Si Xingjian made arrangements for Zai Zai's school and took a chance to meet Zheng Shi.

Zheng is more than a year older than the original owner, but now she is like a lifeless dead tree, which makes her look much older than her actual age.

Si Xingjian handed over Zheng's dowry list, and offered her two options: fake death and change her identity, and stay away from the capital; or claim illness and go to Zhuangzi to recuperate. This is not the Zhuangzi of Prince Chen's mansion, but her own dowry One of Zhuangzi.

People like them have no choice to divorce their wives.If life can't go on, the choice of most people is to kill people secretly.

Marriage is a good marriage between two surnames.

If the two reconcile and leave, both Chenwang Mansion and Zheng Guogong Mansion will become gossip in the capital, and the two families will not be able to maintain a harmonious relationship on the surface; It is also difficult for other women to marry into a good family.

Therefore, Si Xingjian can only give these two paths.

Mrs. Zheng hardly ever leaves her yard. When she heard that King Chen invited her, she was surprised. Now that she heard what King Chen said, she was even more puzzled.

Why did King Chen let her go?Even if she can't be tolerated, why not just let her die of illness?Anyway, they royal people can be said to be handy with these methods.

She changed her mind again: probably because she is from the Zheng family.

She is a girl from Zheng Guogong's mansion, that's why she was favored by the emperor, and she married into the palace by accident, so her father and brother would be tied to the royal family and become the emperor's close ministers, and they would become her backers.

This identity made her fall into a scheme, but it also saved her life.

King Chen couldn't let her die without anyone noticing, he could only let her leave the palace, but why?To make room for someone?

In fact, she lives in the palace, so it doesn't matter.

If she hides her name and leaves the capital, will she die somewhere else?

She didn't want to leave her homeland, and she didn't want to die quietly.

She is reluctant to part with her family, and at the same time, this is what she can do for her children.

As long as she is still alive, her child is a legitimate legitimate son.As the eldest son whom the emperor took the initiative to confer, her child's status is hard to shake.

Seeing the two choices given by King Chen, Mrs. Zheng never thought that she could continue to live in the palace.

For her, living in the palace is not much different from living in Zhuangzi. Maybe she can feel more comfortable in her own Zhuangzi.

Mrs. Zheng had little entanglement: "I'll go to Zhuangzi."

She hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Before I leave, can I see the prince?"

Si Xingjian nodded, and told Qingsong who was standing outside the pavilion: "Go and invite your son to come."

To Si Xingjian, he and Mrs. Zheng were strangers, so he chose a more open outdoor place for the conversation.

Si Anhui was playing cuju with his friends, when he heard his father called him, he put down the cuju and followed Qingsong quickly.

When he saw his father's figure, his steps became more brisk, and he almost ran into Si Xingjian's arms at a trot.

Si Xingjian caught the small cannonball, wiped Zai Zai's face with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "It stinks of sweat."

"An'an doesn't stink!"

Si An retorted, because of his exercise, his originally fair and tender face turned into a pink haze, which was extremely cute.

Before, Si An was only thinking about telling his father that he just won Cuju, and didn't pay attention to others, but now that he was leaning sideways on his father's leg, he caught a glimpse of someone else in the pavilion out of the corner of his eye.

He quickly stood up straight.

When there are outsiders around, he has always been polite and prudent.

Because it had been too long since seeing each other, Si An Huan didn't recognize that this was his mother for a while.

It was Si Xingjian who took the initiative to say, "Go and say hello to your mother."

Si An was surprised for a moment, then took a deep look at his mother with unfamiliar eyes, trying to remember her appearance.

He walked over and bowed upright: "My son greets the concubine mother."

Zheng got up to help him up, and reached out to cut his hair, but Si Anhui subconsciously avoided it.

He doesn't like being served by others, and he doesn't like being bumped on the head, except of course Daddy.

After he finished hiding, he didn't realize how hurtful his action was, and he only thanked him earnestly but seemingly alienated: "Thank you, mother concubine."

After saying hello, Si Anzhen didn't know what to say.

Seeing his attitude, Zheng didn't feel disappointed.Because she was born but not raised, the child is naturally not close to her.

In fact, she doesn't hate this child, but she has a hurdle in her heart - she hates the royal family, and she can't put a child with the blood of the Si family by her side to raise.

