After he failed in attacking Xie Qichen's son, he never attacked again.
Because he knew that although there was no movement in Prince An's Mansion and no high-profile search for Xie Qichen's son, Prince An's Mansion was secretly not idle. Not only did they send out all the servants in the house, but they also sent a lot of secret guards.
In addition, Xie Yunzhou, the second son of Prince An's Mansion, also went out. Although on the surface he went to various places to check the accounts, this excuse could fool others but not him. Xie Yunzhou must have gone out to look for his missing nephew.
He thought that even if a seven-year-old child could escape from his men, he would not be able to return to the capital alive.
What made them think was that Xie Yunzhou brought two people from other places last year. One was the missing Xie Mingxuan, and the other was Xie Wan'er who had been missing from Prince An's Mansion for seventeen years.
He still remembered the young lady who disappeared from Prince An's Mansion seventeen years ago. It caused quite a big uproar at the time, and Prince An's Mansion sent all the family members out to look for her. Prince An even went to the palace to ask his father for help in the search, but after working for more than half a month, he still couldn't find her.
He still remembered that someone said at the time that even if she found someone, her innocence would have been lost. A woman like this had only one way out, and that was to obediently end her life and not bring shame to her family or disgrace to the clan, making it difficult for other girls in the clan to get married in the future.
When Prince An heard this, he immediately sent people to find out who said that. After finding the person, Prince An was not polite to that person. Although he did not destroy the person's family, he took half his life. From then on, no one in the capital said anything about Xie Wan'er.
As the eldest prince, he naturally would not take such people and things to heart. Today, when he heard the housekeeper say that the young lady of Prince An's Mansion came to pay a visit, his mind instantly popped up the incident that happened in Prince An's Mansion seventeen years ago.
Although he didn't know how Xie Yunzhou found a mother for his aunt, he did know clearly that there were no girls in Xie Yunzhou's mansion.
However, Mr. Jin's next words made the eldest prince suddenly realize who the so-called Miss of Prince An's Mansion was.
"From what you have said, sir, this young lady from Prince An's Mansion is a fake."
"That's right. I specifically had someone investigate. The girl pretending to be Xie Wan'er's daughter, Shen Yu, was a refugee from Guangping Prefecture. Somehow, she managed to go to Prince An's Mansion to claim her kinship, claiming to be Xie Wan'er's daughter."
At this time, the eldest prince understood that Shen Yu came to the capital and heard about the disappearance of the eldest daughter of Prince An's Mansion seventeen years ago. In order to no longer live a hard life with no food to eat, he set his sights on Prince An's Mansion.
He didn't know whether this girl named Shen Yuqi had brains or not. If she had a normal brain, she would know how many girls had come to the Prince An's mansion to seek their relatives in the past seventeen years, but without exception, they were all driven out of the mansion, and some were not even allowed to enter.
But if you say Shen Yu is stupid, she successfully entered the Prince An's Mansion and was recognized by the old lady and became the young lady of the Prince An's Mansion.
It seems that Shen Yu still has some abilities, otherwise how could he become the legitimate master of Prince An's Mansion.
But Prince An has already made it clear that he will not stand on his side, so why would Shen Yu come to his house to pay a visit?
Thinking of this, the eldest prince asked the eunuch Fang Hai who was still standing at the door.
"Besides Miss Shen, is there anyone else following me?"
"Your Highness, Miss Shen only brought one maid."
"Go outside the mansion and bring Miss Shen here."
"Yes, Prince."
After receiving the order from the eldest prince, Fang Hai turned around and walked towards the gate.
When Fang Hai's figure disappeared, the eldest prince asked Mr. Jin in confusion, "Mr. Jin, why do you think Shen Yu came to see me?"
"Your Highness, let alone a girl of marriageable age, even a girl as young as eight or nine would care about her own lifelong affairs. In my opinion, Shen Yu came to see Your Highness because she is attracted to You and wants to be Your Highness's mistress, or even the real mistress of the First Prince's Mansion."
"Oh, Shen Yu has quite a big appetite. She wants to take the position of the prince's principal wife. This is not a blessing that a fake young lady like him can have."
"Your Highness, that's not the way to put it. Shen Yu doesn't have the ability to get the Prince An Mansion to recognize her, and the fact that the Prince An Mansion still accommodated Xie Wan'er after she was found shows that Shen Yu is still quite capable. Your Highness, why not wait and see what Shen Yu says before we act accordingly? Perhaps Shen Yu is the breakthrough point. Your Highness has always wanted to gain influence from the Prince An Mansion, right? If Shen Yu asks for something, he will definitely find ways to help Your Highness. In this way, the seemingly impossible will become possible, and perhaps even bring unexpected gains."
The eldest prince had already lost his good impression of Shen Yu because a girl like her came directly to the door of his mansion.
After all, how could the daughter of a truly good family go to a man's house alone? He didn't want to have another woman who willingly degraded herself in his backyard.
However, he also understood that what Mr. Jin said was right. This was a critical period and he needed the help of Prince An's Mansion. Since he couldn't get what he wanted from other directions, he might as well start from Shen Yu, which might bring him a surprise.
Thinking of this, the eldest prince no longer had any prejudice against Shen Yu, and instead looked forward to Shen Yu's arrival.
After an incense stick of time, Shen Yu, led by Fang Hai, came down to the meeting room.
The eldest prince knew the value of Shen Yu's wife. Looking at the girl walking towards him, his face no longer had an expression of disgust, but became gentle instead.
"Your servant Shen Yu pays homage to the Crown Prince."
"Miss Shen, please stand up and sit down."
"Thank you, Prince."
Shen Yu stood up, walked forward a few steps, and sat on an empty chair closer to the eldest prince.
"Miss Shen, what do you want from this prince?"
Shen Yu finally met the eldest prince whom he had been thinking about day and night, and he was so excited.
She had been standing outside the door waiting for so long, and she originally thought that she would not be able to enter the eldest prince's palace today. Unexpectedly, when she was waiting and anxiously wanted to go in, she was respectfully invited in by the housekeeper.
All the way from the door to the meeting room, her mind was never idle. She was thinking about what to say when she met the eldest prince, how to make the eldest prince trust her, marry her into the family, and make her the eldest prince's principal wife.
However, she also had the confidence that the eldest prince would marry her willingly, and that he would make her the mistress of the mansion, and that he would let her sit on the highest position in the future and become the true mother of a country.
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