After hearing the news that the adopted heir next door had been settled, Jiang Fuying sneered coldly.
"Humph! They're really a perfect match!"
Pei Qing'an's malicious scheming, and Jiang Fuyue's easy belief. How could this pair of dogs and men not be one willing to beat and the other willing to be beaten?
But this is just right now!
She was just busy with Yuejiao Pavilion and couldn't spare the time to settle accounts with them for the moment. If they could each have different intentions, it would naturally be a great good thing for her to seek revenge on them in the future.
Her eyebrows moved slightly. She suddenly looked at Lu Huaizhou beside her: "Your Highness, could you please help me investigate something?"
Lu Huaizhou immediately perked up: "Of course! Your business is my business. I will definitely help you handle and investigate it properly!"
Not to mention one thing. If his wife came to him, even if it was ten things, a thousand or a hundred things, he would go up the mountain of knives and down into the sea of fire without hesitation!
Noticing his expression of preparing to do something big, Jiang Fuying's lips twitched slightly, and she carefully considered her words.
"Your Highness, actually it's not a big deal. It's just about the newly adopted heir of the person next door and my younger sister. I would like to ask you to help me check the background of that heir."
Lu Huaizhou's confident expression collapsed a little.
Did he hear correctly?
His wife wanted him to investigate the newly adopted heir of that Pei Qing'an?
Could it be that she regretted marrying him and still missed that person?
Just thinking of this possibility, Lu Huaizhou couldn't help but clench his fists. He wanted to rush next door and give that person a few punches to beat him to the ground and make that person never dare to appear in front of his wife again.
Seeing his changing expression, Jiang Fuying realized that he had misunderstood her meaning.
"Your Highness, actually I'm not interested in either of them."
"Eh?" Lu Huaizhou's eyes sparkled with surprise.
"I just think the identity of the heir they adopted is suspicious. I want to verify it in advance so that it can be useful in the future."
In just a few words, he tasted three layers of meaning.
First, she cared about his emotions and took the initiative to explain to him!
Second, she was telling him that she wasn't interested in that person!
Third, she regarded him as a close person and that's why she asked for his help!
Lu Huaizhou couldn't describe his joy at this moment with words.
If he had to say it, it was probably that someone saw his concern when his heart was sour and sent him the most delicious candied fruit.
"Miss Jiang, you can rest assured." He excitedly patted his chest: "I have a wide network of contacts in the capital. I guarantee to check it out clearly for you. I guarantee to handle this matter well!"
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Of course, Jiang Fuying had far more than this one thing to do today.
The notice had been posted for many days, and they had collected a lot of clues, big and small.
"Your Highness, I'm going to Yuejiao Pavilion to see if there's any progress on the clues collected recently."
"I'll go with you." Lu Huaizhou immediately said.
As he said that, he took out a few silver notes like a magic trick, pinched them in his hand and waved them: "I'm willing to help Miss Jiang again."
The two exchanged a tacit look, and their eyes were full of appreciation for each other.
"Thank you for Your Highness's support."
Bailu Lane, Yuejiao Pavilion.
As expected, there was extremely important information.
Someone had received the notice and reported that they knew that the craftsmen who imitated the glass mirror had used crescent moon patterns and Ruyi patterns as marks.
This immediately caught their attention.
Lu Huaizhou took the imitation and placed it next to the notice. His expression was serious: "There are only two types of fakes, crescent moon patterns and plum blossom patterns. If the informant really knew the truth behind it, they shouldn't have mentioned the Ruyi pattern at all."
Jiang Fuying immediately understood what he meant: "So Your Highness thinks that someone is lying?"
Lu Huaizhou nodded: "Among the fakes and the reported clues, the only thing that overlaps is the crescent moon pattern mark. But Miss Jiang, you said that if it was really the craftsmen who used the crescent moon pattern mark who made the fakes, then why didn't they clear their relationship and frame the craftsmen who used the other two marks?"
"So I actually think that the craftsmen who used the crescent moon pattern mark are the most innocent."
Jiang Fuying naturally also approved of his analysis.
At present, the drama of dogs biting dogs that she had predicted had already appeared. Who was innocent and who was the mole, it could be known after one test.
Her autumn water eyes flickered slightly. Jiang Fuying whispered: "Your Highness, I have a plan."
"Let's go to the glass mirror workshop and take a look at these craftsmen."
"Then we'll threaten and bribe them to expose the mole!" Lu Huaizhou helped her complete the second half of the sentence.
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The glass mirror workshop.
This was the first time Jiang Fuying had come here.
She believed in his ability, and because she was busy with other important matters, she had never had the time to come. But when she came today, she was surprised and her eyes widened.
His Highness Lu had always told her that this was a "small workshop", but when she saw it with her own eyes, she realized that he had been too low-key.
The workshop was not small at all. It was transformed from a six-entry and six-exit courtyard.
There were pavilions, terraces, and towers, carved beams and painted rafters. Everywhere in the workshop was filled with the charm of the south of the Yangtze River.
This was not the most surprising thing. The important thing was that the whole workshop was silent. The craftsmen were strictly separated and dispersed in three courtyards. The process of making glass mirrors by the craftsmen in each courtyard was in an orderly manner and the division of labor was clear.
Even though she had ten years of experience in managing a family, she asked herself that it was difficult for her to arrange the craftsmen so neatly in such a short period of time.
So she sincerely praised: "Your Highness, you have very good management skills."
Lu Huaizhou's lips couldn't help but curl up, but his words were extremely humble: "Miss Jiang thinks too highly of me."
"I just divided them into three different groups according to their different marks after teaching them the craftsmanship last time. Each group lived in a different courtyard, and the craftsmen in each group did not know the background and identity of the other two groups."
"At the same time, since we publicly solicited clues about fake glass mirrors, I've used the reason that the task of making glass mirrors is too heavy to keep them in the workshop for food and accommodation by increasing the bonus."
Jiang Fuying was once again convinced by his plan. She gave him a thumbs up: "Your Highness, you did the right thing."
Lu Huaizhou took out the few silver notes that he had already prepared from his sleeve: "Then would Miss Jiang be willing to accompany me in another show?"
"What show?"
Lu Huaizhou handed the silver notes to her hand. His eyebrows were smiling meaningfully: "You play the good cop, I'll play the bad cop."
The remaining warmth on the silver notes made Jiang Fuying tremble all over. She couldn't help but say.
"The bad cop is usually played by the mistress who manages the family. Your Highness is a man. If you play the bad cop, it may be harmful to your reputation."
Who would have thought that Lu Huaizhou would lightly raise his sword-shaped eyebrows: "Does Miss Jiang think that I, this playboy, would care about my reputation?"
"Reputation is like a floating cloud to me. But Miss Jiang is innocent. Don't be burdened by my reputation. That's the real thing."
After saying that, he casually patted his sleeves and made a final decision.
"It's settled like this!"
"In the future, I'll play the bad cop and you'll play the good cop!"
"In this way, it's in line with what Miss Jiang said that day: Men and women cooperate, and work is not tiring!"