[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Chapter 201 Meixiang's Purpose

"Then, you came back to see me..." Rong Enqing had some vague guesses in his mind.

"It was He Zizhong who asked me to come back." Meixiang smiled indifferently and said, "He asked me to come back to visit the Madam and find out if anything happened at Baishou Hall."

Speaking of this, Meixiang couldn't help showing some nostalgia on her face, "I heard that Baishou Hall was expanding some time ago? I remember when I accompanied the lady to move in, Baishou Hall was empty everywhere. In the blink of an eye, Baishou Hall is full of people and can no longer accommodate them."

Rong Enqing couldn't help but think of what happened when he first came here, and said with infinite nostalgia: "Bai Shou Hall was originally used to replace the plaque of Qinghui Hall, but I didn't expect that it would be used in the courtyard in the back garden in the end."

"That's right. The Madam urged us twice to make the plaque quickly." Meixiang smiled and said, "The Madam really likes the meaning of longevity. The residence should be called Baishou Hall, the screen should have a picture of pine and crane for longevity, and even the maids in the courtyard should be named Ah Shou, Nanshan, and Yannian."

Rong Enqing didn't mind Meixiang's teasing at all, but was very happy. Meixiang, who spoke to her calmly, didn't seem like a maidservant beside her, but more like her friend. Just like the relationship between her and Anyang County Lady. She liked this feeling.

"Don't you know? My ultimate goal in this life is to live a hundred years! I just want to live peacefully until I'm a hundred years old! Unfortunately, it's not what we want."

It was obviously a happy topic, but in the end, Rong Enqing was defeated by reality and couldn't help but drop his tone.

"Madam, don't worry, Meixiang will definitely protect you and make you live a long life!" Meixiang looked at Rong Enqing with firm eyes and promised solemnly.

Soon, Meixiang put away the previous light-hearted topic and said seriously, "He Zizhong asked me to come back because he wanted to find out why the expansion of Baishou Hall suddenly stopped in the past few days. He also said that Hu Shan and his men seemed to be hiding something from him and have been acting sneaky in the past few days."

Rong En understood clearly. Ever since He Zizhong was confirmed by Butler Li to be Butler Li's man, he was completely excluded from the trustworthy list by her and Yun Ye.

Although Yun Ye would usually order him to do things, and many of them seemed very important, such as asking him to inspect the harvests of the farms in various places, check the revenues of various stores, etc.

But in fact, Yun Ye rarely let him stay in the Marquis' Mansion for a long time, which was a disguised way of isolating him from the Marquis' Mansion.

Rong Enqing was thinking about how to reply to He Zizhong so that he would believe her. Then he heard Meixiang say, "Madam, don't worry. I will tell him directly that I don't know. I have been away from Baishou Hall for half a year. Can Madam really tell me everything? I believe he will have nothing to say."

Rong Enqing knew that Meixiang didn't want to embarrass him, so he was ready to take all the responsibility on himself. However, this would make He Zizhong feel that Meixiang had fallen out of favor with her.

He Zizhong married Meixiang in order to get information from her. If He Zizhong found out that Meixiang had become a useless chess piece and could not get information for him, would he still treat Meixiang well as before?

Rong Enqing didn't dare to gamble on human nature because she couldn't afford to lose. Because if she lost the gamble, the result might be the life of Meixiang and the baby in her belly.

Thinking of this, Rong Enqing smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "It's actually no big deal. When you go back, tell He Zizhong that someone died during the expansion of Baishou Hall. That's why the construction was stopped. Hu Shan and the others have been busy investigating the cause of the death these days."

"Someone died?" Meixiang was a little surprised. "It's okay, right? Did it happen in Baishou Hall? How could these craftsmen be so careless? Will the Madam move back to Baishou Hall in the future? It's always unlucky when someone dies."

Hearing the concern in Meixiang's words, Rong Enqing felt warm in his heart and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, you are not my maid anymore, why are you still worrying so much? You should take care of the baby in your belly and yourself."

Meixiang nodded helplessly and did not argue with Rong Enqing, "Then I will tell He Zizhong the truth when I go back?"

"Well, go ahead. It doesn't matter if he knows these things. Maybe he can help me confirm some things." At this point, Rong Enqing had an idea, "When you talk to He Zizhong, mention it by the way. When Baishou Hall was expanded, an ice cellar was found under the Duiyue Pavilion. The dead were in the ice cellar."

Meixiang nodded, "After I tell him, I will keep an eye on his movements. If he meets someone or does anything, I will tell the lady then."

"No need." Rong Enqing quickly refused, "Don't do anything. You just need to tell him what I said. I will send someone else to do the surveillance."

Does this girl have any awareness of being pregnant? She wants to help her keep an eye on him with a big belly? I don't know what she is thinking.

After seeing Meixiang off, Rong Enqing called Hu Shan and asked him to find two reliable people to keep an eye on He Zizhong for twelve hours a day.

She believed that if there was really a problem with the ice cellar, He Zizhong would definitely contact Butler Li.

Furthermore, if the ice cellar is really related to the wealth hidden by Yun Yi, then Butler Li will definitely take some action. Whether it is to contact Yun Yi or contact someone related to Yun Yi, in short, he will definitely not let the wealth be exposed.

By then, with his wealth that rivals that of a country and his treasonous nature, could he exchange for an amnesty from Emperor Taihe?

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Meixiang has been gone for a few days, and the people who were following He Zizhong have not reported any news.

Rong Enqing also gradually stopped paying attention from his initial expectations.

Because not only was there no news from He Zizhong, but even Hu Shan and his team had not made any progress in their investigation of the ice cellar.

They searched every inch of the ice cellar and every brick and stone several times, but they found nothing like a mechanism.

Afterwards, they started digging deeper under the ice cellar, but after several days, they didn't find anything.

It seemed as if the accident that happened to those craftsmen was really just because the ice cellar had been sealed for a long time, so poisonous gas was produced in the air.

After half a month of trouble, the matter of the ice cellar was like a farce, with no progress at all.

Rong Enqing gradually turned his attention away from the matter of the ice cellar.

Just as the twelfth lunar month approached, Rong Enqing received another invitation.

Unexpectedly, the invitation came from the Liang family, Liang Kaitai, the brother of Concubine Liang and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

Liang Yulan is finally going to marry Wu Mingyu.