After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Chapter 221 Let’s knock him down first

"He suspected that we were responsible for the deaths of those two people? I wonder if he has any evidence?"

Yuxiu raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that she had done those things so secretly. In this era without surveillance, the old man could still associate it with her mother and daughter.

"He doesn't need any evidence. Anyway, the emperor's reward has not been issued yet. Even if your Xu family is really harmed by someone, it won't cause any trouble. When the time comes, he can just say a few words about the Xu family being unlucky and let the matter go..."

Qi Siyuan said with some self-mockery that although his father was not a tyrant, he was very easily influenced and had great trust in Eunuch Xing. Oftentimes, as long as he said a few half-hearted words with a crooked mouth, he could change the outcome of an event.

Although it sounded unbelievable, Yuxiu understood it after thinking about it for a while.

The emperor usually doesn't pay attention to these trivial matters. What he sees and hears is all arranged by the eunuchs around him.

Over time, the power and prestige of these eunuchs were even higher than those of many court officials.

There's no way. He serves the emperor closely. If he finds the opportunity to say a few bad things about you, even if the emperor doesn't take it to heart at that time, if you do something wrong next time, the words he heard before can become a basis for punishing you.

Yes, under this feudal system, some things don't require any evidence. If people think you are a suspect, they will kill you directly without caring about whether there is evidence or not.

"In that case, why do you still keep that old thing?"

Yuxiu was a little confused. As a prince, Qi Siyuan should be more important than such an old eunuch in the emperor's heart.

"Haha... Miss Xu is really quick to speak. Some things are not as simple as they appear on the surface."

Qi Siyuan smiled bitterly, and without hiding it from Yuxiu, he lowered his voice and said:

"When I was being hunted outside, I suspected that it was the work of the Second Prince and his gang. Later, I learned that he had also returned to the capital after a narrow escape from death. Only then did I realize that there was a mastermind behind all this, who wanted to provoke a fight between the two princes and let them reap the benefits."

So when he knew the truth, he didn't dare to openly repay Yuxiu and her daughter for saving their lives, and could only send some people to protect them secretly.

"Could this matter be related to Eunuch Xing?"

Yuxiu was unexpectedly hearing such a secret today and couldn't help but feel a headache.

She just wanted to protect her parents and two unborn siblings and live a good life. She never thought of getting involved in these conspiracies and intrigues.

"Of course there is a connection. According to my people's investigation, that person is most likely an important chess piece of the other party, because it was him who persuaded our father to send us two princes to the imperial mausoleum to pray for the people."

Qi Siyuan gritted his teeth and said that he really wanted to kill the old man right now.

Although he was saved by Yuxiu and her son last time, he also lost a lot of loyal people. They all died to save him, so they were killed by that old man.

"That means that Eunuch Xing cannot be eliminated now?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuxiu understood instantly.

It is not difficult to get rid of Eunuch Xing, but the difficult part is to follow his lead and find out what is behind the scenes.

If the person behind the scenes is not caught and dealt with, this matter will not be easily resolved.

Otherwise, in addition to Eunuch Xing, there might also be Eunuch Li, Eunuch Zhang and others appearing.

"You are right. We can only let him live a few more days for the time being..."

Seeing that Yuxiu had figured it out on her own, Qi Siyuan wanted to comfort her.

"Don't worry. Although we can't touch him for the time being, we will still cause him some trouble during this period..."

Qi Siyuan explained his plan and Yuxiu had no objection.

It’s just a pity. The old guy must have collected a lot of good things, and it seems that she has no chance of getting any of them.

She was a little absent-minded, so Qi Siyuan started talking to her about honeycomb briquettes again.

This thing has already started selling, and it is indeed very popular on this cold snowy day.

He had previously received a letter from his cousin Song Yiheng, saying that although honeycomb coal was not expensive, it had little cost and the quantity was large, so the profit was very good.

A coal stove is required to use honeycomb coal, so the Xu family's coal stoves sold very quickly, especially the three-eye coal stove, which was especially popular among wealthy families and restaurants.

"My cousin said that we can settle the bill after this batch of goods is sold out, and someone will deliver it to your house at that time. If there are no problems over there, we will speed up the progress. Take advantage of the snow stopping in the next two days to make more..."

Qi Siyuan was very happy that honeycomb coal was so easy to use. Not only did it turn waste into treasure, but most importantly, it solved the difficulties of the people, allowing them to have such good heating equipment, which added a guarantee for them to safely get through this cold winter.

Finally, Yuxiu inquired about the people in the big courtyard and learned that it was a gang in the capital, named Yunlan Pavilion. They specialized in helping people do things in secret and had a large number of people under their command.

The reason why Qi Siyuan's people were able to catch up with the men in black so coincidentally this time was because they discovered this while monitoring Eunuch Xing, so they rushed over and happened to follow behind those killers.

Yuxiu could not get involved in the court's conspiracies and intrigues, but she was very interested in Yunlan Pavilion.

When Qi Siyuan saw this, he talked to her more, which made Yuxiu more confident about the next plan.

After coming out of the palace, Yuxiu first went home. She told Cui and Xu Qinghe what happened last night without hiding it from them so that they could be mentally prepared and would not panic if something happened again.

"Don't worry, everyone has powerful medicine powder on them. We don't know kung fu, so we won't fight them head-on if we can't beat them. When the time comes, we'll just sprinkle some medicine powder on them and knock them down first..."

Xu Qinghe patted the medicine powder prepared for him by Cui in his arms, and felt more confident.

As a man, it is his duty to protect his wife and daughter. He certainly does not want to show weakness in front of Cui and Yuxiu again.

However, when Xu Qinghe said that none of us knew kung fu, Cui and Yuxiu's expressions looked a little unnatural.

Xu Qinghe had known for a long time that Yuxiu knew kung fu, but no one had ever mentioned to him that Cui also knew the Iron Palm.

I don’t know what kind of expression Xu Qinghe will have the next time he sees his weak wife smashing a big rock with one palm.

After taking care of things at home, Yuxiu came to the large courtyard where Yunlan Pavilion was located.

She walked around outside twice, and became more and more satisfied the more she looked.