Chapter 192 Reason
In the first month of last year, Shi Yu's condition had not improved and he was trapped in the capital. Shen Changshan might have felt guilty, or he might have known that his health was not good and was worried that he would not live long.
So he asked the maid to return to Feng Zhao and deliberately revealed his whereabouts.
He led the people of Fengzhao to Dawei and asked them to bring Shi Yu back to Fengzhao, but he was worried that the people of Fengzhao would find out about him and vent their anger on the Qin family.
So, when he let the maid go, he found Manager Cao and asked him to keep the incident a secret.
"Lord Shen is also from Feng Zhao, right?" Manager Cao's words interrupted Wei Qingyan's thoughts.
She said, "I wasn't sure before, but now I've heard some news from the old man, so it seems to be true."
Wei Qingyan put the portrait away and said, "Old man, there is no need to feel guilty. Returning to your hometown is what Shen Changshan always wanted."
"Sir Shen may have done some bad things, but he is a good man. He feels guilty about his trip to the north and the consequences for the escort agency, so he is trying his best to make amends.
He took over the identity of the Shen family and lived for them all his life, but, Feng Zhao, can he go back? "
After Shopkeeper Cao asked this question, Qin Sixian and his wife also looked at Wei Qingyan eagerly.
Something clicked in Wei Qingyan's mind. She turned her head and looked at Shopkeeper Cao. "You said, he lived his whole life for the Shen family?"
Seeing her like this, Shopkeeper Cao suddenly felt a little uneasy. "This is just my guess. I just said it casually. Just pretend you didn't hear me..."
Wei Qingyan asked, "Can you explain why you guess this?"
Seeing her serious expression, Manager Cao continued, "I just said that Lord Shen is a good man. He felt guilty about the escort agency, so he helped it take on a lot of business. In his own words, he doesn't like to owe anything.
When the graves were moved in the north, he was clearly going to do something else, but he rushed to the north just to dig out the bones of the three members of the Shen family with his own hands. After that, he left in a hurry without even catching his breath. I thought he must have felt guilty towards the Shen family.
The big shots in the capital city need Lord Shen's help if they want to take Feng Zhao's child away, which shows that Lord Shen has a good status in Feng Zhao.
After his death, he was obsessed with returning to Fengzhao, which shows that he was thinking about Fengzhao in his heart. Then he could have returned to Fengzhao before, so why did he stay in Wei and be controlled by others?
Moreover, Lord Shen is very good at making a living. It is largely due to his contribution that Ping An Escort Agency has been able to expand to its current state. Even if such a person does not return to his original home in Feng Zhao, he can live well elsewhere in Feng Zhao.
The only reason I can think of for him not leaving Wei is to repay a favor."
Repay a favor?
Yes.
The Shen family first saved his life, but were implicated and died because of him.
Wei Qingyan's eyes became brighter and brighter.
She seemed to know why Shen Changshan wanted to be a son-in-law.
After bidding farewell to Shopkeeper Cao and parting with the Qin couple, she returned to the inn where Xiao Zhian was staying temporarily.
At this time, Lin Lanting also came back.
Xiao Zhian saw her and hurried over to greet her, "Miss Chang, you are finally here."
Seeing that he looked anxious, Wei Qingyan didn't play nice.
“Shen Changshan does know martial arts. His trip to the north to relocate the graves of the three Shen family members was just a pretext. There is no evidence of what he actually did.
But after he came back from the north, he brought with him a child with congenital defects and your aunt's maid Chun Xing. He has been placing these two people in the capital of Wei.
Until last year, he let the maid return to Feng Zhao."
She specifically mentioned her congenital deficiency because she didn't want Xiao Zhian and the others to misunderstand her, so that she wouldn't have to waste time explaining.
But Xiao Zhian didn't understand what she meant, "You said my prince brother is disabled?"
Wei Qingyan raised his eyes slightly, "That's not your brother the Crown Prince, but it's very likely your cousin."
