After leaving the imperial study, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan strolled leisurely towards the palace exit.
Meanwhile, news had already spread that Xie Jingyan had scaled walls and leaped to the Yanping Prince's Mansion to intercept the imperial edict that Eunuch Yuan was reading halfway through; even the Yun family had heard about it.
All the civil and military officials were convinced, having never seen Prince Ling so reckless. They were all waiting to hear news of Prince Ling being punished, but before they knew it, something happened at the Duke of Du's mansion.
The officials were speechless.
They were all more confused than the last.
The situation on Prince Ling's side was already in turmoil, yet the Emperor did nothing to Prince Ling. Meanwhile, the Duke of Du's family, which had been living peacefully, was suddenly imprisoned and sent directly to the Ministry of Justice's death row.
Even the civil and military officials, and even the eldest prince and Xie Jingyin, suspected that they were out of touch with the news.
How could the Duke of Du's mansion have committed a crime?
Although Duke Du was not very talented, all the military power he had acquired was taken away, and he had no real power in the court, which completely ruined the prestige of the old Duke Du, Duke Du had an elder brother who was the eldest son-in-law. Moreover, he was restrained by this brother and dared not do anything corrupt. Everyone in the court could commit a major crime, but Duke Du could not.
But this Duke, who couldn't even embezzle, was imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice along with his entire family, including the Duke's heir who had been drinking and playing drinking games with some good-for-nothing young nobles at Deyuelou. This was no small matter.
For a time, all the officials were speculating and inquiring about what exactly the Duke of Du's family had done wrong, and then the news that the Emperor had ordered the Ministry of Justice to retry the case of the Prince of Yanping's heir spread like wildfire.
The news was more and more unexpected than the last.
The officials were bewildered.
Wasn't the life of the Prince of Yanping's heir already saved by the Ling Prince and the Yun family with their immunity tokens?
Why is it being retried?
In all their years of service in the government, they had never seen a case with so many twists and turns.
The entire Yanping Prince's Mansion was even more bewildered. They had long been prepared for their titles to be demoted. Eunuch Yuan also came to the Yanping Prince's Mansion with the Emperor's edict. When it was halfway through being read, Xie Jingyan arrived and snatched the edict from Eunuch Yuan's hands without saying a word. He didn't even give the Prince of Yanping a chance to ask any questions before taking the edict away. Eunuch Yuan also chased after the edict and left the Yanping Prince's Mansion.
Poor Prince Yanping wanted to go and ask, but he was afraid of being called stupid. This imperial edict was half good and half bad for Prince Yanping's family. The good thing was that the edict pardoned Prince Yanping's heir, but the bad thing was that it stripped Prince Yanping's family of their title.
The entire capital knew that Prince Ling was on the side of the Yanping Prince's Mansion. Prince Ling's interception of the imperial edict was definitely not to harm the Yanping Prince's Mansion. The Yanping Prince could only wait patiently in the mansion.
The wait was incredibly agonizing.
It's no exaggeration to say it's like being forced into a slow-cooked pot over a low flame.
While staying in the mansion, news kept coming in one after another. When they heard that the Emperor had ordered the Ministry of Justice to retry the case of the Prince of Yanping's heir, the Princess of Yanping burst into tears instantly, and the Prince of Yanping's eyes also turned red. On that day, when the Prince of Yanping knelt outside the Imperial Study, all he asked for was a fair trial, but even when he fainted from kneeling, the Emperor was unmoved. Now that the case was closed, why was it being retried?
If this case is reopened, will their son have to go to jail again?
Should we go voluntarily or wait for the Ministry of Justice to come and escort us?
...
The carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the Lingwang Mansion gate.
After Xie Jingyan got off the carriage, he helped Shen Wan down. The gatekeeper looked Xie Jingyan up and down several times.
The prince is still alive; he wasn't beaten to death by the emperor, nor was he even flogged.
very nice.
When Steward Zhou heard from the servant that Xie Jingyan had returned, he hurried over. Seeing that Xie Jingyan was safe and sound, Steward Zhou finally felt relieved after a long time of worry. He said, "Your Highness, please don't do such frightening things again. It's one thing for Your Highness to frighten us servants, but the Princess Consort is pregnant and can't take a fright."
