Chapter 326: A preliminary exploration of the true and false Ma Cairen
The Queen had been away for a while, and when she came back she ordered people to send many things over.
In the yard, Lin Fufei was playing with the cat with the tenth princess, but Linghua approached and called her name: "Fufei, come here, the master has something to ask you."
Lin Fufei stood up quickly, not forgetting to shake off the grass clippings from his clothes.
"Fu Fei, you have been serving the tenth princess for more than a year, right?" Ma Cairen asked Lin Fu Fei with a smile.
Lin Fufei was timid, so she couldn't help but panic when she asked: "Master, what did this slave do wrong?"
"Don't be afraid, I'm not blaming you. You are a very good girl. The Tenth Princess likes you very much, and I also like you very much." Ma Cairen's tone and expression became gentler, "It's rare that you are pure-hearted and have such a good heart."
I feel at ease when you are in front of the Tenth Princess."
Lin Fufei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Thank you for the compliment, Master, but I am timid and stupid, and I often make mistakes."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you are loyal." Ma Cai said, "I have something to ask you, but you have to tell me the truth."
"I wonder what the master wants to ask the slave?" Lin Fufei was confused for a moment, "If the slave knew about it, of course he would not dare to hide it."
"You entered the palace together with a man named Xue Hengzhao, right?" Ma Cairen looked into Lin Fufei's eyes and asked, "At first, they both worked in the Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau, right?"
"Yes..." Lin Fufei didn't expect Ma Cairen to ask about Xue Hengzhao, "Xue Hengzhao and I did enter the palace together, but I was assigned to the Xixin Department, and she went to guard the Wuyuan.
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"I told you that you don't have to be afraid. I know that you two have some contact with each other. I just want to ask you about something about her, and that's all you have to say." Seeing that Lin Fufei was nervous, Ma Cairen comforted her.
She said, "Don't worry, no one knows what the two of us said today."
Lin Fufei had a vague premonition in her heart.
Ma Cairen said: "Do you know the relationship between Xue Hengzhao and Manager Liang...?"
Lin Fufei immediately thought of what Xue Hengzhao specifically told her not long ago.
If someone from the Queen asked about her relationship with Liang Jing, it would be enough to tell them those two things.
Is Ma Cairen a member of the Queen's family? That should be considered.
What's more, the queen just left here.
The Queen could not easily come to Fangcongyuan. After she left, Ma Cairen asked herself something, which was obviously what the Queen asked her to ask.
Thinking of this, Lin Fufei said: "I heard some rumors later. Qian Sanchun, the manager of the Fourth Division at that time, seemed to want to give her to Manager Liang as a counterfeit. However, Qian Sanchun later died in fear of the crime, and he also
There’s no more to follow. And there’s…”
"Is there anything else you can say?" Ma Cairen couldn't help but urge her.
"At the spring banquet last year, all the slaves were seconded from the back, and she and I came to the front to serve.
When the palace lanterns were released, the slave was wrongly accused and almost lost her life. At that time, it was Manager Liang who came forward to inquire about the incident, or Xue Hengzhao came forward to save me," Lin Fufei said.
"Spring Banquet..." Ma Cairen frowned unconsciously as he recalled, "Yes, I remembered...it turns out you are that little palace maid."
Someone reported that someone wrote treasonous words on the wishing lantern in Taiye Pond, threatening to become the crown prince.
When the queen heard about it, she became furious and asked Liang Jing to investigate and execute the daring palace maid immediately.
After the incident was discovered, it turned out that Yu Cai and a guard named Ming were pregnant because of their affair. When the people under his command were passing the abortion pill, they were caught by the unlucky little palace maid, and they thought of a way to frame her.
Ma Cairen was still Concubine Ying at the time and was the Queen's right-hand man. Most people in the palace didn't know the inside story, but she knew it.
However, because this little palace maid was framed, there was naturally no investigation.
Ma Cairen paid more attention to Yu Cairen's affairs, and soon forgot about Lin Fufei's name.
I just remembered it when I heard her talk about it today.
"You said that it was Xue Hengzhao who helped you clear your grievances. This is interesting. It seems that she is still your benefactor." Ma Cairen said.
"She did help the slaves, but she has a weird personality, and we didn't dare to talk to her." Lin Fufei said hurriedly, "She said she didn't help me for any other reason, but because she was afraid that she would be implicated, because that
The two of us lived in the same house at that time."
"Then tell me how she helped you clear your name?" Ma Cairen was very interested.
"I'm not afraid of the master's jokes. I don't know how she helped the slave to clear his grievances, because the slave was not around at the time." Lin Fufei said with some embarrassment, "She went to see Manager Liang alone. Later, she went to see Mr. Liang alone.
Someone told me that I have nothing to do with you."
Ma Cairen listened for a long time without saying anything, and finally said: "Okay, I understand, you can go! Don't tell anyone what happened today, do you understand?"
"I understand, I'm timid, but I'm tight-lipped and won't talk nonsense," Lin Fufei said hurriedly.
Ma Cairen nodded and waved his hand to let her go out.
"Master, I just said that I can get something useful from this girl." After Lin Fufei left, Linghua said to Ma Cairen.
"These alone are not enough," Ma Cairen shook his head, "But this girl's words are also useful. If we follow what she said, we can always find something."
"Yes, Master, although Qian Sanchun is dead, there are still many old people in the Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau. You can always get the truth if you ask. As the saying goes, there is no airtight wall, no matter how careful you are, you can't avoid it.
Leave some clues." Linghua said.
"The Queen has entrusted me with this job. How can I do it if I don't do my best?" Ma Cairen said, "I have no one else to count on in this palace. I hope I can find a good marriage for Qiong Ying."
Ma Cairen knew that he could never make any progress in this palace.
Her only wish is that her daughter can live a good life.
"It's not difficult to verify the situation at the Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau. The people there can pry their mouths open with some benefits." Linghua said, "Caiwei Pavilion is now deserted, with only a few old palace servants.
Guard, I don’t know how much more I can find out.”
"There is probably no hope for Caiwei Pavilion," Ma Cairen shook his head, "Most of the people who know about the matter have been dealt with, how can they be left in the palace?"
"We have tried our best to find out as much as we can, and I think the Queen will not blame her.
Besides, your Majesty also knows what Mr. Liang is like, how can it be so easy to check him out?"
At this time, Liang Jing was already on his way back to the palace, and this time he returned without success.
He sneezed twice on the horse, and his entourage hurriedly asked: "Master steward, have you caught a cold?"
Liang Jing ignored him with a cold face. The weather was so hot and muggy now, who would catch a cold?