THE FLOWER PALACE'S SECRET
Chapter 46: The Meaning of the Letter of the Crown Prince
Prince Yun welcomed his daughter with a happy smile. When Shen Yanzhia got off her horse carriage, her father was standing at the wangfu gate. That radiant face had not seen Shen Yanzhia for a long time. The arrival of Princess Duanmu to her residence indeed made Shen Yanzhia not have time to relax.
The Empress Prince Qin was hugging her father like a bear cub hugging its mother. Shen Yanzhia not only longed for it, but deeply missed the figure of the man who had taken care of her and raised her. Prince Yun hugged Shen Yanzhia back, as he also missed his daughter.
Prince Yun brought Shen Yanzhia into his private room. The middle-aged man then told him to sit in a small chair facing directly towards the garden of the residence whose flowers withered because they were not watered in a few days.
“Dad listen, you had a big fight with your husband?”
“Only small quarrels.”
“Really?”
“True, Dad. We have made up,” said Shen Yanzhia trying to convince her father.
“Good then.”
“Dad not to worry.”
Shen Yanzhia explained the purpose and purpose of his arrival here. He asked for permission to see his birth records. Although Prince Yun asked why his daughter needed the note, he gave it anyway. Shen Yanzhia recorded every detail of her birth records from the day, date, month, year, to the time of her birth on a paper.
Shen Yanzhia also asked her father a few things. The answer to something he asked was also recorded entirely on the paper. Prince Yun really did not know what the true purpose of this action of his daughter was. As a father, he could only obey Shen Yanzhia's wishes.
“Daddy, what is the wife name of the late Crown Prince?”
That question made Prince Yun surprised. He only realized his daughter's intent and purpose when Shen Yanzhia asked the final question. A smile accompanied by worry then appeared. The middle-aged man was grateful that Shen Yanzhia had already reached this stage. But, he was also worried that one day Shen Yanzhia would be in danger.
“Han Yuanniang.”
“Did he disappear without a trace on the same day that the late Crown Prince and Emperor died?”
Prince Yun became moody. The old wounds were reopened. Shen Yanzhia's entire question made the miserable event spin back in Prince Yun's mind.
Prince Yun was the nephew of the previous Emperor who was ten years older than the late Crown Prince. He was a little prince who was not widely known and had no great influence. Even so, the people of the palace knew him because Prince Yun had quite a close relationship with the previous Emperor and Crown Prince. He often came to Guanling Palace to play as well as being a teacher for the Crown Prince.
The unfortunate incident eighteen years ago that killed two influential people also rests in the heart of Prince Yun. He lost his leader, uncle, and disciple. His greatest regret was that he could not accompany the Emperor and Crown Prince's final moments as he was on his way home from the western border region, and it was only until when the bodies of the Emperor and the Crown Prince were already buried in the royal tomb.
“Dad?”
“Ya?”
“You okay?”
“Father only remembered the late uncle of the Emperor and the Crown Prince.”
Shen Yanzhia was well aware of why her father had been touched like that. Not only Prince Yun, Shen Yanzhia also felt the same way. For this reason, he wanted to investigate the source of all his grief and touch that made him suddenly cry every time he came into contact with the name of the late Crown Prince.
“Han Yuanniang is the furthest cousin of Her Majesty the Queen Mother. She is the youngest daughter and the last daughter of the Han family. The soldiers who were looking for him only found the rest of his clothes and blood. That day was the most grieving day, the day when the Emperor and the Crown Prince as well as the Crown Prince's wife died. Only, Han Yuanniang's body remains undiscovered.”
There were tears dripping in Prince Yun's eye pelle. He was old and eighteen years had passed. But the wounds of that suffering are still gaping to this day.
Shen Yanzhia did not have the heart to ask any more questions. The woman hugged her father. He also shed tears. A little more, just a little more. Shen Yanzhia will hold back this time. He won't ask again.
Shen Yanzhia felt enough over the information she had obtained today.
“Dad, come. I accompany dad for a walk.”
