After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 159 - 158 How Did the Good-for-Nothing Climb Up There?

Chapter 159: Chapter 158 How Did the Good-for-Nothing Climb Up There?

Fu Zhen walked on the street against the wind, momentarily putting aside the matter of Lian Rong’s background. Now what occupied her thoughts was the conflict between Yongping and Lady Zhang, as mentioned by the maid.

Lady Zhang, the princely heir’s wife, was personally selected by Princess Rong.

Although Yongping was not particularly close with any noble ladies, given that the princely heir’s wife was chosen by Princess Rong herself, Yongping had to show respect.

Thus, the relationship between Mrs. Zhang and Yongping was relatively harmonious. In the past, they went to worship, watched plays, and attended banquets together, chatting and laughing.

The maid said that the reason for their falling out was because Prince Rong and his son unexpectedly gave a position originally meant for someone from Princess Rong’s family to Mrs. Zhang’s brother.

In other words, Mrs. Zhang’s brother had taken the official position that was supposed to be for her mother-in-law’s nephew.

Under such circumstances, it wasn’t just the relationship between Yongping and Mrs. Zhang that broke down; even their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship couldn’t remain good.

However, why would Prince Rong and his son willingly bear Princess Rong’s resentment just to give this benefit to Mrs. Zhang’s brother?

Fu Zhen arrived at the West Lake Building, and Liang Zhi and Cheng Chili immediately jumped up from their benches.

They had already sent people to the Wanbin Building three times and had people looking along the way. They didn’t know if something had happened to her. If it weren’t for the fear that she might return and not find anyone, they would have gone out to look for her themselves! Having already lost her once, they couldn’t afford to lose her again.

Without them even asking, Fu Zhen questioned them first: "How much do you know about the situation at Prince Rong’s Mansion now?"

The two exchanged looks, and Liang Zhi said, "Ever since Xu Yin became the son-in-law of Prince Rong’s Mansion, the Liang Family hasn’t actively had any contact with them. Haven’t heard of anything major happening in their family either."

Fu Zhen looked at Cheng Chili, and Cheng Chili scratched his head: "Other than hearing that their little grandson is having his tenth birthday soon, I haven’t heard anything else."

Liang Zhi couldn’t hold back: "So what’s going on?"

Fu Zhen then relayed all the information she had just found out.

"I want to know how Zhang Damazi managed to seize that official position."

Zhang Shicheng’s face was full of pockmarks.

Mr. Zhang was a deputy general under the emperor before the uprising. Later, he was heavily injured while defending the emperor and was given a position in the capital, granted the rank of General Dingyuan, the third official rank. Although the rank wasn’t very high, the Zhang Family maintained some respectability in the palace. This was one of the reasons Princess Rong favored a daughter of the Zhang Family to become the princely heir’s wife.

But Zhang Shicheng was not successful; he was uneducated and incompetent from a young age, even inferior in conduct to his sister, Lady Zhang. In his youth, he often gathered a gang of equally useless sons to wreak havoc in the countryside, becoming a key target of Liang Ning and others.

Of course, after Liang Ning went to the northwest, this hostile relationship ceased. When he returned, they had no further interaction, and they couldn’t engage in fights as they did in childhood.

However, Fu Zhen knew Zhang Shicheng’s abilities very well.

Coincidentally, they were also acquainted with Zhe Yu, that nephew of Princess Rong.

There was no one left in Princess Rong’s family anymore. It was previously mentioned that the emperor had arranged the match between the orphaned Princess Rong and the deceased original consort’s husband, Prince Rong.

Princess Rong probably never expected that she would become a princess in her lifetime, did she?

To waste such a heaven-given blessing was indeed unfortunate. She also needed the honor of returning in glory, needed to bring honor to her ancestors, needed someone from her family to pass on the honor of being the kingdom’s first princess, and, with Prince Rong also having a concubine and illegitimate son later, her son, Yang Zhan, would need the support of her maternal family.

