Chapter 355: Hard life
At first, Luqiao thought that Zikui was worried that they couldn't escape, so she set fire to Prince Jin's Mansion to help them.
She and Lin Qingyin left Prince Jin's Mansion smoothly and went all the way to Suizhou. The child was born safely and they were never hunted down. It was not until the day when an assassin broke into the courtyard that Luqiao became suspicious.
If Zi Kui had set the fire himself, then no one would know that Lin Qingyin had faked her death and left Beijing, so how could anyone come to hunt her down?
But even though she had her suspicions, she had no way to investigate.
Xie Jingyu knew that Lin Qingyin had faked her death to escape, but since she had given birth to such a kind daughter like Chen Wan, Old Tutor Lin was not a person who would take human life lightly. Xie Jingyu did not believe that the Princess of Jin would do such a thing as escaping herself and letting someone else die in her place, so he asked this question.
As expected, there was discrepancy in the incident of the fire in Prince Jin's Mansion.
Before, he didn't know that Lin Qingyin was faking her death. Shen Ji had been investigating who set the fire in Prince Jin's Mansion. It wasn't until he returned to Beijing from Yunzhou and rescued Lin Qingyin and the child from the water that he realized the truth. From then on, he stopped investigating the case and didn't allow anyone to do so.
If it was really an arson, then if Lin Qingyin had not left at that time, she would probably not have had the chance to give birth to her two children and would have died in the fire in Prince Jin's Mansion.
At this time, a voice came from outside the door, "Why don't you let me in?"
Pei Huaijin changed into clean clothes and rushed to the study, but was stopped outside the door by Chen An.
Everyone in the room looked at each other. Pei Huaijin was the emperor's prince and had a noble status, but he was born to Princess Jin. This was a sword hanging over Pei Huaijin's head. The empress dowager would never let him recognize his ancestral home easily. Even if the emperor changed his identity and took Lin Qingyin back to Beijing as the concubine, the empress dowager would not agree.
The Queen Mother couldn't tolerate Chen Wan, let alone Pei Huaijin who could compete for the position of crown prince. If the Queen Mother knew about this, she would definitely get rid of Pei Huaijin at all costs.
Xie Jingyu said, "It's easy to hide it from Pei Huaijin, but Wan'er saw that half of the jade pendant..."
Shen Ji said, "Try to hide it as much as possible."
After saying this, Shen Ji and Old Master Pei said goodbye and walked out.
After the work was done, Xie Jingyu was about to leave. The manager of the Lin Mansion became even more anxious. He was eager to tell the good news to Old Tutor Lin and Old Madam Lin.
Old Master Pei sent them out, and Pei Huaijin just watched them come out. Shen Ji walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and praised Old Master Pei for teaching Pei Huaijin well.
Shen Ji was happy for Lin Qingyin and the emperor, but also a little worried. "Even if the emperor sent people to guard the Pei Mansion, there will inevitably be assassins breaking in. I will send a few secret guards just in case."
Old Master Pei said, "Everything will be arranged by Duke Dingguo and Prince Jingbei."
Mansion of Duke of Song.
After dinner, Duke Song fed the birds by the window with great interest.
The steward hurried in, "Duke, there's an incident in the Ministry of Justice prison..."
Duke Song laughed and said, "Is he dead?"
The steward said, "It just so happened that the Prince of Jingbei went to visit Pei Huaijin in prison and brought him some food. The food our people sent didn't make it into Pei Huaijin's stomach, but was eaten by the jailers, poisoning two of them to death..."
Swish.
Duke Song's face darkened.
Old Master Pei's grandson was really lucky. Two groups of people from the Wang family failed to stop his life on the road. He took action himself, but he still managed to escape.
Duke Song was already unhappy, and the steward said, "The Prince of Jingbei reported this to the Emperor, and the Emperor made an exception and allowed Pei Huaijin to be detained at the Pei family, and sent soldiers to guard the Pei family."
Duke Song's face was cold and icy.
Committing a capital crime, and being released from the Ministry of Justice's death row, there's only one place he can go: the execution platform. The Emperor actually allowed Pei Huaijin to be detained back at the Pei family. Why didn't the Emperor simply issue an edict to pardon his death sentence?!
Upon hearing the news, the wife of Duke Song also came to find Duke Song and asked him to avenge her nephew.
