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As it was getting dark, Lin Yan was about to leave Prince An's Mansion when he heard Song Xuan say, "Although I don't know the identity of that masked man, he is definitely related to Prince Jing."
Lin Yan was puzzled: "Why do you say that? Wasn't Prince Jing's party wiped out long ago?"
Song Xuan: "Do you remember that shopkeeper from back then? He was so powerful that he could gain a foothold in Sangzhou and stir up so many incidents. It was all related to the force that suddenly appeared in the martial arts world. Later, I followed the clues and found the lair of that force. The leader was a woman with a crescent-shaped scar on her face. Unfortunately, she escaped."
"Others may not know, but I know it very well. Many years ago, Prince Jing rebelled. He knew I was in Sangzhou, but perhaps he did not know my background, so he did not attack Sangzhou, but went around to Quzhou near Sangzhou. I took advantage of the chaos to see the leader who attacked Quzhou. Half of that person's face was covered by a veil, and I saw your crescent-shaped scar, exactly the same as the one I saw in my old nest."
"I understand." Lin Yan lowered his eyes, his thoughts churning in his mind, and everything seemed to be becoming more and more chaotic.
Lin Yan said goodbye to Song Xuan, "I'm going back. If you want to help me with anything, just let me know."
Song Xuan smiled and nodded.
Lin Yan waved his hand with relief and said, "Goodbye." Then he climbed over the wall and left Prince An's Mansion just like he did in the Prince Regent's Mansion, to avoid being seen by spies and to prevent anyone from seeing him and Prince An having any contact.
Song Xuan watched Lin Yan leave Prince An's Mansion swiftly, shook his head, and smiled in his eyes. The look in his eyes was exactly the same as someone else's. If that person were here, he would be able to see what this person was thinking.
Lin Yan was walking on the street, thinking about things in her mind. She always felt that she seemed to have missed something.
It was already dark. A man was standing at the end of the street, staring straight at Lin Yan as he walked towards him.
Lin Yan lowered his head and thought about it. When he looked up, he saw Song Yizhou standing nearby and said in surprise, "Azhou, why are you here?"
This is a good question. Lin Yan went outside the capital to wait for Queen An. Seeing that she had not returned to the capital for half a day, Song Yizhou sent secret guards to the place where Lin Yan had told him before, worried that something had happened to Lin Yan.
As a result, the secret guard saw Lin Yan jump into Prince An's carriage, then follow Prince An to Prince An's mansion, and then immediately go back to report to Song Yizhou.
Song Yizhou frowned slightly. Logically speaking, since Ah Yan asked him about Prince An a few days ago, she should not know Prince An, so why would she follow Prince An?
After reviewing memorials in the study for an entire afternoon, Song Yizhou was in a bad mood when he heard the secret guard report that A'an had not left Prince An's Mansion yet.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Song Yizhou couldn't help but go to Prince An's Mansion.
The carriage was driving on the way to Prince An's Mansion. When Song Yizhou pulled open the curtain, he saw Lin Yan in front of him, thinking with his head down. He immediately got off the carriage and stood there looking at Lin Yan.
Song Yizhou had a lot of questions to ask at this time, but this was obviously not the place to talk, so he pulled Lin Yan into the carriage and set off for the Lin Mansion.
Lin Yan glanced at Song Yizhou. She always felt that Song Yizhou was in a bad mood, but she didn't think much about it. She was thinking about how to tell Song Yizhou about Song Xuan.
The carriage was so quiet. Lin Yan was thinking about something. Song Yizhou wanted to ask Lin Yan if he was an old acquaintance of Prince An, but he was afraid that Prince An had a deep connection with A Yan. When the words came to his lips, he changed the subject and asked, "Did you drink?"
Lin Yan sniffed herself and found the smell of alcohol still lingering. Although drinking outside was nothing, when she met Song Yizhou's eyes, Lin Yan felt inexplicably guilty. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that there was resentment in Azhou's eyes.
"Ahem." Lin Yan scratched his head awkwardly, and after thinking for a while, he briefly explained how he met Prince An.
When Song Yizhou heard Lin Yan say that she had known Prince An for seven years, his eyes darkened and he clenched his fists.
Lin Yan told Song Xuan about the person behind the scenes and his relationship with Prince Jing. Thinking of Song Xuan's purpose of returning to Beijing this time, Lin Yan's eyes flickered, and he finally did not tell Song Yizhou, deciding to wait until the matter was clarified.
It happened that the carriage arrived at the Lin Mansion. Lin Yan was about to ask Song Yizhou if he wanted to go to the mansion for a cup of tea, when he heard him say, "There is an urgent matter in the palace. Yan, you should go to bed early."
Lin Yan swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and finally replied with one word: "Okay."
