who holds power in the harem is not the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother."

After hearing this, Lin Luoling and Chen Yin were silent for a while. Lin Luoling then held the teacup and turned it in his hands, with admiration in his eyes, and said with emotion:

"The Queen Mother was able to rise from Zhaorong to Imperial Concubine. She must have had some drastic measures to help her youngest son inherit the throne. Although the coup was extremely difficult and dangerous, it was still a cause of fear among the people. Only the Queen Mother and Your Majesty were brave enough to win the respect of the people of the world."

Chen Yin said, "I always say, why should women only have one way out, to get married? How can a girl have so many dirty thoughts when she is in the boudoir? If you marry into a wealthy family, even if you are a pure white lotus, you still have to get dirty in order to survive.

I have fought and struggled all my life, but in the end, it is all for men. First I fight for my husband’s favor, and then I worry about my children. This road is really too tiring. "

As he said that, Chen Yin looked at Lin Luoling, "Sister Ling'er, after getting the evidence, you will divorce Zhu Xianzhi, have you ever thought about the future?"

Lin Luoling pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then smiled bitterly and replied, "Never!"

Since her rebirth, she has only wanted to take revenge and protect her father, mother and her people.

If she was really asked what she wanted to do after her revenge, she had never thought about it. Even if she thought about it now, she had no real idea. It was as if she was in a fog and could not see the road to the future clearly.

Seeing He Jinchun's dark eyes and tears welling up in her eyes, Lin Luoling didn't want her mother to feel guilty, so she smiled and said:

"How about I study medicine with Sister Chen Yin? Don't you want to open a women's clinic to teach women medicine?"

"Okay!" Chen Yin agreed happily.

After chatting for another stick of incense, Biyou came back and reported in detail what he had seen.

From her, I learned that there was no boy in that house, but it was a place where Zhu Xianzhi and his friends drank and had fun.

There were two women covered in bruises inside.

I learned this from two women crying.

Zhu Xianzhi and several of his friends collected four taels of silver, picked out two good-looking ones from the tooth dealers in the human market, and brought them back to the house.

They toyed with the two women that day. Because they could not bear the humiliation and often tried to escape, they were locked in the woodshed and beaten.

The two women felt that they were worse than the singing girls in the brothel and wanted to kill themselves. After their lives were saved, they threatened the two women with the lives of their families, forcing them to be obedient.

Biyou said, "There is a lame old woman guarding the house. The two women were locked in the woodshed. They said they hadn't been beaten for several months. I don't know why the second young master came in and beat us up for no reason today!"

As she spoke, Biyou looked at Lin Luoling, and her meaning was obvious: the second young master was Zhu Xianzhi.

He Jinchun was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed: "Asshole, how could I be so blind to choose such a bastard as my son-in-law?"

When Lin Luoling poured a cup of tea for He Jinchun, she found that her mother's fingers were cold and trembling, and she knew that her mother must be very angry.

Her eyebrows moved, and she quickly changed the subject and asked, "Why are you back? Where's Bizhi?"

"Reporting to the young lady, I learned from the two women that Lan Wanshuang sent Nanny Meng to ask the second young master to return to the Yongning Marquis's Mansion. Bizhi and I are thinking about it and will act separately.

I will report the matter of the house first when I come back. Bizhi will go to the west courtyard of Yongning Marquis's mansion to listen to what Lan Wanshuang and the second young master are discussing, so that I can come back and let the lady and the young lady know. "

As soon as the voice fell, Bizhi hurried in and bowed to He Jinchun first.

Bizhi spat, "Pooh, pooh, pooh, what a black-hearted mother and son."

Hearing Bizhi's words, he knew that Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi were not going to behave themselves. He Jinchun suppressed his anger and asked, "What did you find out?"

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