Chapter 471: Crack
In order to find out the relationship between Prince Qing and Queen Song, the next day, Xie Jingyu accompanied Shen Wan for breakfast and then rode to Lin Mansion.
Seeing Xie Jingyu, Old Master Lin was very happy and asked, "Why are you in the Lin Mansion?"
Xie Jingyu didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose, "I'm here to ask the old master about something—"
Old Master Lin asked Xie Jingyu to sit down. "What's the matter?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Eunuch Li, who served the Queen Mother, was murdered in the palace. His death seems to be related to Prince Qing and the Queen. I don't know much about Prince Qing and the Queen. My father has gone to the border, so I thought you might know something, so I came to ask you."
Old Taifu Lin had also heard about the murder of Eunuch Li. Firstly, Eunuch Li was a man trusted by the Empress Dowager, and secondly, the timing of his death was special, as all the civil and military officials were accompanying the Emperor in the New Year's Eve banquet, so it was hard not to know about it.
But how could Eunuch Li’s death be related to Prince Qing and the Queen?
Thinking about the jade-carved deer that almost took the lives of more than a dozen people in the Lin family, including himself, it was the one presented to the emperor by Prince Qing.
Prince Qing was nothing special in the court. He had made no achievements and committed no mistakes. However, this seemingly idle prince always gave Old Tutor Lin a gloomy feeling, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, making people dare not underestimate him from the bottom of their hearts.
Old Tutor Lin and Xie Jingyu were chatting while playing chess. Old Tutor Lin didn't know what Xie Jingyu wanted to know, so he told Xie Jingyu to ask whatever he wanted and he would tell him everything he knew.
As for Concubine Wen, she asked her maid to get the family tree yesterday evening but failed. After breakfast, she went to the ancestral hall.
Relying on the fact that she was the daughter of the benefactor of the Jingbei Palace, and the indulgence of the old lady and the second and third wives, Concubine Wen was highly praised. In the past twenty years, as long as the old prince and the prince were not around, Concubine Wen acted arrogantly in the Jingbei Palace and never took the princess seriously.
She wants to see the family tree, and no one can stop her!
Concubine Wen wanted to enter the ancestral hall, but the servant who was cleaning the hall stopped her, saying, "The ancestral hall is a restricted area. Concubine, you cannot enter..."
Originally, Concubine Wen was concerned about Shen Wan and the Fourth Madam entering the ancestral hall. The Crown Prince's wife and the concubine's wife could enter, but she, the concubine, could not. Does this make sense?
When the prince was away, Concubine Wen didn't even take the princess seriously, let alone a mere servant.
The servant said something extra, and Concubine Wen slapped him in the face. "I was just sick for a few days and missed the worship. The four ladies can enter this ancestral hall, so why can't I?!"
The servant was beaten and had no words to refute.
Normally women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, but the prince broke this rule. The prince did not care about these things, and as a servant he had no reason to stop Concubine Wen from entering the ancestral hall.
But there's nothing interesting to see in the ancestral hall. There are just some tablets and some incense, candles and paper money. Concubine Wen wouldn't come here just to look at the family tree, right?
The family tree was locked in a box and the key was in the hands of the prince. Concubine Wen insisted on seeing the family tree, and he told her that the fourth master and the fourth mistress had it. She just needed to send someone to look for it, and there was no need to come to the ancestral hall in person.
Without the key, it's useless to come here...
The servant made way for Concubine Wen, who stepped into the ancestral hall. Seeing the ancestral tablets arranged in an orderly manner, Concubine Wen felt a little frightened. But when she thought of the Wen Mansion and how so many living people had turned into tablets, Concubine Wen felt hatred in her heart.
My father lost his life saving the old prince. How did the Jingbei Palace repay the Wen Mansion?
Destroy the entire Wen family!
The Jingbei Palace owes the Wen Palace, and it owes her even more!
When Concubine Wen walked over, she saw the box on the altar, and it was indeed locked.
It's just a family tree, what's so worth locking up?
