Chapter 156 Chaos in the Duke of Xing's Mansion
Pei Yanchi grumbled and cursed as he led his men out.
He left the camp, mounted his horse, and was still cursing.
"This guy didn't hold back at all just now, he bullied me mercilessly."
"When you get back to Beijing, you just wait, there'll be plenty of accounts to settle with you."
Pei Yanchi was thirsty after scolding Ye Jing halfway through.
They returned to Shumi City overnight, and by the time they arrived at the city gate, it was already broad daylight.
Upon returning, Pei Yanchi first sent a message to His Majesty, then lay down and went to sleep.
He slept for a full day and night.
**
The message from Pei Yanchi was received quickly in the capital.
After learning that Duke Xing had abandoned the Wan family, Du Zhengming went directly to their door and asked the Wan family to make a trip to the Dali Temple.
Lady Wan was unaware that she had been abandoned by the Duke of Xing, and remained silent in prison, not uttering a single word.
Pei Zhuo, Pei Yanchi's half-brother and the second son of the Pei family, panicked when he saw his mother being taken away by the Dali Temple.
They immediately sent people to smooth things over, but they couldn't get any information out of them.
Finally, having no other choice, he had to go back to his uncle's house to discuss a solution with his uncle.
Wan Huaixing frowned upon hearing Pei Zhuo's words.
"Have you written to your father?"
Pei Zhuo looked at him anxiously and said, "They've already gone."
"Logically speaking, your father is still leading troops abroad, and for the sake of border stability, your mother shouldn't be harmed."
After saying that, he looked at Pei Zhuo and asked, "Have you sent someone to inquire with the Dali Temple?"
"Uncle, that's why I came to find you, because the Dali Temple hasn't revealed a single word."
Upon hearing this, Wan Huaixing's heart skipped a beat, and then he asked:
"Was it Pei Yanchi who did this?"
Pei Zhuo paused for a moment, then shook his head:
"He went to the border about twenty days ago."
"What is he going to the border for?" Wan Huaixing asked.
"He must have been ordered by the Emperor to go see my father."
Pei Zhuo said anxiously, "Uncle, at a time like this, why are you still concerned about Pei Yanchi?"
"You must save my mother!"
Wan Huaixing waved his hand to stop Pei Zhuo from speaking, and continued to ponder on his own:
"Pei Yanchi has no official position or post, yet he has been ordered by the emperor to go to the Western Regions to see your father."
"This is someone sent by the Emperor to deliver a message to your father, isn't it?"
Pei Zhuo looked at Wan Huaixing and asked in confusion, "Then what does this have to do with my mother?"
Wan Xinghuai closed his eyes, sighed, and said:
"Without your father's permission, no one in the capital, not even His Majesty, would dare to touch your mother."
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhuo's expression changed drastically.
"Uncle, you mean... Father..."
Wan Huaixing nodded weakly: "Your father... abandoned your mother..."
"But...but...but my mother didn't do anything!"
Or even if she did something, it was related to my father, and it was all for my father's benefit.
How could my father do such a thing?
Wan Huaixing looked up at Pei Zhuo after hearing his words.
At the age of fifteen or sixteen, she was fair-skinned and had a hint of her own features in her eyes, but she seemed like an innocent child.
Wan Huaixing didn't know where to begin.
Over the years, Pei Zhuo has been too well protected by his mother.
Many years ago, when Pei Yanchi entered the palace wearing a dress with sleeves that were too short, Pei Zhuo was already no match for Pei Yanchi.
A seven or eight-year-old child, dressed in tattered clothes, enters the palace. Is this the kind of trick a normal child would come up with?
My dear sister, you were too hasty back then.
Thinking he had the Duke of Xing under his thumb, Pei Yanchi was now completely oblivious to the fact that the royal family stood behind him.
Since that incident, her relationship with the Duke of Xing has long been broken and is no longer what it used to be.
Duke Xing was not unaware of his sister's methods; otherwise, he would not have separated the family and separated Pei Yanchi from the family.
