497 Investigating the Truth
This guard’s na was Mo Sang. He had been in the Queen Manor for seven years and had climbed step by step from the lowest-level guard to the position of captain. His ability was deeply affird by the Queen and was highly regarded by her.
After receiving the Queen’s order, he asked about the person in the painting. For example, had the Queen seen him or where had she seen him?
“There’s a shop selling candied hawthorn on Liuyang Street, opposite the rouge shop where the commandery princess goes every day.”
After learning this concrete news, Mo Sang quickly went to Liuyang Street and found the shop selling candied hawthorn. He wanted to ask the shopkeeper about that person’s whereabouts. There were not many custors like Yan Jiuchao, who could be unforgettable with just a glance. Moreover, Yan Jiuchao had co more than once.
The shopkeeper recalled, “The first ti he ca to my place, he left without buying it… He got into a carriage…”
“What carriage?” asked Mose.
The shopkeeper said, “How would I know? It stopped at the rouge shop!”
Mo Sang asked for more information about the carriage and the coachman and vaguely guessed sothing. Then, Mo Sang asked who the young master was and if he had heard his surna.
How would this shopkeeper know? That young master had co twice in total. He was only here to buy candied hawthorn. It was impossible for him to befriend a small shopkeeper like him.
However, the shopkeeper told Mo Sang that the young master ca out of the alley diagonally opposite. He guessed that the young master lived in that noble area.
There were many powerful people in that noble area, but the most eye-catching one was the Helian family. This area was protected by the Helian family, and the thieves did not even dare to co here. However, it was precisely because of this that the news inside was tightly sealed and rarely spread to the public.
It took Mo Sang a lot of effort to eliminate the unrelated houses one by one. Then, only the Helian family was left. It was not so easy for him to sneak into the Helian Manor.
The little black eggs slept safely at the door because they were children. No sacrificial soldier would guard the children tightly. Mo Sang was different. He was a martial arts practitioner. Once he approached, the sacrificial soldier could sense his Internal Breath.
Mo Sang returned to the Queen Manor.
The Prince Consort was still in the library. He was like this. He did not have any other hobbies. He only liked to read. When he was happy, he would read. When he had sothing on his mind, he would also read. Often, people could not tell what he was thinking. However, they were sure that there was sothing wrong with the Prince Consort recently. They did not know if it was because he had seen that young man.
“Your Highness.” Mo Sang asked for an audience outside the door.
The Queen pressed her forehead and said, “Co in.”
Mo Sang stepped in. The Queen gestured for the maidservants to leave. The maidservants understood and retreated respectfully.
“How is it?” The Queen asked.
Mo Sang said in sha, “I’m useless. I only found out that he and the Prince Consort had t once in the carriage outside the rouge shop. As for what he said, I’m not sure. I’m still investigating if he only t the Prince Consort once.”
“Then what did you find?” A trace of coldness flashed across the Queen’s face.
Mo Sang said seriously, “According to the clues provided by the shopkeeper, I’ve eliminated the nearby houses one by one. But I couldn’t get a single piece of information from the Helian family.”
The Queen paused. “You an he might be from the Helian family?”
Mo Sang said, “Unless… he doesn’t live there at all. But the possibility of that is very small, because the shopkeeper saw him co out of that alley twice. If he didn’t live in that area, it’s impossible for him to co out of that alley.”
“How can there be such a person in the Helian family?” The Queen muttered thoughtfully.
Mo Sang continued, “I heard the Little Commandery Princess ntion sothing about the Helian family a few days ago.”
“What is it?” The Queen looked at him solemnly.
Mo Sang replied, “A couple ca to the Helian family and claid to be the son and daughter-in-law of Divine General Beiming’s younger brother.”
The Queen pondered and said, “The younger brother who fell off the cliff without a corpse?”
Mo Sang nodded. “That’s right. Old Madam was too sad and lost her mind. There are rumors that the child didn’t die at all and was saved. All these years, people kept coming to visit and saying that they were the child who fell off the cliff back then. However, the Helian family saw through them. The Little Commandery Princess said that it was most likely fake this ti. However, they used so thod to charm Old Madam and Divine General Beiming.”
“Why does she say that?” The Queen asked.
The Little Commandery Princess could not hide her words. She had almost been wronged outside, so when she returned to the courtyard, she had to tell the maidservants everything. As the head of the guards of the Queen Manor, Mo Sang had his own spies in every courtyard. Of course, this was with the Queen’s permission.
