Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1254 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 178

Jiang Xinxin never expected that someone would actually want to use Li Jingui to set a trap. Fortunately, Big Fat Ju explained it clearly to her at that time, and she, the only one who knows the situation now, is more capable of setting a counter-attack.

This time, not only Qianlong was confused, even the old maid kneeling below was heartbroken.

Jiang Xinxin could tell early on that the old lady was leading a miserable life. Perhaps she really had worked in the Old Summer Palace, but was later dismissed because of the Li Jingui incident. She must have been leading an unhappy life since then, and if someone provoked her, she would of course be happy to step forward.

Her hands were a pair of very pure and straightforward working people's hands. The veins on the back of her hands were very prominent and dark in color, as if there was only a layer of skin hanging on the bones.

As for the obvious and deep black lines between the exposed fingers, it further reveals that the unknown palm must be full of grooves and a thick layer of calluses.

Jiang Xinxin didn't even need to investigate deliberately, she knew that there must be someone behind this person, and even his family might have been taken into custody at this moment.

As an emperor, Qianlong should have a good ability to accept things. However, what Jiang Xinxin talked about today was the mystery of his unknown life experience with twists and turns. He has begun to understand the identity of his biological mother.

She came from Jiangnan, but could not show herself in public. Given the late emperor's temperament, he would definitely not have the patience to plan for a woman who came from a brothel or was a skinny woman in Yangzhou. Therefore, it was very likely that his biological mother was the descendant of a criminal who rebelled against the imperial court in Jiangnan.

It is even very likely that they are related to the descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty.

Qianlong didn't dare to think too much about it. Looking at the old nanny's ferocious face, he didn't know what was going on. He quickly pulled out a few handkerchiefs from his sleeves, rolled them up and stuffed them into her mouth.

Jiang Xinxin was also slightly startled by the old nanny's outburst, but Qianlong subdued her in a blink of an eye. She felt that the purpose of Qianlong's invitation to her had been achieved, and all the doubts that needed to be answered had been clarified, so she asked to take her leave.

"Well, now that we have explained everything today, it is time for me to go back. I am a woman in the dragon boat, and it is not good for me to stay for too long."

Qianlong had no sincere intention to keep him, and he vaguely said a few words to try to keep him before personally going out to see him off.

Before leaving, Jiang Xinxin held Jianqiu's hand and turned back to Qianlong and said, "This matter is not very serious, but the purpose of the person behind it is obviously not simple. Emperor, you must investigate carefully."

Qianlong agreed readily. Even if Jiang Xinxin didn't say anything, he would not allow anyone to use his background to make trouble. What's more, he has now firmly established himself as the emperor. Who knows what the people behind the scenes want?

In fact, it is easy to guess who is behind this kind of thing. There are only two reasons for attacking the emperor. One is that he covets the throne. Such a person can only be a royal family member, or a royal relative by marriage. The second is that he may be someone who hates the emperor himself.

And such people are very easy to be used by those who are interested in the throne, so Qianlong immediately suspected the brothers of the previous emperor and the children and grandchildren of Prince Xianlim.

Prince Heng and Prince Chun can be excluded. After all, one of them has too close a relationship with Mongolia, and the other has a leg disease. They themselves lost their competitiveness during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. Now the throne has been passed down for two generations. Even if their children and grandchildren are promising, no one will support them.

As for their children and grandchildren, they all said that the father was a hero but the son was a bastard, and that none of the illegitimate sons in Prince Heng's mansion had a promising future. So Prince Heng himself was very anxious. The late emperor worked so hard during his reign, wasn't it just to earn more security for his children and grandchildren?

As for Prince Chun, his family situation is similar to that of Prince Heng's mansion, not to mention that his son is not as good as Prince Heng. Even if he chooses the tallest one among the short ones, it would be too difficult.

In fact, Prince Li's Mansion was also excluded by Qianlong. After all, after the incident caused by Hongxi before, Prince Li's Mansion no longer had the ability to do anything, especially since even Princess Shushen had released her people.

In fact, Qianlong had long since gotten over the fact that his predecessor had left him in the Old Summer Palace and ignored him. After all, when he returned to the palace, Big Fat Ju almost trained him as his heir, so Qianlong really accepted what Jiang Xinxin said about his life experience.

Even if he is not the emperor now, as long as we put ourselves in the perspective of the previous emperor, he was plotted against by his political enemies using an ugly woman for a one-night stand. Although he took many measures in time, he was still taken advantage of by that hateful servant girl. The child born would only be a stain on him.

But Big Fat Orange changed his attitude later and passed the throne to him.

Therefore, for the sake of the throne, Qianlong would have more admiration for Dapangju than for Li Jingui, whom he had never met.

Therefore, Qianlong asked Jiang Xinxin to come over just to get the old nanny to tell him more things so that he could investigate the person behind the scenes. However, he didn't know that Jiang Xinxin's life experience was so interesting. He was not even Li Jingui's child. In fact, Li Jingui was a shield for his biological mother.

Therefore, he didn't want to do what the old lady had asked him to do at the beginning, asking him to posthumously confer a title on Li Jingui, even for the sake of appearance.

However, the sticking point was unable to find any clues about the mastermind behind the scenes. Even though the old lady's family was poor, the family members were close and united, and seemed easy to control. The mastermind only sent people to whisper in the old lady's ear about honoring her mother intentionally or unintentionally.

As for the old nanny taking the risk to come and ask to see Qianlong under the pretext of Li Jingui, it was all her own idea.

There was no news for a while, so Qianlong could only send the elite Blood Droppers from the Sticky Rod Department to keep an eye on the residences of his uncles in the capital.

The repeated setbacks in this matter made him very depressed. When he went out for a walk at night, he couldn't help but go to Jiang Xinxin's boat.

This time when she went out, Jiang Xinxin, like Qianlong and the Queen, had her own dragon boat. Moreover, she did not have to receive too many people, so she lived a very leisurely life.

Jiang Xinxin was mentally prepared for Qianlong to come to her house. After all, she had organized her words temporarily and did not mention many details. Qianlong knew that she was open-minded about many things, so he would definitely take the time to come and ask more about his "biological mother".

Without waiting for Qianlong to speak, Jiang Xinxin took the initiative to clear the scene.

"Your mother seems to be Qian or Tian. When the late emperor told me these things, his health was already very poor and he didn't say much. I was too shocked at the time and didn't ask any more questions."

"However, your biological mother did not seem to have died during childbirth. Instead, she handed you over to the late emperor after giving birth to you. She herself was determined to leave the late emperor and did not want to become a member of the palace or a concubine. The late emperor indeed lost track of her after that."