Chapter 410 Witness

Seeing that Changning was about to lose control of his emotions, Qingwu hurriedly said to Jingzhe, "Your mother must have had a hard time coming all the way here. Let's go to the carriage and talk."

Jingzhe said "oh".

Suddenly he squatted in front of Princess Changning, "Then... then I'll carry you on my back. Dongzang has also carried his mother before."

He remembered that when Dongzang arranged a new courtyard for his mother, his mother was in poor health and he personally carried her to their new home. So he should be able to carry his mother too.

The princess said her mother was tired, and the housekeeper also said that her mother had run day and night and killed several horses before she finally rushed back from Wei.

Although his mother looked in good health.

Thinking of this, Jingzhe suddenly felt that among the three of them, the master and the servant, although he found his mother last, he was the luckiest, because his mother was in good health and did not suffer like the master and Dongzang's mother.

Although it was a bit unfair to think so, and although her mother had been looking for him for all these years, her heart was also filled with bitterness.

Changning looked at her son squatting in front of her, and finally couldn't control her tears, and leaned on her son's broad back.

There were imperial guards guarding the palace gate, and there were also passers-by who looked over here curiously.

But Changning thought, who cares? Her son was just expressing his joy at having a mother.

The child has been naive since childhood and is still naive when he grows up, but she just likes him because he is her son.

Qingwu was a little tearful at first, but then she saw the mother and son, one stunned and the other indulged, and she got on her own carriage with a feeling of being amused and not disturbing the mother and son reunion.

She just let the carriage follow behind theirs and went to the Prince's Mansion together. She still wanted to know who the witness Changning found was.

When Jingzhe and Changning recognized each other, there was no crying. Only Jingzhe kept talking all the way, talking about his childhood.

Apart from the difficult days as a beggar, his life has been pretty good since he followed Shi Yu.

At least that's what Jingzhe thought. His master was favored in the past and was kind to him, so he simply skipped over the begging and talked about the happy things after following Shi Yu.

He even told Changning everything he could about how Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan went from being brothers to being husband and wife.

Changning listened silently, nodding from time to time with tears in her eyes. When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Jingzhe made a final summary, "Except for not knowing who my parents are, my son has lived a good life these years."

He heard from his grandmother that his mother had always felt guilty for losing him. Now that she knew he was doing well, she would probably feel less guilty.

Changning felt that Jingzhe was very easy to understand. Just like his father, he did not hide his thoughts at all in front of his closest relatives.

"Hearing you say that, I feel much better, but I still have to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

She stretched out her hand to Jingzhe, who quickly shook it and helped her out of the carriage.

Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan were already waiting in the hall.

After some greetings and expressions of gratitude, Changning said, "Not long after you left Great Wei, I went to Great Wei.

Deep in the mountains of Wei, I found Eunuch Laifu, who used to serve Xiao Pei.

"Little Lai Fu?" Qing Wu was surprised. "Didn't he die on the day of the palace coup? How could he be in Wei?"

When Xiao Pei rebelled and was captured, the steward of his mansion knew that none of the rebel king's servants would have a good end, so he simply set fire to the mansion, and all the servants in the mansion died in the fire.

Afterwards, when the bodies were cleaned up, the number was correct.

"He's not dead, and he told me the fire wasn't set by the manager."

Chang Ning's eyes were sharp, "Someone drugged the servants in the palace and then set the fire. The drug can cause people to become temporarily unconscious.

But when the fire started, people would wake up from the pain. So, when everyone saw the bodies struggling to death in the palace, no one doubted that they had been drugged and did not commit suicide.

"Then how did Lai Fu escape the disaster?" Qing Wu asked.

"Before Lai Fu followed Xiao Pei out of the palace, he had a very good relationship with a eunuch named An Zi, who worked in the imperial kitchen.

He discovered that the imperial kitchen had purchased much more oil and wine than usual in those days, which made him feel strange. He then became more vigilant and followed the steward of the imperial kitchen.

It was learned that the servants in the imperial kitchen were the Queen's men and were following the Queen's orders to prepare for the palace banquet in a few days.

The oil was the oil we use every day, but the wine was ordinary wine. It was impossible to use that kind of wine to entertain the ministers at a palace banquet.

Something was not right, and he felt uneasy, so he made an excuse to ask for leave to leave the palace. He originally wanted to avoid trouble, but he did not expect to meet the servants of Xiao Pei's mansion again, who had also purchased a cart of wine and beverages.

Thinking of his friendship with Lai Fu, he took the risk of calling Lai Fu out, but did not tell Lai Fu the reason until the palace was engulfed in flames.

All his guesses turned out to be true, so An Zicai told Lai Fu about the matter. The two of them worked together to find a beggar's body on the street and sent it to the palace.

Lai Fu survived like this, and later hid in a temple as a monk under an assumed name. Fearing that his superiors would become suspicious, An Zi had no choice but to return to the palace.

Chang Ning's eyes were dim and his expression was inexplicable, "After returning to the palace, An Zi became even more cautious, but was suddenly knocked unconscious and taken to a mansion.

In that house, he saw Xiao Pei, who had been beheaded and displayed to the public. He was no longer as charming and dashing as usual, and only a skeleton remained.

