Chapter 27: Food Robbery
On the way back, Yun Fu was no longer in her usual state. She was quietly held in Wei Rong's arms. She looked like a cat with no interest at all, which was completely different from the cat jumping around with shining eyes in the secret room.
And the node where Ah Fu's emotions change...
Wei Rong stroked Ah Fu's soft back with his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed, thinking of the conversation he had just had with the emperor.
The daughter left behind by Su Xiang's deceased wife... Zhu family...
Yun Fu's mind was in a mess at this time, and the conversation between Wei Rong and the young emperor in the secret room just now kept echoing in her mind.
Su Chengyi, a cheap father who found her but didn't care about her, and the Zhu family, the maternal family of her biological mother, Zhu Qinghan.
There is no trace of her mother in Yun Fu's memory. Ever since she could remember, she has been living in Lingxi Peak with her master, sisters and brothers.
The master told her several times that she was picked up by her. She happened to see her in the cradle when she was out for a stroll and picked her up.
Therefore, Yun Fu does not know who her biological parents are, she only knows that it was her master who raised her.
Later, the master told her that her biological father had found her and came to take her home, and asked her if she was willing to go back.
To be honest, Yun Fu misses her biological parents in her heart because she hasn't seen them for more than ten years.
So she returned to the Su family, but instead of the tearful scene of meeting her relatives as she had expected, her so-called biological father just looked at her as if she were a stranger.
Not even a word was said that was more than a slap in the face.
The father in the storybook is kind and the mother is gentle and amiable, but in reality, the mother died early and the father was indifferent.
As expected, all the beautiful things I expected existed in the storybooks.
Yun Fu originally wanted to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while. If the status quo remained, she would pack her luggage and return to Lingxi Peak, return to her small medicine house, and continue her happy life.
Unexpectedly, by accident, I turned into a kitten.
After hearing the conversation between Wei Rong and the emperor tonight, Yun Fu learned that her biological mother was actually Zhu Qinghan, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family in Nanling.
She herself was not lost, but her biological mother sent her to Lingxi Peak and handed her over to her master to raise her.
Everything became complicated.
The cat's brain seemed unable to think of so many complicated things. As she was thinking, Yun Fu fell asleep uncontrollably.
Wei Rong looked at the little guy who was sleeping soundly in his arms, stretched out his hand and pinched its little ears.
Whispering softly, "Our Ah Fu seems to have many secrets~"
Then he placed it on the bed and left the room.
In the study, a young man wearing a royal blue round-necked robe and a gilded crown on his head stood in front of a wooden shelf, looking around curiously.
I saw all sorts of odd little gadgets scattered on the shelves, including bells, balls made of cotton cloth, and gadgets made of various fine jades.
These things seem particularly out of place in the study.
Jiang Tanjing was a little skeptical. Is this really the study of Prince Wei?
Just as I was about to raise my hand to touch the bell hanging on the wooden frame, a clear voice came from behind me.
"Don't move."
Jiang Tanjing turned around and saw a man in a dark blue robe walking into the study.
When Jiang Tanjing saw the man's face, his pupils shrank.
There was no trace of the terrifying look on the man's face that he had when he first visited the patient. He had long since returned to the cold, noble, and arrogant look in his memory.
"Your poison? Is it cured?!!"
"No, isn't the poison you're suffering from incurable?"
Jiang Tanjing didn't know how to express himself for a moment and was almost starting to talk nonsense.
Wei Rong did not answer Jiang Tanjing's words, but walked to the desk and sat down.
"As you can see, I'm fine now, Prince Jiang, please sit down."
Jiang Tanjing sat down, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Wei Rong.
Shen Shi walked into the study with a pot of tea and swiftly poured tea for his own prince and the fancy-dressed prince Jiang.
"Prince Jiang, please have some tea~"
Jiang Tanjing looked at the grinning Shen Shi, who looked completely different from the one he saw when he came to the Duke's Mansion to visit a patient before, with a face full of hostility and a warning to keep away from strangers, just like his master.
Looking at Wei Rong who was fine, and then looking at the guards with grinning faces, Jiang Tanjing immediately realized that the story of Wei Rong dying of poisoning was fake. When he came to the Duke's Mansion that day, all the guards, housekeepers and servants were acting!
Wei Rong took a sip of tea and saw Jiang Tanjing's face full of colors. The corners of his lips curled up, "Prince Jiang, why are you pretending? Didn't you see long ago that the look of me dying from poisoning that day was fake?"
The shock on Jiang Tanjing's face gradually faded after hearing Wei Rong's words, and the folding fan in his hand snapped shut.
The voice no longer had the exaggerated and artificial tone from before, and returned to its usual nonchalant tone.
"Oh my! I've been exposed! I haven't finished acting yet~"
Wei Rong threw the letter in his hand over and said, "If you haven't performed enough, I'll have someone build a stage for you in Huixian Tower."
Huixianlou is a famous men's brothel in Jing'an.
Jiang Tanjing took the letter from him, his smile unchanged, "That's not necessary. My acting skills in front of you are just like showing off my sword in front of Guan Gong."
As he spoke, he opened the letter that Wei Rong threw to him. When he saw the contents of the letter, Jiang Tanjing's face changed instantly and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.
"How did you find out?"
Her eyes were sharp as she looked straight at the man sitting at the desk.
The fingers holding the envelope unconsciously tightened.
This letter contained the contents of secret correspondence between his father, Marquis Wu'an, and the prefect of Jianghe.
This included the fact that most of the grain that my father had sent from the imperial court to Jiangnan for disaster relief was robbed from those people.
These exchanged good grains were placed in the farm of Sun Youze, the prefect of Jianghe.
King Cheng's men replaced most of the disaster relief grain distributed by the court with stale corn and even weed scraps.
Upon receiving the news, Marquis Wu'an immediately gathered a group of people and turned them into bandits, who robbed most of the food and fodder that King Cheng had swapped.
Robbing the imperial court's disaster relief grain is a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan!
Jiang Tanjing originally thought that his and his father's plan would be flawless, and even King Cheng didn't find out about them. He didn't expect Wei Rong to find out!
Yes, this person is Wei Rong.
It is said that before his death, Duke Wei left behind a secret guard for Wei Rong and his wife. This secret guard consisted of twelve people, named after the twelve hours of the day.
The two guards who often follow Wei Rong are two of them.
Jiang Tanjing exhaled deeply, his palms already soaked with cold sweat.
"Tell me, why did you come to me tonight?"
If they really wanted to hold him accountable, they wouldn't have called him in in the middle of the night.
Wei Rong stood up and walked in front of Jiang Tanjing.
Under Jiang Tanjing's inquiring gaze, Wei Rong saluted.
"On behalf of His Majesty, I would like to thank Marquis Wu'an and Prince Jiang for promptly seizing the replaced relief grain and preventing it from falling into the hands of thieves."
Wei Rong's salute left Jiang Tanjing stunned for a moment.
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