PFC Chapter 272 Hmm...My Wife Is Right
Chapter 272 Hmm...My Wife Is Right
"Ha ha……"
"My Xiaobao is a grown man at three years old. How could he have small arms and legs?"
Mu Jiaojiao saw that her little plan was seen through, but she didn't get angry. Instead, she glanced at Jiang Jin and spoke shamelessly, with an obvious warning in her mouth, that he must not tell her little son who was full of enthusiasm because of her trick.
Seeing this, Jiang Jin pinched her cheek and sighed lovingly. His wife was becoming more and more naughty!
Jiang Mingzhao, who listened to the whole process, looked at his unscrupulous parents and couldn't help but feel some sympathy for his foolish brother.
But in the end, she pursed her lips and secretly made up her mind not to tell her silly brother about this.
Who made him so stupid?
Jiang Mingzhao then looked at the chessboard, picked up the black and white pieces again, put them back into the chess box, and followed the same steps he had played with Jiang Jin before, holding the black piece in one hand and the white piece in the other, and played again. He then kept changing the direction of his previous white piece until he was sure that he had forced the black piece into a dead end, and then he stopped.
Mu Jiaojiao was lying on Jiang Jin's legs, eating Jiang Jin's thin-skinned grapes. She looked at Jiang Mingzhao, who frowned, became serious, and then relaxed his brows. She asked Jiang Jin casually.
"Ah Jin, do you think the two brothers' hearts are attached to Zhaozi?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jin shifted his gaze from the grapes in his hand to the nearby chessboard, carefully studying Jiang Mingzhao who was in today's endgame. He then lowered his head to watch his wife eating with relish.
In a good mood, she replied, "Xiao'er is a little fox, no worse than Zhao'er. He just likes you as his mother and indulges you."
Mu Jiaojiao was very unhappy when she heard this. She felt like she was the child at home and still needed a three-year-old baby to take care of her.
"Humph!"
Mu Jiaojiao was dissatisfied and snorted coldly to express her dissatisfaction.
"Well...my lady is right, Xiao'er is rather stupid!"
Jiang Jin looked at the person in his arms throwing a tantrum, and immediately changed his tone without changing his expression, righteously agreeing with his wife's words. After all, it was not his father who was stupid, right?
Jiang Mingzhao, who was listening to his parents' frank words, did not change his expression, but he felt a little more sympathy for his brother.
How about you stop calling your brother stupid in the future?
"Prince, Princess, Jiang Mo is here!"
At this moment, the voice of Wushuang, who was waiting outside the door, came from outside the carved wooden door.
"Let him in!"
Mu Jiaojiao sat up straight upon hearing this, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Jiang Jin, indicating that he should wipe the grape juice off his hands.
Li Jiangmo, wearing his usual purple clothes, walked in as gracefully as usual. He was not polite at all. Seeing that there was a seat opposite the chessboard where Jiang Mingzhao was sitting, he lifted his sleeves and sat down.
"Huaizhi, guess what interesting things I found?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jin looked up and glanced at him, signaling him to stop keeping the secret.
"Oh! Boring!"
Li Jiangmo looked at Jiang Jin's warm, expressionless face and murmured, "How can my sister-in-law stand you?"
"Say something quickly!"
After hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao didn't say anything before Jiang Jin started to urge her, which showed that his patience was running out.
Mu Jiaojiao was lazy, watching the two interacting. From this, it can be seen that Jiang Jin and Li Jiangmo have a really good relationship. At least in front of outsiders, their men are gentle and polite, and they keep a distance.
Li Jiangmo looked at the disgusted face of his friend and master and could only get to the point helplessly.
"Based on what my sister-in-law and Huaizhi said earlier, I went to check the family of Zhao Qingshan, the fifth-rank General of the Central Army, and found that his wife, Zhang Shu, had a maid named Yu Ma who was proficient in pharmacology."
