Chapter 237: The Stranger He Shangshu

Pei Chuyan just nodded and didn't say much.

Seeing that Master Pei was not in a good mood, Jin Xin did not ask much. She just followed Master Pei quietly and returned to Qingyun Palace together.

"Chu Yan is back?" Song Qingyan was naturally surprised to see him and Jin Xin coming back together. "Is the matter at the Anguo Mansion finished?"

Lu Xingwan couldn't help but smile.

[Wow, Pei Chuyan is busy with his own important things and is back to tell stories! ]

[Mother, mother, hold me, I want to listen to you every night. ]

However, Song Qingyan turned a deaf ear to him and still looked at Pei Chuyan in front of her with a smile.

"In reply to Her Majesty, I have finished my work." Pei Chuyan still looked respectful as before.

But just at this moment, the prince walked in from outside: "I am sorry to disturb Madam Chen's breakfast."

Pei Chuyan naturally saluted the prince respectfully, took a step back and made room for him.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Crown Prince for a while, Pei Chuyan finally made up his mind and looked at Song Qingyan: "I have something to say to the Queen."

Song Qingyan naturally understood what she meant, so she ordered Jinxin and the others to leave.

Pei Chuyan then continued: "My cousin told me something, and I thought it might have something to do with the Third Prince, so..."

When he said this, he looked up at the prince.

Because the Crown Prince had asked Pei Chuyan about his opinion on the matter of the Third Prince some time ago, so he naturally knew that the Crown Prince was jealous of the Third Prince.

Pei Chuyan was so direct that Song Qingyan felt a little surprised.

I thought this would be a mystery, but I didn't expect it to be so direct.

The prince did not say anything, but just straightened his body to show his seriousness in the matter.

"Some time ago, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel was murdered. My cousin said that it was He Yunyao's doing. I sent someone to investigate and it was indeed related to her."

"Moreover, the Third Prince has already met He Yunyao's father, the Minister of Works He Yong."

"Before this, the wife of the Minister of Personnel went to Jingzhao Prefecture to withdraw the case."

[This is nothing strange! Mother already knew about it.]

[So Miss He asked Pei Chuyan out for this matter? Is it worth going to the Duke's Mansion just for this matter? ]

After hearing what Pei Chuyan said, the prince turned around and glanced at Song Qingyan.

He had heard all this from his aunt before, so he had already paid attention to Minister He.

"So what you mean is that Minister He has already surrendered to the Third Prince?"

Pei Chuyan nodded: "Not only Minister He, but also the Minister of Personnel."

The prince nodded and said, "No wonder, no wonder the Minister of Revenue sued the Minister of Personnel for selling official positions and titles at the morning court today."

Song Qingyan frowned upon hearing this, and Pei Chuyan understood all at once: "Guo Ping has also joined the Third Prince's sect?"

"He used to work for Prime Minister Cui. I think the Third Prince has a lot of evidence in his hands," Crown Prince Si did not shy away from Song Qingyan while discussing state affairs in Qingyun Palace. "It's easy for the Third Prince to control him."

【Why!】

Lu Xingwan's sigh suddenly entered Song Qingyan's mind, which scared her.

[It is clear that the Third Prince had already lost his father's heart several times in the past few months, so how come he has climbed up step by step again? ]

[This has caused so much trouble for my brother, the Crown Prince. ]

[If you ask me, the prince is too soft-hearted. If it were me, I would just kill Lu Jinchen directly and save a lot of trouble.]

Song Qingyan didn't quite agree with Lu Xingwan's idea this time. The prince was soft-hearted, which was indeed a major problem that led to this point in the matter.

But the biggest problem is that Your Majesty has too few sons.

What's more, the third prince is the son of Concubine De.

Pei Chuyan didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was already aware of all these things. He suppressed his surprise and asked in a low voice: "What does His Royal Highness plan to do?"

The Crown Prince just shook his head: "The Third Prince hasn't made any serious mistakes yet, so he can't be touched."

"As for the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Works, there are also problems, but if we take these two down at once, I'm afraid it will cause some unrest."

"We still have to take it one step at a time."

The Crown Prince was acting from the perspective of a successor to the throne, and was more concerned with the stability of the court.

Song Qingyan also nodded: "Just be more careful in the future."

It was the first time that Lu Xingwan felt that she was narrow-minded and that the Crown Prince was such a great man.

Pei Chuyan endured it and finally did not tell anyone about Minister He's plot to murder his aunt. He still needed some time to investigate the matter, and he would tell the Imperial Concubine about it after the investigation was complete.

As for Lin, since returning from the Lin Mansion that day, she no longer cared about anything else and only focused on He Yunyao.

She felt that her daughter was going crazy.

Finally, on this day, she exploded in front of Minister He: "You only care about your official duties all day long! Now our daughter is going to be abnormal!"

It would have been better if Lin hadn't said anything. After she said this, Minister He became even more ferocious.

A slap landed on Lin's face: "You still have the nerve to say that this is the good daughter you taught."

After saying this, he seemed to be still not satisfied. He squatted in front of Lin, who was slapped to the ground by him, and pinched her chin: "If it weren't for your daughter, how could I be controlled by the Third Prince now?"

"Do you know how hard it has been for me to welcome you in these years?"

"If Pei Xian was still the mistress of my He Mansion, with my ability, I would have already become the Prime Minister!"

There have been so many messes in the mansion recently that Minister He began to miss the time when Pei Xian was in office and there was harmony between everyone in the mansion.

Lin looked at the mad Minister He in front of her with a strange look on her face.

This is the man who grew up with me as a child.

Is he the He Yong who said he wanted to marry me as his legal wife and give me power and status?

He actually dared to mention Pei Xian in front of me. If he hadn't married Pei Xian, I wouldn't have to be pointed at by others all my life and could only be a stepmother.

A concubine promoted to a second wife!

Thinking of this, Lin suddenly sneered: "You think of Pei Xian now? Have you forgotten how you and I poisoned her?"

"Hahahaha..." Having said this, Lin suddenly laughed out loud, but He Yong's hand suddenly tightened, pinching her chin and causing her to hiss.

"If this gets out," He Yong pinched Lin's chin hard, his eyes full of vicious hatred, "you won't survive."

Lin was suddenly frightened by his appearance.

Suddenly I realized that He Yong didn't like me that much, which was why he pushed me to be his wife.

He just relied on Pei Xian to get to the top, but he didn't want to live under Pei Xian's shadow.