In the end, Shen Yanzhia decided to bring Prince Yun out. The woman walked beside her father while telling him the fun things she had been through these few days, ranging from her leisure walks while accompanying Princess Duanmu to her happy day with Lin Zian.
The father-daughter pair laughed happily, as if there had never been any tears dripping down like they had just a while ago.
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Shen Yanzhia nodded with great certainty. The woman took the blood letter in Tang Yin's hand, reading it for the most part. He has also repeatedly read several libraries, poems, and books of symbols. He was convinced that the meaning of the letter was correct.
Once again, Shen Yanzhia explained the meaning of the poem in the blood letter to Tang Yin and Lin Zian.
The Flower Temple, as the name suggests, is a sacred building overgrown with various flowers. This phrase was confirmed a few days ago. Shen Yanzhia recalled that the meanings of the flower temple were Ruo Shui Palace, Guanling Palace, and Tianli Palace.
The spring in the poem is the time when the day of the great war takes place. Yes, it happened when spring came.
Shen Yanzhia also revealed that the meaning of the phrase hoping to meet the time that made me change the world was a phrase that implied that the late Crown Prince had something very important that could change the order of this kingdom, it was just that he did not have much time until he could only hope.
The southwestern part of the corner of the world, implying a place in the southwestern part of the Ling royal palace. At this time, the palace is the only place that is the center of attention, because it is the place of government activities, negotiations, and various other things.
The last phrase that reads spring with pain of heart means that spring in that year is the last spring for the late Crown Prince, which also meant that something important that the late Crown Prince was trying to hide would sink for a long time.
“That means, we only need to find between Ruo Shui Palace, Guanling Palace, and Tianli Palace which is located right in the southwest direction. Regarding something important, we can look for it in those palaces,” said Lin Zian.
“Something that matters is only in Ruo Shui Palace and Tianli Palace,” Shen Yanzhia said.
“Why?”
“Guanling Palace has long been occupied by the Queen Mother. I've been very upset with the whole Guanling Palace. There is nothing strange with that palace.”
The biggest challenge they faced now was how to enter Tianli Palace. Even though Lin Zian had already asked Consort Yu for help to find out, she could not be completely sure and believe. Lin Zian had to make sure with his own eyes.
“Wangye!”
The three people turned to a woman who was walking hastily towards them. Consort Yu, it seems like she just returned from Tianli Palace. What a profitable coincidence.
“What do you know?” asked Lin Zian as soon as Consort Yu sat among them.
“Concubine Duan asked wangye and wangfei to meet.”
Concubine Yu's words made everyone shocked. Shen Yanzhia did not believe the female fox had suddenly asked her to meet. If not to make things difficult for Shen Yanzhia, Consort Duan could usually only make the woman upset and angry.
Lin Zian held onto Shen Yanzhia's wrist, trying to say that everything would be fine. Since the opportunity to enter the palace had already come, then Shen Yanzhia and Lin Zian would use the opportunity as best they could. Both of them could use that opportunity to all of them enter Ruo Shui Palace. Since the key to Ruo Shui Palace was already in his hands, Shen Yanzhia and Lin Zian could easily enter it.
“Tang Yin, can you investigate someone within two days?” lin Zian asked the young detective.
“Who should I investigate, wangye?”
Lin Zian whispered a name into Tang Yin's ear. The young detective was surprised, but returned to his original expression. The four people sipped tea to calm the atmosphere that had heated up.
Shen Yanzhia brought Lin Zian into the Eastern Pavilion when Concubine Yu and Tang Yin had already left. The woman closed and locked the doors and windows of the Eastern Pavilion.
“There's something I need to tell you.”
“What?”
“I've investigated the special records of the palace family and my birth records at the residence of Prince Yun.”
Lin Zian choked, scared and worried at something Shen Yanzhia would say in her next sentence. But, he was astonished when he saw the calm face of Shen Yanzhia who did not display any worries or fears. Shen Yanzhia smiled for a while, then whispered something to Lin Zian's ears while on her tiptoes.
“Wangfei, are you sure of what you said?”
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