Standing outside the Lin Mansion and watching the carriage gradually moving away, Lin Yan felt a little confused, but he couldn't think of anything. There were too many things going on today, so Lin Yan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
Song Yizhou did not go to the palace, but asked the coachman to turn around and go to Mingju Tower.
Mingju Tower is not only the largest hotel in the capital, but also the place where Song Yizhou collects intelligence.
It was previously discovered that Prince An was involved with that force, and at that time Prince An sent a message back to the capital saying that his mother's death anniversary was approaching and he wanted to come back to pay tribute to his mother.
Prince An had not returned to the capital for more than ten years. No one would believe that he came simply to pay tribute to Concubine Wan. Song Yizhou didn't know what Prince An was up to. He also wanted to test him, so he went with the flow and allowed Prince An to return to the capital.
Song Yizhou had been busy with other things recently and had not read the information related to Prince An, but today he felt it necessary to take a look.
In the dark room of Mingju Tower, the guard handed over the information about Prince An, "Your Highness, all the letters related to Prince An sent from Sangzhou in recent years are here."
Song Yizhou dismissed the person and lowered his head to read the letter.
In recent years, Sangzhou's streets have been prosperous, merchants have gathered, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. The development momentum is thriving, and all of this actually originated from the little-known King An.
Song Yizhou recalled that before the late emperor died, in addition to entrusting him to educate Song Jing well and make him a qualified emperor, he also entrusted him with one more thing: no matter what happened, never touch Prince An Song Xuan.
Prince An was the youngest son of the late emperor and also his most beloved son. Song Yizhou’s dying words to the late emperor did not mean anything to him.
Empress Rongde was the most beloved woman and also the first wife of the late emperor. It was natural that Empress Rongde's son was named the crown prince. Song Yizhou had heard his father mention that the late crown prince was too kind and was not suitable to be a qualified emperor. The late emperor would sigh every time he looked at the crown prince, but thinking that the crown prince was his only son with Empress Rongde, the late emperor tried his best to train the crown prince.
But as Song Xuan grew up day by day, the late emperor would think of his younger self when he looked at Song Xuan. Song Xuan had the aura of an emperor, and the late emperor felt that Song Xuan was the one who was suitable to inherit the throne.
Later, the prince failed to perform his duties and made a serious mistake. The late emperor was furious and had the prince thrown into prison. At first, the late emperor just wanted to punish the prince, but he never expected that the prince would commit suicide in prison and write a letter of apology. The late emperor was extremely sad and disappointed that the prince was so useless.
After the death of the crown prince, the crown prince was young and the emperor was in poor health. He knew that he could leave at any time, so he wanted to make Concubine Wan the queen, and Prince An could naturally become the crown prince. Unfortunately, Concubine Wan's father was found to have secretly colluded with court ministers to support Song Xuan, and her brother embezzled military pay. When the late emperor learned about it, he was furious, and Concubine Wan's family was all exiled. However, the late emperor still did not give up the idea of making Song Xuan the crown prince. However, the reality did not match his wishes. Concubine Wan died, and Song Xuan broke with the late emperor and left the capital threatening to commit suicide.
After Song Xuan left, the late emperor learned that the matter of the crown prince was a misjudgment. He had wrongly accused the crown prince, and the matter of Concubine Wan's family was also instigated by someone. The late emperor was filled with remorse when he learned the truth. The successive departures of his sons made the late emperor heartbroken. Later, he made Song Jing, the only son of the late crown prince, the crown prince's grandson. At that time, the crown princess had also died of illness. Concubine Hua asked for permission to share the emperor's worries, and raised the two-year-old crown prince Song Jing to grow up, and sent her own son to the border. His Majesty was deeply moved by this, and in less than a year, he made Concubine Hua the queen, who is now the empress dowager.
Song Yizhou stroked the table with his fingers. So why did Song Xuan return to Beijing this time? Was it to avenge his grandfather? After all, there were rumors that it was the Crown Princess who framed Concubine Wan's family for her son Song Jing.
Looking at these letters, I couldn't help but recall the flickering look in A'an's eyes when she talked about Song Xuan. Was she hiding something from him? Could it be because of Song Xuan?
A'an has known Song Xuan for seven years and regards Song Xuan as a close friend. It is understandable that A'an hides things related to him, but Song Yizhou still can't help thinking that he is a family member in A'an's heart, but what about Song Xuan? What is Song Xuan in A'an's heart?
Song Yizhou recalled that he and Ah Yan had been drinking some time ago. What they drank was the Sangbai wine that he got from Sangzhou. Ah Yan took a sip and said happily, "It's actually Sangbai wine. I passed by Sangzhou several years ago when I was traveling around the world and fell in love with Sangbai wine. Later, I made a good friend of him. That person and I got along very well."
At first, Song Yizhou thought that the other party was just like A'an, a chivalrous knight, and even thought that the other party was a woman, but he did not expect that the person would be Prince An Song Xuan.
