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"At that time, the Su palace and your mother successively met with calamity. I mourned and became drunk all day and left the capital after a few months. When I returned many years later, I heard that Ran Er had entered the palace as a concubine. That child has been spoiled by me since she was young. She doesn't like the rules and regulations of the palace, and I don't understand why she wants to enter the palace at all. "

"In order to find out if she was doing well in the palace, I once sent someone to the imperial harem to inquire about her. I heard that although she didn't gain any favor from me, everything went smoothly, so I was relieved." After saying that, he paused for a moment. "Do you still remember the jade pendant on your body?"

Xiao Qing Ran nodded and took out the jade pendant.

"This is it. Actually, this jade pendant is a token of love that your mother gave me. I've been wearing this for many years, but after that time, this jade pendant mysteriously disappeared." It was not easy for me to return to the capital, but I lost her most precious item.

Xiao Qingran's gaze quickly turned cold and gloomy.

From this, it seemed like this jade pendant was stolen by someone at that time. It was a woman … She was the woman who had dug up her own grave in her previous life. She had thrown the jade pendant onto her body, and then this jade pendant had also been reborn with her.

There must be an important opportunity during this period!

"Three years later, when I get the news again, Ran Er has already …" Feng Jianxue sighed, "Although the palace sealed off the news, with my ability at the time, it was not difficult for me to find out about the matters in the palace compound. It is said that Ran'er was run into by the empress while she was arguing with the guards. "Even Ran Er's only child was thrown into the cold palace and starved to death …"

At this time, Feng Jing said with a choked voice, thinking about how many meritorious deeds he had done for the citizens in his lifetime, and how he could be called a hero who had once fought through mountains of blades and seas of fire, yet he could not even protect the two people he loved the most. Even when those two had passed away, he had never met them.

Xiao Qingran frowned as she grabbed the key point: "Back then, I still had a child?"

"It's a boy. If that child was still alive, he would be thirteen or fourteen years old by now." She would never do such a thing. She was probably slandered by others, but framing and instigating things between women in the imperial harem is also very common. As a foreign official, I really shouldn't have interfered in the affairs of the harem.

"Did the aunt leave any letters or objects with you after she died?"

"I don't think so …" Feng Jing Sheng pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "However, when I went back to the capital that time, someone came to send me a message, saying that it was left behind by Mu Rong'er right before his death, and that there was only one sentence, about Lian-er, and that she didn't betray our relationship, she never let me down. There's nothing else. "

Back then, things had been chaotic, so he hadn't gone into depth on the meaning behind those words. Now that he thought about it, wasn't there a motive for her suddenly entering the palace to be his concubine? What was she looking for? About Lian-er?

If that was really the case, then no matter if it was Lian`er, even Ran'er's death wouldn't be …

"Little girl …"

Xiao Qingran nodded her head: "What you want to ask is what I want to ask. At that time, my aunt's death wasn't just a normal harem favor; if my aunt's character is as unyielding as my foster father said, then she would definitely take action when she had doubts about my mother's death. At that time, when you left the capital, she could only infiltrate the palace by herself to find out the truth."

"We already have ample evidence that whether it is the Su Clan's destruction or the death of our mother, both are related to Lan Ying. It is likely that my aunt knew something at that time that led her to find an excuse to silence us."

"Lan Ying!" Feng Jing Jing clenched her teeth, and punched the wooden door hard.

Xiao Qing Ran's voice turned cold, "Not only that, I suspect that the series of events that happened back then was just a conspiracy, a conspiracy to pave the way for Su Qian Xing. At that time, Su Qian Xing was not even conferred the title of Crown Prince yet, so Lan Ying was afraid that her son wouldn't be able to succeed the throne. That's why she decided to make a move in advance, after all, since twenty years ago, the names of all the victims were linked together in the Su and foster fathers.

"Ho … I never would have thought that the country I guarded for so many years would become the spoils of others. Truly laughable."

Xiao Qing Ran's eyes flashed. "Father, don't worry. I won't allow this mountain to become their spoils of war. Even if it is the fruit, it would still fall into the hands of Qian Han!"

"Then, lass, what are you going to do next?"

"The Zhao manor can finally move …"

Xiao Qingran told Feng Jing that he should first safely stay in prison for a period of time. Since his crime did not have anything substantial to it, there was no need for him to bring it up for trial.

