Chapter 169: Mystery
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Yi Xuan put the snail box in front of him, opened it, and there were a few incense pills, and a faint fragrance emanated.
"This is what I made for you, you have nothing to burn a little, it will help to eliminate fatigue and sleep peacefully. For the time being, I only made these few pills, you use them first, and then I will have someone send them to you when I am finished. โ
Wen Changbai was born frail and sickly, and after entering the court as an official, he was easy to wake up at night, and often lit benzoin before going to bed. But these incense pills given to him by Yixuan are not simple benzoin, the materials are more refined than ordinary benzoin, and the fragrance is more mellow and elegant.
She tried these incense pills herself before she dared to use them for Wen Changbai.
"This is benzoin?" Wen Changbai picked one up, sniffed it closely, and felt that there was a faint fragrance that seemed to be absent, and he couldn't tell what it was.
"Almost, I reformulated the dosage and added a taste of ambergris."
Wen Changbai was surprised, "Is it really ambergris?" โ
"Yes." Yi Xuan's expression was a little helpless, "Speaking of which, this ambergris was given to me by the county lord." She probably didn't want me to suspect her, so she gave me a generous gift. โ
Wen Changbai covered the box and put his hand on the box, his fingers slender and even. He smiled at her, "Thank you, sister, then." โ
Yixuan waved her hand, "What did you say to me?" โ
Wen Changbai said that there was still something to do, and he had to go back first. Yixuan reluctantly sent him outside the gate, Wen Changbai boarded the carriage, lifted the curtain and said goodbye to her.
The carriage bypassed a street and disappeared from Yixuan's sight, and she walked back boredly.
"Go to the Yuwang Mansion."
Wen Changbai sat in the carriage and instructed the groom in a low voice.
The horseman answered, and immediately drove in the direction of the Yuwang Mansion.
Wen Changbai leaned against the wall of the carriage, closed his eyes, pinched the snail box containing the incense pills with one hand, and gently rubbed his eyebrows with the other. A smile came to mind.
He could leave the affairs of Dali Temple alone, but he would never allow his sister to be treated like this.
The carriage soon arrived in front of the gate of King Yu's mansion, Wen Changbai got out of the car and handed over the name card to the guards, who invited them to come in and wait. Wen Changbai smiled and declined, saying that it was good for him to stand outside.
They didn't force it.
As a result, I waited for nearly a stick of incense. Wen Changbai was still patient to stand outside the door at first, but when he saw that the person who went in to report had not come for a long time, he was inevitably a little annoyed, so he went to sit in the carriage.
He is also the secretary of the military department, only others wait for his share, and there is no share for him to wait for others. Zhao Zhen was hanging him like this, it was too arrogant.
And he couldn't help but wonder if Yixuan had no status in the palace now, and even the Wen family was treated coldly.
Finally a little guy came out inside, bowed and apologized, saying that Wen Shangshu had been waiting for a long time, because the prince had just had something and was delayed for a while, so he invited Wen Shangshu in.
Wen Changbai didn't bother with him.
Wen Changbai followed the little servant into the study, and Zhao Zhen was already sitting inside, reading a book idlely. Wen Changbai walked in, and he didn't give a salute, staring at him coldly.
"What is the matter with Wen Shangshu looking for this king?"
Zhao Zhen leaned back, raised his head slightly, and squinted his eyes, a little carelessly-arrogant.
Wen Changbai felt that there was a fire in his heart, and his expression kept rising, and his expression became even colder, "The minister came to find the prince, not for official affairs, but for private affairs. โ
Zhao Zhen was surprised, his fingers slowly rubbed the smooth wooden armrest, lowered his eyes, and his voice became a little dull, "What do you want to say?" โ
This is the attitude that should be, at least it shows that Zhao Zhen is not completely unconcerned about Yixuan's affairs.
Wen Changbai felt a little more comfortable.
"Is the prince's matter settled? If it's done, bring the princess back as soon as possible. If it can't be handled forever-" Wen Changbai paused and continued: "Long pain is better than short pain, the prince should make it clear to the princess." โ
Zhao Zhen raised his eyes and said expressionlessly: "The matter between this king and the princess is not to worry about Wen Shangshu. โ
Wen Changbai stared at him, his face turned cold inch by inch, and he suddenly stepped forward, holding his hand on the desk and sneering, "She is my sister, she is embarrassed to ask you some things, I am my brother's agent." โ
This sentence seemed to condense the air around it. Zhao Zhen didn't speak for a long time, silent, and his eyes were a little sloppy.
"She asked you to come?"
"Nope."
Zhao Zhen stood up, he was taller than Wen Changbai, and frowned a little irritably, "That's right, this king has something to ask you, don't tell her." โ
Wen Changbai didn't say yes, nor did he say bad.
But Zhao Zhen asked directly.
"On the day the first emperor died, the princess was seriously ill, how did you treat her?"
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When Wen Changbai came out of King Yu's Mansion, it was already dark. He was a little unsteady on his feet, and stumbled a little as he descended the stairs.
The attendant came up and held him.
He covered his cough twice, and his face was very pale. The little girl was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the adult, is it an old illness again?" โ
Wen Changbai waved his hand and said it's okay, let's go home.
He never thought that Zhao Zhen's mother, Concubine Gong, was still alive in the world.
He saw it with his own eyes.
