Jiang Xueyi immediately replied: "Thank you for your concern, His Highness Prince Pingning. I have asked the servants of the palace to go out of the city to search for her."
"That's not enough."
Lin Jinxiao waved his hand: "It's better to send more people out."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of crying and shouting outside the courtyard.
When everyone heard the sound, they went out and saw that it was Qi Yuhuan. Sister Qi Yujie came in with several followers.
The servants of Lin Yuan's house did not stop them, and the two sisters ran as fast as they could into the courtyard. When they got to Concubine Deyue, they knelt down in tears and prayed: "I beg you, Concubine, to make the decision for the women of the country."
Concubine Yue frowned deeply.
I have long heard that these women of the Qi family are troublemakers, and now they are causing trouble in other people's mourning halls, which is really not a worry.
But on one side, the Lin family was having a funeral, and on the other side, people were missing, making things difficult for everyone on both sides.
She looked at everyone and had no choice but to patiently persuade: "You two ladies, please get up quickly. I have already learned about the disappearance of your daughter. King Pingning has also asked Jiang Yushi to send more people out of the city to search. We will definitely find him."
To Mrs. Zheng’s.”
However, Qi Yujie reluctantly raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao, crying even more sadly: "Your Majesty, my mother's carriage has all returned to the house, and the groom driving the horse is also an old man who has been raised by the house for many years. Who hasn't come back?
The reason why the carriage is returning to the house, the slave family is only afraid that something unexpected has happened to my mother and she will be killed by an adulterer."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Concubine Yue reprimanded angrily, then cautiously glanced at Lin Jinmu, who still had a calm expression, and continued to persuade her gently: "If you want to see a person alive or die, you will see a corpse. Without definite information, the second mother-in-law of the Qi family should not talk nonsense.
"
After a pause, she said earnestly: "Besides, no child would curse his mother. Mrs. Zheng will definitely be able to come back safe and sound."
"My sister-in-law is not just talking nonsense."
Qi Yuhuan couldn't help but look at Chu Nanzhi, and agreed angrily: "Everyone knows that my mother and Princess Pingning are now in a quarrel, and no one can tolerate the other. I am afraid that some people have been looking forward to my mother's early death.
Maybe my mother went out of the city last night and killed her."
"Since it's something that's uncertain, why bother talking about it."
Lin Jinxiao couldn't tell that she was trying to bring trouble to his wife. He glared at Qi Yuhuan with a sullen look on his face and said solemnly: "I advise the eldest wife of the Qi family to be more cautious when speaking."
Chu Nanzhi just sneered and shook her head helplessly: "Just because your Qi family did those evil things, why should I bother to do such stupid things? Mrs. Qi is stupid, so I won't be so confused."
"My wife has been impetuous because of the disappearance of her mother-in-law, and has spoken a little too freely. I would also like to ask His Royal Highness Prince Pingning and the Princess not to blame me. I am willing to accept the punishment."
Jiang Xueyi did not beat Qi Yuhuan this time, but humbly apologized to Lin Jinxiao and Chu Nanzhi.
"It's important to find someone. Chiang Yushi, don't waste your time here."
Lin Jinxiao's eyes flashed across the faces of the Qi sisters like frost, and his tone of voice was even more bone-chilling: "Because you are elders and you miss your mother so much, I will not pursue the case this time, but if you continue
If you are stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will never be merciful to a mad dog that bites people."
"Remember your humble position and you must control your wife and sister-in-law."
Jiang Xueyi helped the two sisters up obediently, suddenly his expression changed, he looked directly at Wu Enrong, and said with a deep expression:
"I have some questions and would like to ask the prefect for advice. My mother-in-law respects you very much. When I learned that you were coming soon, I ordered people to clean up the yard in the south of the city last night. However, you stayed in the post house without saying a word.
May I ask why you are so afraid of meeting my mother-in-law?"
"What kind of shit are you spouting? How could I know that Mrs. Zheng is so respectful to me?"
Wu Enrong was really speechless to the Qi family members.