In the prison, Su Qianhan had long planned this out. They would not treat this matter unfairly, and Feng Jing was very ambitious as well. She asked the jailer for a few books, but her attitude towards writing eased up.

Ever since Zhao Jin had fallen out with Lan Ying, he had been unable to stand up and could only shut his doors to thank his guests.

However, his only son was still in prison, so he naturally wouldn't let him go. Xiao Qingran had already guessed this point and had made the wind watch the Zhao residence. Sure enough, the Zhao manor had made some moves during this period of chaos in the capital.

He had bribed the Board of Justice, and had actually swapped out his son, who was supposed to be executed, for someone else. Now that Feng Jing had lost her power, she was just about to send him out of the capital to settle the chaos.

As the Ministry of Justice, Han Bing was not a pushover. At that time, when he was dealing with the case of this Prince, Su Qianhan, he did not practice favoritism, let alone the escape case where all the certified physical evidence was gathered.

Han Bing did things cleanly and directly told everyone about this foolish matter that Zhao Jin had done during the previous dynasty.

The Zhao Family could not bear all these crimes, not to mention his son's death penalty. Zhao Jin was already in a difficult situation because of his son's matter, and now he was like an ant on a hot pan.

Once a person was forced into a corner, they would do something that didn't make sense, especially something that concerned the life of their entire family.

Sure enough, Zhao Jin once again appeared in front of Lan Ying crying, but this time he was holding onto the threat of a life or death struggle.

"If the Empress does not save me this time, then this old subject will die with the Empress!" These were Zhao Jin's exact words.

Lan Ying had previously used a method to send Feng Jing to prison. Now that the situation was so good, how could she be willing to sacrifice everything for such a small matter?

On the surface, she agreed to send him away, so she sent assassins to silence him. Just like she said before, 20 years ago, she had already set fire to him, so now she wasn't afraid to do it again.

However, Xiao Qing Ran was waiting for her to start a fire. Fire was actually very dangerous. If she wasn't careful, she would burn herself. She was waiting for those people who were plotting against her to charge at her.

"In the past few days, rumors had been circulating nonstop both inside and outside the capital, and the imperial government had been in an uproar. Did you do this?"

In the palace, with the doors tightly shut, Sang He stared at the people below with a cold gaze.

Su Qianhan stood with his hands behind his back, neither humble nor arrogant, "Yes."

Sa He narrowed his eyes and stared at him for a while. Then, he suddenly sighed and slumped back in his seat. "What are you trying to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I just want to return the things that This King should not have received." From start to finish, Su Qian Han had a cold smile on his face, his attitude was definitely unlike that of a father and son talking to each other.

Su He's eyes were filled with exhaustion. "It's been so many years, yet you still can't forget?"

"Why does royal father think that I should forget? Or could it be that royal father wants me to forget? " Su Qian laughed coldly, "Not only do you forget how mufei was framed and how she was beaten to death, you even forget how heartless royal father was in the past, allowing those people to trample on my dignity as mufei.

Back then, that woman had only slandered his killer because he doted on her. Sometimes, she even thought that if mufei didn't get his favor, everything would have been different. He was more angry at the person in front of him than at Lan Ying.

If he had trusted mufei back then, if he had gone to investigate, mufei wouldn't have ended up like this!

"So this is the reason why you are still so restless after being conferred the title of Crown Prince?" "Do you hate the rights I give you?" "Han'er, you should understand that sometimes, I am also forced to do this. I know that you have feelings for Xiao Qing Ran, but think about it, even if you love her so much right now, when you sit in this position, many things will change. You not only have to think for yourself, but also for the people of the world …"

"Father shouldn't use these as excuses, doing so will only make me feel disgusted." A layer of frost covered the indifference in Su Qianhan's eyes. "What do I need to know? What did he need to know? If royal father's helplessness was just so that he could hold onto the throne and not use the people around him, then I might not be able to accomplish that.

It wasn't just his mother. Lan Ying had caused a ruckus in the imperial harem all those years ago, so he should have been the one to tacitly agree to many of these matters.

The imperial harem was originally one, but the new emperor needed to suppress powerful officials to absorb his strength. Thus, he allowed Lan Ying to stir up some trouble in the harem from time to time. Only then would the old people of the previous dynasty be obedient.