The grass in the factory should be plucked

Jiang Li returned to the cold palace, summoned the captains of each team, and began to listen to their "work reports".

Nothing special happened in Yuhua Palace today. Concubine Zhou was still under house arrest and was as irritable as usual every day.

First, they cursed Empress Zhang for not dying yet, then they cursed the old emperor for not coming for a long time, and finally they cursed Xie Changan. If it weren't for this nosy little eunuch, the second prince would have become the crown prince long ago.

Jiang Li found it funny and decided to tell Xie Changan the news.

Last time, Concubine Xiao Shufei of Yong'an Palace came up with a naughty idea. She wanted to use the daughter of the Xiao family to win over Xie Chang'an. After being punished by the old emperor, she received a letter from her father, the head of the Xiao family, scolding her. She was told to just stay still if she didn't have a brain and don't do anything rash!

Concubine Xiao Shufei also gave up. Anyway, the eldest prince had the support of the noble family, and those people were all old foxes who had become cunning and experienced thousands of years. It was really not her turn to give orders.

She no longer had to worry about anything, so she stayed in her palace every day, eating, drinking and having fun, and gained a lot of weight.

Jiang Li was most concerned about Empress Zhang's Fengyi Palace. If she wasn't worried about running into Liao Wuyong's secret guards, she would have wanted to go and investigate it herself.

Huahua personally led a small team and stayed in Fengyi Palace for a day. They roughly figured out Empress Zhang's daily routine: she had a bowl of bird's nest for breakfast, and then took medicine; for lunch she only had a small bowl of ginseng and angelica chicken soup, and then took medicine; for dinner she had no appetite, so she had a small bowl of Liao ginseng and millet porridge, and then took medicine again.

Huahua is worthy of being the cat in the imperial kitchen. She knows all kinds of imperial meals by heart and remembers exactly what Empress Zhang ate for every meal.

Apart from eating and taking medicine, Empress Zhang spent most of her time in a coma.

The person in charge of decocting the medicine was Empress Zhang's housekeeper He, and the person who served her with meals and medicine was Empress Zhang's maid Hongxiu. Besides these two people, the others who could enter the inner hall included the eunuch Liang Gonggong and the maid Tianxiang.

Jiang Li listened for a long time but didn't find anything unusual, so he recorded the situation first.

She encouraged and praised each team and asked them to return to their posts.

At 4 p.m. the next day, Jiang Li arrived at the East Factory Yamen. After checking in, he was called away by Xie Changan.

"Sir, Concubine Zhou scolds you every day in the palace!" Jiang Li said with a smile.

Xie Changan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? What did she scold me for?"

Jiang Li imitated Concubine Zhou's tone and said, "If it weren't for this nosy little..., the Second Prince would have become the Crown Prince long ago!"

Jiang Li left out the word "castrated dog". Xie Changan naturally knew what she wanted to say and glanced at her with a half-smile: "That's it?"

"Sir, aren't you angry?" Jiang Li blinked her big eyes.

Xie Changan narrowed his eyes slightly: "I want to know more, how did you know that?"

"Hehehehe... My lord, you look so good today!" Jiang Li quickly changed the subject.

Xie Changan choked and was too lazy to ask her any more questions. It was just what her mice and cats overheard.

He was really curious about how Jiang Li could communicate with these animals so smoothly.

"Can you get your mouse into the target's house and listen in?"

"It's possible, but we may not be able to collect the information we want," Jiang Li explained seriously.

"They can't really understand what people are saying. For example, my hamster has a very high intelligence, but it's about the same as a six or seven-year-old child. It can't fully convey to me what the target says or does."

"But if you want them to distract other people's attention or steal something, it's still possible."

So that's it. If not, what other secrets in the world could be hidden from her?

Xie Changan thought silently, wondering where she had learned all these skills from.

"Except for the brothers of Yinziwei, try not to show your abilities to others."

Xie Changan warned her seriously, don’t be afraid of being caught as a monster by others!

"Yes, I understand! Sir, this is also for my own good."

"Come with me." Xie Changan stood up and motioned Jiang Li to follow.

After going out of the gate, Yin Shi came over leading two horses.

"Can you ride a horse?" Xie Changan asked.

"Probably... maybe." Jiang Li was a little uncertain.

She had ridden a horse with wings and a horse with horns, but this was her first time riding a human horse.

Xie Changan: ...

Just when he was about to say forget it, it wasn't the first time he'd ridden with her, and their "scandal" had already spread to Liao Wuyong.

Jiang Li touched the little mare's head and whispered a few words in its ear. The horse actually rubbed her hand with its head, showing great affection.

Jiang Li climbed onto the horse's back clumsily, and the mare cooperated obediently. She shook the reins and the horse trotted away.

Xie Changan was afraid that something might happen to her, so he rode his horse to catch up with her.

Jiang Li took a while to adjust himself, and soon he was able to sit firmly on the horse and gallop away.

Xie Changan was secretly puzzled. It seemed that she was indeed gifted and seemed to be particularly liked by animals?

Jiang Li followed Xie Changan out of the inner city and came to the civilian area of ​​the outer city.

He stopped in front of a small courtyard and motioned Jiang Li to go and knock on the door.

Jiang Li didn't know what he was going to do, so he had to dismount and walked forward to knock on the gate.

"Who is it?" Jiang Li heard the middle-aged woman's voice. It sounded so familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

The courtyard door creaked open, and a woman in plain clothes appeared in front of Jiang Li. She was stunned.

The woman seemed to be in her thirties, with gentle features and a pair of weather-beaten hands, obviously from long-term labor.

"Aunt Lian?" Jiang Li said in a trembling voice.

She didn't expect that Xie Changan would help her find Aunt Lian so quickly.

When Aunt Lian first saw the masked man in black, she was also startled. Then when she heard the familiar name, she could not believe her ears.

"Girl?" She was extremely shocked and stretched out her hand tremblingly.

Jiang Li took off the mask and smiled: "Aunt Lian, it's me."

Aunt Lian hugged her into her arms and cried with joy: "Little raccoon, my little raccoon, I thought I would never see you again in this life..."

Jiang Li's nose felt sore. Although she was not the "Jiang Li" in this world, she was somewhat influenced by this body and instinctively felt very attached to this Aunt Lian.

Xie Changan coughed lightly and said, "Let's go in and talk."

Jiang Li finally reacted, stood up from Aunt Lian's arms, and looked at Xie Changan with tears in her eyes: "Sir, thank you..."

Xie Changan said: "It is not advisable to stay here for long. I will come back to pick you up in an hour."

After saying this, he turned his horse around and rode away.

Aunt Lian asked in a low voice: "Miss, who is this gentleman?"

"Let's go inside and talk."

Aunt Lian welcomed Jiang Li into the house and closed the gate.

Jiang Li looked around. This was a small courtyard. Although the furnishings were simple, it had everything one could need.

Aunt Lian pulled her into the house and sat her down. She poured her a cup of tea and touched her face with a pained look on her face. "How did you get these scars? Didn't you become a queen in the palace? How much suffering did you endure..."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's nothing. It doesn't hurt anymore. Aunt Lian, have you been doing well since I entered the palace?"

Aunt Lian said bitterly: "That damn lady, not only did she harm the young lady, she also brought you into the palace. The master doesn't care. After all, he is your biological father. How can he be so cruel!"

"My mother was killed by Madam?" Jiang Li thought to himself, it was indeed so.

"Let's not talk about it. Tell aunt first, why did you leave the palace? Who is that gentleman?"

The two of them told each other what had happened since they parted.