Prince Feng Zhao was born healthy, and Shi Yu is doing well now.
"Cousin?" Xiao Zhian looked confused.
Lin Lanting poured a cup of tea for Wei Qingyan and passed it to her, "Miss Chang means that it wasn't just His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that they took away from Fengzhao back then.
There is another child, and that child has been taken care of by my third sister's maid?"
Wei Qingyan nodded.
When the Fengzhao Palace coup occurred, in addition to Xiao Zhian's uncle, Xiao Zhian's aunt also rebelled. She was the third sister mentioned by Lin Lanting, the younger sister of Empress Fengzhao, Lin Qianning.
"That child is most likely your third sister's."
"Impossible," Lin Lanting said immediately, "How could Third Sister Yunying have a child when she's unmarried?"
"Her maid calls the child 'Little Master', or does it mean that your Lin family has other children?"
Lin Lanting was silent for a moment.
He was only five years old when his third sister participated in the rebellion, so he couldn't remember much.
But I have never heard that the third sister gave birth to a child, and no children in the Lin family have gone missing.
But the maid Chun Xing is a servant of the Lin family and grew up with her third sister. How could she raise someone else's child and call him "little master"?
Wei Qingyan's words rang out again, "Perhaps you can check whether your third sister left home for a period of time back then."
The Lin family is a large family, and it is impossible for Lin Qianning to give birth to a child in the mansion, so she can only hide outside.
"Find out who the father of that child is? How did your uncle, Shen Changshan, know that your third sister had a child."
Perhaps, Shen Changshan used this handle to let Lin Qianning help him take Prince Feng Zhao out of the palace, and he promised to help Lin Qianning take care of the child.
Giving birth to a child out of wedlock, and with congenital defects, if this happens in a wealthy family, the child will have no way out but death.
Lin Qianning asked her personal maid to bring the child to Wei, which means she wanted to protect the child.
Wei Qingyan stood up and walked to the desk.
The pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Xiao Zhian had used before were still there. She picked up the pen and sketched out a portrait of Cao Yizhao and handed it to Xiao Zhian.
"You said before that your aunt Lin Qianning turned her love for your uncle into hatred, but in the end she helped your uncle rebel.
Perhaps this child is the reason. Show this portrait to Chun Xing, and maybe she can explain something you don't know."
Prince Feng Zhao has not been found yet, and even if Empress Feng Zhao hates Chun Xing as much as she does, she will keep her as a clue.
Chun Xing and Cao Yizhao have depended on each other for decades, and Cao Yizhao is probably her weak spot.
She looked at Lin Lanting again, "If this child is Lin Qianning's, then he is also your nephew. His intelligence is like that of a three-year-old.
He shouldn't bear the blame for his parents' mistakes. I hope you can protect him for the sake of our blood relationship."
A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Lanting's eyes.
Wei Qingyan had always given him a cold and hard impression, but he didn't expect that she had a soft side, and the child she was talking about was actually a few years older than her.
He nodded, "Okay."
Seeing this, Wei Qingyan said nothing more and walked straight over the threshold and out of the house.
After coming out of the inn, she said to the dark, "I'm going to Furong County and will be back tomorrow."
The two secret guards in the dark looked at each other, one followed Wei Qingyan, and the other went to Prince Rong's mansion to report the news.
When Wei Qingyan rode her horse all the way to Furong County, night had just fallen, and she went directly to Old Man Shen's house.
“Old man, do you know what Shen Changshan’s greatest wish is?”
Old Man Shen learned from Shen Siyuan these two days that Wei Qingyan was indeed here to help their Qin family.
So, when he saw the dusty man rushing over, he didn't ask too many questions and said truthfully, "My eldest brother often mentioned in his letters that Changshan likes reading and said that when he grows up, he wants to be a wife of the court and teach students."
Wei Qingyan let out a breath.
It’s true!
She asked again, "Is Master Qin very good to him?"
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