bayedsolid Chapter 564: News from Marquis Wu'an
Chapter 564: News from Marquis Wu'an
"Will you and Grandfather be okay?"
Su Wanwan only cares about Huo Yuan and her grandfather.
"It's okay, Wanwan, don't worry."
Shen Yuan finished his meal, but he was still worried.
Although he and his grandfather were fine, he knew that if the Huo family was destroyed, his grandfather would probably die.
Su Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief.
"As long as you're okay."
Shen Yuan thought of something and held Su Wanwan's hand back.
"Wife, I may be very busy in the next few days."
There are still many things to deal with, so I’m afraid I can’t go back to the village right away.
"It's okay. I'll wait for you to finish it, and then we can go back."
Su Wanwan was not worried.
The couple smiled at each other, and Shen Yuan held his wife in his arms, resting his head on her shoulder.
"I guess I'll have to borrow Shen Yuan's identity for a while."
Although Second Uncle recognized him, he is now just a prisoner.
Shen Yuan's identity is still more useful.
After dinner, Shen Yuan had some things to deal with, so he left the space and planned to come back to sleep after finishing them.
Su Wanwan couldn't sleep either, so she went to the living room to watch TV.
Shen Yuan came out of the space and went to a private house with Feng Gang, but he did not go to the dungeon immediately.
"Master, we have found some information about Marquis Wu'an."
Shen Yuan didn't expect that it was news about Marquis Wu'an. Thinking of his wife's original speculations, he immediately asked Feng Gang to continue.
"Marquis Wu'an doesn't love his wife as much as the rumors say. He was forced into marriage by the Sun family, and he has a childhood sweetheart."
Feng Gang passed on the investigation information.
Shen Yuan also chuckled.
My wife’s guess was really accurate.
How could a man who truly loves his wife, who is obviously capable, sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice and leave his father-in-law's family without even a descendant?
This is hate.
"Who is that childhood sweetheart? Where is she now?"
Shen Yuan continued to ask, but Feng Gang shook his head:
"I only found out that she entered the palace and became a maid. She was sent to the palace by the Sun family."
Entered the palace?
Shen Yuan seemed to have caught something.
"That woman's name is Yang Xiaolian. She is an illegitimate daughter of the Chen family. She saved the young Marquis Wu'an. At that time, Marquis Wu'an lived with his grandmother in the manor, and the two knew each other."
"The Marquis of Wu'an was later taken to the battlefield by the old marquis. He promised the woman that he would marry her when he returned. However, when the Marquis of Wu'an returned to the capital two years later, he could not find Yang Xiaolian. After much inquiry, he found out that Yang Xiaolian had changed her name to Sun Xiaolian and was sent to the palace."
Shen Yuan immediately understood that this was a case of the Sun family using someone else as a substitute.
The previous emperor was incompetent and lustful. The number of palace maids and concubines in the palace was estimated to be the highest in history. He held large-scale beauty contests every year. Some ministers who did not have daughters would find adopted daughters and send them to the palace for the sake of glory, regardless of whether they already had daughters at home.
Moreover, even if a woman was not selected in the selection, she would not be sent back, but would stay in the palace as a maid.
If she is chosen, she will be able to rise to the top and it will also be beneficial to her parents' family.
Even if she looked down upon being a palace maid, she could still be considered a person with connections in the palace.
The Sun family might have had the same idea, but they couldn't bear to send their legitimate daughter into the palace, so they could only send one from outside.
"After entering the palace, did Yang Xiaolian become a maid or a concubine?"
Shen Yuan read the contents on the paper and found that they were gone when Yang Xiaolian entered the palace.
"The late emperor's concubines didn't have anyone named Yang Xiaolian or Sun Xiaolian. They must have been maids in the palace. There were too many maids in the late emperor's palace. Most of them were dismissed after Your Majesty ascended the throne, so it's hard to check."
Feng Gang replied, and Shen Yuan nodded:
"Keep checking."
The two separated, and Shen Yuan went to the dungeon.
In the dungeon, Huo Xiangxi was still unconscious. After taking the medicine made by Niu Yongnian, he could not move, but he was still conscious, sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious. If he was not given the antidote within two days, he would be completely paralyzed and even the immortals could not save him.
Huo Xiangxi was completely paralyzed at this time.
Even though he is his biological uncle, he will never be soft-hearted when he thinks about how he was bullied by this uncle when he was a child and was even called a "bastard".
Jiang Shun saw him and stood up immediately.
"Master, he has not spoken a word and is determined to die. If it weren't for our people watching him, he would have bitten his tongue and committed suicide long ago."
Shen Yuan knew his second uncle's character. Although he had many faults, one thing about him was that he was not afraid of death and acted boldly and decisively.
For the Huo family and for the person behind the scenes, he could actually do this.
So, does uncle know about the existence of that person?
Do other people in the Huo family know about this?
"Wake him up."
Jiang Shun obeyed the order, took out something like incense from his arms, lit it and put it to Huo Xiangxi's nose.
"Master, he is not awake for long, only for a quarter of an hour each time."
Jiang Shun already understood the effects of the poison and had observed the patterns of his awakening.
Shen Yuan nodded. As long as he could still wake up, a quarter of an hour each time would be enough.
Huo Xiangxi woke up slowly, and when he saw the person in front of him, his eyes suddenly widened, but he soon put on a weird smile:
"You look just like that bitch of your father..."
Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, he was slapped in the face.
Huo Xiangxi's face twisted instantly.
It hurt so much, all over his body, as if countless bugs were gnawing at him, eating away at his flesh bit by bit, the pain going deep into his bones.
"It hurts, right? Not only will you be paralyzed, but you'll also be in severe physical pain. You should be thankful that you'll be unconscious most of the time."
Shen Yuan pulled a stool and sat down.
"You hate my father so much, Second Uncle. Sometimes I even wonder if you killed my father."
Shen Yuan had indeed suspected this, but it had happened too long ago, and his father had died on the battlefield, so there was no way to investigate.
He also didn't know why his uncle and the others had such great malice towards his father. After all, they were brothers. Was it because his grandfather valued him more?
My grandfather never had a concubine in his life, only one wife, and they all have the same father and mother.
He paid attention to Huo Xiangxi's expression and eyes, and sure enough, he saw Huo Xiangxi's eyes evade for a moment, and then he smiled:
"That's because he was incompetent. Your father was killed by the enemy. What does it have to do with me? Your grandfather said that your father was the most promising, but didn't he die at the hands of the enemy in the end?
Only I, only I... survived, and the one who survives to the end is a real talent..."
No one knew what Huo Xiangxi was thinking about, and his smile became more and more weird and terrifying.
"Death at the hands of the enemy does not mean there is no foul play. It happened so long ago that I have no evidence, but Second Uncle, no matter what the reason is, I will settle this account with you."
Shen Yuan was almost certain in his heart that it was definitely related to his second uncle, and he no longer talked about evidence. After all, the Huo family would definitely not escape this time.
If it really has something to do with my second uncle, then I can just think of it as him avenging his parents.
"You are not like him. You are more ruthless than him. Even if he has suffered a great injustice, he will always put the Huo family first. He will never hurt the Huo family, let alone drag the Huo family to be buried with him."
Huo Xiangxi looked at Huo Yuan and suddenly seemed to see himself.
Speaking of which, this nephew is really surprising.
He and I are the same kind of people.
"Of course I'm different from him. My grandfather was such a good man, but he raised people like you who are so cruel! My father is your brother. When it comes to cruelty, I can't compare to you."
Shen Yuan didn't think he was cruel at all.