What surprised her was that this child should have just been brought back to the palace, how could he be so close to the prince.

However, she has never regarded the palace as her family, and as an "outsider", it is not easy for her to ask more questions.

"Since that's the case, I can leave the palace with peace of mind." Mrs. Zheng said calmly.

Even if she stayed in the palace, she never did anything for the child.

Si An Hui gave another farewell ceremony, and after watching his mother leave, he asked, "Father, where is mother and concubine going?"

"She's going to live in Zhuangzi."

"Is it the Zhuangzi we went to before?" Si An's eyes widened in surprise, there was only envy in his eyes, but no reluctance.

If Si Anzhen were allowed to live in Zhuangzi all the time, he might get bored, but since he only lived there for a few days, he misses it very much now.

Si Xingjian replied: "No, it's her own Zhuangzi."

According to the law, the dowry is a woman's private property and does not belong to her husband's family. The woman can take all of it away when she reconciles.

Si An was even more shocked: "Do you all have Zhuangzi?"

Is he alone?

Si Xingjian: "You have it too, but you don't know how to read the account yet, so I will take care of it."

Si An was satisfied now, and excitedly showed off how good he was at Cuju just now.

For cubs under four years old, this is the most important thing.

When his mother left the house, he didn't leave a deep impression on him.

Si Xingjian listened patiently, responding and complimenting her from time to time.

But he was thinking in his heart: It's been five days, why hasn't Cheng Wu heard anything yet.

Si Xingjian didn't go to the Yamen for the past few days, and was only waiting for the result of Cheng Wu's interrogation. He planned to use this to negotiate with Si Xingzheng, and hand over the mess to the other party.

He is not the emperor, it is enough to find a problem.If he intervenes in the solution, it will only arouse suspicion.

Originally, he didn't like troublesome things, not to mention that it was laborious and thankless.

It's just that he didn't expect that neither Cheng Wu nor Qing Shan could ask anything useful.

Tomorrow he will go to court again, so he should go there himself today.

Si Xingjian didn't doubt that Cheng Wu would not be dedicated in this matter, but he doubted Cheng Wu's ability a bit.

The woman Cheng Wu and Qing Shan interrogated was named Lian'er. This woman was originally a concubine brought back to the mansion by Cheng Wu's father, Master Cheng Er, but she soon became entangled with Chang Ting Bo, who was Master Cheng.

In this era, it is common for men to give each other gifts and share concubines.

But the key is that the second master Cheng regards Lian'er as his favorite, and he is not happy.

Two months after Lianer was brought into the mansion, Master Cheng Er died.According to Chang Ting Bo's mansion, the second master died of illness.

Cheng Wu was not in the mansion when the accident happened, and he rushed back only after receiving the news of his father's death.Cheng Wu didn't care about the life and death of Master Cheng Er, but after he came back, he found out what his mother had gone through and was frightened crazy.

There was also one of his concubine sisters who hit her head and became half dead, occasionally waking up and acting like an ignorant child.

After checking, he found out that many things in the mansion were caused by this concubine called Lian'er.

Cheng Wu wanted to kill someone to vent his anger for his mother, but Uncle Changting and his sons were protecting her, and he realized that there were still many doubts about this matter, so he endured it.

At that time, Cheng Wu asked the original owner very puzzled: "The Changtingbo Mansion has no power and no money. She has such means, so why is she targeting the Changtingbo Mansion?"

The original owner's answer was: "Perhaps, she or the person behind the scenes has enmity with Chang Ting Bo Mansion?"

But Si Xingjian felt that the other party was not targeting Chang Ting Bo's mansion, but Chen Wang's mansion.

It's just that Prince Chen's mansion is heavily guarded, not full of loopholes like Chang Ting Bo's mansion, so the other party attacks Cheng's mansion who can have a relationship with King Chen.

Seeing Cheng Wu with a tired face, Si Xingjian asked, "How's the situation?"

Cheng Wu smiled bitterly: "I've never seen such a hard-talking person. Men can't bear the torture. She just managed to survive. She would rather die than confess. If she hadn't been given much food in the past two days, She can bite her own tongue."

Si Xingjian responded, hugged Lan Lan and sat on the stone bench in the yard, and ordered: "Bring him here, I'll see you."

