Fu Zhen walked in the wind on the street. She put aside the long history for the time being. Now what entangled her thoughts was the conflict between Yongping and the imperial concubine Zhang as mentioned by her mother-in-law.
Princess Zhang was the daughter-in-law personally selected by Princess Rong.
Although Yongping was not friendly with any of the girls, Yongping had to give face to the prince concubine selected by Princess Rong herself.
Therefore, the relationship between Zhang and Yongping can be considered harmonious. In the past, the two of them went to incense together, went to the theater together, went to banquets together, and talked and laughed.
The mother-in-law said that the reason for the breakdown of their relationship was that Prince Rong and his son gave the position originally intended to Princess Rong's natal family to Zhang's brother.
In other words, it was Zhang's brother who took away the official position left by her mother-in-law to her natal nephew.
In this case, not to mention that the relationship between Yongping and Zhang will break down, and it is impossible for their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get better.
But why were Prince Rong and his son willing to be resented by Princess Rong and give this benefit to Zhang's brother?
When Fu Zhen rushed to the West Lake Tower, Liang Zhi and Cheng Chili immediately jumped up from the bench.
They had already sent people to Wanbin Building to inquire three times. They had sent people to look for her along the way. They didn't know if something had happened to her. If they weren't afraid that she would come back and find no one, they would have gone to look for her in person. Got it! I've lost her once, after all, I can't afford to lose her again.
Before they could ask, Fu Zhen asked them first: "How much do you know about the situation in Prince Rong's Mansion now?"
The two looked at each other, and Liang Zhi said: "Since Xu Yin became the son-in-law of Prince Rong's Mansion, the Liang family has not actively interacted with them. I have not heard of any major events happening in their family."
Fu Zhen looked at Cheng Chili, who scratched his head and said, "I haven't heard anything except that their grandson is celebrating his tenth birthday."
Liang Zhi couldn't help but asked: "What happened?"
Fu Zhen told all the information he had just inquired about.
"I want to know how Zhang Mazi got this official position."
Zhang Shicheng's face was covered with pockmarks.
Zhang's father was originally the emperor's deputy general before the uprising. Later, he was seriously injured when escorting him, so he was given a post in the capital and was awarded the rank of General Dingyuan. The official position is not too high, but the Zhang family still has dignity in the palace. This is one of the reasons why Princess Rong chose the daughter of the Zhang family as the crown prince.
But Zhang Shicheng was incompetent. He had learned nothing since he was a child, and his behavior was not as good as that of his sister Zhang. When he was a child, he often gathered a group of similarly useless children to cause harm to the village. He was one of the targets of Liang Ning's attack.
Of course, after Liang Ning went to the northwest, this hostile relationship was lifted, and they no longer interacted with each other after coming back, and it was even less likely that they would fight as often as they did when they were children.
But Fu Zhen knew Zhang Shicheng's strength thoroughly.
Cha Cha, they also know Princess Rong's nephew Chu Yu.
There is no one left in Princess Rong’s natal family. As mentioned earlier, it was the emperor who brought the orphaned Princess Rong to the deceased original wife, Prince Rong.
Princess Rong didn’t expect that she would really have the blessing of being a princess in this life, right?
It was a pity that such a God-given blessing was wasted. She also needed to return to her hometown in fine clothes, to honor her ancestors, and to have someone in her family to pass on the honor of being the first princess of the founding of the country. In addition, King Rong later had a concubine and a concubine. , then her son Yang Zhan will also need the support of his mother's clan.
So that year, people quickly selected a distant nephew from his natal family to cultivate and support him.
This person is Chu Yu.
A nephew who is said to be thousands of miles away from Princess Rong's father's family.
Chu Yu arrived at the palace at the age of seven and studied and practiced martial arts with the prince Yang Zhan. When Liang Ning returned to Beijing from the northwest, he heard that he had gone to the capital camp.
Frankly speaking, the relationship between Prince Rong's Mansion and the civil and military officials of the DPRK was pretty good. After all, they had lived and died together, so Liang Ning knew all these things.
Xu Yu, who was carefully cultivated by Princess Rong, was undoubtedly much stronger than Zhang Shicheng.
But this position was taken away by Zhang Shicheng.
Even Princess Rong couldn't keep it.
Prince Rong's Mansion was Xu Yin's in-law family and the high branch he clung to after successfully getting rid of Liang Ning.
So, aren’t the suspicious aspects of Prince Rong’s Mansion worth investigating?
"Zhang Mazi, that good-for-nothing, is able to get King Rong to give him this official position. It must be a problem. I will find out when I go to check the intersection between him and King Rong."
Liang Zhi immediately understood what Fu Zhen meant.
Although the two families were relatives, there was no direct relationship between them. Given his status as King Rong, he did not look down on a playboy. There must be traces of the intersection between them.
Cheng Zhili said: "I remember that the third son of the He family has a good relationship with him. They seem to have some in-laws. I will go and ask the third son of He tomorrow morning."
The He family is the residence of the General Weiguo among the five generals.
The He family's situation is a bit complicated and they have less interaction with the Liang family, so they have never appeared among Fu Zhen's contact targets.
It was decided here that the food had just been delivered. Six years had passed between Yin and Yang. After finally having a meal together, everyone put their minds at ease.
In another corner of the capital illuminated by the same crescent moon, Pei Zhan and Liang Chen were standing in front of a dilapidated courtyard.
It was pitch dark in the yard, with only the dim shadows cast by the moonlight.
The guard knocked on the door for a long time before the lights started to turn on inside. With the sound of cursing, someone opened the door.
When the people inside the door saw the scene outside the courtyard, they were so frightened that they immediately closed the door again!
The guards had quick eyesight and quick hands, and held the door panel, so the door quickly opened again, and Pei Zhan, Liang Chen and Chen walked in together.
"Two officers!...I wonder what crime the lower officer has committed?"
The man fell to his knees on the ground, begging for mercy and kowtowing very skillfully.
Pei Zhan raised his eyebrows: "Liu Rong?"
Hearing the words, the other party raised his head, glanced at it, and then lowered his head solemnly: "My official, this official is Liu Rong... I wonder why the two generals came here suddenly?"
"Get up and talk." Liang Chen raised his chin, "Go back to the house, light the lamp, and ask you a few words."
After a while, the lamp in the hut was lit.
All the guards of the second mansion retreated outside the courtyard. Pei Zhan, Liang Chen and Liu Rong sat on both sides of the wooden table.
Pei Zhan said: "How did your colleague Sun Luo die?"
Liu Rong, who was already so tense, immediately jumped up from the bench when he heard this!
"This official has nothing to do with him! After the change of court, I had almost no contact with him!"
"This is not honest."
Liang Chen took out several letters from his sleeves and placed them on the table, "These are all letters you communicated with him. The last one was dated in July six years ago."
"He died two months later in September. We obviously had close contact with each other, so how can you say that you had 'almost no contact' with him?"
Liu Rong's face was as white as snow. Looking at the two of them sitting casually in front of him, but their power was not reduced at all, his knees suddenly softened and he knelt on the ground again!
"General, spare your life!"
