Chapter 481: Past Events

Qin Guang's words made Jiang Lin and Qin Xiangnuan stare at him. It seemed that Qin Guang not only knew the hidden secrets about the Ninth Prince, but he might even be a participant in it.

"Dad, did you see the Ninth Prince later?" Qin Xiangnuan asked.

Qin Guang turned to Qin Xiangnuan and said, "No, I haven't met him very often. I heard a lot about him from other people."

"Then this Ninth Prince is really mysterious enough. No wonder he can have such a powerful force so quietly." Qin Xiangnuan sighed.

Qin Guang sighed, "I never thought that he would be involved in all this."

"I'm a stranger to the Ninth Prince, but I'm familiar with his mother. However, later on..." Qin Guang paused and shook his head. "It's all fate!"

Jiang Lin asked several questions about the Ninth Prince's mother. Qin Guang fell into memories and talked about those things that should have been forgotten but were now unusually clear.

"That happened more than ten years ago. The ninth prince's mother was the emperor's favorite concubine at the time, Concubine Zhen." Qin Guang said, with a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth from time to time.

"Not only is Concubine Zhen favored by the Emperor, she also has a good relationship with the other concubines in the harem. In short, no one is openly targeting her, and it seems that they all have a close relationship with each other."

Qin Xiangnuan turned to Jiang Lin when she heard this. This was not what she had guessed before, but...

Qin Guang also said that it was only the methods that happened on the surface that were the most deadly.

As expected, Qin Guang continued, “When Concubine Zhen’s fame was about to die down, the Emperor suddenly received a secret letter from an unknown source.

"Is it detrimental to Concubine Zhen?" Jiang Lin listened carefully and made guesses.

Qin Guang nodded. "That's right! But in my opinion, this letter is pure nonsense. The slander against Concubine Zhen is completely fabricated."

"But the emperor believed it." Jiang Lin said with a sneer. He could even imagine what kind of expression would appear on the emperor's face.

Qin Xiangnuan shrugged, becoming curious about the contents of the letter.

Qin Guang also quickly answered her question.

"At the time, I thought it was a little strange. After receiving the letter, the emperor only summoned me and ordered me to investigate Concubine Zhen and see who in the palace she had an affair with."

"It's indeed strange." Jiang Lin narrowed his eyes. "The Emperor has so many trusted people around him, why would he let you, General, check for information?"

"I couldn't figure it out before," Qin Guang laughed sarcastically. "Later, when I found out that Concubine Zhen might have had connections with his close associates, I finally understood the emperor's intentions."

"General Qin has been fighting outside for many years and is not familiar with the various forces in the court. He is also loyal. At that time, there was indeed no one more suitable than the general." Jiang Lin said.

Qin Guang nodded. "You're right, but my investigation went a little too smoothly. I always felt something was amiss. I was trying to find out the truth, and during that time, my interactions with Concubine Zhen increased."

"Dad, was that when he first met Concubine Zhen?" Qin Xiangnuan asked.

"Yes, for the purpose of investigation, I was secretly in contact with Zhenfei, and found that she was really an excellent person, so I felt more and more that she was slandered." Qin Guang said as he recalled his thoughts at that time, his face full of anger.

"I wanted to spend more time investigating and find out the truth, but I don't know why the emperor knew the result that was obviously guided and asked me to stop participating in this matter." Qin Guang said with a hint of regret.

"Actually..." Qin Guang lowered his eyes, "If I had persisted a little longer, perhaps Concubine Zhen would not have passed away so early."

Qin Xiangnuan suddenly smelled an unusual scent from it, frowned and asked, "Dad, did the Ninth Prince see you at that time?"

Qin Guang raised his eyelids, looked at Qin Xiangnuan and said yes.

"Things are getting a little bad." Qin Xiangnuan knew who the Ninth Prince would target next. "Dad, the Ninth Prince must think you're the murderer of his mother."

"No!" Jiang Lin said, "This is too strange."

Qin Guang shifted his gaze from Qin Xiangnuan's worry, glanced at Jiang Lin, and gave a wry smile, "This whole thing was completely absurd from beginning to end, and there were strange things going on everywhere. It's just that we were in the middle of it at the time and didn't realize it."

"Nuannuan, let's put aside the issue you just mentioned." Jiang Lin said to Qin Xiangnuan.

Qin Xiangnuan frowned and nodded. Her conclusion was a bit hasty. Since the Ninth Prince was very smart at that time, she believed that the Ninth Prince would not be stupid when he grew up.

The other party had been planning this for so long that they must have already distinguished between friends and foes and would not have mistakenly thought that Qin Guang was the murderer of Concubine Zhen.

So, Qin Xiangnuan listened to Jiang Lin's analysis.

"Didn't the Emperor ever doubt the Ninth Prince's identity?" Jiang Lin asked. "I remember that after Concubine Zhen passed away, the Emperor also…"

"Bring him to your side, right?" Qin Guang interrupted Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin nodded, "Exactly, this is unreasonable."

Qin Guang laughed, "You underestimate the emperor. He did it on purpose."

Jiang Lin and Qin Xiangnuan were both shocked. They only heard Qin Guang say, "People in high positions are always suspicious. From the moment he became suspicious of Concubine Zhen, he was already suspicious of the Ninth Prince."

"As expected, he is the emperor. He can endure what ordinary people cannot endure." Qin Xiangnuan mocked.

Qin Guang curled his lips and said, "You're wrong. The Emperor is the most intolerable. He and the Ninth Prince had a blood test to prove that the Ninth Prince is his son, but so what? He only saved the Ninth Prince's life."

Qin Xiangnuan didn't understand the logic, but Jiang Lin reacted quickly.

"If Concubine Zhen has an affair with someone else, it would bring shame to the emperor. So what if he is his own son? It would only annoy him if he saw it." Jiang Lin said this in an extremely cold tone, which showed that he was extremely dissatisfied with and disgusted with the emperor's behavior.

"That's right," Qin Guang said, "but he is the emperor, and few people know the true cause of Concubine Zhen's death. To avoid suspicion, the emperor still maintains the illusion of favoring the Ninth Prince, thus preventing others from investigating."

"Very shrewd and calculating." Qin Xiangnuan commented.

On this basis, Qin Xiangnuan had a reasonable guess about the Ninth Prince falling into the water.

"Could it be that the Ninth Prince was pushed into this situation by the Emperor?" Qin Xiangnuan said slowly, but she herself couldn't believe it.

Jiang Lin's eyes widened for a moment when he heard this, and then he sneered, "It seems like something he can do."

But all of this is just their guess. Perhaps only the Ninth Prince knows what really happened.

However, Qin Xiangnuan believed that their guess was almost correct, otherwise the Ninth Prince would not have pretended to be stupid and plotted so many things. Obviously, everything had a traceable path.