Chapter 49 Chapter 49 “…Mother, I saw Shen Jingchen…
==Chapter 49==
...Shen Jingchen?
Feng Wenyu stared in the direction of Shen Jingchen in a daze, as if struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze for a long time, unable to recover.
Even with just a quick glance, she couldn't possibly mistake Shen Jingchen.
All of Qiao Anyu's abnormal behavior was explained. She had always hated places like the Jiaofangsi. If there was anyone who could make her endure this disgust and go in and out of the Jiaofangsi again and again, it was only Chen Jingchen.
But the entire Shen family was executed, so didn’t Shen Jingchen die long ago?
Jiang Zhilan also saw Shen Jingchen, her expression changed slightly, and the next moment she immediately turned to look at Feng Wenyu: "Ayu!"
She called out in panic and worry, and Feng Wenyu was called back to his senses. The people in the chaos seemed to have heard the sound as well, and suddenly looked over here. In a panic, Feng Wenyu subconsciously avoided his sight.
But that gaze still passed through the crowd and fell on her.
Shen Jingchen was looking at her.
Realizing this, the blood color on Feng Wenyu's face disappeared completely in an instant.
Jiang Zhilan directly pulled the person behind her to block Shen Jingchen's sight for her. Jiang Zhilan frowned and looked at Shen Jingchen. Seeing Shen Jingchen, who was always so bright and cheerful, fall into such an embarrassing situation today, she was speechless for a moment.
But that's all.
She was more worried about Feng Wenyu's condition.
Jiang Zhilan also vaguely knew that Shen Jingchen might not be dead.
After all, her father was the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, and the Shen family case was taken over by her father, but Jiang Zhilan did not expect that Shen Jingchen would fall into such a place of fireworks.
He used to be a very self-disciplined and prudent person, but now he is just a prostitute who is bullied by others.
Such a huge difference made Jiang Zhilan realize Shen Jingchen's situation in an instant. He was in a bad situation because he had fallen from a high place and was being played around by villains.
But this has nothing to do with her, and it shouldn’t have anything to do with Feng Wenyu either.
Jiang Zhilan held Feng Wenyu's wrist and said in a slightly heavier tone, "Ayu, it's time for us to go back home."
If she had known that this excitement was related to Shen Jingchen, she would never have dragged Feng Wenyu to watch.
Feng Wenyu looked at Jiang Zhilan in a daze: "Sister Jiang..."
She wanted to say something, but her throat was tight and dry, making her speechless for a moment, and she couldn't find any words to describe her current mood.
Until the people from Jingzhao Prefecture arrived, waved away the people around, and stopped the two chaotic groups:
"stop!"
Jingzhao Yin rushed over with cold sweat on his forehead. When he saw this scene, he felt dizzy and went crazy!
The girl from the Chief Censor's family and the boy from the Imperial Envoy's family started fighting!
Both of them are third-rank officials. The Chief Censor is affiliated with the Inspectorate, one of the three judicial departments. Not to mention the Grand Secretary, who is responsible for impeaching all officials for dereliction of duty and malfeasance. It is a somewhat unpleasant position among all officials, but no one can ignore the power of this position.
I knew these two families were enemies, but who could have imagined they would brawl in public?!
Don’t people like this love to look respectable the most?
Jingzhao Yin seemed to have seen the bloody storm at tomorrow's morning court session. With a cold sweat on his face, he ordered the officers and soldiers to bring everyone back to the yamen. As for the culprit who caused the fight between the two, Jingzhao Yin just glanced at him quickly, with a flash of surprise in his eyes. He had also studied in the Imperial College, so naturally he recognized Shen Jingchen.
But soon, he pretended not to know and left with his men.
It wasn't that he couldn't bear to let Shen Jingchen go, but he was worried that taking Shen Jingchen to the yamen would cause the two ancestors to fight again.
