Prince An
Ever since he discovered that Zhong Yuxi had a connection with the person behind Zhao Qing, Lin Yan sent people to monitor her every day.
After Lao Zhao was arrested, Zhong Yuxi did not take any action until today, when Lin Yan's people came to report, and Zhong Yuxi secretly sent a letter out.
Zhong Yuxi sent a letter via carrier pigeon, and Lin Yan's men shot down the pigeon and sent it over.
After reading the letter, Lin Yan asked someone to give the carrier pigeon to a beggar and asked him to pass by Zhong Yuxi holding the pigeon.
Zhong Yuxi had marked the head of the carrier pigeon with red dye, so she recognized it at a glance. She helped catch the beggar and asked, "Where did this carrier pigeon come from?"
The beggar said, “A hunter shot it down and gave it to me out of pity for me.”
Seeing this, Zhong Yuxi wanted to snatch the pigeon back, but the beggar quickly dodged and said, "This pigeon is mine, you can't take it away."
Some people around saw this and looked at Zhong Yuxi with contempt, as if saying that she was stealing from a beggar. Zhong Yuxi was embarrassed and hurriedly pulled the beggar into an alley, "Then what do you want in exchange for me?"
The beggar held up a finger.
Zhong Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief, "One tael of silver." Just as she was about to take out the silver, the beggar shook his head, "Ten taels."
"Ten taels of silver!" Zhong Yuxi gasped, "Why don't you just rob it? Ten taels of silver can buy ten pigeons."
"Since you won't give it to me, I'll leave." The beggar made a gesture to leave.
Zhong Yuxi hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Wait, I'll give it to you." Then he gave all the silver in his purse to the beggar with a painful feeling.
Looking at the beggar's back as he happily left with the silver, Zhong Yuxi felt so angry that she was itching to suppress her anger. If she had not brought anyone with her this time, she would not have been able to rob the beggar, and she would not have been cheated.
Fortunately, the carrier pigeon was retrieved and the letter on it was not taken away by anyone. Zhong Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief and took the carrier pigeon back home.
Lin Yan watched all this silently in the dark.
The purpose of returning the letter was to avoid arousing Zhong Yuxi's suspicion if the letter was not delivered.
Secondly, it was because of the content of the letter. The letter said that Prince An would enter the capital on October 8th, and Lin Yan wanted to find out what the other party was going to do.
The person that Zhong Yuxi mentioned must be no simple person. She told the person behind the scenes why Prince An came to the capital.
Lin Yan followed Zhong Yuxi all the way. She was very familiar with the Zhong Mansion now, and she climbed to Zhong Yuxi's roof in one go.
Zhong Yuxi sat at the table and cursed: "What bad luck! Even a message was shot down by someone."
When Zhong Yuxi saw the letter tied to the pigeon's feet, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no one found it.
Just as she was about to take out the letter and resend it, Zhong Yuxi paused and thought: "In the original novel, Prince An went to the capital to investigate the cause of his mother's death. If the villain knew the reason why Prince An went to the capital, he could win him over and cause trouble for the male and female protagonists later."
A few days ago, the villain sent a message to Zhong Yuxi, offering her a valuable jade in exchange for information. When she delivered the message, she casually thought about the major events that would happen recently, and wrote down the date when Prince An would return to Beijing. Now she remembered the matter of Prince An's mother, and it was a good time to do something about it.
Unfortunately, she didn't read the next ten chapters, so she didn't know how Prince An's mother died. But this shouldn't have any impact, as they will find a way to take advantage of this matter.
Lin Yan watched Zhong Yuxi pass the letter out again and then left. This trip was worth it because he heard some useful things.
The carrier pigeon was flying in the south. Zhong Yuxi and the person behind him were very cautious in delivering the message, so Lin Yan's people could not find out where the message had been delivered.
Early the next morning, Lin Yan went to the Regent's Palace. Azhou should know something about Prince An's affairs.
When Lin Yan came to find Song Yizhou, he was having breakfast. He was a little surprised to see Lin Yan and asked, "Is there something urgent so early in the morning? You can have breakfast now."
Lin Yan sat down casually and said, "I have eaten. I came to you to ask if you know Prince An well."
Hearing Lin Yan asking about Prince An, he was a little surprised: "Why does Yan know Prince An?"
Prince An was sent out of the palace when he was ten years old. He was the first prince to be crowned a prince. He has not returned for fifteen years, and not many people in the capital may remember him.
"I heard someone mention it, and I'm curious," Lin Yan said.
"Prince An was the Ninth Prince back then, the youngest son of the late Emperor and the only child of his beloved Concubine Wan. Unfortunately, Concubine Wan was unlucky and passed away when Prince An was fifteen. After that, His Majesty became seriously ill, and Prince Jing and his followers were ready to make a move. They named Song Chenyu Prince An and gave him a fiefdom, and drove him there to protect him. Since then, Prince An has never returned to the capital."
"My people found out that Prince An seemed to be involved with that force. I don't know whether Prince An stood on the side of that force, or whether he was the person behind it, so I summoned him back to Beijing to test it out," said Song Yizhou.
Lin Yan: "I want to ask, is there anything strange about the death of Prince An's mother?"
Song Yizhou frowned slightly, "I was not in the capital when Concubine Wan died, so I don't know much about what happened in the capital at that time. If it is true as you said, I will send someone to investigate what happened."
After listening to Song Yizhou's words, Lin Yan nodded, then fell into thought, thinking: "Zhong Yuxi sent a message to the person behind the scenes that Prince An is about to return to Beijing, which means that the person behind the scenes and Prince An are not aware of this. Since Prince An's purpose of returning to Beijing is to find out the truth about Concubine Wan's death, he must know something, so there must be something wrong with what happened back then."
