Chapter 2023: Not Acknowledged

"Miss Lu, Miss Jiang, didn't you invite Miss Li to the teahouse today?" Captain Gao, who was waiting to take over the arrest of Awang, frowned when he heard what Lu Ni and the others said, and asked.

This Captain Gao is different from the captains of ordinary yamen. He has an aunt who is a concubine in the palace. She is the virtuous concubine second only to the imperial concubine, but he never relies on this status. The virtuous concubine is also more Buddhist in the palace and does not compete for favor. She is the only one who has no children but is given the title of concubine.

It's not that the emperor likes the virtuous concubine so much. Except for Queen Xue, the emperor is only interested in other concubines for a while. The virtuous concubine was given the title because she was pregnant, but was harmed by Concubine Lin. The full-term boy was gone just like that, and Concubine Xian could never give birth again.

The emperor found out that it was Concubine Lin, but he did not punish Concubine Lin, but promoted Concubine Xian's status.

After the Lin family fell, all the power in the harem returned to the hands of the queen. The queen trusted Concubine Xian and asked her to assist her in handling some matters in the harem.

Xian Fei has great power and no children, so she naturally cares about her nephew who has been with her since childhood. If Gao Jutou had not asked his mother to go to the palace to express her unwillingness, Xian Fei might have asked the queen to help her nephew have a good future.

Gao Jutou likes to work in Jingzhao Prefecture, and because of Xian Fei's status in the palace, ordinary people will not treat him as an ordinary Jutou, and it is convenient for him to do things in many cases.

Lu Ni and Jiang Hong knew Gao Jutou's identity, so they answered his question: "No, we didn't make an appointment to meet in the teahouse."

Li Yuyan pointed at the two of them: "You are lying! When we separated yesterday, we agreed to meet in the teahouse this morning. Xiao Cui just said that you will be there in a while. Jiang Hong, you asked Xiao Cui to wait for me first."

Gao Jutou looked at Li Yuyan: "Miss Li, where did you separate yesterday? Is there a witness who can prove that you made an appointment?"

Li Yuyan shut up all of a sudden.

Lu Ni's lips curled up slightly, and she didn't dare to say it: "Yuyan, you can't say Xiao Cui is a witness, right? She's already dead, how can she prove it? Yuyan, I believe you won't kill anyone, I believe you, don't drag me and my cousin into this, okay? Aren't we friends?"

Jiang Hong just asked Li Yuyan why he wanted to kill Xiao Cui, and now she has reacted: "Yuyan, are you sick? We didn't meet yesterday, when did we make an appointment? Yuyan, I also believe you didn't kill Xiao Cui."

Li Yuyan looked at the two of them hatefully, are they sure that she dare not say that the three of them met yesterday.

She really didn't dare to say it. If she said it, if it was confirmed, it would not be a matter of the three of them, and it might implicate the family.

"Miss Jiang, right? Why are you not anxious or panicked when your personal maid died, but instead seem to be worried that Miss Li will say something? Do you three have any secrets that cannot be told?" Gu Xin crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Hong and Lu Ni with a smile.

Lu Ni and Jiang Hong didn't expect Gu Xin to ask this. They couldn't control their expressions and both of them changed their faces.

Captain Gao looked at Gu Xin in surprise. Princess Xinxin seemed to know a lot.

"Miss Gu San, we..." Lu Ni wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Gu Xin.

"Miss Lu, I'm sorry, I'm here as Princess Xinxin." Gu Xin's expression was restrained, and she became as expressionless as Grandma Gu.