"How did he know?" Li Xingye asked.
Fu Liqing interrupted, "Zhao Jingzhou and his wife once took him back, and he lived in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion for three years. But everyone in the mansion treated him badly, even the servants bullied him. That's when he couldn't stand it anymore and severed ties with the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and ran away. It was around that time that he started selling his writings to make a living, and that's when he met his daughter."
"I see!"
Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye both suddenly understood.
"But why don't they say anything?" Fu Chengwang asked.
Fu Liqing sighed and said, "Zhao Lin was deeply hurt by the Zhenbei Marquisate and swore to sever all ties with it. He doesn't want to mention them at all. The Zhenbei Marquisate and his wife, along with their daughter, favor Zhao Chenhan. They're afraid Zhao Chenhan would get jealous if he knew, so they naturally won't say anything."
"Hmph! The Marquis of Zhenbei is unworthy of being a father!" Li Xingye said angrily.
"Not only is the Zhenbei Marquis unworthy of being a father, the entire Zhenbei Marquis family wishes Zhao Lin dead and gives all the benefits to Zhao Chenhan. They are not good people."
Fu Liqing got angry every time he thought about it. "Back then, the Marquis of Zhenbei knew his daughter had a good relationship with Zhao Lin, but he still went to the mansion to propose marriage for Zhao Chenhan. Before Zhao Lin took the imperial examination, the Marquis of Zhenbei sent people to arrest Zhao Lin, fearing that he would do better than Zhao Chenhan. And there were other things too. Every single one of them was not like what a parent should do. They were even more hostile than enemies."
Fu Chengwang interrupted, "Father and Lord Li don't know yet, but some time ago, Zhao Lin arrested all the officials of the Jiujiang Governor's Office. Everyone thought something was wrong with Zhao Lin. The wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei actually sent the housekeeper to warn Zhao Lin not to reveal his relationship with the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion."
Fu Chengwang said with a sullen face, "No matter what, Zhao Lin is their biological son. Even if they favor Zhao Chenhan, they shouldn't do this."
Li Xingye continued, "What's more, Zhao Lin is so outstanding, talented and capable. He's the youngest number one scholar in our dynasty's history, the youngest prefect, governor-general, and governor-general. Oh, and he's even the youngest Xuanwu General. Any title like that would bring honor to our family and make them proud. How could the Zhenbei Marquis and his wife have the heart to treat Zhao Lin this way?"
Fu Liqing said: "So we all suspect that the rumor is true."
The rumor was spread by Fu Liqing, and she knew it was true, but there was no need to tell them.
Because there is no evidence now.
Fu Chengwang nodded thoughtfully: "But what does this have to do with Zhao Lin being imprisoned?"
Fu Wenqi said, "This might be Zhao Lin's plan. He always plans things out before taking action and never acts impulsively."
"Plan? You mean, angering the emperor is also his plan?" Fu Chengwang asked.
Fu Wenqi's heart skipped a beat.
Fu Chengwang attaches great importance to Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, Parents and Teachers. He cannot tolerate Zhao Lin daring to take advantage of the Emperor.
"Instead of angering others, we should go with the flow." Fu Wenqi said carefully.
"Humph! What a fool!" Fu Chengwang said angrily, "He doesn't even dare to let us know. What kind of fool can he be?"
Fu Wenqi looked at Li Xingye awkwardly.
Li Xingye said: "Don't worry about this for now, what should we do next."
Fu Chengwang was silent for a moment, then said, "Just do what you have to do, and pretend you don't know."
Fu Liqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as daddy cooperates, it's fine.
Zhao Lin made a plan for his trip to Beijing, but plans are always just plans, and no one can predict what unexpected events might happen. So he told Fu Liqing about the plan to reassure her, so that she wouldn't worry about anything happening.
But the emperor's concubine was having an affair, and such a thing must not be told to anyone, not even Fu Chengwang or Li Xingye.
Otherwise, just wait for the emperor to chop off your head.
Only Zhao Lin, Fu Liqing, Anquan and Zhu Zhongyan knew about this matter.
To let Zhu Zhongyan know, of course, he had to speak up at the critical moment.
"You and I will go to the palace now to ask for an audience with His Majesty."
Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye were very proactive. They immediately prepared a car and went straight to the palace to plead with Cheng **.
The people were arrested in the morning and the two men entered the palace in the afternoon.
"Your Majesty! I wonder what crime Zhao Lin committed that he was dismissed from office and imprisoned pending trial?"
Fu Chengwang asked bluntly.
Cheng** was very annoyed: "Don't you know what he did wrong?"
Fu Chengwang said, "I don't know. If he really committed a crime and it is related to me, I am willing to share the same crime with him."
"you?"
Cheng ** was furious: "Good! Good! Come, remove Fu Chengwang from office and put him in jail with Zhao Lin."
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Li Xingye said quickly, "Master Fu was just anxious and said something nonsense. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"I won't forgive you." Cheng ** said angrily, "I can do whatever I want. If you say that again, I'll lock you up too."
Li Xingye took off his hat and threw it on the ground: "Then lock up both me and Master Fu."
"Good! Good! You dare to threaten me! Li Xingye, you are very good!"
Cheng** was already very angry, and now being confronted by Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye in succession made him even more furious.
"Come here, come here, lock them both up in the Sky Prison. Lock them up!" Cheng ** roared.
Zhu Zhongyan shouted, "Are all the people dead? Didn't they hear the order from His Majesty?"
A number of guards came rushing over and were about to arrest Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye.
Fu Chengwang waved his hand and said, "I can walk on my own."
He turned and left.
Li Xingye snorted coldly and left with Li Xingye.
Cheng Yu's hands were shaking with anger: "Lawless! Lawless! Every one of them is like this. Do you think I'm easy to bully? Huh?"
Cheng** fell on his back and landed heavily on the dragon couch with a thud.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Someone, come and get the medicine."
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