Chapter 338 Lin Lanting makes a choice
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I'm here."
Xiao Zhian followed him into the mansion. When he heard that Wei Qingyan was in the study, he ran towards the study shouting from a distance.
Wei Qingyan signaled Wu Qiu to open the study door.
Xiao Zhian rushed to the door of the study, but paused for a moment, letting Shi Yu go in first, and then he followed in.
"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid. Mother has promised to help you. Starting today, I will live here too. Next time the Marquis of Zhenbei dares to cause trouble, I will help you fight back."
Wei Qingyan smiled and thanked him.
Shi Yu also told her what happened in the palace.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhian said angrily, "Lord Wang scolded me well. If I had known I would not have slept so soundly, I should have scolded him as well."
As he said this, he really angrily scolded the Marquis of Zhenbei for a long time, but perhaps because he had no experience, his words were just a few repetitive ones.
Finally, she sat down in front of Wei Qingyan, "Sister-in-law, the Queen Mother also wants to help you. She just asked me if you can really see ghosts... The Queen Mother won't harm you, but it's inevitable that there are some people around her who have bad intentions. Sister-in-law, is there anything I can do for you?"
He informed his brother and sister-in-law of his conversation with the queen.
Wei Qingyan still had a smile on his face. "It's enough that you have this intention. Sister-in-law believes that the Dali Temple will clear my name."
"You are innocent." Xiao Zhian responded quickly.
There was a hint of relief in the eyes of Wei Qingyan and his wife.
But then Xiao Zhian said, "Sister-in-law, I plan to go to the manor to see the old marquis. He has a good relationship with the old lady. If he doesn't come, it means he doesn't believe you poisoned her. Maybe I can get some clues from him."
"Are you on good terms with him?" Shi Yu asked.
Xiao Zhian shook his head. "Not really, but I've gone fishing with him a few times. He's a decent guy. Maybe he doesn't even know that the Marquis of Zhenbei is causing trouble."
"Well, go ahead. I'll stay home with your sister-in-law."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
He hurriedly stood up and started to leave, but when he caught a glimpse of the porcelain vase out of the corner of his eye, he stopped, took a few steps back, walked to the vase, and asked, "Why is this porcelain vase here?"
Shi Yu said, "It was a gift from the Empress."
Xiao Zhian seemed a little unconvinced and looked at Wei Qingyan again. Wei Qingyan nodded and said, "Yes, it was a gift from the Queen."
"Then Prince and his wife, please give it to me. I will exchange it with you for other good things. I like the pattern on it." Xiao Zhian's eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look at the two of them again.
Shi Yu refused, "You should choose something else. It was originally meant for the bedroom, but your sister-in-law liked it so she moved it to the study so she can look at it from time to time."
Xiao Zhian lowered his head and said, "Oh, forget it. I'll go find the old marquis."
"Xiao An is starting to hide things."
When there were only two people left in the room, Wei Qingyan handed a cup of tea to Shi Yu and said in a calm voice.
Judging from Xiao Zhian's reaction just now, it was obvious that he also knew that the porcelain bottle had been involved in a life-threatening incident. Based on his previous temperament, he would definitely shout out what he knew.
Shi Yu hummed, "He was the one who found me. He probably hopes that our family will live in harmony."
But the mother brought bad luck to her son. Even someone as simple as Zhi'an knew that their mother-son relationship could not be what he expected. Shi Yu raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I hope that one day, he will not regret looking for me to come back."
Xiao Zhian, who was being talked about by the two men, did not go directly to the farm outside the city, but went to Lin Lanting's study.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Lanting looked at his nephew who had been silent with his head down since he came over and asked, "Are you worried about your brother and his wife?"
The man who had been sitting in silence for a quarter of an hour finally looked up and asked, "Uncle, why did they want to harm my sister-in-law?"
His eyes were red, like a pitiful rabbit, and he looked at Lin Lanting, "Is there anyone who doesn't like the prince to come back?
They are slandering my sister-in-law, but husband and wife are one, and the prince and his sister-in-law have such a good relationship. In fact, they are also slandering the prince, right?
Lin Lanting was a little surprised. He could think of this, but he didn't know how to speak. "Don't think too much. Maybe there is some misunderstanding."
