After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 504 - 341_2

Mrs. Ning said, "The matters in the palace were all uncovered by Zhen Er and General Pei together. Uncle Feng, you needn’t hold back; just speak your mind."

Only then did Shopkeeper Feng continue, "To be honest, these past few years, our Feng family hasn’t had it easy either.

"Our family’s shops have been hit repeatedly. If it isn’t being robbed here, it’s catching fire over there. I’ve had to close down half of the family’s businesses over the past few years.

"Living every day in fear, I naturally couldn’t focus on anything else."

"How could this happen?"

"It’s a long story," Shopkeeper Feng sighed. "It all goes back to the year your grandfather encountered danger at Huzhou Pier, which is also why I’ve come to the capital this time.

"That year’s incident at the pier with your grandfather, you must already know about it."

"I know. Mother has told me many times that during those days, we were grateful for Grandpa Feng’s companionship by my grandfather’s side, managing everything for the Ning Family, and afterward, safeguarding our family’s vast estate."

"Those things aren’t important. I had a life-and-death friendship with Mr. Ning, so these were my duties," Shopkeeper Feng waved his hand, "but there’s another matter I need to talk about.

"What your grandfather experienced, I initially thought was purely accidental, only to later learn there was a cause. During the fight on the pier that year, one of the parties turned out to be His Highness, the crown prince, whom he even kept hidden from me!"

"The crown prince?!"

Before this, Fu Zhen had long suspected that the incident when Ning Pochi encountered danger might be related to the crown prince, as there were many suspicious points about the old master’s predicament. Moreover, it was shortly after this that the old master sent a letter to Mrs. Ning and then passed away not long after.

Several key incidents piled together made it hard not to connect the pier event with Yang Yi.

"Continue!"

"This matter he told me while I was escorting him to the capital, though he didn’t say it was the missing crown prince. He only said it was an extremely important person, being pursued by another group. At that time, he was hit with a poisoned sword and fell into the water.

"Coincidentally, he was right on the riverbank when the crown prince fell into the water. It was likely a survival instinct that made the crown prince grab his robe by the water, pulling him into the water as well.

"Later, the crown prince’s men arrived and moved both of them.

"During the disappearance of those two hours, Mr. Ning learned about the crown prince’s identity from the guards beside him and immediately began the rescue.

"Being an extraordinarily wealthy merchant, he used every means to find a doctor to treat the crown prince’s injuries, but he neglected that he had been infected by the poison on the crown prince’s wound.

"He only appeared after ensuring their departure, but even so, he was left with a lingering ailment."

"So that’s how it was!" Fu Zhen suddenly realized, indeed solving the mystery of the old master’s injury, clearing many suspicions!

They had also speculated there was another reason for Mr. Ning’s illness, but they had not expected it was due to treating the crown prince!

Thinking back to how they met Mrs. Ning in Baiyu Lane, that bloody incident was also closely connected to the crown prince. It turned out the ties between the Ning Family and Yang Yi were so tight!

Without time to ponder further, she immediately asked, "Who was it that secretly wounded the crown prince at that time?"

"According to what your grandfather told me back then, those people were likely from Dayue!"

"...How on earth did the crown prince get entangled with the Dayue people?"

"That remains unknown," Shopkeeper Feng said solemnly. "When I was escorting your grandfather to the capital, the night before entering the city gates, he kept me and told me about this.

"He never told me it was the crown prince, so I didn’t pay much attention, only thinking it a pity he ended up in such a situation for someone unrelated.

"However, he later advised me to be careful and cautious from then on, especially to beware of the Dayue people.

"I didn’t take it seriously at the time, firstly because we in the south are tens of thousands of miles away from Dayue, especially during the war between the two countries. The Dayue wouldn’t have the courage to cross thousands of miles to cause trouble in the south.

"Secondly, I’m just a businessman and hadn’t gone to the pier that night. They had no reason to come for me.

"But I was wrong. For a few months after that, things were calm, but after returning to Huzhou from attending your grandfather’s funeral in the capital, I received news that our family’s businesses were being targeted.

"The first time could be described as an accident, but the second and third times followed immediately. I dared not be negligent any longer; for what your grandfather entrusted to me, I dare not utter a single word to anyone else."