"Then do you know who Wen Shijie's mother is?" Mo Chen asked again.
Chen Yu really didn't know this.
After all, his prince had never asked him to investigate this, but he seemed to remember hearing someone mention that Wen's mother seemed to be an orphan, so he replied hesitantly, "I heard she's an orphan? Could she have another identity? Your Highness, do you need me to investigate?"
Mo Chen made the final touch.
It was a side profile picture of a woman sitting in a carriage. Although it was a side profile, her charm could be seen at a glance. It was Yang Zhao.
That scene was the first time he met Yang Zhao at the foot of Miao Mountain in Yunnan.
There were actually quite a few paintings like this in this study, and each one was from a similar angle, but the level of charm seemed to be the most similar to the one in front of him.
He couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it, but he was afraid that the ink had not dried yet, so he stopped in mid-air and used his fingertips to trace the profile of the face in the air.
"That is the only legitimate daughter of the current head of the Wen family."
Mo Chen stared at the painting and said something.
Chen Yu didn't react at first, but when he finally did, his eyes widened in shock.
The legitimate daughter of the Wen family?
Could it be that Wen's mother, whose face looked a little haggard and whose hair had turned a little gray, was the legitimate daughter of the Wen family in Beijing?
How is this possible!
Chen Yu couldn't help but ask, "But didn't the Wen family's daughter die eighteen years ago?"
That’s the Wen family’s legitimate daughter!
When the news came out, I don’t know how many people were heartbroken.
Of course, Chen Yu was only eight or nine years old at the time, but he had heard about her. He heard that the daughter of the Wen family was extremely talented and her appearance was comparable to that of a fairy.
Chen Yu thought of the ordinary old woman that was Wen's mother... He really couldn't match her with the legitimate daughter of the Wen family back then.
Mo Chen glanced at Chen Yu and said, "Do you think the Wen family can tell anyone that their daughter ran away from her husband because she refused to get married? What's more, the man the Wen family's daughter wanted to marry was Uncle Pluto."
It’s bad enough to run away from a marriage, but it’s also about running away from a royal marriage.
If it weren't mentioned that his daughter was dead, this matter would never be resolved. The head of the Wen family had no choice but to sacrifice his daughter.
Chen Yu now understood his master's plan.
I heard that the head of the Wen family loved his eldest daughter very much, because he only had one daughter, and the people registered under his name now were just his sons and nephews. In terms of blood, Wen Shijie was his grandson.
Although the Wen family does not participate in royal affairs.
But who doesn’t have weaknesses?
If Wen Shijie can really be loyal to his prince, then there will be a way to make the Wen family stand on his prince's side in the future.
Chen Yu, however, thought of a question: "Your Highness, if that scholar Jie knew his own life story, would he lose control? Moreover, he seems to have been putting mother and son under a lot of pressure lately. Would this make the Wen family return to the Wen family regardless of the consequences?"
After all, the Wen family's legitimate daughter was forced to wash other people's stinky clothes.
Now that he knew about it, Chen Yu felt a little sorry for the Wen family's daughter. She was really miserable.
"Won't."
Mo Chen was very confident. It should be said that he understood those people's thoughts very well: "If Wen Shi could return to the Wen family, she would not have waited until now. Besides, even if she could go back, she would not be able to do so."
"My uncle, the Pluto, is not dead yet!"
Even if she was really dead, the Wen family would never openly recognize Wen Shi as her daughter. After all, it was Wen Shi who escaped from the prince's marriage.
And Mo Chen guessed right.
Wen's mother never thought about returning to the Wen family. It should be said that she just thought that it would be impossible for her to go back as a daughter of the Wen family in this lifetime.
But she didn't go back.
But that doesn’t mean that the head of the Wen family doesn’t know about this.
"Is her life really so... difficult?" After the head of the Wen family dismissed his attendants, he asked his personal attendant Wang Bo.
Wang Bo had served him for decades and had watched the Wen family grow up. Thinking of the life the Wen family mother and son had lived, his eyes welled up. "Yes, Master, the young lady's life now is truly not what a human should live. She has to wash clothes for others every day. I heard her hands are so worn out from washing that they can't be worn out anymore. And because she ruined a piece of clothing, she was scolded by that evil woman and asked to pay five taels of silver in compensation."
"But Miss, in your current situation, how could you possibly come up with five taels? Furthermore, I heard that at noon today, some of the young master's former classmates actually went to add insult to injury, using small change to humiliate him and Miss. The neighbors were watching, and they even forced the young master to kneel down and pick up the coins for them..."
Wang Bo was about to cry.
"Bang!"
The head of the Wen family was so angry that he slammed the table. His old face was so black that it could be twisted into ink, and his mouth was pursed into a straight line. After a long while, he cursed: "Damn it!"
"Yes, those people really deserve to die. They actually bullied our young lady like that. They totally don't take our Wen family seriously..." Wang Bo said angrily, wiping away his tears.
The head of the Wen family said, "I'm saying that the Wen family kid deserves to die. If he weren't already dead, I would definitely drag him out and whip his corpse!"
Wang Bo: ...? Pulling out the corpse and whipping it, shouldn't it be whipped only if it's dead? How can you whip a corpse if it's not dead?
"He boasted to me all the time about how good he was to my daughter and how he took good care of her. But who knew he was such a short-lived ghost? He died before me. He absolutely deserved to die. He made my daughter Lian'er suffer like this now. I must kill him!"
"Master, my son-in-law is dead." Wang Bo reminded.
The head of the Wen family glared at Wang Bo fiercely: "Which side are you on?"
At this point, the head of the Wen family thought of what happened that year, and immediately shouted angrily at Wang Bo: "You damn slave, if you hadn't dragged the young lady out during the Lantern Festival, everything would have been fine. How could she have been targeted by that old thing, the Pluto? That old thing doesn't even consider how old he is, with a bunch of women in his house, and yet he still dares to ask for an imperial decree to grant her marriage. I... I..."
The head of the Wen family was so angry that he wanted to curse his father.
But I dare not.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and glare at Wang Bo and say, "It's all your fault."
Wang Bo was in tears.
Back then, it was the young lady who had sneaked out to play and met Wen's father and Hades. He was then sent out to find his young lady.
But Wang Bo did not "quibble".
Over the years, he knew his master's feelings too well, because he only had one daughter, who was his life, but he had to announce her death to the public, and the fact that Wen Lian was alive could not be let anyone know.
Therefore, the head of the Wen family did not dare to move at all over the years.
Only occasionally could he secretly send people to inquire about the news in Yujiang. However, after the death of the King of Yujiang, the situation in Yujiang was very chaotic. He did not dare to make any big moves, so he sent people to go there secretly several times.
But there is no news.
All we know is that Wen's father seemed to be dead. He died in the palace of Prince Yujiang and was hacked to death by a crowd of swordsmen.
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