Chapter 368 Conjecture
“Did he tell you directly?”
“No.” Huo Xiu shook his head, “They left a missive and then both died shortly afterward.”
He pulled out a letter from his pocket and handed it over.
The letter was also a letter that had been around for years, and it was even more damaged than the dossier Empress Dowager Lu had in her hands because she had gone through it too much. Empress Lu took in her hand and read it, her color became more and more gloomy: “There is no inscription, how did this letter get to your hand?”
“He gave it to his father, and then my father gave it to me.”
“Your father?” Empress Lu said, “So your father has been suspecting me as well, but he never told us about it either.”
Huo Xiu pursed his lips in silence.
The Emperor said, “The signs of someone concocting a plot are obvious. It’s just that auntie has always been wise, so why didn’t you see the cracks?”
The old Marquis of Weiyuan was able to win the love of the Princess, so he must not be an ordinary person. If there were any irregularities in the matter, he must not have been fooled.
“So it can only be that there are no cracks.” Empress Lu said, “The handwriting on this letter must have come from a close associate of the Eldest Princess.”
“That’s right.” Huo Xiu looked over, “I’ve compared it, and it is indeed the handwriting of the maid next to mother. But she is no longer alive now.”
The person had died, but left behind such a letter that was misleading enough.
Empress Lu folded the letter up, “Are you still going to decide that I’m the murderer now?”
Huo Xiu pursed his lips and slowly inclined his head.
The night was deep as if it was a heavy stone monument.
How could it be so easy to immediately let go of an enemy who had been identified for more than ten years? But can not ignore the doubts and gradually disintegrate this suspicion.
If the murderer is not Empress Dowager Lu, then who could it be?
This question seemed to have swept through the minds of everyone in the hall, and everyone was in deep thought.
Gao Shu, who walked in lightly, glanced at everyone and stopped in front of the emperor: ”Marquis Qingyuan’s son sent someone in to ask the emperor to continue to tighten the control of the city gates. If the princess was taken away without a word, the murderer must have been familiar with the internal situation of the Marquis’ residence. Please go to the Da Lisi as soon as possible to assist in the search, perhaps there will be some clues on your side.”
The four people in the hall cast their gazes in unison, Zhao Su took the lead and asked, “My brother hasn’t gone back yet?”
“His son is currently at the Marquis of Qingyun’s residence.”
Zhao Su didn’t know why Zhao Sum had gone back to the Huo family again, it was logical that he should have returned home by now.
The emperor said, “My son will go back to the Qianqing Palace first and send someone to escort Ah Yu back later.”
“You go.”
Empress Lu nodded her head to see her off, waiting for her to leave before turning her gaze to Zhao Su, “When did the emperor realize that something was wrong with Qinglian?”
Zhao Su thought for a moment, “He said it was after Miss Cheng discovered Long San. However, I think it might have been even earlier.”
The Emperor wasn’t an adventurous person, from the moment he suspected something to the moment he acted on it, it wouldn’t have been an instant. Maybe it’s like he said himself, it’s not that he didn’t suspect, but he didn’t want to suspect.
Empress Lu sat down: “his hatred is really I unexpected, I almost also understand, why he wants to pick up sister Yu to Guangxi, and why until now are not willing to discuss the marriage, it seems that he himself also know that this is a road of no return.”
Zhao Su sat down on the chair next to him, “According to the Empress Dowager’s understanding of the Marquis of Wei Yuan, how will he choose next?”
“Understand?” Empress Dowager Lu smiled bitterly, “The opponent that I have been searching for so long is actually him, what else can I talk about understanding? He won’t just give up so easily, no matter who the enemy is.”
“Then don’t be afraid.” Zhao Su said, “Everyone will have their due end. Most of all, we are to know who the murderer is first.”
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Once the clapper sound of the fourth watch passed, the full moon in the sky became even colder.
Mrs. Marquis Jingnan rolled over, looked at the empty side, and looked at the moonlight falling on the window, draped herself in her clothes and went down to the ground.
This time inside and outside the mansion is quiet, into the fall, even the sound of insects is also less, there are traces of people walking is not even a little.
Married to the Yu family has been almost seventeen or eighteen years, Mrs. Marquis Jingnan and her husband has only been regarded as a respect for each other as a guest, or to say that the appearance of separation she does not object. Before the marriage, her husband already had a concubine, and also gave birth to concubine children, this kind of decent family can never be allowed to appear things, favorably placed in the court twenty years ago on the new nobility and was tolerated, because of the chaos of the world, the first peace, made great achievements in battle a little bit of wantonness is also not understandable.
Her mother’s family name is Lu, not a big family, out of interest considerations, also do not care about the reputation, she was promised over.
Fifteen or sixteen years old girl, how can not expect after marriage, husband and wife harmony? But the husband does not seem to be enthusiastic about the house. Once upon a time, he thought that he favored the side rooms, so he desperately wanted to send Yu Qingping to the palace as a nobleman, but later he thought that it was not the case. He was not particularly partial to all his concubines and children.
Later, she accepted the fact – perhaps the establishment of the relationship, not because the man is not heart, but they are not good enough?
Tonight, the city is in chaos, I heard that the Marquis of Wei Yuan House accident, her husband has not returned, she is a little bit panicked.
The Huo family like the family, let people to sneak into the murder, although the Yu family is not weak, the defense will never be stronger than the Huo family, she also has an unmarried daughter, she is afraid that there will be any accidents.
“Mistress.”
The maid who heard the commotion palmed the lamp and came in, “Why did you get up?”
“Is the master still not back?”
“No. I’ve heard that the Huo family has a lot of people over there, and they haven’t stopped yet, so it’s likely that the master has gone over to help investigate the case.”
Mrs. Marquis Jingnan slowly sits down, gathering the lapels of her coat and looking down to the ground, “He’s so attached to the Huo family, why is he so attached?”
The maid puts the lamp on the coffee table, “His Lordship went to Guangxi with His Highness and the old Marquis of Weiyuan to go on an expedition, so perhaps he can’t let go of this love of fellow soldiers.”
Mrs. Marquis Jingnan looked out the window at the moonlight: “In the end, you can’t let go of the love of the same robe, or what other love?”
The maid was stunned for a moment before bending down and asking, “Why did madam say that?”
“I heard that your highness is not only strong in martial arts, but also beautiful and gentle, I think there must have been many followers back then.”
She was from the outer city, even though she had been in the capital before her marriage, she did not have the fortune to easily meet the royal family. Soon after her marriage, her husband and the Princess left for Guangxi.
So far the streets and alleys are circulating the legend of the Princess, although there is no pile is about her in addition to the old Marquis of Weiyuan outside of the love affair, but such a woman must be no shortage of people to pursue.
There was a time when the Marquis of Jingnan spent time with the Princess, could it be precisely because of the adoration of the Princess that he was not interested in the concubines of the inner house?
She didn’t want to go through all this stale vinegar, but the attention her husband had been paying to the Huo siblings all along made her unconsciously have such a guess.