That night, with the joint efforts of Wei Ya and Shen Xihe, the mourning hall caught fire and the coffin was burned. Shen Xihe also hurriedly buried the ashes on the pretext of war, so that the funeral that the people had been looking forward to ended hastily and no one could find any mistakes.
After the burial, Shen Xihe returned to the mansion. When she passed the corridor leading to the inner courtyard, she saw Xiao Changfeng standing in the middle. She walked slowly forward with a plain white shawl on her arm, but Xiao Changfeng did not make way.
He clasped his fists and bowed to Shen Xihe: "Your Highness, Crown Princess, is the King of the Northwest really dead?"
Before the fire in the mourning hall, Xiao Changfeng actually never suspected that Shen Yueshan had faked his death, because when Shen Yueshan was rescued that day, he consulted all the doctors in the city, and none of them thought that Shen Yueshan could be saved. What kind of medical skills must he have to deceive so many doctors of different levels of medical skills
Shen Yueshan was sent back to the northwest. The reactions of everyone, including Shen Yun'an, could not be false. Xiao Changfeng was even more convinced that Shen Yueshan was really dead, which was why he wrote a letter to His Majesty with such determination.
His Majesty sent Pei Zhan. Pei Zhan had just arrived in the northwest when Shen Yun'an disappeared. Shen Yun'an's disappearance planted the seeds of suspicion in Xiao Changfeng's heart. The series of events that happened afterwards were so close that it left people no chance to breathe, yet they were reasonable.
On the night before Shen Yueshan's funeral, a fire broke out in the mourning hall, burning down a house in the Northwest Palace.
With so many people in the Northwest Palace, how did the fire start? Why was the fire not put out in time? These are all too suspicious.
"What does King Xun mean?" Shen Xihe turned his head and looked at Xiao Changfeng indifferently.
"I suspect that the King of the Northwest is faking his death." Xiao Changfeng sneered, "If I spread this news now, the people of the Northwest will certainly be angry and disbelieve it, because the Crown Princess and the King of the Northwest are deeply loved by the people in the Northwest. You are their patron saints and their beliefs, and they believe in your words without a doubt.
But the King of the Northwest is indeed not dead and will always come back. As much as they hate me for slandering and spreading rumors now, when the King of the Northwest’s fake death is exposed, they will blame themselves for their stupidity. I wonder if they will still be so united in the future and worship the King of the Northwest as a god
Also, if I let someone spread this rumor, someone will definitely come to the palace to ask the Crown Princess for confirmation. I wonder if the Crown Princess will avoid these people who firmly believe in the Northwest Palace, or lie to the end?"
Avoiding the truth means you are guilty, and deceiving to the end will backfire.
Xiao Changfeng's aggressive pressure made Shen Xihe Yaran smile. She raised her eyes and raised her chin slightly, showing her arrogance: "Lord Xun, I might as well tell you that my father is indeed not dead. Not only that, my brother has never been missing."
Facing Xiao Changfeng's doubtful eyes, Shen Xihe appeared even more calm and composed: "You can try your method and see if my father returns from fake death. Will the people feel fooled and complain about my Shen family's control of the northwest, and shake the prestige of my father and brother!"
What reason could make the people forgive Shen Yueshan for faking his death, especially when it caused the Turkic invasion
Xiao Changfeng thought about it and understood: "Geng Liangcheng is your Majesty's man!"
Shen Xihe's pink lips blossomed like flowers, and her eyes were bright. "Yes, it's a pity that His Majesty didn't trust you and didn't tell you earlier. If you had known that Geng Liangcheng was His Majesty's man, you would have seen through everything."