Du Heng also realized belatedly that it was Prince Ping's Mansion that Shu Lord had mentioned earlier that took away Shu Han's luck. He was so surprised that he opened his mouth without any manners.
"Why would someone from Prince Ping's Mansion want to harm my family? I had just arrived in the capital at that time, and I was a low-ranking official, so I kept a low profile!"
After all, the talisman was given to his wife by someone from Prince Ping's Mansion through Master Wuji, so Du Heng felt that someone from Prince Ping's Mansion wanted to harm the Du family.
"Hey, that's not right. If the people from Prince Ping's Mansion can order Master Wuji around, doesn't that mean Master Wuji is from Prince Ping's Mansion? Master Wuji has always been famous and has many followers. What...what is Prince Ping's Mansion going to do?" Du Heng was shocked.
Seeing that his two ministers had finally gotten to the point, the emperor spoke slowly, "Earlier, I invited Master Wuji into the palace. He suggested I erect a stone screen in my house. Since then, I've suffered from insomnia and nightmares, and I've felt heavy and tired. It was Fu'er who discovered the problem with the screen. I sent someone to look for Master Wuji early this morning, but he wasn't at Dayan Temple, claiming he was out traveling."
Lord Shu asked, "Is it possible that Master Wuji is in Prince Ping's mansion?"
Everyone looked at Wei Fu, because Wei Fu had been able to tell where Madam Xiao Shu was before.
Wei Fu received all the stares, not understanding why they were looking at her. She scratched her face blankly and said, "What's wrong? Fu'er, do you have a little stubble on your face?"
Tao Zhi knew why these people were looking at Wei Fu. He said, "You don't need to look at my little sister. I don't know. Master Wuji is not his true identity. I have never seen him, so I can't figure out where he is."
Wei Fu finally understood why these people were looking at her, and she nodded repeatedly to indicate that her junior brother was right.
"Master Wuji is just his Dharma name, and no one knows where he came from. Fu'er hasn't met him yet, so there's nothing I can do." After she finished speaking, her eyes were filled with disappointment as she looked at the emperor. "I'm sorry, uncle, Fu'er can't help you."
The emperor couldn't bear to see his little niece sad, so he quickly comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay. Uncle will investigate carefully and eventually find him out."
Wei Fu clenched his fist and waved it in the air angrily: "That's why Master has always said that those bald donkeys are smart. They obviously have names, but they insist on taking some Buddhist names. They are obviously skinny, but they insist on eating to make themselves fat and big, making it difficult for people to cheat them." Eating to make oneself fat and big will cover up the original appearance, and people will see another appearance, which will affect people's judgment.
Emperor: “…” If I remember correctly, your master’s name is probably not his real name!
Who would call someone an old madman?
But now the son could only agree with his niece and said, "That's right, they are the most cunning, these and... bald donkeys!" Because of Master Wuji, he now has other emotions towards the group of monks.
Du Heng was extremely anxious: "Your Majesty, I beg you to send someone to search Prince Ping's Mansion now!" How could the emperor still be in the mood to play with the child at this time!
What did Master Wuji want to achieve by harming the emperor?
He is a bald man and cannot be the emperor. He is also from Prince Ping's Mansion. Doesn't that mean that someone in Prince Ping's Mansion is plotting to become the emperor?
It would be fine if they harmed their ministers, but harming the emperor would shake the foundation of the country!
"Who to send?"
"My dear, are you?"
"Without solid evidence, even I cannot search Prince Ping's mansion at will."
As the oldest and longest-lived person in the royal family, Prince Ping is respected by everyone. Moreover, the late emperor was supported by Prince Ping to ascend to the throne. If it were not for Prince Ping's help, it would have been difficult for the late emperor to ascend to the throne.
When the emperor came to power, although Prince Ping rarely showed up, he was always kind and loving when he saw the emperor. When the late emperor wanted to promote a palace maid to be a noble concubine and to make the palace maid's son the crown prince, it was Prince Ping who stepped forward to reprimand the late emperor for disregarding the rules of etiquette and restrained him, thus preventing him from following his own will.
Although he did not directly help the emperor seize the throne, strictly speaking, he did help the emperor and the empress dowager.
Putting all this aside, King Ping is still the patriarch of the Meng clan.
Tao Zhi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if an open investigation is not possible, we can conduct a secret investigation."
Du Heng, who was criticized by the emperor, responded repeatedly.
Wei Fu thought that Lord Du was quite interesting.
As he said this, Zhang Feng came in with Madam Xiaoshu and her son. Madam Xiaoshu was tied up by Zhang Feng and was pushed in in a very unkempt manner.
Du Heng saw this and shouted angrily, "Zhang Feng, what do you mean by this?"
Shu Han looked deeply at Madam Shu, who raised her head to avoid Shu Han's gaze. Young Master Shu was a little flustered. When he saw his father and grandfather, he wanted to go to them. Madam Shu looked at him coldly, so he didn't dare to move with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Feng ignored Du Heng's anger and reported to the emperor stiffly, "Your Majesty, I happened to encounter this mother and son on my way to the city gate. They were being assassinated, and I went to rescue them. Madam Xiao Shu was originally running for her life, but when she saw me, she stopped hiding and instead sought death. So I tied her up."
What Zhang Feng meant was: Madam Xiao Shu was guilty.
Why do you feel guilty? You feel guilty only when you have done something wrong.
The emperor said calmly, "Tao Zhi, Du Heng, and Lord Shu, the three of you should go and interrogate him together!"
Tao Zhi took the order and pulled Du Heng and Lord Shu, who were in a daze and didn't know what they were thinking, out together.
Wei Fu shook the emperor's sleeves and whispered, "Uncle, let Xiao Shu go too!"
The emperor said, "Master Shu, come along too!"
Shu Han looked at Wei Fu gratefully, then knelt down and kowtowed with the emperor: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
She whispered even more quietly, "Fu'er wants to go too."
She was very curious about who Mrs. Xiaoshu's son belonged to.
Xiao Shu is so pretty, why would she give birth to a son for someone else?
The emperor patted her head helplessly and said, "Go!" Anyway, he kept her because he wanted her to know more things. He did not let Wei Fu participate in the previous investigation because he did not want her to be involved in these right and wrongs.
But perhaps he had been involved since Fuer helped him point out that there was something wrong with the stone wall, so it would be good for her to know more.
Wei Fu slid down from the emperor's arms and bowed obediently: "Thank you, uncle." Then he dragged Shu Han out and shouted loudly in his little voice: "Junior Brother Taozi, wait for us~~~~"
Liu Yi glanced at the emperor secretly: Oh no, this rule of not making loud noises in the imperial study is just a decoration for the little princess.
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