Wanli Fenghou Road in the past

"You said Tang Shengxue is dead?" Zheng Chean was sitting in the East Palace and said in shock.

"Yes." Eunuch Xu replied, "He committed suicide by swallowing gold. The body was hard when the maid found it."

"Suicide? Why did she commit suicide so well?" Zheng Chean asked in confusion.

"It's... not very clear," Eunuch Xu frowned, "Your Majesty just grounded Tang Shengxue, and left the Tang family and His Royal Highness Fu alone!"

"Who did she see before she died?"

"Uh...see you," Eunuch Xu replied, "When she was grounded last night, Concubine Yi and Concubine Min went in to visit, but there was no one else."

"No wonder..." Zheng Che thought thoughtfully, "Concubine Yi's mouth is so tight that she can tell the truth about everything. Concubine Min has been peaceful for so many years and has never participated in struggles. With her testimony, everyone will believe it!"

"So that's how it is!" Eunuch Xu couldn't help but feel a shivers down his spine, "So...she thought she had harmed the Tang family...that's why she...repented with death?"

"Who knows?" Zheng Che'an narrowed his eyes: "Anyway, now... Zheng Cheyu is missing a useful arm."

"Your Highness." Xu Yijun walked into the salute hall in a busy manner.

Zheng Che'an frowned: "What did you do? You're covered in dirt."

Xu Yijun looked solemn, and suddenly knelt down to Zheng Che'an.

"What are you doing!" Zheng Che'an was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward to help her.

"Your Highness," Xu Yijun raised his head, "I have something important to report, but before that, please forgive me for my innocence."

Xu Yijun never smiled, but Zheng Che'an knew something big had happened the moment he saw it, and his expression became serious: "What's the matter?"

Xu Yijun still insisted: "This matter may touch His Highness Nilin, please forgive me first."

"Okay, I'm sorry for your innocence." Zheng Che said, "Now we can talk about it! What's the matter?"

"Thank you, Your Highness," Xu Yijun said, "Not long ago, Your Highness asked me to investigate the matter of Mr. Tang's marriage contract, and I asked my subordinates to go to Miss Su's house non-stop to find out about it."

"Oh?" Zheng Che'an was taken aback, but Xu Yijun didn't expect Xu Yijun to ask for this matter: "What did you find?"

"Miss Su and Mr. Tang have never met before, let alone engaged in any engagement."

"Didn't you say it was your childhood sweetheart?" Zheng Che'an asked.

"No," Xu Yijun said: "Master Tang's biological mother Liu's mother's family was a sinner in the previous dynasty, and almost all her family was executed, and the wife was just pregnant at the time. The late emperor was kind and did not convict her, but Mrs. Liu was imprisoned from then on. Shangshu Mansion, I have never been out of the house, let alone talking about baby relatives."

Zheng Che'an's heart sank: "So? Why did Tang Wei marry that Miss Su?"

"This...Miss Su actually has a marriage contract," Xu Yijun said, "It's the second son of a wealthy businessman, and the bride price has been accepted, but Master Tang suddenly proposed marriage to the Su family. Master Su is a businessman. He is polite, he became a fourth-rank official at a young age, and he agreed directly."

"Is there anything special about this Miss Su?" Zheng Che'an frowned, and Tang Yu actually went to marry an ordinary person under the name of robbery?impossible.

"The Tang family... is short of money recently." Xu Yijun whispered.

"Lack of money? Will the Tang family be short of money? Just kidding, Tang Zhengjiang's poor family will have money left!" Zheng Che'an couldn't believe it.

"Your Highness, calm down," Xu Yijun hurriedly apologized, "Listen to me."

"You continue." Zheng Che'an took a sip of the cold tea.

"The servants of the minister captured the housekeeper of the Su family. He didn't recognize anything at first, but he recruited him later." Xu Yijun thought about it: "He said that the Tang family had proposed marriage to their family before, but at that time It was Tang Kuo, the second son of the family. The old lady loved her daughter dearly and felt that she could not be spoiled, so she did not agree. The Su family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many people who want to marry, but Mr. Tang is the most outstanding among them.

"The man said that within half a month since Miss Su got married, she started writing family letters asking for money. The old man didn't think too much about it at first, and was worried that his daughter would not be able to hold her head up in the house because there was no official in the family, so she didn't miss it. Give money, but who knows, this request will be endless, and the amount is getting bigger and bigger. The old man was a little worried, so he sent a servant to ask.

"The servant brought back a very long letter, written by Ms. Su, to the effect that Mr. Tang was not nice to her, and forced her to ask for money from the housekeeper every once in a while. The old man became popular all of a sudden, a month ago I went to the capital in person, but I didn't even enter the Tang family, so the Tang family left a sentence: Anyway, your daughter is still with me, so you can figure it out!

"The old man was worried about his daughter, but he had no choice but to distribute half of the property to the Tang family. He hoped that his daughter could be exchanged. Who knew that the news of his daughter's death had just been received after the property was over..."

"Impossible!" Zheng Che said, "Are you sure Miss Su is dead?"

"Yes," Xu Yijun said: "The family members all said that they saw Miss Su's body, and they buried it themselves."

its not right!Zheng Chean frowned, if so, who bumped into me that day?

Seeing that Zheng Che'an remained silent for a long time, Xu Yijun thought that he didn't quite believe it: "My subordinates asked many servants again, and the answers they got were almost the same. I think it is credible."

