To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

In Zhou Wenjun's opinion, Su Sihai was useless.

Even her own daughter couldn't do anything about her, letting her live a good life outside for ten years.

Ten years later, upon her return, she immediately caught the eye of the Prince of War and became his prospective consort. She also gained the Emperor's favor and became the county princess of Qingzhou City.

"She is now the lord of a city and the soon-to-be Princess Consort of the War King, so we naturally have to be careful if we want to make a move. If the Emperor or the War King finds out, we'll be in for a lot of trouble."

Zhou Wenjun didn't care about that: "What you do is your business. If you want to borrow troops from me, my conditions are simple: either give me Qingzhou City, or deal with Su Mingyue. If you can't do either of these things, then you're not sincere. I, the princess, never entertain those who are not sincere. I think the Fourth Prince understands my character."

"I have some idea of ​​what the princess wants. The princess is not helping me unilaterally. If you help me, I can help you. It's a win-win situation where we help each other."

"How are you going to help me?" Zhou Wenjun became interested: "If I remember correctly, the Fourth Prince is still a criminal. You are a criminal, and you have to sneak around to go back to the capital. How are you going to help me?"

"Actually, we don't necessarily have to let Su Mingyue die in the capital."

"Tell me about your plans."

"Princess, just wait and see what happens. I'll bring her to you later, and you can do whatever you want with her. Isn't that more interesting?"

"Haha." Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenjun laughed heartily: "The Fourth Prince truly understands me best. With Su Mingyue in my hands, I'm not afraid that Xiao Zhan won't obediently submit. It's truly an excellent idea."

……

After comparing the samples in the first-aid kit, it was confirmed that Su Guanzheng was indeed not Ruan's biological son. Su Mingyue looked at this result and fell into deep thought.

Su Guanzheng is not Ruan's biological child, so what about Ruan's biological children? Was the child Ruan gave birth to a son or a daughter?

What was Su Sihai's purpose in pulling this stunt?

After her mother died, Su Sihai clearly had the opportunity to marry Liu Yiyi and let her raise her own son, but he didn't. Instead, he made Ruan Shi his legal wife.

There are only two possibilities.

Firstly, Liu Yiyi had not yet followed Su Sihai at that time, and taking Ruan Shi as his principal wife was his best choice at the time.

Secondly, Liu Yiyi's identity was inconvenient, so Su Sihai could only raise her outside, keeping it a secret. He also brought her son back and registered him under Ruan's name, making him the legitimate son of the Su family.

Who exactly is Liu Yiyi?

A thought flashed through her mind: Consort Mei, who had died of illness.

Is it possible that Su Guanzheng was born to Su Sihai and Consort Mei? When Su Guanzheng was born, Consort Mei was still in the palace, so Su Sihai took the child out immediately after she gave birth.

A few years later, Consort Mei faked her death in the palace and became Su Sihai's mistress.

Upon realizing this possibility, Su Mingyue stood up excitedly.

If so, everything makes sense.

Why did Su Sihai mobilize the entire Su family to help the Fourth Prince ascend to the throne?

The fourth prince is most likely his eldest son with Consort Mei, while Su Guan is his youngest son with Consort Mei. He married into her family back then simply to use her mother's money to gain a foothold in the capital.

The most likely reason she was silenced in the end was that her mother discovered Su Sihai's affair with Consort Mei.

This man, in order to prevent her mother from revealing this secret, plotted to harm the He family of Luzhou, and also harmed her mother.

All of this is just her speculation right now; she needs to find evidence.

This proves that her assumption was correct.

If she can find the Fourth Prince and obtain his hair or blood sample to compare with Su Sihai's, she will know whether the Fourth Prince is Su Sihai's son.

If so, it means her guess was correct.

Su Sihai's determination to become the top scholar in the imperial examination was solely for the sake of Consort Mei.

"Qingyu, come with me for a bit. I need to take care of some business." The Fourth Prince isn't in the capital; we can try to get him back.

Su Mingyue went to the Hexagonal Building.

Ling Fei looked at her coming over, somewhat surprised: "Oh, you finally remembered that this is also your territory."

Su Mingyue went straight to the third floor: "I need you to help me find out some information, the sooner the better."

"Whose news is it that makes you so anxious that you have to come all this way yourself?" Ling Fei knew Su Mingyue's personality; if it weren't for something extremely urgent, she would never come here in eight hundred years.

"Help me investigate two people, the sooner the better." She needs to know about Su Sihai and Consort Mei's past before they came to the capital, and these things can only be found out in Su Sihai's hometown of Hezhou.

As for whether Consort Mei is Liu Yiyi, she will find out.

She will definitely find out the truth about these two things.

“Okay, I’ll have someone investigate as soon as possible.” Ling Fei nodded.

Su Mingyue stood in the room on the third floor, gazing at the scenery of the capital city.

From this vantage point, you can see many of Beijing's important and bustling streets; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that you can witness all walks of life from this vantage point.

"President Ling, a young master Zhao is downstairs requesting an audience. He says he wants to collaborate with our chamber of commerce on a business deal." A manager came up with a token.

“Young Master Zhao?” Ling Fei frowned. “Tell him to go upstairs. I’ll go and meet him.”

"Then you go ahead and get busy. I'll stay here for a bit and then head back."

Downstairs, Young Master Zhao saw Ling Fei come down and approached him with a smile: "President Ling, I've long heard of your great name. I have a business opportunity here, and I'd like to see if your chamber of commerce will take it."

Ling Fei gestured for him to go upstairs: "Young Master Zhao, please go upstairs. This is not the place to talk."

Young Master Zhao sat down and handed Ling Fei a piece of paper with a purchase list on it.

"These are all the things I need. Can you prepare them for me within three days? If you can, money is not a problem, but you have to help us deliver them to their destination. We will pay extra for the transportation."

Ling Fei looked at the list and accepted it: "Okay, we will prepare according to your requirements. We just don't know where you want to transport the goods. I can recommend a few escort agencies to you. They are very reliable and you can use them with confidence."

"Can it be prepared within three days?"

"no problem."

"I will come back to take over in three days. This 100,000 taels is a deposit, and I will pay the rest when you deliver the goods."

Ling Fei put away the silver notes: "I have an agreement here. You need to sign it and put your fingerprint on it. This is the rule of our Chamber of Commerce."

“I was introduced by an acquaintance, so I know your rules.” Young Master Zhao readily signed his name and affixed his seal: “I’ll come back in three days.”

"Someone, see Young Master Zhao out." Ling Fei put away the silver notes and the contract, got up, and went up to the third floor.

Su Mingyue hasn't left yet.

"Has it been dealt with?"

"Take a look at these lists." Ling Fei showed Su Mingyue the list of items that Young Master Zhao had purchased.