"Why do you ask so many questions?"
Chu Yan glanced over coldly.
Seeing his expression, Xiao Yun smiled even more heartily, "I really didn't expect that you would put so much effort into a woman. It seems that you like her very much."
"My daughter-in-law, of course I like her." Chu Yan snorted, stood up and was about to leave.
Xiao Yun hurriedly caught up, looking at Chu Yan's tense face, his smile deepened, "It would be really bad if the fifth princess knew about this matter. By the way, have you told shopkeeper Su about your matter? I see She doesn’t seem to know anything.”
Chu Yan, "No."
Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you going to tell her? If the princess finds out, she will definitely tell Shopkeeper Su. Your relationship with the princess..."
Having said this, Xiao Yun's eyes fell on Chu Yan.
Chu Yan was the original heir apparent of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, and he was the disciple of the Fifth Prince. The two had known each other since they were young, and naturally had a good relationship.
He knew many things about Chu Yan, but he never thought that he was not the biological son of the fifth princess at all. At that time, the fifth princess gave birth to a princess. It happened that the fifth prince was not around. In order to consolidate her position, the princess actually changed her position and found a baby boy to replace the princess.
The baby boy that year was Chu Yan.
The fifth prince was completely unaware of this matter, and treated him as his own son and taught him carefully. He also took him to the border to make great achievements, and he was deeply favored by the emperor.
But when Chu Yan was five years old, the fifth princess gave birth to a baby boy again. It's just that the baby boy was weak and sickly when he was first born. After finally raising him, a maid next to the fifth princess suddenly revealed the secret behind him and revealed Chu Yan's life experience to the world.
The emperor was furious when he found out about this, and immediately deposed Chu Yan as his heir apparent. If he had not had any meritorious deeds, he might have been executed.
Even if Chu Yan was completely unaware of this matter, the royal family's bloodline could not be tarnished, and Chu Yan's punishment was naturally inevitable. The fifth prince didn't know about this before, so he got into a fight with the fifth princess in anger.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why the fifth princess's maid dared to expose this matter at this time is simply because Chu Yan has more and more meritorious deeds, and the fifth princess is afraid that the prince's position will really fall to Chu Yan.
Chu Yan was not her biological son at all. Naturally, she could not let other people's children rise to high positions, so she could only take the risk to expose the secret in person. Although this may offend the emperor, it is the best way.
Chu Yan had no knowledge of this matter and passively accepted the whole process.
Xiao Yun was busy with official duties at the time. When he came back after learning the news, Chu Yan had been deprived of his position as heir apparent by the emperor and went to the remote Qinghe Village.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yun frowned and thought deeply, "I really didn't expect that the fifth princess would regard someone like Zhou Yun'er as her daughter. Now that she is causing so much trouble in the capital, she still wants to help her deal with the aftermath. Shopkeeper Su just knows Because of certain things, the Fifth Princess is eager to get rid of her."
"It's just for the Queen Mother's support."
After all, Chu Yan also grew up next to the fifth princess. He naturally knew what the fifth princess was thinking.
Because the Queen Mother now likes Zhou Yun'er, the Fifth Princess wants to keep her to please the Queen Mother. In this way, the Emperor has to take care of the Queen Mother even if he wants to punish the Fifth Princess for the prince's incident.
But now the border is being harassed. Chu Yan originally followed the Fifth Prince to quell the riots at the border and gained merit. Now that the barbarians have invaded again, the generals in the government have their respective areas of responsibility. If there is insufficient manpower, the emperor will definitely think of Chu Yan. .
The emperor ordered Chu Yan to be summoned back. Chu Yan was determined to be unable to resist the order and would still have to return to the Fifth Prince's Mansion. If he investigates the matter of the fifth princess at this time, he will undoubtedly offend the fifth princess.
Thinking of that situation, Xiao Yun sighed.
According to his understanding, the fifth princess is not a generous person. She would abandon her newborn daughter in order to maintain her status. Such a woman is like a snake and scorpion, and offending her is like venom.
But he also knew that since Chu Yan decided to help Su Liuye, it was useless no matter how much he said.
"Just wait here, I'll go find out about this matter." Xiao Yun said, hitting his shoulders, full of embarrassment, "I'm still not suitable to deal with this group of miners, after talking to them for a long time Even you can't understand what I mean. Forget it, I can only leave the matter here to you."
He is a scholar himself. Although he has learned some martial arts, his little skills are of no use here.
The miners here are all rough people and cannot read even half of the Chinese characters. Xiao Yun talked with them for a long time, but it was not as good as what Chu Yan said.
Xiao Yun waved his hand, saying that he really couldn't control it anymore, "You just need to let them mine all the iron ore after the new year."
"Fine."
Chu Yan also knew that Xiao Yun was uncomfortable staying here, and it happened that he couldn't return to the capital yet, lest he be seen by the fifth princess.
Maybe the fifth princess had known that he was back, but as long as she didn't meet him, Chu Yan could pretend to be away.
The fifth princess raised him single-handedly. He regarded the fifth princess as his biological mother, but he did not expect that he was just a pawn to consolidate her status. Seeing that her biological son grew up healthily, the fifth princess even sacrificed the life of a maid because she was worried that the power of the palace would fall into Chu Yan's hands.
Everyone could see that the reason why the maid dared to tell the truth about what the Fifth Princess had done was because someone must have been behind it.
In this matter, the biggest beneficiary is the fifth princess.
It seemed that Chu Yan was driven away and an eldest son was lost, but in fact, his own son was put in the position. Moreover, with the Queen Mother here, the emperor could not cause trouble to her.
Xiao Yun stretched out and saw that it was getting late. He wanted to go back to rest. He would probably be able to return to the capital tomorrow to deal with the affairs of the fifth princess.
Chu Yan went to the kitchen and returned to Su Liuye's room with the hot meal just out of the pot. She happened to have just woken up. After washing up, she saw the door of the room being pushed open, and a man of outstanding appearance came in with the meal. .
"Are you awake?" Chu Yan walked over and put the food on the table. There were soup and vegetables on it, and a small charcoal stove was placed on the table to cook the broth.
Smelling the alluring fragrance, Su Liuye felt her stomach growl.
Because she wasn't feeling well, she slept all day, barely ate anything, and was already hungry.
There were two portions of food on the table. After Chu Yan placed the food, he untied his robe and hung it aside. Looking at his actions, Su Liuye's cheeks were slightly hot, thinking that Chu Yan came here specially to accompany her.
There was light snow falling outside, and the sky gradually became dark.
Su Liuye took a sip of the hot soup and looked out the window. From her angle, she could just see the wooden door in the backyard.
