PFC Chapter 147 The Lan Family is about to be destroyed
Chapter 147 The Lan Family is about to be destroyed
Zhao Huaijin looked fearless, and the Lan family members took the opportunity to pour oil like crazy.
"Even though Prince Huai is a prince, you cannot kill people at will!"
"The princess is just a woman, how can you take her words seriously? I think what Lord Lan said is credible."
"That's right. Your Highness Prince Huai's actions are really inappropriate. In my opinion, Lord Shen should be asked to investigate the case thoroughly."
Zhao Huaijin sneered. These corrupt officials wished he would be executed directly by his father. What a pity. How could he possibly let them do as they wished?
"If you think that my wife's words are not valid, you can find evidence. Besides, Lord Shen was also present that day."
Everyone quieted down. Shen Jingyi was also there? Wasn't that a ready-made witness?
So someone suggested that Shen Jingyi come forward, but the emperor waved his hand to interrupt the officials' discussion.
"Leave this matter to Shen Jingyi. I'm dismissing the court."
Then he thought of something else, "Jin'er came to my imperial study after the court session."
"Yes, I obey my orders."
In the imperial study, the emperor looked at his son helplessly. He didn't know how to face him.
"Why do you have to be like this? Isn't it good to be an obedient child like before?"
"I was protecting my wife. What did I do wrong? If you hadn't asked her to enter the palace, would she have been hurt by the Lan family?"
"Jin'er, what do you want? Do you want to fight for the throne?"
Zhao Huaijin suddenly laughed, his smile full of sarcasm.
"Father, do you think your throne is worth fighting for? If I want to sit on the throne, you may not be able to stop me."
"Please consider your mother and the Yan family!"
"Is the emperor planning to turn against me?"
"I am making this clear today. Jun'er is the future crown prince and the next emperor. You must assist him."
"What if I don't want to?"
Zhao Huaijin stared straight at the emperor with almost no warmth in his eyes, which made the emperor shiver uncontrollably.
"It's not up to you! I don't know what cards you, a rebellious son, have in your hand. If there is only Song Qingwan, you are still too naive."
"Father, you don't need to know the trump card in your son's hand. Today, your son will make it clear. Don't try to threaten me with my relatives."
"What if I don't listen?"
"You bear the consequences!"
After Zhao Huaijin finished speaking, he strode out of the imperial study. The emperor threw a paperweight out behind him in anger.
Zhao Huaijin took a look and without even stopping, he left the palace and returned to the palace.
Song Qingwan is still waiting for him, and he doesn't want to waste his time on irrelevant people.
That afternoon, the emperor ordered Shen Jingyi to investigate the case. Shen Jingyi pretended to go to the Lan family's villa to question them.
Lan Taibao had another stroke and this time he couldn't even speak. When he saw Shen Jingyi, he could only make "ah ah" sounds.
All the guards that day were killed by Shen Jingyi, so where did the witnesses come from? So Shen Jingyi closed the case that day.
The Lan family kidnapped Song Qingwan first, and Zhao Huaijin killed her later, so they were even.
Apart from losing two sons in vain, the Lan family did not gain any advantage, but Zhao Huaijin had no intention of letting them go.
So from that day on, the Lan family's farm and shop were either caught on fire or robbed, and the murderer could not be found.
Even if the murderer is found in the end, he must be someone from the Lan family, which makes Lan Chengen very angry.
On the other side, Song Qingwan finally woke up. Her injuries were all superficial, the most serious of which was the burn.
After Zhao Huaijin learned that the wound was caused by the old man of the Lan family himself, he felt that he was too kind to the Lan family.
"Ajin, we still have a long time to go. We need to find out who is behind the Lan family."
"I have already guessed a person, and that person is likely in southern Xinjiang."
"Who?"
"My uncle, Prince Chen, Zhao Yuanshen"
When Song Qingwan heard the name, she felt it sounded familiar. After Zhao Huaijin pointed it out to her, she realized that it was him.
This Prince Chen is the tenth son of the late emperor. He is ten years younger than the current emperor Zhao Yuanrui. He was only a teenager when the emperor ascended the throne.
Although Zhao Yuanshen was young, he was very talented and strategic, and the late emperor liked him very much.
At that time, the late emperor said more than once that if Shen'er was not so young, he would definitely pass the throne to his youngest son.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he used the excuse of killing all the brothers who had competed with him for the throne, leaving only Zhao Yuanshen.
One reason was that he was young and did not really participate in the fight for the throne, and the other was that he voluntarily took his mother, Concubine Ding, to the fiefdom in Jiangnan.
However, there was no news about Zhao Yuanshen after he left. Some said he was kidnapped and killed by robbers, while others said he lived in seclusion.
"So you guess that Zhao Yuanshen is quietly developing his own power?"
"Yes, with my tenth uncle's ambition and intelligence, how could he be willing to live his life like this?"
Zhao Huaijin had been suspicious for a long time. He secretly sent people to follow the Lan family and found that they sent letters to southern Xinjiang regularly every month.
Every time a letter was delivered, the Lan family would do something small, such as causing trouble for Prince Huai's mansion, or winning over some court officials.
The country of Southern Xinjiang is much smaller than the Great Sage, so there is no need to encourage ministers to do such things because there is no conflict of interest.
If it wasn't someone from Southern Xinjiang who was behind this, who else could it be? Zhao Huaijin couldn't think of anyone else except Zhao Yunshen.
"It's time to call Awu back. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Awan, your injury will not be in vain."
How could the death of only two sons of the Lan family be enough? Even if the entire Lan family died, it would not be enough to relieve his hatred.
Soon, news came that Lan Taibao accidentally fell into the lake and drowned. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it couldn't be an accident.
Lan Taibao was paralyzed in bed and couldn't even get out of the door, how could he have drowned?
Zhao Huaijin deliberately let the Lan family know about it. He was the one who did it, so what?
Now the entire Lan family was almost wiped out by Zhao Huaijin, leaving only Lan Chengen. Even Lan Xiaoxiao no longer saw her biological father.
"Miss, Aunt Qian from the Lan family is here again."
"Didn't I tell you that I won't see the Lan family again? Let her go back."
"But... Aunt Qian said that she didn't come to you to ask you to help the Lan family."
"So what did she say?"
"No."
Listening to Qiu Mian's words, Lan Xiaoxiao put down the book in her hand. She knew the current situation of the Lan family very well.
But since her mother died, she no longer wanted to get involved in the Lan family's affairs, so she avoided Aunt Qian no matter how many times she came back to find her.
"Xiaoxiao, go and take a look."
"Then listen to your sister. I'll be back soon."
Since Princess Yu said so, Lan Xiaoxiao no longer refused. She followed Qiu Mian to the front hall.
Aunt Qian sat quietly in her seat. When she saw Lan Xiaoxiao come in, she stood up and bowed.
"I have met the young lady."
"Don't be so polite, Aunt Qian. What do you want from me?"