The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Chapter 230 The Zhao Family Girl

Li Jiangui raised his eyes: "The person was still sent over, and the Crown Princess swallowed her anger. By the way, whose child is it?"

"Zhao Lintian, the third daughter of Prefect Zhao, was not a high-ranking official and was weak-willed and easily controlled. Because of this incident, he was extremely grateful to Prime Minister Zhao."

Overwhelmed with gratitude, Li Jiangui recalled many things. Zhao Xiang had worked diligently in the court for so many years, just like Li Jing.

These two are really similar in this respect, making it impossible to find fault with them.

If it weren't for the recent series of events, Li Jiangui wouldn't have suspected them.

The Zhao family girl still entered the Eastern Palace as a concubine, and Li Jing stayed at her place that night.

The next morning, Zhao Jiahe came to pay his respects to Zhao Yu, who was ill.

After resting for a few days, Zhao Yu's complexion improved slightly.

But upon seeing the person who arrived, the relaxed smile on his face vanished.

"This concubine, Zhao, greets the Crown Princess."

Zhao Jiahe brought over a cup of tea, bowing her head and offering it to him meekly.

Seeing that her attitude was acceptable, Zhao Yu did not make things difficult for her and took a sip of the tea.

"Why do you look so haggard, sister?"

Zhao Yu accepted the tea, and Zhao Jiahe addressed her more affectionately.

"It's nothing, I'm just not feeling well, I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

Zhao Jiahe smiled and said, "Sister, you don't need to hide it from me. I know everything. My child will be your child in the future. I won't do anything stupid to upset you."

That's what they said, but the provocation in Zhao Jiahe's eyes was almost overflowing.

Li Jing's backyard used to only have Zhao Yu, but now that Zhao Yu is ill, there is only Zhao Jiahe.

Zhao Jiahe was young and beautiful, and spoke gently and obediently, which was Li Jing's favorite type.

With Zhao Wanfu interfering, it's no wonder Zhao Jiahe dared to be so arrogant.

Snapped!

The palace maid slapped Zhao Yu: "Show some respect to the Crown Princess."

Zhao Jiahe clutched her face in pain, revealing five finger marks.

"Sister, what have I done to offend you?"

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked extremely aggrieved. It was at this moment that Li Jing walked in.

He has been on official business at the Eastern Palace recently, claiming to be accompanying Zhao Yu.

Seeing this scene, before she could even speak, Zhao Jiahe looked at him with a pitiful expression.

"Your Highness."

Li Jing walked over to Zhao Yu and asked, "What's wrong?"

He naturally noticed the finger marks on Zhao Jiahe's face, but he didn't say anything.

"It's nothing, she just missed home and threw a little tantrum. I'll just say a few words to her and she'll be fine."

Zhao Yu brushed the matter aside lightly, and Li Jing didn't press the matter. He simply inquired about Zhao Yu's health and then left.

After Li Jing walked away, Zhao Yu lowered his voice and said coldly, "Do you think you understand His Highness after just one night? You know nothing at all."

Zhao Jiahe had no idea that she had entered a den of iniquity. She was still overjoyed by the little bit of affection that Li Jing had shown her through his fingers, and on her second day at the mansion, she provoked Zhao Yu.

She only reminded him this once; whether Zhao Jiahe understood or not was not her concern.

Shen Hanyu was also paying attention to what was happening there. Every day when she returned from the girls' school, she would carefully read the news that was delivered to her.

"I'm not used to it being so quiet."

Shen Hanyu lit the paper with the candlelight. She knew that a new concubine had been sent to the Eastern Palace. With Li Jing around, there was naturally no trouble.

However, what she cared about was the arson case. The emperor had suppressed the case and didn't know what his plans were.

The lack of explanation for this matter doesn't seem to reflect the Emperor's attitude; perhaps the Emperor is also waiting.

Shen Hanyu's gaze lingered on Zhao Yu's name at the end of the note, as she was ultimately tasked with taking the blame.

Flames engulfed the entire sheet of paper, and Shen Hanyu seemed to have guessed the outcome.

However, Li Huaijiang's actions were not entirely in vain; at least now the emperor has begun to suspect Zhao Xiang and the crown prince.

Miao Cui brought in hot tea.

"Miss, the city defense bureau has found the remaining oil yesterday."

Shen Hanyu nodded, "It seems that Zhao Yu won't be the Crown Princess for much longer."

I wonder when the Emperor will be willing to investigate the incident in Lizhou more than ten years ago. If he finds out the truth, then the cause of Shen Yanzhi's death will be traceable.

Unlike now, where Shen Hanyu is searching in the dark, Jiang Fengxiao's fate is unknown. If Jiang Fengxiao really died in an unknown place, it will take them a lot of effort.

Pei Du has been busy with Luo Jiang's affairs these past few days, and he also wants to get rid of Han Yueru and Pei Xingzhi as soon as possible.

Having investigated some matters concerning Han Yueru, Pei Du sent a message to the elders of the Pei family.

Sure enough, after receiving the news, those people went to investigate further and, with evidence in hand, went to find Pei Mingjian.

Pei Mingjian's first reaction after hearing what they said was disbelief.

"How could that be? I know Yue Ru's personality best. She wouldn't do such a thing. She's so timid. Meeting her back then was purely a coincidence."

"What coincidence?" The uncle stood up angrily. "She's an orphan girl who keeps appearing in front of you, trying to lure you in. And you're such a fool that you betrayed the Yu family for such a scheming woman!"

Just as Pei Mingjian was about to speak, his uncle slammed the evidence in front of him.

"look by youself!"

The uncle shouted outside, "Go and bring that thieving woman over for questioning!"

Pei Mingjian looked at the things in his hands, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

The person mentioned here doesn't seem to be the same person he knows.

"Not only did she go to great lengths to seduce you, but she also has a lover back in her hometown of Qingyun City. The two of them have been together for so long, and people have seen them!"

The uncle, recalling Pei Xingzhi, said, "You kept saying that Pei Xingzhi was your child, but I'm afraid you were someone else's father."

Although Pei Xingzhi and Pei Mingjian do look somewhat alike, it doesn't stop him from now suspecting Pei Xingzhi's true identity.

They couldn't find out his lover's identity; at most, he was just an insignificant peddler. But that was enough to make Pei Mingjian waver.

Seeing Pei Mingjian's ashen face, his uncle advised him, "You've mistaken a fish eye for a pearl; it's not too late to turn back now!"

Han Yueru was brought over. She hadn't slept well these past few days because she was worried about things in Luojiang. She had dark circles under her eyes, which she covered with some makeup.

Before she knew what was happening, the clan elders told her to kneel down.

Liang Ruochu arrived late and, seeing that something was wrong, sent someone to fetch Pei Xingzhi.

"I wonder what I did wrong to displease the elders?"

Han Yueru didn't kneel; she needed to get to the bottom of things. But seeing Pei Mingjian's gloomy expression beside her, her heart skipped a beat.

The clan elder threw the evidence at him.

"Look at all the good things you've done. If I had known you were such a scheming woman, I shouldn't have let you into the Duke's mansion in the first place."

Before reading it, Han Yueru thought that her plan to assassinate Pei Du had been discovered, but after reading it, she realized that it had happened so many years ago.

These old folks really went to great lengths to prevent Pei Xingzhi from becoming their successor.