贵女撩夫攻略

Chapter 079

Chapter 79 – Meeting

After investigating for quite a few days, the shadow guards discovered a very high pavilion a few hundred meters from Yulan Hall that was located in a remote area which usually no one used and perfect as a lookout. So, the shadow guards hang around in a hidden place quietly to keep watch when not long after, they indeed saw the people of Wang family.

This made sense, after all the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhang Chi, who forced his way in yesterday is known to be on friendly terms with Wang Jian.

Ye Huaiyang did not panic after learning about it. All in all, it was so far away and the incident also happened during night time. They might have seen two people leaving Yulan Hall but could not determine who they were. While in Fengdu, they merely tailed them according to their body shapes without catching sight of their actual faces. Besides, they were in the hall when Zhang Chi forced his way in, so she felt that presently the Empress couldn't be sure the two people were her and Chu Jinglan.

As such, the crisis was considered over for now but she eventually felt something was still amiss. But before she could figure it out, a major event unexpectedly happened at the royal court — the province governor of Jiangnan, Wang Feng was attacked and killed.

On the day of receiving the urgent message Chu Sanghuai urgently summoned the cabinet ministers for an audience.

"Your Majesty, please give justice to this Old Minister."

Wang Jing knelt in the middle of the main hall with an inconsolable grief. His aging eyes were cloudy while his head of grey hairs were disheveled. The usual shrewd and reserved appearance has completely gone, as if he has aged ten years in just one night.

It, however is not surprising as Wang Feng was Wang Jian's only son who he has always cherished in the palms of his hands, plus Wang Feng could be called a tyrant in Wangdu with the Empress who is the elder sister as his backer. Wang Jian nevertheless is old in age and inevitably will want to hand over the family business to him, hence he fought for him to get this lucrative post as the province governor of Jiangnan, thinking that it will ensure him a rapid advancement and a great prospect. But who would have thought, this has become the talisman that sent him to his early grave, so how could Wang Jian not regret bitterly?

Several high-ranking officials from the six ministries also knelt down with him, imploring Chu Sanghuai to investigate this matter strictly while those who were standing were each unto their own expression.

There was needless to dwell on Xie Yuan. Since the official post did not fall upon the Xie family, he has eagerly been looking forward to Wang Feng stirring up troubles in his post yet now that he's dead, it exactly goes well with what he wants. He is here today merely to find out Chu Sanghuai's intention and waiting for the reshuffling. He doesn't care the least bit of how Wang Feng died, thus he just looked indifferently at the group of people uttering their cries of anguish in the hall then appeared as if looking at Yue Ting by chance.

This old man has always been well-informed as he was the one who told him about the reinstatement of the salt and iron last time. Did he also know some inside information this time?

Just at the time of his covert deduction, Chu Sanghuai also happened to turn his attention to Yue Ting and asked, "What does Minister Yue think about this?"

Yue Ting bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there aren't too many leads at the moment. We have to wait until the people from the Ministry of Justice arrive in Qingzhou and contact the local authorities before we can deduce the whole incident. Therefore, this minister can't determine what caused Lord Wang's death."