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Chapter 1102 Lin Xiu’s True Identity
"Don't worry, Commander Zhan."
Handan immediately responded solemnly, her eyes becoming sharp: "I have made note of this matter, and will report it to Her Majesty without missing a word! Thank you, Commander Zhan, for informing me!"
She knew that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to delay for even a second, so she immediately went to Zhongcui Palace.
Zhan Weiran looked at Handan's hurriedly leaving back, and the huge stone in his heart finally fell.
The rest depends on how Concubine Chen decides.
"My lady..."
Handan almost jogged all the way back to Zhongcui Palace, breathing slightly hard.
She did not have time to calm down, and immediately dismissed her attendants and reported exactly what Zhan Weiran had said to Shen Zhinian, who was reviewing palace affairs.
The inner hall fell silent instantly.
Shen Zhinian's hand holding the pen stopped in mid-air, and a drop of rich ink fell on the snow-white rice paper, quickly spreading a small dark mark.
She slowly raised her head, and her fox eyes, which always showed three parts laziness and seven parts sharpness, now looked like a deep pool of ice.
Lin Wan...the second young master's wife of Duke Dingguo's mansion...
In Shen Zhinian's mind, like a flash of lightning, he instantly connected all the confusing clues of recent days!
Shen Nanqiao had an affair with a "rich businessman" who went by the alias "Lin Xiu" in the Mountain Resort.
Lin Wan is the eldest daughter of the Minister of Taichang Temple, but she is also the second wife of the Duke of Dingguo!
Duke Dingguo's eldest son died young, Liu Shiqing was sentenced to death, and his youngest son Liu Shizhang was "exiled" to the frontier.
The only one left was the illegitimate second son who had a very weak presence and was almost forgotten!
Shen Zhinian's voice was a little cold and stern: "The second son of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, is he... called 'Liu Shixiu'?!"
"Liu Shixiu?"
Hearing this name, all the confidants were stunned.
These three words were like a thunder, exploding in their ears!
Fuqiu was the first to react: "Liu...Liu Shixiu? Lin Xiu?!"
"My lady, could it be that Lin Xiu is Liu Shixiu?!"
"He used his wife's surname and the alias 'Lin Xiu'?!"
Shen Zhinian's eyes were filled with the excitement of a prey finally surfacing: "That must be it!"
The matter that the Summer Resort had tried so hard to find out was accidentally brought to her by Zhan Weiran in such an unexpected way at this moment.
No wonder a "rich businessman" dared to provoke the women of an official family.
No wonder Shen Nanqiao's attitude suddenly changed and he was willing to lower himself to act in front of her.
No wonder Lin Wan suddenly inquired about Shen Nanqiao's movements.
The root of everything points to Duke Dingguo’s Mansion!
Pointing to the bastard of the Liu family, Liu Shixiu, who had not yet given up and tried to use the fool Shen Nanqiao to get close to her and plot against her!
"Ah……"
Shen Zhinian sneered, his tone filled with endless mockery and murderous intent: "Liu Shixiu... What a Liu Shixiu!"
"I underestimated you, a fish that slipped through the net. You actually stretched your hand right under my nose!"
Fuqiu and the others came back to their senses from the great shock, and looked at their queen with eyes full of awe and fear.
The queen's inference is reasonable and well-founded.
If Commander Zhan had not delivered this seemingly insignificant news today, they would not have known the truth so quickly.
The bastard of the Duke Dingguo's mansion approached the eldest lady under a false name, taking advantage of her stupidity and her jealousy of the queen...
The conspiracy behind this is chilling just to think about it!
Fuqiu said solemnly, "Your Majesty, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and you have long been at loggerheads, you have to be on guard..."
Shen Zhinian said sarcastically, "My good sister is as 'unique' as ever in choosing men. In the past, it was Lu Jianglin, that useless kid who hadn't been weaned off, and now it's the evil-minded jackal from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion."
"It's really... so stupid that it's amazing."
Handan was impatient, and upon hearing this, she immediately said, "Madam, since we have found out the identity of Lin Xiu, no, Liu Shixiu, why don't we just tell the young lady? Let her know that this Liu guy has been deceiving her and using her from the beginning to the end!"
"No matter how stupid the young lady is, she should understand that she is being used as a knife, right? By then, she will hate Liu Shixiu to death and will naturally not help him deal with the queen. She may even turn around and bite the Duke Dingguo Mansion!"
Shen Zhinian seemed to have heard a huge joke, her charming fox eyes curved slightly, and her eyes were full of the coldness of seeing through the world.
She lazily leaned back on the soft pillow, her red lips slightly parted, but the words she uttered were like needles tempered by ice: "Tell Shen Nanqiao? Handan, ah Handan, you are still too naive, and you overestimate the brain of my sister."
"If I send someone to tell her to wake up now, her beloved Xiu Lang is a bastard of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, and he only wants to use her to deal with me..."
"What do you think she will do?"
Shen Zhinian paused, glanced at Handan and Fuqiu, and said indifferently: "She won't believe a word I say. She will only think that I can't stand her being well, and I'm jealous that she finally found true love, so I deliberately made up lies to alienate her from her Xiulang."
"She would rather live in the dream that Liu Shixiu had woven for her and drown herself with that little bit of tenderness, than face the cruel truth that she had been played like a monkey from beginning to end."
"Her pitiful belief that supports her to live is all tied to Liu Shixiu. To expose Liu Shixiu is to expose all her fantasies."
"She can't bear this truth, so she will only hate me even more."
Handan opened her mouth and wanted to refute, but she found that every word of the queen's analysis was so heartbreaking that she was speechless...
Fuqiu nodded in agreement.
She understood better the darkness of human hearts, especially the heart of the eldest daughter which was blinded by jealousy.
"Besides..."
Shen Zhinian changed the subject, her eyes suddenly gleaming with a sharp light like a knife, with the confidence of controlling the chess game: "Since I know this move and Liu Shixiu's identity, how can I miss this great opportunity?"
She slowly sat up straight, and the wide hem of her skirt slid down like water waves.
The candlelight flickered in the hall, illuminating Shen Zhinian's beautiful profile, revealing a dignified aura: "Duke Dingguo's Mansion... Ha!"
"How many obstacles have the Liu family put behind my back in the past two years? Do you really think I don't know?"
"They want to use Shen Nanqiao's blunt knife to stab me, so I'll let them have a taste of what it means to be caught in a trap and to shoot oneself in the foot!"
"Shen Nanqiao is now in my hands. The more devoted she is to Liu Shixiu and the more she hates me, the more useful she will be."
At this point, Shen Zhinian's smile deepened: "Liu Shixiu wants to use her to get close to me and get information. Well, I will give him this opportunity!"
"Didn't he want Shen Nanqiao to gain my trust? I did as he wished and gave Shen Nanqiao a little sweetness so that she would think she could really get close to me."