The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

It has been a few days since the old lady went to the Shangshu Mansion to find Hua Fuying.

Hua Fuying was afraid that if she continued to drag it out, even if she really found the prince and rescued him, he would be dissatisfied because Hua Fuying did not get him out of prison in time.

So, seeing that the rumors had died down a little in the past few days, Hua Fuying did as Hua Jingqian told him and went to a restaurant in the south of the city to find the owner and make an appointment with the prince.

At night, after confirming that Wu Ze had left Beijing for business today and would not be back, she set off.

It has to be said that Hua Fuying is able to gain Hua Jingqian's trust and is very capable in getting things done.

The day after she met Ye Chuji, Ye Chuji cut off his own arm and found one of his followers to be a scapegoat for him.

It is said that the minister asked Hua Jingqian to help him deal with a batch of goods, but Hua Jingqian himself thought it was just ordinary goods and did not know it was contraband salt.

It was such a poor excuse, and no one knew how Ye Lanfeng believed it after being deceived by Ye Chuji. He immediately ordered Hua Jingqian to be released.

When Hua Wu Ke heard about this, she couldn't believe that it was covered up so easily.

"Your Majesty believes such a lame excuse? If Hua Jingqian had no guilty conscience, how could he collude with the bandits to murder Lord Xiao?"

Ye Buhuo had thought last night that Ye Chuji would rescue Hua Jingqian, but he didn't expect him to act so quickly.

He was not so surprised or angry, and explained to Hua Wuke calmly:

"The bandit leader was in contact with Xu Shangming at the beginning and also pointed out Xu Shangming alone. Just now, news came out from the prison that Xu Shangming could not bear the torture and bit his tongue to commit suicide."

Having said that, Ye Buhuo's eyes turned cold.

Xu Shang had clearly confessed, but he was still tortured. It was obvious that Ye Chuji wanted to force him to death in prison.

"I didn't expect that even this could allow Hua Jingqian to escape!"

Hua Wu Ke was a little angry.

Ye Buhuo put away his cold eyes and rubbed her hand.

"Hua Jingqian was able to force Ye Chuji to risk his life to rescue him because Hua Jingqian was holding something very dangerous to him."

After hearing what Ye Buhuo said, Hua Wuke felt that this was in line with Ye Chuji's character of not doing anything without profit, otherwise why would he take the risk to rescue Hua Jingqian and even get involved with a member of the prince's party.

However, Hua Wu Ke wondered:

"how do you know?"

After Hua Jingqian was imprisoned, Ye Buhuo secretly sent people to closely monitor whether Ye Chuji would take any action.

He also sent secret guards to monitor Hua Fuying, who was implicated with both of them, at all times.

That night, Hua Fuying changed into a maid's outfit and went out in disguise, unaware that she had been followed.

Then a secret guard went to report to Ye Buhuo:

"Your Majesty, Hua Fuying has gone to see the Crown Prince."

Ye Buhuo lowered his eyes and watched the movements of the Northern Kingdom delegation coming from the north, and replied calmly:

"Be careful not to alert the enemy."

After sitting quietly in the study for another hour, Ye Buhuo finally waited for the secret guard to come and report what the two had talked about.

"Your Highness, Hua Fuying said that Hua Jingqian has something that Xu Shangming gave him, which records several big deals that Ye Chuji made in Longcheng."

"Did she say where it was?"

Hua Fuying would definitely not be stupid enough to take him to see Ye Chuji with such an important thing, so Ye Buhuo asked.

"She didn't say anything. She just said that once Hua Jingqian is out of danger, she will naturally hand the things over to Ye Chuji intact."

Ye Buhuo nodded and asked the secret guards to retreat.

On the one hand, he was not sure whether Hua Jingqian's stuff was really important enough to make Ye Chuji take action, and on the other hand, he was not sure whether Hua Jingqian really had any evidence that was unfavorable to him.

So Hua Fuying and Ye Chuji tested each other and neither of them said it too clearly.

Ye Buhuo had no idea what that thing was, but judging from the fact that Ye Chuji rescued Hua Jingqian at all costs, he might have some evidence that fell into Hua Jingqian's hands.

Hua Wu Ke thought for a moment and said:

"If we can get what Hua Jingqian has and use it to deal with Ye Chuji, then it won't be a loss to let Hua Jingqian live a few more days!"

"Well, Ye Chuji acted so quickly, he will definitely urge Hua Jingqian to hand over the things to him as soon as possible. We just need to wait and see where he hides the things."

Upon learning that Hua Jingqian was found not guilty, the old lady had already brought everyone from the Hua family to wait at the prison gate, waiting to take him back home.

After waiting for a long time, a thinner person came out, which made the old lady very distressed.

"Oh my Qian'er, how come you are so thin? Come back home quickly and let the cook give you a good nourishment."

Hua Jingqian got into the carriage and returned to the Hua Mansion amid the old lady's cries of "Oh, hello".

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard a servant come in and say that someone had come from the palace.

Hua Jingqian's eyes moved, and then he quickly walked towards the gate of the mansion.

Upon closer look, it turned out to be someone from the Eastern Palace, and the Crown Prince's confidant, Eunuch Lin.

Hua Jingqian quickly said politely:

"I didn't know that you were coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."

Eunuch Lin waved his hand and said:

"You are welcome, my Lord. I am here on the orders of the Crown Prince."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that you have been wronged in prison, so he specially asked our family to bring some small gifts to visit you."

Eunuch Lin turned his head slightly and signaled the person behind him to hand the tray to Hua Jingqian.

Hua Jingqian took it and saw that it was a plate full of gold. He knelt down quickly:

"I thank Your Highness for your kindness."

Eunuch Lin smiled and told Hua Jingqian not to be polite.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince misses you so much, don't forget to share His Highness's worries."

Hua Jingqian understood that this was the reason why Eunuch Lin came today. It was just that the prince was urging him to hand over the things.

"Don't worry, sir. I understand."

After hearing this, Eunuch Lin returned to the palace to report.

It was already time for lunch, but Hua Jingqian didn't have time to eat and went to the study first.

The old lady saw that he ran to the study room as soon as he came back, and didn't even eat. She followed him worriedly and advised:

"Oh Qian'er, look how thin you have become! You just came back and went to the study without even eating. How can your body bear it?"

Hua Jingqian had something on his mind and walked forward with big strides, not having the patience to pay attention to her.

"Okay, eat by yourself, don't follow me."

Leaving everyone behind, Hua Jingqian asked the servant to guard outside the study, went into the room alone and closed the door.

When I moved the chair behind the desk, I found a loose brick.

The stone bricks were taken out and there was a wooden box inside.

Hua Jingqian opened the wooden box and took out a manual inside.

Hua Jingqian coaxed this manual out of Xu Shangming.

At the beginning, when he just got the opportunity to do this business from Ye Chuji, he thought that Ye Chuji valued him and gave him a chance to make money.

He ran to Longcheng without stopping.

With the secret signal given to him by Ye Chuji in advance, he directly told Xu Shangming the purpose of his visit.