No matter how glorious the Shen family was in the past, people would choose to protect themselves when they are gone, not to mention that he and Shen Jingchen had no relationship.
After the Qiao and Li families were taken away, the excitement died down and the crowd left with many discussions. Shen Jingchen was also pulled back by the people from the Jiaofang Division. He kept looking back at Feng Wenyu. Feng Wenyu could feel that gaze, but she didn't know how to face him.
The subconscious thing is to escape.
Shen Jingchen's clothes were stained with dust, and he looked disheveled. His fingers were stepped on and stained. Seeing the man's evasive attitude, a hint of self-mockery appeared at the corner of his lips, and the emotion between his eyebrows became even more dull.
After this incident, the Jiaofangsi did not dare to do business today and simply closed its doors to customers.
The wooden door creaked shut, as if giving Feng Wenyu courage. She finally dared to look up at the gate of the Jiaofangsi.
Not seeing anyone, she couldn't tell whether she was relieved or disappointed, and could only ask Jiang Zhilan blankly:
"Did you see that..."
Jiang Zhilan sighed. She asked her maid to call the coachman to bring the carriage over. Then she looked at Feng Wenyu and said, "Ah Yu, what happened back then had nothing to do with you. There's no need for you to feel guilty."
The party struggle, after all, is a fight for power and status, which is not something Feng Wenyu can stop. The Shen family stood on the wrong side, which led to the current result.
Feng Wenyu moved his lips but couldn't say anything.
She knew very well that the reason why she was trying to get to the bottom of Shen Jingchen's evasive behavior was because she felt guilty.
She felt guilty towards Shen Jingchen, so she didn't dare to face him.
The carriage arrived, and Jiang Zhilan forcefully pulled her onto it. Feng Wenyu also looked back frequently in silence, but the gate of the Jiaofangsi was closed, and there was only a mess at the door after the chaos.
Feng Wenyu was finally unable to overcome the sadness in her heart. She couldn't pretend that she saw nothing, so she stopped in front of the carriage.
Jiang Zhilan raised her voice slightly: "Ayu!"
Jiang Zhilan was reminding her not to be confused. Qiao Anyu's end was right in front of her. People always had a lot of rules for girls like them. No matter what she thought in her heart, Jiang Zhilan would never let her contact Shen Jingchen.
Feng Wenyu seemed to know what Jiang Zhilan was going to say, and she quickly interrupted Jiang Zhilan:
"Get him a doctor!"
She looked at Jiang Zhilan pleadingly: "I saw it, his hand..."
Jiang Zhilan was completely helpless with her, and she knew she was feeling uneasy, so she finally frowned and acquiesced to her actions:
"You are not allowed to go in person."
Feng Wenyu immediately turned around, his gaze darting around until he finally landed on Uncle Zhou. "Uncle Zhou, go get a doctor to come and see...his injuries."
She was a little embarrassed, even how to address Shen Jingchen became a problem, and finally she lowered her head and said:
"Don't tell him it's me."
After saying this, Jiang Zhilan looked up at her and pulled her onto the carriage. There was a moment of silence in the carriage. When they were about to reach the Minister's residence, Jiang Zhilan spoke loudly:
"Ayu, what's happened is over. Don't be confused and don't drag yourself down."
Feng Wenyu forced her lips and said, "I know."
She was not an ungrateful person, and she could not ignore Jiang Zhilan's concern and reminder.
After everyone got off the carriage, Jiang Zhilan rubbed his brows with a headache. As an outsider, he spoke lightly and didn't feel embarrassed at all.
But she knew very well that Feng Wenyu could never let go of what happened back then.
If Feng Wenyu and Qiao Anyu had not been fooling around, Shen Jingchen would not have accidentally killed someone, and the Shen family would have been involved in that disaster either passively or actively. All 123 members of the Shen family, except Shen Jingchen, were beheaded, and the streets were stained with blood. The smell of blood lingered in the capital for a long time during that period.
