"Master, I'll interrupt you and say something else." Shen Cha yawned and said, "Was the Empress Dowager still young when this happened?"

"Then I'm sure, in my twenties, probably?" Uncle Yan looked at Qin Zheng, "After all, we're not that old, right? I'm still known as a playboy, and I haven't left home yet. Going to the border to play!"

"You haven't met the master yet, right?" Shen Haolin looked at Qin Zheng, "This happened when you were a child, right?"

"Yes." Qin Zheng and Uncle Yan nodded at the same time, "When I was young, I was still very active before I had any experience. I didn't know what restraint was."

"Hmm..." Shen Cha thought for a moment, "How old is the Empress Dowager's niece? She should be about the same age as Master, right?"

"Yes." Uncle Yan glanced at Shen Cha, "I know what you want to ask. She is indeed a niece and belongs to her eldest cousin. However, her eldest cousin's family is not in Xijing, so they sent their daughter here specially for the purpose of getting married. thing."

"Did you send it here specially for the purpose of getting married?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Don't they know that the Empress Dowager has ulterior motives?"

"She should have known about it, but she only found out after she came here. But she has already gone deep into the tiger's den, so what can she do?" Yan Bo chuckled, "Whether she wants to go back or stay, she can't. You have to rely on this aunt who is a noble concubine in the palace, right? Therefore, you can only listen to your aunt and do whatever you are told. You have no independent power." He looked at Shen Cha, "I know what you are worried about. At that time, we thought the same as you, but we didn’t think there was anything wrong with the Qinglian Sect, but something else.”

"Another point, what is it?"

"At that time, we were worried that the old witch had been replaced. The person who was originally going to marry into the palace as a concubine was no longer there, and this person was her replacement. However, after our investigation later, it was indeed her."

"Before she became the crown prince's concubine, she and her family were probably unknown in Xijing, right?" Seeing Uncle Yan nod, Shen Cha thought for a while, "In other words, she and her family should be the same as the noble families in Xijing. Madam, madam, madam, etc., there is no special contact, right?"

"should be."

"Then the question becomes, does this performance have anything to do with her, and how many of the married women are left behind?"

"Let me think about it." Uncle Yan recalled, "There were about ten people, three or four married women, and their children."

"Three or four married women, that is, there are three or four families who have close contact with each other." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and then at Uncle Yan, "Master, do you still remember whose family they are from?"

"Do you want to find out what relationship these families have with the Qinglian Sect?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, Uncle Yan chuckled, "Don't go to so much trouble, these families, not just these families, all of them Those who were deeply involved with the Qinglian Sect are no longer here."

"So that's it!" Shen Cha nodded, "Then I don't have any other questions."

"Then I will continue. I don't know if that girl saw the light and asked us to help her escape from this predicament, so she told us everything she knew." Uncle Yan looked at the table. She took a rice wine steamed bun from the plate on the table, took a bite, and said, "She said that before she came to Xijing, she was already very familiar with her aunt. Her aunt made the final decision on many things in the family, even though her aunt was older. She is not big, but she is very popular, and the elders in the family admire her."

"What has she done to make the elders in the family so convinced that they are willing to listen to her?"

"The girl said that her aunt had a kind of power. After being in contact with her for a while, she was convinced by her. She had been in contact with her aunt for a while, and she somehow felt that her aunt valued her, no matter what she said or did. It's all for her own good. As long as you do what she says, you can be like her."

"This statement..." Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Cha, "It sounds familiar, doesn't it?"

"Wanyanping's aunt is the other Empress Dowager. Unfortunately, Wanyanping is not the Empress Dowager's niece and will not obey her words." Shen Cha nodded slightly, "Although they are not of the same age or era, they are not of the same age or era. The methods are exactly the same." She looked at Uncle Yan, "It shouldn't just be verbal control, right? There are other methods?"

"That's right." Uncle Yan nodded, "The girl said that since she entered the palace and stayed with her aunt for a while, she found that her aunt would take her dowry girl to the small Buddhist hall in her palace to stay for a long time every day. For a long time, several people always went in empty-handed. When they came out, the little girls were holding trays with several small boxes of different sizes on them. At first, she didn't pay attention. After all, although she She was the niece of the imperial concubine. Outsiders also called her "Miss", but in the final analysis, she was living under someone else's roof. Later, as time passed, she realized that those things were made by her aunt and ordered by a noble lady outside the palace, saying they were good for calming the nerves. .She knows about this incense and has used it at home. It does have a soothing effect. And her father also said that this is my aunt's first business and it is doing very well."

"She also started this business after entering the palace?"

"Yes." Uncle Yan nodded, "According to that girl, the sales in Xijing City are quite good, and it is hard to find a fragrance. Not only the married woman, but also some merchant families. And her aunt has not only It was incense, and there seemed to be something else. But those things were more secret, and they were not something she could see or inquire about. In addition, she also discovered that some of the ladies who came to pay her respects to her aunt every day were very kind to her aunt. Her respect is not because she is a noble concubine, but..."

"Our Lady of Qinglian." Jin Miaomiao and Shen Cha said in unison, "At that time, the Qinglian Sect was flourishing in Xijing. If those women were followers of the Qinglian Sect and were lured to learn that the imperial concubine was Qinglian. The Holy Mother or the person closest to Our Lady of Green Lotus, they will choose the one they are close to."

"Then how did they know?" Xue Ruitian held his cheek and asked with a puzzled look, "Because it smells good?"

"Yes." Jin Miaomiao nodded and looked at each other with Shen Cha, "But it's not just limited to incense, there are other means to express one's identity and control these fateful women!"

"Control?"

"It's different." Shen Haolin shook his head gently, "The emperor's grandfather married her just because her brother was benevolent to the royal family, and he had no other feelings for her. Therefore, it is impossible to have a business relationship with her like he did with the emperor's grandmother. She has a limited life, so it is very difficult for her to inquire about information in the palace. Besides, the emperor's grandfather doesn't like concubines other than the emperor's grandmother to talk about court affairs, so..."

"Understood." Xue Ruitian nodded, "In this case, the Green Lotus Sect really has great intentions. Fortunately, it was eliminated in time, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable."
Chapter completed!