I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

"right……"

At this point, Lan Zhi seemed to realize that she shouldn't talk too much to someone she didn't know well, or even someone who was hostile towards her. After all, she was about to be named the Crown Princess, and if her background was unknown, it would cause a lot of trouble.

She quickly changed her tone and said:

“My older brother found it at the foot of the mountain when he went up to chop firewood. He gave it to me when he came back. He probably thought the two characters sounded nice, so he let me have this name.”

Hearing her explanation, Madam Lin was clearly a little disappointed, but she still smiled and returned the silver bell to her.

"Thank you."

She turned and left, leaving Lan Zhi completely bewildered.

Ah Qi stepped forward and asked curiously:

“Miss, this Mrs. Lin seems a bit strange.”

"Lin Yuwei probably caused a scene in front of the Emperor, and she's probably upset. Let's go!"

The two women turned and left. Madam Lin turned back at this moment, looking at Lan Zhi's back, feeling a little uncertain.

She was certain that the two bells belonged to her daughter, but Lan Zhi said that her brother had found them. If the bells were indeed found, but the person wasn't, then she wasn't her daughter.

Her daughter was so young then, and the silver bells were found at the foot of the mountain; is it possible that she has already…

Thinking of this, she quickened her pace and walked forward.

She needs to talk to Lin Xingliang about this and ask him to investigate this woman named Lan Zhi.

……

Prince's Mansion

After returning to the Crown Prince's residence, Lan Zhi immediately summoned Ling Jiawei to the main hall to see her.

Ling Jiawei knew that she must have something urgent to tell him, so he didn't dare to delay. He rushed over as soon as she sat down.

"Lan Zhi, what's wrong?"

"Brother, go back to Yangshu Village immediately and tell your family and the villagers not to mention to outsiders that I was adopted. It would be best to give them money to shut them up."

Ling Jiawei replied calmly:

"Don't worry, I've already taken care of this. The villagers know you're going to be the Crown Princess, so they're all keeping quiet and don't dare to say anything out of turn."

Upon learning that her elder brother had already taken care of these matters for her, Lan Zhi looked at him with great gratitude.

"Brother, you're so thoughtful."

Ling Jiawei rubbed his hands nervously and stammered:

"Well, there's something I haven't had a chance to tell you yet."

Seeing her elder brother's troubled expression, Lan Zhi asked curiously,

"Brother, just say what's on your mind!"

Ling Jiawei clicked his tongue and said cautiously:

“My father, my mother, and Lan Hua have all come to the capital.”

"What?"

Lan Zhi jumped in fright and immediately stood up from her chair. "What are they doing here?"

Apart from Ling Jiawei, the Ling family members are all a bunch of bloodsuckers. If it weren't for her eldest brother, she would have cut ties with them long ago.

Ling Jiawei shook his head and sighed, looking somewhat troubled.

“I sent some money home and told them about the situation here, hoping to put their minds at ease. Who would have thought that when they heard you were staying at the Crown Prince’s residence and that I was working as a steward there, they came to the capital without notifying me. They just arrived today, and now I don’t know what to do with them.”

"Where are they?"

"I knew their arrival would affect you, so I arranged for them to stay at the inn. I wanted to keep it from you, but I couldn't hide it from you anymore!"

Just thinking about those three people from the Ling family gave Lan Zhi a headache and even a feeling of suffocation.

But they had already arrived in the capital, and these next few days were the days when she was to be named Crown Princess. She absolutely could not allow them to cause any trouble during this time.

Thinking of this, she looked at Ling Jiawei with a serious expression.

"Since they're here, let them stay for now. We'll talk about it again once things have settled down."

“Okay, I’ll tell them to stay at the inn and not let them cause any trouble. Once this period is over, I’ll send them back.”

"Yes, go to the accounting office and withdraw some more silver for them. Tell them not to talk nonsense and not to mention their relationship with me to outsiders."

After Ling Jiawei nodded, he hurriedly went down to make the arrangements.

Even if she disliked the Ling family, she had still grown up eating their food, so giving them some money to appease them was only right.

Lan Zhi sighed helplessly and tried to comfort herself.

In the afternoon, Wei Jianning hurriedly returned.

The first thing he did upon returning to the Crown Prince's residence was to summon all the servants to the front courtyard.

Seeing his unpleasant expression, none of these people dared to look up or meet his gaze.

He glanced at everyone and then asked,

"Who went to my and the Crown Princess's room yesterday afternoon?"

Everyone held their breath and dared not make a sound.

"If no one speaks up, then each of them will be given twenty strokes of the cane as a warning to others."

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid stepped forward and said:

“Your Highness, I saw Qiuju deliver incense.”

Who is Qiu Ju?

She left this morning.

Wei Jianning's brows furrowed instantly, and he immediately gave instructions to the people behind him:

"Go find out where this Qiuju lives and bring her back to me."

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the guard quickly ran out.

Wei Jianning then surveyed the crowd with a grave expression and spoke solemnly.

"Today, I, the Crown Prince, hereby declare that from this day forward, Lan Zhi is the mistress of the Crown Prince's residence. Anyone who dares to disrespect her is disrespecting me, the Crown Prince, and will be dealt with according to the rules of the Crown Prince's residence. Do you all understand?"

Everyone hurriedly replied in unison:

"I understand."

He continued:

"The Crown Princess's investiture ceremony is in three days. Steward Ling, have them tidy up the courtyard these next few days and buy some fresh plants, as the Crown Princess likes them."

Ling Jiawei quickly bowed and replied:

"Yes, Your Highness."

Wei Jianning then waved his hand.

"Go ahead and get busy!"

After everyone had left, he was about to turn around and speak to Lan Zhi when Nie Yuan strode in.

"Your Highness, something happened."

Her brows furrowed instantly, and she asked in surprise,

"What's the matter?"

"Didn't you ask me to interrogate Xiaoman and Xiang'er at the Ministry of Justice? It turns out they both hanged themselves."

"What?"

Wei Jianning's brows furrowed instantly, and his entire face turned ashen.

"What did the Ministry of Justice say?"

"Officials from the Ministry of Justice said that they used their own clothes to make ropes and tied themselves to the roof beams to commit suicide; they couldn't control them!"

"How could that be? This isn't even a fatal thing. Why would they choose to hang themselves? This matter can't be that simple..."

"Ms. sir..."

Lan Zhi took two steps forward, grabbed him, and shook her head at him.

"Our wedding ceremony is in three days. The fact that they had an accident during this time clearly means that someone wants us to forget about it. Besides, think about it, someone who can kill someone in the Ministry of Justice, do you think they are an ordinary person? Even if you find out, what can you do? Let's put this aside for now and not investigate it too deeply."

"But the person they're trying to frame is you. I need to find out who's behind this."

"Ha, it's so obvious, what's there to investigate?"

Wei Jianning looked at her suspiciously.

"Do you know who it is?"