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560 An inquiry

After the meal, the others had not returned yet.

Gu Xin and Gu si had a long day, and their eyelids were getting heavy.

Empress Dowager Jiang suggested that the two servant girls sleep in the same room. Bi Rong would guard the other side, while the three adults would watch over the Zhang family and wait for the others to return.

gu xin and gu si didnt want to go to sleep. they didnt know if they had found their patience, but they were too tired today. the two of them fell asleep on the chairs.

GUI Momo and bi Rong carried the two children back to the second room, and GUI Momo quickly came over.

Empress Jiang seemed to casually mention Madam li to Cai Xiaolian.

Little Lian, why is that ye girls husband still looking for women when he has such a good wife? Is there a misunderstanding between them? Empress Jiang tried her best to show that she was just gossiping.

aunty jiang, i dont know about this. Sister Luo rarely mentions mu Yans father to me. Ive only heard of him but have never seen him before. There was one time when I really did warm up sister Luo, but she said that what others said was the truth. She didnt care, shes used to it! Cai Xiaolian replied honestly.

How can you say its a habit? Shes so busy with the Li familys business every day, and the man is not motivated. If it were me, I wouldnt be willing to be so unmotivated. Empress Jiang said.

Aunty Jiang, I think sister Luos mentality is quite good. The great Zhou Dynasty was quite harsh on women. If there were no feelings between a husband and wife and they wanted to divorce, the law would not allow a woman to leave with her child unless the man was willing. Sister Luo cant bear to part with mu Yan! She was not working herself to death for the Li family. First, she wanted to find something to do. Once she had something to do, she would not let her imagination run wild. Second, it was for mu Yan. In the end, everything in the Li family would only belong to mu Yan. As long as she was still his wife, mu Yans fathers concubine would not have any children. Even if they did, they would not have the ability to s.n.a.t.c.h away mu Yans things. The old lady of the Li family is sister Luos aunt! Cai Xiaolian laughed.

My aunt? Little Lian, then do you know where this ye girls Maiden Home is? Did she have many siblings? Are father and mother still alive? Empress Jiang asked.

Cai Xiaolian looked at Empress Jiang with a troubled expression.

She treated Mrs. Li as a good sister and knew that Mrs. Li was not a child of the Luo family. She had also seen Empress Jiangs dazed look during the day.

She didnt know how to answer Empress Jiang. If she said it, it would be her fault if she disturbed her good sisters life.

The only way was to lure Empress Jiang to reveal her purpose. Otherwise, in a situation where she didnt know anything, even if she was a relative of the royal family, Cai Xiaolian was not willing to reveal her good sisters information to others.

Empress Jiang saw Cai Xiaolians expression and smiled. She didnt hide it from her. Little Lian, aunty will tell you the truth. In the early years, something big happened to my husbands family. My older brother and sister-in-law from my maternal family lost their youngest daughter because I was protecting our family. Because of this, our family felt very apologetic. After the matter was settled, we had been looking for my niece. We firmly believed that she was still alive and would be 34 years old when she grew up. When I saw the Luo girl during the day, it was as if I saw my sister-in-laws youth, so I asked.

Cai Xiaolian had heard Gu shouxin tell her about the great Zhou imperial family. Empress Jiangs maiden family was the current Jiang family of the Duke of Rongs mansion. Of the four Dukes mansions of great Zhou, the other three were conferred a t.i.tle of n.o.bility by military merits. Only the Duke of Rongs mansion was conferred a t.i.tle because they had protected the late Emperors family from their fief to the capital.

He wondered if sister Luo was.