Chapter 65 No one understands his obsession
Zhong Shensuan whispered his defense, "Your Highness, please understand. I did nothing wrong. I thought the first birth date and time belonged to the Crown Princess, and for the Crown Prince's safety, I suggested that he and the Crown Princess separate. Now it has been proven that it was all a misunderstanding. The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince are a match made in heaven, and this is a happy thing for everyone. Why make things difficult for a villain like me?"
"What you're saying makes no sense," Meng Lingge laughed. "You say that my marriage to the Crown Prince is a match made in heaven, and everyone's happy. You say that our birth charts clash, and we have to separate. So it's all up to you? When you saw that my birth charts didn't match the Crown Prince's, you were so sure that you forced my mother to kick me out. But when you found out that my birth charts complemented the Crown Prince's, you and Wen Kehao refused to believe it and kept verifying it."
"You still dare to say you didn't do anything wrong? You're clearly trying to break me up with the prince. You're just a wandering magician. The prince and I have no grudge against you. What are you up to? It doesn't matter if you don't say it, but it's true that you swindled and cheated people in the prince's mansion, and it's also true that you tried to destroy my relationship with the prince. These two things are enough to put you in jail and let the jailers interrogate you properly."
"I suppose you were a criminal before. Once you're in jail, it won't just be about this one thing. Every single thing you did to swindle and cheat will be investigated. There must be a lot of people you've cheated. Not to mention recent ones, you might even find out things from years ago."
After she finished speaking, Zhong Shensuan turned pale with fright, knelt down before Princess Anshun, and kept crying out for justice.
Princess Anshun angrily rebuked, "The Prince's residence is not a good place to cry injustice. Seize him! Send him to the authorities and give the order that this man is spouting nonsense and sowing discord in the Prince's residence, and that he must be thoroughly investigated!"
Upon hearing the order, the servants stepped forward and seized Zhong Shensuan. Zhong Shensuan was already terrified and completely lost his composure. He knew all about what he had done and could not withstand close scrutiny.
He has earned quite a bit over the years, and now that he has stopped, he can live a peaceful and worry-free life. But if he is arrested now, he will at least face imprisonment.
"Wait a moment, Your Highness, please allow me to say one more thing. It was all the Third Young Master's doing that forced me. I am weak and powerless, and had no choice but to comply... The Third Young Master told me to make sure that the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince are incompatible according to their birth dates, and that he would drive the Crown Princess out of the palace. I was forced into this, please spare me..."
He pointed at Wen Kehao, tears streaming down his face, "Your Highness, the Third Young Master held a knife to my neck, how could I dare disobey? I am truly innocent, truly wronged..."
Wen Kehao's face remained cold and sullen, and he stopped arguing.
From the moment the princess ordered the arrest of Zhong Shensuan, he knew he had lost this round, and that the cowardly Zhong Shensuan would surely betray him.
But I'm really not willing to accept it.
The plan was perfectly sound, and not a word of it had leaked beforehand. But Meng Lingge, because of her previous distrust of fortune tellers, used a fake birth date to trick him, ruining this excellent plan.
Is it really that even God is on her side?
But clearly his feelings for his elder brother were truer and deeper, so why didn't fate side with him?
Princess Anshun had anticipated this outcome, but when she heard Zhong Shensuan identify Wen Kehao, she still found it hard to believe.
In Mo'er's heart, Wen Kehao's attitude towards her was better than that of any of her brothers from the same father and mother in the capital.
After Mo'er fell ill, the rich kids would play together and when they dismissed the servants, some of them would secretly bully Mo'er. Wen Kehao would desperately protect Mo'er. He was still very young at the time and was no match for those people, but even if he was bleeding from his head, he couldn't bear to let Mo'er suffer even the slightest injury.
At first, Princess Anshun thought he was faking it to win her and the prince's favor. However, she later secretly sent people to keep an eye on him for a long time and found that Wen Kehao was excessively kind to Mo'er, both in public and in private.
Mo'er caught a cold, and Wen Kehao stayed up all night with her.
Wen Kehao often asked his mother for money, and he used all the money he got to buy strange and unusual things to give to Mo'er.
Even when Mo'er is being unreasonable and even her mother can't stand it, Wen Kehao is still willing to indulge her, even though Wen Kehao is several years younger than Mo'er.
Princess Anshun sometimes felt that Wen Kehao's feelings for Mo'er went beyond those of ordinary brothers, but after all, they were just two boys. She couldn't think of any other reason why Wen Kehao would do so much for Mo'er except for deep brotherly affection.
Wen Kehao's sincerity touched her and the prince. She had always felt fortunate that Mo'er had such a good younger brother. She had even thought that if Mo'er was not doing well, and there was really no other way, he would not mistreat Mo'er after she gave the position of heir to Wen Kehao.
So when Wen Kehao said he had a chance encounter with Zhong Shensuan outside and invited him in for a chat, she didn't suspect a thing and willingly fell into his trap, going to find Meng Lingge to have Zhong Shensuan's fortune told.
But now, Wen Kehao seems to have changed.
He went to such lengths to drive Meng Lingge away, disregarding Mo'er's heartbreak and fear.
It was probably because Mo'er got married and had a wife of decent status that Wen Kehao couldn't sit still. He had reached the age where he craved power, and his thoughts were different from before.
Princess Anshun deeply regretted the deep brotherly bond between Wen Kehao and Mo'er. Faced with conflicting interests, their brotherhood soured, and they were no longer the children they once were.
Princess Anshun looked at him and asked with disappointment.
"Wen Kehao, is that so?"
Wen Kehao remained indifferent, even with a hint of self-righteousness.
"yes."
Princess Anshun's tone hardened, "Why did you do this? Are you worried that if Mo'er's condition improves, or Lingge gives birth, you will lose your chance at the position of heir apparent? Is that it? Did your mother instruct you to do this, or did you do it yourself?"
Wen Kehao smiled coolly, "It has nothing to do with my mother. As for the rest, it's up to the Princess to think what she wants."
Why would he do that?
Of course, it's for my older brother.
The princess thought he was only after fame and fortune, which greatly underestimated him.
As long as I can be with my elder brother, what's wrong with living a simple life without fine clothes and food or the support of a royal family?
He was willing to give up everything for his elder brother, but the princess thought he was plotting to kill his elder brother for the position of crown prince.
That's ridiculous.
These are things that absolutely cannot be mentioned.
He would rather bear the infamy of harming his elder sister-in-law for personal gain than reveal his true feelings to them.
These people wouldn't understand.
They don't understand his helplessness in his childhood, so they certainly won't understand his current obsession.
Princess Anshun rubbed her forehead, not expecting Wen Kehao to admit it so readily, without even a word of explanation.
And he's acting like he's got some kind of noble deed on him.
The illegitimate sons and daughters were usually docile, but once someone threatened their interests, they would all cause trouble, which really bothered her.
Looking at Zhong Shensuan, who was still begging for mercy, Princess Anshun waved her hand unhappily, "Why haven't you taken this swindler away yet? Send him to jail, he's giving me a headache."
Zhong Shensuan never expected that even after confessing, he would still suffer the same fate. He kept crying and begging for mercy, but his servants gagged him with rags and dragged him away.
Princess Anshun's gaze fell on Wen Kehao again, "As for you..."
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