Chapter 88 Details

The people in the mansion seemed unaware that he had been out. When they saw him come in from outside, they were still asking him when the young master went out, but they didn't pay any attention at all. Perhaps it was because after the Zhen family was wiped out these days, the atmosphere in the Chen mansion began to become strange. This strangeness was not regret and grief, but a strange worry and inexplicable excitement.

This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and it made him shudder all over and unable to move. What was hateful was that he was so slow to realize it only now.

He remembered that not long ago, before the Zhen family was in trouble, he had sworn to his fiancée that he would protect her and not let her get hurt. After that, a moment of gloom passed over his fiancée's face. He felt strange at the time, but she just shook her head and said it was okay. Now that he thought about it, she must have known something. Chen Yu came to his father's study in a daze. There was no one guarding outside, which made him a little hesitant, and he couldn't help feeling strange.

However, the faint sound of conversation coming from inside made him pause when he was about to push the door open. Judging from the location of the conversation, it was at the innermost part of the study. So even if he opened the door, as long as he moved gently, the people inside would not notice. With this lucky hope in mind, he paused and touched the door without hesitation.

After opening the door, the conversation inside could be heard clearly.

"I came here this time to follow the emperor's decree to arrest the thieves who stole the military pay. But now something like this has happened suddenly. I never thought that the Zhen family, which was still doing well a few days ago, would be gone just like that..."

Chen Yu paused slightly and recognized that the owner of the voice was His Royal Highness Prince An who had sent him to the inn not long ago.

Then came his father's voice, but the tone was not what he imagined. His voice was hoarse, as if he was extremely tired, and faintly sad. "I never thought that one day, the Zhen family would be wiped out in such a humiliating and casual way. How could the Zhen family, which was about to become my in-laws, disappear just like that?!"

Chen Yu was completely stunned by his father's tone. What did he mean? Wasn't it his Chen family that caused the Zhen family to be wiped out?

Could it be that I was wrong to eavesdrop a few days ago? Or was it wrong for Zhen Qingyi to ask him to be wary of his father a few days ago?

Chen Yu, whose mind was in a mess, did not notice that the head of the Chen family glanced at him. He thought he had not been discovered and was about to listen for a while longer, but he did not expect that the topic of their conversation suddenly changed to another one.

It’s still military pay.

Now that the Zhen family has gone bankrupt, it is time for the Chen family to help with the issue of military pay.

The head of the Chen family was ecstatic in his heart, but he remained calm and continued to discuss countermeasures with Prince An. At this time, he did not know that Prince An was the culprit. He was thinking that if he helped Prince An successfully find the person behind the scenes, then all the credit would belong to his Chen family instead of the Zhen family. They might also take this opportunity to go to the capital, and then they would be promoted to a higher position, and wealth and glory would be within their reach.

As for the Zhen family, it was gone, and as long as they didn't reveal their evidence, who would know that all this was done by the Chen family, who had been suppressed for decades? After all, before this, the two families had a "very good" relationship on the surface.

Chen Yu left in a panic half a minute before Prince An came out. The man hiding in the dark appeared only after seeing him leave. At this time, Prince An happened to come out and saw only the back of the young man who seemed to be fleeing in panic.

His face was full of sarcasm and disdain.

After a sleepless night, Chen Yu went to see Prince An the next day and asked him to investigate the Zhen family case together.

Prince An was naturally happy to see this happen, so he pretended to refuse a few times before agreeing.

At that time, the head of the Chen family did not want Chen Yu to get involved, but Prince An blocked his words openly and secretly.

Once, when Chen Yu returned home, he found many people gathered in his front yard. Standing in the middle were Prince An and his father. His father's face was pale, as if he knew some terrible news. His beard was trembling, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. He also glanced at Chen Yu. Chen Yu was confused and didn't understand what he meant.

As a result, Prince An stood up from his seat, bent down and personally helped his father, who was kneeling on the ground, up with both hands.

I leaned close to my father's ear and said something again. His originally frightened and terrified expression gradually subsided, and was replaced by excitement and excitement - that was a yearning and enthusiasm for something.

Chen Yu was completely puzzled at the time. Before he could stay for too long, he was immediately taken away by the men under Prince An who were standing next to him.

Only the head of the Chen family knew what Prince An said at that time. The military pay was with him, but now that the head of the Chen family knew it, he had no choice but to become the prince's aide, or he would be dead if he was unwilling.

The last sentence is that as long as Master Chen cooperates with me, then from now on, I will ensure the prosperity of the Chen family, and Master Chen will go to the capital and rise to a high position.

The purpose of Prince An doing this was that the place where the military pay was hidden seemed to have been discovered by someone, and this person was most likely his younger brother, the sickly Crown Prince Qi Yunjin, who was not favored by the emperor at that time.

This guy is also secretly investigating the whereabouts of military pay.

If Qi Yunjin found out, he would definitely be killed by his father, even though he was one of his most beloved princes. One thing Prince An knew since he was a child was that the imperial family was the most ruthless.

He was afraid of being discovered by Qi Yunjin, so he resorted to this desperate measure. After all, Prince An's original plan was to destroy both Chen and Zhen's families together, and then place his people in Suzhou.

As for why it was the Chen family, firstly, the Zhen family was destroyed and could not be used, and secondly, the Chen family had a basement, which was said to be as big as two Chen family houses, enough to hide what he wanted to hide.

As for how the Zhen family was wiped out, to be honest, even Prince An's people couldn't figure it out clearly. They only knew that it was the Chen family who was responsible.

As for why he did this, it was because the Zhen family always suppressed the Chen family, and the head of the Chen family was not happy about it. In addition, there was another thing that made the head of the Chen family still feel resentful, and that was Mrs. Zhen.

This is a love triangle that can only be found in ordinary storybooks. The heads of the Zhen family and the Chen family both fell in love with the same woman and wanted to marry her, but in the end the woman chose the former. Therefore, the two who were originally good brothers gradually became estranged and confronted each other. Of course, this is the personal opinion of the Chen family.

Decades passed, and the head of the Chen family no longer had the same feelings for Madam Zhen as he did in the past, so he had no pressure in destroying the Zhen family.

Prince An acted quickly and transported all the military pay that he had dug out from somewhere unknown to the basement of his Chen family overnight.

Along the way, he was trembling with fear, fearing that something might go wrong somewhere.

Only after all the items were transported did the head of the Chen family breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Chen Yu had no idea what was going on in the mansion. He was determined to follow Prince An to find out who was the culprit who had wiped out the entire Zhen family.

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