Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

Zhao Yuanqing came to Fengyi Palace. The Queen told her the information she had found and asked, "Qing'er, what can you see?"

Zhao Yuanqing picked up a pen and wrote down the names of these people: Liuli, Yang Qiu, Nanny Chai, Nanny Fan, Zining, Cui Hao and Lu Ruoyi.

She connected Liuli, Cui Hao, and Yang Qiu. "These three are from Qinghe. Could it be that they have some connection?"

Then she linked Yang Qiu, Zi Ning, and Lu Ruoyi together. "Yang Qiu is really capable. An old palace maid who sews shoe soles in the clothing department can actually send one goddaughter to the Crown Prince's residence and another to the Princess's residence. How did she do it? And this Zi Ning, what is she doing in the Crown Prince's residence?"

"The files from the Ministry of Internal Affairs state that she is currently a purchasing agent for the Crown Prince's Palace. Her native place is neither Qinghe nor Fanyang, unlike Cui Hao and the Crown Princess."

"Purchasing? That means you can go out of the house frequently and interact with outsiders."

Zhao Yuanqing circled out Nanny Chai again. She was the disciplinary nanny in the cold palace, in charge of the concubines there.

In her previous life, my mother was sent to the cold palace and never came out again. Her life was ended by a white silk thread.

Zhao Yuanqing intuitively felt that it must be this Madam Chai who killed her mother.

"Mother, who does Madam Chai belong to?"

"I don't know. She's an old lady who has lived for three dynasties. Few people can order her around. I guess she's either the emperor's or the empress dowager's."

As for the last remaining person, Nanny Fan, she made shoe uppers every day in the sewing room. She was an invisible person and nothing could be seen from her information.

The mother and daughter agreed to mobilize the family soldiers left behind by the Marquis of Zhenbei. One group would go to Qinghe to investigate Liuli, Yang Qiu, and Cui Hao, and the other group would go to Fanyang to investigate Lu Ruoyi, Ma Chai, and Ma Fan, and investigate secretly and slowly.

Zhao Yuanqing was not idle either. After returning to the princess's mansion, she called over two of her retainers. They were both knights-errant, one named Li Chang and the other Fan Wuji, both of whom had some martial arts skills.

Zhao Yuanqing ordered Li Chang to keep an eye on the Cui family, and ordered Fan Wuji to keep an eye on the Eastern Palace, with a particular focus on Zining and the Crown Princess. She had a premonition that they would definitely discover something.

Calculating the time, it has been seven or eight days since the incident at Yuzhen Temple. It is time for Hatalon to reply to her letter. Zhao Yuanqing asked him to meet in a teahouse.

Zhao Yuanqing was about to go out, and she didn't take Liuli with her. She was so anxious that she was pacing around the room and asked Wen Xing, "Did the princess tell me to go to the front to serve?"

"No, the princess said your face hasn't healed yet, so she asked you to take good care of it."

Liuli stamped her feet anxiously, but there was nothing she could do. She could only watch Zhao Yuanqing's carriage leave the princess's mansion and head towards Zhuque Street.

Zhao Yuanqing and Hatalon agreed to meet at Shangmingtang. She traveled light and went to the private room on the third floor. The waiter served her a pot of good tea and then left.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Wen Xing opened it, and Hatalon came in and said, "Close the door quickly."

Wen Xing bolted the door and stood guard at the door vigilantly.

Hatalon entered the inner room. Zhao Yuanqing saw his embarrassed look and asked, "Why are you so anxious?"

Hatalon wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "I'm not as free as Her Royal Highness the Princess. I'm always being watched wherever I go. I just found an excuse to come out and could only say a few words to the Princess."

"To make a long story short, did you bring the map?"

"Bring it."

Hatalon pulled out a piece of white silk from his sleeve and said, "I drew it according to my memory. I don't know if it's accurate or not. Please don't mind me, Princess."

