Fragrance Returned

Gu thought of her son's temperament and said, "Ask Ma Hong to handle this matter. He is now the deputy commander of the Zhongcheng Army and Horses Department, and he has some things to do. Just tell him that someone has offered you a high price to help pull the strings. Ding My family is not a high-ranking official, so Ma Hong will make this money."

Ma Hong is the son of Gu's maiden sister. His family is not very powerful, so being able to become an official is a help to the Xun family.

He was asked to help find the child many years ago, but he didn't know the child's true identity. Mrs. Gu's argument to him was that the child was born outside her husband Xun Shi's house, and she was too angry to let someone do it. I wanted to sell it out of the capital, but my mother-in-law lost it...

Mrs. Gu stood up and went to the cabinet to take out a few banknotes. "People die for money, and birds die for food. There are always people who risk their lives for money."

Xun Qiansong took the banknote and said, "Ma Hong has a thousand taels of silver, and he is kind-hearted. He may not be willing to risk the money. Although Ding Zhao is not a high-ranking official, he is also an official of the imperial court, and there are Dong family and Tao Weng behind him."

Mrs. Gu frowned and said, "Let's investigate Lilac first. I haven't heard that she has her own fragrance. On the day of the peony banquet, I didn't even smell it when I saw her. I wonder if she didn't have it herself, or the fragrance in the room that day was too strong, and her fragrance be covered up.

"If she has her own scent, get rid of her as soon as possible. If she has no scent, we have buffer time. If you have the chance, do it. If you don't have the chance, don't take risks. Keep waiting for the opportunity to do it. Also, people who recognize Ding Zhao cannot be kept. "

Xun Qiansong said, "Mom, why did you kill her when lilac has no fragrance?"

Mrs. Gu said, "What if she is the monster, but the fragrance suddenly disappears, or the fragrance becomes smaller and no one notices it? We can only feel at ease if she is dead, otherwise we will never think about having a peaceful life.

"Isn't Ding Liren studying in the Imperial College? Let one of you find a way to make friends with him and see if you can get some information from him."

Xun Qiansong knelt down.

Madam Gu shouted softly, "What are you doing?"

Xun Qiansong said with red eyes, "Mom, my son has already embarked on this road of no return. My wife and daughter have all gotten involved. There is no way to turn back. Please mother, please love me and never drag him and Yi Zhi into this again." . They are both good boys. If we are exposed, my grandfather can still protect them, and our family still has roots."

Mrs. Gu shook her lips, and it took her a long time to utter one word, "Okay."

Seeing her son leave in despair, Mrs. Gu closed her eyes and leaned on the pillow, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

My thoughts drifted to eleven years ago.

The day after the monster was born, Queen Mother Su suddenly fell seriously ill.

Two days later, Concubine Su announced her into the palace.

Concubine Su told the Queen Mother what she wanted, and asked her to find a way to exchange Xunxiang and Xunfeng, and then kill Xunxiang.

Perhaps he was afraid that if he directly killed the princess's child, others would suspect him, and if he killed her after the exchange, it would be "Xunfeng" who died.

Gu's intuition was related to the fragrance of Xunxiang. That child was really evil. Empress Dowager Su became seriously ill as soon as she was born, and Empress Dowager Man Yue died of illness.

They just happened to take advantage of Princess Dongyang entering the palace to cry for a child...

This matter is classified as top secret. No one knows about it except the Empress Dowager Su, Concubine Su, Liang Tu and the few people who carried it out.

Mrs. Gu did not dare to tell Concubine Su that the child was lost. She only said that she had covered the child to death the night she brought it back and buried it the next day.

In order to deceive the Xun family, Mrs. Gu sent people to the nursery overnight to steal a child and kill him. I couldn't find a one-month-old baby, but a baby that was more than three months old.

At that time, Xun Shi went to the palace to mourn. Old Mrs. Xun was paralyzed in bed, and no one else was allowed to come near him. He managed to get through smoothly and deceived everyone.

The child was buried successfully, and the Gu family finally felt at ease.

Gu asked several confidants to secretly investigate, and the excuse was still that the child was Xun Shi's illegitimate daughter and had been lost.

The result was nothing.

Fortunately, that monster was like a kite with its string cut off, and there was no news of it again.

Mrs. Gu felt that a baby that had just turned one month old would probably be trampled to death if it was thrown into a busy city. Even if someone happened to pick her up, no one would know that she was Princess Dongyang’s biological daughter...

She was completely relieved.

Later, when the Su family fell, the Gu family found out that Su Tu was Liang Tu. Her parents' family was also confiscated because they were close to the Su family.

Fortunately, Queen Mother Su and Concubine Su asked her to be a virtuous woman and gain the trust of the Xun family, so they only let her do that one bad thing.

Concubine Su is dead. Except for her son and daughter-in-law, all those who knew the secret are dead. Mrs. Gu is very lucky.

She was a virtuous and generous woman who treated her stepsons as her own children and put her husband and her husband's family first. It was her contribution that all Dong Ruyi's descendants survived.

Her husband loves her, her juniors respect her, and her life is as good as ever.

Eleven years have passed, and she has almost forgotten that the radiant Xiangxiang County Princess of Dongyang Princess Mansion is her own granddaughter.

Why did a Ding Xiang suddenly appear who looked like Dong Ruyi? She was not the biological daughter of Ding Zhao and his wife, and Ding Zhao's home was not far from Yinfeng Street.

Tomorrow I'm going to ask Qianli's wife and Yiqing's wife whether that damn girl has any body odor... Qianli's wife should forget it, Xun Qianli is just like that old immortal, he's also a fox.

That damn old woman, if she had known better, she shouldn't have been beaten to death with a wooden board. It was an advantage to her. She should have been quartered...

"lady……"

Suddenly a soft call interrupted Gu's meditation, and she opened her eyes suddenly.

Under the dim candlelight, the old face in front of me overlapped with the old face of Mrs. He eleven years ago.

Gu subconsciously slapped her, and all her hatred was concentrated in the slap.

Grandma Gu's mouth was bleeding and she knelt down.

"lady……"

Only then did Mrs. Gu realize that this was Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. He died eleven years ago.

She sat up and said, "It was you, you scared me. Alas, I had a nightmare just now and hit the wrong person. Get up, I'm sorry."

Aunt Gu got up and said, "Madam, you are serious. I will serve Madam to the bed and rest."

Mrs. Gu lay down on the bed and added, "I heard that your second daughter-in-law is capable. Qin Xian, the second manager of the kitchen, is ill and has gone out. Let her take care of the missing son."

Grandma Gu happily knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Madam."

Thinking about it, this slap was worth it.

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There were no fingers visible in the tent. Ding Zhao and Mrs. Zhang were lying on the bed unable to sleep, sighing one after another.

Mrs. Zhang said, "Why is it such a coincidence that I met Zhang Laosan twice?"

Ding Zhao said, "Yes. Eleven years have passed. I have aged a lot and have grown a beard. How come Zhang Laosan still recognizes me? If that bastard is in a secluded place, I will have to beat him up."

Zhang said, "Master, I always feel that this matter can't be kept secret for long. Prince Consort Xun may have had some guesses, otherwise he wouldn't be so kind to Xiangxiang. What should I do? If Xiangxiang's identity is exposed, will Princess Dongyang get her? Die? Otherwise, let's take our daughter back to Beiquan Village."

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