"Go find two imperial physicians to examine Jingyu and see what's wrong with him. He's bedridden every few days, but he was lively and energetic in the morning. Now he's not doing well again."
"When Su Wenyuan came, I specifically asked about his condition. Wasn't he supposed to be in good health? Before, if he wanted to slack off, at least he would wait a few months. Now he only waits a few days?"
Although the emperor didn't scold anyone, he had quite a few complaints.
Eunuch Hu listened from the side, not daring to express any opinion.
After the emperor had finished speaking, he asked again whether he wanted to call the imperial physician over.
The Emperor said, "No need. Jingyu won't let the imperial physicians in to examine the patient, and I don't even know if they can diagnose the problem..."
The Emperor was referring to his eyes. Sheng Jingyu remained wary of the imperial physicians, whether because they could discern the true situation or for some other reason.
The Emperor's main concern was Sheng Jingyu's claim of illness.
As for the Su family and the Marquis of Anle's family, he didn't care, as long as Su Wenyuan didn't force him to investigate the truth.
Apart from that, Su Wenyuan can do whatever she wants.
Perhaps those people coming and going are just figuring out how to repair the two mansions!
Compared to the Emperor's carefree attitude, the Duke of Wanguo seemed much more anxious.
The news came one after another, forcing him to confront what happened back then.
"After the carpenter returned to Prince Chen's residence, he never came out again, and there are still guards at Marquis Anle's residence," the guard reported.
Duke Wan's face was grim. He asked in a low voice, "Where are the others? Have they gone to the Su residence again?"
"Yes, there are always people shuttling back and forth between the two mansions, and they also secretly pass on messages. Sometimes these messages are sent to Prince Chen's mansion."
Ever since the Marquis of Anle's residence came under Su Wenyuan's control, the Duke of Wanguo has been keeping an eye on her and the Marquis of Anle's residence.
Later, the Su family was added, along with Nian Huaizhong, who was skilled in mechanics.
In the end, Nian Huai discovered the mechanism and even stayed at Prince Chen's residence. At that time, Duke Wan Guo didn't think anything of it.
But their actions in the last two days clearly indicate that they have made an important discovery.
Immediately afterwards, news came from the palace that Sheng Jingyu had once again fallen ill.
This is more like discovering an important clue and wanting to lock him up in the mansion to study and ponder it.
The Duke of Wanguo lowered his head, staring at a picture on the table, his heart filled with anxiety.
"Keep an eye on it." Duke Wan waved for him to leave.
After the person left, he sat there in a daze, many images flashing through his mind.
His recollection was finally interrupted when his wife appeared.
When the Duchess saw the picture, her expression changed, and she asked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't show it? Rumors are not to be believed, especially rumors from thousands of years ago."
Duke Wan sneered, "After the incident back then, I did feel that I was confused for a moment and made a big mistake for something vague and unreal. But now, Su Wenyuan has made a discovery at the Marquis of Anle's residence."
"How is that possible?" The Duchess stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "You went to see what happened to the Marquis of Anle's mansion after it was raided. It was completely destroyed. There couldn't possibly be anything left."
Duke Wan nodded and said, "Yes, I went to see it. It's precisely because there's no way there could be anything there that I think the rumors are false. The matter of Marquis Anle is just that we've fallen into Qikong Kingdom's trap."
By then, he no longer cared about the Marquis of Anle's mansion. It had been demolished like that, and everything that was supposed to appear had already appeared. What else could there be?
So much so that he never paid any attention to that house over the years.
Until Su Wenyuan appeared, he was as if bewitched, always feeling that Su Wenyuan would know something from the Marquis of Anle's mansion.
By following the clues, one can discover how he orchestrated the Marquis of Anle's scheme back then.
Therefore, he was very afraid that the Marquis of Anle's mansion would fall into Su Wenyuan's hands. He had already made plans, but unfortunately, Su Yuan was a good-for-nothing who didn't even dare to take a dilapidated house.
They forcefully returned the Anle Marquis's mansion to Su Wenyuan's hands.
Just as Marquis Anle had predicted, Su Wenyuan discovered clues at his residence...
The Duchess quickly gathered up the diagrams on the table and said, "You've already realized you've been deceived, so why do you still say Su Wenyuan has discovered something? What could she possibly discover?"
The Duke of Wan sighed and said, "I don't know, I don't know anything. It was just because of a few words from others that the Marquis of Anle's family was harmed."
The Duchess angrily rebuked, "This is not just your problem. You didn't want him to die, but the Emperor was afraid of Marquis Anle, which is why he issued the decree to kill him so quickly."
"Are you wary?" Duke Wan wondered.
He didn't think the emperor was afraid of Marquis Anle at that time. Marquis Anle had already lowered his stance as much as it could have been.
"You've never had a son in your life, and your only daughter married Su Yuan. Don't you know what kind of person Su Yuan is? You're willing to sacrifice your daughter's entire life just to put the Emperor at ease. What else is there to be afraid of?"
The Duchess also felt a headache when she thought about these things.
She couldn't understand why anyone was still investigating the matter, even though thirteen years had passed.
In those thirteen years, the Duke of Wanguo never once took out this map.
The Duchess assumed he had burned it long ago.
It's supposed to be a picture, but it's really just a bunch of strange symbols connected together; you can't make out anything.
This was something kept in the study of the Marquis of Anle; the Duke of Wanguo once saw it by chance.
After discovering his presence, Marquis Anle hurriedly put the map away.
When the Yu family ran into trouble, the Duke of Wan ordered his men to first look for maps, then for hidden compartments, to see if anything was concealed there.
What he can't take openly is all going into the national treasury.
He could only have the soldiers who raided his house do these things secretly, and smash all the furniture with hidden compartments and mechanisms until the mechanisms were no longer visible, all to deceive the emperor.
The demolition of the wall was also his doing; he arranged for people to do it.
There's no particular reason, I just feel that some parts of the walls are strange, maybe there's something hidden inside.
The Marquis of Anle's mansion was smashed to pieces, and he found nothing but a map.
He wasn't surprised that there were hidden compartments in the mansion; the Duke of Wan's mansion had them too, and every household had a few places to hide things.
It's strange that there's nothing inside. Did they not put anything there, or was it moved?
He had no idea how ingenious the mechanism was; not everyone has the ability to foresee the end of life.
Immediately following the peace talks between the two countries, the Duke of Wan began to suspect that he had been used by the people of Qikong Kingdom.
He kept it to himself and stopped studying that broken diagram.
Now that Su Wenyuan has made a new discovery, the Duke of Wanguo is both afraid that the events of that year will be exposed and also hopes that those events can be resolved with a clear and definite result.
The death of Marquis Anle was not solely his fault; he merely gave it a push.
The Duchess wanted to ask something more, but seeing that he was lost in thought again, she quickly brought his attention back.
He advised, "You don't need to think so much. The Marquis of Anle's mansion was torn down, and nothing was found. What could she possibly find in such a short time?"
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