"Then how did you know it was Virtuous Consort Dowager's people?" Ye Li asked curiously.
Feng Zhiyao smiled proudly and said, "The coroner found a little bit of jasmine-scented hair oil between the girl's fingers and on her hair. This kind of hair oil is said to be a special kind of hair oil from the number one spice shop in the capital. It is very expensive. A small box costs more than ten taels of silver. In the last three months, only five boxes of this kind of hair oil were sold in the entire capital. Two of them were bought by Virtuous Consort Dowager. Therefore, I guessed that the girl was Virtuous Consort Dowager's hair stylist. Also, yesterday morning, Virtuous Consort Dowager changed her hairstyle. According to the people I sent who are very experienced in dressing, that hairstyle was not made by the same person as the one Virtuous Consort Dowager was used to. "
Ye Li nodded in admiration and said, "Therefore, the matter was that Princess Lingyun was not willing to marry Prince Li, so she schemed to help Princess Xixia enter the Prince Li Palace so that she could openly break off the marriage? And it just so happened that Virtuous Consort Dowager was not satisfied with Princess Lingyun as a daughter-in-law, so she beat her at her own game so that Princess Xixia could replace her? But ….. this is not reasonable. "
"How is it not reasonable?" Feng Zhiyao did not understand.
Ye Li said, "Unless Lei Tengfeng was also involved in this matter. Otherwise, if Lei Tengfeng did not forcefully take Princess Lingyun away. No matter how much trouble Princess Lingyun caused, she still had to obediently get married in the end, right? This way, not only would her plan not succeed, it would also give her another opponent in the Prince Li Palace. Or, did she just want to use Prince Li and Princess Xixia's weakness to threaten them? What if Prince Li and Princess Xixia were willing to fight to the death and tell the Emperor about her plan? Even if she was the Xi Ling Princess, she would not be able to escape. "
"Li, why do you think Lei Tengfeng left in such a hurry?" Mo Xiuyao asked softly.
Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "Lei Tengfeng discovered that Princess Lingyun was being schemed against?"
Feng Zhiyao nodded and said, "If Princess Lingyun is still in the capital, once this matter is investigated, even if His Majesty doesn't want to punish her, it will be impossible. But now that he was gone, if the Emperor didn't want to destroy the relationship between the two countries, then he could only pretend that nothing had happened. They couldn't possibly send troops to attack the West-Hill just because of this, could they? However, with this mess, Lei Tengfeng's trip to the Da Chu State can be considered a waste. "A good marriage plan had been ruined by that silly girl, Princess Lingyun. Lei Tengfeng would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Ye Li sighed. She turned to look at Mo Xiuyao and asked, "Should I be glad that I'm not worth his time and effort?"
Mo Xiuyao smiled. "Indeed, we should rejoice. After all these years … … Jingli has really made me see him in a new light. "
Feng Zhiyao curled his lips and said, "I don't think so. The truly powerful one is the one by his side. If he really is that scheming, why would he give up … … and marry Ye Ying? "
Mo Xiuyao smiled and said, "What about Princess Consort Li? She is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue and Ye Zhaoyi's younger sister. "
Feng Zhiyao said disdainfully, "Sister-in-law is also the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue and Master Qingyun's granddaughter."
"Mo Xiuyao, do you know why His Majesty is not worried about me marrying Princess Li?" asked Mo Xiuyao.
Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows. Mo Xiuyao said, "The Xu family will not rely on anyone and will not help anyone fight for the throne. His Majesty understands this, I understand it, and Mo Jingli naturally understands it as well. It is impossible for him to receive any help from the Xu family. On the contrary, if he intends to raise an army or conspire to harm the people, the Xu family may even become an obstacle to him. " Back then, the ancestors of the Xu family personally killed the emperor and did their best to assist the emperors of the Da Chu State. This was not a legend. However, Mo Jingli probably only thought that the Xu family was loyal to the emperor. After all, the true secrets were passed down between the emperor, Prince Ding, and the head of the Xu family.
"Even so, putting aside the Xu family, Ye Zhaoyi is also the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue. She is also Minister Ye's legitimate daughter. At least Third Miss was betrothed by the late Emperor. "Feng Zhiyao said.
Ye Li pursed her lips and smiled faintly, "I can roughly guess this."
The two of them looked at Ye Li at the same time. Ye Li lowered her eyebrows and said, "My father … … should be one of the empress dowager's people. He should know Prince Li's thoughts and the empress dowager's intentions. However, if he marries me, he probably thinks that Prince Li won't care about the Ye family in the future, but the Xu family behind me. However, fourth sister's birth mother's family is weak. If fourth sister becomes Prince Li's consort, perhaps … … the future will be completely different. The Ye family will rise to the top in the future. Right now, there is the empress in the palace, and the favored concubine is Noble Consort Liu. There are also many princes. If father really is one of the empress dowager's people, he should know that second sister is not favored. Therefore, from the emperor's point of view … … the chances of second sister's child … … are not high. Moreover, it's not certain if the child can be born. "
Thinking back to the past few days, Ye Li really admired her father. Everyone thought that he married Ye Ying to Prince Li to support Ye Zhaoyi in the palace. However, they didn't know that Ye Zhaoyi was actually the spare chess piece. What a good plan. It was a pity that Ye Ying didn't choose well. If there were two Ye Yue, perhaps Ye Shangshu's plan could succeed. In fact, it wasn't these ancient people who were stupid. It was her who had always looked down on these people who was stupid. With Old Madame Ye's shrewdness and Ye Shangshu's cautiousness, how could she think that the two of them were conceited just because Ye Zhaoyi was pregnant?
"What a surprising deduction," Feng Zhiyao looked at Ye Li and said, "Why does princess think that Ye Shangshu is one of the empress dowager's people?" Even the person on the dragon throne couldn't think of this. However, Princess Ding didn't guess wrong.
Ye Li said faintly, "Father seems to show dissatisfaction with Prince Li from time to time. However, he has never done anything to affect Prince Li. Since he has already married his most valued daughter to Prince Li, why does he always show dissatisfaction with him? It seems like he is doing it for everyone to see. Last time, the betrothal was Princess Lingyun. It was said that the empress dowager and Prince Li were not satisfied. Father's attitude was very tough. Of course, there was also the concern for fourth sister's future. However, this time, with father's intelligence, it is impossible for him to not see that Princess Xi Xia will definitely enter Prince Li's palace. Even if she changes her identity, Princess Xi Xia's position in Prince Li's palace will not be low. However, this time, father didn't seem to say anything. Even fourth sister was sent back by father on the day she went home. Fourth sister told me that father is already preparing to send fifth sister into Prince Li's palace as a shu fei in a month. He said it is to help fourth sister consolidate favor and prevent Princess Xi Xia from taking the lead. "
Mo Xiuyao looked at Ye Li and said with a faint smile, "What Li Li said is correct. Ye Shangshu … … for him to be able to ascend to the position of Shangshu so early, it is indeed related to the empress dowager. However, I am more inclined to meet the source of both sides. "
Ye Li blinked and said, "You are saying that father plans to see which side has a higher chance of winning before betting on which side?"
"The current paranoia is not something that normal people can understand. If Ye daren is not loyal, he will not believe him. "
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