While waiting, Chen Rong told them some details about "The Gucheng's grain Case".

    Chen Rong: "The Gucheng's grain case is actually far from being as simple as we imagined. There are still many details in it. Before my father left, he left a note in which he described the details of the Gucheng's grain case. In fact, my father and the other sentenced officials were framed by others. Until now, the whereabouts of those grains are still unknown. But now, since someone uses those batch of silver, then it must be related to this case. I went to the capital to investigate this matter secretly. But all the evidence has long been covered up, but I have also found a few people and found some evidence, and everything led me to the Yan family. Four years ago, I was almost discovered during the investigation, so I went to your door."

    Li Mingjin raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to hide in my mansion?"

    Chen Rong said frankly: "I did have this intention at the beginning. At that time, from my point of view, the Third Prince's Mansion had less right and wrong and few people paid attention to it, so it was very suitable place for me to stay and inquire about some things secretly. However, I didn't expect His Majesty to give marriage for both of you, so I changed my mind later. "

    "You already knew about my relationship with you, but you still didn't tell me." Luo Shuyu was a little angry, but he didn't know why he was angry.

     A look of grief and indignation flashed across Chen Rong's eyes and he said, "I can't say that my grandfather was murdered when he returned to his hometown, and I could only drift and live without purpose. Only the dead will not leak the secrets, nor will they think about overturning the case."
[苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng: to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence]

  Luo Shuyu's hands trembled slightly: "What did you say? Grandfather was killed on the way back to his hometown?"

     Chen Rong recalled the past and said: "Yes, not only grandfather, my father and mother, everyone in the family was killed except me. I was hidden in the grass by my grandfather and father to escape the catastrophe. Later, by coincidence, I was rescued by a couple surnamed Chen who were passing by. Their son caught a cold on the way and passed away, later they raised me as their own son, so no one knows my true identity, and I'm actually happy that both of you doubt me because of my surname Chen today."

   Luo Shuyu's eyes turned red: " I don't know, I thought my grandfather didn't contact me after my mother passed away because my father cut off the relationship between the two families."

    Li Mingjin handed the handkerchief to Luo Shuyu: "Is this the truth?"

    Chen Rong: "Yes, I want revenge, that's why I went the capital."

    Li Mingjin frowned and said, "Why did no one know about the death of the Chen family?"

    Chen Rongdao: "Someone has been falsifying the signs that our Chen family is still alive. Although it's not seamless heavenly clothes, it's enough to pass off as genuine. Moreover, our Chen family is guilty. No one will notice the abnormality of our family. Even if there are people who sense the abnormality, they will also feel that it's quite normal, just like the third imperial concubine, because of the long distance and the death of his mother, he is further away from us."

    Luo Shuyu recalled the letter he found when he just came back: "Grandfather left a letter to mother before he left the capital. When he wrote this letter, did he predict his own future?"

     Chen Rong: "Yes, I just didn't expect it to come so suddenly and so fast."

     Speaking of this, the person who went back to the yard to get something came back, and the thing he brought was a sandalwood box.

    After Chen Rong opened the box, he handed one of the jade pendants inside to Luo Shuyu: "This is our family's ancestral jade pendant. As long as you are the descendant of the Chen family you will have a piece, you have it too."

     Luo Shuyu picked up the transparent jade pendant and nodded: "I have it too, it was left to me by my mother."

     Chen Rong: "There is also a note and account book that grandfather stuffed me when he hid me. I think that note is the reason why our Chen family can't survive."

     Luo Shuyu wiped away his tears and asked, "Is my mother's departure also related to this?"

    Not long after an accident happened in the Chen family, his mother died all of a sudden because of poisoning.

    Li Mingjin: "Isn't my mother-in-law poisoned by Liu Shi?"

    Luo Shuyu: "To put it bluntly, in fact, I have always felt that my father knew about my mother's poisoning, and after I learned the truth that Liu Shi was the one who poisoned my mother, he always wanted to save her. Later, he suddenly supported me, he seemed to have figured out something, it was a bit like treating Liu Shi as a scapegoat. Can we go to the nunnery and ask Liu Shi? Is there anything else she hasn't said? "

    Li Mingjin was a little guilty, Liu Shi had already passed away, and it was impossible to come back to life.

    He thought it would be better to take advantage of today to tell the truth. After hesitating for a moment, Li Mingjin said: "Yu'er, there is something I haven't told you, and I won't keep it from you today."

    Luo Shuyu looked at Li Mingjin incredulously: "Do you still have something to hide from me?"

    Li Mingjin: "I'm sorry, before I thought it didn't matter if you didn't know, but today I don't want to hide it from you either. It's about Liu Shi, your father didn't want to send her to a nunnery, so he found a prisoner on death row to replace her, and sent Liu Shi back to Luo family's hometown. But on the way back, their group met a bandit and died."

    Was Liu Shi dead?

    From Li Mingjin's point of view, it was true that Luo Shuyu couldn't be told about Liu Shi's death, so as not to increase his troubles.

    Luo Shuyu: "I'm not angry with you, but, the truth about my mother's poisoning..."

    Chen Rong: "Actually, I found something related to your father. I don't know if it will be useful for the truth about my aunt's death."

    Luo Shuyu: "What did you find out?"