"What? You said Prince Xuan woke up a long time ago?" Yan Qing was surprised when he heard the news provided by Xuan'er.
"Yes, Miss." Xuan'er said while combing her hair: "I heard that Prince Xuan woke up after being drunk for about eight days. Not long after, he went to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and listened to the meeting of the Minister of Punishment Geng.
Your Excellency will review the case!”
"It's a shame I'm still worried about him," Yan Qing pouted, "He actually went to sit in on the trial."
"But Miss, Master Geng was interrogating Liang Chong, the Second Young Master of Liang."
"Liang Chong? Is this the Liang Chong who killed the guard?"
"Exactly!"
"Tell me carefully." Yan Qing became serious.
So Xuan'er told everything she had gathered.
"Finally, I heard that the counselors from Prince Xuan's Mansion are now dealing with the Liang family."
Yan Qing breathed a long sigh of relief, nodded and said: "He is a person with a beginning and an end after all, Xuan'er." She raised her head and ordered, "Any information we have in hand can be given to him. If there is no information, leave it to me."
Find out, and be sure to help him bring Liang Chong to justice!"
"yes!"
Yan Qing was not particular about staying out of the door and staying behind. Although he was concerned about the reputation of Yanfu, he would not restrain himself too much, so he went to the latter with Sixth Miss Yan Xueyu the day after he came back.
A nunnery that I often go to.
Prince Xuan soon found out.
He put on the clothes for visiting guests and sat in the study, waiting for Yan Xi, who was still his father-in-law, but who might not be his father-in-law soon, to come to the door.
Unexpectedly, it didn't wait for three days in a row. When he was wondering and secretly delighted, the emperor finally summoned him.
He had taken a leave of absence on the grounds of being drunk, but when he woke up he received the sudden shock of breaking off the engagement. Although there was no break-up, the Yan family's attitude was already clear, so he lied for the first time, claiming that he was unwell after being hungover, and followed up.
The emperor took a leave of absence.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, the emperor summoned him.
He had little hope and thought that the emperor should not know that he wanted to break off the engagement.
After sorting out his thoughts and putting on his usual expressionless expression, he rode to the palace.
Rong Che was thinking about his marriage as he walked, and unknowingly arrived at the door of the imperial study. He quickly gathered his thoughts, tidied up his appearance, and walked in.
The emperor was making a fuss behind the dragon case. Rong Che frowned when he saw this scene. How could the king of a country be so unstable and anxious?
"You're here!" The emperor saw him and quickly waved him over. Rong Che still saluted solemnly, and then followed the emperor's footsteps and walked to the chair in the side hall. The emperor couldn't wait to sit down.
, he had no choice but to apologize briefly and then sit on the chair designated by the emperor.
"I wonder why the emperor summoned Wei Chen?" When he faced the emperor, he usually called himself Wei Chen for official matters, and in rare cases he would call himself his younger brother.
"I heard that Yan Xi went to your house to break off the engagement?" The emperor asked with a gossipy face, but his eyes were still full of concern.
Rong Che was stunned. Has this matter spread?
Seeing that he was silent, the emperor pursued him and asked, "Speak quickly! I'm so anxious!"
Rong Che closed his eyes. He really didn't want to say anything, but he had to say it. Whether he was a monarch, a minister, or a brother, he had to answer.
"This is."
"Then...the engagement is called off?"
"Not yet."
"Huh? Why is this?"
"I don't know."
Originally, it was because the Geng Tie was not found, and it was said that Yan Qingzheng had it in person. Now that she was back, he was ready, but Yan Xi did not come to visit again or ask someone to ask for a divorce, but there was no news that he would not cancel the engagement.
, so he really didn’t know why.
The emperor was also a little dumbfounded. He knew that this younger brother would not lie or speak the truth, so he really didn't know.
"Then tell me, will the Yan family break off the engagement with you?" The emperor asked with a glimmer of hope.
"I don't know." Prince Xuan was as concise as ever.
"Alas!" The emperor sighed. He should have known this answer since he said he didn't know. "Then what are you going to do next?"
"wait."
The emperor sighed again, walked over and patted Prince Xuan on the shoulder, shook his head, walked past him, and left the imperial study directly.
Prince Xuan waited for a moment, but the emperor showed no intention of looking back, so he saluted the emperor's back and then strode away.
But the emperor's inquiry also gave him a different idea about the matter. Originally, he thought that since the Yan family didn't mention the matter of breaking off the engagement, he shouldn't mention it, as it would play into his own hands anyway. However, now he thinks
It has changed. Although he is the one who takes the initiative in this relationship, he also has his own position and arrogance. He does love that woman, but he does not want this love to become humble.
Procrastinating and pretending to be confused are not his style!
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the details of the concubine's investigation into what happened at the flower viewing banquet, which seemed to involve the maid of a noblewoman named Feng Dai'er.
Although after the interrogation of the concubine, it was proved that this matter was only done by the maid and did not involve Feng Daier, but no one can think about how a maid could skip her master and conspire with others to plot against someone she simply cannot offend.
Get up people!
The Feng family had already accompanied a concubine, and the concubine had a good impression of Feng Dai'er. The maid also swore that this matter had nothing to do with her, so the concubine just ignored Feng Dai'er and did not pursue any further matters.