Cheng Wu didn't know, so he asked, "Bring it here?"

"Could it be that you still want me to go to the dungeon?" Si Xingjian asked back, her tone was quite righteous, and there was a bit of disgust.

Cheng Wu pulled the corner of his lower lip, and snorted, "Be careful! Don't torment people to death."

Si Xingjian: "If you die, you will die, and this is not the only breakthrough."

Cheng Wu and Qing Shan used a piece of cloth to move her up from the dungeon, not caring about her injury at all.

They had lost all hope.

The two of them took turns to fight and returned without success. They didn't think Si Xingjian could ask anything.

Qingshan walked to Si Xingjian's side, and said softly: "Master, she is not an ordinary woman, but one who has undergone special training, and her determination is comparable to that of a dead soldier."

He explained a few sentences in advance, not to excuse himself for being unfavorable in handling affairs, but to worry that the master would feel ashamed if he personally interrogated and found nothing.

As a caring subordinate, of course he had to prepare steps for his master in advance.

Si Xingjian nodded lightly indifferently, then got up and walked slowly to Lian'er.

Before he got close, he smelled a bloody smell that was too thick to ignore, and he raised his hand to cover his nose.

Seeing this, Cheng Wu thought that he was not used to seeing such a scene, so he smoothed things over and said, "Why don't you carry it away, since everyone is like this, I guess they won't be able to say anything."

Si Xingjian ignored it, and picked up Lian'er's broken left sleeve with the tip of her shoe, exposing her bloody fingers with the nails pulled out.

He sighed with regret like a cat crying a mouse: "How did it become like this? Help her clean up and change into clean clothes."

Cheng Wu frowned, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.

King Chen has never been a person who can pity and cherish jade, not to mention that this woman has become like this, which has nothing to do with Xiangyu.

Cheng Wu: "There is no fifth person here, how can there be a maid to clean her?"

As the master's most capable subordinate, the key is that he is the only servant present, so Qingshan had no choice but to accept his fate and pick up Lian'er.

Unexpectedly, the person who was lying on the ground without saying a word before suddenly began to struggle desperately.It's just that she was seriously injured, and she was only fed some rice soup these days, so she really didn't have much strength in struggling.

"Kill me, I don't know what you are asking..."

Because of the wound on her tongue, her voice was weak and slurred.

Qing Shan stopped and turned to see if his master had changed his mind.

He is a clean and innocent guy, and he doesn't really want to help the woman take a bath.

Si Xingjian: "Forget it, men and women are different, go find a woman."

Qingshan heaved a sigh of relief, quickly left Lian'er behind, and went to find a reliable woman with a strict mouth.

Cheng Wu laughed mockingly: "Iser serves people and uses his body to play with several men in the palm of his hand. Why are you getting more particular now?"

Si Xingjian said coldly: "Stop making sarcastic remarks, take good care of people, don't wait for Qingshan to come back, and people will disappear."

"Didn't you say you died before?" Cheng Wu muttered, and moved Lian'er into the house to watch over her.

Si Xingjian made this arrangement not because of pity, but because he didn't want to make this trip in vain.

This woman named Lian'er was able to persevere to this point, not only for profit, but mostly because of "love".

I just don't know if it's for love or for hate.

Si Xingjian was not very interested in this woman's story, he just wanted to know who was instigating her and what plans she had against the palace.

The previous emperor's change of attitude, the people who fanned the flames in Prince Chen's mansion, and the current troubles in Changting Bo's mansion...Combined with Zai Zai's weird dreams, Si Xingjian always felt that someone was targeting Chen Prince's mansion.

It can even be said that it is targeting the royal family.

Someone wanted to provoke the relationship between King Chen and the emperor, so as to reap the benefits.

Si Xingjian tapped Lan Lan's head rhythmically with her fingers, thinking in her heart: Is it the queen, Prince Jing's subordinates, or the hands and feet of the enemy?Or is it that the various forces are mixed together?

Knowing that someone was staring at the palace from behind, Si Xingjian didn't feel any fear, but felt a little annoyed.

The feeling, if you want to describe it, is akin to finding a mouse hole in your home and not knowing where the mouse is.

How annoying!

If he couldn't catch these mice again, he would release Lan Lan.

Lan Lan: Meow?

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