After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 127 King Sheng
Royal study room.

Meng Xuanyi looked at a thin book on the table.

Prince Sheng is really clean.

Dali Temple Master Song knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have made many inquiries and found that Prince Sheng lives in seclusion and rarely comes out. There are not many people who contact him, and his life is even more unchanging."

He paused and said, "It can be said that Prince Sheng's Mansion can be described as a pool of stagnant water."

Meng Xuanyi closed the memorial and said, "So, there is no clue at all in the Xiangguo Temple case?"

"The thief and Madam Ji just disappeared out of thin air?"

Lord Song lowered his head and said nothing.

He has been handling cases for many years and has encountered unsolved cases before, but this is the first time he has encountered a case like the one at Xiangguo Temple.

Xiangguo Temple was considered a royal temple. It was able to build such a well-preserved and hidden secret passage in a side hall. If the secret passage had not been dug in the mountain when it was built, it would have been difficult to hide it from the public if it had not been rebuilt later.

But King Sheng, who was in charge of the construction, was too clean.

It was so clean that there were only a few servants in the mansion.

Even Princess Sheng's family, the Shao family, had their official positions stripped away for their crimes and have yet to recover.

The progress of this matter is like a fishbone, stuck neither up nor down.

Even if the secret passage is discovered, there is still no clue at all.

Eunuch Gao bowed and appeared at the door, "Your Majesty, Prince Sheng has arrived."

Lord Song dared not move a muscle. Just as he had investigated Prince Sheng, Prince Sheng entered the palace.

Meng Xuanyi put down the memorial and said, "Lord Song, please leave."

"Yes." Lord Song immediately stood up and walked out.

Prince Sheng walked past Lord Song without even glancing at him.

He walked in with square steps, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Prince Sheng Meng Xuansheng is only a few months younger than the crown prince.

His biological mother was Concubine Shu, and both mother and son had similar personalities, both were quiet and non-competitive.

It is precisely because of this that Concubine Shu, who has no family background, has been able to survive in such a cannibalistic imperial city.

Meng Xuansheng is three-quarters similar to Your Majesty, but his facial features are more like those of the ancient sages, and are sharp.

But maybe it was because he had been a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for many years, which neutralized his fierceness and made him seem less domineering than the ancient sages.

Meng Xuanyi didn't even raise his eyes. "How are you these days, Brother Sheng?"

Prince Sheng stood up straight, and the jade Buddhist beads in his hand began to spin involuntarily.

There was a gentle smile on his lips, "The princess has not been feeling well recently, so I have been staying in the mansion."

Meng Xuanyi raised his head and looked at him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "But I heard that during the time when I ascended the throne, someone saw His Royal Highness Prince Sheng in Liyang. Could it be that he was dazzled?"

When Meng Xuansheng heard this, his expression did not change. He just raised his eyes and met His Majesty's gaze generously.

"During that time, Master Qingquan was giving lectures at the Foguang Temple in Liyang, and I followed him there."

"The time when the master was giving a lecture happened to be when all the affairs in the capital were finished. I thought it would not delay anything, so I went."

He paused again and looked at His Majesty with a puzzled look, "But what did I miss?"

Meng Xuanyi's lips suddenly curled up into a smile, "No."

"But now there is a murder case that directly points to Brother Sheng. Brother Sheng is my brother and has been practicing Buddhism for decades. I must understand more about it."

"Murder?" Meng Xuansheng exclaimed, and then chanted the Buddhist name several times.

"But the case of my aunt being seriously injured?" Then he looked as if he understood.

"It was my younger brother who presided over the construction of Xiangguo Temple."

Meng Xuanyi, "There is a secret passage in Xiangguo Temple, Brother Sheng, do you know about it?"

This time, Meng Xuansheng met his gaze directly and said frankly, "I know."

Meng Xuanyi frowned, "Do you know?"

"Yes, I know. When my father ordered the construction of Xiangguo Temple, he secretly built several secret passages under the temple."

"The workers went in with their faces covered, and when they were done working, they came out with their faces covered again and were sent to a unified residence."

"The map of the secret passage is kept in the palace." There is not just one secret passage under the Xiangguo Temple, but several!

Meng Xuanyi knew nothing about this.

"Brother Sheng, have you ever been inside?"

Meng Xuansheng smiled, "The final inspection of this secret passage was done by my father himself. I have never been into the secret passage."

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Guangyang Prefecture.

Guangyang is now in a state of chaos. The city guard has died and new officials have not yet been sent.

All the money and jewelry in the city garrison and private residence were stolen by servants and concubines in the past two days.

Two carriages slowly drove out of the city.

Mu Chun was sitting in a carriage at the back, holding a book in his hand.

"Has Jingcheng replied?"

The next moment, Wan Lie's voice appeared by the car window, "Not yet."

Wan Lie hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, do you need to send another letter?"

Mu Chun turned a page of the book and said, "No need. There are fewer people on the stage. Prince Sheng has been watching the play for such a long time. It's time for him to go on stage."

"You don't need to accept letters from King Sheng anymore."

"Yes."

In the green-shed carriage two cars ahead, Rong Peilan's ankle was wrapped in thick gauze. She had sprained her ankle when she jumped off the wall that day, and now it was excruciatingly painful whenever she moved.

Haitang looked at the young lady's furrowed brows, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Ever since she was caught that day, she knew that someone was always watching them.

Whenever she went to the door to get a food box, someone would come down from the big tree in the yard to check what was inside the food box.

Rong Peilan frowned, the three towns at the port.

She had been to Fengqing when she was a child, but it was so long ago that she only remembered the turbulent river and nothing else.

Soon, a bony hand holding a small box came in through the door curtain.

A medicine box suddenly appeared quietly, and Haitang was startled.

Rong Peilan smelled a bitter medicinal smell, which was the smell of the ointment that Haitang applied on her feet last night.

Haitang also smelled it. She took the box and opened it, and sure enough, there was ointment and gauze inside.

She lifted the curtain again, and there was no one else outside except the coachman.

Haitang looked at the young lady, "Young lady, this medicine..."

Rong Peilan lifted up her foot, which was swollen like a steamed bun, and said, "Change it. It's not poisonous."

She watched Haitang carefully remove the gauze from her feet. The medicine applied last night had been almost absorbed.

Haitang took out a small bamboo piece and picked out the medicine from the porcelain jar.

Apply carefully to the injured area.

The ointment was cool enough to touch my ankle.

Rong Peilan's thoughts were drawn away.

During the time she was taken out of Beijing, she only saw Mu Chun once, on the boat.

In fact, she had too many questions in her mind that she wanted to ask.

But as soon as she heard that she was going to leave Yanjing, her anger took over.

Why did her father become like this?

What happened to them back then and why did they drive on that road on a rainy night?

Who saved him when he fell off the cliff? Why didn't he go back to find her and A Niang?

What is he hiding? What is A Niang hiding?

(End of this chapter)