He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

The third young master of the Suchang Marquis's Mansion fainted, so it was impossible to ask more questions. The Prince of Yanping and Lu Cheng still had to patrol the city, so they said goodbye.

Shen Wan lowered the curtains and the servant drove the carriage back home.

When they were almost back to Prince Ling's Mansion, Xie Jingyan came over on horseback. The palace was just one street away, so he did not get on the carriage.

After returning to Prince Ling's Mansion, Xie Jingyan dismounted from his horse and helped Shen Wan down.

Shen Wan told Xie Jingyan what the third young master of Suchangbo Mansion had said on the street just now, and then asked, "Do you want to perform an autopsy on Concubine Mei?"

Concubine Mei has been dead for seven years. Unlike Concubine Chen, who was hidden in an ice cellar by King Cheng and whose body was well preserved, Concubine Mei was buried in the imperial mausoleum. After so many years, I'm afraid she has already become a skeleton.

It is possible that nothing will be found, and the autopsy of Concubine Mei requires the emperor's consent.

But Xie Jingyan had been investigating the case of Concubine Chen for so many years but had no clues. Now that clues had come to him, how could he not give it a try?

He vaguely remembered that Concubine Mei was Empress Wei's person and followed Empress Wei's orders in the palace. If his mother's death was really related to Empress Wei, and Concubine Mei knew some inside information, it was normal for her to be silenced by Empress Wei.

But before trying, he had to first figure out the intentions of the Third Young Master of Suchangbo Mansion...

Xie Jingyan ordered Chen Feng, "Go check on the third young master of Suchangbo Mansion."

Chen Feng took the order and did the job.

Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan returned to Moyuxuan. Shen Wan played with the children while Xie Jingyan went to the study. There were so many memorials to review. Seeing such a high pile of memorials, Xie Jingyan really regretted agreeing to help the emperor review the memorials.

But the words have already been said, and I can only accept my fate.

Xie Jingyan picked up the memorial and started reading it.

When it was time for lunch, the maid brought in the food and went to invite Xie Jingyan. Shen Wan waited for half a cup of tea before Xie Jingyan came back.

Shen Wan looked at him, "Didn't you reject those memorials?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Without reading the memorial, my father will issue an edict to establish me as the crown prince right now."

Shen Wan, "...???"

Isn’t this the best of both worlds?

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan blankly. Xie Jingyan said, "Do you want to move into the palace now?"

Shen Wan thought about it and shook her head decisively.

She had been in the palace before and knew how difficult it was to leave the palace. It was a little better for the Crown Princess, but as the Queen, she could only leave the palace once or twice a year.

Once she moved into the palace, it would be inconvenient for her to see her father and elder brother, and it would be even more difficult to see the Yun family.

Shen Wan understood what Xie Jingyan meant instantly. No one could resist them anyway, so naturally she would move into the palace as late as possible.

Shen Wan said, "Wouldn't that be unfair to you to have to read so many memorials?"

Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan with a tired look on his face, "I'm not very tired, so how are you going to compensate me?"

Shen Wan, "..."

This bastard!

She shouldn't feel sorry for him because he was tired from reading the memorials.

The emperor should send more people to deliver memorials.

If he doesn't keep his mind occupied with the affairs of the court, he will just keep thinking about making trouble for her.

Shen Wan glared at Xie Jingyan and buried her head in her food, ignoring the fact that he didn't exist.

But it is impossible for it not to exist. After lunch, Shen Wan was called by Xie Jingyan to go to his study to grind ink for him, and the ink was ground into a thick consistency.

Seeing Xie Jingyan carefully reviewing memorials, Shen Wan believed that he would be a wise ruler when he became emperor in the future.

However, the emperor is in his prime, and Shen Wan hopes that the emperor can live a long life so that they can stay outside the palace for a few more years.

Feeling a little sleepy, Shen Wan prepared to go back to her room to sleep. Just as she was about to leave, there was a knock on the window. Chen Feng, who had gone to check on the third young master of Suchangbo's mansion, came back.

Shen Wan wanted to hear the shocking words of the third young master Mei from the Suchang Marquis's Mansion, "kill all nine generations of his clan", so she did not go back.

When Chen Feng came in, Xie Jingyan had just finished reviewing a memorial and asked, "What did you find out?"

