Chapter 182: A Weak Spot
There was a hint of sarcasm in her words, and Zhao Shen's expression turned ugly: "Dad talked to me about this, and that's roughly what he meant."
Ji Yunshu's eyes widened: "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with the Marquis's brain?"
Zhao Shen paused and said, "I think Yao must have threatened him with something."
Under normal circumstances, the Marquis could not just quietly raise someone else's son and let Zhao Heng marry Wei Yuanmin smoothly.
Ji Yunshu also thought so: "So if she can threaten your father once, she can threaten him twice. Your father should not compromise without a bottom line. She shouldn't do anything to me at this time."
Zhao Shen suppressed his anger, rubbed her head and said, "It's my fault. I've caused you trouble. I'll investigate and give you an explanation."
Ji Yunshu nodded: "Don't blame yourself for everything. Who knows, maybe the other party is targeting me."
Zhao Shen didn't say anything, but just leaned over and kissed her between the eyebrows.
This is obviously aimed at his offspring, how could it have nothing to do with him?
It took a long time for Ji Yunshu's hands to warm up. Zhao Shen felt even worse when he thought about how she had been practicing martial arts these days and how healthy she was. Her hands were rarely this cold.
It was not until Bai Ling had prepared the medicine and brought it in that Zhao Shen personally watched Ji Yunshu drink it and made sure that there was nothing wrong with her body before leaving.
After he left, Ji Yunshu asked Lan Yin, "You're usually by my side, can you remember what's wrong?"
Lan Yin was also frightened. She didn't expect that her lady would be drugged with so many people watching.
After thinking seriously for a moment, he hesitated and said, "Speaking of which, Madam's diet and daily life have been normal recently, especially in the main courtyard. She is very careful every time she goes there. If there is anything wrong, it is that the eldest lady has been here so many times."
Ji Yunshu usually only comes into contact with a limited number of people and things, and she is never without someone by her side. It is not easy to drug her.
After hearing Lan Yin's words, she was stunned for a moment before she said, "You suspect the eldest girl? But what reason does she have to do this?"
At this moment, Yin Ye, who had been quietly standing by, suddenly said, "It's not that he has no motive. Didn't the Marquis say that if the Crown Prince and his wife have no children, they can adopt a son to inherit the title?"
It would have been fine if we didn't know Zhao Heng's background before, but now under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Zhao Heng to inherit the title.
Then as long as Zhao Shen has no offspring, the offspring from their second house can be adopted and then inherit the title.
This statement made Ji Yunshu's heart beat wildly: "If that's the case, doesn't that mean everyone in the Zhao family has a reason to attack me?"
Before, she thought that the Marquis’ words had helped her slap Zhao Heng in the face, and she felt very refreshed, but now it seems that this is simply a death warrant.
Without her knowing, everyone in the mansion was probably staring at her belly.
Seeing that she was still unwilling to doubt Zhao Fu, Lan Yin said reluctantly, "No one else can get in touch with you."
These words were truly powerful. No matter how much Ji Yunshu didn't want to believe it, she had to admit that Zhao Fu had indeed had the opportunity to drug her during the few times she came to see her.
She closed her eyes and said, "Forget it. If we can think of it, the prince can certainly think of it. Let's see what he can find out."
Yin Ye was very dissatisfied with Zhao Shen: "Who knows what dirty things are involved behind this? This time they drugged you, but if they poison you directly next time, can you escape it?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "That's just how life is. Unexpected things always happen. Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Anyway, she hardly left the house these days, so the ones who attacked her must be the people from the Marquis' Mansion.
On the other side, Zhao Shen did not leave the house, but went directly to the courtyard of Marquis Zhao.
Lord Zhao did not live in the main courtyard, but in a remote and secluded courtyard in the mansion.
I was a little surprised when I saw Zhao Shen coming.
As soon as I saw the look on his face, I knew something was wrong.
He didn't waste any words. After letting Zhao Shen sit down, he asked directly, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Shen looked at him coldly and said, "How long do you plan to raise this cheap son of yours, Zhao Heng?"
Lord Zhao stared at him in silence for a moment before saying, "I've been keeping an eye on him. Apart from hanging out with that woman outside, he hasn't done anything."
Zhao Shen did not doubt Zhao Heng. After all, he had no time to care about anyone else except Yao Ruolan.
"Someone drugged Ah Shu with something cold."
After saying this, seeing that Lord Zhao didn't seem to react, he continued, "Some people don't want us to have children."
Lord Zhao finally understood what he meant and subconsciously explained, "This has nothing to do with Zhao Heng, and it has nothing to do with the Yao family either. My people are keeping an eye on them at all times."
In fact, Zhao Shen had people keeping an eye on these two people, knowing that it was unlikely that they were the ones who took action.
But he remembered that he had fallen off a horse before and could not find any evidence. There were also many times when he tried to attack Zhao Heng and Yao, but they always managed to dodge inexplicably.
So even if there is no basis for suspicion, he will still doubt them.
"Who else could it be besides them?"
Zhao Shen sneered.
Lord Zhao thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "Who knows? It might be because of what I said back then: if you don't have any children, you can adopt a son to inherit the title."
Zhao Shen also thought of this possibility: "So, while this Marquis' Mansion may seem peaceful, there are actually quite a few people harboring evil intentions?"
Lord Zhao did not say anything. Zhao Shen had pretended to be disabled for too long, which made many people in the mansion feel uneasy.
There was a Zhao Heng before, but he personally cut off Zhao Heng's possibility of inheriting the title.
The remaining people may not necessarily take risks.
He has been lazy in recent years and has not paid much attention to the personnel affairs in the mansion.
People's hearts are fickle.
Seeing that Zhao Shen was determined to get to the bottom of this, he thought for a moment and said, "Leave this matter to me. I will definitely give you an explanation. How about that?"
Zhao Shen stared at him for a moment with his sharp eyes before shaking his head. "I dare not trouble my father. I will investigate on my own, but I hope that no matter what the results are, you will not come out to settle the matter peacefully."
Lord Zhao's heart skipped a beat as he listened to his bloodthirsty words: "You have someone you suspect, don't you?"
Zhao Shen suppressed the coldness in his eyes and looked at him calmly: "There are only a few people in this mansion. It won't take much time to investigate them one by one. I want to see what kind of monsters and demons are hiding in our Zhao family."
Lord Zhao had a bad feeling in his heart: "Don't be impulsive, isn't your wife fine? The other party didn't do anything cruel, maybe he was just testing the waters."
Zhao Shen sneered, "If something really happens, it will be too late. I don't know what you are trying so hard to hide, but there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and no secret can be kept forever."
As long as he wants to investigate, he will be able to get to the bottom of it.
Lord Zhao looked at his son, who seemed gentle and polite but was full of hostility, and knew that he was really angry.
Who would have thought that he actually fell in love with the woman who was forced upon him.
It was just a little bit of coldness that made it feel like a reverse scale was touched.
In the past, he always worried that his son was heartless and lived a life without any vitality.
But now that he has such a weakness, I don’t know whether it is good or bad for him?
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