The Found Stepmother, Your Dowry Is a Bit Too Much

Chapter 379

Hearing Eunuch Liu's words, Zhu Jingchen also fell into deep thought. Was it left by the Huo family to their daughter, or was it given to that side consort by Prince Lanhuai?However, no matter what it was, Zhu Jingchen felt that this matter was probably not simple.

Even if this thing was left to Huo Yunzhi by the Huo family, why would Huo Yunzhi lose these things to Cheng Qingli?

Did that mean the Huo family had left behind many such things?

And she didn't care?

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingchen couldn't help but plant the seeds of his suspicion on his idle prince of an uncle.

Could he also have ulterior motives?

Otherwise, why would he secretly hide so much wealth?

Zhu Jingchen felt that he needed to start taking Yutu Mountain seriously, which he hadn't thought much of before.

"Jin Yan!" Zhu Jingchen called out.

"Your Majesty, your subordinate is here!" Jin Yan quickly knelt before Zhu Jingchen.

"Go and investigate Prince Lanhuai's estate," Zhu Jingchen ordered coldly, snorting softly in his heart. He hoped this imperial uncle wouldn't disappoint him.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be his fault for not leaving him a way out.

At the hour of Hai, Xu Heming, dressed entirely in black, appeared at the City God Temple in the west of the city as agreed. He wanted to see exactly who it was that wanted to meet him.

To even go so far as to deliberately kidnap Xu Qingshi to threaten him.

However, thinking of his son currently safe and sound in the estate, Xu Heming was also very curious.

Just who had those people actually caught?

When Prince Lanhuai, who had been hiding in the dark all along, saw Xu Heming, his eyes filled with excitement.

One must know, Prince An was the Emperor's trusted confidant. If he could win Xu Heming over, his grand plan would be just around the corner.

His imperial nephew trusted this Prince An implicitly, so Prince An surely knew many secrets unknown to others.

Thinking of this, Prince Lanhuai brushed off non-existent dust from his clothes, waiting to go out in a moment to have a good communication with Prince An.

After all, Prince An's son was in his hands.

Beside him, Zhou Zuo felt a bit guilty. After all, this child was not the heir of Prince An.

But so what? Currently, the whereabouts of Prince An's heir were unknown. Since Prince An had come, he had an excuse to gloss over this matter.

Later, once Prince An was working for his master, this matter wouldn't be a big deal anyway.

Besides, he had already sent people out to look for that little brat.

Originally, he was worried that the little brat would run back to Prince An's estate to complain, but looking at it now, the little brat definitely hadn't returned yet.

Standing in the middle of the City God Temple, Xu Heming clearly felt someone watching him. Just as he was about to drag the person out, Prince Lanhuai walked out from behind the massive statue of the City God with a smile.

"Prince An, you've finally arrived. This prince has been waiting for you for a long time!" Prince Lanhuai looked smugly at Xu Heming, who had come alone, his eyes full of triumph.

So what if he was Prince An?

Didn't he still have to obediently listen to his words now?

Prince Lanhuai thought to himself that as long as his son was in his hands for a day, this Prince An would have to obey him for a day.

Thinking of this, Prince Lanhuai sat on a chair brought over by a servant, looking triumphantly at Xu Heming.

Xu Heming had not expected that this person would actually be Prince Lanhuai.

One must know, this Prince Lanhuai was just an idle prince without any real power. What did he want to do by kidnapping his son?

This matter, obviously, wasn't anything aboveboard, right?

Otherwise, why would he go to such great lengths to have him come here?

"Prince Lanhuai, I wonder what the matter is that you invited this Xu here late at night?" Xu Heming frowned. As he spoke, he still stared intently at Prince Lanhuai in front of him, as if this way he could figure out what medicine this person was selling in his gourd.

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Prince Lanhuai laughed triumphantly.

He had specifically had someone write in the letter that Prince An's child was in his hands.

And look, hadn't Prince An come obediently?

It seemed Prince An cared quite a bit about his son.

Prince Lanhuai felt that later, he must properly reward Zhou Zuo. He had handled this matter beautifully.

Xu Heming didn't speak, just looked at Prince Lanhuai, wanting to see what other shocking words he could say.

"Prince An, today, this prince asked you to come over because there are some matters I want to discuss with you." Prince Lanhuai felt that at this moment, Prince An was already a turtle in his jar, unable to escape.

Thinking that in the future, with Prince An's help, he would be one step closer to that position.

Moreover, Prince An was Zhu Jingchen's trusted minister. Later, when he was used by him, he could naturally let Prince An handle those matters for him.

In the end, the one who benefited would be him.

"If Prince Lanhuai had a matter, why go to such great lengths? The gates of my Prince An's estate do not turn away guests." At this moment, Prince An was guessing in his heart, could this Prince Lanhuai be wanting to rebel?

If so, it would be understandable why he married Huo Yunxuan's sister.

The wealth in that manor should be things left by the Huo family to Prince Lanhuai. It was just why it had been mistakenly lost to Cheng Qingli, this matter, Prince An felt, needed to be thoroughly investigated.

"Prince An, you are a smart person, so this prince won't beat around the bush with you." After saying this, Prince Lanhuai clapped his hands.

Zhou Zuo then escorted a little chubby boy out from behind the statue on the side.

The chubby boy struggled hard, his mouth covered, only able to make muffled whimpering sounds.

Xu Heming frowned as he looked at Zhou Zuo and the chubby boy.

He thought to himself, where did they find this fake?

Did these people not ask around when catching someone?

His son was only five years old.

But this chubby boy looked to be at least seven or eight years old.

"Prince An, your son is in this prince's hands," Prince Lanhuai said triumphantly.

"What do you want to do?" Xu Heming neither said that the chubby boy was not his son, nor did he say he was.

At this moment, he only wanted to know what medicine this person was selling in his gourd.

"Rest assured, this prince merely wants Prince An to do this prince a small favor." Prince Lanhuai lightly blew the dust off his shoulder, then said with a smile.

"What do you want me to help you do?" Xu Heming looked at Prince Lanhuai, thinking to himself, with his brain, where did he get the courage to order him to do things?

"Yesterday, this prince's beloved concubine lost two title deeds to the Second Miss of the Cheng family at the Jubao Pavilion. This prince knows you have a good relationship with the Cheng family. Go and help this prince get these two items back." When Prince Lanhuai said this, he hadn't thought at all that Xu Heming might refuse. After all, he felt that with his son in his hands, as long as Xu Heming wanted his son to live, he would definitely go and get the title deeds back for him.

"Why doesn't Your Highness go yourself? The Cheng family isn't some dragon's pool or tiger's den, is it?" Originally, Xu Heming was still doubting whether he had misunderstood Prince Lanhuai having ulterior motives.

But at this moment, what else did Xu Heming not understand?

This Prince Lanhuai definitely had ulterior motives.

As for those title deeds?

Xu Heming thought that since the things in that manor had all been taken by the Emperor, it wasn't impossible for him to go and ask the Emperor for them.

It was just that Yutu Mountain...