Chapter 99 Have A Foot In Both Camps

But during the class in the afternoon, Shao Yuemei’s complexion had returned to normal, showing no attempt to investigate this matter.

Qiu Yelan was surprised at first, but then she thought Shao Yuemei was only a female teacher. Even if she was a loyal follower of the Jiang Family, she was not its family member after all. If she was really involved in the whirlpool of whether the present throne was legal or not, she might not come to a good end. That is to say, it conforms to the interests of all parties to deal with it like there is no such thing, as Sheng Shishui suggested.

“Fortunately, cousin Qiu Mingzhu wasn’t here. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so sensible since she was more insidious and less intelligent.” Qiu Yelan let out a long sigh of relief secretly,” Qiu Qian was a little bit lucky, otherwise, Qiu Nie couldn’t protect her if this matter really caused some troubles.”

Now that this matter had already passed, Qiu Yelan would not mention it again.

But she didn’t listen to the teachers attentively in class this afternoon, with her mind focused on guessing who was the murderer of Princess Ruan and her father. If judged from Youmianxiang, Empress Dowager Gu was most likely to be the murderer.

But the question is, Qiu Yelan couldn’t figure out why Empress Dowager Gu did this. Although General Ruan was denounced by her after his crushing defeat that year, all of these could just be classified as state affairs. Moreover, General Ruan had already been punished for that matter.

If Empress Dowager Gu wanted to kill General Ruan, didn’t she just need to sentence him to death earlier? After all, General Ruan did not have a good relationship with Jiang Family. During the discussion about his crime, Empress Jiang didn’t actually try her best to protect him even though she said a few words for him to sing a different tune.

Even if Empress Dowager Gu later regretted her initial decision and decided to kill General Ruan and Princess Ruan, why did she use Youmianxiang with her status of Empress Dowager? What’s more, this poison will cause speculation about the death of former emperor and the deposed prince in the previous dynasty.

“It seems that somebody was deliberately arousing people’s suspicion of Empress Dowager Gu…” Qiu Yelan thought, “But if somebody wants to fabricate a charge against Empress Dowager, who dares to confront the Empress Dowager with this matter, my cousin or me? What’s the difference between doing this way and not doing it at all? It’s so strange….”

What had been even more strange was, “This poison was through Lu’s hands… but how could she afford to be involved in such a thing with her family background? Wait! ”

Suddenly, an idea flashed into her mind and Qiu Yelan’s face turned ghastly pale in a short while. “Qiu Zhongyan, the two uncles of Ruan Family, and those cousins, even if General Ruan suffered a crushing defeat at that time, isn’t it too coincidental that all his offsprings and son-in-law died?”

Under normal circumstances, it’s rare for generals to be killed in battles, especially high-ranking generals.

In addition, General Ruan was not a fool, even if he was such a cruel man that he had forced his children and grandchildren to take the lead, isn’t it impossible for him to make all his offsprings to do so? In particular, how could General Ruan not arrange a safe position for his son-in-law Qiu Zhongyan who had a higher peerage as the only son of Old Princess Lian?

In the end, he was the only old man to come back alive!

“Hiss… So my brother Qiu Jinglan might also be murdered?! Is it true what Empress Jiang said in court that day?! “Qiu Yelan’s face became ghastly livid, “But who on earth wants to destroy Prince’s Mansion of Xihe? And why are Qiu Mengmin and all his families safe and sound at present, while Mistress Bian is going to give birth to Qiu Mengmin’s third son, is it true that they did it? ”

Since she knew the origin of Youmianxiang, Qiu Yelan had always believed that there was a real murderer behind, colluding with Madame Lu, or Qiu Mengmin’s family.

But now when thinking about it carefully, she felt a chill. “It’s because of the fact that Princess Ruan and General Ruan was poisoned by Youmianxiang that I still dare not to talk about it with my cousin! If the murderer is really an aristocrat, does he need to do this? It seems that they are the real culprits! ”

“In that case, I must take actions quickly!” Qiu Yelan bit her lips, “Especially after I asked for the dowry, I’m afraid the most urgent thing for the whole family of Qiu Mengmin is to work together to eradicate me!”

The sound of a mild cough interrupted Qiu Yelan’s thoughts. She got a shock and looked up, happening to meet Shao Yuemei’s puzzled eyes, “Commandery Princess Ningyi? You seem a little distracted.”

“I’ve been dreaming of my concubine mother these two days, so I was thinking about arranging time to visit her again.” Qiu Yelan settled down and said casually.

Hearing that she was just missing her mother, Shao Yuemei just consoled her with a few words and went on with the lecture, saying nothing else.

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