Over the years, she has tried hard to mend things and hope to restore their relationship to its former state.
But Pei Yanchi sent a stunningly beautiful woman to the border for his own father.
As a result, Lady Wan and Duke Xing had a major argument, and their relationship reached a freezing point.
Now that the Duke of Xing has made such a decision, he can understand it.
The Duke of Xing must have reached the limit of his patience with her.
Or perhaps the matter is of great importance, and failure to do so might implicate the entire Xingguo Duke's Mansion.
Wan Huaixing knew perfectly well what was going on, but he didn't know how to tell Pei Zhuo.
In the end, he simply said, "Your uncle will look into this for you. You should go back now."
Pei Zhuo returned to his residence with trepidation, awaiting news.
Meanwhile, at the Dali Temple, Du Zhengming had already thrown a stack of evidence in front of Zheng.
"Madam, do you really think that if you don't say anything, I can't convict you?"
Wan remained silent after hearing this.
Du Zhengming then asked, "Are you still waiting for the people from the Duke of Xing's mansion to come and rescue you?"
He gave a cold laugh after saying that.
“Madam, Lord Xing is guarding the border for the country. Even if it’s a matter of great importance, we should listen to his opinion.”
But since you're already here, it means we've already asked the Duke of Xing.
Finally, Wan lowered her eyes to look at the straw on the ground and spoke:
"Hmph, I knew that little brat Pei Yanchi going to the border wouldn't be a good thing."
So he went to ask his father for advice.
After speaking, Madam Wan looked up at Du Zhengming:
"Now that things have come to this, I admit it. I did it."
I sent men to silence everyone at that pharmacy.
"Why did you want to silence her, Madam?" Du Zhengming continued to ask.
Mr. Wan answered calmly:
"Everyone in the capital knows about the affairs of our Duke Xing's mansion."
The irreconcilable conflict between me and that kid Pei Yanchi is already a foregone conclusion.
I bought poison to kill him, but fearing the news would leak out, I went all the way and burned down the pharmacy.
Upon hearing this, Du Zhengming asked, "Isn't Prince Pei alive and well now?"
"That kid was lucky. I had poisoned it, but he was called away and didn't get to drink the tea."
Du Zhengming calmly pressed on with his question:
"Since Prince Pei is not dead, why would you go to silence the pharmacy? That doesn't make sense."
The fact that all fifteen people at the pharmacy were silenced must be to cover up a much larger conspiracy.
So you poisoned someone else, you put the poison in their mouth, and that person was also poisoned, which is why you went to silence them.
Madam Wan chuckled lightly: "Du Shaoqing, do you have any evidence?"
"You wouldn't have been brought here without evidence."
Du Zhengming answered with his usual expressionless face.
Madam Wan sneered, "Then please, Du Shaoqing, find the evidence before you interrogate me."
Du Zhengming looked at the stubborn Wan Shi and continued:
"Madam, why insist on going down this path to the bitter end?"
Even if you don't plan for yourself, you should at least plan for your two children.
I heard from the people at the Dali Temple that your son has already sent people here three times, but we haven't released any information here.
"He's in such a hurry now, what if someone accidentally digs a hole and he falls in?"
Upon hearing that it was her son, Wan finally couldn't help but glare angrily at Du Zhengming.
"I never imagined that Du Shaoqing, who is known for his integrity and impartiality, would do such a thing in private."
Du Zhengming remained silent, but the constable beside him reprimanded him:
You are too young to appreciate kindness.
"Someone set a trap for your son, but our young master was soft-hearted and saved him, and you're still here turning around and blaming him."
"You saved my son?" Madam Wan said contemptuously.
I don't believe it.
Upon hearing this, the constable rolled his eyes:
Believe it or not.
Then he looked at Du Zhengming and said, "My lord, see? I told you she wouldn't appreciate it."
Don't get involved in his family's affairs next time.
It would be best if someone swindled his family out of everything.
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