Chapter 498 The Price of Blindness
Shen Mansion
Shen Huazheng paused while drinking tea: "The verdict came out so soon?"
She never expected that the first news she heard after returning to the capital would be about Jiang Ran.
What was even more unexpected was that the case was decided so quickly.
Shen Huazheng and his party returned to the capital exhausted. Emperor Jingning allowed them to go home first and return to the palace to report the situation the next day.
After being in the Northwest for so long, they had already missed home, so naturally they happily returned to their respective homes.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned home, Shen Huazheng heard such explosive news—Jiang Ran was about to be executed.
Shen Zhaonian held the teacup and took a sip.
"This case is of great importance. Your Majesty attaches great importance to it. The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice will naturally not slack off in the process of investigating the case."
"That's true."
Chen Huazheng thought about how Ning Yu hurriedly brought Jiang Ran back to the capital. It seemed that he was indeed in a hurry.
Although she had long guessed that Jiang Ran would not have a good ending, Shen Huazheng was still a little surprised to hear that he was about to be executed.
There must be some inside story that she doesn't know.
Shen Huazheng looked at Shen Zhaonian, "What is the relationship between Jiang Ran and Dongyi?"
Shen Zhaonian: "Jiang Ran has Dongyi bloodline."
Chen Huazheng's eyes widened: "Jiang Ran is really a Dongyi? Then is he really Jiang Jinrong's son?"
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve read too many storybooks recently, but at this moment, all kinds of bloody plots have emerged in Shen Huazheng’s mind, and there are even several versions.
Real and fake son version: Jiang Jinrong's son was secretly replaced by the Dongyi people at birth. The real Jiang Ran was actually someone else, and the current Jiang Ran is a fake one.
Revenge vest version: Jiang Ran was a concubine's son and was looked down upon since childhood. One day, he accidentally discovered that he was a descendant of the Dongyi royal family.
In order to stand out, he gave a slap in the face to those who looked down on him.
Jiang Ran resorted to all means, even colluding with the Dongyi people, in an attempt to cause unrest on the northwest border and take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Shen Zhaonian had no idea what kind of messed up things his daughter had imagined. He took another sip of tea and slowly told her the hidden stories behind the case.
"Strictly speaking, Jiang Ran's grandmother Chu Yu is actually from the Dongyi tribe..."
Xiao Han's biological mother, Chu Yu, was a Dongyi person, but she was sent to Daliang when she was young.
Since Chu Yu has Daliang blood, she looks like a Daliang person, but she has a special temperament compared to ordinary Daliang women.
With the deliberate arrangement of the Dongyi people, Chu Yu "accidentally met" many young men from noble families in the capital when he grew up.
Among them is the current head of the Han family, Han Shi, the grandfather of Princess Le Jia and Jiang Yirou and Jiang Ran.
Long before they "accidentally" met these young men from noble families, Chu Yu and the Dongyi people had already started an investigation on them.
Know these people's preferences very well.
As expected, Han Shi, like everyone else, fell in love with Chu Yu at first sight.
It’s just that Han Shi already had a fiancée at that time, and Chu Yuming’s apparent identity was a peasant girl.
Even if you want to enter a wealthy family in the capital, you can only be a concubine.
Chu Yu and the people behind her screened the young men from noble families who were interested in her, and after weighing the pros and cons, they chose Han Shi.
So, Chu Yu entered the Han family and became Han Shi's concubine.
She also gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, but in the end only the daughter, Xiao Han, survived.
After entering the Han family, Chu Yu has been secretly passing messages to Dongyi.
Later, for some unknown reason, she suddenly cut off contact with Dongyi and did not allow Han Jing to contact Dongyi people.
Until the people from Dongyi came to Jiang Ran.
Chen Huazheng ate red date cakes while listening to her old father talk about Chu Yu.
No wonder they say art comes from life, this is much more exciting than the story she just made up.
Chen Huazheng: "In other words, Chu Yu is a spy sent by Dongyi."
No wonder Xiao Han, Jiang Yirou and Jiang Ran, mother and son, are so noisy, it turns out it's hereditary.
Shen Zhaonian nodded: "That's right."
Shen Huazheng thought for a moment and said, “Then the Han family should also be implicated, as well as Xiao Han and the others.”
It would be fine if Chu Yu was just a spy, but what Jiang Ran did now can be considered as treason.
What's more, Chu Yu revealed the news of Daliang to Dongyi at the Han family.
The Han family definitely can’t escape.
