Song Shuwan's eyebrows skipped a beat, this was sent by someone from the Yue Mansion? All the men in the Yue Mansion had been beheaded, how could they still send news?
More importantly, why did Yue Fu send her a message? Her relationship with Yue Fu was not such that she would protect Yue's family under such circumstances, right?
After thinking about it, Song Shuwan took the note and saw that it read: The Yue family has been wronged, please save the life of their daughter Yue Hong, and the Yue family is willing to give everything in return.
Song Shuwan stared at the word "Yue Hong", thought for a long time, and balled up the note, but she did not look at Baicao, but looked at An Yi beside her.
"An Yi, this note... was sent on the prince's instruction, right?"
An Yi's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he lowered his eyebrows and said submissively: "I don't know, but I have already withdrawn from the Crown Prince's side. Regarding the Crown Prince's side..."
Before An Yi could finish his words, Song Shuwan raised her hand to signal him to be silent, and sneered: "No matter how capable the Yue family is, they can't send news to me beyond Pei Huan. Even you are Pei Huan's choice."
You came to me later, right?"
An Yi lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.
Song Shuwan snorted coldly. Just because she didn't say it before didn't mean she was stupid.
After looking at the note again, Song Shuwan stood up: "Baicao, where are the female members of the Yue family now?"
"It's still in the prison. It will be sent to Yahang tomorrow, and Yahang will be responsible for delivering it to various places."
Song Shuwan nodded: "Let's go, let's go to Tianlao to find someone."
Half an hour later, Song Shuwan stepped into the heavenly prison and soon saw the female members of the Yue family. Among them, the Yue family and Yue Hong were locked together. Neither of them had the grace of the past, and they were both haggard now.
Several people looked at each other across the railing. Song Shuwan sighed secretly and asked the jailer who followed: "Can I take all of these two people away?"
When Yue Shi and Yue Hong heard the voice, there was some hope in their eyes. However, the next moment, the jailer's words knocked them away again.
"If you are a concubine, you can have as many slaves as you want, but these two are masters. According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as masters of official slaves, there can be at most one person in a palace, and among them,
If there is a person who wants to be a prostitute, I cannot let you take her away."
Song Shuwan's brows jumped: "I heard that the women in the Yue Mansion are all official slaves. Why are there still official prostitutes now?"
The jailer smiled and said: "According to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, official prostitutes are the inevitable fate of women in the Yue Mansion, while official slaves are the emperor's benevolence and are merciful outside the law."
Hearing this, Song Shuwan pursed her lips. Even though her heart was burning with anger, her face remained calm: "Mrs. Yue, Miss Yue, can you hear me?"
Mrs. Yue hugged Yue Hong and her eyes turned red when she heard the words: "I heard it, Crown Princess, please take my little girl out. Thank you very much."
Yue Hong opened her eyes wide: "No, mother, I don't want to..."
Mrs. Yue covered her mouth and whispered: "The Crown Princess is kind and is willing to help at this time. This is an opportunity for you. You can follow the Crown Princess and become an official slave. Maybe you can have a wife in the future."
Liangji, my Yue family is innocent, and the revenge of the Yue family must be avenged, do you understand?"
Yue Hong was silent, tears sliding down her cheeks. After a long time, she nodded.
Seeing this, Mrs. Yue released her hand covering her mouth: "Concubine, thank you very much."
She thanked her again and pushed Yue Hong out.
Song Shuwan's eyes narrowed slightly: "Mrs. Yue, you..."
Before she could finish her words, there was a "bang" sound, and Yue hit her head against the wall, blood gushed out and flowed all over the floor in an instant.
"mother!"
Yue Hong shouted, turned around and was about to rush back, but two jailers held her back and said in a cold tone: "You are now a slave of the Marquis Mansion, and this cell is no longer a place you can enter."
Yue Hong struggled wildly: "That's my mother, I just want to go and see, just go, uh uh uh..."
Song Shuwan's pupils shrank and she clenched her hands tightly. She wanted to step forward to save him, but another jailer reached out to stop her.
The jailer said: "Your Majesty, the prison is dirty. Please don't enter."
On one side was the dying Yue, and on the other was the frantically struggling Yue Hong. Song Shuwan was silent for a long time, gritting her teeth and inserted a golden needle into Yue Hong's acupuncture point.
Yue Hong, who had been struggling just now, suddenly became silent.
Song Shuwan supported Yue Hong's body, took one last look at the dying Yue, and left without stopping.
Returning to the Hou Mansion, she left Yue Hong in the care of Baicao and turned to look for Pei Huan: "Yue Mansion, what is going on?"
Pei Huan was sipping tea with a cup of tea in his hand. Hearing this, he raised his eyes slightly and asked in a calm tone: "Did someone bring it back?"
Song Shuwan gritted her teeth: "Bring it back, what is Yue Mansion..."
"Yue Lin is from King Ning."
With just a few words, Song Shuwan fell into silence, and the anger that had been surging in her heart was suppressed.
"Why are you mentioning King Ning? Even if Yue Lin is a member of King Ning, Yan Yin is not something that the Yue Mansion can contact, right?"
Pei Huan said lightly: "It is true that Yue Mansion has no access to Yanyin, but the evidence investigated is in Yue Mansion. Even if it is not Yue Mansion, it must be Yue Mansion."
Song Shuwan was silent, her lips moved, opened and closed, opened and closed again, and after a long time she spoke with difficulty: "So, is this the result of the competition between several forces?"
Pei Huan stretched out his hand, and An San behind him took the tea cup and put it away.
Pei Huan said word by word: "This is just the beginning of the competition."
Song Shuwan was stunned: "The beginning of the competition?"
Pei Huan nodded and said meaningfully: "If all the people hiding behind the scenes are brought out, the entire Zhou court will be empty."
Song Shuwan clenched her fingers tightly. She could hear the chill behind her and the fluctuations behind her.
After another long silence, she turned her head and said, "I brought Yue Hong back, and I will keep the Yue family's things."
Pei Huan hummed, and spoke again when she walked to the door: "If everything goes well this time, maybe the case from more than two years ago can be reopened, but if it doesn't go well..."
He didn't finish his words, Song Shuwan pursed her lips slightly: "If things don't go well, I have plenty of patience."
The next day, King Nanming entered Beijing and rushed to the Hou Mansion after coming out of the palace.
At that time, Song Shuwan had just finished giving Pei Huan acupuncture and saw King Nanming. She was about to get up and leave when he was stopped by King Nanming.
"Although I am not in the capital, I know that the child's body was found outside the imperial concubine's hospital. There are some things I would like to ask the imperial concubine."
Song Shuwan glanced at Pei Huan and saw that his expression had not changed, so she sat down again and said, "Excuse me, Your Majesty."
"How did the Crown Princess figure out that the body was that of a child?"
King Nanming was a tall man with a beard and a rough temperament, but when he mentioned his son, his expression was gentle.
Song Shuwan's heart sank slightly, and she had some unspeakable emotions: "Your Majesty, I didn't see that it was the body of the prince. I just noticed the problem and reported it to the official. The one who really saw the identity was Jing Ming, the leader of the imperial army."
At this point, she paused and said softly: "If you want to know the investigation status of the case, you can also go find him."
At this time, an outsider announced: "The leader of the Forbidden Army, Jing Ming, would like to see you."