When Zhao Zhiyan arrived at Beiyuan, an hour had passed. Princess Lian'an was crying her eyes out: "Brother Zhiyan, is someone deliberately trying to stop me from marrying you?"
"No, it won't happen," Zhao Zhiyan quickly reassured him.
Su Jing said, "Princess, the imperial physician advised that your pregnancy is unstable, so you must keep a calm mind and avoid extreme joy or sorrow."
Princess Lian'an stopped crying and looked at Zhao Zhiyan with a wronged expression. She hated the Prince of Zhennan for interfering at this time.
Even if it's just one day later.
"Why would the Prince of Zhennan suddenly come here?" Zhao Zhiyan asked.
Princess Lian'an looked at Su Jing, who responded on her behalf: "Your Highness, the Princess Consort of Zhennan, who disappeared two hours ago, suddenly appeared at the South Gate of the city and was surrounded by onlookers. The Prince of Zhennan was so angry that he wanted to find out how the Princess Consort of Zhennan returned. Only our Prince's carriage passed by the South Gate of the city today, so the Prince of Zhennan came to Beiyuan. He was quite agitated in his words, and the princess was so angry that she had a miscarriage."
Zhao Zhiyan's face was gloomy. He turned around and said soothingly, "You rest first. I'll be right back."
"Brother Zhiyan, I'm scared." Princess Lian'an also regretted it a little. She shouldn't have impulsively confronted the Prince of Zhennan.
If it weren't for this child, Brother Zhiyan would never have come near me.
"Don't worry, I've already sent men to surround the courtyard. No one will dare to cause trouble again," Zhao Zhiyan said.
Princess Lian'an had no choice but to let go.
Once outside, Zhao Zhiyan ordered his guards to track down the whereabouts of the Prince of Zhennan.
Upon learning that the person had returned to the mansion, he rode his horse to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion without saying a word.
At this moment, the mourning hall in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion has been removed and the usual arrangements have been restored, but the atmosphere is somewhat somber, and even the little maids under the corridor walk cautiously.
"Eighth Prince, please wait a moment, allow me to go in and inform him."
Zhao Zhiyan stepped forward with a cold expression.
Zhao Zhiyan encountered Pei Zhao in the garden. Pei Zhao, with red eyes, looked at Zhao Zhiyan and asked, "Why is the Eighth Prince here?"
Where is your father?
"Father is with Mother."
Zhao Zhiyan sensed the accusation in Pei Zhao's tone and took a deep breath: "Your mother has nothing to do with me."
Pei Zhao scoffed, his eyes conveying only two words: disbelief!
"Why would I target your mother?" Zhao Zhiyan retorted. "Besides, I only recently returned to the capital. Before I returned, your mother had already disappeared."
At this point, Pei Zhao suddenly became angry: "The Eighth Prince naturally has an alibi. What's so difficult about handing these people over to his subordinates?"
Zhao Zhiyan was surprised that Pei Zhao had suddenly changed his personality in just a few days.
“You knew all along that Song Yue and Prince Guangjia were secretly in love, and that the annulment of the engagement was inevitable. So, you deliberately sent someone to kidnap your mother, making the Prince of Zhennan’s Mansion think that it was the Duke of Jing’s Mansion that did it, so that the Prince of Zhennan’s Mansion would have no choice but to stand on your side in order to take revenge, right?” Pei Zhao said righteously.
Zhao Zhiyan's brows furrowed into a deep frown.
Pei Zhao said, "I just realized that the princess and Song Yue are both straightforward. They never do murder, arson, burns, or kidnapping behind anyone's back."
Just like back then, Princess Jiahua killed everyone around Princess Qing in a fit of rage and beat Zhao Qingyan half to death.
Princess Jia Hua really had no need to devise a plan to lure people away.
Moreover, they used the name of the old lady. Who would expose their own family if they wanted to kidnap someone?
“If the princess had intended to kill my mother, she would have had plenty of opportunities in these three years. Why did she have to kidnap her at this crucial moment?” Pei Zhao roared. “And what about the Grand Madam? It was clearly you who didn’t want Song Yue to marry the Prince of Guangjia, so you deliberately tripped her up, almost causing the Zhennan Prince’s Mansion to fall into trouble.”
These were the words Xu Qing'er had just used to persuade him.
Pei Zhao also suddenly realized this.
Xu Qing'er said, "Even if the princess kidnaps someone, she would just kill them. Why bother releasing them?"
Yes, Princess Jia Hua has a bad reputation, so why would she care about this matter?
They could have been open and aboveboard, directly using many underhanded methods to kill people.
Only those who benefit from the scheme are likely to be the masterminds.
For example, the Eighth Prince right in front of us!
With the reputation of the Prince of Zhennan ruined, he was too busy and overwhelmed to care about anything else, and even became an enemy of the Princess's Mansion at every turn.
"No wonder, no wonder the Eighth Prince insisted on deposing Prince Guangjia a few days ago on the grounds that the Grand Madam was poisoned. So that's why." Pei Zhao finally understood the cause and effect.
They kill each other and reap the benefits!
Fortunately, I realized my mistake in time, otherwise I would have been taken advantage of by the Eighth Prince.
Zhao Zhiyan's face was so dark it was almost unbearable to look at, and he was breathing rapidly: "Who told you all this?"
"Is the Eighth Prince enraged because I hit a nerve?" Pei Zhao said coldly, "The Zhennan Prince's Mansion will not let my mother's grudge go unpunished!"
"Where is your father?" Zhao Zhiyan was too lazy to talk to Pei Zhao, that idiot, anymore. He was being used without even realizing it.
Langxia Zhennan walked over here, and he had been thinking about why Princess Jiahua would release the person. After hearing Pei Zhao's explanation, he suddenly understood.
"As expected, there was something fishy about your refusal to gamble away your title that day!" The Prince of Zhennan stood on the steps: "Zhao Zhiyan, you are indeed cunning!"
Zhao Zhiyan's eyebrows were almost furrowed together.
The change in the attitudes of this father and son is truly drastic.
"I have never laid a hand on the Princess Consort of Zhennan!" Zhao Zhiyan spat out the words through gritted teeth; "It is the princess who has a grudge against the Princess Consort of Zhennan!"
"But how could the Eighth Prince be so certain that the person was hiding in the Duke of Jingguo's mansion at the time, and how did he know about the feud between the Princess and the Princess?"
The Prince of Zhennan scoffed, agreeing with Pei Zhao's statement: if he wanted revenge, he would have done it long ago; why wait until today!
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