Zhao Yuanqing took it and opened it. There was a simple map drawn on it with a brush. She looked at it for a few seconds and put it into her sleeve. It was too unsafe here, so she would look at it again when she got back.

Hatalon said, "Your Highness, I have done what you asked me to do. When will you fulfill your promise and help me return home?"

"Don't be impatient. This matter needs to be considered carefully. Besides, I still need to verify whether the map you drew is correct."

Hatalon didn't expect to get results immediately. To be honest, he didn't expect Zhao Yuanqing to accomplish this.

A few days ago, Zhao Yuanqing's lavish efforts to find spices for Cui Hao had become a household name in the capital. Hatalon, upon learning of this, felt it was all over. Zhao Yuanqing had gone mad for a man; could she still help him return home? Forget it, she thought, just consider it a way to repay Yuzhen Temple for saving her life. After a moment, Hatalon left, disappointed.

Zhao Yuanqing immediately returned home and took out the map to study it carefully.

In the middle of the map is the Wumeng Kingdom. All the large mountains and rivers are marked out, and the locations of important cities are also marked out, but that's all. It seems that Hatalon is still wary of her.

Perhaps Hatalon himself knew that this was not a good idea, so in order to make up for it, he made the neighboring Daqing State painting quite clear.

The Daqing Kingdom had a three-level administrative system of prefectures, counties, and was divided into fifteen prefectures. The ones bordering the Wumeng Kingdom were Longyou Prefecture, Guannei Prefecture, Hebei Prefecture, and Hedong Prefecture.

These four roads are border defense areas, where the imperial court has garrisons. The people who manage these garrisons are Jiedushi. Jiedushi have military power, land, soldiers, silver, money and food. These are all given by the imperial court in order to enable them to better defend the border.

Zhao Yuanqing's grandfather, Zhao Zhenguo, was the Marquis of Zhenbei and also held the title of Jiedushi of Northwest, in charge of Hebei and Hedong. The Jiedushi of Longyou was Sun Ping, and the Jiedushi of Guannei was Zhang Ke.

At present, my grandfather Zhao Zhenguo has the largest jurisdiction and the most troops and money. No wonder the emperor is worried about him. Later, my grandfather's family died in the battle, and the position of Northwest Jiedushi became vacant. It is unknown who has taken control of Hebei and Hedong.

Zhao Yuanqing wrote down the names of Sun Ping and Zhang Ke on the paper. The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. These two people will definitely not give up Hebei Road and Hedong Road. There will definitely be a fight between them. I just don't know if they have anything to do with my grandfather's death.

After reading it, Zhao Yuanqing put the map into the compartment of the bed.

After a while, Wen Xing came in and announced, "Princess, Liuli wants to see you."

Zhao Yuanqing sneered. After being cold to Liuli for seven or eight days, she finally couldn't bear it anymore. Let's see what she will do this time.

"Let her in."

"Yes."

After a while, Liuli came in, knelt on the ground and said, "Princess, I have changed. Please let me return to serve you."

Zhao Yuanqing didn't say anything. Liuli looked at her expression and said, "Princess, the flowers in the peony garden are in full bloom. I heard that many noble ladies go there to buy flowers. You should go and have a look as soon as possible, otherwise all the beautiful flowers will be snatched up by them."

"There are quite a few noble ladies. Who are they?"

"The legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, the legitimate daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, I heard that Princess Rongchang is also going. If she takes the most beautiful flower, then at the skirt tent banquet, the princess will be outshined by her. You should go and take a look!"

If it were the Zhao Yuanqing of the past, he would have been furious after hearing this and would have rushed to the peony garden.

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanqing just sneered. Very good, why didn't she realize before that Liuli was so good at provoking her anger? It was probably because those people were getting impatient and set a trap for her again. No risk, no gain. So let's go and take a look.

"Okay, get ready, we'll go to the Peony Garden tomorrow too."

Liuli was overjoyed. The princess was still the same as before, and was aroused by just a few words. She happily said, "Yes!"