When Mu Jiaojiao heard this, she came to her senses. She had mentioned to Jiang Jin before that Zhao Jianjia was infected with a Gu, which made her weak, so they could check in the backyard of Zhao Jianjia's father.
"Moreover, this Yu Ma is very favored by Zhang, who allows her to raise insects and rats in a pharmacy so that she can test medicines.
The servants in the mansion were all very afraid of this Yu Ma, because if they angered her, she would test her medicine on living people.
Li Jiangmo paused here, and Mu Jiaojiao and Jiang Jin naturally reacted. Zhao Jianjia's mother's Gu was most likely related to this person.
But what does this have to do with the poison that the assassin had inflicted on Prince Jin's mansion that night? Mu Jiaojiao couldn't believe that a mere fifth-rank Lieutenant General would have the guts to openly assassinate the current prince.
"Could it be that the Yu Ma that Master Li mentioned is involved in the assassination at Prince Jin's mansion?"
"Haha...my sister-in-law is smart!"
After listening to Mu Jiaojiao's words, Li Jiangmo praised Mu Jiaojiao.
"continue!"
Jiang Jin naturally thought of what Mu Jiaojiao said, but he couldn't stand Li Jiangmo's dishonest behavior, so he urged him on, speaking sparingly.
Li Jiangmo had been urged like this by Jiang Jin several times, and seemed to be used to it. He picked up the teacup that Yunyu had just placed on the table, took a sip, and then slowly spoke.
"This Yu Ma was rescued by Zhang Shu many years ago. It is said that she had not yet married into the Zhao family at that time. Moreover, Zhang Shu rescued a pair of sisters. As for Yu Ma, she is the older sister. There is also a younger sister, but her whereabouts are now difficult to find."
Li Jiangmo stopped talking here and looked at Jiang Jin and Mu Jiaojiao with curiosity in his eyes!
However, the couple opposite were very calm, just looking at Li Jiangmo quietly. He instantly understood that there was a reason why these two people could become husband and wife. They were both equally boring!
Li Jiangmo felt like he was performing a one-man show, so he didn't bother to look at the couple's reactions anymore and continued:
"However, no news can be hidden from me, the Number One Floor Under Heaven! Based on clues, my people have found out that this sister is now with the virtuous concubine. She is the one called Madam Qing. It is said that she was the virtuous concubine's dowry at that time."
Having said that, Jiang Jin and Mu Jiaojiao naturally figured out the key point. The assassin in Prince Jin's mansion that night was most likely the work of this Nanny Qing.
"But the virtuous concubine is very scheming and shouldn't do something that would alert the enemy."
Mu Jiaojiao frowned slightly, feeling that such a reckless assassination was not something that a high-ranking concubine who had lived in the deep palace for a long time would do.
Then Mu Jiaojiao seemed to understand something, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and her expression changed from lazy to cold.
"So it was Prince Yi who took action without the knowledge of Concubine Xian!"
Mu Jiaojiao said this with certainty. She had already figured it out. On the second day after the assassination attempt on Prince Jin's Mansion, Jiang Yi had brought the imperial physician to the palace to treat Jiang Jin's injuries. In the evening of that day, Jiang Yi was punished by Concubine Xian to go to the palace to copy Buddhist scriptures every day.
Jiang Jin looked at Mu Jiaojiao and saw that she suddenly understood something. With a somewhat cold expression, his eyes were full of admiration. His wife was really very wise, and the planning in her mind was far better than that of many men!
It was also the first time that Li Jiangmo realized Mu Jiaojiao's talent. He had previously heard Wushuang say that the princess was extremely intelligent and had great ambitions, so he was skeptical. Now he believed it completely.
"In that case, we should reciprocate!"
After Jiang Jin praised his wife in his heart, his eyes became much colder and he said something to Li Jiangmo.
Li Jiangmo naturally understood what they meant, so he stopped talking nonsense, stood up, touched Jiang Mingzhao's little head who was listening to their conversation obediently, and then turned and left.
"I'll do it immediately."