At this moment, she felt a warm hand falling on her shoulder. When Shen Qingwan looked up, she met Fu Yuheng's eyes. There were complex emotions in his eyes that made her a little confused.
"Forget it. If you want to check, go ahead!" There was a hint of doting in his words, as well as a hint of relief.
"Your Majesty..." Shen Qingwan came back to her senses and looked at the person in front of her in confusion. This time she really couldn't guess what was in his mind.
In response, he just smiled gently and said, "This matter is my fault. Now it is time to give an explanation to the Wu family, and also to myself." The last sentence was almost a murmur, but Shen Qingwan was close to him, so she could still hear what he said clearly.
I'm afraid that after that, he has been thinking about this matter all the time, just like the sound of Wu Ling's piano at night, lingering in his mind.
"I will never let the emperor down." Shen Qingwan clenched her fists, and a hint of determination flashed in her eyes. It was her promise to him, and also her promise to Wu Ling.
"Yeah." Having said what needed to be said, the rest of the words seemed somewhat insignificant. Fu Yuheng responded indifferently, straightened his clothes, and left alone.
Shen Qingwan looked at his back and felt for the first time that he was actually lonely, so lonely that it made her feel distressed. He was so close to her, and yet seemed so far away.
He chuckled in his heart. When did she care about him so much? Then he tapped his forehead, trying to put this absurd thought behind him, or clear it from his head. However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the back was too eye-catching, so that he could not forget it.
With Fu Yuheng's consent, she began to investigate. Fortunately, many people knew about the Wu family's affairs at the time, so the investigation was convenient.
On the contrary, everything was in order on Shen Qingwan's side, but it was a mess at Prime Minister Liu's mansion.
On the one hand, she was happy because Fu Huaiyu had made great contributions in controlling the flood in the south of the Yangtze River a few days ago, and thus his weight in front of the emperor had increased. On the other hand, she was panicked when she heard that Shen Qingwan wanted to investigate the incident of the Wu family.
"Master, please calm down first. Perhaps things are not that bad. After all, she is just a girl. As long as we do things properly, what can she find out?" Madam Liu's words made Prime Minister Liu, who had been pacing anxiously in the yard, gradually stop, and his eyes finally emitted a sinister light.
Haha, I was almost thrown into disarray by this little bitch. She is really as difficult to deal with as her father.
Prime Minister Liu sneered in his heart, obviously confirming what Madam Liu said.
"Humph, Madam, you have a point. She is just a little girl. I want to see what she can do in this capital!" He raised his hand and threw a cup to the ground. "If she can't find out anything this time, the fate of this cup will be her fate in the future."
His eyes were like those of a poisonous snake, making people feel creepy even in broad daylight.
At this time, Shen Qingwan still didn't know, she was just extremely worried about the direction of her investigation.
At the time, the incident involving Shangshu Wu involved too many people, and many ministers were implicated, including Prime Minister Liu and Liu Tan, who has now succeeded Shangshu Wu.
The clues were all in a tangle and couldn't be sorted out for a while.
"Your Majesty, please make sure to rest and don't hurt yourself while investigating this matter." Seeing her sad face, Lianyun also felt a little worried. Her Majesty was like this. Once something happened, she would completely ignore her body and sometimes even neglected three meals a day.
I poured a glass of water and adjusted the temperature to avoid burning my tongue from being too engrossed as I did before.
As expected, Lianyun had just put the cup on the table when Shen Qingwan picked up the cup and put it directly to her lips without even looking at it.
Lianyun felt fortunate when she saw this. Sometimes she really didn't know whether to say that her queen was confused or smart.
Shen Qingwan was busy organizing her thoughts and writing and drawing on a piece of rice paper. She had no idea what Lianyun was thinking until there was a knock on the door. She then stopped writing.
"Lianyun, go and take a look." He rubbed his aching eyes, stretched his body, and then looked towards the door.
Lianyun responded helplessly and went to open the door, but when she saw the person outside, she felt even more helpless.
"My lady, a servant is here to report the clues he just found."
Before Lian her words fell, the person in the room suddenly widened his eyes, then stood up from the chair, and trotted to the door, completely forgetting his own identity until he saw the helpless look of his personal maid. Only then did he realize that as a queen in the palace, he could not be so reckless.
After adjusting his state, he asked the person outside the door, "Did you find anything?"
The servant was a little flustered when he saw her like this, perhaps because he was frightened by his anxious look.
"It's okay, just tell me." What Shen Qingwan cared about most at this moment was the results of his investigation. As for anything else, she didn't care.
"In reply to Your Majesty, I found out that before Minister Wu was found to have committed corruption, Prime Minister Liu and the current Minister Liu had a very close relationship, and it seemed that Minister Wu was mentioned in their conversation." At this point, she seemed to be speaking a little anxiously and coughed a few times. Then Shen Qingwan asked Lianyun to pour him some water.
After taking a few sips of water, he continued, "It is said that one of Minister Liu's nieces married Minister Wu as a concubine. Now Minister Wu has been caught and has disappeared since he embezzled money."
Shen Qingwan heard this and began to think. Who could say that the concubine's disappearance had nothing to do with the case? This might be an important clue, but she hadn't figured out why Prime Minister Liu and Shangshu Liu were so close.
He nodded to the servant, and the servant understood and left.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go and ask Concubine Shu? Maybe she knows something." Lianyun thought for a while and said as if she suddenly remembered something.
When Shen Qingwan heard this, she suddenly realized that there was a member of the Wu family here. Or if anyone else knew more about the Wu family, she was probably the only one left.
Without further ado, Shen Qingwan put on a cloak and walked towards Wu Ling's yard.
Lianyun slapped her forehead when she saw this, and hurriedly chased after him. It was really unbelievable that he actually left her behind. She really didn't know why the queen was so anxious. She could only smile helplessly at her queen's personality. As a servant, she was really worried.