Chen Feng said, "I went to the City Patrol Office first, and Marquis Suchang went to rescue him. He was fine at the City Patrol Office, but when he came out, he slapped Master Mei San in the face, causing blood to flow from the corner of his mouth. When he returned to Marquis Suchang's mansion, Marquis Suchang's wife fanned the flames, and Marquis Suchang punished Master Mei San to kneel in the ancestral hall..."

Just these two sentences made Shen Wan angry.

Young Master Mei accidentally bumped into the restaurant waiter and spilled soup on the son of the Earl of Anding, but he didn't do it on purpose. Was he really so cruel to his own son?

However, this was not the worst. During his trip to the Suchang Marquis's Mansion, Chen Feng heard a lot of things from those gossipy maids and servants.

It's no wonder that the third young master Mei wanted to kill his entire clan. The Suchang Marquis's mansion didn't treat him as a human being. The third young master Mei's mother was a maid who came with the dowry of the Marquis Suchang's wife. She was raped by the Marquis Suchang when she was drunk and became pregnant with him. The maid knew that the Marquis Suchang's wife was very picky and she didn't dare to complain when she was bullied by the Marquis Suchang. However, the child in her belly grew bigger day by day and she could no longer hide it. In the end, the truth was revealed.

The wife of Marquis Suchang was certain that it was the maid who seduced Marquis Suchang, but in order to demonstrate her own virtue and magnanimity, she promoted the maid to a concubine. She was very kind to her in public but tortured her behind her back. The concubine of the third young master Mei suffered a lot over the years. In the end, she was slandered for stealing the hairpin of the wife of Marquis Suchang and was beaten to death.

Young Master Mei San was a smart student, but the smarter he was, the more he was regarded as a thorn in the side by Lady Suchangbo. Lady Suchangbo instigated Lady Suchangbo to teach him a lesson, and it was common for him to be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall. For several years, he was even sent to a farm, where he was bullied by the servants.

Since the third young master Mei was born, he has never felt kindness from anyone except his aunt. Shen Wan is the only one who helps him.

Perhaps it was to repay Shen Wan's kindness, knowing that they were investigating the case of Concubine Chen and providing some clues, or perhaps he was exhausted physically and mentally, had no interest in life, and wanted to die, but he was unwilling to die like this, so he wanted to use the case of Concubine Chen to die together with the Suchang Earl's Mansion.

Maybe it's both.

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan and said, "If Third Young Master Mei wants to use you to take revenge on Lord Suchang and his wife, then what he said is very likely true."

Xie Jingyan said, "I will send a memorial to the palace later to persuade my father to agree to let the Ministry of Justice perform an autopsy on Concubine Mei."

Hopefully we can find some clues.

Shen Wan prayed in her heart.

In order not to disturb Xie Jingyan from reviewing memorials, Shen Wan went back to her room.

It took Xie Jingyan a full hour to review all the memorials and then send them to the palace.

It was a rare occasion that the Emperor did not have to review memorials, and when he was in a good mood he would write big characters in the imperial study.

Xie Jingyan walked in, and the emperor had no time to hide. He said, "You are tired from reviewing memorials. Father, please write to loosen up your muscles."

Eunuch Yuan's eyes and mouth twitched.

Doesn’t the emperor know his own son yet? Prince Ling would never believe this.

Xie Jingyan glanced at the dragon case with few memorials and asked, "Does the emperor still remember Concubine Mei?"

emperor,"……???"

The emperor can't quite remember it.

The emperor had never cared about his other concubines in the first place, and now that they had been dead for so many years, his impression of them had become even fainter.

Eunuch Yuan reminded, "It was Concubine Mei who fell into the water and drowned in the palace..."

The emperor looked at Xie Jingyan and asked, "Why are you mentioning her for no reason?"

Xie Jingyan said, "On the day my mother got into trouble, she accidentally fell into the water and drowned in the palace. I suspect her death is related to my mother's case."

It's indeed a coincidence.

The emperor said, "But she has been dead for seven years. Even if we suspect something, we have no way to investigate."

Xie Jingyan said, "Let the Ministry of Justice open the coffin and conduct an autopsy."

The emperor's brows were knotted.