Chapter 243 File
Let’s talk about Xie Jingyu going to the Ministry of Justice. Knowing that he was coming, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice hurriedly dropped the work in his hands and came out to greet him.
Are you kidding? He is the son of King Jingbei, the son-in-law of Duke Dingguo, and he once saved the emperor. With such a status, no civil or military official in the court would dare to neglect him.
The Minister of Justice asked, "Why is Prince Xie here at the Ministry of Justice?"
Xie Jingyu stated his purpose, "I want to see this file."
The files of the Ministry of Justice are generally not allowed to be read casually.
But the Assistant Minister of Justice also knew that Xie Jingyu would not ask to see the files casually.
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice led Xie Jingyu to the file room and asked, "Which case file do you want to see, Prince Xie?"
"The Jin Prince's Mansion fire incident."
The Minister of Justice paused.
Xie Jingyu said, "Can't watch?"
The Minister of Justice shook his head, "It's not that I can't see it, but the file is not in the Ministry of Justice..."
Xie Jingyu frowned, "Where is it?"
"The Empress Dowager had it taken away two years ago, and it has never been returned, and the Ministry of Justice doesn't dare to send anyone to urge it."
The former crown prince was poisoned to death on his wedding night, and the Ministry of Justice could not find the culprit. The Prince of Jin's mansion was set on fire, and the Princess of Jin was burned to death, but the culprit was not caught. How could he have the nerve to ask the Empress Dowager for the files? It would be better for him to get scolded.
The case could not be solved back then, and now that so many years have passed, it is even less likely to be solved.
But why did the Prince of Jingbei want to see the files of the Princess of Jin? The Minister of Justice remembered that the Emperor had gone to congratulate Madam Lin on her birthday a few days ago, and suspected that the Emperor had ordered the investigation.
Xie Jingyu knew that Shen Wan was coming to visit the prison in the Ministry of Justice, so he suddenly decided to take a look at the case of Princess Jin.
No matter how he looked at this matter, he found many doubts. After the Prince of Jin's Mansion was burned, everyone thought that the Princess of Jin had died in the fire. Even the old Taifu Lin did not doubt it. However, the Princess of Jin went to Suizhou and gave birth to a child.
It looked like the fire was set by Princess Jin herself in order to fake her death and escape, but since she escaped, why are people still chasing her?
So he thought of looking at the files to see if he could find any clues, but he didn't expect that the files were with the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager took the files because she thought the Ministry of Justice was incompetent and wanted to find someone else to investigate, or did she not want the Ministry of Justice to investigate further?
Thinking about the fact that the Empress Dowager left the table in anger over a portrait of the Princess of Jin at the Emperor's birthday banquet, Xie Jingyu felt that the latter possibility was more likely.
Since the Ministry of Justice couldn’t see the files, Xie Jingyu went to find Shen Wan.
When he arrived, Shen Wan came out, and Shanhu whispered, "What the old lady said just now..."
"Unless my parents tell me in person, I won't believe a word of it."
"Also, don't tell my parents a word of what happened today."
Shanhu nodded heavily, "I know."
This is not a good thing. She also doesn't believe that the Crown Prince's Consort is not the biological daughter of the Duke and the Duchess. They love the Crown Prince's Consort so much, and the Yun family also loves the Crown Prince's Consort. How could she not be a biological daughter?
If I had known that the old lady was looking for the Crown Prince's wife to deliberately sow discord, I should not have come.
He is about to be executed, but he still harbors evil intentions and refuses to repent. He will not receive good retribution in his next life.
Xie Jingyu didn't ask Shen Wan, but said, "It's still early, shall I go shopping with you for a while?"
This move was exactly what Shen Wan wanted.
The two of them took a carriage to the most prosperous street in Kyoto, and strolled from the beginning to the end of the street. Chen Wan, who was already in a good mood, felt even better.
I don’t know how many envious and jealous looks I received along the way.
