With a plan in mind, Zhou Yueting asked the manager of the security department to secretly find out the identity of Cousin Xiao. If Cousin Xiao couldn't find anything, she would start with Miss Qu.
In order to make it easier for the manager to check the news, Zhou Yueting specially drew portraits of Cousin Xiao and Miss Qu.
Her painting skills are good, and she is obsessed with Xiao Ziyan, so Xiao Ziyan's character painting is really vivid.
The steward received a lot of benefits from Zhou Yueting, and Zhou Yueting said that he would be rewarded if the job was accomplished, so the steward naturally tried his best to handle this matter.
But no matter how much the manager tried to investigate, he could not find out Xiao Ziyan's origins.
He came to report the matter to Zhou Yueting. Zhou Yueting frowned: "Is it really so difficult? Have you ever put the pictures I gave you to use?"
The steward responded: "Of course there are, but no one in Lin'an City has seen Master Biao and Miss Qu."
"In Lin'an City?" Zhou Yueting couldn't help but laugh: "If Cousin Xiao is from Lin'an City, do I still need to spend a lot of money for you to check?"
It's just rubbish, no wonder nothing can be found.
Only then did the steward react: "I know what to do, I will continue to investigate Master Xiao's details."
"No matter how much money you spend, you have to find out for me! Also, Cousin Xiao is very capable, don't alert Cousin Xiao, this matter must be done in secret." Zhou Yueting warned again.
The steward agreed and was about to leave when Zhou Yueting stopped him again and said: "The focus is on the capital. From the accents of Cousin Xiao and Miss Qu, they must be from the capital. Even if they are not from the capital, they may have lived in the capital for many years.
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The capital is a place of crouching tigers, hidden dragons.
The steward's eyes lit up.
This way, with specific goals, it will be much easier to check.
Even Zhou Yueting thought that it would not be difficult to reveal the identities of Xiao Ziyan and Mu Ci this time.
But in the early morning of the next day, when Zhou Yueting got up and left the yard, she found a body outside the door. It was the manager of the internal affairs department whom she had entrusted to do something.
The steward died in a miserable state. Not only his eyes were gouged out, but his tongue was also cut out.
Zhou Yueting felt so frightened that she almost fainted.
The eldest maid Shui Ling who was waiting beside her had never seen such a battle before. Her eyes darkened and she fainted from fright.
Zhou Yueting sat down tremblingly, finally regaining her breath.
She forced herself to calm down. After she calmed down, she helped others dispose of the steward's body.
Just yesterday, the steward had been checking for several days, but there was no movement from Cousin Xiao. Just yesterday, she ordered to go to the capital to investigate, and the steward died tragically. This clearly touched Cousin Xiao.
Brother's reverse scale.
She always knew that Cousin Xiao was not easy to deal with, but she never thought that Cousin Xiao would be so ruthless.
In this way, she became more certain that Cousin Xiao and Miss Qu were from the capital.
In a place like the capital, there are people who are either rich or noble everywhere, and with Cousin Xiao's temperament, could it be that he is an official family? Or maybe he is a prince or aristocrat?
Thinking of this, her palms started to sweat, and she vaguely felt that this possibility was very high.
My grandfather valued Cousin Xiao so much, which proved that Cousin Xiao had a great background. If Cousin Xiao was a prince or a noble, then it would make sense.
Even the temperament and aura of the Hengwuyuan man are not like ordinary people.
From that day on, Zhou Yueting did not dare to go out and walk around casually. However, she was secretly looking for opportunities.
She is the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. Every year when the New Year is approaching, she has to go to the capital to visit relatives, and this year is no exception.
By that time, she would be able to find out the true identity of Cousin Xiao if she personally inquired about the information...
The news that there was a corpse in front of Zhou Yueting's Villa quickly reached Mu Ci's ears.
"The death was miserable?" The person Mu Ci asked was Zhou Zhen.
Zhou Zhen has been supported by Mu Ci recently, and has gradually become more courageous. He even ran to the west courtyard a few times without Mu Ci's company.
But people in the West Courtyard no longer dared to beat or scold her casually, which made her feel that she could finally be an upright person, all thanks to her sister.
"He was the steward of the incident department. He died miserably. I heard that his tongue was cut off and his eyes were gone. He was thrown in front of the eldest lady's room. Shui Ling was frightened and fainted when he saw it..." Zhou Zhen
Talking eloquently.
Mu Ci was quite pleased to see Zhou Zhen, who was gradually becoming more cheerful.
The one who dares to kill people so blatantly should be Xiao Ziyan, right?
Why did Xiao Ziyan kill the steward of the incident department? What Xiao Ziyan did was clearly to shock Zhou Yueting. Zhou Yueting and the steward were plotting against Xiao Ziyan, so Xiao Ziyan could get angry and kill someone.
"By the way, how does sister know that the eldest lady is not a good person?" Zhou Zhen asked curiously when Mu Ci didn't speak.
Mu Ci touched her hair lovingly: "Sister, I have met a lot of people, and there are quite a few hypocritical people like the eldest lady who like to borrow knives to kill people."
From the first moment she saw Zhou Yueting, she could tell that this woman was not simple.
Later, Zhou Zhen showed up and told her what happened in the West Courtyard, and she became even more convinced that like mother, like daughter.
Zhou Zhen lived such a miserable life in Xiyuan. As the head of Xiyuan, Wang did nothing and was clearly conniving. How could a truly kind-hearted lady allow such evil behavior to happen in Xiyuan for seven years?
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Mu Ci has experienced life and death, and has plotted against many people. Sometimes she feels that she is a cold-blooded monster with little emotion.
Occasionally, only the people closest to her can make her let down her guard.
This time Zhou Zhen made her feel that she too had flesh and blood and hatred, especially knowing everything Zhou Zhen had experienced in the Zhou family over the years, a fire was burning in her heart.
If this was in the harem, she would simply take over the Western Courtyard.
Unfortunately, she is just a guest now, and she is not living here as the Queen Mother. She has to rely on Xiao Ziyan's breath to survive, and she is naturally constrained in doing things.
Mu Ci had nothing to do, so he left Hengwu Garden and planned to walk around.
"Is there anything special about Zhou Mansion?" Mu Ci asked Zhou Zhen casually.
Zhou Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I think they're all the same. Any place you can go is meaningless, and a place you can't go is a forbidden area..."
When Mu Ci heard the word "forbidden area", he immediately became interested: "Is there any forbidden area in Zhou Mansion?"
"Yes, there is a beautiful garden in the east courtyard. It is said that there lives a beautiful woman, who is the third master's concubine. It's just that the beautiful woman doesn't want to see anyone, and over time it has become a forbidden place, except for the third master.
No one is allowed to enter or leave without authorization." Zhou Zhen explained Mu Ci's doubts with great interest.
Mu Ci became even more interested when he heard this: "There are such anecdotes. I would like to get to know this great beauty for a while."
I don’t know what kind of person that third master is. Is this a hidden beauty in a golden house?
Mother Chen, who was waiting nearby, frowned slightly when she heard Mu Ci's words. She tugged on Nan Yue's sleeves and winked at Nan Yue.
