The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 55: Just a Coincidence

Jingyi was stunned. Yes! If they were pushed too far, those people might really kill themselves!

Jingyi glanced at Qingtian. He was much taller than when she first met him, although he was still a little different from his actual age. "Qingtian, thank you! I promise you, I won't risk my life!"

Qingtian nodded a little embarrassedly and walked away.

Jingyi looked at Qingtian's back and laughed out loud, saying, "Qingtian is so cute!"

Qingtian staggered and almost fell when he heard Jingyi's words, and ran back in a hurry! Seeing this, Jingyi laughed even louder.

Jingyi returned to the house and dismissed everyone, "Siqin!"

"Miss!"

"Tell Yuanxi that I want to see him, the sooner the better."

"Yes! I'll go right away."

"Simo, have you noticed anything wrong with the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion?"

Simo thought about it and shook his head.

Jingyi smiled, "Think about it again!"

Si Mo thought about it again and still shook his head.

Jingyi was not in a hurry, and smiled lightly: "People in the Dingguo Mansion are not simple! After Siqin comes back, you can stay with my mother for a few days." For some reason, after returning from the Dingguo Mansion today, she had a bad premonition in her heart, and always felt that something was going to happen.

Although Si Mo didn't understand why Jingyi asked her to protect Gu, he didn't refute it. He nodded and disappeared again.

When Jingyi saw Yuanxi again, only half an hour had passed. And it was in Jingyi's yard. Su Ming accompanied Yuanxi to come openly.

Yuanxi thought of a reason to send Su Ming away. The two sat in the ice pavilion in the yard. The servants stood far away and could see them, but couldn't hear their conversation.

"Why are you calling me so urgently?"

"Can you find a way to investigate the favorite concubine of Duke Dingguo? Although I have never seen her, I don't believe that a person who has been favored for more than ten years will never be able to turn over again after this incident."

"Are you talking about the wife of Duke Dingguo?"

"Siqin told you?"

Yuan Xi nodded, "Last time you said to use less power during this period, so most of the manpower was sent out of the city by me. The manpower left in Beijing is investigating the Wu family. What do you think?"

"It doesn't matter. I called you here just to tell you that the poisoning of the wife of Duke Dingguo is not that simple! The water in the Duke Dingguo Mansion is probably deeper than that of the Marquis of Pingnan Mansion!"

"Are you worried about Cui Xixi?"

"I am indeed a little worried about her, but she is secondary. The main thing is that I am worried that someone is deliberately disrupting several major families in Beijing! I am afraid this is just the beginning. Alas, the matter of the Wu family has not been sorted out yet, and there is such a commotion again. It's really a headache!"

"You! She is not your relative, why bother to care about her?"

"Don't do evil even if it's small, and don't refrain from doing good even if it's small. What's more, it's a big matter of saving lives!"

"You! You are really kind-hearted! I'm afraid your temper will only bring you more trouble."

Jingyi smiled faintly, "Everything has its pros and cons. Why don't you think that helping one more person will leave you another way in the future?"

Yuanxi was surprised after hearing her words. He didn't expect Jingyi to have such a long-term vision and plan at such a young age. He looked at her with surprise: "It seems that I have found a treasure!"

Jingyi smiled: "Did you find it now?"

Yuanxi was asked by her like this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing him choking, Jingyi chuckled and said, "Okay, let's talk business. Do you have any honest and loyal people who are temporarily free now?"

"Yes, yes, what are you going to do?"

"I saw a shop for rent in the south of the city a few days ago, and I thought about renting it and opening a clinic."

"Open a clinic? How old are you?"

"Why are you in a hurry? It's not me who will go to the clinic. I want to find two reliable and honest doctors to sit in the clinic, and let Brother Qingtian take time to go over every few days. First, it can be regarded as a small industry of my own, and second, it can also let Qingtian practice more and become a little miracle doctor in the future."

