Chapter 79 Royal Secrets
"The Emperor Taizu spared the Zhang family back then because the Zhang family at that time really loved the people like their own children, and the people loved the Zhang family very much. But now look, the King of Nanyang is only interested in plundering the people's wealth and doesn't care about the lives of the people at all. No matter what, my Zhenguo Mansion will never form an alliance with such a person!" Yan Xing said.
Lu Chenyang nodded: "That's right, it has to be someone like me!"
He looked proud and complacent, and Yan Xing curled the corners of his lips.
Yan Xing looked at Lu Chenyang: "But seriously, can you save those refugees?"
Lu Chenyang sighed softly: "Prince Yan, you really think highly of me. I am just a small county magistrate."
"It would be great if all other county magistrates were like you." Yan Xing said, "In the counties I visited this time, almost all the people were living in difficult conditions, almost as bad as refugees."
Officials like Lu Chenyang are a minority after all. Lingnan is too poor, and many people just live from day to day and don't care about the lives of the people at all.
Most of the people were not living well, with no clothes to wear and no food to eat, and most of them could not survive.
Lu Chenyang listened with a heavy heart, but there was nothing he could do as he was just a county magistrate.
All he can do now is to manage Yanquan County well, so that if he encounters refugees in the future, he will have the confidence to take them in.
After the two finished talking, it was time for dinner.
Lu Chenyang kept picking up food for Yan Xing, "Eat more, you've lost weight."
Yan Xing curled the corners of his lips and let him pile up his rice bowl into a small mountain.
Yan Xing was happily drinking the soup that Lu Chenyang had personally served him when Tingshu hurried in.
Seeing Lu Chenyang pause, Yan Xing said, "Just say whatever you want to say."
This means that Lu Chenyang is not treated as an outsider.
Tingshu said seriously, "Prince, there's a letter from Guangling."
The imperial mausoleum is built in Guangling. This is a letter from the second prince, who is guarding the imperial mausoleum.
Yan Xing quickly opened the letter.
In order to avoid the eldest prince's attention, the second prince volunteered to guard the imperial mausoleum for the eldest prince, and he stayed there for more than a year.
After Yan Xing finished reading the letter, his face suddenly darkened.
Yan Xing handed the letter to Lu Chenyang: "Take a look."
Lu Chenyang took it and was surprised to see the contents inside.
The second prince found a clue that there was something fishy about the eldest prince's death. The evidence he found now showed that it was related to Concubine Lan.
The second prince has found the niece of the head maid who served Concubine Lan. After the eldest prince was born, he was deeply loved by the emperor. Because of the eldest prince, the relationship between the emperor and the queen also eased a lot.
Concubine Lan was worried that her status would be affected, so she poisoned the eldest prince's wet nurse. The eldest prince drank the poisoned milk, which damaged his vitality and weakened his body, so he died at a young age.
After the eldest prince died, the maid who poisoned the wet nurse was released from the palace by Concubine Lan on a pretext. However, Concubine Lan did not let her go, and a few months after leaving the palace, she accidentally fell into the water and died.
Later, Concubine Lan wiped out the entire family of the head palace maid.
However, the law of nature is far-reaching. The maid had a premonition that Concubine Lan would attack her from the moment she left the palace, so she left evidence and gave it to her family. However, she had been out of the palace for several months without incident, and the maid thought Concubine Lan spared her out of consideration for their relationship as master and servant. She never expected that she and her family would eventually die.
The eldest palace maid's niece escaped the disaster and has been hiding for years, but she is determined to take revenge.
Her family was harmed by Concubine Lan. Her aunt worked wholeheartedly for Concubine Lan, but ended up like this. She couldn't accept it.
So she found the Second Prince and gave him the evidence, hoping that he could expose Concubine Lan's crimes.
The Second Prince was the most obvious target. Even if he went to guard the imperial mausoleum, Imperial Concubine Lan would have people watching him. So the moment Han Fang, the niece of the head maid, showed up, Imperial Concubine Lan knew about it.
Concubine Lan was shocked and furious, and immediately sent someone to assassinate Han Fang. Fortunately, the Second Prince's guards were able to protect Han Fang, thus saving her life.
This time, the Second Prince wrote to Yan Xing to ask for help. He planned to send Han Fang to a safe place, and then come out to testify against Concubine Lan when the time was right.
There are too many people watching the Second Prince now, and there are also many people watching the Duke of Zhenguo. After all, it turns out that only Yanxing, who is far away in Yanquan County, has no one watching him.
So the second prince hopes that Yan Xing will send someone to help protect Han Fang.
Lu Chenyang finished reading the letter and said, "One Han Fang is not enough. A dead son can never compare to the son he loved for many years."
Yan Xing nodded: "So the Second Prince said we can't move now."
Lu Chenyang felt much better, at least he knew that the person he supported was not a fool.
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