From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 310

Zhongwu Marquis's Mansion, Study.

Guan Lu hurried in and whispered, "Sir, the matter has been investigated."

Zhou Yuan raised his head and said, "Don't tell me it's the Zhejiang Party."

"It's the Qi Party."

Guan Lu said in a deep voice, "The source of the rumor is the old storyteller in Juxing Tea House. We have caught him. It took almost no effort for him to confess everything. He received two taels of silver and was the steward of Deng Mansion."

Zhou Yuan was slightly stunned and squinted his eyes and said, "You mean... Deputy Minister Deng Bochi?"

Guan Lu said, "Our people are experienced. The old storyteller should not have lied. It depends on whether someone deliberately deceived him."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Have you compared the portrait?"

"Yes."

Guan Lu said, "We followed the old man's description. , drew a simple portrait, and found the housekeeper of Deng Mansion. It was indeed him. "

"Deng Bochi..."

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly: "The only grudge between him and me is that I killed his grandson. This reason is not enough for him to deal with me."

Guan Lu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help wondering: "Killing the grandson is not enough for him to deal with us?"

Zhou Yuan knocked on the table lightly and said slowly: "At this position, any action often involves interests. Pure revenge will use a simpler way and will not involve public opinion."

"Public opinion is to create momentum and warn, but it can't vent hatred. Ordinary people may do this because of emotions. Try every means to disgust others, but Deng Bochi will not. "

"As a big As the second assistant of Jin, it is impossible for him to lose control of his basic emotions. Personal hatred and interests are different. "

"Of course, more importantly, with the current situation of the Qi Party, Deng Bochi will not fight to the death with me."

Guan Lu seemed to understand, and then whispered: "Your Excellency means that there is another hidden story?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Find someone to keep an eye on the young housekeeper to see if he will contact people of unknown origin in the past few days. It is very likely that he has also received money."

"In addition, who leaked the news to Lu Song in the case of Huichun Pavilion is very critical."

Guan Lu looked serious and said in a deep voice: "I have been investigating for many days, but there is no clue. I plan to meet with Lord Xiong in the afternoon."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, now it's done. It has grown a lot, until I find another breakthrough. "Guan Lu couldn't help smiling bitterly and helplessly;" In terms of intelligence organization, we spent a lot of money and established a professional and strong team. Qiu Ying. "Zhou Yuan nodded:" He has motivation. Xiong Kuanghai is now in the limelight and threatened him too much. It is normal for him to do it for us. " The Hui is still clear. After a long time, Zhou Yuan stood up and said in a deep voice: "Mingrui, prepare the car."

...

There is a small and exquisite embroidery building in the Bishui Princess's mansion.

The room on the top of the building is spacious and bright. Lying on the windowsill, you can overlook the surrounding city scenery.

Princess Qinshui made two cups of scented tea, then sat in front of the window sill, looking at the prosperous Shenjing, blowing the early spring breeze, with a blurred look in her eyes.

She said softly: "Sister, Shenjing is so big, why are we like homeless duckweed?"

Princess Bishui sighed and said: "Royal princesses, how many of us live well? We are just tools for political communication. It's good enough to live well."

Princess Qinshui closed her eyes, felt the gentle wind, and murmured: "Sometimes, we are not as good as ordinary girls. Marrying an ordinary man and supporting each other for a lifetime is also considered a happy life."

Princess Bishui said: "You, you are too willful. You must make father so angry back then, otherwise you would not marry Yang Changguan."

"You are obedient."

Princess Qinshui said: "But how did father treat you? Didn't he marry you to the son of a high-ranking official, under the name of the emperor's great grace."

"As a result, once the incident happened, the in-laws killed everyone. You had a hard time on both sides, and finally ended up alone in the empty room."

Princess Bishui shook her head and said: "Don't say it anymore, I will accept it.You are used to it, and you have been rebellious too, and our fate is the same. ”

Princess Qinshui said: "So sometimes I admire the emperor sister, at least she dares to kill, and she killed all those who opposed her one by one."

"Pei Xian! Don't say such things!"

Princess Bishui frowned and said: "Your Majesty... may not be willing to hear this, it will be bad for you if it spreads out."

"You are wrong, in fact, the emperor sister doesn't care about these at all."

Princess Qinshui said: "I have more contact with her, I know what she really cares about, she is like a man, even stronger than a man, she only cares about the great Jin Dynasty."

"She doesn't care about those gossips at all."

Princess Bishui said: "In this case, Pei Xian, you go and ask the emperor to give you a chance to divorce."

"You are only thirty years old, you can't spend your whole life on Yang Changguan."

Princess Qinshui curled her lips and said: "You are still in the mood to talk about me? You are only 32 years old, and you still have a long way to go in life. You have been a living widow for more than ten years. Can you be a real widow for half your life? "

Princess Bishui was stunned for a moment, as if she remembered something. Her face turned slightly red, and she whispered: "I can live with or without a man."

"That's right."

Princess Qinshui laughed, gently took Princess Bishui's hand, her eyes blurred, and murmured: "Sister, we haven't been happy for a long time."

After speaking, she slowly kissed Princess Bishui's lips.

Princess Bishui closed her eyes, then tilted her head and said: "Don't... Peixian, don't do this..."

Princess Qinshui frowned and said: "You... What's wrong with you? Don't you want to?"

Princess Bishui said: "We can't go on like this, Peixian, there is no point in having fun like this."

Princess Qinshui's face changed, and she sneered immediately: "Boring? Chen Yunxian, you didn't say that before! "

"When have you not been obsessed with my tongue before? When have you not begged me to come over?"

"You are suddenly saying this now, you have a man!"

Princess Bishui was also shocked, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense! Sister, I just think that we can't live like this forever, especially you."

"You are still Yunying, you should go and find a man properly."

Princess Qinshui's temper suddenly came up: "Bullshit! Do I need a man? How many men in the world are good? My father always forced me to get married, I couldn't resist him, I got married, but I will never be good to men in my life!"

Speaking of this, she was suddenly stunned.

I remembered the scenes in the blizzard in the deep mountains, the body wrapped in rags was so upright, blocking disasters for her again and again.

That small shelter, even standing up straight, was so warm.

Princess Bishui whispered: "Sister, don't be sad. "

Princess Qinshui held her lips and suddenly burst into tears: "Sister, why is my life so bitter? Why can't I be together with someone after so much trouble?"

The depression and pain that had been suppressed for more than two months finally burst out at this moment.

Princess Qinshui cried heartbreakingly and her face was full of tears.

Princess Bishui was also shocked when she heard this, but then she was overjoyed.

"Good sister, stop crying."

She hurriedly said: "Do you really have a man you like? Tell me quickly, even if it is harder than climbing to the sky, I will help you."

Princess Qinshui pouted and said: "You can't help me, no one can help me, and he and I are not destined to be together."

"Who is it!"

Princess Bishui was also anxious.

Princess Qinshui was silent for a few seconds, and then she sighed faintly: "Zhongwu Bo Zhou Yuan."

Princess Bishui's figure was shocked, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and she couldn't speak for a while.