Knowing that Steward Zhou was worried about him, Xie Jingyan didn't say anything, but asked, "Where is Doctor Tao?"
Manager Zhou said, "Doctor Tao is in the pharmacy."
Xie Jingyan and Shen Wan went to the pharmacy to find Doctor Tao.
Doctor Tao was busy preparing the ointment when he saw Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan enter. He quickly stopped what he was doing and asked, "Your Highness and Your Highness, why are you at the pharmacy? Are you feeling unwell?"
Xie Jingyan didn't speak, but Shen Wan said, "We came to ask Doctor Tao for help."
Doctor Tao was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "How can I help Your Highness and Your Highness?"
Shen Wan smiled and said, "Doctor Tao, you may not know this, but the longevity lock you brought back to the capital belongs to the biological child of Princess Huyang and the Prince Consort. The Emperor has ordered that the child be brought back to the capital as soon as possible so that he can be recognized by his ancestors. However, only Doctor Tao and your son have seen him. In order to find the child as soon as possible, your son needs to leave the capital with the Prince and the Prince Consort."
From Shen Wan's inquiry about the longevity lock, Doctor Tao knew that the longevity lock was not simple, but he did not expect that there were so many conspiracies and schemes behind it. The nobleman was stranded and became the son of a hunter.
Asking his son to go with him to find someone was a simple matter, and Dr. Tao agreed on the spot.
Doctor Tao couldn't help but sigh. The merits he made as a royal physician ten years ago didn't even amount to a fraction of what he'd received in the past few months. He was so lucky that he could save someone on the street, and it turned out to be the emperor's own nephew. There was no one like him.
He didn't go back to take a look; his family's ancestral graves must be shrouded in auspicious smoke by now.
After leaving the pharmacy, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan returned to Moyuxuan. Before they had even finished their lunch, news arrived from the palace.
Xie Jingyan was serving food to Shen Wan when Yinshuang came in, her eyes flashing, and said, "News has come from the palace that the old lady of the Du family has been brought to the palace. The Empress Dowager interrogated her about the time she plotted to murder Princess Huyang and switched Princess Huyang's biological children. The old lady of the Du family denied it outright. In a fit of anger, the Empress Dowager ordered the nanny to slap the old lady of the Du family more than twenty times, until her face was swollen like a pig's head and several teeth were knocked out. The old lady of the Du family couldn't take it and confessed to everything."
There is no doubt that the old lady of the Duke of Du's mansion will suffer.
Even though the Prince of Yanping's son didn't actually kill the son of Princess Huyang, the Empress Dowager still demanded his life. Moreover, the old lady of the Duke of Du's mansion almost killed Princess Huyang back then, and caused Princess Huyang to be separated from her own flesh and blood for nineteen years. The Empress Dowager will definitely make the old lady of the Duke of Du's mansion wish she were dead.
However, the old lady of the Duke of Du's household also deserved her punishment.
Not content with scheming against the eldest son-in-law and securing the position of heir apparent, she was so ambitious that she even dared to plot against Princess Huyang, the Empress Dowager's own daughter and the Emperor's own sister. In Shen Wan's eyes, this was suicidal.
Yinshuang then brought up another matter, "Princess Huyang also entered the palace. Upon learning that the child she had raised since childhood was not her biological child, Princess Huyang was unable to accept it and fainted."
Shen Wan felt sympathy for Princess Huyang.
She couldn't even imagine what she would do if her child, which she had worked so hard to give birth to, were stolen and switched.
Fortunately, the eldest son-in-law did not disappoint Princess Huyang. Although he concealed the matter, he had been searching for his son all these years and never gave up. Heaven rewards those who persevere, and he finally found him.
More importantly, she and Xie Jingyan made invaluable contributions to helping Princess Huyang find her biological child.
This achievement is enough to wipe away any grudges between them and the Empress Dowager and the Princess of Huyang's residence, and it won't implicate the Yun family.
Although they were not afraid of offending the Empress Dowager, it was still best not to offend her if possible.
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