amaotonovel Chapter 724 Jiang Fenghua's Suspicion
Chapter 724 Jiang Fenghua's Suspicion
Jiang Fenghua became serious when she thought about what happened in the Li Mansion. She said with a sullen face, "I don't know who is planning to kill Jin Ji and the Jiang family.
Xie Shang frowned slightly and asked with concern, "Any clues?"
"Not yet." Xie Yang was in the palace when the incident happened outside the palace, so the man in the dark who asked Jing Yun to take Madam Helan to Li's house was not Xie Yang. Who else could it be? He wrapped himself so tightly, he must be afraid of being recognized.
"Your Majesty, have all the ministers arrived for today's morning court session? Has anyone asked for leave and missed the court session?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
Xie Shang glanced at Wu Xin who was standing beside him, "Did anyone miss the morning court today? Everyone who should be here is here."
Wu Xin said: "Indeed, no one asked for leave."
Jiang Fenghua thought, it’s not a minister in the court.
Wu Xin added, "Minister Shu was crying with the ministers outside the Jinluan Palace about his daughter's death before the court session even started. He cried again after the court session."
He only dared to say so much. Xie Shang was annoyed when he thought of Shu Lang's expression. He said, "The Shu family made such a big fuss. I guess he will not let it go. He has always hated Jiang Jinyan for taking the position of Minister of Revenue. He has been the Minister for more than ten years. If he pulls Jiang Jinyan down, he may still be eyeing the position of Minister of Revenue."
Jiang Fenghua said coldly: "I am afraid that Minister Shu is not just after the position of Minister of Revenue."
"Besides the position of Minister of Revenue, what else does he want to do?" Xie Shang said.
"Your Majesty, don't you find it strange? This series of events are all centered around the Jiang family. The Jiang family hasn't offended anyone, right? I think there is a dark hand behind the scenes manipulating all of this." She added, "Didn't Your Majesty say that there is no one left in the Su family? Is there anyone who wants to wipe out the Jiang family?"
Xie Shang also thought about this question, but he couldn't figure out who it was.
Jiang Fenghua took Xie Shang back to the main hall and said to Wuxin, "Guard the door. No one is allowed to approach. I have something important to discuss with the emperor."
Wu Xin nodded, "Don't worry, Madam, I will be guarding outside."
Xie Shang saw that she was acting mysteriously, "Do you have any suspicions?"
Jiang Fenghua sat at her desk and took out a pen and paper and wrote down the names of all the people she thought were suspicious.
When Xie Shang saw the names she wrote, he asked, "Do you suspect them?"
Jiang Fenghua nodded. "From the time the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, to the time when the people of Jishan Hall were poisoned, to Su Qingqing kidnapping me in the imperial mausoleum, and to the time when the carriages appeared for no reason to help Su Qingqing hide her tracks, I have a suspicion as to who helped Su Qingqing at that time."
Xie Shang asked, "Who?"
Jiang Fenghua wrote down the three characters "Zhang Yurou" and said, "What happened on the Lantern Festival was that she used Bai Yuhan to target Jiang Jinyan. She just used Shu Xue to make Zhang Yumo and Jiang Jinyan have a conflict. If Jiang Jinyan hadn't realized that Bai Yuhan's identity as the emperor's concubine might have been known, he might have really become the heartless man who kept a mistress in Shu Xue's mouth, and the Jiang family's reputation would have been ruined."
"Why do you say that it was Zhang Yurou who ordered it?" Xie Shang asked.
"Your Majesty, think about it, who would know that Bai Yuhan is Concubine Han? She said that she always wears a veil in the palace so that she can leave the palace smoothly in the future. Shu Xue, with her status, has never seen Concubine Han."
Xie Shang said: "Shu Yan is a concubine in the harem. She has met her. They are cousins. It is not surprising that Shu Xue knows Bai Yuhan's true identity."
"So Zhang Yurou took advantage of this. If the emperor wanted to find out who had exposed the news that Concubine Han was still alive, he would definitely put the blame on Shu Yan. But it hadn't come to that point yet. Fortunately, my eldest brother had reminded me and I reacted quickly. I knew that the charge of Jiang Jinyan and Concubine Han's affair could not be established, so I simply said that she was not Concubine Han. If she was Concubine Han and was also involved with Zhang Yumo's marriage, Zhang Yurou would definitely stand up for Zhang Yumo as a cousin and accuse the Jiang family. She didn't succeed. When one plan failed, she came up with another plan, which was to kill Shu Xue directly and frame Jin Ji. Jin Ji is the son-in-law of the Jiang family, and the case revolves around the Jiang family."
After hearing this, Xie Shang denied it and said, "Zhang Yurou is just a woman. She doesn't have the brains to devise such a series of schemes. Besides, why would she want to harm the Jiang family?"
Jiang Fenghua looked at Xie Shang, "This is the fundamental reason why the emperor deliberately avoided my questions on the Lantern Festival. Besides, when did I ever say that all this was done by Zhang Yurou alone? With her brain and courage, she doesn't have such means."
Xie Shang coughed awkwardly, "What are you talking about, Ruan Ruan? When have I ever avoided your questions?"
Jiang Fenghua said directly: "Before Zhang Yurou married the Fourth Prince, did she like you? Did she confess her love to you? Tell me the truth."
"Ruan Ruan, these are all things of the past, and I don't like her." Xie Shang said.
Jiang Fenghua stared at him with a cold expression, "Well, why don't you expand on it?"
Xie Shang hurriedly went to hug her, "I promise that there is really nothing between her and me." Zhang Yurou said that when she liked him, the person he liked was Su Tingwan, and he couldn't say that.
Jiang Fenghua said: "I don't believe your nonsense. Let's figure out the timeline. When did Zhang Yurou marry the Fourth Prince? Princess Yi was already six years old, so it must have been at least seven years ago! We have been married for five years, so if we push it back two years..."
Xie Shang said: "She told me that she likes me and that she would never marry anyone else. She has said that she likes me since she was a child, but what does this have to do with me? I can't stop her from liking someone."
"Is there nothing else? Like kissing and hugging, threatening to die, or something like that." Jiang Fenghua would not be jealous. Xie Shang had so many concubines in his harem that she could not be jealous of them all.
Xie Shang lied with his eyes open, "I swear I didn't." Zhang Yurou did cry to him about how much she liked him. She was also a talented woman in Shengjing City, pretty, gentle and lovely. He said, "Fourth brother likes her, but he is too self-abased and afraid that he is not worthy of her. He always wanted me to help talk to mother. Later, it was Concubine Chang who begged mother, and then mother went to the Zhang family to discuss this marriage."
Xie Shang said: "Ruan Ruan, I only like you, only love you, and only want to be with you, please believe me!"
Jiang Fenghua had never seen such a shameless man, "If your fourth brother didn't like her, your mother would have gone to Duke Zhang's mansion to propose marriage for you."
"No." Gao Shang said firmly.
"Why not? At that time, Zhang Yurou was a noble lady in Shengjing. She was pretty and a talented woman recognized by everyone. The family of Duke Zhang should be of high status! The daughter of the Zhang family and the prince are a match made in heaven!"
Xie Shang said: "She and Fourth Brother are a match made in heaven. I am different from other princes."