Chapter 333: Sinister Intentions
The Marquis of Zhenbei made a big fuss at the door but did not enter the mansion. Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu knew that the two men had come with ill intentions.
Although it was the middle of the night, the noise had already woken up all the houses on the street.
Therefore, when Wei Qingyan and his companions arrived at the gate of the mansion, there were many people watching outside the gate, including many officials from the court. After all, those who lived on Qingque Street were either high-ranking officials from the court or royal relatives.
"Who are you?" Shi Yu looked at the Marquis of Zhenbei who was standing at the front.
His temples were gray, and he was dressed in brocade clothes. He was well-maintained. Although he looked to be in his fifties, he was actually in his sixties. He looked elegant and refined, not like a military general, but more like a civil servant. One could vaguely see the good looks of his youth.
However, at this moment, his face was cold and angry. After hearing Shi Yu's words, he bowed reluctantly and said, "Zhenbei Hou Liang Yongan pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The people he brought with him also had to kneel down and salute.
After all, we still have to do some superficial work.
Shi Yu held Wei Qingyan's hand and just looked at them quietly without calling out.
Liang Yongan knelt for a moment, then realized something and bowed to Wei Qingyan, the Crown Princess. Only then did Shi Yu slowly say, "Stand up."
Standing up, Liang Yongan's expression was filled with anger and sorrow. "Crown Princess, my mother is already over eighty years old and has been bedridden. Why are you so cruel to her?"
"You came here with such fanfare tonight and started saying that the Crown Princess killed your mother. What's the evidence? What's the motive?" Shi Yu's expression was still indifferent, but his voice was as cold as the ice on the snowy mountain.
Liang Yongan felt inexplicably scared.
He was also present at the blood test that day and felt that the Crown Prince, although taciturn, seemed easy to talk to and did not look like a capable person.
Today, he actually saw the fierceness of a superior in him, but things had come to this point, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Why did the Crown Princess want to harm my mother? I would like to ask the Crown Princess for an explanation.
As for the evidence, only two princes went to the farm outside the city today, and the Crown Princess went to see my mother alone, said extremely absurd words, and drew a portrait of my daughter for her.
Everyone knows that my daughter is the apple of my mother's eye. After receiving my daughter's portrait, she naturally holds it in her hands all the time.
Little did they know that the portrait was laced with poison. My mother smelled it for a long time, and the poison went deep into her heart and spleen. Now she is unconscious. At her age, the Crown Princess is truly cruel and vicious.
"You mean, the Crown Princess was instructed by me to harm the old lady of your family?" Shi Yu's expression remained calm, but his voice became several degrees colder.
"I dare not. The late emperor was kind and wise. I believe that His Royal Highness, as he inherited the late emperor's bloodline, will not foolishly and viciously harm the people of Fengzhao."
Liang Yongan spoke righteously, looking heartbroken, "But the Crown Princess is, after all, the crown prince of another country, and the previous emperor of Wei once stole the crown prince. I still don't know what his intentions are. The Crown Princess is his own granddaughter, so I'm not sure if she has other intentions.
My mother has been recuperating outside the city for over twenty years, and nothing has ever happened. The people serving on the farm are all the elders who were close to my parents, and they have always been loyal. Today, as soon as the Crown Princess left, something happened. I beg the Crown Prince to investigate and give justice to the Zhenbei Marquisate."
"I didn't poison her, and I can't think of any reason to poison the old lady."
Wei Qingyan's eyes flashed coldly, "Why don't you, Marquis Zhenbei, think about this for me?"
It turned out that their target was her, and they wanted to accuse her and even the Wei Dynasty of murdering the old lady. Shi Yu believed her and would naturally stand on her side.
By then, they will definitely guide the people of Fengzhao and make them believe that Prince Shi Yu's heart is not in Fengzhao, but in the Great Wei.
How could they be confident in allowing the prince to ascend the throne when his heart was with Han and he was in Cao's camp?
If Shi Yu didn't help her, a crown prince who couldn't even protect his wife for the throne, and was even unwilling to do so, how could he protect the world in the future if he couldn't even protect his own family?