These 122 lives were enough to crush a person's psychology. How could she let Feng Wenyu ignore Shen Jingchen just by saying "Don't be confused"?
Everyone is selfish.
She and Feng Wenyu have known each other for ten years. They are close friends and each other's only close friends.
She naturally prefers Feng Wenyu.
At this moment, she actually hoped that Shen Jingchen had also been beheaded in the disaster that year, so as to avoid Feng Wenyu's distress and unrest at this time.
The incident might have been caused by Feng Wenyu and Qiao Anyu, but when it comes down to it, it was the Shen family's greed that brought disaster upon themselves, wasn't it?
After Feng Wenyu returned, he also sat there for a whole day.
She was thinking about Shen Jingchen.
Emperor Wenyuan had a legitimate eldest son, who was once the Crown Prince Wende. At that time, even though the second prince was deeply loved by Emperor Wenyuan, he did not dare to compete with him.
The former queen died of complications during childbirth when giving birth to her eldest son. Emperor Wenyuan and his wife were deeply in love, and when the eldest son was born, he issued an edict to appoint the prince as the crown prince. Everyone knew that Crown Prince Wende was very favored, but people change, and the friendship between people also changes.
Emperor Wenyuan refused to give up power for a long time. Seeing that the prince was becoming stronger and stronger, and that the court officials were more convinced, he became even more wary of him.
Imperial power is the best inducement for the conflict between father and son.
These should have had nothing to do with Shen Jingchen, but it was the incident involving Prince Wende that led to the execution of the entire Shen family.
Prince Wende had a wet nurse who had a biological son named Zheng Xun. This man took advantage of the prince to do shameful things in private. Feng Wenyu still feels sick when he thinks about that man's habits.
He likes young girls and boys.
Relying on the prince, countless people tried to curry favor with him in private. As time went on, he became more and more unrestrained in his behavior, and the occasional glances he gave her and Qiao Anyu were also wanton. At that time, her grandfather had just entered the cabinet, and Qiao Anyu had always been in favor, so the two of them were the most fearless.
The two of them hated Zheng Xun so much that even though they didn't get along, they were happy to get together and cause trouble for Zheng Xun.
But the two of them had many inconsiderate actions at that time. To this day, Feng Wenyu still dares not think about the scene of that year. If Shen Jingchen had not broken in, perhaps she and Qiao Anyu would have been in great trouble.
It was not until blood splattered on her and Qiao Anyu's faces that they realized with horror that Shen Jingchen had accidentally killed Zheng Xun.
Later, Prince Wende's men broke in, and she and Qiao Anyu were released home, but Shen Jingchen was taken away. No one knew what Prince Wende and the Shen family discussed, but Zheng Xun eventually died from accidentally falling off a horse.
Prince Wende rebelled one night. After he was executed, Emperor Wenyuan remembered his good deeds. He felt that the prince would not be unfilial and that it was his subordinates who instigated and led him astray. After all, children raised by one's own hands are different. Even though he rebelled, his posthumous title was still Wende, and he was buried in the imperial mausoleum as a prince.
Prince Wende's ministers were liquidated one by one by Emperor Wenyuan, and the Shen family was among them.
All nine members of the Shen family were killed.
It wasn't just the Shen family. During that period, screams could be heard throughout the capital, and blood seemed to flow like a river.
Feng Wenyu always thought that Shen Jingchen also died in that disaster.
No wonder Qiao Anyu asked her inexplicably before - Have you met him?
She didn't understand at the time, but now thinking about it, Feng Wenyu suddenly realized that the only person who could implicate the two of them together was Shen Jingchen.
Zhou Yueyu noticed something was wrong with her and rushed to see her. She reached out and touched her forehead:
"What's going on?"
Feng Wenyu held her hand and raised her head. The heavy feeling in her heart made her feel uncomfortable. She looked at Zhou Yueyu at a loss: "...Mom, I saw Shen Jingchen."
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