Mo Sang told her everything he had heard from the maidservant. “That young master from the countryside broke the Wushan Lingzhi she found for you and even taught the two young masters from the West Manor a lesson. There’s a grudge between the two sides. These words should have been said by Young Master Helian to the Little Commandery Princess.”
The Queen waved her hand. “Then it doesn’t count.”
“That’s right. Perhaps the two young masters have a grudge in their hearts and said evil words.” Mo Sang first echoed the Queen’s words, then raised his opinion. “But no matter what, I think this young master is most likely the young master who ca from the countryside to acknowledge his family.”
It was not difficult to find out. The Queen called the Little Commandery Princess over.
The Little Commandery Princess had just taken a bath and her hair was not dry yet. When she heard that her mother had summoned her, she ca with a smile. She sat on the chaise lounge and hugged her mother’s arm. “Are you letting sleep here tonight?”
The Queen smiled dotingly. “How old are you? You still want to sleep with ?”
“I want it even at my age!” The Little Commandery Princess said coquettishly.
The Little Commandery Princess was not old, but she was not young either. Usually, when a girl reached her age, she would have been married long ago, but the Queen had yet to start finding a husband for her. Firstly, she had been raised too delicately, and secondly, the Queen could not bear to part with her. She wanted to keep her for two more years. In any case, the children of the Emperor did not have to worry about marriage. So what if her daughter was eighteen or nineteen? Which man in the world dared to despise her?
But today, they were not here for romance.
The Queen talked business with the Little Commandery Princess. “Have you gone out to cause trouble for again recently?”
“When did I?” The Little Commandery Princess said guiltily.
The Queen raised her eyebrows indifferently and said, “Then why did I hear that you caused the two young masters of the Helian family to be punished by their grandfather?”
The Little Commandery Princess exploded. “What did I do? It wasn’t !”
“Who is it, then?” The Queen asked patiently.
The Little Commandery Princess still didn’t know that she had fallen into her mother’s trap. She said in a daze, “It’s that country bumpkin who ca to acknowledge his family! Mother, I’m afraid you don’t know yet, but soone who claims to be Old Madam’s legitimate grandson has co to the Helian family. He brought his family and stayed in the East Manor!”
The Little Commandery Princess did not know about the little black eggs yet. Even when she saw a black child in the shop, she did not think in that direction. The family she ntioned was Yu Wan, who had humiliated her twice.
“It seems that my daughter has been bullied.” The Queen gently stroked the Little Commandery Princess’s head.
The Little Commandery Princess did not easily complain to the Queen. Firstly, it would make her look petty. Secondly, the Queen prioritized the overall situation. She would not punish her citizens for such a small matter. Otherwise, why would people say that the Queen loved her people like her children?
However, since the Queen took the initiative to ask today, the Little Commandery Princess told her everything about Yan Jiuchao breaking the Wushan Lingzhi, bullying Helian Yu and Helian Cheng, and Yu Wan snatching the Red Lingzhi from her. Naturally, she skipped the part of visiting the brothel. She only said that the Helian brothers had arranged to fight Gu, but Elder ng lost.
The Queen had long heard about the Gu battle. It was Gu Elder ng who deliberately lost to him to repay his senior brother’s favor.
However, Gu Elder ng did not say the details, and the Queen did not ask, causing her to miss such important information. If she had known that a young master had co to the Helian family, she would have gotten soone to investigate. As long as she saw that person and face, she would definitely not let him appear in front of the Prince Consort.
To ensure that nothing went wrong, the Queen brought over the portrait of that person. “Is it him?”
“It’s him!” The Little Commandery Princess said indignantly.
In that case, he was undoubtedly the eldest young master of the Helian family. But how could this be? Why did the young master of the Helian family look so similar to the Prince Consort?
Divine General Beiming’s younger brother was born thirty-five years ago. His children could not be more than twenty years old. That young man’s face was extrely tender, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was seventeen. However, the calm and restrained temperant he exuded really did not look like a child who was still wet behind the ears.
The Queen closed her eyes. Could it be… that child? That child was going to be twenty-four this year. But wasn’t he in the Great Zhou? Why did he co to Nanzhao? And beco the eldest young master of the Helian family?
“Divine General Beiming personally brought him back!” The Little Commandery Princess curled her lips.
The Queen narrowed her eyes. “He, Lian, Bei, Ming!”
“Grand General! Grand General!” In the Helian Manor, Yu Gang hurriedly entered Helian Beiming’s courtyard.
Helian Beiming was teasing the little snow fox when he turned around. “What is it?”
Yu Gang said, “Her Highness is here!”
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