Shen Zhaonian: "Of course, although Chu Yu did not send any messages to Dongyi later, nor did she let her children contact them. But didn't Dongyi still contact Jiang Ran later? Of course, it is also possible that she was just afraid of exposing her identity, so she lay dormant. Your Majesty ordered a thorough investigation this time, just to punish all the people involved."
Although Chu Yu has long been gone, there are still many people related to her.
Shen Huazheng: "What happened to the Han family?"
Shen Zhaonian: "The entire Han family will be exiled, and it will be carried out at the same time as Jiang Ran."
Han Shi's official position was never high, nor did he work in any important department.
Chu Yu stayed with Han Shi but didn't get to know any important information.
If Jiang Ran hadn't done those things, even if Chu Yu's affairs were exposed, the Han family's fate might have been better.
But this time, Jiang Ran and the Dongyi people captured the people of Daliang to test the medicine, which also involved banned drugs, and stepped on the bottom line of Emperor Jingning.
This was dealt with together with the previous matters.
Chen Huazheng understood in her heart that it seemed that people related to Chu Yu and Jiang Ran would have no good luck.
If that's the case, Jiang Jinrong's family should also be affected.
Especially Xiao Han, she is Chu Yu's daughter and Jiang Ran's biological mother.
Whatever these two people do will probably implicate her.
As for the others, it will depend on what Emperor Jingning is thinking.
On the other side, Princess Lejia was also shocked by the sudden news and opened her mouth wide.
"What? They are all spies sent by Dongyi?"
I really didn't expect this. I thought Jiang Ran had done something big.
Who knew that this family all do great things.
Marquis Wenxin: ...
When did he say that?
"How can there be such a family? So far, the only person we have found to be a spy is Xiao Han's biological mother, Chu Yu."
Princess Lejia said, "Oh!" "No wonder those people call Jiang Ran the master. It turns out he has this identity. What was Chu Yu's identity in Dongyi? Was she a noble lady of Dongyi?"
Seeing how respectful those people were to Jiang Ran, it seemed as if he really had some important status.
Marquis Wenxin: "Chu Yu is an orphan who has been trained as a spy since she was young. She is not a noble lady."
Princess Lejia nodded: "Yes, if she was a noble lady, she would not have been sent to Daliang since she was young."
Thinking of Jiang Jinrong, Marquis Wenxin sighed.
Jiang Jinrong and his two sons had too close a relationship with Xiao Han and Jiang Ran, and were originally going to be implicated in this matter.
Fortunately, Xiao Han had drugged Jiang Jinrong, and Jiang Jinrong sent Xiao Han to prison.
The two became enemies and everyone knew about it.
Later, Jiang Ran ran away, and Jiang Jinrong didn't know where he went, so he asked Wen Xinhou to look for him.
Emperor Jingning knew all these things clearly, but because Jiang Jinrong was poisoned by Xiao Han and became sick, and he was not aware of what Jiang Ran had done, he just let it go.
Only Jiang Jinrong and his son Jiang Huai were dismissed from their official positions.
The Jiang family was saved.
Marquis Wenxin shook his head. Fortunately, his second brother had a falling out with Xiao Han, and Jiang Ran ran away from home and then did those things with the Dongyi people.
Otherwise, the entire Jiang family might suffer.
By then it won't be as simple as being dismissed from office. Even if you don't have to risk your life, you will still be exiled.
The second brother has to bear the consequences. This is the price he has to pay for being blind.
"Aning, now that you are back, spend more time with your grandmother."
There were two reasons why Marquis Wenxin told Princess Lejia about this after she came back.
First, Princess Lejia is the person involved, and she has the right to know about this matter first.
Second, Princess Yi'an also knew about these things and was in a bad mood because of it.
Princess Lejia is Princess Yi'an's most beloved junior. Marquis Wenxin hopes that she can spend more time with Princess Yi'an and make her happy.
Princess Lejia understood what Marquis Wenxin meant: "Dad, don't worry. I will definitely accompany grandma well."
Although my grandmother had said long ago that she would not interfere in the affairs of Jiang Jinrong's family, he was her biological son after all.
How could my grandmother not feel anything about what happened to Jiang Jinrong's family?
Thinking of this, Princess Lejia pursed her lips.
Not to mention her grandmother, even she felt complicated after hearing about the fate of the Han family and Jiang Jinrong and his son.
Although I don't like them, I can't gloat over their misfortune after knowing these things.
Human emotions are just so complicated.
There are so many right and wrong things in the world, who can tell the difference? ?
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During this period of time, Prince An has been running around to handle the tasks assigned by Emperor Jingning, and he is busy every day.
