"...Marquis Xibo Lu Siheng favors his concubine over his wife, and allows his concubines' children to bully and frame his legitimate children. His personal ethics are flawed, and the Emperor has demoted him three ranks..."
"...Prince Xiaoling, who was fond of women, forcibly abducted women and raped and tortured twenty of them to death. After the incident, Prince Xiaoling was imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, and the Prince Ling's Mansion was demoted to a Prince's Mansion..."
The more Su Xingyi read, the angrier he became. Twenty lives were lost, but he only had his title demoted!
He flipped through a few pages and stopped reading, looking up at Meng Chuan in disbelief. He just wanted to know the in-law relationships between the powerful and wealthy, but he didn't expect that this thick booklet not only contained everything he wanted, but even detailed information about the privacy of the backyards of each mansion.
"Has Lord Meng been involved with the Emperor in these matters that have been revealed?"
"Yes." Meng Chuan nodded repeatedly. "Most of the rumors are from their own mansions because they were too brutal. We will investigate the truth and collect relevant evidence. Only then will Lord Meng report them to the court... In the case of the young prince, the old prince spent half of his family fortune to appease the family and seek their forgiveness. Only then did the emperor make a discretionary decision and downgrade the Lingwang Mansion to a Junwang Mansion."
Su Xingyi's anger subsided a little after hearing this. "Is this person still causing trouble?"
"The young prince has been imprisoned in the clan residence and will never get out. Your Highness, although the portraits of the heads of the various clans and their mothers may not be as good as those of the painters, they are still quite similar. If Your Highness saw the real person, he would definitely be able to match them..."
As Meng Chuan spoke, he paid attention to Su Xingyi's expression. He saw that he was seriously looking through the paintings of the monarchs and queens of each family one by one, with his brows slightly furrowed.
The prince must be looking at who he looks like. Meng Chuan pursed his lips. He must have guessed correctly that the prince was looking for his family.
"Why is there no information about the princes and princesses?"
ah!
Want to see portraits of princes and princesses?
Could it be that the prince is some princess's forgotten child?
"Your Highness, you cannot secretly paint the portraits of the princes and princesses. If you do, it is a crime of great disrespect."
"Okay, I understand." Su Xingyi closed the booklet. "I will take my time to look through these. I asked you to come here early in the morning because there is something I need you to find out..."
At the south gate of the capital, Yunniang greeted Shangguan Lan and her son, then asked the coachman to go straight to the eldest prince's palace.
Seeing that Du Yu's men did not follow him, Nie Shiyi left half of his men at the city gate to wait for Shangguan Yu and his group, and took the remaining guards to escort the mother and son into the city.
The carriage stopped in front of a nicely decorated wonton shop, and two maids got off with large clean bowls in their arms.
When the boss saw that the visitor brought his own bowl, he understood what he meant and quickly prepared another pot.
No one in the capital city can be easily messed with. He must be clean and not upset the guests.
After finishing their breakfast, the mother and son rushed to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion.
"Nie Shiyi, hurry to the back door."
"yes."
Shangguan Lan was a little nervous about meeting her eldest grandson soon. "Jinnian, will it scare him if we, mother and son, suddenly come over?"
"I'm so surprised, how could I be scared?" Shangguan Jinnian raised his eyebrows. "I guess my nephew will feel sorry for you. You've been so tired from traveling all the way, he might not even let you go back to Dongjun."
Shangguan Lan had no intention of returning in a hurry. "Then don't return. Wait until your eldest nephew's matter is resolved, and your father will come over too."
"Father is so busy that he can't come."
"Don't we still have your elder brother? It is said that the Emperor of Beiyi is about the same age as your elder brother. We can't let your elder brother wait too long. Mother is worried that he will be depressed."
Dongfang Yinzhang said that Shangguan Mochen was destined to live a long life, so Shangguan Lan was a little worried that her father would outlive her son.
Shangguan Jinnian felt that his elder brother was quite aggrieved when he heard this. Ever since he could remember, his elder brother had been busy reviewing memorials in the imperial study.
The emperor only approved memorials symbolically, and even when attending court meetings, he sat on the podium and listened.
It is indeed time for my father to abdicate and enjoy his retirement.
"Did the Emperor agree?"
Shangguan Lan nodded: "Your father has already made this plan..."
Su Xingyi's eyelids kept twitching when he came out of the study. He tried to press them down with his hands but it didn't stop.
"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, my left eye is twitching badly."
"That's good news. Maybe Meng Chuan and the others will bring back good news when they go to Jintai Building."
Xiao Xier crawled out of the quilt and said, "Daddy and Mommy, don't be so superstitious. Daddy's eyelids are twitching because he didn't get enough sleep last night. Daddy, just go to the window and take a nap."
After Xiao Xier finished speaking, she stretched out her little hand and pulled Xiao Lingyu's eyes, "Be good, go back to sleep."
Su Xingyi closed his eyes with the mother and daughter, and then lay down on the beauty couch in front of the window. Fortunately, his two sons were studying conscientiously.
Otherwise, how could the whole family take a nap?
Su Xingyi took a quarter of an hour to close his eyes and then went to the study to continue looking through the anecdotes about civil and military officials and dignitaries collected by Meng Chuan.
At two quarters past nine, Nie Shiyi knocked on the door and came in.
"Uncle Crown Prince is coming to the capital so soon. Shouldn't he arrive in the afternoon?"
"Your Highness, your grandmother and uncle arrived first and are waiting at the back door."
Su Xingyi stood up quickly and rushed to the back door like a gust of wind.
Shangguan Jinnian threw herself into Su Xingyi's arms, "Nephew, mother and I are here to see you. Are you happy?"
"Happy." Su Xingyi said as he pulled Shangguan Jinnian out of his arms and carefully helped Shangguan Lan down from the carriage. "Grandma, you've had a hard time along the way."
Su Xingyi examined Shangguan Lan carefully, and was relieved to see that she had a rosy complexion and looked full of energy.
Shangguan Lan saw Su Xingyi clinging to her, and she felt very comforted. "Don't worry, grandma is in good health. Let's go in and talk."
Su Xingyi hurriedly helped Shangguan Lan into the yard. He freed his other hand, took Shangguan Jinnian's hand, and pulled him in.
Shangguan Jinnian looked down at Su Xingyi holding his big hand, feeling very happy. He thought that his nephew only had eyes for his mother and had forgotten about him.
Hey, Shangguan Jinnian slapped his forehead. He was actually jealous of his mother. This was totally wrong.
"Xiaojiu, don't hit yourself. What if you lose your memory and call me daddy again?"
Shangguan Jinnian: ...
"...I...won't lose my memory if I don't hit myself."
Su Xingyi brought the two back to Youhuang Courtyard and placed them in the west wing.
"Grandma, little uncle, you guys rest here first. I'll go call the princess and the children over."
Shangguan Lan hurriedly stopped her: "The princess is in poor health now, let her sleep a little longer."
Rongde Hall
"Who did Prince Shun bring in through the back door?"
Xiao Deng said, "They are a mother and son, dressed like wealthy people, with an air of nobility. Prince Shun calls them Grandmother and Uncle."
Uncle?
Xiao Tianci frowned and thought for a moment, "How old does that child look?"
"She looks about ten years old. I can't tell the woman's age, but she should be quite old."
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