The third young master of the Suchang Marquis's mansion fainted, so I couldn't ask him any more questions. The Prince of Yanping and Lu Cheng had to patrol the city, so I took my leave.

Shen Wan lowered the carriage curtain, and the servant drove the carriage back to the mansion.

As they were nearing the Ling Prince's residence, Xie Jingyan rode up on horseback. It was just one street from the residence, so he didn't get into the carriage.

Upon returning to the Ling Prince's residence, Xie Jingyan dismounted and helped Chen Wan down.

Shen Wan told Xie Jingyan what the third young master of the Su Chang Marquis's mansion had said on the street, and then asked, "Should we perform an autopsy on Consort Mei?"

Consort Mei has been dead for seven years. Unlike Consort Chen, whose body was well preserved by being hidden in an ice cellar by Prince Cheng, Consort Mei was buried in the imperial mausoleum. After so many years, she is probably just a skeleton by now.

They might not find anything, and even to perform an autopsy on Consort Mei, they would need the Emperor's permission.

But Xie Jingyan has been investigating Consort Chen's case for so many years without any leads. Now that a lead has come to him, how can he not give it a try?

He vaguely remembered that Consort Mei was Empress Wei's person and followed Empress Wei's lead in the palace. If his mother's death was really related to Empress Wei, it would be normal for Consort Mei to be silenced by Empress Wei if she knew some inside information.

But before he could try, he needed to figure out the intentions of the third young master of the Suchang Marquis's mansion...

Xie Jingyan instructed Chen Feng, "Go and investigate the third young master of the Suchang Marquis's mansion."

Chen Feng accepted the order and went to carry it out.

Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan returned to Moyuxuan. Shen Wan played with the children, while Xie Jingyan went to the study. There were so many memorials to review. Seeing the pile of memorials, Xie Jingyan really regretted agreeing to help the emperor review them.

But the words have already been spoken, so there's nothing left to do but accept it.

Xie Jingyan picked up the memorial and began to read it.

When it was lunchtime, the maid brought in the food and then went to invite Xie Jingyan. Shen Wan waited for a full half-cup of tea before Xie Jingyan returned.

Shen Wan looked at him, "You didn't turn down those memorials?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Without even reading the memorials, Father Emperor is about to issue an edict to establish me as Crown Prince."

Shen Wan, “…???”

Isn't this a win-win situation?

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan blankly. Xie Jingyan said, "You want to move into the palace now?"

Shen Wan thought for a moment and then shook her head decisively.

She had been in the palace and knew how difficult it was to leave. The Crown Princess was a little better off, but once she became Empress, she could only leave the palace once or twice a year.

Once she moves into the palace, it will be inconvenient for her to see her father and elder brother, and it will be even more difficult to see the Yun family.

Shen Wan instantly understood Xie Jingyan's meaning. Since no one could fight against them, they should move into the palace as late as possible.

Shen Wan said, "Wouldn't that mean you'd have to read so many memorials?"

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan with a tired expression, "I'm really exhausted, so how are you going to make it up to me?"

Shen Wan, "..."

That bastard!

She shouldn't have felt sorry for him because he was tired from reading the memorials.

The Emperor should send more people to deliver memorials.

If he doesn't fill his mind with important matters of the court, all he thinks about is tormenting her.

Shen Wan glared at Xie Jingyan, then ate her food in silence, ignoring him.

However, it is impossible for it not to exist. After lunch, Shen Wan was called to the study by Xie Jingyan to grind ink for him, and the ink was ground until it was thick.

Seeing Xie Jingyan carefully reviewing the memorials, Shen Wan believed that if he became emperor in the future, he would definitely be a wise ruler.

However, the Emperor is in his prime, and Shen Wan hopes that he can live to be a hundred years old so that they can stay outside the palace for a few more years.

Feeling sleepy, Shen Wan prepared to go back to her room to sleep. Just as she was about to leave, there was a knock on the window. Chen Feng, who had gone to investigate the third young master of the Su Chang Marquis's mansion, had returned.

Shen Wan wanted to hear the shocking words of the Third Young Master Mei of the Suchang Marquis's Mansion about "exterminating his nine generations of relatives," so she didn't go back.

Chen Feng came in just as Xie Jingyan finished reviewing a memorial. He asked, "Did you find anything?"

Chen Feng said, "I went to the city patrol office first, and the Duke of Suchang went to bail him out. Things were fine at the city patrol office, but as soon as we came out, he slapped Young Master Mei so hard that his mouth bled. When we returned to the Duke of Suchang's residence, his wife fanned the flames, and the Duke of Suchang punished Young Master Mei by making him kneel in the ancestral hall..."

These two sentences alone were enough to make Shen Wan angry.

Young Master Mei accidentally bumped into a waiter at the restaurant, spilling soup on the son of the Marquis of Anding. But it wasn't intentional. Why be so cruel to his own son?

However, that wasn't the worst part. During his trip to the Su Chang Marquis's residence, Chen Feng heard quite a few things from the gossipy maids and servants.

It's no wonder that Young Master Mei wanted to exterminate his entire family. The Su Chang Marquis's mansion never treated him like a human being. Young Master Mei's mother was a maid who came with the Su Chang Marquis's wife as part of her dowry. She was forced into bed by the Su Chang Marquis while drunk and became pregnant with him. The maid knew that the Su Chang Marquis's wife was intolerant of any wrongdoing, so she dared not complain about being bullied by the Su Chang Marquis. However, the child in her belly grew bigger day by day, and she could no longer hide it. In the end, the truth could not be concealed.

Lady Suchang was convinced that the maid had seduced the Duke of Suchang, but in order to show her virtue and magnanimity, she still promoted the maid to concubine. She treated her kindly on the surface, but tormented her behind her back. Young Master Mei's concubine suffered a lot in those years. In the end, she was falsely accused of stealing Lady Suchang's hairpin and was beaten to death.

Young Master Mei was intelligent and quick-witted, but the smarter he was, the more Madam Suchang regarded him as a thorn in her side. Madam Suchang instigated her husband to teach him a lesson, and kneeling in the ancestral hall as punishment was commonplace. For several years, he was even sent to the estate to suffer all kinds of humiliation from the servants there.

Since birth, apart from his aunt, Young Master Mei has never felt any kindness from others. Shen Wan is the only person who has helped him.

Perhaps it was to repay Shen Wan for her kindness, to provide some clues knowing they were investigating Consort Chen's case, or perhaps he was exhausted and had lost all interest in life, wanting to end it all, but he was unwilling to die like that, so he wanted to use Consort Chen's case to perish together with the Su Chang Earl's mansion.

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