The moonlight was bright as Song Yizhou walked out of Mingju Tower. The moonlight shone on him. The guards beside him watched carefully and thought, "The prince is not in a good mood tonight."
Song Yizhou was full of thoughts at the moment, and kept imagining the scene of A'an and Song Xuan drinking and chatting happily in his mind. To be honest, he had never seen Song Xuan, but he heard from his father that Song Xuan and the late emperor were simply carved from the same mold, so he must be handsome, and A'an seemed to like this kind of appearance.
If Lin Yi was here, he would laugh at Song Yizhou, "Song Yizhou, Song Yizhou, you have come to this day, and you don't even know that you are jealous."
Unfortunately, Song Yizhou didn't know that he was jealous. He became more and more unhappy with Song Xuan, and his heart was filled with bitterness when he thought of A'an.
The next day, Song Yizhou ordered someone to summon Song Xuan to the Regent's Palace. This time, Song Xuan was summoned back to the capital because of the person behind the scenes. Since A'an said that Song Xuan had no connection with the person behind the scenes, he would not doubt it.
Song Yizhou had two reasons for asking him to come and see him. The first was that Song Yizhou had guessed the purpose of Song Xuan's return to Beijing, and he wanted to test it out. The second was that he wanted to see this drinking buddy whom A'an had known for seven years.
Song Xuan came to the meeting hall of the Regent's Palace and bowed to Song Yizhou who was sitting at the top of the table, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness."
Song Yizhou nodded slightly, invited him to take a seat, and went straight to the point: "Your Highness Prince An returned to Beijing this time for Concubine Wan or your maternal grandfather's family."
Song Xuan's face changed. He did not expect Song Yizhou to be so direct. He spoke cautiously: "I don't understand what Your Highness is saying."
When Concubine Wan died, Song Yizhou was no longer in the capital and knew nothing about the incident.
He spent the whole night looking through the files about Concubine Wan and her father and brother, and finally discovered something strange.
"Your Highness Prince An, there is no need to beat around the bush with me. You don't have to tell me why you came back to Beijing this time." Song Yizhou's face was calm. "I can tell you for sure that your mother's death has nothing to do with the late Crown Princess."
"What evidence do you have?" Song Xuan subconsciously clenched the teacup, thinking about the truthfulness of Song Yizhou's words in his mind.
"I don't have any evidence, but I want to remind you that after the death of the former Crown Prince, your mother's family immediately ran into trouble. At that time, the former Crown Princess was pregnant and had no intention of targeting them."
"Moreover, the former crown prince was also murdered by someone," said Song Yizhou.
Surprise flashed in Song Xuan's eyes, "Didn't the late prince commit suicide out of fear of punishment..."
He always thought that the former crown prince was thrown into jail because of a mistake he made.
"You should know the late emperor's temperament better than I do. You know you misunderstood the late crown prince but he won't say it, not to mention that you are his most beloved son..." Song Yizhou stopped there.
"The former crown prince was murdered, and after his death something happened to my mother." Song Xuan fell into deep thought. He didn't believe that the two had no connection at all.
But who has such great ability to successively bring down the former prince's party and the Wan Guifei party? Who benefited the most from the events of that year?
Seeing the hesitation in Song Xuan's eyes, Song Yizhou said: "I will thoroughly investigate what happened back then. Please, Your Highness Prince An, don't let hatred cloud your mind before that."
Song Xuan suddenly thought, if Ah Yan had not suddenly intervened, would he have reached an agreement with the masked man?
Thinking of the maid's coincidental appearance, Song Xuan's eyes darkened. He had been tricked.
Thinking of this, Song Xuan clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for the reminder."
Song Yizhou didn't care about Song Xuan's misunderstanding. He did this simply because the other party was A'an's friend, and he didn't want to put A'an in a difficult position.
Now that the matter was resolved, Song Yizhou didn't want to see the other party again and started to drive him away: "Your Highness Prince An, please ask."
Seeing the cold face, Song Xuan thought of something and sneered: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Regent doesn't like me. I guess it's because of A'an."
Hearing the other party calling him Ah Yan so intimately, Song Yizhou suppressed his dissatisfaction and continued to drive him away.
Before leaving, Song Xuan said again: "Your Highness, since you left without saying goodbye eight years ago, don't think that you will be the only one by A'an's side."
Song Yizhou clenched the pen in his hand, feeling bitter in his heart.
After leaving the Regent's Palace, Song Xuan glanced at the palace gate. He said that on purpose. Although he was rejected by A'an that year, he didn't want Song Yizhou to succeed.
As long as he stayed by A'an's side, he believed that there was someone A'an who would accept him, even though there was someone else living in her heart.
Thinking of this, Song Xuan's eyes darkened.
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