"I was just thinking, if the Second Prince could plant someone at the Flower Edge Farm, then couldn’t others do the same..."
Instead of being on guard all the time, it’s better to have one powerful ally. After all, even the Empress Dowager dares not stand against the Elder Princess; is there anything she can’t do?
Ya Molian has told me before, within the Liang Kingdom, there’s nothing the Elder Princess can’t achieve if she sets her mind to it.
Looks like, she wasn’t wrong.
The gaze of the Elder Princess turned sharp.
In her eyes, Xiao’er was just a child, his childhood innocence still lingering. Even though he often overstepped the mark, he never really possessed a malicious heart.
His installing someone at Sangsang’s Flower Edge Farm was probably to repay Sangsang’s life-saving favour to his aunt; she knew about that.
However, others were different.
Sangsang had an imperial Death Exemption Token, a tempting asset to many. Even if it wasn’t tempting, for some people, it could be a significant threat.
They.install people on Sangsang’s territory, maybe to conveniently keep an eye on Sangsang? Or maybe even to get close to her, so they could use her later?
How could she allow such people to be by Sangsang’s side? They must be immediately eliminated!
"Miss Lin is right, it is indeed wiser to be careful."
"Of course." Lin Caisang nodded in agreement.
Although sticking to a powerful figure is advantageous, if she just sat around without taking any action, wouldn’t people think she was an easy target? Naturally, she had to make her moves.
However, this matter should be handed over to the Zeng family to handle.
In Ya Molian’s house,
Lin Caisang would visit every other day, allowing the house to get some ventilation.
"Mistress, we have checked. Ban Yilu indeed used to live in Half Moon Bend, but Ya Jinghong’s current wife is not the Ban Yilu who lived there before," Nangong Piao’er and Beidou reported, standing side by side.
Lin Caisang’s beautiful eyes dimmed slightly.
Just as she predicted, the present Ban Yilu had indeed been switched.
"Did Ban Yilu ever return home before? Didn’t her family notice anything?" she asked.
Perhaps her family accepted some benefits from Ban Yilu or possibly they were extorted in some way and had no choice but to cooperate. What was the actual answer?
"Ban Yilu’s family has received 1,000 taels of silver from her to secretly sell their daughter. The current Ban Yilu then replaced their daughter’s identity and married Ya Jinghong. Although many in Half Moon Bend had their suspicions, they didn’t openly question it since they were not directly related," Nangong Piao’er explained further.
"According to the land officer of Half Moon Bend, the Ban Yilu at Ya Jinghong’s house bears a strong resemblance to the original one. We think that if she made an effort to disguise herself, she could fool people," Beidou added.
This Ban Yilu was really astute, tricking a family to sell their own daughter and accept her as their own.
But to think about it, 1,000 taels of silver was a large amount of money; a sum that impoverished families probably wouldn’t see in several lifetimes. Who could resist such temptation? The bride price they would get for a daughter was mere tens of taels of silver; how could it compare with 1,000 taels?
"Have you found out why this person came to Ya Village?" Lin Caisang asked.