latelenovela Chapter 779 Please forgive me
Chapter 779 Please forgive me
Concubine Chang herself said that the pastries she made were loved by the palace maids, eunuchs, and even soldiers and guards, so it was easy for her to find out something.
When Concubine Lan left the palace, she did not take her maid with her, and she never returned. Helan Yanran had planned to leave the palace, so she must have told her maid about some "afterlife affairs".
She said, "So besides Shu Yan, who might have guessed it, the maid who serves Helan Yanran personally also knows about your relationship with her."
"The palace maids serving Lan'er don't know about it." Shang Hong said, they were very careful and secretive.
Jiang Fenghua just wanted to roll his eyes. How could it be kept secret so well? Helan Yanran had morning sickness and her period hadn't come yet. It was useless to say all this now. Concubine Chang was thrown into jail, and it seemed that she had something else to explain.
She only talked about her affair with Shu Lang. Shu Lang would definitely be executed, but Concubine Chang was willing to go to the underworld with him and die together. Their love is stronger than gold. The most ironic person should be Madam Shu Yangmei!
The Yang family supported Shu Lang to become an official, but Shu Lang betrayed the Yang family's daughter and fell in love with the emperor's concubine for thirty years. During this period, he gave birth to an illegitimate child. The man who didn't even love his original wife loved another woman for thirty years.
Concubine Chang's taste is not good! Concubine Chang was also a beauty when she was young!
"I am going to see Concubine Chang now." Jiang Fenghua said.
Shang Hong was stunned. "Aren't you going to interrogate Butler Cheng?"
"Zhang Anyu is here, leave it to him." Jiang Fenghua said.
At this time, Hongxiu walked up to Jiang Fenghua and said, "Your Majesty, Steward Cheng wants to see you. He already knows that Your Majesty has accepted Steward Cheng to enter the palace."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Let him come to see me!"
Shang Hong followed in fear, for he knew that he could no longer keep his position as the commander of the Imperial Guards, and his life might even be in danger.
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Among the Imperial Guards, is there anyone you can trust? The kind that you can trust with your life?"
Shang Hong said: "I have several good brothers who grew up together. They are all from aristocratic families and serve in the army. Now they are all team leaders and each has a group of brothers under them."
"Can they believe it? This matter must be done in secret. Do you understand what I mean?"
Shang Hong was puzzled, and then asked: "Your Majesty still trusts me, aren't you afraid that I will inform those people?"
"Go and tell on the traitor. Your Shang family has been through several generations of emperors, and there are at least hundreds of people in the family. I don't mind arresting them and personally executing them. Lord Shang, you are controlled by others because of a woman. I wonder if your father will be furious if he finds out."
Shang Hong knelt on the ground and said, "Even if I die, I will protect the safety of the queen and the young masters."
"They captured Helan Yanran, and she is pregnant with your child, so you don't have to worry." Jiang Fenghua said coldly.
"Lan'er and the child's lives were saved by your Majesty. Without your Majesty, Lan'er and I might have died long ago. Your Majesty was so kind to help us. I believe that if Lan'er knew about the crisis in the palace, she would definitely choose to save your Majesty." Shang Hong said in a deep voice.
Jiang Fenghua didn't want to be a good person. This matter concerned the survival of the royal family and the safety of so many people. She reminded him again: "The emperor told me that the Shang family was the confidant of the late emperor, so he dared to give the position of the commander of the imperial guards to Shang.
General Shang once led troops to fight and made great contributions. I don't think you need to remind me how much Shang cares about his reputation. Commander Shang should know it himself."
Shang Hong said: "I will definitely find the assassin hiding in the palace. If I am still alive, I will apologize to the emperor. Everything is my fault and has nothing to do with Lan'er."
Shang Hong certainly knew that the reputation of a business was more important than anything else. Because of what happened between him and Zhu Yiyi, he was almost kicked out of the house. If he let his father know about Lan'er's affairs, his father would definitely be mad at him, so he was afraid.
He also knew that the Shang family would not engage in corruption or bribery. His father had fought on the battlefield all his life and was a man of iron will, but he had brought shame to his father.
Jiang Fenghua didn't expect Shang Hong to be more responsible than Cheng Feng. The family heritage and growth environment are different, and the descendants they cultivate are also very different.
Hong Xiu brought Cheng Feng to her, and saw Cheng Feng kneeling in front of Jiang Fenghua and bowing respectfully, "You see the queen."
Jiang Fenghua did not let him get up. "The murderer is your father. Are you surprised, Chief Steward Cheng? He was clearly outside the palace and did not hold any position in the palace. He suddenly came into the palace, killed a young eunuch and ran away."
Cheng Feng's eyes were full of shock: "It can't be my father. He and Xiao Shunzi have no grudges. Why would he kill Xiao Shunzi?"
Cheng Feng added, "Father did come to the palace frequently a few days ago, and he also took some things from the warehouse. If he needs anything, I will buy it for him outside and will not let him take anything from the palace. I find it strange what father thinks, so please let me see him, Your Majesty."
Jiang Fenghua stared at Cheng Feng, wanting to know if he had also been bribed or threatened. Was the mess in the Ministry of Internal Affairs intentional on his part?
Jiang Fenghua probed, "In fact, I don't believe that Butler Cheng would do such a thing. He told me about the things that happened in the palace, and I am grateful to him."
In fact, the reason why Cheng Zhong tried so hard to bring Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang together at that time was also because of the order of Empress Dowager Cheng. After all, she had just married him into the mansion, and Empress Dowager Cheng needed this beautiful woman to compete for his son and defeat Su Tingwan.
Cheng Feng said: "Father was just confused for a moment. Please investigate clearly, my lady. It is definitely not father who killed Xiao Shunzi. I just can't figure it out. I find it unbelievable. Why would father do this for a few medicinal herbs..."
"I also think it is too unusual. Steward Cheng has been in Prince Heng's Mansion for many years and has been in charge of the entire family business of Prince Heng. How could he steal some medicinal herbs and even cause a conflict and kill someone?" Jiang Fenghua deliberately pointed it out. She also didn't believe that Cheng Feng had not betrayed her.
Cheng Feng was stunned, and then he reacted. He said anxiously: "My mother means that these were not my father's intentions. He stole the herbs on purpose."
Cheng Feng was dumbfounded, "Why would father do this on purpose?"
Jiang Fenghua said directly: "You really don't know?"
"I don't know." Cheng Feng added, "There is one more thing I want to apologize to Your Majesty for."
He held a stack of account books in his hand. "These are the lists of items that my cousins and the stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have embezzled from the palace. The accounts that Xiao Shunzi couldn't find out clearly are because they stole the items. These mistakes are all caused by me. I will fill them all in. Please have a look, Your Majesty."
He was finally favored by the emperor and must have wanted to work diligently for the emperor. However, he did not expect that within just one year, he had messed up the Imperial Household Department.