Fu Shen frowned slightly. He really didn't know about this. But he still thought that pushing too hard might cause Huan Yuan to rebel.
"Father, I think what Mr. Fu said is reasonable."
After all, they were father and son, so Zong Zhenglu had less scruples about what he said than Fu Shen.
"If Princess Ding'an cannot be stabilized at this time, Huan Yuan will definitely be dissatisfied."
Zong Zhengyuan nodded: "But the truth cannot be revealed in this case. How can I stabilize her?"
The hall fell into silence for a moment.
Fu Shen sighed almost inaudibly and replied: "At this time, His Royal Highness must be more anxious than us."
In this compartment, Huan Ci ran back angrily from the next door. As soon as he entered the hanging flower door, he saw Zong Zhengche standing on the platform.
"Your Highness is here for the Kiyuan case." Huan Ci asked bluntly.
"Let's go in and talk." Zong Zhengche looked around.
Huan Ci stopped A Yao who wanted to follow with his eyes, and followed him into the house alone.
Half an hour later——
Ayao sent Zong Zhengche off and hurried back to the room to see Huan Ci. At that time, she was staring at the banknotes on the table in a daze.
"Girl, what did he say?" Ayao looked at the pile of banknotes curiously.
"Put this money away first, and find an opportunity to return it to him later." Huan Ci ordered.
"Here, what are you doing, Your Highness?" Ayao frowned.
What did he mean by giving the money to the princess? A Yao intuitively felt that this was not appropriate.
Huan Ci thought the same way. According to what Zong Zhengche had just said, he couldn't solve the matter. Is this matter really deeply involved? Or maybe there was no evidence, and Zong Zhengyuan put pressure on him.
Before leaving, he left a sum of money and asked her to give it to the families of those people, and promised to give her an explanation in the future.
Huan Ci recalled what he said before leaving.
"Now that the war is tense, your father must be working hard day and night. At this time, it is better to put this matter aside and make a fuss about it when the time is right in the future."
Huan Ci sighed. He had to bow his head under the eaves. The case was tried by the prince and Fu Shen together. Now both of them said the case was closed, and she had no evidence, so what could she do to them?
Just when Huan Ci was frowning, a boy suddenly came running in.
Immediately afterwards, a eunuch walked in with a low eyebrow and whispered in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty has a decree to announce that Princess Ding'an will come to the palace to pay an audience."
Huan Ci's heart skipped a beat.
There was a prince before, and now he is an emperor. I am afraid these two people are trying to stabilize him. It seems that the matter is indeed not that simple.
Huan Ci stuffed him with a bag of broken silver, and then followed A Yao to dress up.
On the way into the palace, she chatted with the young eunuch named Lu Er for a long time, trying to get some useful words out of her, but she didn't dare to make it too obvious. In the end, she only asked about some things she already knew.
After walking for a long time, seeing the road ahead becoming more and more unfamiliar, Huan Ci was even more confused: "Aren't we going to see the emperor?"
"The Emperor is now in the Queen Mother's palace."
The Queen Mother? Huan Ci has never seen her before
The current Queen Mother, Ji Shunci, was the late emperor's biological mother and Zong Zhengche's biological grandmother. Zong Zhengyuan's biological mother, Concubine Hui, had passed away long ago, so there is only one Queen Mother in the palace now.
"The Queen Mother wants to see me?"
"When His Majesty issued the decree, the Queen Mother was standing by. She said she wanted to see what her future granddaughter-in-law would look like."
Huan Ci raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at him, but he was very worried in his heart.
She lost her mother when she was young. Although her father still had several concubines, he was not very old. She had no experience in getting along with female elders, let alone the Queen Mother.
After walking around for a while, the two finally arrived at the Queen Mother's palace. Huan Ci glanced at the remote and ordinary palace in front of him, always feeling a little surprised.
As soon as the little eunuch in front of the door saw her, he came up to her and said, "Princess, please go in quickly. Your Majesty is waiting inside."
Huan Ci curled his lips and Tingting walked in.
After bowing politely, she raised her head and looked at the person sitting in front of her.
The Queen Mother seems to be over fifty years old, and she is better taken care of than ordinary people. The Queen Mother has only two children in total, one is the late emperor, and the other is Princess Jiarou Zong Zhengtang.
"She is a beautiful girl." The Queen Mother smiled very kindly and waved to Huan Ci, "Come here and let the Ai family take a closer look."
She is already twenty-one years old, and I still call her girl.
Huan Ci forced himself to maintain a decent smile and walked to the Queen Mother's side.
"You have found a good granddaughter-in-law for the Ai family!" The Queen Mother took her hand and patted it, but her eyes moved towards Zong Zhengyuan.
"It's Che'er who likes her so much that she pestered me to grant him a hand in marriage. The Queen Mother should praise him for his good taste." Zong Zhengyuan looked at Huan Ci, without a trace of joy in his eyes.
"The Ai family knows," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "you are a good uncle and nephew, and you are a role model for the world."
"That's what the Queen Mother said." Zong Zhengyuan replied in a calm tone.
After looking at Huan Ci, he said again: "Ding'an, do you know why I called you here today?"
Huan Ci sneered in his heart and replied: "I know that Your Majesty asked me to enter the palace because of Kiyuan's case."
"Indeed." Zong Zhengyuan stared at her closely, "I know this sounds unbelievable, but it is true. Don't be too sad."
"My daughter was really surprised when I first heard it, but now I slowly accept it," Huan Ci said in a deep voice.
"As expected of Huan Yuan's daughter, she is more knowledgeable than ordinary people." Zong Zhengyuan said casually.
After a pause, he explained: "The doctor who ran away from the inn was caught. He said he saw the patient was out of breath and was afraid that he would have to pay for it, so he ran away. I also sent a police officer to check. At this time, it was indeed
It has nothing to do with him. After all, your subordinate was seriously injured at the time. I don’t think he can be entirely blamed for this. I just asked him to accompany him with some money. What do you think?"
That man is still alive, and Zong Zhengyuan has no intention of silencing him. This is very strange.
Huan Ci resisted the urge to raise his head and observe him, and said softly: "It all depends on your Majesty."
She had been chatting with Zong Zhengche for a long time before coming here, and now she has calmed down a lot. There is something that even Zong Zhengche can't do, so it is better to focus on the overall situation at this time and stop causing trouble to her father.
Seeing that she had no objection, Zong Zhengyuan gestured with his eyes to the eunuch standing aside. The eunuch hurriedly handed the tray he was holding to A Yao.
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Huan Ci looked at him puzzled.
"After all, it was my negligence that this happened. You take the money and distribute it to those people's families, as I wish." Zong Zhengyuan said softly.
Huan Ci quickly thanked him.
Since he is willing, she does not have to refuse. This is what they owe him.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, why not go back first so that we can talk." The Queen Mother spoke to Zong Zhengyuan at the right time.
Zong Zhengyuan glanced at Huan Ci and said respectfully: "In that case, I will go back first."
"Serve the Queen Mother well." He stood up and gave instructions to everyone in the room before slowly going out.