Chen Yan
Chapter 312 The World Changes
Yu Qingwu took a deep look at Xie Jin Yan and stopped talking.
She just nodded and nestled in his arms absentmindedly.
Night deepened, and the night wind blew outside.
A gust of wind, not harsh, but it added a bleak chill to one's heart.
As dawn broke, the chill gradually dissipated.
A ray of spring sunshine came into view, and a trace of warmth arose in the room.
When Qingwu opened her eyes, the tall figure was already standing in front of the window.
He changed into a set of ink-colored clothes, which made his already sharp face even more repressed.
But his voice was soft and gentle as he fastened the jade belt around his waist and said to her, "Shijie (Senior Martial Sister), a letter arrived from Kyoto this morning."
"Perhaps we don't have to be so stifled anymore."
Xie Jin Yan curled his lips and raised his eyebrows slightly, hoping that Yu Qingwu would ask something.
But she just slowly sat up from the bed and didn't say much.
Seeing this, Xie Jin Yan's eyes sank slightly, and he said with a smile on his face, "It's a letter from your brother."
"My brother?"
Hearing him mention her brother, Yu Qingwu suddenly woke up.
She quickly grabbed her clothes and put them on, and asked him eagerly with some joy, "Your Highness, what did my brother say? Is he alright?"
"He's very well."
Xie Jin Yan hooked his lips, looked at her with a faint smile, and said, "It's just that, I'm afraid Xie Rufeng and that cook are going to be in trouble?"
??
Xie Rufeng and that cook?
Isn't the emperor very fond of them and their son now?
Why are they going to be in trouble again?
Yu Qingwu frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did my brother catch something fatal about Xie Rufeng?"
"Corruption? Or raising private soldiers? Colluding with the enemy? Losing his composure in public?"
Yu Qingwu asked repeatedly.
Xie Jin Yan didn't answer.
He just smiled with his eyebrows and eyes, looking mysterious.
After a while, he waved his hand and said, "None of them."
"Xie Rufeng is not my father's son at all, but a bastard born from the cook's affair."
!!!!
Xie Rufeng is not the emperor's child?
Then isn't the emperor raising someone else's child for many years?
Moreover, the most important thing is that he protects Xie Rufeng as if he were a treasure, and even makes Xie Jin Yan, the legitimate son, a target for him.
The so-called killing is to punish the heart. If the emperor knows the truth, wouldn't he be mad?
Thinking of this, Yu Qingwu asked again, "Then...do you know who Xie Rufeng's real father is?"
"You probably won't believe it if I tell you, Shijie (Senior Martial Sister)."
Xie Jin Yan hooked his lips, smiled mockingly, stared at Yu Qingwu for a moment, and ridiculed, "That Xie Rufeng is the son of Prince Ning."
"That cook is not a cook at all, but a spy sent by Prince Ning to my father's side."
"Originally, Prince Ning wanted the cook to approach the late emperor, who was my father's elder brother, the then Crown Prince, but unfortunately, the late emperor and the late empress were deeply in love and looked down on such vulgar women. By mistake, she actually followed my father at that time."
"It's just that, although the cook followed my father, she was always coerced because her family was in Prince Ning's hands."
"Over the years, in order to protect them and their son, my father pretended to be indifferent, so naturally he didn't notice much. As for the cook, because of my father's 'indifference,' no one supported her. It was impossible to compete with Prince Ning, so she has been reporting to Prince Ning all these years, telling Prince Ning everything that happened around my father."
"Even the matter that I am not my father's son originally came from her and Prince Ning."
"However, she never expected that your brother was originally one of us. Therefore, in the past month, after Xie Rufeng gained power and brought them and their son to the forefront, she tried to win over your brother everywhere."
"When a villain gains power, he is very rampant and offends many people. Those unbearable things will naturally be noticed quickly."
"I guess, at this moment, the cook and Prince Ning are already stark naked in the heavenly prison."
"As for Xie Rufeng, I'm afraid his ending won't be much better."
"Now the ministers in the court are making a lot of noise, and one by one they are asking to have Prince Ning executed by slow slicing, and his grandson Liang Xiuyuan has also been impeached by the censor for his many evils."
"Moreover, the younger sister of Liang Ruowei's deceased husband has also approached your brother, saying that her brother died at the hands of the Liang family and the Shen family. This time, I'm afraid the Shen family will never be able to turn over."
"In short, we can return to Kyoto in a couple of days."
Xie Jin Yan's words left Yu Qingwu stunned in place.
All this came too fast, and the world changed almost overnight.
What shocked her the most was that the high-ranking and powerful enemy whom she hated so much and tried so hard to get rid of, finally fell in such an absurd and ridiculous way.
Although this result may have been fueled by her brother, it made her feel extremely ridiculed.
The high-ranking royal family and the Duke's Mansion can destroy a family and seize other people's property without suffering any damage.
But in the end, they died because of an affair with the emperor's woman.
Because of coveting the imperial concubine, many rebellious intentions were found out.
For a time, Qingwu didn't know what to say.
She silently looked at Xie Jin Yan for a moment, opened her mouth heavily, and said with a wry smile, "So... Your Highness means that Prince Ning might die? The Shen family will also be destroyed? Is the feud of our Yu family finally avenged?"
Xie Jin Yan has always been敏锐 (minrui, perceptive), and seeing her expression, he naturally guessed what she was thinking.
He paused and said softly, "Awu, as long as you can get revenge, it doesn't matter what way it is, does it?"
"Why do you have to..."
"Why do you have to care about who caused their downfall?"
Yes, as long as you can get revenge, anything is fine.
However, in the end, her father still failed to get justice.
And her mother was unable to wash away the stigma that had been forced upon her.
Her heart was full of ridicule, but in the end, Qingwu didn't say anything more, just glanced slightly outside and changed the subject.
"Your Highness, let's not talk about this. At this moment, Qingqing should be in Song territory. We still have to meet that Qin family and Shen Ke later. Let's go outside quickly."
As she spoke, she walked to the mirror again and simply tied up her hair.
Soon, the two picked up Yan Qingqing.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Ke and Qin Yiliu were dragged out of the dungeon.
Yu Qingwu was absent-minded all the way out, but when she saw the two of them, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Song Yilan, who was on the side, was also stunned.
She looked in astonishment at Qin Yiliu, who was covered in wounds, almost in shock.
At this moment, Shen Ke walked to the front as if asking for credit and said to Song Yilan with a smile.
"Alan, the Qin family has agreed to write a letter, and she will also dedicate all the property under her name. Everything is voluntary on her part."