One hundred and tenth chapter, aspiring to conceal
"My lords and officials... I am young, can I go in?" Seeing the yamen coming, Xiwang timidly stopped and asked. He raised his head and looked at the plaque above, as if he thought he had admitted to the wrong place.
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He came over in a hurry, sweating profusely. He had already been spotted by passers-by who were watching the excitement outside Zhengyuan Hou Mansion, and now there were already people surrounding him.
Did something happen again in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion?
"Who are you, who are you looking for, and what are you doing?" A yamen servant came up, looked Xiwang up and down, and asked three times in succession.
"The younger one is our Crown Prince's servant. Madam Tai sent a letter to Jiangnan before, saying that she misses our Crown Prince and asks our Crown Prince to return to the capital as soon as possible. Otherwise, he will be accused of being unfilial and will dethrone our Crown Prince's position." Xiwang's eyes were filled with joy.
He blushed, "But our prince was assassinated just after he set out. Now he is still lying in the south of the Yangtze River recuperating from his injuries. I'm afraid that the madam will miss you, so I asked the younger one to send a message first."
Xiwang reached out and took out a letter and a jade pendant from his arms.
"This jade pendant belongs to our prince, so I asked the younger one to bring it to give to the dowager wife."
The yamen servant took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, then looked at the letter in his hand, and looked at Xiwang suspiciously.
"If the official doesn't believe it, you can ask the person at the door to come and identify it," Xiwang said.
"Waiting." The yamen servant weighed the letter in his hand, turned around and went back. After a while, he came over with a disciple of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion.
Menzi has been in Zhengyuan Hou Mansion for more than ten years. Hearing that he was the young man next to the prince, he hurriedly came over to check. Seeing his cheerful appearance, he hesitated. He had been to Jiangnan quite a lot, and Menzi didn't recognize him at all.
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"Uncle Chai, I am Xiwang. I followed the prince to Jiangnan to recuperate. Do you still remember me? I was naughty and broke your teapot Xiwang before." When he saw the old man, Xiwang stepped forward in surprise.
"Ah...oh, yes, yes, it's Xiwang, the Xiwang beside the Crown Prince." As soon as he said this, the old disciple immediately thought of it, and then he recognized Xiwang and said repeatedly.
The person was indeed right. The Yamen servant interrupted the two people's reminiscing unceremoniously and waved his hand to let the old disciple go back.
"My lord, you see, the young one is really close to the prince. The prince is seriously injured and cannot come back. Please be accommodating, sir, and let the young one go in and deliver a message to the madam, lest the madam think that our prince is unfilial..."
...We are going to...have to depose our crown prince." Xiwang wiped his tears and cried.
The wife of the Marquis of Zhengyuan is going to dethrone the crown prince of the Marquis of Zhengyuan? In the name of being unfilial? If these words had been said before, it might not have caused such a big reaction. At most, the wife was a little too much.
It's an exaggeration. Maybe the lady misses her grandson, so she deliberately talks too much. It's a bit inappropriate, but she won't think too much about it.
But now, everyone who heard this looked at each other.
The gatekeeper could not help but ask one more question: "I heard that Marquis Zhengyuan... is not the biological son of the Dowager Madam?"
"Yes, our Lord Marquis is not the wife's biological child." Xiwang said, wiping his tears.
"Do you know what happened in the mansion?" The Yamen servant pointed back at the plaque pointing to the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion.
"I don't know. I just came to Beijing. I'm afraid that if it's too late, my wife will... say that our prince is unfilial. Our prince is seriously injured. I don't know... I don't know if he can survive this time... Xiao... Xiao
After sending the letter, I have to go back and take care of our prince." Xiwang shook his head.
The spectators couldn't help but sigh. Prince Zhengyuan Hou didn't know that his biological mother and sister were dead, and he himself might not be alive now. If he suddenly knew the news, his life might be lost.
"Marquis Zhengyuan was a hero throughout his life, guarding the border for the country, and now...now..." Someone sighed in the crowd, which made more people feel sad.
"In this current situation, Prince Zhengyuan Hou, he still focuses on recuperating from illness." Someone said cryptically.
More people nodded. At this moment, even the yamen servant felt pity. Looking at Xiwang, his expression became much gentler: "You can leave this letter here with me. I will pass it in for you later. You go back to Jiangnan to take care of it."
Your prince, please wait until your prince is well before entering the capital!"
"Yes...yes, let's go back and take care of Prince Zhengyuan first."
"The health of Crown Prince Zhengyuan is important. Just send the letter to him."
"There is a carriage over there. You should get on the carriage and leave the capital first, and go directly back to Jiangnan. Prince Zhengyuan Hou needs to recover from his injuries now. We can wait until he recovers from his injuries to do anything else."
Passers-by spoke to each other one after another, but no one told Xiwang that Mrs. Zhengyuanhou and her daughter were no longer there. Although this was against human ethics, the funeral had been done now, and the Crown Prince of Zhengyuanhou would definitely not be able to catch up, so it was better to let him go.
He took good care of his injuries so as not to be overwhelmed when he heard the news.
"Something happened to the second room of the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. Now that you are under supervision, you can't see the wife of the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion now. You might as well go back early to serve your son. We can help deliver this letter." Another yamen servant.
come over.
