Shen Mingzhu said: "If that's the case, let's forget it and continue looking for evidence. Let's investigate Sun Er carefully and see if we can find any other clues."
When Yang Shaoqing heard what she said, he was naturally happy. He immediately pulled Li Shaoyin and said, "Master Li, since the princess has said so, it's better to leave it like this. Let's not insist on it anymore. After all, I won't disturb your majesty until the matter is finalized.
It’s not a good thing either.”
Seeing that Shen Mingzhu meant this, Li Shaoyin did not insist, nodded, and said goodbye to Shen Mingzhu together with Yang Shaoqing.
After Shen Mingzhu waited for them to leave, she found Zhu Yi, Ju Yun and others, gave them tasks one by one, and asked them to act separately.
She would rather stay in Dali Temple for a while and see what tricks those people are up to.
If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cub. If you don't take it with you in Dali Temple, how can you let those people see you!
She didn't know if Yang Shaoqing had discovered something and then suspected her. Anyway, when she went to the secret file room again, some files about the Xie family were gone.
She wondered if this was also related to Xiao Che's decision, so she wanted to stay longer and study it carefully.
After she finished her instructions, she said to Zhuyi: "Send an inconspicuous person to visit the second master, and then ask the second master to help me investigate something."
Zhuyi immediately found a little girl who looked inconspicuous. She was in her early ten years, average-looking and a bit dull. If she went out on the street carrying a vegetable basket, she would definitely not attract any attention.
The little girl's name was Xiqin, which was randomly chosen by Shen Mingzhu as a joke, because the little girl had a sister who was slender and tender, while Xiqin was a little thicker and duller.
Her sister’s name is Xiangqin, so she casually said that her sister’s name is Xiqin, which would be a good match.
Then the little girl thanked En and changed her name to Xiqin.
Shen Mingzhu said to her: "You go to the second master, ask him how he is, and then say that the princess wants him to help check an account from the past few years. He thanked me for two pounds of gold, but I don't remember when.
I don’t know if he has paid it back or if there will be any interest or dividends derived later. I asked him to check it quietly to avoid others finding out and gossiping.”
Xiqin remembered it, and after leaving Dali Temple, she went to the market with a vegetable basket, bought a few kilograms of mandarin oranges, and then carried it to the Yamen.
She first gave a few tangerines to the guard guarding the door, and then said she wanted to see Shen Hanlin.
Although Shen Mingtang is no longer in the Hanlin Academy, because of his good knowledge, the emperor still asks him to give lectures, and everyone likes to call him Shen Hanlin.
Soon Xiqin was taken to Shen Mingtang's office. He shared an office with two colleagues, and Xiqin treated them to tangerines.
The mandarin oranges were sweet, new to the market, and expensive. Those petty officials would not eat them at home.
Xiqin gave them a basket and asked them to take it back and give it to their families to try.
The two petty officials happily divided the tangerines among themselves.
Xi Qin relayed Shen Mingzhu's words to Shen Mingtang. Even if those two people heard it and told others, they would not know what they said.
Even if you suspect it, you can't guess it.
After hearing this, Shen Mingtang was a little confused, what does this mean?
My sister has so many subordinates, and none of them has better accounts than him, so why should he be asked to settle the accounts?
