Jiao Luan

Chapter 523 The fog is heavy
After the winter solstice feast, Cheng Che took the green snake bracelet from Cheng Wei.

A few days later, Cheng Che asked King Nan'an to meet him in Buyi Tower.

It started to get colder, frost condensed on the grass and trees, and the ground was hard to step on, but the building was as warm as spring, and the blooming camellias made the building more pleasant.

Cheng Che and King Nan'an sat facing each other, and the fragrance of tea wafted around them.

Nan'an Wang was as gentle as ever, and was quite emotional: "I never thought that when we came here, you and I were friends, but now I am your Uncle Wang."

Cheng Che smiled slightly: "Yes, I didn't expect that either."

He said, took out something from his sleeve, pushed it in front of King Nan'an, and asked straight to the point: "Uncle Wang, do you know this thing?"

King Nan'an narrowed his eyes and looked at Cheng Che quietly.

Cheng Che patiently waited for him to speak.

He knew that with this Uncle Wang's temperament and the city government, if there was something he didn't want to say, it would be useless to force him.

Time passed little by little, and even the fragrance of tea faded, King Nan'an finally smiled and said: "The prince has a keen mind, at the winter solstice family banquet, I was thinking, if you are interested in the origin of this bracelet, maybe you will come to ask me. I do know this item, such a strangely shaped bracelet, even after more than ten years, it is still hard for people to forget. It was once the most beautiful woman in the capital, that is, your mother-in-law's younger sister Han Yuzhu."

Hearing King Nan'an's admission, Cheng Che asked again: "Uncle Wang, please forgive my nephew for taking the liberty to ask you, what's so special about this bracelet?"

King Nan'an was taken aback, not knowing why: "Why does the prince ask such a question?"

Cheng Che simply pointed out: "Uncle Wang also said that such a strangely shaped bracelet is hard to forget. When I returned home that day, the son of my aunt Han Yuzhu and cousin Shu gave it to the Crown Princess, who was wearing it at that time. In the hand, but no one in the Duke's Mansion showed any abnormality about it. This shows that although this item was left by my aunt, it was not something that my aunt often wore back then."

Speaking of this, Cheng Che took a deep look at King Nan'an, and continued: "Before my aunt came out of the cabinet, Uncle Wang recognized an item that she didn't often wear, and even lost her composure and dropped her chopsticks. Isn't that strange? I also ask Uncle Wang to help my nephew. What special relationship did you have with your aunt Han Yuzhu back then?"

The king of Nan'an listened carefully, with appreciative eyes: "Let me just say, the prince is a thoughtful person. However, Han Yuzhu and I are both your elders. If you don't want to mention this past, will the prince blame you?"

Cheng Che got up suddenly, and bowed deeply under the slightly surprised eyes of King Nan'an.

"Prince—"

Cheng Che straightened up and said with a sincere tone, "I wouldn't blame you for what Uncle Wang said. Jing came here today to ask you to tell me what you know, not to force Uncle Wang."

For a person like Nan'an King, any persecution is useless, he can only ask him to speak based on his past friendship and current uncle and nephew.

As for whether King Nan'an would say, Cheng Che wasn't sure.

Just when he felt hopeless, King Nan'an smiled: "I did see this bracelet by chance at Han Yuzhu's. I can only say that I have no special relationship with Han Yuzhu."

He paused, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "If you must say yes, I admired Han Yuzhu once, that's all, she didn't even know."

Cheng Che raised his eyebrows.

Han Yuzhu, the former No. [-] beauty, has both civil and military skills, and a bright personality. It is really normal for such a woman to be admired by a man.

However, Cheng Che keenly grasped the abnormality in King Nan'an's words, and asked, "Uncle Wang said that he once admired his aunt, so why did he let go of his admiration?"

He knew it was rude to ask like this, but today's topic has reached this point, if he doesn't follow the trend of the question, it will be impossible to ask the truth in the future.

King Nan'an was startled, but he didn't show any displeasure, but said lightly: "Han Yuzhu passed away, there is no love to send, so he let it go naturally."

"That's not the case." Cheng Che directly denied King Nan'an's words, "For a woman I admire, only when she changed her mind before she died, would she subconsciously use the word 'Zeng'. Although my aunt suffered misfortune back then, I know Uncle Wang, You won't change your mind about that."

In the silence of King Nan'an, he immediately threw out a message: "Jing checked, the year before my aunt's misfortune happened to coincide with Xiaoxuan, and my aunt lived in the palace for a few days. Or, Uncle Wang is because of his father's relationship—"

King Nan'an's eyes sank, he pondered for a moment, and sighed: "Forget it, since the crown prince even knew about Xiaoxuan back then, if I don't make it clear, I'm afraid your father and son will have a grudge against each other in the future, which will be harmful to the country."

He raised his sleeves, coughed a few times, his face became paler, and under Cheng Che's slightly concerned gaze, he slowly said, "Back then, I really admired women like Han Yuzhu, but because the admiration was still very weak, Just exceeded the limit of favorability, so I didn't make it clear. Later—”

King Nan'an glanced at the green snake bracelet, and smiled wryly: "Later, I accidentally saw her take out this bracelet and give it to Brother Huang, so I lost my mind."

This answer greatly exceeded Cheng Che's expectations.

He then asked: "Since my aunt gave the bracelet to the emperor back then, how could it be left as a relic to cousin He Shu?"

King Nan'an shook his head: "Then I don't know. At that time, I just felt embarrassed and embarrassing. I saw her gifting the bracelet and left quietly. Since the bracelet appeared in your cousin's hands, I thought it was the emperor's elder brother Didn't take it."

The tea was completely cold, but Cheng Che picked it up and took a sip.

During this meeting, Bu Yilou got a lot of information from King Nan'an, but he fell into even greater doubts. It was like a thick fog in front of him. After passing through the first floor, the fog became thicker and more confusing. .

But one thing he could feel was that even if King Nan'an still concealed something, at least what he told him should be true.

In this way, Han Yuzhu's misfortune was just a simple accident and had nothing to do with the royal family?

Intuitively, Cheng Che thought it was not that simple.

It is common for noble girls in the capital to go on outings, and the places they go are only near the suburbs of Beijing, surrounded by crowds of followers.

Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, how could there be such a vicious villain who dared to attack a noble lady?
You must know that your daughter is not that Xiaojia Biyu, and every family is at risk for such a bad thing, so they will definitely investigate vigorously.But judging from what he knew, the yamen did indeed do this back then, but they got nothing.

The villain who kidnapped Han Yuzhu and insulted her disappeared out of thin air just like he appeared out of thin air.

It seemed that his appearance was just to destroy Han Yuzhu.

Back in the East Palace, Cheng Che unconsciously stroked the bracelet, thinking deeply.

He decided to discuss the next move with Cheng Wei.

(End of this chapter)