Therefore, back then, she hurriedly had someone select a distant relative from her family for cultivation and support.

This person was Zhe Yu.

A clan nephew said to be distantly related to Princess Rong’s paternal family.

Zhe Yu arrived at the Prince Manor at seven, studying and practicing martial arts alongside the princely heir, Yang Zhan. When Liang Ning returned to the capital from the northwest, he heard that Zhe Yu went to the Capital Camp.

Honestly, Prince Rong’s Mansion had a decent relationship with civil and military officials in the court. After all, they had once shared life and death, so Liang Ning knew about these things.

The abilities of Zhe Yu, carefully cultivated by Princess Rong, undoubtedly exceeded those of Zhang Shicheng by a considerable margin.

But the position was usurped by Zhang Shicheng.

Not even Princess Rong could keep it safe.

Prince Rong’s Mansion was Xu Yin’s in-law’s house, the high branch he climbed onto after successfully distancing himself from Liang Ning.

So isn’t it worth delving into the suspicious aspects of Prince Rong’s Mansion?

"Zhang Damazi, that useless guy, being able to get Prince Rong to give him this position, there must be a problem. I’ll investigate the interactions between him and Prince Rong to find out."

Liang Zhi immediately grasped Fu Zhen’s intention.

Although those two families were related, there was no direct connection between them. Given the weight of Prince Rong’s status, he would look down on the frivolous Zhe Yu, so the interactions between them must have observable patterns.

Cheng Chili said, "I remember the third son of the He Family has a good relationship with him, and it seems they have some sort of marriage ties. I’ll go ask He Laosan about it first thing tomorrow."

The He Family belonged to the mansion of the Wei Kingdom’s Great General, among the Five Great Generals.

The situation with the He Family was somewhat complex, and they had little interaction with the Liang Family, so they hadn’t appeared among Fu Zhen’s network of contacts.

With the matter settled here, food happened to be brought up. After six long years of separation between life and death, it was fortunate to gather for a meal, and everyone put aside their concerns for the moment.

Under the same crescent moon, in another corner of the capital city, Pei Zhan and Liang Chen were standing in front of the gate of a rundown courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, it was pitch black, with only the moonlight casting a hazy shadow.

The guards knocked on the door for a long time before a light was switched on inside, accompanied by grumbling, and someone opened the door.

When the person inside saw the scene outside the courtyard, they were so startled they quickly closed the door again!

The guards reacted quickly and pressed against the door, so it opened again swiftly. Pei Zhan and Liang Chen stepped in together.

"Sirs... what crime has the humble one committed?"

The person fell to their knees, skillfully begging for mercy and kowtowing.

Pei Zhan raised an eyebrow: "Liu Rong?"

Upon hearing this, the other person looked up, glanced, and then timidly lowered their head again: "The humble one, the humble one is indeed Liu Rong... May I know why the two Great Generals have suddenly arrived here?"

"Speak while standing." Liang Chen gestured with his chin, "Go inside and light the lamp, there are a few questions to ask."

Shortly after, a lamp was lit in the thatched hut.

The guards from both mansions retreated entirely to outside the courtyard, while Pei Zhan, Liang Chen, and Liu Rong sat on opposite sides of the wooden table.

Pei Zhan asked, "How did your colleague Sun Luo die?"

Already tense all over, upon hearing this, Liu Rong immediately jumped up from the stool!

"I had nothing to do with him! After the court transition, I barely interacted with him!"

"That’s not quite honest."

Liang Chen took a few letters out of his sleeve and placed them on the table, "These are all correspondences between you and him. The date of the last one was in July six years ago.

"Two months later, in September, he died. Clearly having frequent exchanges, how can you say you ’barely interacted’ with him?"

Liu Rong’s face was pale as snow, looking at the two of them casually seated but with undiminished authority. He suddenly felt weak in the knees and knelt again!

"Mercy, Great General!"

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