Chapter 281 The Wei Family Falls
Wen Wan held up Shen Yu's face and kissed him on the cheek.
"award."
Trust her rewards.
Wen Wan asked again: "Then when did you recognize me? It can't be when we were in Taohua Town, right?"
When this was mentioned, Shen Yu's face darkened and he couldn't help but pinched her waist.
"Do you think that if I had recognized you in Taohua Town, you would still have had a chance to escape to this place with Yan Sui?"
Wen Wan nodded, "That's true. So..."
"When I touched your face."
Shen Yu sighed and stopped keeping the secret.
"A person's appearance may change, but their bones never do. So when I touched your face, I knew it was you."
God knows what kind of storm was going on in his heart at that time.
At that moment, all the memories about her came flooding back, almost making him lose the ability to think.
Thanks to all these years of experience, no matter how turbulent his heart was, he never showed it on his face.
"By the way, how did you know I recognized you?"
Shen Yu couldn't help but be curious.
Wenwan hummed sarcastically, pinched his cheek, played with it, and laughed.
"Why, you're allowed to be smart, but I'm not allowed to be clever?"
The sunlight fell on the side of his face, and the light layer of fluff made him look extremely cute.
Wen Wan couldn't help but stroke it with her fingertips before she spoke slowly.
"Chen Yu," she murmured, "You trust me, so why shouldn't I trust you? Given your character, why would you treat a widow differently?"
"Don't talk nonsense about being lustful because of beauty. First, your eyesight is not convenient right now. Second, even if you could see, even if a fairy stood before you, you would not do anything wanton. What's more... I am a widow now."
"That's it?"
Shen Yu didn't expect that her answer would be exactly the same as his.
Is this what they call tacit understanding?
In this world, there is someone who trusts you as much as you trust her. This feeling...
Shen Yu raised the corner of his mouth and moved closer to rub her neck.
Wen Wan felt itchy from his rubbing. She raised her hand to push him away, smiling with her eyebrows curved. "What are you doing?"
Shen Yu didn't say anything, just hugged her and rubbed against her, like a dog trying to please its owner.
The two snuggled together for a while, and Wen Wan gritted her teeth and pulled him away cruelly.
"Okay, we haven't finished talking about business yet, can you please be serious?"
"Oh." Shen Yu raised his head angrily, but his hands were furtive and he was not at ease.
Wen Wan was too lazy to pay attention to his little actions, "What happened in the past two years?"
The atmosphere was briefly stagnant.
Shen Yu restrained his expression, and a gloomy aura permeated his whole body.
"The Wei family has fallen."
These four simple words can give you a glimpse of the turbulent situation in the capital.
As one of the top aristocratic families in the Duan Dynasty, the powerful Wei family actually fell. There must be countless people involved in this, and no one knows how many people died in this turmoil.
But Wen Wan only cares about one person.
"Where's Zhou Lingling? How is he?"
"I knew you were going to ask that."
Chen Yu said calmly: "He is fine, he saved his life, and now he should be living an ordinary life in hiding with his sweetheart."
Wen Wan held her chest and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good. This kid doesn't have any great ambitions. It's a great blessing for him to be able to survive in these troubled times."
Shen Yu lowered his eyes and responded lightly.
Wen Wan was still rejoicing over Zhou Lingling's safety, and did not notice the strange look that flashed across Shen Yu's eyes when he said these words.
Shen Yu cleared his throat and started talking about what happened in the Wei family.
Two years ago, the emperor began to use the He family, the queen's maiden family, and the struggle between the He family and the Wei family in the court was very fierce.
Prime Minister Wei is old, and his only son, Wei Changjia, is incompetent. The He family not only has a queen, but also General He's son, He Qing, who is also highly valued by the emperor.
He Qing was previously stationed in Fengcheng, and served as a border guard together with Shen Yu. A year ago, he was transferred back to the capital by the emperor and was appointed as the general of the imperial guards.
The Imperial Guards are a force that directly obeys the Emperor, so one can imagine the status of the He family in the Emperor's mind.
Originally, the fight between the two families was relatively balanced until General He died suddenly. After investigation by the Dali Temple, they discovered the real culprit behind the scenes and pointed directly at Prime Minister Wei.
How could Queen Mother Wei sit still when Prime Minister Wei's family was confiscated?
Once Prime Minister Wei falls, the Wei family will fall.
So the Queen Mother Wei did something extremely crazy. She mobilized all the Wei family's strength and launched a military coup, trying to nominate Prince Cang, who had Wei family blood, as emperor.
"The Queen Mother has gone crazy."
Wen Wan shook her head repeatedly upon hearing this. "Most of the Wei family's children are civil servants, good at planning. If they want to accomplish anything, they can only start with conspiracy and subterfuge. Who can she defeat with force?"
If the Queen Mother Wei doesn’t understand such a simple truth, does that mean the Prime Minister Wei doesn’t understand it either?
But they still did it. Is it really because they were pushed to the limit and desperate?
Shen Yu did not comment and continued:
"The Wei family suddenly launched an attack when they were not fully prepared. I have been having people investigate the reason behind this. However, given the current situation, we dare not investigate too clearly."
Wen Wan heard something unusual in his words.
She frowned and asked, "Your Majesty...is he also afraid of the Shen family?"
Shen Yu did not answer this question, but pulled the corner of his mouth sarcastically and said something seemingly irrelevant.
"A new emperor appoints his own ministers. Whether it's the Wei family or the Shen family, they were all supported by the late emperor."
Wen Wan understood and couldn't help but feel worried.
Shen Yu hugged her tighter and said soothingly, "Okay, it's not your turn to worry about these things."
Wen Wan responded lightly, "What about your eyes? You haven't told me how you injured your eyes."
"I was practicing archery on the training grounds and accidentally fell off my horse."
He answered lightly.
But Wen Wan found this answer difficult to accept. "With your skills, how could you possibly fall off your horse? The battlefield is so dangerous, and you've never had an accident!"
"Well," Chen Yu said without any expression, as if he was talking about someone else's business, "someone tampered with the horse, and the person who tampered with it committed suicide by taking poison. The person behind the tampering has not been found."
Wen Wan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Although his words made sense, for some reason, she always felt that something was wrong.
There is conspiracy in this matter, but not much.
Who is Shen Yu? Would his horse give people the opportunity to tamper with it?
Is the person behind this really that powerful, or is there something else going on?
Seeing her face wrinkled, Shen Yu rubbed her cheek lovingly.
"Look, I don't want to tell you, but once you know these things, you'll force yourself to think too much."
Shen Yu pressed her into his arms and gently stroked her back.
"Okay, it's all over. The most difficult days are over."
He was the one who was hurt, but she was the one who was comforted.
Wen Wan's eyes turned red with grievance, and she couldn't help but curse with gritted teeth.
"Fool!"
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