boyutpedia Chapter 172 Taste
Chapter 172 Taste
As he spoke, Tan Xi took out his tablet and clicked on a photo to show Ge Fu.
The pixel of the photo taken more than 20 years ago is very poor, but you can vaguely see that it is raining, the puddles are winding with dazzling blood red, and the thin young man is sitting on the ground, hugging the person in his arms tightly. Even if it is just the back view, you can feel the confusion and despair.
When Ge Fu's fingers touched the person in the photo, he couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Tan Xi continued: "I dug up a rather interesting piece of news. The source of the news was a newspaper that was not published."
A newspaper that failed to be published?
Ge Fu was stunned.
Tan Xi said: "The newspaper said that Prince Chen Rui committed suicide and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. There are photos on it, so I guess it should be true. In addition, I contacted a veteran reporter in the circle, and he revealed that Prince Chen Rui actually has depression and has had it since he was a child."
Hearing this, Ge Fu frowned slightly. Could it be that he guessed wrong and King Chen Rui committed suicide because of depression?
"I have some information here, too." You Rong curled her lips and said slyly, "I found my grandmother. Her mind is not very clear now, and she always treats me as her mother, so it is easier for me to get information. When I mentioned Prince Chenrui and the Duke, my grandmother said two words." The old lady has been a civil servant all her life, and being cautious in words and deeds is ingrained in her bones. Even to her own daughter, she would not say much.
"Which two words?" Zhuang Jingjing asked.
"What a sin." You Rong said: "From these two words, it can be seen that the relationship between Prince Chen Rui and the Duke... is probably not very good."
"You're not going to just get these two words out of me, are you?" Zhuang Jingjing frowned.
"Of course not." You Rong said, "I also went to find other old people in the mansion who no longer work. They usually keep their mouths shut, but they are willing to speak freely to me."
"An aunt who used to be in charge of the accounting office said that although Prince Chen Rui married into the palace, he did not manage the household expenses. Another aunt who used to be the old Duke's personal maid said that Prince Chen Rui and the Duke grew up together as childhood sweethearts, but there was only a brother-sister relationship between them. Their relationship after marriage was not bad, but it was not like a normal couple. Another aunt said that Prince Chen Rui and the Duke had only quarreled once, and that time seemed to be about the adoption. She heard the Duke say: Adoption is fine, but my child cannot be sent to the palace to be raised by Xiao Yuan. And..."
At this point, You Rong hesitated for a moment and said, "There is an uncle who used to be the servant of King Chen Rui. Later, he married the head lady of the palace. He heard that the emperor was very weak in front of King Chen Rui. He said that whenever he had any difficulties, he just had to cry to King Chen Rui and the problem would be solved."
She was very surprised. Although his Majesty was not very powerful, he always kept his word. However, according to what her uncle said, his Majesty would not show weakness easily.
Ge Fu was a little surprised. If Xiao Yuan behaved like that, then it was no wonder that King Chen Rui was under her control.
She was originally puzzled, as King Chen Rui was obviously as intelligent as his original self. Such a person was not easy to fool.
If that's the case, it makes sense.
After receiving so much information at once, Ge Fu was a little confused.
Just as You Rong and the others were about to help analyze the situation, they saw Lu Yao walking in from outside.
Ping Hao and Zhang Junjie also followed in from outside - these two were now asked by Lu Yao to do morning exercises with him, not asking for great results, but just hoping not to be a drag when they were abroad.
Zhang Junjie was tired as a dead dog. Ping Hao was not much better than him, but he was very professional and did not just care about himself. Instead, he ran to get clothes for Lu Yao.
Ge Fu glanced at Zhang Junjie. He didn't think so before, but now he thinks that there must be something wrong with Zhang Junjie's identity.
But since Lu Yao didn't say anything, she had no intention of pursuing him. She just wanted to make sure that he was not a bad person.
Just as he was thinking about it, You Niang rushed in and shouted, "Princess, news just came that the head of the Zheng family is gone!"
The head of the Zheng family?
Ge Fu’s first reaction was who is this? After thinking about it for a while, she finally remembered that this is Zheng Ruonan’s biological mother!
She called Zheng Ruonan immediately and asked, "Are you okay?"
Zheng Ruonan sobbed silently, waiting for Ge Fu to comfort her.
But Ge Fu roared, "Stop crying, go fight with your stepfather for the family property! When your father died, your mother did agree to his request and wrote a will stating that 70% of the Zheng family property would be handed over to you, but the finances of a mansion are not so easy to explain. You are lying there in misery, aren't you giving your stepfather time to transfer the property?"
Zheng Ruonan became particularly motivated when she met her stepfather and immediately hung up the phone and went to work.
Ge Fu then remembered something: "By the way, how come Ms. Zheng is gone?"
"Cancer, pancreatic cancer." You Niang replied.
Ge Fu was stunned. Is this illness real? She thought it was a deliberate act to trick Zheng Ruonan into compromise.
"Why wasn't any news leaked out before?" She was a little surprised.
You should know that the Zheng family is actually not far from the Princess's Mansion.
You Niang added: "That lady will hold on. Before, everyone thought she had undergone surgery and recovered. Who would have thought that she would die so soon..."
Ge Fu sighed, "Pancreatic cancer is no more difficult to deal with than other cancers." It's really interesting to think about it, the culprit back then also had pancreatic cancer.
She called Yao Niang and instructed her, "Please prepare the funeral gifts for the Zheng family. I will go there on the day of the funeral." It was not because of Ms. Zheng, but to give face to Zheng Ruonan.
——The Zheng family is now in decline, and Zheng Ruonan’s face is mostly supported by Ge Fu.
Because of her going out, the servants in the mansion got busy. Lu Yao put down the book he was reading and said, "It's a bit messy here. Can I accompany you to walk around the garden?"
Ge Fu shook her head. She really didn't want to go out. Even if she wore sunglasses outside, she would still feel uncomfortable, after all, it wasn't pure white.
Seeing that she didn't want to go out, Lu Yao took out two game consoles and said, "How about... let's play a few games?"
"No, my dear. We agreed yesterday that we would continue playing Landlord today!" Zhang Junjie said anxiously.
Lu Yao snorted coldly and said, "So you're just thinking about getting back at the place and winning back the money, right?"
These two men are extremely daring and have been gambling with their servants quite a lot in the past two days.
Ge Fu nodded and said, "Let's play two games."
She actually didn't understand anything, but since Lu Yao said so, she might as well give it a try.
It only took five minutes for Lu Yao to regret his decision. It was true that Ge Fu got excited whenever he played the game, but his skills were zero and he always went up to get eaten. As a teammate of the other team, he was simply being screwed.
But Gofu was starting to enjoy the game.