Everything could be linked to Shi Yu. Seeing such a despicable act, Wei Qingyan's first reaction was to think of the queen who had labeled Shi Yu as unfilial on the day they first met.
"How can I know the thoughts of those who do evil?"
Liang Yongan's face was filled with anger. "But I know that if something happens to my mother, I will make the Crown Princess pay for her life, even if it means offending His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Sure enough, Shi Yu was mentioned in every word.
"Why didn't you ask me, my Lord, why I, having just arrived in Fengzhao, left all my affairs at the mansion to go see the old lady?"
Wei Qingyan sneered at him, "In the Wei Dynasty, to convict someone of guilt or innocence, there must be solid evidence and the case must be investigated by the government.
I didn't know that in Fengzhao, as long as one has power, one can slander others at will. It seems that this Prince's Mansion is really not in the eyes of the Marquis of Zhenbei.
Or maybe the Empress is having a hard time in Fengzhao, so her Prince is bullied by everyone in Fengzhao?
You accused me of a crime just by speaking, so I could also say that it was you who poisoned your mother.
The purpose, of course, is to stir up trouble between the two countries and put the Crown Prince in a dilemma. In this way, the Crown Prince, whom you look down upon, will have no place in Feng Zhao, right?"
Liang Yongan's heart skipped a beat, and a trace of impatience, or perhaps panic, appeared on his elegant face. "What a silver tongue you have! I came here today to seek justice for my mother, not to listen to your ramblings.
You know whether you harmed anyone and why. I didn't report it to the authorities because I was concerned about the Crown Prince's reputation. I thought if you handed over the antidote, the matter would be over."
He never expected that the Crown Princess of Wei would be so smart and shout out everything so bluntly.
But he didn't expect that Shi Yu's fist would be more direct. He loudly ordered Dong Zang, "Go and report to the authorities. I also want to investigate who exactly harmed Madam Liang and wanted to frame us."
How could Shi Yu allow Qingyan to be bullied in Fengzhao? Therefore, even though he knew the dirty thoughts of the person behind the scenes, he still mentioned the word husband and wife.
He would never let the spearhead point to Qingyan alone. Noticing his hand being held tightly by Wei Qingyan, he looked at her gently.
When he turned to the Zhenbei Marquis and his men, his handsome face turned cold, "Also, the Marquis kept silent about what I am going to tell everyone.
The reason we went to Zhuangzi today was because we found Liang Fuzhu's portrait and the birthday gift she prepared for the old lady among the rewards from the palace.
Liang Fuzhu appeared in the Crown Princess's dream last night and asked her to give the birthday gift that she had not had time to send that year to the old lady.
The old lady suspected the dream and asked the Crown Princess to paint a portrait of Liang Fuzhu. The brush, ink, paper and inkstone all belonged to Zhuangzi, and the painting was done in front of him. How could the Crown Princess have poisoned Liang Fuzhu?
He didn't know what the queen's intention was in giving him the porcelain vase, but he let everyone know that the queen didn't care about him as her son, otherwise why would there be something related to a dead person among the rewards.
It was impossible for her to make the reward book public, because even though there was no portrait or headband on the book, there was also the mermaid bottle. If she pushed it to the palace maids, it would also mean that she, as a mother, was not being a dedicated person.
Therefore, the queen could only swallow this loss in silence.
Shi Yu disdains to use these means, but he never claims to be a gentleman and is used to fighting back.
Dongzang turned around and left. Two middle-aged men who looked like officials in the crowd looked at each other and both retreated secretly.
The two men were the Dali Temple Minister and the Jingzhao Prefecture Governor respectively. Seeing such a big commotion here, they had already come out to watch the fun after hearing what their servants said.
But the Marquis of Zhenbei did not report it to the police, and the person involved was the newly returned prince, so the two of them did not take the initiative to stand up. Now, the prince took the initiative to report it to the police, although they did not know which government office he went to, they had to go back and prepare.
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