At this moment, Wei An was sitting calmly in the flower hall, looking at a pair of black boots exposed behind a screen, and asked calmly: "Excuse me, when did he disappear?"
Ying Kai had already led a team here yesterday. After hearing that she was also in the mansion, he did not harass the people in the mansion, nor did he make much noise. He just went to the study under the leadership of the housekeeper and moved a lot of things away.
Then they left, until dawn today, when he once again swarmed into Prince Zheng's Palace with a dozen Jinyiwei.
This time they had to go into the inner courtyard because Wei An was there. For the sake of Young Master Lin and Shen Chen, Ying Kai specially asked the housekeeper to go into the inner courtyard to inform Wei An first, in order to give Wei An enough time to react so that she could arrange the affairs of the inner courtyard.
The room was extremely quiet. After a while, the pair of boots moved a few steps outside, and then a restrained voice rang out: "Princess, I will tell you the truth. This matter is too big, even the Third Young Master can't do anything. The emperor didn't let him supervise the case, probably because of your relationship with him..."
The implication in the words was already very obvious at this point. Wei An frowned and felt his head buzzing.
Originally, King Zheng had already passed Jin and was about to return to the capital with Wei Yangqing and others, but now something happened on the way.
It is both Jingxi and Jin.
What a coincidence, Xie Liangcheng had previously taken on a convoy mission in Jingxi and something happened and he disappeared. The Xie family's communication channels in Jingxi were cut off, and they had no way to get out.
King Zheng is still in trouble in Jin.
How could such a coincidence happen
She raised the corners of her mouth, but the smile did not reach her eyes at all. Her eyes were cold and she looked at the screen. She said softly but firmly: "I know your difficulties. I also know that this must be a big deal, otherwise you would not come to my house twice, but you didn't arrest anyone..."
Ying Kai heaved a sigh of relief and lowered his head to look at his toes. He inadvertently saw a pair of embroidered shoes sticking out from behind the screen. There were a few scattered butterflies embroidered on the shoes. The embroidery was exquisite and they looked like they were about to flap their wings and fly.
He quickly looked away and answered Wei An seriously: "Princess, it's good that you know... The prince was fine, but he suddenly disappeared when the incident happened. This is indeed something that easily arouses suspicion..."
A landslide broke out in Shanxi, and many people were crushed to death. Because the government handled it improperly and concealed the truth, the people were very upset.
Bandits in some places took the opportunity to incite public anger and soon gathered a group of mobs.
After reporting the matter to the cabinet, Jiang Zining ordered Shandong Governor Li Yu and others to send troops to directly eliminate the bandits and appease the people.
And there are plans to hold those officials in Shanxi accountable.
Dongchang Prefecture had just replaced a large number of officials because of the Shen Chen incident. Officials in Shanxi couldn't help but feel insecure, and the whole city was in an uproar for a while.
And at this critical moment, King Zheng disappeared there.
Carrying with them the public opinion, the mob charged forward with unstoppable force and captured many places.
Because of this, many people joined the rebellion either out of compulsion or obedience.
The fact that King Zheng disappeared there this time is really worth thinking about.
Ying Kai coughed and told Wei An the truth about the situation in Shandong: "Princess, this is indeed not a trivial matter. The situation in Shandong is not very good now. This is because the cabinet suppressed this matter. Although it was reported to the emperor, the situation was made much simpler. However, the disappearance of the prince can no longer be reported. As soon as the cabinet reported it, the emperor was furious and ordered Shandong to conduct a strict investigation into the whereabouts of Prince Zheng..."
However, since someone has the ability to make King Zheng disappear, of course it is also possible to prevent the court from finding out anything.
Anyway, Shandong was already in chaos, and many information channels with the capital were cut off, so there was no news.
After a while, when King Zheng sends back news again, I am afraid that he will have died fighting against the bandits, or he will have rebelled and been killed by the imperial army.
Xue Changshi is really capable.
I underestimated them before.
Their deadly moves came one after another. Before one thing was resolved, another net would quickly cover their heads. Every step was full of murderous intent, and every step was intended to destroy them from all hope.
Wei An raised his eyebrows, and waited until Ying Kai finished speaking before coughing softly, "So, the emperor suddenly asked you to search Prince Zheng's mansion, and he came twice. Someone must have said something, and he must have known some news, so he asked you to come, right?"
Ying Kai coughed. Seeing Wei An's straightforward words, he thought about Third Young Master Lin, then thought about Shen Chen and the others, and said directly: "I heard that it was... Wang Chong who submitted the memorial."
Wang Chong
Wei An thought about it carefully and felt that he had no impression of him. After a moment of silence across the screen, he asked, "Who is he?"
"When he was the editor of the Imperial Academy, Lord Xu was their chief priest." After coughing, Ying Kai continued.
"If I'm not mistaken, this incident should have been fueled by Elder Xu."
It seems that Lord Xu really believed what those people said. He thought that the Wei family, the Zheng Palace and Shen Chen were all involved in the kidnapping of his granddaughter, and regarded them as enemies.
Wei An hummed and asked, "Didn't you find anything from the things that were taken away yesterday?"
Ying Kai nodded, thinking that she probably couldn't see it, and quickly agreed: "I heard that the prince has another inner study in the inner courtyard, so Lord Xu ordered us to go there again."
Nothing was found in the outer study the first time, but something was found in the inner study the second time. This shows that King Zheng was cautious in his work. If he really found something, it would be more credible.
The person behind this is really scheming.
Thinking of the incense in the room when Princess Zheng gave birth last night, Wei An's heart skipped a beat and he quickly stood up: "Bring some people with me and come in."
Ying Kai didn't react for a moment, but when he did, he quickly agreed, then looked at Wei An and asked her, "Princess, do you want someone to tidy it up?"
He was afraid that something would really be found out, so he talked so much to Wei An here, wanting to give Wei An time to react. But seeing that Wei An had not given any instructions and was now taking him in directly, he couldn't help but ask a question.
Wei An smiled, the smile on his face was even more indifferent than before, and he shook his head without hesitation: "No need, wait a minute, I will have someone give the order now, and you just follow me." (To be continued)