Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

After analyzing the information to this point, Xiao Mo already had some answers in her mind.

In the prime minister's residence, besides Mrs. Lin, there was also Mrs. Ma who was quite favored by Xiao Wenbo.

Therefore, she also has the right to assist Murong Shu in managing the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she also has the keys to the east and west backyards.

She has a son who is less than six years old. She is a low-key person and never appears in the public eye unless necessary.

Xiao Mo has been back for so long, but I have only seen her twice at family dinners.

She was not as arrogant as Lin was towards her, but was humble in every way.

If she planned this, what was her motive?

A cautious person like her would never attack someone who poses no threat to her in such a situation.

She is very smart and always takes a neutral stance no matter what. She doesn't offend people easily and probably just wants to raise her child quietly.

But even so, Xiao Mo still wanted to investigate her current situation.

Compared to her, Lin is obviously more suspicious.

However, she couldn't figure out what Lin's motive was for doing this?

"Yun, go check Ma's recent movements. What has she done these past two days? Who has she met? Check Lin's as well."

Xiao Mo was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke, causing the faces of the people around her to change.

Qi Yue didn't understand why she wanted to investigate these two people, and frowned slightly: "Do these two people have any grudge against you?"

"Lin has it, but Ma doesn't." Xiao Mo answered truthfully.

He looked up at Yuan Mu, and Yuan Mu understood and followed Shen Yun out.

Qi Minxiu pursed his lips and looked at Xiao Mo: "Let's go to the front yard and check. The guests should still be there."

Xiao Mo lowered her eyes in disdain and clicked her tongue: "Lunch is almost over, why are you still going?"

She yawned, stretched, stood up, and expanded her chest. She hummed softly, "I'm a little tired. I'm going back to sleep. You can leave when it's time."

Qi Yue tilted his head and stared at him speechlessly, "Are you going to send us away like this?"

Xiao Mo waved to the people behind her, turned around and disappeared out the door.

When she woke up again, it was already late at night outside.

Shen Yun had been guarding the bedside, and when she didn't wake up for a long time, she almost went to call for help.

"Miss, you finally woke up."

Xiao Mo had a deep sleep and when she woke up she felt extremely comfortable all over.

She glanced at the candlelight in the room, then tilted her head to glance out the window, her eyes widening in shock. "How long have I slept?"

Shen Yun frowned a little angrily and said, "From the beginning of my sleep till now."

Hearing her say that she only slept for an afternoon, Xiao Mo slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought I slept for a whole day and night."

"If you really slept that long I'd be scared to death."

Shen Yun complained as she picked up the potion on the table and walked to the bedside: "This is the antidote. The imperial physician told you to drink it twice more."

Xiao Mo leaned against the bed and took a look at the dark potion. She knew that this was not the time to be pretentious, so she took the bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Shen Yun didn't expect her to be so straightforward. Before she could react, the bowl was stuffed back into her hands.

Xiao Mo took the handkerchief handed to her by the maid and wiped her mouth. Just as she was about to ask Shen Yun about the progress of the matter she had asked her to investigate, her stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

"Miss, you should eat first." Shen Yun couldn't help but smile and glanced at a maid standing not far away. After a while, the delicious food was served on the table.

Xiao Mo finished her meal in silence, rinsed her mouth, and took a bath. She returned to the inner room and discussed today's events in detail with Shen Yun.

"You mean Ma has been staying in the mansion all this time, and has taken the initiative to take charge of decorating the mansion for my birthday banquet these days."

"That's what the head nanny in the backyard said. Not only her, but many people in the front yard are also witnesses."

Shen Yun unconsciously put her nails to her mouth and bit them.

"And today, Madam originally gave the task of selecting the fruit wine to Ma, but it was Lin who took it over on the pretext of helping her share the burden."

Xiao Mo bit her lip as she listened to her words, and subconsciously frowned: "Then the person who called Lu Huai away is also from the Lin family?"

"It was a maid from the Lu Mansion who called Mr. Lu away, but it was the maid who swept the courtyard of the Second Miss who led Miss Lu to taste the fruit wine."

"Xiao Xiang?" Xiao Mo raised her eyes in confusion.

Shen Yun nodded and continued, "Not only that, the person who asked you to choose the wine is also from the Lin family, but not from the mansion, but from her family."

"You found so much in just one afternoon? You're really efficient!"

"The latter one was found by Yuan Mu." Shen Yun laughed dryly and answered truthfully.

Through these findings, Xiao Mo was basically certain that the person who wanted to harm her was Lin.

However, although they knew the truth, they had no evidence, so it was difficult to convict them.

"Where is the maid who sweeps the grounds in Xiaoxiangyuan now? And the one from Lin's family?"

Shen Yun is not a fool, of course she knows what she is thinking, but how could the instigator leave them with any handle?

She sighed with some regret: "The maid who cleaned the house disappeared after the banquet, and the one from my mother's family also ran away with the money. Currently, Yuan Mu is chasing her."

Xiao Mo closed her eyes for a moment, raised her head and exhaled: "You're quite good at cleaning up afterward."

"Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. If they want to harm the young lady, they will definitely be retaliated against." Shen Yun comforted her warmly.

She looked at the roof for a while, sat up and wanted to drink some water, but her eyes were attracted by the chaise longue in the dim light not far away.

"What is that? Who sent it?"

Shen Yun followed her gaze and looked back, raising her eyebrows and smiling: "That is the chaise longue that His Royal Highness Prince Jin gave you as a gift. It is made entirely of golden nanmu wood, and it is very precious."

Xiao Mo recalled the jade screen that she saw being carried in by several people during the day, and her eyes moved around searching the room.

Shen Yun didn't know what she was looking for, and asked in confusion: "Miss, what are you looking for?"

"During the day, I saw several people carrying a jade-faced screen towards Suqiyuan, and I thought it was for me again."

Shen Yun was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud like a silver bell: "That's for you too."

Xiao Mo opened her mouth slightly, a little shocked: "This Qi Yue is really generous, giving me anything valuable."

"This wasn't a gift from His Royal Highness Prince Jin, it was a gift from His Royal Highness Prince Chen."

After saying that, she pulled her to where the screen was placed and took a few lamps to shine next to the screen.

"The painting above was personally inscribed by the Prince of Chen. I couldn't understand it, but he said you would understand it after you saw it. It was me who brought that group of people to move this thing into the room during the day."

Shen Yun pouted slightly and babble a lot, feeling both angry and amused.

Xiao Mo held up the candlestick and looked carefully at the painting on the screen. Although the light was not as bright as during the day, she still understood it.

The two children in the painting are her and Qi Minxiu, and their headdresses and clothes are what they wore when they went catching pheasants together that year.

Looking closely, the boy was holding a piece of jade in his hand, which they had picked up together. She didn't like Qi Minxiu and asked for it.

At that time, his leg had not been injured, and she did not know her own life experience. The two children were carefree and had fun all over the mountains and fields.