Chapter 208
Chapter 208
The carriage of the Princess's Mansion personally sent Pei An and Qin Qingdong back to the mansion. Lin Shan happened to meet them when he was strolling back from outside. He stepped forward to lend a hand and supported Pei An, who had a high fever.
"Send me to Yanlai Hall."
Lin Shan was slightly stunned. "The fourth young master is ill now. I'm afraid that if he returns to Shaohua Garden, the young lady will definitely be worried."
Pei An's face was cold and bloodless, "Go back to Yanlai Hall."
Qin Qingdong, who followed behind, shook his head and said, "Let's send Yan Laitang. If he goes to Shaohua Garden like this, Song Guanzhou might eat him. He's already sick, so he should recover before fighting again."
Pei An felt dizzy and his back was covered in sweat.
The evening breeze blew and he shivered involuntarily, wanting only to lie down quickly.
After a lot of trouble, Pei An, who was lying in Yanlai Hall, chased Qin Qingdong away, "Go back to the Qin Mansion, there is no room for you in Yanlai Hall." Qin Qingdong narrowed his eyes, "Then I will go back to Shaohua Garden!"
Lin Shan's eyes narrowed. Is this what human beings say?
Qin Qingdong didn't care at first. He had lived in the guest room of Shaohuayuan for a long time. But when Lin Shan took a quick glance, he immediately stopped talking and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go back when Alu comes back to see you."
He was thinking about something and touching the broken piece of jade in his arms. He wanted to talk to Pei An, but Pei An had been burned into red charcoal and was almost unconscious.
After the court doctor came to see her, he took out the herbs Jin Fuyun had given her and said, "Young lady, this medicine is very good. Why don't you take three more doses of it and cover yourself up to sleep overnight, and then you will be fine."
Seeing this, Qin Qingdong stood up and said to Linshan, "Forget it. I am an eyesore here. I might as well go back home. Tell Song Guanzhou that I will keep the cousin's matter in mind. We will discuss it again after my people find some clues."
Lin Shan bowed and said, "I will escort Erlang out."
After leaving Yanlai Hall, Lin Shan asked, "Did the young lady have an unpleasant quarrel with the fourth young master in the princess's mansion today?"
Whoops!
Qin Qingdong was helpless. "This is not a rare thing. Linshan, you just came back so you don't know much. Song Guanzhou and Fuyun don't get along, especially Song Guanzhou. She is always suspicious. Other things are understandable, but she falsely accuses the eldest girl of falling in love with your fourth son and wants to replace her--"
How can it be?
Qin Qingdong was helpless, "When a woman is jealous, she doesn't care about the etiquette of the boudoir."
Today, Song Guanzhou pointed at Jin Fuyun and yelled at her, which was really frustrating. Qin Qingdong shook his head, "It's not a good thing for a woman to be jealous."
After seeing Qin Erlang off, Song Guanzhou walked towards Shaohua Garden on the mountain. Song Guanzhou was not feeling well and he couldn't wait for any word from Xu Lingqiao, so he was in a bad mood.
It was not until the evening that I saw Lin Shan. Before I could speak, Lin Shan said, "Madam, the fourth young master has returned from the Princess's Mansion. He is not feeling well and is resting in Yanlai Hall—"
He was about to say something but stopped himself, thinking that Song Guanzhou would take over the conversation and say that he would take care of the Fourth Young Master.
Unexpectedly, Song Guanzhou just snorted coldly and said, "Just let Alu take care of it."
Linshan: ...
"Young Madam, you forgot that Aru received your instructions and took the cousin to Wanxing Wharf."
"…Then Ren Dong, you take He Hua over to take care of the Fourth Young Master. I'll take a break and come back later."
Rendong took the order and left. When Linshan was about to leave, Song Guanzhou extended his hand to invite him, "Linshan, sit down and talk." Seeing this, Linshan was not as restrained as the other subordinates. He sat down calmly and waited for arrangements.
Song Guanzhou had stomach discomfort, especially after coming out from Jin Fuyun. He ate something casually and vomited it out after a while.
For the whole day, he didn't eat a grain of rice or drink a drop of water.
If Xu Lingqiao was still missing, she would have probably died in bed long ago.
"Linshan, there was a big fire at Wanxing Wharf a few days ago. Have you heard about it?" This... Linshan shook his head, "I haven't heard about it yet, but the young lady came here specifically to say that the fire was strange?"
Song Guanzhou stroked his temple and sneered, "This is too weird."
Lin Shan couldn't help but look at Song Guanzhou seriously. "At that wharf, the court built some shops, which was OK. But the ones extending behind were all built and demolished by the people themselves, without any rules. Mud-walled thatched houses can be seen everywhere. If one house caught fire, the houses next to it would definitely be affected."
"Do not--"
Song Guanzhou shook his head in denial, "Linshan, think about it, the capital has been raining heavily recently, with occasional drizzles. Let alone a fire, even if it really started, it would be considered improper firefighting if a house was burned in the heavy rain, and it wouldn't be such a mess."
After a moment's silence, Song Guanzhou continued, "Speaking of the time of the fire, I recall it was on the night of March 23rd. That night was the first night of spring in the capital, and it rained all night."
At this point, Lin Shan was shocked, "Madam, do you mean that this fire was man-made?"
"It must be man-made!"
Song Guanzhou sighed, "It's a pity that I only found out about it a few days ago. If I had received the news in time, even the next day, I would have been able to find some clues."
"But - I'm afraid there is no necessary connection between this and my cousin."
At this moment, Song Guanzhou realized that it was really difficult to have no one on his side. "So, I came here to ask for your help."
this--
"Just give your orders, Madam. The master asked me to bring a few brothers to your place, and we will naturally obey your orders." As long as it is not a crime, Lin Shan will still agree to it.
"Pick two people to help me check on Yu Cheng and Zhu San who are with Jin Fuyun."
"This..., if you don't respond to the Fourth Young Master, he has a close relationship with Miss Jin..."
Song Guanzhou pursed his lips and smiled, "Of course not. Si Lang is on Jin Fuyun's side, and now in this mansion, only my father's people can be trusted, and others... that's all."
The words were spoken in a plain manner, but Linshan could hear a hint of loneliness.
The loneliness that seeps into my bones!
"Then...what does the young lady want to find out?"
"Yu Cheng must have come to the capital in advance, but I, a woman in the harem, really don't have the ability to find out what he did. I can only ask you, and Zhu San, who was the steward that Jin Fuyun kept by her side after she came to the capital. Oh, and Panlan and Panxi, the two personal maids by Jin Fuyun's side, used to be from my yard."
This……
Lin Shan sighed, "I know that Panlan and Panxi grew up with the Fourth Young Master. I have seen them many times in the mansion in the past."
"Everyone in the capital only knows that I lost face by attacking the gatehouse of the Jizi during the Lantern Festival, but they don't know that these two maids fanned the flames in front of me. I was young and devoted to Silang, so how could I tell these things? Although I know it's inappropriate to go to Man Yue Tower, thinking that Silang was fascinated by her, I might as well go for it--"
Lin Shan was shocked. "The maids in the mansion are not educated in this way. Since entering the mansion, the maids have taught us the rules and regulations and never encouraged the masters to do anything out of line."
It's okay for small things on ordinary days, but to instigate the women in the back house to go to the brothel is something that not every maid has the courage to do.
Song Guanzhou smiled when he heard this, "So I asked Uncle Hai to take care of it. The maids and servants in Shaohua Garden today were all found by me after I left Jianshui House."
——Jianshui room?
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