"When I was a kid, I was bored and liked to go to the storehouse to pick out treasures to play with. There was a porcelain vase in there with many beautiful mermaids painted on it. Since you refused to marry, I thought of taking the porcelain vase and giving it to you. Perhaps you would be tempted by the beauty.
But I was tired from playing that day, so I took the porcelain vase to my bedroom, intending to send it to you the next day. But in the blink of an eye, the porcelain vase was taken away by the palace servants.
I had no choice but to go back to the storehouse. The palace servants couldn't stop me, so they told me that the porcelain vase had been used by someone who had died, so it was unlucky. There was only one of its kind in the world, and the Imperial Household Department couldn't bear to throw it away, so it was put back in the storehouse.
His head drooped lower and lower. "But the porcelain vase is placed in the bedroom of the Crown Prince and his brother. It was a gift from my mother. In the palace, the only one who dares to take my things without my permission is my mother."
Therefore, the Queen Mother knew that the porcelain vase was unlucky, so she asked the palace maid to take it away, but she gave it to the Crown Prince instead.
When the Queen Mother learned that the Crown Prince was alive, she was very happy and supported him in going to find him. When the Crown Prince came back, she repeatedly told him to be good to him.
How could it be...
"Uncle, the Queen Mother must be very busy and neglectful. Or maybe the people under her are not careful enough, right?"
Lin Lanting looked at his nephew who was almost crying, and hesitated for several times, finally nodding, "Yeah, it was probably negligence."
If the Queen and Shi Yu and his mother do not get along, Xiao An will be the one who gets hurt the most.
They followed the trail of the man in black all the way to the Wei Dynasty. No one knew better than him how much the Second Prince, who usually lived a life of luxury and complained of being tired after walking a few steps, had suffered in order to find his brother.
No one knew better than him how deep Xiao An's feelings for the Queen were.
Thinking back to the first day after returning to Fengzhao, he went to the palace to find the Queen because of the Prince's Mansion that was set up outside the palace. In the end, the siblings had a quarrel and parted on bad terms, and he didn't even mention the matter of the tranquilizing pills.
Lin Lanting could only sigh secretly, hoping that the Queen would feel sorry for Xiao An and not do anything stupid.
Xiao Zhian was comforted by his uncle and sniffed, "Uncle, can you send someone to pick up Grandpa Zongzheng? If he comes back soon, the crown prince can also be included in the royal jade record and recognize his ancestral roots sooner."
The old patriarch is the late emperor's half-brother, in charge of the royal family. He is a famous scholar in Fengzhao and is highly respected by Fengzhao students. He always insists on finding the prince and tells Lin Lanting the secret of the pattern on the body of the direct bloodline of the Fengzhao royal family.
This time, I missed the opportunity to welcome the prince back to the country because I had to go out for an urgent matter.
Lin Lanting's heart skipped a beat. "Okay."
But in fact, after he left the palace that day, he secretly sent a team of elite soldiers to pick up the Royal Chief of the Imperial Clan, in the name of picking up, but in fact to protect.
The fact that Xiao An, who never gets involved in anything, would bring this up can only mean that he also suspects the Queen, suspecting that she is reluctant to give up power and is targeting the Chief Clan Leader.
Zong Zheng is an elder in the royal family. Given his temperament, when he returns, he will definitely ask the empress to return power to the prince and support the prince to ascend the throne.
Xiao An knew all this, but he forced himself to pretend to be ignorant. He wanted to help his brother, but he couldn't bear to hurt his mother. How tormented his heart must be.
Lin Lanting decided to go to the Prince's Mansion.
To be disrespectful, he had already treated Xiao An as his own son in his heart. If the Queen was unwilling to take Xiao An into consideration, he hoped that his brother Shi Yu could show some mercy to Xiao An.
Therefore, he told Shi Yu everything Xiao Zhian said to him, word for word, and other than that, he did not say a word for the Queen or Xiao Zhian.
He believed that the prince and his wife were not ungrateful people and would not let Xiao An down.
Shi Yu handed him a cup of tea and asked, "Why would you help me?"
He and the Queen are siblings, and the Lin family was able to regain its footing thanks to the Queen's promotion. They are a community of shared interests.
Lin Lanting took a sip of tea and said, "I'm ashamed to say that I hid something from you earlier."
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