Chapter 1310

The nanny mentioned a total of four physical characteristics, all of which could be matched.

It can be preliminarily determined that Jiang Shoucheng is indeed the eldest legitimate son who went missing back then.

But...

It must continue.

Since it concerns the bloodline of the Wang Fu, it must be rigorous.

The old steward mentioned two small habits of the little Shizi back then, the former maid, now a woman, also mentioned a dietary habit, plus a scar.

"A scar from a fall a few days before he went missing. This servant was very afraid of being held accountable, so I didn't say anything."

"Didn't the others know?"

"The few maids who served with me all knew. However, they are all gone."

Back then, when the little Shizi went missing, the group of people who followed him out of the mansion basically all died within a short time. Even their families suffered. Who exactly was the inside thief, and who did the deed to lose the little Shizi, there is still no clear explanation to this day.

The scar was on the left knee.

Alas, the knee injury was severe, the skin was torn, and the bone was broken, making it impossible to verify.

As for dietary habits and living habits, he was too young back then, so it's inevitable that they would be different after growing up. However, out of rigor, they will still seek verification from the Jiang couple.

A similar face, plus four verified physical characteristics—if there are no accidents, his identity can already be determined. The Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court instructed Chen Guanlou to take good care of Jiang Shoucheng, and then whispered, "The Prince also came today. You come with me to meet him."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly, left the Grade-A prison, and headed straight for the gate of the Heavenly Prison.

A simple carriage was parked at the entrance of the Heavenly Prison.

"Your Highness!"

The Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court walked to the front of the carriage and called out softly.

The carriage door opened.

Chen Guanlou finally saw the legendary Prince Dongping; he was indeed a Song family member, fair and chubby. However, one could vaguely see the style of his youth.

Jiang Shoucheng's appearance was indeed very similar to Prince Dongping. A thin, handsome version of Prince Dongping.

"How is it?" Prince Dongping asked with a calm expression.

The Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court, who was also a member of the imperial clan, performed a junior's salute and said, "It can basically be determined that he is the little Shizi who went missing in his early years."

Upon hearing this, Prince Dongping sighed, his expression somewhat agitated and resentful. He cursed in a low voice, "Poisonous woman!"

After a pause, he asked again: "Does he really look like this Prince?"

"He indeed looks very similar, exactly like Your Highness when you were young. However, his mouth looks like the late Princess."

Upon hearing this, Prince Dongping could not help but feel guilty.

He sighed mournfully and calmed his mood, "This Prince wants to go see him."

The Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court frowned, not quite approving, "Your Highness, he, his situation is very bad right now. He is very heavily injured."

Prince Dongping instantly looked in the direction of the Imperial Prison, "Damn the Embroidered Uniform Guard, damn the Wei family, damn the poisonous woman."

Chen Guanlou had a different idea. Prince Dongping should be made to see the miserable Jiang Shoucheng today so he would know what kind of sin he had committed and how much debt he owed the child. He should pay it back twofold in the future.

Without seeing Jiang Shoucheng's misery with his own eyes, relying only on that bit of guilt—once Jiang Shoucheng returns to the Wang Fu, it would be a wonder if he wasn't bullied to death.

Jiang Shoucheng looked like someone who wasn't good at inner-mansion fighting. The Jiang family's family style was good, and his intelligence was all used in studying; he hadn't experienced the life-and-death struggles of the Wang Fu. If he were suddenly thrown into it, he might even lose his life.

The only thing he could rely on was Prince Dongping's guilt.

This guilt must be made long-lasting, deep enough to protect Jiang Shoucheng through the novice period of being a Wang Fu Shizi, adapt to the sword-and-shadow-like life of the Wang Fu inner mansion, and possess the ability to protect himself.

"Your Highness, if you want to visit Jiang Shoucheng, please follow me."

Chen Guanlou bypassed the Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court and even gave him a wink.

