Having many handsome men means no worries; pampering them all keeps me in good spirits.

Chapter 170 Matches Up

After everyone entered the Chaoyang Palace and took their seats, Ling Feng ran up to Jiang Qingyan and said urgently, "Husband, I've found out why you were infected with the plague back then!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ling Feng, and Mo Ting quickly asked, "What exactly is the reason?"

After catching his breath, Ling Feng said softly, "A male courtesan from the Xia Kingdom sneaked into the royal cemetery a few days ago. He was present when my husband buried Ning Ruyu. When my husband asked to replace the tombstone with a blank one, he put a poison that would cause an epidemic on it!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Yun Yuxuan and Xiao Yan from Xia Kingdom. After all, it was their country's male prostitutes who did this, so the two of them were naturally suspected as well.

Yun Yuxuan shook his head repeatedly, saying, "I don't know! This has nothing to do with me! I am my husband's man, how could I possibly let someone harm my husband?"

Xiao Yan echoed expressionlessly, "This matter has nothing to do with us."

Jiang Qingyan pinched the bridge of her nose and said, "There are so many people in Xia Kingdom, we can't just blame Yu Xuan and Xiao Yan every time something happens. They love me so much, if I really died, they'd probably die with me..."

Everyone nodded in agreement, but then suddenly felt something was amiss; her husband had just said, "They both love me so much"...

So Xiao Yan... really did fall in love with his husband...

With his thoughts exposed in public, Xiao Yan's heart began to race, and his ears gradually turned bright red...

Jiang Qingyan looked at Ling Feng and continued to ask, "Ling Feng, have you caught that male prostitute?"

Ling Feng shook his head and sighed, "His reaction was extremely quick. I had just traced him when he made his escape..."

After pondering for a moment while stroking her chin, Jiang Qingyan looked at Xuan Ye again and suddenly remembered that he had once worked as a male prostitute in a male-male brothel in the Xia Kingdom…

Seeing that he seemed to be thinking about something, he quickly asked, "Xuan Ye, have you thought of something?"

At this moment, Lu Nian, Yi Luo, and Yun Yuxuan suddenly remembered Xuan Ye's former identity and all looked at him...

Yi Luo blurted out, "That's right, Xuan Ye, didn't you used to be a male prostitute in Xia Kingdom? Think about it, what suspicious people were in your male prostitution brothel!"

Jiang Qingyan immediately tugged at Yi Luo's sleeve, signaling him not to speak carelessly, after all, Xuan Ye's past identity was not honorable...

Xuan Ye replied nonchalantly, "When I was a male prostitute, I didn't have any contact with anyone else, and my husband redeemed me on my first day of officially serving customers, so I didn't find anyone suspicious."

Seeing that there were no leads, Jiang Qingyan invited everyone to eat first.

After lunch, Ling Feng went out to investigate the matter again, and the others followed to see if they could help in any way.

Only Xuan Ye lingered in his seat. After finishing his tea, he slowly rose and walked to Jiang Qingyan and Mo Ting, softly asking, "Does my husband still remember Father Xu?"

Jiang Qingyan nodded quickly and said, "I remember him. He's the father of the Qingfeng Pavilion where you used to stay."

Xuan Ye said calmly, "He once told us newcomers who don't like men that he also liked women before he became a male prostitute. At that time, he and a girl were in love and secretly pledged their lives to each other. But the girl's family forced her to marry a powerful man, and he became the girl's secret lover, and willingly did things for her benefit."

Jiang Qingyan said speechlessly, "I didn't realize that Old Man Xu was such a romantic! Love turned into an affair? How exciting..."

Xuan Ye continued, "Later, in order to make her husband's career smoother, the girl sent Father Xu to the Xia Kingdom to become a male prostitute, simply because the male prostitution establishment could provide information that was unavailable outside..."

Jiang Qingyan frowned: "Go to Xia Kingdom? So Father Xu wasn't originally from Xia Kingdom?"

Xuan Ye nodded. "He is from Da'an."

Jiang Qingyan exclaimed in shock, "What? He's from my hometown?"

Xuan Ye took a deep breath. "He stayed in Xia Kingdom for over twenty years, and also worked as a male prostitute there for over twenty years. He always advised us that women are fickle and far less tender and devoted than men. But I could clearly see in his eyes that he still deeply loved that girl..."

Jiang Qingyan stroked her chin, pondering Xuan Ye's words. Suddenly, she remembered that when Mo Ting first married into the family, on the day he went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, she seemed to have seen Father Xu running out of Yongshou Palace, disheveled...

Could it be that the person who grew up with that old hag is Xu's childhood sweetheart?

If that's true, then that old hag is truly despicable, actually sending her man to sell his ass in a foreign land.

Mo Ting then spoke up, "I remember the late Emperor saying that when he was still a prince, he was able to achieve great merit and ascend to the throne of Crown Prince because of the intelligence about the Xia Kingdom that Empress Dowager Rui had given him many times..."

That's it, this time it's 100% accurate...

When Empress Dowager Rui was still a young girl, she and her husband, Xu, were childhood sweethearts and secretly pledged their lives to each other. Later, when they reached the age to be selected for the imperial concubine selection, she became a concubine of the late emperor, who was still a prince at the time.

Unable to bear the loneliness, she maintained a secret, lingering relationship with Old Man Xu...

In order to win favor, she sent Xu's father to the Xia Kingdom to work as a male prostitute to exchange intelligence for her...

The late emperor repeatedly performed meritorious deeds based on this intelligence, and was thus made crown prince by the founding emperor, eventually succeeding in ascending the throne…

So... if the person who harmed me really was Father Xu...

His motive for murder was to avenge Empress Dowager Rui…

Jiang Qingyan curled her lip. "Tsk tsk tsk... To live such a humble life for a woman who doesn't love him, I don't know whether to call him pitiful or laughable..."

Xuan Ye said calmly, "This is the information I learned at the male homosexual brothel. I wonder if it will be of any use to my husband?"

Jiang Qingyan touched Xuan Ye's high nose bridge and chuckled, "I would never let my Xuan Ye do such a thing, much less take advantage of him."

Xuan Ye's eyes trembled slightly upon hearing this, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Fortunately, his husband was the person before him...

Now that we have a plan, making the arrest will be much easier.

Jiang Qingyan immediately sent people out to spread the news that there were letters she had written to her lover in the Empress Dowager's palace. The Emperor was furious and ordered that Yongshou Palace and all those letters be burned tonight.

For a time, everyone in the palace was talking about this, and they even began to wonder what was written in the letter...

Meanwhile, Jiang Qingyan, Mo Ting, and Xuan Ye were already lying in ambush near Yongshou Palace, simply waiting for Father Xu to appear...

After an incense stick had burned for a while, the gates of Yongshou Palace were slowly pushed open, and a familiar figure walked in from outside…

The three immediately became alert, preparing to seize the opportunity to take down the man in one fell swoop…

From a distance, the man's figure didn't resemble Father Xu's...

When they saw the person's face clearly, all three of them stared wide-eyed...

Why is it him?