They always thought that Concubine Gong died on the same day that the first emperor died. Because Concubine Gong was terminally ill at that time, the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment only extended her life for a short time, and everyone knew that Concubine Gong would not live long.
But Zhao Zhen didn't know.
Zhao Zhen was far away in the northwest, and at that time, there was no Wei Xiang as his eyeliner, and all the affairs of the capital were controlled by Zhao Yan and Yixuan. They were afraid that Zhao Yan would be desperate to return to the capital when he heard the news that his mother was seriously ill, so they sealed the news to death.
On the day of the emperor's death, the exiled princes were either on the way or had already arrived outside the city. Zhao Yan's men blocked the city gate for a whole day and a night.
When the first emperor was dying, he regretted deposing the crown prince and still wanted Zhao Shen to inherit the throne. But at that time, Zhao Shen, like other princes, was locked up outside the city.
There is only Zhao Yan and the forces that support Zhao Yan in the palace.
In this way, he ascended to the throne that thousands of people relied on.
On that day, Concubine Gong's palace ran out of water.
Because the attention of the whole palace was on Emperor Xian and Zhao Yan, and the palace maids and eunuchs in Concubine Gong's palace also ran out without permission, the matter of walking the water was not immediately discovered. By the time someone went to put out the fire, the fire was already very big.
Concubine Gong was terminally ill and naturally couldn't save herself, and a woman's bones were also found in the house, so everyone took it for granted that this corpse was Concubine Gong.
This kind of death is really not glorious, and the new emperor will ascend the throne in three days, and if such an incident happens, it is inevitable that someone will use the topic to say that it is a bad omen, which is very unfavorable to Zhao Yan. Therefore, Wen Zhiluo decided to declare to the public that Concubine Gong had self-immolated herself and was martyred for the first emperor, and the funeral was extremely honorable.
This matter has been kept a good secret, and only those who experienced it at the beginning know the truth.
He never expected that Concubine Gong would suddenly appear out of thin air.
Although her appearance has changed a little, her face is sallow, and she is very old, but if you look closely, you can still see that she is Concubine Gong herself. Moreover, Zhao Zhen also doubted whether she was pretending to be someone at first, and deliberately tried her, but she remembered Zhao Zhen's childhood very clearly, and she could answer everything.
What else is there to doubt?
If that's all there is to it, that's a good thing. Zhao Zhen and his mother were reunited, although the nominal Concubine Gong had been martyred for the first emperor, but this did not prevent their mother and son from living together, and Zhao Zhen could also fulfill his filial piety.
What really gave Wen Changbai a headache was that Concubine Gong decided that the fire was set by Wen Zhiluo at the beginning, and it was Zhao Yan and Wen Zhiluo who wanted to burn her. Then, Zhang Qianyuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard at that time, rescued her from the fire, and she has been living with the county lord ever since.
As for the female corpse in the house, according to Concubine Gong, it was Zhang Qianyuan who was afraid that Wen Zhiluo would continue to chase and kill her, so he deliberately put a death row prisoner there.
Wen Changbai was shocked when he heard this. His sister had never set fire to the palace, which could not have happened. As for the later, Zhang Qianyuan rescued Concubine Gong from the sea of fire, and since then Concubine Gong has lived with the county lord, he still believes it.
Because Zhao Zhen is the person he asked for from the county lord of Dening.
Moreover, Zhang Qianyuan is the father-in-law of the county lord and the former commander of the Jinyi Guard, and any situation in the palace will be reported to him, and it is very likely that he will rush to the scene to rescue Concubine Gong first.
Zhao Yan once questioned Zhang Qianyuan, and Zhang Qianyuan also pleaded guilty, and did not tell the fact that he rescued Concubine Gong. As soon as Zhao Yan ascended the throne, he was very jealous of Zhang Qianyuan, so he took the opportunity to remove Zhang Qianyuan from his post.
The commander of the Jinyi Guard has a very powerful position, and since then it has been set up there, and the actual commander of the Jinyi Guard has become Wen Zhiluo.
Wen Changbai really couldn't figure out why Concubine Gong thought that Zhiluo wanted to kill her, whether she originally thought like this, or whether someone else instilled such a concept in her.
If someone else told her that, then what was the purpose of that person?
One mystery after another was placed in front of him, and Wen Changbai analyzed it carefully, but he still felt at a loss.
Moreover, he didn't know whether to tell his sister about it.
Concubine Gong is still alive and hostile to you.
Although her sister's identity has changed now, Concubine Gong hates the Wen family and will never allow Zhao Zhen to marry a woman from the Wen family. Not to mention being a wife, she is a concubine, she can't tolerate it.
Zhao Zhen was helpless, so he had to let Yixuan go back to the Wen family to live temporarily, take his long-lost mother back to the palace to be raised, and then slowly find a way to let his mother accept Yixuan.
But after Concubine Gong was taken back to the house by Zhao Zhen, she began to tell Zhao Zhen constantly how Wen Zhiluo harmed her in the first place, and what she said was very specific at a glance, if it wasn't for someone who knew the truth back then, she would really be more inclined to believe Concubine Gong.
After all, Concubine Gong is Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Zhao Zhen is Zhao Yan's rival, and Wen Zhiluo, as Zhao Yan's subordinate, has always been ruthless.
It's not strange to attack Concubine Gong.