Xiao Ce looked at it with admiration: "It seems that you have studied hard. Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Qin Zhao just wanted to laugh when he heard this. He dared her to study hard and get a reward.
She thought about it carefully before saying, "Why don't you reward me with a set of martial arts secrets that have been lost for a long time in the world?"
Xiao Ce just thought she was joking and gave her a slap in the face: "I'm serious!"
Qin Zhao's face dropped: "I am also serious."
She felt that since she had internal strength, she would have some self-defense skills and could save her life at critical moments. Recently, she had learned some simple defensive moves from Baozhu. If she was given a set of martial arts secrets, she might still be able to become a martial arts master. .Of course, her real purpose is to protect herself and the people she cares about in critical moments.
"You are a woman, and you are usually delicate. What are you doing with swords and guns?" Xiao Ce disagreed.
Qin Zhao did not agree with Xiao Ce's point of view: "Why am I so squeamish? In the East Palace, is there any woman who lives a rougher life than I do? Forget it, Your Highness will reward me with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. I am a commoner." , I just like golden treasures.”
Then he can't refuse, right?
Xiao Ce looked at Qin Zhao helplessly: "You are really..." stubborn.
As she said, she is just a layperson.
"Your Highness asked me what I wanted, and I told the truth. Your Highness looked like this, so I don't want a reward, okay?" Qin Zhao said angrily.
After a while, Xiao Ce sighed softly: "Since I have spoken, I will agree to your request."
Qin Zhao felt that Xiao Ce was unwilling to give the reward, but she wisely changed the subject: "How is the investigation of that case?"
As if he had not expected that she would jump to this question, Xiao Ce was stunned for a moment before answering: "The case has been closed. All the evidence shows that it was Concubine Wu who committed the murder. But she is a concubine, and the father is now ill and alone. I couldn't bother my father with this matter, so I had to close the case hastily and finally fined Concubine Wu a year's salary."
"It is ironic that two lives of a palace maid can be bought with Concubine Wu's salary for one year." Qin Zhao blurted out.
Just like that, the atmosphere in the study suddenly became cold.
"I still have something to do. I'm going back now. I'll see you next time." After Xiao Ce finished speaking, he walked away without looking back.
Qin Zhao looked at Xiao Ce's back, thoughtfully.
There are obviously so many doubts about this case, why did Xiao Ce just say "the case has been hastily closed"?
Is it because Xiao Ce doesn't want to continue investigating?
As soon as Baozhu came in, he saw Qin Zhao's solemn expression, "Did Liangdi have trouble with His Highness again just now?"
Qin Zhao shook his head: "His Royal Highness keeps everything in his heart, and sometimes I can't even quarrel with him. I have always felt that His Highness the Crown Prince has a temperament similar to mine. He likes to get to the bottom of things when things happen, but maybe it's just my illusion. ."
Baozhu didn't know what happened, so she silently handed Qin Zhao a cup of hot tea: "If you encounter something you can't figure out, Liang Di, don't think about it first. His Highness the Crown Prince's status is unusual, and he has to take care of a wide range of things. Perhaps This is why His Highness cannot do as he pleases."
Qin Zhao felt that Baozhu's words made sense.
She took a sip of tea and looked out the window at the gloomy sky: "In the blink of an eye, it will be the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and in a dozen days it will be the Chinese New Year. In one month, it will be His Highness's 20th birthday, but I can't even see His Highness's birthday. I haven’t even prepared any birthday gifts.”
She had clearly thought about it at that time, and she had to prepare a birthday gift for Xiao Ce. It needed to be a sincere gift.
However, everything she does is done with a three-minute passion, and she can't even pay attention to such important things.
"Liangdi, please continue to embroider the sachet, it's the easiest thing to do." Baozhu said with great interest.
Qin Zhao said helplessly: "With my embroidery skills, His Highness can't even wear them. Not to mention shoes, His Highness will be laughed at if he wears them."
Speaking of which, she made the sachet and tried on the shoes, but she couldn't stand it and finally threw them away.
Until now, she didn't know what to do.
"Doesn't Liang Di still have a lot of dowry? Carefully choose something valuable to give to His Highness. That is also Liang Di's intention." Baozhu suddenly had an idea and thought this was a good idea.
Qin Zhao's eyes lit up, "That's right. I'm going to see if my dowry contains a birthday gift suitable for His Highness."
It doesn't have to be done by her own hands, after all, she doesn't have the talent of a female celebrity. Even if she now has the golden finger of super memory, it can't save her from being a female celebrity.
This was Qin Zhao's first time looking through her dowry. When she saw the dazzling array of dowry, she was dazzled and felt that she was a rich person for the first time.
"These two boxes were gifts prepared by the master before Liangdi got married. This wooden box is said to be a box of dowry for the lady when she married the master. Maybe the lady also left other dowries for Liangdi, but when Liangdi got married, she only had
This box is left." Baozhu explained Qin Zhao's doubts.
When Qin Zhao heard that it was the dowry left by the Zhou family, he immediately left the other two boxes and rushed forward to take a look.
"Was my mother's dowry so rich back then?" Qin Zhao was a little surprised.
Because this box of dowry is obviously more valuable than the two boxes prepared by Qin Shaowen. In her opinion, such rare jewels and treasures are difficult to find in the Daqi royal family.
I don’t know what kind of family the Zhou family is, and no one has ever mentioned my mother’s natal family.
"Baozhu, does my mother have no brothers or sisters? What about my grandparents, have you heard of them?" The more Qin Zhao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
When she saw this box of dowry left by Mrs. Zhou, she understood that Mrs. Zhou's natal family should be either rich or noble. In this case, why did no natal family contact her after she and Di?
This doesn't make sense.
"This... I only heard that Madam's family members are no longer here, and that I was still young when something happened to Madam. I heard many things from the Qin family's servants." Baozhu couldn't explain the reason.
Because Liangdi had never asked about this matter, she never explained it.
Now that Liangdi suddenly asked about it, she felt that this was unusual.
"Then when my mother passed away, did any relatives from the Zhou family come to attend the funeral?" Qin Zhao asked.
"Slave, I don't know." Baozhu felt ashamed.
Qin Zhao laughed dumbly: "It's okay, I'm just asking casually. After so many years, you also said that Zhou's family is no longer here, and no one is looking for relatives yet. I know that as you said, my relatives are no longer here."
…”
"Liangdi also has His Highness, slaves, and Baoyu, and the Empress Dowager also likes Liangdi." Baozhu said hurriedly, fearing that Qin Zhao would be sad.
Qin Zhao thinks this is the case.
She just felt a little regretful. A vicious person like Mr. Xu was alive and well, so why did Ms. Zhou die in an unknown manner, and even her family was gone? Her original body was gone, and she had taken over her body. Then
Doesn't this also mean that the Zhou family has no descendants?
