Master Fang wanted to go to Prince Linjiang to get some information, but Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu were at Prince Zheng's mansion.
He was naughty and unrestrained by nature, and even Emperor Longqing was very kind and indulgent to him, so it was not surprising that he went to find Prince Zheng, who was also a playboy and not very serious about his work.
Prince Zheng did not have much time to pay attention to him. He was discussing with the chief secretary of the palace about the birthday gift for Emperor Longqing. Although Emperor Longqing's birthday celebration could no longer be held due to the death of the third prince, the necessary formalities still had to be performed.
In addition, the Feng family has been released, and even for the sake of the Third Prince and Concubine Feng, we should send something there.
After these matters were discussed, they invited the monk Fu Lu to perform a ritual to help the third prince to transcend to the afterlife. After all, it was Emperor Longqing's only son who had died, and the other princely palaces had all done it, so naturally he had to do it as well.
After he finished his work and drank tea, Shen Chen smiled and looked at Chu Jingwu, and they both called him Uncle Wang.
King Zheng seemed a little impatient and waved his hand at them: "Why are you looking for me again?" He looked at Shen Chen in particular and said: "I still have the Feng family's closing statement to write. If you have nothing to do, don't make a fuss here."
Shen Chen didn't buy it. He was always thick-skinned. He poured a cup of tea for King Zheng and handed it to him. He asked him with a smile, "Uncle Wang, I just came to ask you for advice. If you tell me, I won't make a fuss."
Chu Jingwu also helped to drum up support from the side: "Zhu Fang died too easily..." Then he changed the subject and laughed: "Uncle Wang, An Qinghe, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was your lecturer. When he was a doctor in the Imperial College, he also served as your chief secretary... With this relationship, he will definitely reveal something to you, right?"
King Zheng paused while drinking his tea and asked expressionlessly, "So what?"
One always has to beat around the bush when talking to Uncle King Zheng. Chu Jingwu touched his nose and winked at Shen Chen, indicating that Shen Chen should speak.
Shen Chen waved his handsome fingers on the table, still smiling: "Just asking, how did Zhu Fang die?"
King Zheng stood up with his hands behind his back, looking as if he was going to ignore the two of them and leave.
Chu Jingwu sighed.
Even if it was because of the inexplicable assassination attempt before, their Linjiang Palace seemed to have an unspeakable tacit understanding with the Zheng Palace, but it was only a little bit, and it seemed difficult to have a further relationship.
But Shen Chen had already stood up and followed him out. He touched his chin and sighed again.
Shen Chen followed behind King Zheng. After they left the yard and stood under the big banyan tree outside, King Zheng stopped and asked him, "Just tell me. I promise not to cause you any trouble. Didn't we agree on this before..."
Prince Zheng stood still, glared at Shen Chen, thought for a moment and said, "The Ministry of Justice is full of people. An Qinghe only knows that the day before Zhu Fang died, the Right Assistant Minister Xue Ziming asked Zhu Fang to sign the case-closing document. Besides him, there are about 10 to 20 people in the Ministry of Justice who have contact with Zhu Fang and have talked to Zhu Fang. It's hard to investigate."
In other words, King Zheng also felt that Zhu Fang's death was not simple and wanted to investigate.
Shen Chen hummed and thanked him, then he heard King Zheng ask again: "What does this have to do with the Wei family? Why did you go to see Miss Wei Qi?"
Prince Zheng once helped Wei Qi out of trouble on Zhuque Street. Shen Chen looked up suddenly, thinking of his unusual concern for Wei Qi. After thinking carefully, he shook his head: "Wasn't Wei Qi always embarrassed by Cao Wen before? Everyone in the Wei family is in danger now. She wants to find out information but has nowhere to go, so she came to ask me."
King Zheng obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't say anything more. He waved his hand and told him to leave.
Shen Chen ran away, and Chu Jingwu followed him for a few steps. After he turned out of the Zheng Palace, he approached him and asked, "What did you find out?"
"I didn't get anything useful out of asking." He rubbed his brows and smiled in an ambiguous way, "But it's not completely useless."
At least King Zheng's concern for Wei An is strange no matter how you look at it.
These two people should have no connection at all, why does King Zheng seem to be so concerned about Wei Qi's affairs? And even if King Zheng revealed that Zhu Fang's death was not normal, it seemed that he did so because he knew that he had a close relationship with Wei Qi.
It seems that there are more and more mysteries about Wei Qi... ..
He waved his hand and told Xuesong: "Send a message to Aunt Wang and tell her I want to see Wei Qi."
But before he went to see Wei An, he had to first meet Han Feng, who was sent to investigate Wei Qi.
I almost forgot about this before.
Han Feng didn't dare to forget, and told Shen Chen everything he had found out.
He told Shen Chen with some confusion: "Miss Wei Qi used to be quite... quite unpopular, but she only changed her personality recently and became valued by Old Madam Wei."
He paused and said, "She may not be Princess Changning's biological daughter."
Shen Chen's eyebrows twitched, and his right eyelid jumped rapidly. A thought flashed through his mind, and it ran away so fast that he couldn't catch it in time. After a moment of silence, he asked him: "What do you mean?"
Han Feng has always been meticulous and cautious in his work. In addition, Shen Chen specifically asked him to investigate carefully, so he really investigated very carefully. He even checked the unusual frequency of the maids around Princess Changning coming to the capital this year.
"Mother Ge, who was with Princess Changning, came to the capital three or four times. The first time she came back to deliver festival gifts, Miss Wei Qi was falsely accused of stealing Miss Chen's jade ruyi from Puci Temple. The second time she came back, something went wrong with the Prince of Zhennan, who was supposed to be engaged to Miss Wei Qi. He had an affair with his cousin and refused to marry Miss Wei Qi. Because of this, Princess Zhennan and Prince Zhuang suffered a lot. Princess Zhennan asked to go to Puci Temple to pray for blessings for three years, and Prince Zhuang was sent to Jizhou to join the army..."
It was precisely because Nanny Ge returned to the capital city abnormally often, and every time she came back, Wei Qi got into trouble. In addition, Princess Zhennan strangely went to Puci Temple for meditation, that he felt something was wrong. After digging deeper, he unearthed such an incredible secret.
Wei Qi is not Princess Changning's child? !
Shen Chen frowned at first, then he felt it was natural.
There is no mother in this world who doesn't love her own children. Princess Changning's attitude towards Wei An was indeed too cold. Although she was not a good mother, she was very normal towards other children. Her coldness and disgust were obviously only directed at Wei An. She kept the others, such as Wei Yulong, by her side.
And if Wei An is not Princess Changning's child, then Princess Changning's cold attitude is understandable.