latelenovela Chapter 433 2 Booklet
Chapter 433 2 Booklet
Shen Sui'an did not open the cloth bag immediately, but lowered his eyes to look at Chen Qiong'er.
At this time, I believe Chen Qiong'er knew very well what it meant for her to take out this thing.
"Concubine Chen, do you know what's inside?" Shen Suian asked.
"I have never opened it, but I can guess that it must be disadvantageous to the prince. I am already the prince's concubine. We prosper together and suffer together. I know this truth very well." Chen Qiong'er's face turned slightly pale.
"Even if this thing of yours is not hidden in the study, but placed in any corner of the palace, as long as someone finds it, it will probably cause the prince to be doomed." Shen Suian said lightly.
Chen Qiong'er raised her eyes to look at Shen Sui'an's scrutinizing eyes, "I don't want to be a knife in someone else's hands. Even if the knife is a chess piece, I want to hold it in my own hands."
Such a big thing happened in the hunting ground. Even if she didn't know the actual inside story, the fact that the Second Prince was seriously injured and the Emperor fell ill could not be concealed.
Queen Nguyen's party had already won an overwhelming victory.
Why would she help He Zhiyuan and the Second Prince deal with Prince Chen at this time?
Do you think your neck is too thin?
Taking these things on your own initiative may change your future.
Shen Sui'an looked at her deeply. From the moment she met Chen Qiong'er, she knew that this was a smart girl.
It turns out that he knows how to make choices.
"I will give it to the prince." Shen Sui'an said.
Chen Qiong'er naturally would not ask for any reward at this time, and she knelt down obediently.
"Princess, do you want someone to keep an eye on Concubine Chen?" Fuqiu asked in a low voice.
"Keep watching." Shen Sui'an said, lowering his eyes to look at the cloth bag in his hand.
She sent all the maids serving in the room away and opened the cloth bag to look at the contents.
There was a booklet with the names of many ministers in the court and also ministers from other places, and the amount of silver was listed after the names.
Shen Sui'an immediately realized what this thing was.
If this list was found in Prince Chen's Palace, the first people to be impeached would definitely be the Queen and Prime Minister Ruan.
He Zhiyuan is really vicious.
Every move is intended to kill someone.
"Princess, we caught a little maid in the backyard, secretly burying this thing under a tree." Ningshuang came over with a maid who was about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Shen Sui'an glanced at her and asked, "Where do you work? Why haven't I seen you before?"
She took something wrapped in oil paper, which was also a booklet.
"Princess, this little maid was brought here as a dowry by Concubine Chen." Ningshuang said.
The contents of the booklet were similar to the one Chen Qiong'er had given her.
Shen Suian narrowed her eyes slightly. Chen Qiong'er had just handed this booklet to her, but her maid from the Pei family had hidden another one in the backyard?
She felt that Chen Qiong'er would not do such a stupid thing.
The master behind this maid should not be Chen Qiong'er.
"Who told you to hide this thing in the palace?" Shen Suian asked indifferently.
The little maid was crawling on the ground, trembling all over.
"You have been caught red-handed. Even if you don't tell anyone, we will send you to the Pacification Office. Do you think you can escape?" Shen Suian said.
"Princess, please spare me. Princess, please spare me." The little maid kowtowed hard.
Shen Sui'an looked at her coldly, "Go ask Concubine Chen if she has the indenture of this maid and if there are any other people in the family."
Hearing this, the little maid's face turned pale instantly.
"Princess, it was...it was Concubine Chen who asked me to bury her. It was her." The little maid cried.
"Then take her back and hand her over to Concubine Chen, and let her deal with this maid who betrayed her master." Shen Suian said coldly.
The little maidservant didn't expect that since she said it was Concubine Chen who ordered it, why would the princess still hand her over to Concubine Chen.
Shouldn't we deal with Concubine Chen first?
"If you tell the truth, you can still save your family. If you continue to talk nonsense and make random accusations against others, don't blame me for sending your entire family to the Pacification Office." Shen Sui'an's voice was sharp.
The little maid was so frightened that she shook and cried.
"Go and invite Concubine Chen." Shen Sui'an said to Ningshuang.
The little maid's pupils shrank slightly, she stood up suddenly and rushed towards the pillar next to her.
Ningshuang kicked him out quickly.
She curled up on the ground and wanted to commit suicide by banging her head against the ground.
"Catch her and don't let her commit suicide." Shen Suian frowned.
Chen Qiong'er had just returned to the yard not long ago when she heard Shen Suian coming to invite her again, and she suddenly felt uneasy.
When she arrived at the upper room and learned what had happened, she felt the blood in her body instantly freeze and she couldn't recover for a long time.
Did her father, in addition to giving her the list, also arrange for someone else to do this?
She was completely kept in the dark.
"Princess..." Chen Qiong'er said in a dry voice, "I really didn't know that this little maid also had this thing in her hand. Her parents were both born in our Chen family. My family gave me two farms as a dowry. Her parents work in the farms."
Shen Sui'an believed what Chen Qiong'er said. If she knew, she would not have handed the list to her today.
"Then go and bring her parents and family members here first." Shen Sui'an said.
Chen Qiong'er nodded, "My manor is in the south of the city..."
"Princess, I don't think it was my father who instructed her to do this. It must be someone else." Chen Qiong'er wanted to fight for the last escape route for the Chen family.
"I have informed the prince of this matter, and he will find out the truth." Shen Sui'an said.
Chen Qiong'er nodded slightly. It was useless to explain more now.
If it really is related to her father in the end, she can only protect herself.
"Princess, what should we do with that little maid? Should we really send her to the Pacification Bureau?" Ningshuang asked in a low voice.
"Don't worry, let's make arrangements after the prince comes back." Shen Sui'an said.
These two booklets are of great importance, and Shen Sui'an always feels that there is a bigger conspiracy behind them.
In less than an hour, Fu Jinyuan came back, and Ruan Xinglinhe and Fu Jinyi followed him.
"It's just as I guessed. He Zhiyuan and the Second Prince fabricated evidence to falsely accuse the Queen and me of selling official positions and titles. The hunting grounds and these books were his two-pronged plan."
"If I'm not mistaken, He Zhiyuan wanted to assassinate the crown prince in the hunting grounds, and then use these forged evidence to attack the Ruan family and the queen. He wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop and completely make the second prince the crown prince."
"But why are there two copies?" Shen Sui'an asked in confusion, "One copy was given to me by Concubine Chen. According to Concubine Chen, this copy was given to the Chen family by He Zhiyuan."
"What about the book in the little maid's hand?"
Fu Jinyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's Lu Heng."
"He captured the maid's brother and used him to threaten the maid's parents." Fu Jinyuan said that after discovering that Lu Heng was in the royal capital, Fu Jinyuan had people keep an eye on him.
"He has such great ambitions! He wants to frame you in order to please the Second Prince and replace him as his most trusted aide." Shen Suian chuckled.
"He's dead, no matter how ambitious you are, it's useless." Fu Jinyuan said calmly, he glanced at Shen Sui'an, "The first wife was arrested and taken to the Pacification Department, she said she wanted to see you."