Song Yizhou looked at Lin Yan who was in deep thought, and without disturbing him, he considerately poured Lin Yan a cup of tea.
"Since Zhong Yuxi revealed the news of Prince An's return to the capital to that person, the other party will definitely take action on the day Prince An returns to the capital. Now, we just have to wait for that day to see what actions the person behind the scenes will take." Lin Yan finally came to the conclusion.
After drinking the tea poured by Song Yizhou, Lin Yan asked: "When Prince An returns to Beijing, will you send someone to greet him?"
Song Yizhou nodded.
"That day I wanted to sneak into Prince Ying'an's team," said Lin Yan.
"Okay." Although Song Yizhou was puzzled as to why Lin Yan did this, he did not ask any more questions. There must be a reason for Lin Yan to do this.
After asking all the questions he wanted to ask, Lin Yan stood up and prepared to leave.
At this time, Song Yizhou's guard Xiaoqi appeared, looked at Lin Yan, then looked at Song Yizhou, not knowing whether to say it.
Song Yizhou: "Just say it, and don't worry about it in front of A'an from now on."
Xiao Qi bowed his hands and said, "The prince asked me to find out about Gu Shi. I have some clues. He was sent to the Gu family's farm in the suburbs when he was three years old. He was not taken back until now by the head of the Gu family. The reason for sending Gu Shi was that he was weak since childhood. The master predicted that sending him to the farm could save his life. But I found a maid from the Gu family many years ago. The fifth son of the Gu family accidentally fell into the water when he was three years old. He was no longer breathing when he was rescued. But the maid was a little confused, and what she said might not be true."
Lin Yan had been thinking about Prince An's affairs these past two days and almost forgot that he had asked Song Yizhou to investigate Gu Shi a few days ago. After hearing what the guards said, he said, "It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Gu Shi's identity."
"Where is that maid now?" Song Yizhou asked.
Xiao Qi: "She is now in Quzhou with a son and a daughter. She is still a little confused. I originally wanted to bring her to the capital, but her family members were unwilling. I was afraid of alerting them, so I did not force her."
"She can't stay in Quzhou now. If Gu Shi is really not the young master of the Gu family, then his identity must be complicated. Their people will soon realize that someone is investigating him." Lin Yan frowned. She also thought of another question: "Will Zhong Yuxi know about this and reveal it in the end?"
Song Yizhou looked at Xiaoqi and said, "Go and bring that maid to the capital quickly, and don't leave any traces."
"yes"
Gu Shi is the male protagonist, Aning's future husband. Lin Yan hopes that he is a good man. If he is not a good man, she doesn't mind that Aning will never see him in this life.
Song Yizhou saw the sadness between Lin Yan's brows and said softly: "If there is any news later, I will tell you the first time."
Lin Yan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Okay."
Noticing the leaves in Lin Yan's hair, Song Yizhou moved closer, took the leaves off, and whispered in Lin Yan's ear: "It must have come over from the west wall again. The leaves are all falling on his head."
Lin Yan touched his nose and said, "Anything else? If not, I'm leaving. The academy still has classes today." After saying that, he prepared to leave.
Song Yizhou pulled the anxious Lin Yan and said helplessly: "Lin Yi has not been at home for some time. Come to my house for dinner."
Lin Yan answered yes and pushed the door open, leaving the Regent's Palace over the wall.
When Lin Yan jumped off the wall, he glanced at the palace and thought to himself, "It's really strange. When Azhou came close to me just now, my heart beat a little faster and my ears felt a little hot."
Then he shook his head and said, "It must be that Azhou has grown too tall. He was the same height as me back then, but now he is a head taller than me. I feel oppressed by him. Yes, that must be the case."
Where Lin Yan couldn't see, Song Yizhou breathed a sigh of relief to ease his tension.
Song Yizhou had obviously done a lot of such things many years ago, but it had already become a habit by then and no one thought it was wrong.
But now, he was a little greedy and wanted to get closer to A'an, closer and closer, and then he smiled bitterly. In A'an's eyes, he was just a caring brother, but he didn't want to be just A'an's brother.
Song Yizhou has not dared to take that step yet. Ten years of getting along have made him understand Ayan very well, but when it comes to liking Ayan, Song Yizhou has no idea at all.
Song Yizhou once asked Lin Yi what would happen if Ah Yan knew what she was thinking. At that time, Lin Yi held up his head and said seriously: "If my elder sister has you in her heart, then everything is fine. But if she doesn't, she may run away after finishing her work in the capital. Then it will be extremely difficult for you to go back to the way my elder sister treated you before."
At that time Song Yizhou wondered: "Why?"
"I heard from Zhong Ningning that my sister had some connection with the young master of that villa. They had exchanged martial arts skills several times. Five years ago, the young master confessed his feelings to my sister. After hearing that, my sister was so scared that she ran away. After that, the young master never saw my sister again."
Lin Yi's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Song Yizhou's heart, making him, who was unable to suppress his inner thoughts at that time, dare not have any more delusions.
Lin Yi comforted her at that time: "You never know, maybe my sister has you in her heart."
But this comfort had no effect at all. Lin Yi was scratching his nose while saying this, feeling unsure himself.
No one has known who Lin Yan likes and what kind of person she likes over the years, and she has never revealed it. In Lin Yi's words, Lin Yan just hasn't gotten her way.
So Song Yizhou didn't dare, he didn't dare let Lin Yan discover his feelings. He had no idea what would happen in the end.
If outsiders knew that the Regent was afraid that the person he loved didn't like him, they would probably laugh their heads off.
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