Marrying Salted Fish

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Lin Qingyu cast a questioning look at Gu Fuzhou, and Gu Fuzhou lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, you will understand as you listen."

A timid female voice that sounded to be in her thirties or forties rang out: "All is well, all is well. Thank you, Eunuch Xi, for your concern."

Xi Rong's voice became a little colder: "Since I have followed the prince out of the palace, I am no longer a eunuch. Auntie can just call me 'Butler Xi'."

"Yes, Steward Xi." The woman named Wu Ya said cautiously, "I wonder if His Royal Highness Prince Ning wants to ask me for something."

Xi Rong said: "I vaguely remember that Princess Jingchun was taught by you when she was in the Shangyi Bureau?"

"……yes."

"Then you should know clearly whether Princess Jingchun is a man or a woman."

Wu Ya hurriedly said, "Since Princess Jingchun is a maid of the Shangyi Bureau, how could she be a man?"

Xi Rong asked: "You are so sure, but have you seen his body with your own eyes?"

Wu Yanan said: "Although I have never seen it, but when a maid enters the palace, she must be examined by the head aunt in person."

"It's a pity that the former head of the Shangyi Bureau who examined Princess Jingchun has long since died and there is no evidence to prove it. If someone wasn't guilty, why would they kill someone to silence him?"

Wu Ya was shocked: "Dead?"

"The Queen is investigating this matter, and she will find out about you soon." Xi Rong said slowly, "The Prince hopes that you can provide the Queen with some useful clues. Of course, after the matter is accomplished, the Prince will definitely benefit from you. For example, your daughter who is terminally ill, don't you want to find a good doctor to save her life?"

Wu Ya said in a panic: "I, I don't understand what the prince means."

Wu Ya didn't understand, but Lin Qingyu almost understood. He asked Gu Fuzhou: "Do you want her to give false testimony?"

"Although it was perjury, what she testified was all true."

"Even if we have witnesses, what about the physical evidence..." Lin Qingyu thought of the token that Gu Fuzhou asked him to get from Shen Huaishi, and suddenly said, "That palace belt?"

"There are three palace belts, one for each of Shen Huaishi, Jingchun, and Xiao Cheng. The three of them have always carried the tokens of their childhood friendship with them, and they never thought that one day the tokens would become death warrants."

On the other side, after Xi Rong explained her intention, Wu Ya did not agree immediately. Xi Rong did not force her, and said: "Go back and think about this matter carefully. However, it is best not to think about it for too long. It is not that the prince cannot wait, but your daughter cannot wait."

After Wu Ya left, Xi Rong came around from behind the screen and said, "Greetings, General, Madam."

Lin Qingyu said, "Thank you for taking this trip, Steward Xi - would you like to stay and have dinner with us?"

"No need, the prince is still waiting for me." Xi Rong bowed and said, "I'll take my leave first."

Xiao Jie handled the military pay issue quickly and well, which impressed the emperor. The emperor gave him more and more tasks, but Xiao Jie knew nothing about government affairs and could only rely on Xi Rong for everything. Lin Qingyu could imagine who would be the one who would write the imperial edicts when Xiao Jie ascended the throne.