Chapter 268:
Chen Zishu bowed and said: "Your Highness expected it to be true. The Xie family was secretly rescued by Qi Mingrui. She has been living in a place called Lijiacun on the outskirts of Beijing these years. She and Qi Shizi also lived there together. The eldest son he gave birth to was the grandson of Qi who drowned at an early age."
Wei Hanzhang's pupils gradually widened, why did she not understand.
It took a long while before she figured out the meaning of her words.
It is a lie that Qi Mingrui's legitimate wife committed suicide. In fact, she is still alive and hiding in a village on the outskirts of Beijing.
Their eldest son, the eldest grandson of the Qi family who was lamented by many people and died young, actually also faked his death. He is still alive, but has lost his noble status and lives in the countryside incognito.
Wei Hanzhang returned to Beijing less than a year ago, but he also heard that the eldest princess could not tolerate the legitimate son of the first wife in front of the consort, and planned to kill him.
Even if no one is talking about it on the surface, justice is in the hearts of the people. I don’t know how many people are scolding this royal princess for acting cruelly.
But in fact, Princess Changle has indeed been wronged these days?
The child is not dead and has returned to his mother. You don’t need to think too much to know that Qi Mingrui must have done this.
What on earth does he want to do?
In the main hall, no one interrupted. Chen Zishu's words paused for a while and then continued.
"After Wei Chen found out where Xie's daughter lived, he led the troops to arrest her..." He sighed softly: "We were a step late when we got there. When we got there, Xie's daughter had already taken poison with her parents and grandchildren. She died, leaving only a blood letter explaining what she had done for so many years."
He took out a folded piece of rice paper from his sleeves with both hands, and you could faintly see the red blood stains on it.
Ning Hai took it with both hands and presented it to Xiao Junzhan's imperial case.
Xiao Junzhan had no intention of reading through it. He only glanced down and asked, "What has she done?"
Chen Zishu bowed and replied: "The death of Princess Changle's youngest son was Xie's handiwork."
Not only Xiao Junzhan, but also Wei Hanzhang had expected this and was not surprised at all when he heard it.
Wei Hanzhang was curious about what role Qi Mingrui played in it. Even if Hu Du doesn't eat his children, he may hate Princess Changle for leaving his wife and children, but why should the young son be so blameless? Why should the adult's grudges involve the child.
Unexpectedly, what Chen Zizhu said next was really shocking.
He said: "The blood letter left by Xie clearly states that Princess Changle has a son and a daughter. Except for the eldest daughter's father, who is in doubt, the father of the younger son is definitely not Qi Mingrui, but a secret guard around Qi Mingrui."
Wei Hanzhang's pupils gradually dilated when he heard this, and even the melon in his hand no longer smelled good.
Princess Changle is not infatuated with Prince Qi, how could she...
Xiao Junzhan also frowned slightly, and finally looked through the blood book at hand.
Xing Xing looked over, his face getting darker and darker.
When he finally finished reading, he looked up and saw his little girl looking at him eagerly. He looked at her helplessly, handed over the blood book in his hand, and said, "Let's take a look."
Wei Hanzhang took it unceremoniously and read it carefully.
While she was reading the blood book, Xiao Junzhan waited very patiently. The three courtiers in the palace naturally became quiet, and they all lowered their heads and did not speak.
Only Xiao Junzhan’s eyes fell on her face. He looked at her with eyes filled with surprise for a while, and sighing for a while.
Looking at him, the expression on his face softened unconsciously.
No matter what those people were planning behind their backs, she was still sitting in front of him.
This is God's mercy. (End of chapter)