Now that these things have finally come to an end, Prince An finally has some free time to take Princess An and Xiao Jingran to the food street to stroll around and try some fresh food.
The first step when visiting the food court is naturally to read the latest brochure.
See what new areas have been added to the food court and what new products have been launched in each area.
Princess An had heard that the food court had launched a series of health-preserving milk teas. She looked carefully in the brochure and indeed saw the health-preserving milk tea.
"My Lord, Ran'er, why don't we go drink this."
Seeing that Prince An and Xiao Jingran were both looking at the album in her hand, Princess An introduced it again -
"It is said that this is a milk tea that integrates the concept of health preservation, combining various herbs that are beneficial to the body with milk tea. This milk tea has all kinds of flavors, corresponding to different functions. It is like a combination of herbal tea and milk tea. Look at this one, it is good for the eyes. It contains chrysanthemum and cassia seed. And this one..."
Princess An likes all kinds of sweets, and she especially loves fragrant and sweet milk tea.
I always drink two cups of milk tea.
But she was happy when she drank it, but regretted it after she finished.
And a lot of guilt.
As Ran'er's mother, she should set a good example for her child.
How can you ignore your weight just because of your appetite?
Now, the food court has launched healthy milk tea that is good for the body.
If she drinks health-preserving milk tea, then she can tell herself that she is not being greedy when drinking milk tea.
It's for the good of your health.
In this way, she has set a good example for her children.
Hehehe~~~
Princess An's endless introduction to Prince An made it impossible for Xiao Jingran to hear anything. Their minds were now filled with the word "herbs".
Milk tea is milk tea, herbal tea is herbal tea!!
How can they be mixed together?
What are people trying to achieve by drinking this milk tea? They may not be able to tell whether what they are drinking is milk tea or medicine.
King An: ヾ(≧へ≦)〃
He had been busy running around outside for so long and finally had some free time, but the princess actually wanted to take him to take medicine.
Is the princess hinting that he is ill?
Xiao Jingran: o(一︿一+)o
Milk tea with herbs added will definitely taste strange, which is not okay.
Milk tea must be fragrant and sweet, and no strange things can be added to it.
The protests of Prince An and his son were ineffective. At least in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Princess An had always been the one who had the final say in Prince An's mansion.
In the end, Prince An and his son Xiao Jingran resigned themselves to their fate and followed Princess An to the milk tea area.
Forget it, just do as she says this time.
When Princess An saw the healthy milk tea she had been longing for, she quickly chose the flavor she wanted, and also helped her husband and beloved son choose a cup each.
"Your Highness, you haven't been sleeping well recently. This milk tea can calm your mind, regulate your liver and spleen, and help you sleep."
"And Ran'er, this cup of yours will be good for your eyes. Your eyes get tired easily when you read, so you have to take good care of them."
Princess An felt that her arrangement was very good. Prince An's cup was a jujube kernel, poria cocos and longan milk tea, while Xiao Jingran's was a chrysanthemum, cassia seed and pearl milk tea.
Her own drink is longan, red dates, and peach blossom milk tea, which is good for beauty and skin care.
It's simply perfect.
Although they were very reluctant in their hearts, after tasting the health-preserving milk tea themselves, Prince An and his son, who had always had bitter faces, found it really delicious.
Prince An swallowed the milk tea in his mouth, and surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes: "This milk tea tastes quite special."
It was the first time for him to drink herbal tea in milk tea, and he thought the taste would be strange.
Unexpectedly, it was surprisingly harmonious.
The mellow fragrance of Poria cocos, the slightly sour and astringent taste of jujube seeds, and the full and sweet taste of longan...
The fragrant milk neutralizes the slight astringency brought by tea leaves and medicinal herbs, which in turn add a pleasant fragrance to the milk tea.
If you sip it carefully, the sweetness and refreshing taste of the tea will linger between your lips and teeth, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.
Xiao Jingran also changed his previous bitter expression and smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.
"The chrysanthemum and cassia seed pearl milk tea is also delicious. Raner likes it very much."
Mint is added to the Chrysanthemum and Cassia Seed Pearl Milk Tea. When you take a sip, a refreshing mint aroma accompanied by a rich milky aroma spreads in your mouth.
It's refreshing yet has a hint of sweetness.
It gives people a comfortable feeling of breeze blowing on their face.
With the soft and chewy pearls, it is absolutely amazing! !
Princess An swallowed the milk tea in her mouth and the smile on her face became even more intense.
How could it not taste good if she chose it for them?
Seeing how they frowned just now, now they know that she is fine.
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