GBP Chapter 565 Suspicious Person, Poisoned
Chapter 565 Suspicious Person, Poisoned
"The traitor should indeed be arrested." Xie Ying sighed softly, "Unfortunately, I can't leave for the time being, so this matter will have to be done by someone else."
Situ Yuan quickly said, "I will write to my grandfather. There must be a traitor in the army. He must be found."
Xie Ying thought of the plot in the book and couldn't help but ask, "Did you know that your grandfather had a younger brother?"
Situ Yuan immediately understood what she meant: "Do you suspect there's something wrong with him?"
Xie Ying raised her lips sarcastically. "Anyway, the story I know is that your grandfather and uncle died tragically, but that man and his son survived and later adopted their grandson to your father. In the end, your adopted brother helped Chu Jiangtian rebel, and angered your father to death."
Situ Yuan's expression instantly turned extremely ugly: "Really? Then he is indeed a big suspect."
Seeing that he had murderous intentions, Xie Ying stopped provoking him.
Anyway, she has said everything she needs to say.
Situ Yuan knew all this and would definitely not let that family have an easy time.
As it turned out, her guess was right.
Situ Yuan took action quickly.
First, he asked the craftsmen to create improved military equipment samples and presented them to Emperor Taihe, which made Emperor Taihe very happy.
Then Situ Yuan took the opportunity to persuade Emperor Taihe to send several craftsmen to the Hejian Prefecture Arsenal to assist the Arsenal in building new blast furnaces, smelting steel, and creating improved military equipment.
At the same time, Situ Yuan also found out about the situation of his great-uncle and told Xie Ying privately.
Situ Yuan's grandfather was named Situ Yue. After his biological mother died, his father married a young second wife.
Because they were an older man and a younger wife, Situ Yuan, the great-grandfather, was quite fond of his second wife. Later, the second wife gave birth to a son, named Situ Ming, who was this suspicious great-uncle.
Because he was born in old age, Situ Ming was practically doted on while growing up. Before Situ Yuan's great-grandfather died of illness, he still worriedly held Situ Yue's hand and made him swear a solemn oath to be filial to his stepmother and be kind to his younger brother.
The second wife was a long-lived woman. She is still alive and well and is enjoying a good life in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
After Xie Ying heard this, she couldn't help but feel lucky for Situ Yuan: "Fortunately, your mother is the eldest princess, so you don't have to live in the Duke Dingguo's mansion."
Because the second wife was still alive, Situ Yue and Situ Ming did not separate, so their families all lived in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Situ Yue had one wife and two concubines, and had two legitimate sons, the eldest son Situ Yan and the second son Situ Jing.
Situ Yan accompanied Situ Yue to guard the border, while Situ Jing married the eldest princess and stayed in the capital.
Situ Ming married one wife and four concubines and had three legitimate sons. However, the eldest legitimate son died in battle at a young age. Now the second legitimate son and the illegitimate son are stationed at the border with him, while the youngest legitimate son stays in the capital to enjoy a good life.
Situ Yan only married one wife and took a concubine. His wife gave birth to one son and three daughters, all of whom now lived in the Duke Dingguo's mansion.
One can imagine how lively the Duke Dingguo's Mansion has been over the years.
Ever since Situ Yuan suspected Situ Ming of having a trick, Xie Ying gave him some seeds and asked him to plant them around the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
In these days, she has heard a lot about the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
But no one ever mentioned that the current lady was actually the second wife, and before the death of Duke Dingguo, she forced her son to swear a poisonous oath.
So if Situ Yuan hadn't sent someone to investigate, Xie Ying really wouldn't have known about these inside stories.
After all, the incident happened so long ago, and the lady had been the old lady for many years, so naturally no one dared to talk about it.
However, what surprised Xie Ying was that both the old lady and Situ Ming's wife looked kind and charitable.
Although the lady was old, it could be seen that her appearance and temperament were outstanding. She must have been a beauty when she was young.
The most important thing is that she looks very gentle and harmless, making people even reluctant to hurt her. She is simply a top-notch little white flower!
