Lin Qingwan was taken aback. "Where are we going?"
Zhao Cong sneered, "So eager to leave the capital?"
Leave me, leave Feng'er!
Lin Qingwan was both amused and exasperated; it had been so long, yet he still remembered this.
"The Crown Prince has refused to see me these past few days... is it because of this?"
Zhao Cong was even angrier when he saw her nonchalant expression.
What kind of attitude is that! What do you mean by "just because of this"?
"Because you're leaving, those old fogies in the cabinet keep urging me to choose a concubine! If you had just given your nod that day, I wouldn't be here alone with this headache today."
Zhao Cong was full of resentment, but his tone was only a cautious, reproachful one.
Lin Qingwan was taken aback for a moment, then explained, "I'm not leaving."
"I am here today because Manager Tao found that Madam Tang poisoned Vice Minister Tang's pregnant mistress many years ago, and the child in the mistress's belly is very likely to be a boy."
“It is not necessarily true that Tang Shilang’s false imperial edict will implicate Madam Tang’s maternal family. However, if the news of her harming the Tang family’s offspring gets out, it will be difficult for the daughters of the maternal family to find husbands, and it will also be difficult for the men to find wives.”
"Given the situation, Madam Tang will definitely choose to protect her family."
Zhao Cong looked at the letter she had placed in front of him and felt relieved; she hadn't come to tell him she was leaving.
He's still willing to go to great lengths for his affairs...
Lin Qingwan: "If it is inconvenient for the Crown Prince, I can speak with Madam Tang about this matter."
Zhao Cong twitched his finger, and he was even willing to step in for him!
Is that...?
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Lin Qingwan had no choice but to step forward again, "What does Your Highness think?"
Zhao Cong snapped out of his daze, his heart pounding with excitement, though his face remained composed. "Okay."
"etc."
Lin Qingwan took another breath.
He said, "You're thinking of solving more problems for me as a way to repay my life-saving grace, so you can leave gracefully?"
Lin Qingwan just said she wasn't leaving.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but chuckle, "Where else can I go if I leave here?"
Zhao Cong: !
"Cang Ying, do you think she means she's not leaving?"
Zhao Cong has asked Cang Ying for the third time.
Cang Ying dared not nod. "This servant did not see the way Madam said these words, so I dare not make a judgment. Judging from these words alone... it should be what the Crown Prince thinks."
Zhao Cong frowned. "It's the same as saying nothing at all."
Cang Ying bowed and stepped back.
Just as Shen Xu was about to mock him, the Crown Prince asked him, "Shen Xu, what do you say?"
Shen Xu choked for a moment, "Yes, you're not leaving, are you?"
Zhao Cong was also dissatisfied, "If you're not going, then don't go. What do you mean by not going...?"
Shen Xu shuddered. "Wait until Madam returns, then ask her for more details."
Zhao Cong was helpless.
What if she says she's leaving after I ask?
It's fine if he doesn't think about it, but once he does, it makes him even less inclined to read the memorials.
Lin Qingwan's matter went quite smoothly. At first, Madam Tang cursed at her, but she was terrified when she saw Lin Qingwan produce the evidence.
Lin Qingwan promised to spare Tang Yun's life, and Madam Tang finally nodded with tears in her eyes.
Poor Vice Minister Tang refused to admit it, but unexpectedly he was betrayed by his wife.
After confessing, Madam Tang bit her tongue and committed suicide in prison.
The military power in the hands of Vice Minister Tang was finally taken back by Zhao Cong without the rumors spreading further, which truly solved a major problem.
Side hall.
Tang Yun was not surprised at all to learn of the Tang family's fate, but even though she had prepared herself mentally, she still couldn't help but burst into tears.
Lin Qingwan handed her a tabby cat, asking, "Doesn't it look like one?"
"I found it on the palace road. Since no one claimed it, I brought it home. I thought Feng'er would like it, and although I don't know how to raise a pet, you do."
Tang Yun sat by the window with her knees drawn up, her gaze fixed on the palace wall in the far distance. She didn't react to the cat rubbing against her or meowing.
Lin Qingwan couldn't persuade her, so she just said, "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your consent. The cat will stay with you."
Tang Yun's eyelashes fluttered. "I know what you mean."
"If you truly wish to repay my kindness, then have the Crown Prince release me from the palace. I may become a nun or be exiled to the frontier, it doesn't matter. I do not wish to waste my life here until I die."
Lin Qingwan said, "The Crown Prince will soon ascend the throne, and it is not advisable to cause any more trouble at this time."
"Wait a little longer."
Tang Yun sensed hope in her words, and looking at Lin Qingwan now, he realized how naive he had been to cause trouble for her back then.
She sighed, "The other day, when Physician Zhu treated you, his medicine chest was ransacked by people from Youlan Palace. As for what they took, I don't know."
Lin Qingwan was surprised.
She wanted to tell Zhao Cong about it, but when she returned to the main house, she learned that Su Yun had taken poison and that the Crown Prince had gone to Youlan Palace.
Lin Qingwan frowned. Had Su Yun poisoned her?
Youlan Palace.
Su Yun's makeup and hair were neat and clean, but her face was very pale. She couldn't straighten her back due to the severe pain, but when she saw Zhao Cong, she smiled as usual.
Her eyes were blurry with tears. "I know the Crown Prince must hate me to death. If I hadn't taken poison, I'm afraid you wouldn't have come."
Zhao Cong noticed two cups of sake on the round table and his brow twitched slightly. "In my eyes, you are nothing, so there's no question of hatred."
"You have only disgraced General Su's family."
Su Yun felt a pang in her heart and said with a bitter smile, "The Crown Prince really has no pity for me at all."
"You should have known sooner," Zhao Cong said coldly. "I told you, if you behaved yourself, you would have a worry-free life. But you insisted on courting death. Who can you blame?"
Su Yun's chest heaved. "If Your Highness were willing to give me even a little bit of affection, just a little bit, I could be devoted to you for a lifetime."
Is this his fault?
Zhao Cong looked at her with disdain, saying, "When General Su entrusted you to me, I told him I wouldn't like you."
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