"Zhao Lin is in jail? How could this happen?"

When the Fu family heard the news, Fu Liqing stood up and said anxiously, "It's not true. It's absolutely not true."

Fu Chengwang sighed and said, "The news coming out of the palace cannot be wrong."

"How could this happen? My husband clearly said he was very confident, why did this happen?"

Fu Liqing said in despair.

Fu Wenqi also frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Even if His Majesty favors Concubine Rong, he should at most punish Zhao Lin, not strip him of his position and throw him in jail. Did you tell me why?"

Fu Chengwang said, "No, the palace only sent a message and didn't say anything else. I have sent people to investigate and will soon know the specific reason."

"Master, Lord Li Xingye is here." The housekeeper came over to report.

"Please come in." Fu Chengwang said hurriedly.

Li Xingye strode in and, without waiting for politeness, asked bluntly, "Did you know that Zhao Lin was imprisoned?"

Fu Chengwang nodded: "I just got the news."

"Why?" Li Xingye asked.

Fu Chengwang shook his head: "I don't know."

Li Xingye frowned: "You don't know either?"

Fu Chengwang said: "It is likely because Concubine Rong complained, but the specific circumstances are still unclear."

"Rong Fei, Rong Fei!" Li Xingye sneered, "You've imprisoned the Governor-General for a mere concubine. Your Majesty is becoming increasingly incompetent."

"Be careful with your words!" Fu Chengwang said hurriedly.

"What's there to be cautious about?" Li Xingye didn't care.

He is a member of the royal family. According to seniority, he should call Cheng** uncle. He is only a few years younger than Cheng**. He has been with Cheng** since he was a child and is deeply trusted. Otherwise, he would not be able to become the prefect of Shengjing, the highest official in Kyoto.

Without these connections, Li Xingye would not have earned the reputation of being upright and incorruptible, and would have been eliminated by certain officials long ago because of his handling of the case.

Therefore, Li Xingye feels that Cheng** is both a king, an elder and a playmate.

"I'm going to the palace to plead with His Majesty. Do you want to go?" Li Xingye said.

Fu Chengwang said, "No rush, find out first."

Soon, the person who went to inquire about the news came back and brought someone with him.

"We pay our respects to Lord Fu and Lord Li." Anquan saluted quickly.

Although he was a eunuch and a close associate of the emperor, he also knew the status and weight of these two people, so even Zhu Zhongyan had to give them enough face.

Fu Chengwang nodded: "Well, Eunuch An, you have worked hard. What happened to Zhao Lin?"

Anquan said, "Lord Zhao was reported by Concubine Rong because he arrested people from the Tongzhou prefectural government. His Majesty was furious and dismissed him from office and imprisoned him for questioning."

Li Xingye shouted, "Is it because of this?"

Anquan said: "Yes."

Fu Liqing suddenly said, "That's not right. You and Zhao Lin were secretly discussing something on the boat. It's definitely not that simple."

Anquan laughed dryly and said, "That was Lord Zhao discussing with our family how to deal with this matter, nothing else."

Fu Liqing just shook his head: "That's not the case. You are definitely hiding something from us."

Fu Chengwang's face darkened: "Speak! Otherwise I will go to the emperor to complain."

Anquan said quickly: "It's not that we don't want to tell you, we really can't tell you. What the two adults need to do is to go to the emperor to plead for mercy or something else, no matter why."

Li Xingye and Fu Chengwang looked at each other.

"There really is a problem." Fu Chengwang asked, "Is there anything we can't know?"

Anquan said, "Don't ask, old man. If I can't tell you, I can't tell you. Otherwise, wouldn't Master Zhao have told you long ago?"

Fu Chengwang nodded thoughtfully.

"It just so happens that Master Li is here, so we don't have to make another trip. We came here just to tell the two masters what to do, and don't worry about anything else."

After Anquan finished speaking, he said, "I still have to go back to serve the emperor. Goodbye."

"I'm here to see my father-in-law off."

Fu Wenqi personally escorted An'an out. An'an was flattered and said outside the door, "Master Fu, please stay."

Fu Wenqi whispered, "Is it related to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion?"

Anquan was startled, looked around and saw no one, then pretended to be confused and said, "We don't understand what Master Xiaofu said."

Seeing Anquan's expression, Fu Wenqi knew what was going on and said, "I understand. Take care, eunuch. By the way."

Fu Wenqi pulled a banknote from his sleeve and thrust it into Anquan's hand. Anquan pretended to decline a few times before stuffing it back into his sleeve. He smiled and said, "Master Zhao often praises Master Fu. Master Fu should know what to do. Goodbye."

"No."

Fu Wenqi watched them leave safely and returned to the main hall. The whole family had quieted down.

"What on earth is Zhao Lin doing that even we don't know?" Li Xingye said unhappily.

Fu Wenqi waved his hand to let the servants retreat, saying, "Nine out of ten, it's related to the prince of Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

"The prince of Zhenbei Marquisate?"

Li Xingye was puzzled for a moment before reacting, "Zhao Chenhan is just a minor Hanlin. Although they had conflicts before, there's no need for Zhao Lin to put himself in danger by doing this, right?"

Fu Wenqi hesitated for a moment and looked at Fu Liqing. Fu Liqing said, "There's nothing you can't say. My husband doesn't want to say it because he doesn't want to have anything to do with that family."

"What are you hesitating about?" Fu Chengwang was also unhappy.

Fu Wenqi said, "Zhao Lin is actually the biological son of Zhao Jingzhou, the Marquis of Zhenbei."

"Um?"

Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye were both shocked.

"Are you serious?" Fu Chengwang asked.

Fu Wenqi said, "It's absolutely true. Zhao Lin said it himself."

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