Seeing his father waving to him, Xu Qingan's eyes showed a bit of strength. He couldn't be soft at the critical moment, but now he had to seriously consider whether he could still be saved.
Xu Qinghuan walked into the house and the door was closed.
Feng Chu thought of the elbows sent by the prince from time to time, and always felt that the elbows were waving to her to say goodbye.
"Is the prince going to be okay?" Feng Chu rubbed her belly, "Elbow... the prince... will probably beg for mercy from the Marquis..."
As soon as Feng Chu finished speaking, she heard Xu Qing'an's voice coming from the room.
"Father, whose child is that... the brother Han gave birth to..."
When Feng Chu heard this, she looked at Xu Qinghuan, "Miss, let's not wait here any longer. I guess the prince won't be able to come out for a while."
An Yihou saw his unsatisfied son kneeling down in the ancestral hall and coldly ordered, "No food or water is allowed."
Seeing Xu Qingan breathed a sigh of relief.
Marquis Anyi continued, "Go to the yard and wait for me at Yinshi tomorrow as usual."
It's not over yet, Xu Qingan turned to look at An Yihou.
"I don't know what is going on in my mind one day," said Marquis An Yi. "Our family has never had any outsiders, and you will be the same in the future. Don't even think about imitating those dandies and doing the things of having wives and concubines."
"My son doesn't dare," Xu Qing'an suppressed a snicker. His father still hoped that he could get married. It seemed that no one would kill his own child tomorrow. "But... Dad, why did the Han family..."
Marquis Anyi knew that what his son wanted to ask about was about Jiang Yao and Han's mother.
Strictly speaking, Han was not Jiang Yao's daughter born out of an extramarital relationship. It should be said that Han's mother left Jiang Yao long ago, and Jiang Yao didn't know that a daughter like Han existed.
It wasn't until Jiang Yao went with him to Northern Xinjiang that he met Han's mother again. Because of this, Jiang Yao left the military camp without permission to look for the woman. When he found out, he thought Jiang Yao had done something shameful and almost killed Jiang Yao.
Yao was dealt with according to military law, and that's why he found out about it.
Even though she was met by Jiang Yao, the woman did not follow Jiang Yao back to the Jiang family, nor did she let the Han family recognize her ancestor.
After Jiang Yao died, the woman came to pay homage to the Jiang family and was met by him. Jiang Yao was dead. There was no point in pursuing the right and wrong in the past. It was better to help Jiang Yao keep Han's daughter, who was also his daughter.
The only thing that could be done at that time.
This woman had never been in the Jiang family, and was not even considered a concubine. Even though she had given birth to a child for Jiang Yao, no one knew about it, so he secretly helped the woman leave the capital while the existence of the mother and daughter had not been noticed by the court.
Just in case, the woman did not return to her original residence, but went to find a new home. It was not until the rebellion gradually subsided over the years that the woman moved to Raozhou.
Jiang Yao's daughter Han was also married. This time Han came to Beijing to treat her child, but unexpectedly she was targeted.
After thinking about this, Marquis Anyi said, "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."
Hearing this, Xu Qingan was so excited that she almost stood up.
An Yihou immediately looked over with sharp eyes, "But if you make a mistake every day, you should be beaten to death." After saying this, without waiting for Xu Qing'an to say anything more, he snorted coldly and walked away.
An Yihou returned to the study and sat down, he wanted to calm down.
Uncle Lei followed in.
An Yihou asked, "Qing Huan wants you to follow me?"
Uncle Lei nodded.
An Yihou frowned, "You are really..." He didn't know what to say to Uncle Lei.
"Master Marquis, I think this is a good thing," Uncle Lei said, "Since the eldest lady has already noticed it, why do you have to hide it anymore."
An Yihou turned to look at Uncle Lei, "When you left the capital, did you think I was useless?"
"No," Uncle Lei said calmly, "The situation at that time was that the Marquis could only do this. For this reason, General Jiang and General Shao were both dead. If you persist, there will be no good results. You can't just watch and follow."
All your generals were killed by the Nine Tribes, and although many of them have now been disarmed and returned to their fields, they still have one life left."
An Yihou chuckled, "No need to make excuses for me anymore. I'm sorry for Prince Wei. I'm not as good as Jiang Yao. It was us who should have died back then, not the Jiang family. I...did so many wrong things."
Uncle Lei said, "That's not a mistake, it's just a choice. One day you have to get over this hurdle," Uncle Lei said, looking outside the door, "The eldest lady is still waiting for you."
Has Qing Huan been standing outside?
An Yihou's heart softened, "Call her in quickly!"
Xu Qinghuan walked in and saluted Marquis Anyi, "Father, what happened tonight is all about me..."
An Yihou shook his hand, "Uncle Lei is right, maybe I shouldn't hide it from you."
"I can understand what my father is thinking," Xu Qinghuan said. "These things have been in your heart for more than ten years, and it is difficult to explain them clearly to others." Especially since his father spent his military life and was used to shouldering everything, he would never be able to explain it to others.
When a person talks about his depression, he always feels that he can find a solution.
"My daughter doesn't ask anything else," Xu Qinghuan said, "I just ask about the Han family. Who knows. The person who knows this is the person who helps the Zhang family deal with us secretly."
An Yihou also thought of this, but...he always felt that it was impossible. Most of the people close to Jiang Yao were already dead.
Xu Qinghuan said, "Since father knows the existence of the Han family, there must be someone who knows what happened back then. Father, think about it carefully."
Marquis Anyi told Qing Huan what happened to Han and her mother.
Xu Qinghuan thought carefully, "My father said he would know Jiang Yao's outer room because Jiang Yao went to look for the outer room and was discovered by his father."
An Yihou nodded.
Xu Qinghuan continued, "My father wants to use military law, not just because General Jiang left the military camp privately, right?"
An Yihou said, "Because the woman only said she didn't know Jiang Yao, I thought General Jiang was harassing good women. When the woman saw that I really wanted to punish Jiang Yao, she told me the truth."
Xu Qinghuan asked, "When my father went to arrest General Jiang, did he bring other people with him?"
"I only brought one confidant," An Yihou frowned and his face changed slightly, "You doubt... but he... is impossible. He is not only my confidant, but also a good friend of Jiang Yao."
"Father," Xu Qinghuan said, "we are just making suspicions, not trying to convict people. Think about it, the Han family has been buried for more than ten years. How did the Zhang family find out at this time that father had been there many times?"
It's difficult for the Zhang family. If the Zhang family had such a handle, why would they keep it until now?
My daughter suspects that someone used this matter to make a deal with the Zhang family at this time. Maybe if we follow this person to investigate, we will gain something."
Marquis Anyi said, "He was a captain under my command back then, but now he no longer goes in and out of the military camp."
"Is he in Beijing?"
"Here," An Yihou's eyes were slightly distracted, as if he was thinking about the past with that person, "I am a minister in Dali Temple, and I am just an idle official."
In charge of the Dali Temple, in the previous dynasty, he had the same status as serving as the censor, but now it is an abandoned official position. The court will assign officials who are not willing to use them to such idle positions, and usually do miscellaneous things in the yamen.
Unless there is a major case and manpower is needed, they will be sent to do document review. The document review will naturally also see prisoners detained in the prison.
Xu Qinghuan suddenly thought of a person. Wang Yun's case should now be reviewed by Dali Temple.