Zhou Bo failed to teach his son well and was reprimanded. Everyone in the capital, from the officials to the common people, saw this royal turmoil with their own eyes. They originally thought that the Queen's dethronement was the end.
However, she never thought that while Shen Yan was investigating Queen Zhou's parents' use of the victory-weary technique, she would find traces from the two of them that Zhou's murder of the late Pei Guogong was also related to them.
This is like poking a hornet's nest. The late Duke Pei had served in the army for many years and had a great reputation. He has always been the god of war respected by the people. His unexpected death at a young age also made the people and the army sad.
Before, everyone only knew that the late Duke Pei's successor, the Zhou family, was responsible for the trouble, but they did not expect that someone else from the Zhou family was actually involved. After Murong Zhao learned about this, he had only one order: to investigate thoroughly!
So after Queen Zhou was deposed, Shen Yan continued to investigate the Zhou family. The truth emerged day by day. From the moment the Queen was deposed, everyone in the capital was paying attention to the development of the matter. Shen Yan investigated layer by layer. I went down and found an imperial edict from the late emperor in Zhou Bo.
As well as the letters between the late emperor and Zhou Bo, it is described in detail that the late emperor promised that if the Zhou family succeeded in getting Pei Guogong to die in battle and Pei Xuan could not inherit the Duke's palace, he would make Zhou Bo the auxiliary minister after his death and let him Zhou Bo's granddaughter became the empress who trusted the emperor.
The details of the transactions are clear and complete. The Zhou family did not successfully murder Pei Xuan. However, in order to fear that the Zhou family would expose her murder of meritorious ministers and descendants, the late emperor still decreed that Zhou Bo's granddaughter should become the next queen.
The information in this was supposed to be a secret, but unfortunately, when the house was searched that day, countless people gathered around, and one of them actually saw the exchange of these letters, so the news soon spread in the capital.
"My lord, your majesty said that he will be waiting for you, so just go to the palace and have a look!" When the news came out, the city was filled with uproar. The eunuchs next to Murong Zhao in the palace knelt in the palace of Pei Guogong, begging Pei Xuan to come forward.
The only people who responded to him were closed doors and silence. Seeing that no one responded, the eunuch could only continue to kneel and plead.
"Finally..." Su Tang stood in the pavilion at Princess Qinghe's Mansion next to Duke Pei's Mansion, looking at the full moon in the sky, and whispered.
'The beautiful Twoleg is very sad, won't the master go and see him? The orange cat was lying on the stone table next to him. Although the distance was far away, the orange cat could feel Pei Xuan's emotions specifically.
'No, this is a matter between their brothers, let them resolve it themselves! 'It is impossible not to be sad. When all the truth is revealed, whether the brothers Murong Zhao and Pei Xuan are as innocent as before, or they can only be ordinary monarchs and ministers.
The choice lies with two people, and she is just an outsider.
When the orange cat saw Su Tang thinking like this, he moved his ears and became quiet and didn't speak.
And just as night fell and the night got darker and darker, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the street in front of Duke Pei's Mansion. A man in plain clothes got to the door of Duke Pei's Mansion, got off his horse, and walked in directly.
When the gatekeepers saw the visitor, they all knelt on the ground. Then when they saw him, they entered Duke Pei's mansion and rushed to Pei Xuan's yard.
Duke Pei's mansion is very big. Even after both Duke Pei and Princess Mingxi passed away, Pei Xuan inherited the mansion but still did not move out of her previous yard. She still lived in her own small yard in the past few years. It seemed like this. It was as if Duke Pei and Princess Mingxi hadn't left yet, he was still the innocent little prince who didn't know much about the world.
(End of chapter)