Overwhelmed with hatred, Concubine Wen wanted to point at the tablets of the ancestors of the Jingbei Palace and curse them. She looked at the lock on the box and picked it up.
The servant wanted to stop him, but he didn't dare.
The servant didn't understand why Concubine Wen insisted on looking at the family tree.
The people in the family tree are either alive or dead. Concubine Wen should know all the living ones, and there is no need for her to know the dead ones.
Look, after you've seen the box and the lock, leave quickly.
The servant thought so in his heart, and then he saw a scene that stunned him.
Concubine Wen raised the box high up and threw it to the ground.
Servant, “……!!!”
The exquisite jewel-inlaid box suddenly shattered.
The servant thought Concubine Wen was crazy.
This is the ancestral hall.
It's inappropriate for a concubine like her to enter the ancestral hall. How dare she be so presumptuous in front of all the ancestors? The prince has gone to the border, and the princess and the prince are still in the mansion. If Concubine Wen doesn't want to stay in the Jingbei Palace, she can go directly to the farm. There's no need for her to deliberately cause trouble and get chased to the farm, right?
Not to mention the servant, even Madam Li and the maid who came with Concubine Wen were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Concubine Wen walked over and pried the broken box open with a little force, and saw the family tree inside the box.
There was some disappointment in Concubine Wen's eyes. She thought the family tree was a cover, but she didn't expect it was really just a family tree.
She wanted to see if there was anything in the family tree that was worth locking.
Concubine Wen picked up the family tree and flipped through it casually. After flipping through it twice, she saw the page about the princess, and when she turned to the next page, she saw her.
There were only a few words on it.
Concubine Wen.
The benefactor's daughter.
Unlike the princess, she was not recorded as the prince's biological mother, but was more of a passing mention.
Even if she was negligent, she shouldn't be so negligent. She gave birth to a pair of children for the prince, is that really not worth mentioning?!
Concubine Wen suppressed her anger and flipped back the pages. When she saw the page that recorded Xie Jing'an and Xie Zhihuan, her face turned pale and even the hand holding the family tree began to tremble.
Inside the house, the little maid came back with some plum blossoms, and Chen Wan cut off the extra branches of the plum blossoms placed in the red jade vase.
Just as he was busy, Dong'er ran in and said, "Prince's Concubine, Concubine Wen was making a fuss about entering the ancestral hall, and the servant stopped her. Concubine Wen slapped the servant..."
There was undisguised disgust on Shen Wan's face.
Yesterday they went to cause trouble for the princess, and today they went to cause trouble at the ancestral hall. Concubine Wen clearly made it clear that she would not stop until the Jingbei Palace was in chaos.
The prince should have sent Concubine Wen to the farm directly. It would not be too late to send her back when something bad happened.
The princess will take care of this matter, but Shen Wan is in a heavy condition and cannot intervene even if she wants to.
Soon, another maid ran in from outside, "Princess, Concubine Wen smashed the family tree in the box in the ancestral hall and took it to find the princess..."
Shen Wan's brows were twisted into knots.
Why did Concubine Wen bring the family tree to see the princess?
Shen Wan suddenly felt uneasy. She quickly put down the scissors in her hand and raised her hand to let Shanhu help her up.
Glass Courtyard.
The princess sat on the small couch, her eyelids twitching since she woke up in the morning.
The maid came in hurriedly and reported to the princess that Concubine Wen had gone to the ancestral hall and smashed the family tree in front of all the ancestors.
The princess suddenly felt a headache. She had never seen such a commotion before. "Tell Steward Zhou to prepare a carriage and take Concubine Wen to the farm..."
Before the princess finished giving her orders, the maid ran in and said, "Princess, Concubine Wen is here."
Immediately afterwards, the sound of a maid trying to stop Concubine Wen and being slapped by Concubine Wen was heard.
The princess looked up and saw Concubine Wen holding a golden hairpin in her hand, forcing the maid to retreat step by step into the house.
The princess's face darkened and she scolded him.
"Concubine Wen, what are you going to do?!"
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