Chapter 206 Accomplice
When Ye Lanzhou left Guangfu Temple, her legs were weak and all the bones in her body felt like they were about to fall apart, but fortunately she was riding in the palace's sedan chair, so she wasn't too tired.
According to Xie Chengyan's idea, after leaving Guangfu Temple, the palace people would send her back to the imperial mausoleum. There are many spies in the capital, so it would be much easier to go to the suburbs of the capital.
But she didn't expect that Xie Chengyan arrived at the royal tomb even earlier than her.
Ye Lanzhou got off the sedan chair and saw Xie Chengyan talking to Liang Hong. When they saw her coming, they looked at each other without saying a word. Liang Hong bowed and Xie Chengyan led the horse over.
Unlike last time, he no longer let Ye Lanzhou ride the horse by herself. Instead, after she sat firmly, he jumped on the horse, held Ye Lanzhou in his arms, said hello to Liang Hong, and left.
The old eunuch smiled faintly. Ye Lanzhou turned around and looked over Xie Chengyan's shoulder. Then he asked, "You are so flamboyant. Has Lord Liang found out about us?"
The horse wasn't running fast, but walking steadily. Xie Chengyan held the reins with both hands and said, "My army is in the imperial mausoleum. Guess who's been helping me take care of it while I'm away?"
Ye Lanzhou said "Oh", remembering that Xie Chengyan had indeed said before that he had private soldiers in the royal mausoleum outside Beijing.
Xie Chengyan said, "Liang Hong is trustworthy, unlike He Qiumao."
Ye Lanzhou nodded. She understood what he said. No wonder He Qiumao tried to probe her. It turned out that she and Xie Chengyan were not in the same group after all.
She repeated what He Qiumao had said to Xie Chengyan. He didn't care much at first, but when he heard that she had noticed something was wrong with He Qiumao and didn't get caught up in his words, he smiled and said, "He Qiumao's words are very profound. You did a good job."
From the sound of it, it seemed like she would be fine even if she fell into He Qiumao's trap. She started to doubt it, "You didn't even tell me about He Qiumao in advance. What if he knew I was living in the palace now?"
"It's best if you don't know. If you know, it won't be a problem. If you have the guts, can you ask them to tear down the Rui Palace and take you away?"
He said this as if he were joking, but not quite. Ye Lanzhou didn't understand why someone who had been so worried about his situation a while ago suddenly looked so confident.
As he was thinking, he suddenly spoke and said, "Yuan An didn't come today, did you know?"
"I noticed." Ye Lanzhou nodded. "The maid said the princess suddenly had a headache and couldn't come."
Xie Chengyan did not deny her words, and continued: "She met me early in the morning. The case of Prince Ning was investigated thoroughly. Prince Ning did not commit treason."
Ye Lanzhou was shocked. He turned to glance at Xie Chengyan, who looked calm and composed. "Back then, Southern Xinjiang hadn't yet split off and was still a border province under Dayin. Prince Ning was assigned to Southern Xinjiang as a vassal. The Prince of Southern Xinjiang was then the Governor of Southern Xinjiang and had a good relationship with Prince Ning. Our father suddenly summoned Prince Ning back to Nanjing, intending to appoint him as the crown prince. But Prince Ning felt that since he was not a legitimate son, he should remain in Southern Xinjiang and protect Dayin."
"But my mother had murderous intentions. She wanted to make Xie Chengen the crown prince, so she had the Xu family slip letters of treason into the Southern Xinjiang Protectorate. On the day Prince Ning's mansion was raided, Prince Ning felt he would die if he didn't fight, so he led his troops north."
The truth of that year surfaced, but Xie Chengyan didn't feel a bit happy. Ye Lanzhou knew it, because it was he who led the troops to defend Jinling in that battle, it was he who captured Prince Ning's wife and daughter, and it was he who shot Prince Ning to death outside the gate of Nanyang...
Without knowing it, he became an accomplice of the Xu family in the murder of Prince Ning.
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