Xie Ying secretly observed him for several days, but couldn't find any fault with him!
Could it be that she was prejudiced? Although this lady was a second wife, she was a good person in every way?
Xie Ying observed patiently for a while, but still couldn't catch the other party's weakness.
This old lady was kind to everyone, and would only scold her grandson harshly when he was naughty.
No matter how you look at it, he is a very good elder.
She was not authoritarian, and as a stepmother, she never criticized Situ Yue's wife and daughter-in-law.
Although Xie Ying didn't quite believe that this person was really a good person, she didn't have the time to keep staring at her, so after asking Situ Yuan to arrange for someone to follow her, she got busy with her own things -
For example, helping Concubine Jiang to take care of her pregnancy.
Because Concubine Jiang was pregnant with twins, as the babies grew older, the situation for her and the babies became increasingly dangerous.
So at this time, Xie Ying could no longer run around, and had to stay with Concubine Jiang and act as a mascot.
Although Xie Ying was a little speechless, Concubine Jiang would have people prepare her favorite food every day, and would also have palace maids and eunuchs read stories to her, or have people dance and sing songs.
So Xie Ying's life was not boring at all.
And now the weather is getting colder and colder, it is no longer suitable to go out for cycling.
Twins are prone to premature birth. Even though Xie Ying secretly used her special powers to nurture the babies, Concubine Jiang still gave birth to twins prematurely when she was more than eight months pregnant.
Fortunately, with Xie Ying's secret help, the two children were raised quite well. One weighed 4.2 jin and the other 4.8 jin when they were born.
Just looking at how thin and small it is really heartbreaking.
Therefore, Xie Ying, the mascot, continued to be kept in the palace by Concubine Jiang.
Perhaps because they were worried that they would not be able to raise the two children, Concubine Jiang and Emperor Taihe were always very cautious. All the imperial physicians who were good at pediatrics in the Imperial Medical Bureau were required to live in the palace to prevent any accidents.
Xie Ying stayed in Huaqing Palace for another two years.
Seeing the two little princes grow from skinny and small to plump and white, and successfully raised to one year old, Concubine Jiang still did not dare to let Xie Ying leave the palace.
So Xie Ying stayed for another year and watched with her own eyes the two little princes take their first shaky steps, then gradually become able to run and jump, and finally run around happily.
Concubine Jiang also personally taught Xie Ying the Four Books and Five Classics, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework every day.
Only then did Xie Ying realize that Concubine Jiang was actually a rare talented woman.
Not only is she an expert in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is also well-read and has a profound knowledge.
Although Xie Ying possessed wood-related abilities and had received formal education in modern times, she was not good at any of the four arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, painting, the Four Books and Five Classics, and needlework.
However, after studying with Concubine Jiang for two years, she gained a lot.
However, Xie Ying was worried that she was too young, so she didn't dare to show too much progress in her studies, and she even deliberately drew in cartoon and Q-version styles.
As a result, Concubine Jiang liked it very much after seeing it. Not only did she apply it to other situations and quickly study the cartoon style, she also asked the palace servants to embroider it on the clothes of the two little princes, and also had some cartoon versions of bowls and plates made.
The two little kids really like it and they carry their cartoon little bags around to show off to others every day.
Such days are indeed pleasant, but Xie Ying never forgets the threat from the enemy country.
Perhaps it was because Emperor Taihe opened up trade in Hejian Prefecture that the border had been relatively stable in the past two years and the enemy had never invaded.
However, neither Xie Ying nor Situ Yuan believed that the border could remain stable forever.
In particular, in the past two years, Tu Yong has also planted sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn in Hejian Prefecture, and the harvest has been very good.
The enemy countries cannot be unaware of the benefits of these high-yield grain varieties. They may have been watching over the past two years, but they will never wait and see forever.
However, to Emperor Taihe and Concubine Jiang, Xie Ying is now a mascot who blesses their son to grow up safely, and they will definitely not let her go to Hejian Prefecture.
Xie Ying originally planned to sneak away, but unexpectedly news came from Hejian Prefecture that Tu Yong had died of poisoning!