"You are thinking about him! I just don't know if that awkward boy will appreciate it?"

"What do you mean by awkward boy? You are not much older than him!"

Yuanxi raised an eyebrow, "How old is he?"

"Brother Qingtian is three years older than me. Master said that he grew slower than others because he was poisoned when he was a child. But he is fine now. When I met them, Master had just cured him of the poison. Didn't you notice that he is growing faster now?"

"Really? I don't think he has grown at all." Yuan Xi lied unscrupulously, and his face was not red, and he was not out of breath.

Jingyi was about to raise the cup to drink tea, but her hand froze, and she looked at him in disbelief: "How could he not grow? I think you have noticed him at all." Jingyi said, and no longer looked at him, but sipped the tea in the cup.

Yuan Xi saw that she was a little angry, and said with a smile: "Okay. Got it, you've grown taller, okay?"

Jingyi glared at him, and then said: "The Aunt Peng beside Jingwei is very suspicious. Until now, I can't figure out which side sent her to Jingwei. Yuan Xi, can you find a chance to test her when she is out of the house to do business. See how good her skills are? What's her trick?"

"This is easy. Just leave it to me. Is there anything else you want me to do?"

Jingyi looked up at the handsome boy who cared for her. She just saved his life accidentally, and he treated her like this. Thinking about his current situation and her previous life, it was really similar to what she imagined. However, he has a good master and a heart that is stronger and more persistent than her previous life.

"Thank you! Yuan Xi!"

Yuan Xi was stunned and smiled: "Why should we be like this?"

Jingyi smiled brightly in return, and her curved eyelashes made her already big and bright eyes more vivid! Yuan Xi was so distracted by the sight that he didn't come back to his senses until Su Ming called him. With a slightly red face, he followed Su Ming away.

In the evening, Siqin appeared in Jingyi's room and said, "Miss, someone from Young Master Yuan sent a message. It is said that the wife of Duke Dingguo has woken up, but her body is still too weak. The old Duke found the poison "Beauty Eliminator" in the concubine's room, and also found some aphrodisiacs. Now the old Duke is furious in the Duke's Mansion! And the most interesting thing about Duke Dingguo is that he doesn't believe that the concubine would poison at all! He has always protected the concubine."

"Oh? This Duke Dingguo is really interesting! Didn't the Queen send anyone?"

"The two maids sent by the Queen in the morning went to the palace to report to the Queen after we left. But there has been no movement until now."

"What about the Duke of Huguo? He watched his daughter being poisoned and ignored it?"

"When the Duke of the Guard heard that his daughter was poisoned, he fainted. After waking up, he sent his son to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion to ask for an explanation. It is said that if the Duke of Dingguo's mansion is not satisfied with the handling, the daughter will be taken back to the Duke of the Guard! They said that their daughter from the Duke of the Guard cannot be harmed for no reason, and have to be humiliated here!"

"Interesting! When the Duke of Dingguo met the Duke of the Guard, his tone was still so tough?"

"No. However, he just ordered all the maids and servants of the concubine to be beaten to death! As for the concubine, he said that she would be expelled from the mansion."

"Expelled from the mansion? Humph! I'm afraid he is thinking of hiding a beautiful woman in a golden house!"

"What does the lady mean?"

Jingyi chuckled a few times: "The Duke of Dingguo is so obsessed with this concubine that he even protected the queen's own sister when she was assassinated! It can be imagined that the position of this concubine in his heart is really extraordinary. Is there any clue about the concubine's life experience?"

"The people sent by Master Yuan said that they only know the concubine, named Zi Ji, and the rest is unknown. Master Yuan said that he will immediately start investigating Zi Ji after checking the situation at the Wu Mansion." Jingyi nodded. However, in just a few days, some incidents have occurred in the Mansion of Pingnan Marquis, the Mansion of Dingguo Duke, the Mansion of Huguo Duke, and even the Mansion of the First Prince. Are these things happening one after another really just coincidences?