In front of a small stall selling tiger-head shoes and tiger-head hats, Shen Wan was unable to walk, but no one thought she was buying them for the baby in her belly. After all, Shen Yu was pregnant and thought Shen Wan was giving them to her little nephew.
But it was still too early to buy anything, so Chen Wan put the tiger-head shoes back and changed the stall.
Just as he turned around, he heard a commotion over there and someone startled their horse.
The horse rushed around, but did not go to this street. Shen Wan continued, but Chen An appeared and said, "Master, it seems that the fourth master scared the horse..."
"Go and have a look."
Chen An jumped on his horse and went after the Fourth Master.
Shen Wan looked in the direction of the frightened horse, with some worry in his eyes. Xie Jingyu said, "Fourth uncle's martial arts skills are not weak. Even if the horse is really frightened, he will be fine."
If there is an accident, Shen Wan believes that the fourth master will be safe.
But the Fourth Master had just been promoted two levels, and he had snatched the position from the Third Master, when something like a frightened horse happened. Shen Wan found it hard to believe that this was an accident.
Xie Jingyu knew that the Fourth Master was quite skilled in martial arts, and that frightening a horse would generally not cause any harm, and the person who attacked him must have known this as well.
It is even more worrying that they use methods like scaring the horse.
Facts have proved that Shen Wan's worries were not unnecessary. The fourth master frightened his horse, and it turned out that he was plotted against.
The Fourth Master's horse was going crazy. With the Fourth Master's martial arts skills, it was easy for him to get off the horse. However, the stirrup was tampered with and one of his feet was stuck in the stirrup. Fortunately, Chen An arrived in time and cut the stirrup with a sword, otherwise the Fourth Master would be in great danger today.
Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu returned to the Jingbei Palace. The fourth master had just returned as well, looking rather disheveled.
After entering the second gate, the fourth lady came hurriedly, anxious and worried, "Why would the horse be frightened for no reason?"
The Fourth Master was afraid that the Fourth Madam would be frightened, so he didn't dare tell her the truth and lied, "On the way back home, the horse was hit on the head and got scared. It's just a fright, it's not a big deal."
Seeing that the Fourth Master was fine, the Fourth Madam was relieved. "You said it wasn't a big deal, but you're still an elder after all. Look at you now, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess?"
The fourth master coughed lightly and said, "I'll go back first."
The Fourth Madam chased after the Fourth Master, and Xie Zhiyao bowed to Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu before going back.
Xie Jingyu went back to his room and drank a cup of tea before going to the study.
Chen Ping said, "Master, it seems that the Crown Prince's Consort is not the biological daughter of Duke Dingguo's wife..."
Xie Jingyu, “……???”
His heart was shocked, "Not a biological child?"
Chen Ping said, "Before she died, Madam Shen wanted to see the Crown Prince's Consort. She wanted to tell her that she wasn't Duke Dingguo's wife's biological daughter, and to displease both the Crown Prince's Consort and Duke Dingguo. But judging from Madam Shen's expression and the Crown Prince's Consort's reaction, it's likely true, and the Crown Prince's Consort already knew about it..."
However, Chen Ping was not surprised as Chen Wan had already known about it.
Not many people knew that Chen Wan had lived a new life, and Chen Ping was one of them.
Shen Wan gave Shanhu a gag order, but did not explicitly forbid him to tell the prince. Chen Ping felt it necessary to let the prince know.
And before, the Crown Princess asked him and Chen An to keep it a secret from the Crown Prince. I don’t know if the Crown Princess told the Crown Prince…
However, this matter would definitely be known as long as they had sex, otherwise the Crown Prince's wife would not be able to explain that she was not a virgin.
Chen Ping asked quietly, "Master, has the Crown Princess accepted you?"
Xie Jingyu glanced at Chen Ping and said, "Are you meddling too much?"
She actually started to take care of things in his room.
But it’s been eight days already, so we should be able to consummate our marriage tonight, right?
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