The Vice Minister of the Imperial Clan Court was very dissatisfied; a mere Prison Warden, how could he have the qualifications to interfere in the internal affairs of the imperial clan? But seeing Prince Dongping get up and get off the carriage, looking very tempted, he couldn't say anything in opposition. He decided to wait until the Prince left before finding Chen Guanlou to talk about the matter.

Chen Guanlou led Prince Dongping straight down to the Grade-A prison.

This was Prince Dongping's first time in a prison, and he was truly stimulated by the environment, especially the pungent smell, which made him frown tightly. He took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose tightly.

Dim light, hazy figures, half-dead prisoners...

The experience was too terrible.

Until he saw the body wrapped in gauze, with blood and yellow liquid seeping through, plus the torn skin and broken bones that hadn't had time to be re-dressed and were exposed, Prince Dongping instantly exploded.

A dignified man, he wailed and cried at this moment!

Especially facing the face that was eighty percent similar to his own when he was young, Prince Dongping couldn't stop crying.

Chen Guanlou retreated two steps silently.

He really didn't expect that there would be a crybaby among the imperial clan, and it was the old Prince Dongping at that.

Tsk!

Crying now is useless; what was he doing earlier?

He was bold enough to entrust such a small child to a step-wife to raise.

Prince Dongping clearly grew up in the Wang Fu, experienced various power struggles from a young age, and eventually succeeded to the title as he wished, yet he was so naive when it came to treating his own child. He really thought that women were made of water, all beautiful and kind-hearted, without selfishness, and would wholeheartedly take care of the child born to her husband's late wife. And he was the eldest legitimate son, the heir determined at birth, the little Shizi of the Wang Fu.

He was stupid enough!

Or he was evil! Deliberately leaving the child to the step-wife, deliberately watching the step-wife mess around and abandon the child.

I don't know which situation it was.

Perhaps both.

Just by the fact that when the child went missing back then, Prince Dongping didn't hold the step-wife accountable, one can see a glimpse of it. The water here is deep.

Now that the person has been found, there is still more fighting to do!

The battle for the heir is about to begin.

Jiang Shoucheng's head was buzzing; looking at the middle-aged man crying his heart out outside the cell door, his expression was slightly indifferent. He vaguely guessed that the other party should be his biological relative because they had similar appearances.

But he had no waves in his heart.

He just looked at the other party silently, and finally shifted his gaze to Chen Guanlou.

Chen Guanlou signaled him to stay calm and not speak, just lie there; the more miserable, the better.

Jiang Shoucheng was indeed a smart man; he lay there silently, too lazy to lift his head—he was tired! The wounds were very painful, and he couldn't help but twitch.

Medical Official Mu brought his eldest grandson to check Jiang Shoucheng's wounds and incidentally apply medicine.

Chen Guanlou thought, the opportunity has come.

He hurriedly asked Medical Official Mu to strip off all the gauze on Jiang Shoucheng's body, letting Prince Dongping intuitively feel how much suffering his own son, his great son, his legitimate heir, had endured.

Sure enough, once the gauze was stripped off, the exposed body made Prince Dongping unable to bear looking, and he kept twitching.

Too miserable, too miserable!

The people in the Imperial Prison strike too damn ruthlessly.

The heart of the person in his bed is ruthless enough!

"It must be very painful!" Prince Dongping wiped away his tears and looked on eagerly.

"More than painful! It's clearly painful to the point of wanting to die!" Chen Guanlou inserted the knife at the right time, "Others would be half-dead from breaking one bone, but Jiang Shoucheng has broken dozens of bones, and all four limbs are broken. Look at his hands, his feet; I don't know if they can ever recover as they were.

He is a dignified scholar, with outstanding talent, and was going to participate in the grand examination next year. If there were no accidents, he would definitely have passed the Jinshi examination next year and embarked on an official career; coupled with the Jiang family's financial resources, it would definitely have been smooth sailing. But it's all ruined!"