The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

Qi Sili knew the Queen Mother's plan very well, and he could not resist for the time being. Many times he envied Qi Siliao for being able to escape unscathed and live happily with his beautiful wife in his own fiefdom.

Her soup is so sweet.

His eyes moved slightly, his mind was in turmoil, and there was a nameless jealousy burning in his heart.

Qi Si Liao looked down with a stern look. His narrow and long eagle eyes were deep and cold, making it difficult to guess whether he was happy or angry. "Brother, the Queen Mother's investigation has made some progress. Do you want to hear about what shameless things your mother has done?"

Qi Sili lowered his eyes indifferently, "Having an affair with a fake eunuch and keeping a lover, is there anything more shameless than these two?"

"Some time ago, someone encountered the Queen Mother in disguise in the alleys. Do you know where she went?"

Qi Sili smiled bitterly: "Except leaving the palace to meet his lover in private, where else can he go?"

"I went to the Chinese Medical Clinic."

The National Medical Clinic is a well-known medical clinic among the people of Daqian. It is a gathering place for talented and capable folk doctors from all walks of life who focus on various difficult and complicated diseases, cure all diseases with their medicines, and are deeply trusted by the people.

"She went to the Chinese Medical Clinic. Could it be that she has some incurable disease?"

Qi Si Liao raised his eyebrows: "Brother Emperor, sometimes I think you are so naive."

Qi Sili frowned and looked at him, "Don't say that. Mother has already passed the best childbearing age. No matter how powerful the concubine is, it is impossible for her to successfully conceive."

"Everything is possible." Qi Siriao took out a piece of rice paper and handed it to him. "That day I ordered Jiang Shi to sneak into the National Medical Hall and steal it. It was the medical record of the Queen Mother."

"Disgusting!" Qi Sili tore up the medical record and threw it on the carpet. "She is not a virtuous woman at her age, and she even had an illegitimate child with someone else. No wonder she tried so hard to make the concubines in the harem pregnant. It turns out that she wanted to give her illegitimate child a good name!"

Thinking about the fact that he would help raise someone else's son in the future, Qi Sili felt a surge of anger in his heart that he had no place to vent.

After a moment of silence, Qi Siliao picked up the paper on the carpet and threw it into the incense burner that was burning brightly next to him.

The paper tumbled and burned in the furnace, turning into ashes in a moment.

"You shouldn't burn it. This is evidence of my crime." Qi Sili got out of bed, put on his shoes, casually put on a coat, and walked to the incense burner to pick it up, but he was a step too late.

After drinking a bowl of Qingxin Xiehuo Decoction, he regained a lot of strength. He came to Qi Siriao and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

In the end, Qi Siliao helped him sit down. "Evidence of a crime can be forged. Letting the civil and military officials witness the Queen Mother's pregnancy with their own eyes is more advantageous than any evidence of a crime."

Qi Sili’s brows furrowed even more.

This matter concerns the royal family's reputation and should not be made public.

But it also needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

He closed his eyes gently and put his hand on his forehead. "But there is a better plan."

"Not yet." Qi Siriao suddenly remembered Luan Fei and Wen Ruyu's plan and said, "If we really want to find someone, we can start with her mother's family. If we pull one hair out, the whole body will be affected."

"I checked it out a long time ago. The people over there are very cunning. I don't have any clues at all."

"Leave this matter to me, my dear brother. Rest assured, my dear brother, take care of me."

"It can only be the."

In the past year, Qi Sili has aged rapidly, and the pressure of state affairs, personal affairs, and family matters has overwhelmed him.

On this day, Qi Siliao and Jiang Shi returned to the palace as usual. Passing through the narrow streets and alleys, he remembered another way to return to the palace.

He remembered that the Queen Mother had a cousin who loved strange things, so he asked Jiang Shi to change his route and return to the old way.

The antique shop is still there and the owner is still the same owner, but he seemed very busy today, so busy that he even forgot to greet him when he came in.

Jiang Shi and Ah Zhu returned to the mansion in advance. Hu Luanfei waited for a long time but did not see Qi Si Liao. He asked Ah Zhu hurriedly, "Why didn't the prince come back with you?"

Ah Zhu was about to reply, but Jiang Shi touched her elbow and she swallowed her words.

Jiang Shi helped to reply: "Your Highness was delayed by something, he will be back soon after he finishes his work."

It's obvious that something bad is going to happen.

Hu Luanfei didn't ask any more questions, pretending not to mind and continued watering the flowers, occasionally asking Ah Zhu: "Is the palace nice?"

Ah Zhu started talking, "It's huge. I've never seen a place that's this big and this beautiful."

"So do you want to go again in the future?"

Ah Zhu suddenly hesitated, "There are too many dignitaries, I dare not go anymore."

Hu Luanfei asked her tentatively, "Do you know what the punishment will be for deceiving a noble in the palace?"

"Eh? Is lying a crime?"

Hu Luanfei smiled brightly: "Of course, for the more powerful ones, that would be a crime punishable by extermination of the entire clan."

Ah Zhu was probably frightened and almost screamed. Her legs went weak and she didn't dare to look directly into the pair of black eyes in front of her.

"Don't be afraid. Even if Azhu deceived me, I won't hurt Azhu's family."

Ah Zhu was not willing to believe it. She was the princess. Even if her power was not as great as that of the nobles in the palace, it was obvious that Jiang Shi was very respectful to her, so her status was also very high. Whoever he wanted to kill and how he wanted to kill him were all a matter of words.

After weighing the pros and cons, Azhu decided to betray Jiang Shi and revealed all of Qi Siliao's whereabouts.

"The prince is in an antique shop not far from the mansion." She bit her lip, her heart beating wildly, fearing that Hu Luanfei would wipe out her entire family with just one word.

Unexpectedly, after Hu Luanfei knew Qi Siriao's whereabouts, there was a hint of smile in his eyes, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as he likes it."

Hu Luanfei let Ah Zhu go, humming a little tune while watering the flowers and dancing...

Ah Zhu was petrified on the spot: What happened to your Majesty?

Qi Siriao, who was on his way home, shuddered for no reason and looked up at the sky: it was a sunny and windy day.

Why do I suddenly feel cold?

It was not until he returned home that he found out the cause of the chill.

Hu Luanfei's attitude today was surprisingly good. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, he saw her waving her arms and running towards him excitedly, grabbing his arm, "My Lord, you are back. I have been waiting for you for a while."

When he heard the word "concubine", he knew that this guy was going to cause trouble again.

Hu Luanfei's smile did not reach his eyes. His gaze moved around and finally fell on the packaged antiques in his left hand.

The corners of her mouth widened, "There are your favorite dishes in the kitchen, go wash your hands and eat."

As she spoke, she smiled shyly, bit her lip lightly, and her eyes fell directly on the antique, "We are already an old couple, there is no need to wrap the gift so well, just give it to me directly..."

Qi Si Liao almost fell down, he finally understood the purpose of Hu Luan Fei's courtesy. She thought... the antique in his hand was a gift for her!

When Hu Luanfei's hand was about to touch the antique, Qi Siriao pretended to be careless and dodged. Hu Luanfei missed it, but he was in a good mood and did not get angry. "Why? You bought it, but you are reluctant to give it to me? Is it rouge, powder, pearls, hairpins or jewelry?"

“Neither…” Qi Si Liao didn’t know how to answer, so he said vaguely: “This thing is a gift…”

"I know, just give it to me..."

Qi Si Liao dodged again and said, "It's not a gift for you."

"Huh?" She suppressed the emotions surging in her heart, tucked a few strands of hair behind her head, and forced a proper smile, "Really? It turned out that I misunderstood."