nashuaworldcup Chapter 730 Scandal
Chapter 730 Scandal
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "You guys go wait outside the hall first."
Xie Qi and Zhang Anyu looked at each other and said, "Yes."
After the two of them left, Xie Shang said to Jiang Fenghua, "I remember now that the Fourth Princess did wear a pair of red earrings that day."
Jiang Fenghua said: "Your Majesty sees it clearly. Oh, I remember now. That day, her daughter pushed Xi'er and Xiaochu into the pond. Your Majesty approached them to comfort them and gave them a jade pendant."
Xie Shang quickly explained, "Ruan Ruan, you are still saying this. The jade pendant is just a toy to coax children. There is nothing innocent between me and Zhang Yurou. It was impossible for me to have any affair with Zhang Yurou back then, because..."
Jiang Fenghua stared into his eyes and smiled slightly: "Why?"
Xie Shang's expression was slightly restrained, and he said in a deep voice, "If it is really confirmed that Madam Li was killed by the Fourth Prince's Consort, it cannot prove that the Fourth Prince was involved. It is difficult for me to handle such a matter without evidence. The testimony and autopsy brought by Prince Qi and Zhang Anyu cannot prove that the Fourth Prince's Mansion was involved. He has no motive to kill."
Jiang Fenghua knew that he was joking again and was too lazy to argue with him. At that time, the late emperor did not grant them a marriage, and the person Xie Shang liked was Su Tingwan. He was unable to marry Su Tingwan as his legal wife, but he married her instead. Maybe Xie Shang even resented her at that time.
He rejected Zhang Yurou's courtship probably for Su Tingwan. She suddenly asked, "Is Su Tingwan really dead? What does she look like? Is she pretty? I actually made you reject Zhang Yurou for her. I really don't think she's that good."
Xie Shang had a thin layer of sweat on his back and felt embarrassed. "We were discussing the affairs of the Four Princes' Palaces, why did you mention her?"
"Your Majesty, if I suddenly regained my memory and remembered how you ignored me..." Jiang Fenghua could only come to this conclusion based on the timeline he deduced. At that time, he did not love Zhang Yurou and did not marry her. The person he liked was Su Tingwan. He liked her and should have wanted to marry her, but then she took over and became the Princess of Heng.
When she thought this way, she overturned all the lies that Xie Shang had told her. He said that he fell in love with her first, they were very loving after they got married, and later he took Su Tingwan as his concubine.
Xie Shang was stunned, "Ruan Ruan, what did you say? When have I neglected you? I can't wait to love you." These were all things from the previous life. Did she really recover her memory, or was she testing him?
He poured himself a glass of water and took a big sip, then asked Jiang Fenghua, "Are you thirsty?"
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly and said, "Not thirsty." He felt guilty again.
Lin Yu came back. They had been busy investigating Jin Ji's case. When she came back, she slowly asked her why she made her lose her memory and then took her away. Hongxiu and Lianye, Nanny Wang, and Big Brother, they all seemed to have been bribed by Xie Shang. She always felt that what they said was half true and half false.
Xie Shang shouted outside, "Come in!"
The two didn't know what the emperor and the queen said in there, but they felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong.
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "Based on the current investigation, Jin Ji is most likely not the murderer. You should clear Jin Ji of suspicion as soon as possible and find the real murderer."
Zhang Anyu asked again: "What should we do with the ruby bead?"
Xie Shang said: "Let's follow the clues!"
Xie Qi remained silent, as if hesitating to speak.
Xie Shang asked, "Does the King of Qi have anything to say?"
"Just now, the Queen speculated that Madam Li's death might be related to the Fourth Princess. I remembered something and wanted to talk to the Emperor alone." Xie Qi didn't know whether he should say it or not. Since it concerned the reputation of the royal family, he should keep it to himself.
Xie Shang said: "Come with me!"
Jiang Fenghua said: "I also have something to ask Master Zhang, Master Zhang, please follow me!"
She took Zhang Anyu away directly.
Here, Xie Shang listened to Xie Qi's story, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes, "Are you telling the truth?"
"I dare not say anything. The wet nurse's body was thrown into the dry well in the West Palace. I was only a few years old at that time, and I was afraid, so I didn't dare to tell anyone. Another reason is that Concubine Chang was very kind to me, so..."
Xie Shang said: "Who else knows about this?"
Xie Qi shook his head, "I think only Concubine Chang knows. Fourth brother... after so many years, he is in good spirits. This is just my guess."
"You were only a few years old at that time. How come you remember it so clearly? Maybe you remembered it wrongly."
"No, although I am young, the incident is still fresh in my memory and I have nightmares about it."
Xie Qi's biological mother was of humble status and died early, so he lived like an orphan in the palace. He was often bullied by palace maids, eunuchs, Xie Xin and others, but he felt that he was not as pitiful as his fourth brother, who was forced to drink milk by Concubine Chang when he was a teenager.
Xie Shang said: "Don't reveal this matter for now. If a prince of the royal family has that kind of habit, it will also affect the reputation of the royal family."
"What if it was really Fourth Brother who killed someone?" Xie Qi asked again.
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "Eighth brother, do you know why I want you to study law with Lu Tingwei?"
Xie Qi said: "I guess the emperor wants the Great Zhou Dynasty to become better and better. It is very important for a country to have a strict legal system. If the prince breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people. If such a slogan is just talk, the royal family will have no prestige in the hearts of the people."
Xie Shang's lips curled up into a gratified smile. Xie Qi had learned very well. His eyes were full of worry. He was worried that no one in the Xie family could take on the heavy responsibility. He talked about something else, "My father values the Jiang family very much, so he gave the position of Minister of Revenue to Jiang Jinyan. However, what I value most is that the Jiang family is friendly to each other, and the father is kind and the son is filial. They all care about each other, without calculation, and they are happy. Such an atmosphere in the Jiang family will never exist in our royal family. The more disgusting things I know about the royal family, the more disappointed I am..."
He even knew that the Great Zhou Dynasty had perished, so now he was trying very hard to save the Great Zhou and the Xie family's empire, but every one of his relatives was harming the empire he wanted to protect.
Xie Qi saw that the emperor's mood suddenly became gloomy, and he said: "Your Majesty, I will definitely study hard and work hard to help Your Majesty protect the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Xie Shang said: "I am not wrong, we brothers should work together for the Great Zhou Dynasty." No matter whether it is the fourth brother or King Kang, he must find out these pests.
Xie Qi paused. Did the emperor tell him this because he treated him as his own brother? He didn't know why he suddenly felt very happy. After living for more than 20 years, he felt for the first time what it felt like to have relatives.
After living for the previous twenty years, he just wanted to escape from the big iron cage of the palace. He had no relatives, no parents, no brothers or sisters. Although the same man's blood flowed in their bodies, they were tens of thousands of miles away from each other.