Duke Song said, "Tomorrow, I will send him back to the death row of the Ministry of Justice!"
Let's talk about Chen Wan. She knew that Xie Jingyu went to visit Pei Huaijin in prison, so she waited for him to come back for dinner. However, she waited and waited, but Xie Jingyu did not come back. Pregnant Chen Wan could not bear the hunger and ate first.
Usually after dinner, Chen Wan would go to the garden for a walk to digest the food, but today Xie Jingyu didn't come back. Chen Wan was worried that something might have happened, so she had no intention of taking a walk and sat on the swing in the yard waiting for Xie Jingyu.
When it was getting dark, Xie Jingyu still hadn't returned, so Shanhu said, "The wind is picking up, Crown Princess, you should go back to the house and wait for the Crown Prince."
Shen Wan didn't say anything, nor did he stand up.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Chun'er ran in from outside the courtyard and said, "The prince is back."
Finally he was back. Even though he knew that no one in Kyoto could take Xie Jingyu's life, Shen Wan was still a little worried.
She stood up to greet him, and when she walked out of the hospital gate, she saw Xie Jingyu coming over. Shen Wan asked, "You went to visit the prison, why did you take so long?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Not only did he go to the Ministry of Justice, he also went to the palace and the Pei family."
After traveling to so many places, no wonder you came back so late.
Thinking of the emperor giving Xie Jingyu vegetables and steamed buns, Shen Wan asked, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?"
Xie Jingyu said, "I'm too busy to eat."
Chen Wan turned around and told Shanhu, "Ask the kitchen to make some noodles and bring them over."
Xie Jingyu said, "I'm going to take a shower and change clothes."
Chen Wan wanted to ask Xie Jingyu about the half jade pendant, but Xie Jingyu went to the bathroom. She didn't dare to follow him and could only endure it.
When Xie Jingyu came back from taking a shower, the noodles were brought over from the kitchen.
As soon as the maid left, Shen Wan couldn't wait to ask, "Have you found out who that half of the jade pendant belongs to?"
Xie Jingyu said, "How can it be that fast? Be patient and wait."
Chen Wan also knew that she was too anxious. She hadn't even looked for that half of the jade pendant, and she appeared in front of her. If she found it so easily, it would be too easy.
Xie Jingyu was eating noodles. Shen Wan looked at him and thought about how Xie Jingyu had been to several places in a row. Then he asked, "What are you doing at Pei Mansion?"
It was definitely not to help Pei Huaijin pass on the message, as Chen Ping could do such a small thing. Besides, the Minister of Justice did not stop people from Pei's house from visiting the prison, so there was no need for Xie Jingyu to help pass on the message.
Apart from the half jade pendant and Shen Wan Pei Huaijin's life experience, which could not be told for the time being, there was no need to hide other things from Shen Wan.
Xie Jingyu said, "Someone sent food under the name of the Pei Mansion, intending to poison Pei Huaijin. I went to the palace to ask for permission, and the emperor allowed Pei Huaijin to be detained in the Pei Mansion."
It was expected that someone would poison Pei Huaijin, and Shen Wan was not surprised.
What surprised her was that the emperor would actually let Pei Huaijin return to the Pei family for detention.
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, and Xie Jingyu said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Shen Wan asked in a low voice, “Is the emperor your biological father?”
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Cough cough!
I almost choked to death.
You really think about it.
Xie Jingyu knocked Shen Wan’s forehead, “Why don’t you suspect that the emperor is your biological father?”
Shen Wan said, “The emperor is good to me, but he has to grant you any request.”
Xie Jingyu wanted to overturn Pei Huaijin's verdict, so the emperor gave him an imperial edict.
Xie Jingyu asked the emperor to release Pei Huaijin and detain him in the Pei family, and the emperor agreed.
Even though the emperor has always loved her, Shen Wan felt that the emperor was too nice to Xie Jingyu, which was why she was so suspicious.
Xie Jingyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Have you ever seen anyone let his son eat vegetable buns?"
Shen Wan said, "The emperor at least lets you eat vegetable buns. Father won't even let you eat at Mother's."
Xie Jingyu, “…”
I just felt the word "miserable" hitting me in the face.
Outside the window, Chen Ping and Chen An, who were chewing steamed buns on the tree, almost choked to death from laughing.
No princess would stab the prince once and then stab him again like this.
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