It is difficult to hide this kind of thing from people who care about it.
In fact, as long as you think about it, it will be immediately clear who is the ultimate beneficiary of all this tonight.
Qiao Yuyan actually had nothing to say. There was no doubt that Qiao Yuning wanted to harm her, but Qiao Yuyan reversed the situation and told her to shoot herself in the foot.
Another profitable party is naturally Princess Jiahe.
If such an incident had not happened, how could Princess Jiahe have walked out of that courtyard, and how could she have used words to make the Seventh Prince promise not to touch the Wen family.
If the Wen family is not moved, Jiahe cannot be moved, at least for now.
Wen Qiongyu looked at the faces of the two young women and felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. What was more, he felt a sense of exhaustion under the weight of responsibility.
"So, how did the Seventh Prince get here?"
Wen Qiongyu's eyes were firmly fixed on Qiao Yuyan. With the relationship between Jiahe and the seventh prince, it was unlikely that he would take the initiative to provoke him.
Although Qiao Yuyan is a housewife, she has never been a peaceful housewife. On the contrary, she is more likely to do this.
"Uncle, have you ever heard of Shadow Guard?"
Qiao Yuyan's words made the other three people's expressions change.
Qiao Yuyan continued: "Actually, I also learned by chance that Aunt Pei, who lived in my natal family at that time, was inextricably linked to this organization.
But by the time we found this out, she was already dead and all the evidence was completely destroyed, so we didn't find anything effective.
Later, I accidentally discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with Aunt Pei’s daughter, Aunt Qiao, who lived in Fourth Master’s room.”
Wen Qiong's face became more solemn, "You think so, there are traces of Shadow Guards in our house?"
"Not bad." Qiao Yuyan looked at Jiahe and Wen Shoudi, seeming hesitant.
Jiahe sneered, "You may not know as much as I do. I don't care about your secrets?"
Qiao Yuyan touched her nose awkwardly, and then continued: "I discovered some time ago that Qiao Yuning was not the child of my Qiao family, but Pei Yayi who brought the fetus in to give birth.
Later, she did a few more things, which made me suspect that there was someone else around her to guide her. Only then did people pay attention to her every move and discovered that the two new maids around her were extremely skilled."
Wen Qiong and Wen Yan snorted again, "You are so skilled, but you were restrained by that maid next to you."
Qiao Yuyan had to cough again, "The situation is complicated now, and there is news that the Holy Father has an illegitimate child. I guess some people can't hold it back.
Plus Princess Jiahe... Based on my understanding of Qiao Yuning, she must have taken some action, so I found two people to keep an eye on her."
"So you mean that every move she makes is under your control?" Wen Shouti had not spoken since he came in. At this time, he couldn't help but interject, looking at Qiao Yuyan with a bit of disbelief.
"I wonder if my uncle has heard that the Shadow Guards are actually divided into two factions, because I have encountered them taking action several times, and I can clearly feel that the intentions and methods of the two parties are completely different.
So I suspect that the two factions of the Shadow Guard are actually taking orders from the fifth prince and the seventh prince respectively."
"You guessed it right," Princess Jiahe nodded lazily, "I only heard about this matter from the Emperor's brother later, but I only know that they were divided into two factions. I don't know the specific situation.
"
Qiao Yuyan was sitting in an armchair with a complicated look on her face.
Some things would touch the minefield that ordinary people cannot touch. She was not sure whether she could explain it to Wen Qiong at this time, not to mention that there was Wen Shoudi next to her who she had never interacted with before.
"Shou Ti, do you know the meaning of my father calling you in now?"
Wen Shoudi quickly stood up and saluted Wen Qiong, "My son knows, and my son has always known that he is a descendant of the Wen family. Only with the Wen family around can his son's future and official career be possible."
Wen Qiongyu took a deep look at his eldest son, and sighed, "Now that the second and sixth sons are outside, we are of the same mind, and these things have nothing to do with you women.
But now that it’s involved, I don’t care about so much. Since you can find out so much, Qiao, it means that even if I don’t tell you, you will check it out yourself, so it’s better to explain it directly.”
"The Shadow Guard is an intelligence agency established due to the disaster of the former prince. A year after the disaster of the former prince, it has been frequently appearing in and outside the court. Later, as the incident gradually calmed down, it gradually disappeared."
Wen Qiongyu briefly talked about the situation of the Shadow Guards, "All in all, there has been no movement from them in the past five or six years.
There has always been a saying that the former prince had important physical evidence wandering around. In the first few years, the Shadow Guards were looking for this thing, but then nothing was done about it. I'm afraid no one else knows what it is except them.
.
I have only heard that it is something related to the lifeblood of the Daqi country. I don’t know when it started to be mentioned that this thing is related to the Song Wenqiao family, but we ourselves didn’t know it until..."
He looked at Qiao Yuyan and said, "The appearance of your two paintings."
Jiahe immediately remembered the incident where the Seventh Prince asked Qiao Yuyan to paint something at Daxiangguo Temple, "What is that painting?"
Qiao Yuyan heard what Wen Qiong meant by saying this. Wen Tingyuan must have told her about the painting, so he didn't hide it, "I don't know either. That was the dowry I brought. At that time, the seventh prince was eager to get it."
, I only had time to inform...husband, he should quickly try to find fakes and keep those two paintings."
Qiao Yuyan was still not used to being called Wen Tingyuan. It was obviously just two words, but her face felt a little warm for no reason.
Jiahe on the side snorted coldly and turned away.
Wen Qiong said: "The painting has been replaced, but it is not a fake for the original, but the authentic one for the fake in your hand."
These words surprised Qiao Yuyan, "What?"
"The two pictures in your hand are themselves fakes because they contain secrets."
Hearing this, Qiao Yuyan immediately sat up straight, as did Jiahe next to her, "What secret?!"
"It's a map!" Wen Qiongyu gave Wen Shoudi a look.
The latter immediately seemed to go out to ask for water, wandered around, and then slowly walked back, shaking his head slightly to indicate that nothing was abnormal.
Wen Qiong and Cai continued, "Lao Liu and I have been studying this map for a long time, and we have figured out a few details. This time Lao Liu went out just for this matter."
"Is it related to...the throne?" Qiao Yuyan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then raised her head to look at Wen Qiongyu. Although her words were questions, her tone was somewhat affirmative.