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Chapter 267 Lin Yuwei's Request
Zhu Fangfei heard these words clearly.
She immediately covered her mouth, thinking to herself: If she were to propose a divorce from the Crown Prince now, her father would surely think that she had been wronged in the Crown Prince's residence, and then use that as a pretext to deal with Wei Jianning...
She wanted to leave the Crown Prince's residence to fulfill their wishes and to see them happy. She didn't want to see her father and the Crown Prince fighting each other.
Thinking of this, she immediately withdrew her idea of divorcing Wei Jianning. Moreover, she would have to pretend to be very loving with the Crown Prince so that her father could wholeheartedly assist Wei Jianning.
Thinking of this, she rushed back to the Crown Prince's residence without saying a word to Zhu Kui.
Xiaoru and Xiaoyuan were both puzzled by this, but Zhu Fangfei forbade them from asking her any more questions or trying to find out what she was thinking.
Prince Xun's Mansion
Wei Jianxun successfully entered the court and began to manage state affairs with the Crown Prince, which pleased Lin Yuwei greatly.
On the third night of their marriage, she finally allowed Wei Jianxun to share a bed with her, which made Wei Jianxun feel flattered.
He looked at Lin Yuwei sitting on the edge of the bed, nervously rubbing his hands together.
Lin Yuwei looked up and gave him a cold look.
"You've taken the first step, and I can agree to share a bed with you. But you'd better step up your game and snatch the crown prince position from me as soon as possible."
Wei Jianxun was a little worried.
"I...I don't dare..."
"You're a man, how can you be such a coward?"
Lin Yuwei suddenly flew into a rage.
“My man, Lin Yuwei’s man, can never be a coward. If you think the position of crown prince is too difficult to seize, then just seize the throne. My biggest dream in this life is to be empress. If you really like me, then let me realize my dream.”
Wei Jianxun swallowed hard, then nodded timidly.
"This...this is not easy to handle."
"Then you should go sleep in the guest room!"
"No, no... This matter is difficult, but it's not impossible."
These past few days, although he slept in the guest room, he dreamed of his wedding night with Lin Yuwei. She had just given him a chance, how could he be content to sleep in the guest room?
Lin Yuwei's eyes revealed a hint of resentment towards Wei Jianning and Lan Zhi. She looked towards the door and nodded, saying, "Okay, if you agree to do as I say, you can do what you want."
"really?"
Wei Jianxun could hardly believe his ears.
"Can I really?"
Lin Yuwei lay on the bed fully clothed, her eyes slightly closed, waiting quietly.
Overjoyed to have received her tacit approval, Wei Jianxun hurriedly stripped off his clothes and eagerly pounced onto the bed...
On this day, he realized his dream of many years, but it also set his life on a different path.
……
Two months later
Good news came from the Prince Xun's mansion: Lin Yuwei is pregnant.
This news further solidified Wei Jianxun's determination to replace Wei Jianning.
Therefore, when handling government affairs, he deliberately created trouble for Wei Jianning...
During this period, Wei Jianning traveled to various places on behalf of the emperor to investigate the people's conditions, and often only returned once every ten days or half a month.
Lan Zhi is seven months pregnant and feels a bit lazy, preferring to stay in bed and sleep in.
Wei Jianning went out again yesterday, but today she is unusually energetic. She is sitting in the pavilion in the back garden, watching the three children playing around with great interest.
Ah Qi walked over dejectedly, and Lan Zhi asked in surprise,
"What's going on so early in the morning?"
Ah Qi pouted and said regretfully:
"The entire Wu family of thirty-eight people was executed early this morning. The whole family was crying and wailing. The scene was so tragic that it was unbearable to watch and made one's heart tremble!"
Lan Zhi was a little surprised.
"The Wu family? Which Wu family?"
“Wu Tiancheng, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, heard that someone found a letter in their house that corresponded with the Yuanhe Kingdom and handed it over to the court. The court then believed that their family was colluding with a foreign country, and the Crown Prince ordered that the entire family be executed.”
"Was it the Crown Prince who gave the order?"
Lan Zhi was shocked. "How could he be so rash?"
Ah Qi shook his head.
"This servant does not know, but the people in the streets and alleys have a lot of opinions about this matter. Everyone says that the Wu family died unjustly."
This news left Lan Zhi at a loss for what to do.
Everyone knows that Wu Tiancheng is an honest and upright official; how could he possibly be a traitor to the country?
How could Wei Jianning be so rash and disregard human life so lightly?
Moreover, he is not in the capital right now, so who is so eager to deal with the Wu family? There's clearly something fishy going on here.
"Let's go to the Lin residence."
Before leaving, Wei Jianning told her that if anything happened that she couldn't handle while he was away, she should go to Lin Xingliang.
Now that such a big thing has happened, the first person she naturally thought of was Lin Xingliang.
When she arrived at the Imperial Censor's residence, heavily pregnant, Lin Xingliang was not there; it was Madam Lin who received her.
Over the past two months, she had approached Ling Jiawei and subtly inquired about Lan Zhi. Ling Jiawei didn't have much affection for this Madam Lin, so he shook his head and didn't answer her questions. Regarding the pair of silver bells, Ling Jiawei gave the same answer as before, saying that he had picked them up and given them to Lan Zhi to play with.
Furthermore, since Lan Zhi did not have the birthmark that Madam Lin wanted to see, she concluded that it was probably just a coincidence that Lan Zhi was not her biological daughter.
Therefore, because of Lin Yuwei, she only showed Lan Zhi basic courtesy.
"Your Highness, it's really unfortunate, he went to the palace and hasn't returned yet."
"Has Madam Lin heard anything about the Wu family?"
Madam Lin wore a disdainful expression.
"The emperor is incompetent, and the crown prince is in charge of the government. How could the Wu family's affairs have occurred without the crown prince's decree?"
"But he's not in the capital..."
“The document bears the Crown Prince’s seal and the Emperor’s jade seal… Moreover, the Crown Prince drafted this document before he left, and he also set the execution date. How could it be fake?”
From Madam Lin's words, Lan Zhi could tell that she was very dissatisfied with this.
It's not her fault; even she herself felt that she handled the matter very poorly.
After all, that involved the lives of thirty-eight people. What crime did they commit that warranted the execution of the entire family?
But what's done is done, and the facts are there for all to see, leaving her no choice but to believe it.
"Your Highness is heavily pregnant, so you should go back and rest early. Yuwei is coming back today. She is newly pregnant and her body is not in good condition. I need to go and make her some of her favorite foods."
At this point, she looked at Lan Zhi.
"I heard the Empress wants you to find your biological parents before giving birth? That's really putting you in a difficult position. If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know."
Lan Zhi simply smiled and did not respond.
At this moment, she had no time to think about these things. All she wanted to know was whether Wei Jianning was the one who ordered the execution of all thirty-eight members of the Wu family.