Moyuxuan.
Inside the study, Shen Wan was watching Xie Jingyan paint.
Xie Jingyan painted a "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" as a birthday gift for the emperor.
For as long as Xie Jingyan painted, Shen Wan stood there, stunned.
Though seemingly close, the world is vast and magnificent.
The Emperor will surely like it.
It's a pity that the Emperor's birthday banquet is only a few days away. If there were still six months left, we could have found an embroiderer to finish this painting, which would surely have amazed the entire banquet.
Once the ink was dry, Xie Jingyan rolled up the painting and asked Chen Feng to take it out of the mansion to have it framed.
As Chen Feng withdrew, Dong'er came in and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Prince of Yanping and Young Master Tang have arrived..."
Xie Jingyan and Shen Wan came out of the study and saw the Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze walking over.
Xie Jingyan stepped down the stairs and asked, "At this hour, why are you all here together instead of patrolling the city?"
The Prince of Yanping laughed and said, "Even those on patrol need to eat. We've come here for a free meal and to ask you to investigate a case while we're at it."
Ask him to investigate the case?
Xie Jingyan asked curiously, "What case do you want me to investigate?"
The Prince of Yanping said, "Isn't this the case of the Duke of Mao's heir being hung on the city gate? His Majesty has handed the case over to the city patrol department for investigation. We went to the Duke of Mao's residence to inquire, but the Duke of Mao's heir knew nothing about the masked man. However, he said that you were acquainted with that man and sent us to question you..."
...They actually want to investigate the case of the heir of the Duke of Maoguo in a big way.
Does the Emperor think that the heir of the Duke of Maoguo has not lost face enough, and wants to make public the fact that he was killed after trying to bully others?
Shen Wan suspected that the Duke of Maoguo had deceived the Emperor, otherwise the Emperor would not have intervened in this matter.
Xie Jingyan said, "I can't say I know him well; I've only met him twice."
Lu Chengdao said, "Shouldn't we take a statement?"
Tang Ze looked at Xu Ji, "You often help out at the Ministry of Justice, you should know how to take statements, right?"
Xu Ji, “…”
He suspected that the reason he was invited to come for a free meal was a ruse, and that his real intention was to get him to help with taking a statement.
They went to the study to take a statement. Shen Wan didn't go with them, but instructed Dong'er, "Go to the main kitchen and have Chef Li prepare a few more dishes."
Inside the study, Prince Yanping, Tang Ze, and Lu Cheng took turns questioning Xu Ji, who was taking notes.
However, Xie Jingyan knew very little about men, so their questions were pointless.
"All I know is that his name is Xu Chuan."
Xu Ji was taking notes diligently when he heard this sentence, and his hand trembled.
The masked man's surname was... Xu?
Xu Ji's mind flashed again to the image of his father holding the man with a broad smile on his face.
Suddenly, I felt a tightness in my chest.
What is the relationship between that man and his father?
Xu Ji was eager to find out what was going on. Lu Cheng noticed that he was a little distracted, so he waved his hand in front of him. Xu Ji came back to his senses and wrote down the man's name.
After taking their statements, it was almost lunchtime, so Xie Jingyan invited them to drink in the front yard.
However, today is not a day off, so even if we drink, it will only be a small amount, since the Prince of Yanping and his entourage still have to patrol the city.
Although I didn't drink enough wine, I thoroughly enjoyed the imperial cuisine.
The group left the Lingwang Mansion while burping.
After mounting their horses, the Prince of Yanping and his entourage took their leave.
After walking a bit further, Lu Cheng asked Xu Ji, "Brother Xu, is something on your mind?"
I was already a bit distracted in Ling Wang's study, and I was also somewhat absent-minded during meals, and now I'm even more so.
Lu Cheng had wanted to ask for a long time, and now he couldn't hold it in any longer.
Lu Cheng's words also drew the attention of Prince Yanping and Tang Ze. Xu Ji's gaze swept across their faces as he asked, "If, and I mean if, you found out your father had an illegitimate child, what would you do?"
Tang Ze, "..."
Lu Cheng, "..."
Prince Yanping, “…”
The three of them felt a sudden jolt in their hearts.
No way.
His father has an illegitimate child?!
The three of them had the same misconception.
Only Du Cheng'an was seriously thinking about what he would do if his father, the eldest son-in-law, had an illegitimate child...
There doesn't seem to be anything he can do; as a son, he can't interfere in his father's affairs.
Seeing that no one spoke after he finished asking his questions, Xu Ji looked at one person and then at another, and asked, "What will you do?"
Lu Cheng said, "Let me process this. I can't accept this all at once."
Just thinking about his father keeping a mistress makes him feel like his father's image has collapsed in his heart.
How could his father keep a mistress?
If his mother finds out, she'll be so angry she'll die.
How did he end up with such a troublesome father?
Xu Ji wanted to hear what they would do, but he ended up shutting up after asking them one by one, and he didn't dare to ask anymore.
Xu Ji never imagined that his words would result in a severe beating for the Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze.
When the Crown Prince of Yanping returned to the city patrol office, he learned that his father had come to see them. Since the city patrol office wasn't busy, they went back to their residence.
The reason why Marquis Xuanping and his men were looking for their son was because the heir of the Duke of Maoguo had been hung on the city gate. Now that the Emperor had intervened, he did not punish them. Marquis Xuanping only reprimanded Lu Cheng a few times, telling him not to do such a thing again.
Lu Cheng said, "Father, can't you hope for something better for the heir of the Duke of Mao? Wasn't it enough that he was hung at the city gate once? What if he gets hung up a second time?"
Marquis Xuanping was furious. How could he have given birth to such an argumentative son?!
Seeing that nothing was wrong, Lu Cheng prepared to return to the city patrol office.
After turning around and taking two steps, Lu Cheng turned back and asked in a low voice, "Father, you didn't keep a mistress or an illegitimate child, did you?"
Marquis Xuanping frowned. "What kind of nonsense are you asking?"
“If you say you didn’t raise them, I’ll believe you,” Lu Cheng said.
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