Well, the maid took all the blame.
Originally, this was nothing. After all, Feng Daier was neither the mastermind nor the one who did it. Rong Che originally planned to let her go.
However, he learned that Feng Daier and the sixth lady of the Yan family were best friends!
He didn't know whether his real best friend was a fake best friend. Anyway, since he was related to the sixth lady of the Yan family, he had an excuse to enter the Yan family and get close to Yan Qingzheng.
He called the counselor over, inquired about the situation carefully, and asked if he would be too deliberate if he insisted on pursuing Feng Daier. Although the counselor was not sure about his inner thoughts, the opinions he gave were very satisfactory to him.
What the counselor meant was that the prince really had to hold Feng Daier accountable. Anyway, Prince Xuan's rigid character was known to the world, so it would not be out of the ordinary for him to be so serious.
Prince Xuan tidied up his appearance and called Butler Liu to go to the Yan family. Butler Liu's face dropped as soon as he heard the location. To be honest, even his prince had not received very good treatment in the Yan family, let alone
Not to mention him as the butler.
Prince Xuan didn't pay attention at all. He couldn't help but start rehearsing the whole process in his mind. What should he say to achieve the purpose of meeting Yan Qingzheng without being so deliberate?
Yan's mansion was really not far away, and he couldn't fully predict the reaction of Yan's family, so he could only try his luck.
Yan Zhao received him and said that Mrs. Yan had taken Yan Xi to visit an old friend, so there was no need to go and say hello.
Rong Che explained the purpose of his visit, and Yan Zhao was a little embarrassed when he heard that it was related to the banquet in the palace. He did not participate too much in this matter.
"Oh, by the way," he suddenly remembered, "Sister Qiao was present at the time, otherwise I would have called her over."
He didn't think about it for a moment and called Yan Qingzheng's nickname.
Rong Che was very happy, nodded and said, "Thank you."
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment," Yan Zhao stood up and went out to give orders to his servants. Then he suddenly felt that he was a little rash. Shouldn't he let Sister Qiao come to see Prince Xuan? After all, the family was planning to break off their engagement.
It's because Prince Xuan has been coming so often in the past few years that he has become accustomed to the fact that he is Qiao's fiancé.
Also, this is official business...
It's business, right...
Yan Zhao wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat back down again.
The two of them drank a cup of tea, and Yan Qingzheng arrived.
Seeing Rong Che, she smiled.
"I heard that you plan to hold Miss Feng accountable?" She naturally sat on the chair next to him and asked.
Only then did Rong Che control himself not to raise the corners of his mouth. Just as he was about to speak, Yan Zhao already had a straight face: "Qiao... ahem... Qing'er, how can you be so casual with the prince!"
Yan Qingzheng didn't move. She always got along with Rong Che like this, so she was surprised.
"It doesn't matter, I'm not an outsider." Rong Che said quickly. He didn't want her to treat him politely and respectfully. She only treated him like this. This was a special kind of treatment. He didn't want to lose this unique position.
This was exactly what he wanted, so Yan Qingzheng followed the trend and smiled at Yan Zhao.
Yan Zhao thought to himself that Prince Xuan really didn't regard him as an outsider...but...
"Let's talk, I have something to do in the front yard. Excuse me." He stood up. At this time, he would be really stupid if he couldn't figure out what Prince Xuan was up to.
Rong Che quickly stood up and sent Yan Zhao off. Yan Qingzheng also stood up. After Yan Zhao left, she did not sit down, but said to Rong Che: "It's stuffy in the house, why don't we go for a walk in the garden?"
"Then I'm sorry to bother you." Rong Che was naturally happy.
Yan Qing smiled and walked out first, leading Rong Che towards the garden.
The garden of Yanfu is divided into two parts, one is the back garden and the other is the front garden. It was originally a whole. For the purpose of distinguishing men and women, a wall was built in the middle and two doors were left.
The other is a hanging flower door, and the other is a moon cave door.
Yan Qing was walking with Rong Che in the front yard garden. There was also a pond here with some water lilies and koi carp planted in it. A white marble curved bridge connected the path next to the bamboo forest and a hexagonal pavilion in the center of the pond.
Rong Che came into the garden for the first time in eight years.
He took a look and found that Yanfu's garden was indeed exquisite and elegant.
"Let's go sit in the pavilion for a while."
"good."
The two sat down in the pavilion. Yun'er and Xuan'er quickly served tea, melons and fruits, then retreated to the curved bridge outside the pavilion, waiting on the left and right.
"Ahem," Rong Che stared at Yan Qing infatuatedly for a while. It wasn't until the corner of his mouth raised a smile that he woke up. He coughed slightly uncomfortably and said, "I'm here today.
It’s about Miss Feng’s family.”
"Feng Dai'er? What's wrong with her?"
"Through interrogation, we learned that this Feng Daier seems to be closely related to what happened that day, and it is not like what was said before that it has nothing to do with her."
"so what?"
"So I want to ask about the specific situation, and also..." I want to see you...
"What else?" Yan Qingzheng asked curiously.
"Uh, nothing, just asking..." Rong Che withdrew his gaze and said softly: "I want to know if you want to hold Miss Feng accountable."