Chapter 28 Outer Room
Yang Zheng was not someone who could be persuaded with just a few words, so Xie Chengyan gave up arguing with him. There were so many ways to deal with it, and it was a waste of time to dwell on these details. It would be better to find another way out.
Before leaving, Yang Zheng called him back. He did not raise his head, his eyes fixed on the table in front of him. He said in a faint voice, "The late emperor's body has not been buried. The one buried in the imperial mausoleum is Kong Lingshu."
Xie Chengyan turned around suddenly. He had witnessed the burial of his royal brother with his own eyes. The coffin could not be opened after it was sealed, but he had checked it while kneeling, and it was solid, so there should be something inside.
He was about to ask in detail when Yang Zheng suddenly stood up, straightened his official robes, and said, "It is time for the morning court. I will not see you off, Your Highness. Goodbye."
As soon as he finished speaking, several cabinet ministers walked into the cabinet duty room. They seemed to be in low spirits because they had woken up too early. When they saw Xie Chengyan standing there so early in the morning, they thought he was dreaming and only reacted after a while before they saluted.
Xie Chengyan turned around and glanced at the place where Yang Zheng had just stood, but he was nowhere to be seen. The corner of his official robe disappeared at the back door of the duty room. Yang Zheng was gone.
He avoided the eyes of other ministers, but also told him the news.
The remains of his brother Xie Chengen were not in the mausoleum, so where else could they be? He still underestimated the scheming of Concubine Xu, a mere woman.
No, now she should be called Empress Dowager Xu.
But on second thought, it made sense. Xie Cheng'en died in unclear circumstances. Although he had been in poor health since childhood, he had been fine in recent years. His death was so strange that it was no wonder that Empress Dowager Xu was suspicious.
But he couldn't figure out where the body was. Queen Mother Xu probably kept the body for an autopsy, but who could she give it to?
The road from the Forbidden City to the palace was not far. When he arrived at the palace gate, the sun had already risen from the top of the mountain. A ray of dazzling morning light passed through the brocade on his eyes, causing him to close his eyes unconsciously.
In his opinion, the palace was a bit cold and deserted, not because there were few people, but because of the gloomy atmosphere.
He was not good at communicating with others, so there were not many people visiting the palace. Although he was in the capital, few people would come to visit him. Those princes who were guarding far away still had a few good friends to get together, but he seemed to be always alone.
No, it’s not like that now. There is a “concubine” living in the palace.
Ye Lanzhou has a special identity. She was allowed to live in the palace in order to conceal her identity and prevent Empress Dowager Xu from taking action against her. The more people know about her identity, the more trouble it will cause. Therefore, Xie Chengyan did not plan to let Ye Lanzhou live with her identity for these nine months.
So what he told the servants in the mansion was that Ye Lanzhou was his mistress outside, but he didn't say that she was pregnant. After all, that was not the case in the first place. If something unexpected happened in the middle, he would have to spend a lot of time and energy to shut the servants up.
Jian Xing saw Xie Chengyan coming back and hurried over to greet him. Xie Chengyan asked, "Where is she?"
Jian Xing had followed Xie Chengyan for quite a while, and from the tone of his voice he knew that he was talking about the new concubine who had moved into the mansion. She was brought in by Xie Chengyan at night, and her identity was not very clear. He did not ask much, and ordered everyone in the mansion to keep their mouths shut.
"The girl must be tired after running around all night and has fallen asleep now."
As he spoke, he looked towards the west wing.
Xie Chengyan waved his hand, signaling him to leave, and walked towards the west wing alone.
Before leaving, Jian Xing exchanged a glance with Hong Luo who was passing by the west wing. The two understood each other and asked all the servants around to leave. In the blink of an eye, there was no trace of servants around the west wing.
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