Zheng Che'an glanced at him, then frowned and said, "What does the Tang family want money for?"

Xu Yijun's face changed obviously: "Your Highness...this..."

"Say!" Zheng Chean said impatiently.

"The Tang family... bribed the imperial physician, and part of it... was used to prepare a private army..."

"What!" Zheng Che'an was taken aback: "Private army?! The Tang family is going to rebel?"

"I don't know..." Xu Yijun said: "But what I have found is more than that..."

"What else... what else?" Zheng Che'an became more and more startled.

"Your Highness, look at these." Xu Yijun took out a stack of letters, some of which were slightly yellowed, but most of them were brand new.

"This is..." Zheng Chean opened one of the letters:

In August of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Che set off for Jiangzhou in the capital, and set off on the [-]th.

Looking at the letter from two years ago, Zheng Che'an felt chills down his spine, and the hand holding the letter trembled slightly: "Where... where did you find these?"

"Returning to Your Highness, I was at the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment. I was in a hurry, and I only found these."

Zheng Chean opened the envelopes one by one, and there were twelve in total, from two years ago to the day before yesterday...

Each letter records Zheng Che'an's daily life, and even some secrets that only the core people in the East Palace can know...

It's Tang Yu's handwriting. Although there is no signature underneath, Zheng Che'an can still recognize it, it's almost the same!

"So... what do you want to say?" Zheng Che'an didn't realize that his voice was trembling violently.

"Your Highness!" Xu Yijun kowtowed suddenly: "In the past, Wu Meiniang could kill her own flesh and blood with her own hands in order to bring down the queen. I dared to guess that the Tang family played a bitter trick of flogging Mr. Tang in order to win His Highness's trust. impossible……"

"Enough!" Zheng Che'an's eyes were bloodshot, and the teacup was slammed to the ground: "Get out! Disappear for me!"

Eunuch Xu and Xu Yijun, who hadn't dared to make a sound all this time, looked at each other and retreated lightly.

Zheng Che'an sat alone at the table, holding the letters in his hands, his fingers turned white, and the letters seemed to be about to be crushed, making a slight noise.

Zheng Che'an threw the letters on the ground as if venting, and put his hands on his head, with mixed emotions in his heart.

In Zheng Che'an's world, anyone can betray him, except for one person, and that person is Tang Yu.

Zheng Che'an didn't know why, he just believed that Tang Yu would always be by his side, no matter what happened, he would never leave.

Tang Yu...why do I trust you so much?Zheng Che'an struggled to think: It's not that he didn't doubt it, but as long as that person is Tang Yu, he always instinctively chooses to believe it, there is no reason.

But this time, it was like a basin of cold water poured onto Zheng Che'an, and he couldn't even hide.

Why... Zheng Che'an didn't understand: from the time Tang Yu moved into the East Palace, he had already surpassed ordinary friends to Tang Yu. In this world, except for his biological mother and Mi Qingwan who reunited after a long absence, the person he cared about the most It's Tang Yu...

But why!Zheng Che'an suddenly wanted to cry, and he suddenly recalled, when he learned that Tang Yu had entered the palace, when he learned that Tang Yu had returned to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment, when Tang Yu suddenly moved out of the East Palace to get married, and that time he had a quarrel with Tang Kuo in the street Then... Zheng Che'an felt that Tang Wei was hiding something from him.

"Your Highness..." Mi Qingwan called softly.

"Why are you here?" Zheng Che'an said in a lighter tone, "It's very late, go and rest, don't wait for me..."

"Your Highness!" Mi Qingwan interrupted, "Why are you so decadent!"

Zheng Chean was taken aback for a moment, then sat up straight suddenly: "Wan'er..."

"Listen," Mi Qingwan tried her best to appear more aura: "Now that Tang Shengxue is dead, His Majesty is bedridden, the Tang family has sinister schemes, and the private army supports them. The situation is imminent. You must cheer up quickly. !"

"..." Zheng Che was taken aback for a moment, then smiled with relief: "Eunuch Xu taught you?"

Mi Qingwan blushed: "Yes...we are all worried about Your Highness, please cheer up as soon as possible."

"Wan'er, I'm fine now," Zheng Chean smiled gently, "Go and call everyone waiting outside!"

Xu Yijun, Han Yunqing, Min'er, and Eunuch Xu walked in. Han Yunqing and Min'er had serious expressions when they heard the news just now.

"Your Highness!" Han Yunqing said first, "I think Mr. Tang..."

"My son!" Xu Yijun said: "You still don't believe it? Do you have to wait for the Tang family to force the palace to rebel before you can wake up?"

"Everyone be quiet!" Zheng Che said, "The most urgent task now is to let His Majesty know about this matter as soon as possible, and seal the Tang family as soon as possible!"

"What Your Highness said is very true." Everyone replied.

"But I still feel... Yuan Heng is not that kind of person..." Han Yunqing murmured.

"Yes...you will know if you test it," Xu Yijun said, "Your Highness, I have a plan..."

"No!" Zheng Che'an said immediately after listening.

"Why not?" Xu Yijun said: "If you don't do this, if Mr. Tang is really innocent, you can only die of injustice, but if Mr. Tang is really innocent, with your eloquence, you will be sure. to exonerate himself.”

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Che'an nodded slowly, and said to Xu Gonggong: "Go and invite Yuan Heng..."