Only then did An Zi realize that it was the Queen who imprisoned Xiao Pei. After the incident, Xiao Pei went on a hunger strike and the Queen was helpless. Even Princess Qingyin's life could not make him compromise.

But all the close confidants around Xiao Pei died in the fire. The only one who had some connection was An Zi, who was close to Lai Fu.

The queen then sent Anzi to the mansion and threatened to chop off his hands if he could not get Xiao Pei to eat.

Anzi had received a lot of favors from Xiao Pei in the past, and he couldn't bear to see him so depressed, so he told him that Laifu was still alive.

He also promised to try to rescue Xiao Pei. Xiao Pei didn't know whether he felt there was hope or he couldn't bear to see An Zi suffer from him, but he started to eat anyway.

Anzi was indeed a smart man. He fulfilled his promise and worked together with Lai Fu to take Xiao Pei out of the house.

That's when they found my Ling'er.

When I got married, Xiao Pei had met my husband. Ling'er looked like his father since he was a child. In addition, Ling'er had not been tortured at that time and still remembered where he came from.

When Xiao Pei learned that it was my child, he rescued Ling'er.

But because they were also on the run, they were soon caught up by the Queen's men.

At the critical moment, Xiao Pei asked Lai Fu, who was apparently dead, to hide in the dark. He threatened the queen with his own life and asked her to spare Ling'er's life.

The Queen had seen Xiao Pei's stubbornness and had no choice but to agree. She left Ling'er alone and took Xiao Pei, Anzi and the others away.

Lai Fu took Ling'er and fled all the way to Wei, because Xiao Pei told him that the prince was not dead, but was sent to Wei by the queen. Lai Fu wanted to take Ling'er to Wei to find the prince.

But as soon as they fled to the border of Fengzhao, someone caught up with them. Lai Fu was seriously injured and fell into the Goddess River. The assassin probably thought that Lai Fu was doomed to die, so he did not stay and left with Ling'er.

Lai Fu escaped death, but he didn't know where to go to find Ling'er, so he fled directly to Wei, hoping to find an opportunity to find the prince.

But he was injured too badly. When he fled to Wei, he had almost lost his life and his legs were lame. Fortunately, he found Ling'er in Wei.

But at that time Ling'er was so frightened that she had forgotten him. Ling'er became a beggar and was tortured by the beggar leader every day. Lai Fu could not help him because someone was watching Ling'er in the dark.

After several months, perhaps because Ling'er had completely forgotten the past and had become a little beggar, the person who was following her relaxed his watch.

When Ling'er tried to escape from the control of the beggar leader, she was beaten to the point of being on the verge of death. Lai Fu took advantage of this opportunity and led the prince to rescue Ling'er.

The beggar leader received bribes from the Queen's secret guards and wanted to torture Ling'er, but he was beaten almost to death and was rescued by the favored prince.

Fearing punishment from the secret guards, he grabbed a beggar about the same age as Ling'er, scratched his face, and beat him to death in order to deceive the secret guards.

The secret guards may have seen something, or perhaps they felt that Ling'er, a child, posed no threat, or perhaps they were anxious to return to Fengzhao, so they tacitly assumed that it was Ling'er who died and left with the beggar's body.

As Changning continued to speak, Qingwu's face was already in tears.

As expected, Xiao Pei was imprisoned by the Queen. She thought about how Xiao Pei was playful back then. When Changning got married, he followed her to block the groom's door as a member of Changning's family.

It was just such a chance encounter that made him recognize Jingzhe and save him.

But what about himself? He has been in despair over the years and no one has saved him.

Qing Wu felt uncomfortable, but didn't dare to think too deeply, so she asked, "Why didn't Lai Fu look for the prince after he died?"

Chang Ning smiled bitterly, "The Crown Prince was sent to Wei as part of a conspiracy. He was still young at the time, and suddenly revealing his past would only bring disaster to him.

Lai Fu was not sure if the Crown Prince had anyone like the Queen by his side, and his health was getting worse, and he couldn't even leave the mountain.

"How is he now? Where is he?"

Chang Ning sighed, "The water of the Goddess River is icy cold. He was already seriously injured when he entered the river, and his health has been getting worse over the years. If I had found him a few days later, I'm afraid he would have died of illness or starved to death in the mountains. He can no longer climb and can no longer find food.

When I learned that Ling'er had returned to Fengzhao with the Crown Prince, I was worried that they wouldn't know the Queen's identity and might be in danger again. However, this matter was of great importance, and I was also worried that the message would fall into the wrong hands, so I had to rush back first, leaving a team of secret guards to escort Lai Fu as he followed behind.

"As long as you're still alive."

Qing Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "But Xiao Pei is now considered a traitor in the eyes of the world. We can only rely on the testimony of Lai Fu, who is by his side..."

Wei Qingyan continued, "There are also Scar and Lin Guozhang. Their testimony can prove that Lin Qianning has no intention of rebellion."

Although none of them are the most favorable evidence, they can become valid evidence as long as they can get the queen to admit it herself.

However, "According to the saying, the love curse can only be broken after the cursed person dies. Seeing that Xiao Pei chose to escape, he must have regained his consciousness. Then who broke the curse for him?"