"Ah...oh, okay." Xiwang looked confused.
"Let's go, let's go, there's a carriage over there." An enthusiastic passer-by came over and pulled Xiwang away. They all concealed what happened in Zhengyuan Hou Mansion.
There happened to be a carriage on the roadside, and a kind-hearted passerby even paid for Xiwang and asked the carriage to take Xiwang out of the city and return him directly to Jiangnan.
The carriage circled around, the coachman raised his whip slightly, and headed towards the city with a confused look on his face...
"The Crown Prince Zhengyuan is really pitiful. I heard he is only a ten-year-old child, right?"
"No, he's so young...and now he's alone."
"What do you mean by the wife of the Marquis of Zhengyuan Mansion? She's already like this... and she still wants to seize the title from a child?"
"I said I sent the letter before. At that time, Mrs. Zhengyuan Hou and the county prince had not yet had any trouble." The people watching the excitement were talking about it, but they paused at this point, and many people showed a bit of horror on their faces.
Someone pointed at Zhengyuanhou Mansion and stammered: "This... the Madam of Zhengyuanhou Mansion doesn't really think so, right?"
Not only that, but maybe even what happened to Mrs. Zhengyuanhou and the county prince was not an accident? There were some shocking things about the funeral of Zhengyuanhou Mansion. Could it be true?
Passers-by here are full of suspicions. The more they think about it, the more they feel that the affairs of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion are strange. If they guess some things that are difficult to guess, they can understand it in this direction.
This result shocked everyone...
I just lament that there are no other relatives in Zhengyuanhou's mansion who can make the decision. The only surviving son, Zhengyuanhou's son, is still alive and dead. This... If it is true, the second wife and the wife of Zhengyuanhou's mansion are cruel and ruthless, a little too cruel.
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Was the so-called assassination really an accident?
The yamen officer who received the letter turned around with the letter in hand, preparing to find the door just now to deliver it inside.
"Wait a moment." A guard stretched out his hand.
It was the bodyguard around Prince Qi. The yamen officer hesitated for a moment before handing the letter over. In the past few days, people around Prince Qi would come over from time to time to supervise. The superiors also asked them not to conflict with the people around Prince Qi.
The guard took the letter and stretched out his hand again.
The officer was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing and hurriedly handed over the jade pendant in his other hand.
"Leave this letter and the jade pendant with our prince until he reads it." The guard turned and left.
"This...this is..." The yamen servant stretched out his hand and wanted to speak to call the guard, but was stopped by another yamen servant.
"It would be nice for Prince Qi to see the letter and the jade pendant."
"But this..."
"Originally, the mission here was because of Prince Qi's affairs. As long as Prince Qi is satisfied, everything else is nothing."
The yamen servant who came from behind was obviously smarter, so he pulled the yamen servant from before and whispered.
Regarding the assassination of the Crown Prince of Qi, everyone felt that the Prince of Zhengyuan was innocent. Now it was just to satisfy the Crown Prince of Qi. If he was not satisfied, it was not certain when he would be able to come and go as he pleased from the Prince of Zhengyuan.
The order from the Ministry of Punishment is for them to cooperate with the people around Prince Qi to verify whether the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion is related to the assassin.
Since the Crown Prince of Qi wants to investigate this letter and the jade pendant, let him check it out.
Since there was no letter or jade pendant on the Yamen side, they just sent a disciple in to report.
After hearing the disciple's report, Mrs. Yu's expression changed drastically: "You...what did you say?"
"It is said that the prince was injured in an assassination and is still in Jiangnan and cannot come back. He said that he will return to Beijing as soon as he recovers from his injuries." Menzi said.
"Where is the person who reported the news?" Mrs. Yu asked in a low voice, covering her chest with her hand.
"He has already gone back. Passers-by helped him call a car back, saying that he wanted Xiwang to go back and serve the Crown Prince properly." Menzi had just seen it clearly, and naturally explained everything clearly.
"How outrageous, can such a big thing just rely on the words of a servant?" Mrs. Yu finally came to her senses, slammed the table hard and said sternly, "Why don't you bring him back?"
"Madam... I can't leave the house now." Menzi was also dumbfounded.
Mrs. Yu also thought of the situation in front of her house, and she was so angry that her mouth was full of smoke. She stamped her feet vigorously, knowing that this was not possible, and waved her hand to let the door go.
"Go and call the second master and the eldest son over." After calming down, Mrs. Yu ordered, her face turned livid. This was completely unexpected. Her grandson and son had not told her this before.
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Yu Zhongyang and Yu Shuxing arrived very quickly, and nothing happened if they were kept in the house. Yu Shuxing felt that everything was ready, and now he was waiting for the Ministry of Justice to come and inquire about Yu Chengxuan's affairs.
He faintly heard that someone seemed to be coming in front of the mansion, but he didn't pay attention. The father and son were still in the study room finalizing the next steps. Although the matter of Prince Qi's son was unexpected, it shouldn't be a big deal.
They really didn't know about the assassination of Prince Qi.
Who dares to get involved in this kind of thing?
The father and son came over and were puzzled when they saw the angry Mrs. Yu with a livid face. After first stepping forward and saluting, Yu Zhongyang said calmly: "Mother, has the news come from the Ministry of Punishment?"
The father and son were waiting for news from the Ministry of Punishment.