A dream ends life

"Chunshui, ask Dongliu to investigate the relationship between Prince Wu and that woman. The more detailed the better."

"It's ma'am."

"By the way, buy a crystal pork elbow."

"It's ma'am."

The carriage returned to the house in the north of the city

Su Ci put the crystal elbow in front of the fat girl.

"Bought it for me?" asked the fat girl.

Su Ci hummed, and the fat girl pursed her lips, "Don't even think that I will agree to buy the crystal elbow."

Su Ci was puzzled: "What do you want to agree to?"

Fatty… "Humph! Don't pretend you don't understand."

Su Ci: "I really don't understand. Tell me what it is."

The little monk on the side watched the two people bickering, and finally turned his eyes to the crystal elbow.

Looking at the crystal clear pork elbow, the little monk swallowed his saliva.

When Su Ci looked up, she saw this scene. She asked Chunshui to take it to the kitchen to slice it. When he came back, the vegetables were piled up on the plate, which looked very beautiful.

The fat girl picked up a piece of pork elbow, put it in her mouth, and chewed slowly with her eyes closed.

Su Ci also ate a piece. When he heard the little monk slurping his saliva, he suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

"Little Master, do you want to try it?"

The little monk smacked his lips and shook his head: "Thank you very much, benefactor. I'll just eat the steamed buns."

Fatty: "You are not a real monk, just eat if you want to! What are you worried about?"

The little monk said nothing and turned away. He was just curious about what that thing tasted like, not because he was greedy!

The two looked at the little monk's back and felt a little distressed. The child grew up in a Buddhist temple and had never eaten meat. He was at this age when he was growing up, and it was no wonder that he was so thin due to unbalanced nutrition.

The fat girl shook her head: "How pitiful! I might not live more than two years." She loves meat and feels uncomfortable without it for a day.

The young monk ran to find the old monk, and the old and the young sat under the tree to enjoy the cool air. In front of them were light porridge, side dishes, a few vegetarian dumplings, and a few white flour buns.

The food in the house in the north of the city is good, although they can't cook meat. But vegetarian food is delicious and is not worse than meat.

I then thought of some vegetarian dishes to make for them to satisfy the little monks’ cravings.

"Madam, Dongliu is here!" Chunshui came to report.

Su Ci looked over there again and went straight to the front yard.

Dong Liu stepped forward: "Madam, I have checked everything clearly."

Su Ci didn't respond, and asked someone to bring a meal to Dong Liu, "Eat while we talk."

Dongliu picked up a meat pie and took a bite. He was hungry after running around outside all day.

After eating two meat patties, he slowed down his eating speed.

Tell Su Ci the results of the investigation in detail.

It turned out that the woman was from the Jiaosifang and her name was Yunniang. She used to be the illegitimate daughter of an official. Her father's family was confiscated and thrown into prison, and the women in his family were rushed to the Jiaosifang.

As a concubine's daughter, she was treated harshly by her stepmother. She didn't enjoy the blessing for many days. When she went to the Jiaosifang, she was treated the same as her stepmother and step-sister, which made her feel unwilling.

She was good-looking and once met Prince Wu. She used some tricks to make Prince Wu fall in love with her at first sight and redeem her. He wanted to take her home, but he was afraid that her background would bring trouble to the Marquis's Mansion, so he kept her as a concubine.

At first, the two were in love with each other. Later, Prince Wu had several beautiful concubines in his room. He visited her less and less, and her life became worse.

It was at that time that she hooked up with Xu Zhinian. Xu Zhinian and she often went to Jiaosifang, where they got to know her aunt. Xu Zhinian often passed messages to them, and they got in touch with each other after a while.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhinian fell in love with Yunniang and started spending money on her, sending all kinds of clothes and jewelry to her room as if they were free, and finally opened the door to Yunniang's heart.

While dealing with the occasional visit from Prince Wu, Yunniang was having a passionate affair with Xu Zhinian and later gave birth to the little boy.

Yunniang herself doesn’t know who her son’s father is, let alone Xu Zhinian and Prince Wu.

They all thought that the child was theirs, which was even better for Yunniang. Prince Wu didn't know about Xu Zhinian's existence, but Xu Zhinian knew Prince Wu.

Whenever Prince Wu came to Yunniang's place, Xu Zhinian would hide and wait until the man left before going. That's why nothing had gone wrong over the years.

Yunniang played both sides and lived a very comfortable life. Even when Prince Wu wanted to give her a legitimate status because of the child, she refused.

She was living a carefree life outside. Only a fool would go into the Wu family's backyard, where she had to live her life according to the wife's mood and compete with concubines for the same man's favor.

As for her son, she was open-minded. Even if Prince Wu recognized him, he would still be a bastard.

Xu Zhinian was different. He had no wife. As long as she tried hard enough, her son would be the legitimate son of the Xu family, which was much better than being a bastard's son.

The Xu family is not well-off, but Xu Zhinian has a capable nephew, and with such a powerful cousin taking care of her, her son will not be too bad either.

Prince Wu has a family and can flirt with her occasionally. Xu Zhinian is a gambler and often stays in gambling houses and brothels, where he can also flirt with her occasionally.

Yunniang was even more comfortable. She dealt with both Prince Wu and Xu Zhinian like a fish in water, and could even hunt for food occasionally. The three of them thought this was pretty good.

After listening to this, Su Ci felt that it was quite good. This Yunniang was the most sober person in the world. She had turned from a lowly criminal slave in the church into a strong woman who treated men as playthings. That was awesome!

Prince Wu treated her as a captive toy, but he didn't know that to Yunniang, Prince Wu was a toy, and a green-glowing toy at that.

Not only does he have to eat and sleep with her, give her a house and money, but he also has to raise her son. This is a complete traitor!

Dong Liu added: "If you don't check, you won't know that Yunniang is still in love with Princess Changle's husband, Shen Andang, but they did it secretly and few people found out."

Su Ci raised her eyebrows. The consort of Princess Changle, the eldest son of Marquis Zhongyong, and Xu Zhinian seemed to have no connection.

If we convert them, it would be a court struggle!

Princess Changle, Marquis Zhongyong, Yu Luohan...

I have to say that Yunniang is really a talented person. Su Ci gave her the final affirmation.

"Dongliu, continue to monitor them and find out their whereabouts, especially the time when Shen Andang, Xu Zhinian, and Wu Shizi went to Yunniang's place."

Dongliu said yes, these people are idle all day long, and it is not easy to know their whereabouts.

Within three days, Dongliu brought accurate news.

Su Ci gave instructions to the people around her step by step, and only returned to her room tiredly after she had sent them all out.

Two days later, a shocking adultery scene took place in the capital city.

As soon as the drama came out, it refreshed the Shangjing gossip list. The people of Shangjing City successfully pushed it to the top of the list with their popularity and it occupied the top spot!

At the same time, invisible changes took place in the court. Both the common people and the officials in the court had different perspectives on this matter.

The common people were watching the excitement and didn't care how big the incident was, while the officials were watching to see how the situation would develop.