Chapter 408 Difficult
Fortunately, Dongliang did not want to compare Princess Shouzhen with Princess Heshun.
Otherwise, it would be too shameful for the princess who grew up in the palace with luxury and fine clothes to be not as good as the princess who had been living away from home for sixteen years.
Princess Heshun was dignified and graceful, with the demeanor of a princess. More importantly, due to the prince's threat, the Dongliang envoy did not dare to say anything.
As Duke Song and Queen Song said, if the princess that the Emperor of Ning Dynasty announced to the world was fake, he could use the marriage certificate to ask Ning Dynasty to marry the real princess to their Dongliang. Even if the real princess was already married and pregnant, Dongliang could still ask for it.
No one talked about the marriage anymore, and the family reunion banquet gradually became lively.
The emperor and his ministers were all enjoying themselves with the wine clinking between their lips.
The ancestral banquet lasted for about two hours, and the emperor was tired, so he ended the banquet.
After respectfully seeing off the emperor, Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu left the Linde Hall and prepared to return home.
After walking only a few steps, a young eunuch came over and said, "Prince and Princess, Eunuch An wants you to wait for a while. He wants to see you."
Not knowing what Eunuch An wanted to talk to them about, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu walked towards the emperor's study.
Halfway through the walk, I saw Eunuch An coming from afar.
When they got closer, Eunuch An was breathing heavily, and Shen Wan asked, "What does Eunuch An want to see us about?"
Eunuch An said, "Didn't the prince ask me to find out if there's anyone from Qiushui Town in Wutong County? The other day, Eunuch Li, who was with the Queen Mother, returned to the palace after finishing his business. I asked him about it, and he's the only one in the palace who's from Wutong County. He sounds like the person you're looking for. I can't remember his name, An. When Eunuch Li heard about it, he was very anxious and wanted to see him..."
If Eunuch An hadn't said it, Shen Wan would have already forgotten about Fu An.
Fu'an has been in Beijing for a long time and was placed on a farm by Xie Jingyu. I don't know how he is doing now.
But why could the person Fuan was looking for be Eunuch Li?
Eunuch Li is a man close to the Empress Dowager, but he is not a good person. In his previous life, Fu'an was tricked into the palace and castrated in order to find his uncle. Doesn't Eunuch Li know that he is Fu'an's uncle?
If he had Eunuch Li as his backer, Fu'an would not have been sent to a remote place like the cold palace, where he would be bullied everywhere.
However, Fu'an was just a young eunuch, and he probably had no contact with Eunuch Li in his previous life. In this life, she and Xie Jingyu asked Eunuch An to help find out. Anyone could find out.
Regardless of whether Eunuch Li is a good person or not, as long as he is Fu'an's uncle, finding him will fulfill Fu'an's wish in his previous life.
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, "I'm afraid Eunuch Li doesn't dare to go to the Jingbei Palace, let's find a place for them to meet."
As the Empress Dowager's confidant, Eunuch Li must know that the Empress Dowager's illness this time is closely related to them.
Even if Eunuch Li had some courage, he would not dare to let the Empress Dowager know that he had private dealings with them.
Eunuch An said, "I have a house outside the palace. Why don't we let them meet there?"
Eunuch An's status in front of the Emperor is the same as Eunuch Li's status in front of the Empress Dowager.
Sitting in their position, Eunuch An knew very well that he had no descendants, so having a nephew meant a lot to him, especially since this nephew had come from thousands of miles away to find his relatives. This family bond was even more precious.
If he is really Eunuch Li's nephew, it would be a huge favor for Eunuch Li, and maybe he can use it in the future.
As Eunuch An thought, Eunuch Li later helped Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu a lot for the sake of his nephew.
The emperor was tired of the palace banquet, so Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu did not go to the imperial study. Eunuch An informed them of the location of the courtyard and hurried back to serve them. Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu left the palace.
When getting on the carriage, the capable young eunuch beside Eunuch An brought a food box, which was exactly the Dongliang cakes that Chen Wan had specially requested and brought back for the princess to taste.
The two of them left the palace in a carriage and returned to Prince Jingbei's Mansion without any obstructions.
Stepping into the mansion, Xie Jingyu asked Manager Zhou, "Has my father returned home yet?"
"The prince is in the study."
Xie Jingyu said to Shen Wan, "Wait a moment, I'll go see my father."
In the study, the prince had just changed into a brocade robe and came out from behind the screen. When he saw Xie Jingyu coming in, the prince frowned.
Xie Jingyu came over and asked, "Is my mother from Dongliang?"
The prince's head was buzzing.
All the civil and military officials in the court combined are not as difficult to deal with as his own son.
Other families think their sons are not smart enough, but he thinks his son is too smart.
The prince said, "Your mother's surname is Jiang, and she comes from the Jiang family of Shengzhou."
Xie Jingyu asked, "What about before the Jiang family?"
The prince asked, "How could your father know about what happened before your mother married you?"
Pack!
If my father didn't know, why would he stop my mother from going out?
Xie Jingyu said, "It seems that my mother is indeed from Dongliang."
Prince, “…”
I've never wanted to hit my son so much.
Do I have to ask clearly?
He is a general and his wife is from Dongliang. If this matter gets out, even if the emperor trusts him, he will probably be afraid of him.
The prince endured the pain in his temples, and Xie Jingyu said, "Even if my father doesn't tell me, I still have a way to confirm it!"
The prince believes this.
His son is so capable that he now uses all his abilities on his father.
The prince said, "Father doesn't know whether your mother is from Dongliang or not. However, after marrying your mother, I went to Dongliang on business and saw a notice posted there. The woman on it looked very similar to your mother."
"Shengzhou is only a hundred miles from the border, and your mother has lost her memory again. Father doesn't want to cause any trouble, so he gave your mother some muscle softening powder that won't harm her body."
Xie Jingyu asked, "How much truth is there in what Father said?"
The prince said, "You have already married and are about to become a father. Do you want your father to beat you?"
No more questions allowed.
Xie Jingyu said, "It seems that by marrying Wan'er, I have married a talisman for the Jingbei Palace."
The prince said, "If you don't investigate, no one will ever know your mother's background."
Xie Jingyu had nothing to say.
My mother was the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. She married my father in his stead, and then had a divorce and was carried back to the mansion. No one would doubt my mother's origins.
It was just what the prince said, and Xie Jingyu didn't believe it.
If it was really just seen from the notice, that was more than ten years ago. It is normal for one or two people in the world to look alike. Moreover, so many years have passed, but my father is so worried about being recognized by the people of Dongliang that he cannot afford any mistakes.
The identity of the mother is by no means simple.
But he couldn't get the answer, and Xie Jingyu didn't know whether he should continue investigating.
Coming out of the study, Xie Jingyu saw Chen Wan standing under a tree waiting for him. When he walked over, she stretched out her hand.
I'm used to being held hands, and I'll feel uncomfortable if you don't hold my hand one day.
The two of them went to the Glazed Courtyard. The princess leaned on the large welcoming pillow. Seeing them come in, the princess said, "You've just returned from the palace banquet. Why don't you go back and rest?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Mother can't enter the palace for the banquet. Wan'er thought the cakes at the banquet tasted good, so she specially asked for some to bring back for Mother to try."
The princess was deeply moved and said to Shen Wan, "It's hard for you to think of mother all the time."
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