The daughter made false accusations against the girl of the Chu family, and the son-in-law repeatedly contradicted her. As expected, it was not like the whole family refused to enter the house, and she immediately became angry:
"Jiang Xueyi, I have no contact with your Qi family, so I have nothing to fear."
"Yeah?"
Jiang Xueyi glanced at Zheng Haichuan meaningfully, and said coldly: "But Xiaguan heard his mother-in-law mention something last night, and Mr. Zheng also heard it clearly. What on earth did Mr. Prefect do to be so taboo?
Meeting my mother-in-law?"
Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Zheng Haichuan.
Zheng Haichuan looked around in panic, looked at the shocking eyes, and immediately replied: "Mrs. Zheng did say such things last night, but I don't know the deep meaning here."
"Humph, what else can it mean? I'm afraid it's some shameful thing."
Lin Jinmu snorted coldly, and faced Wu Enrong with a deep smile: "If my guess is correct, Mrs. Zheng must have used this matter to blackmail the prefect, and asked the prefect to come forward to protect the young man of the Qi family, but the prefect refused, so
Just kill people and silence them, and avoid future troubles forever, right?"
Concubine Yue looked surprised when she heard this, and glanced over from the corner of her eye: "But it's you who found the scapegoat so easily."
And it’s still well-founded.
He only revealed to himself last night that he wanted to get rid of Zheng, and Zheng disappeared today.
This is not what he did, who else could do it.
But after all, she couldn't let her best friend be implicated, so she could only echo: "If Mrs. Zheng is really harmed by someone, now she can only ask Prefect Wu to suffer the consequences and go to the county government for interrogation."
"Concubine."
Wu Enrong did not expect that she would actually help a powerless prince to frame him.
But looking at her resolute look, he knew in his heart that this woman was determined to make him take the blame.
He and the girl from the Chu family have different fates. This woman has the support of King Pingning, while she relies on the power of the Yue family.
It's just that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are far away in Jinling City, so how can I excuse myself?
He looked at Lin Jinxiao with a solemn expression and asked sadly: "Your Highness, there is no need to accuse me of any crime. I am about to go to Beijing. I don't know what happened in Luyan Port these days, and I don't know either."
Mrs. Zheng's whereabouts, and how she was killed in such a hurry."
The calm answer made Lin Jinxiao become more cautious.
He could not be used by Lin Jinmu and Yue Guifei, but Wu Enrong could not directly eliminate his suspicion based on Wu Enrong's words.
After all, Jiang Xueyi's words had already been said before. If Mrs. Zheng was eventually murdered, then Wu Enrong would indeed be the most suspected.
Wu Enrong is about to be promoted to the position of Taifu. In terms of official position, he is on an equal footing with himself. According to the court regulations, for officials above the fifth rank, he has no right to go to jail privately.
Looking at the crowd, Lin Jinxiao replied thoughtfully: "What the Lord Taishou said is reasonable, but Mrs. Zheng's whereabouts are unknown now. Since King Dongjin and Concubine Yue all suspect that it was done by Your Excellency, I cannot ignore it and can only ask the Taishou."
Your Majesty, please move to the post house and ask the prefect to leave the post house after finding out the whereabouts of Mrs. Zheng."
"It's unreasonable. I am the Grand Palace Minister appointed by Your Majesty. I am a high-ranking official of the third rank. How can I be restrained by Your Majesty's edict?"
When Wu Enrong heard that he was going to put him under house arrest, he immediately became furious. He didn't care about the imperial concubine or the prince, so he just got angry.
Lin Jinxiao didn't care what kind of emperor he was. Anyway, he didn't torture him, and he had the emperor's sword in his hand. He just put him under house arrest for investigation, which was not a big deal.
He smiled calmly at Lin Jinmu: "I will leave it to Brother Wang today. Tomorrow I will send someone to the post house to take care of Prefect Wu's daily life."
Lin Jinmu smiled from ear to ear: "Don't worry, dear brother, brother Yu will definitely take good care of the prefect."
Lin Jinxiao looked at him and smiled, then said goodbye and left with Chu Nanzhi in high spirits.
Behind him, Wu Enrong kept yelling and cursing, but he was escorted to the post house by Lin Jinmu's guards.