The affair of Zheng Chen's defection is actually known by everyone in the court.
But due to the Grand Empress Dowager Zheng, no one dares to bring it up publicly.
How Zheng Chen will be dealt with, whether it will implicate the Zheng Family, will depend on Empress Zhaoping's attitude.
Duke An has been recuperating, and the Zheng Family has voluntarily shut its doors. Zheng Chen's wife, Fan Jaining, has also remained silent, and outsiders have no idea how she is faring.
Jiang Shaohua knows, of course. The Grand Empress Dowager Zheng has mentioned more than once before her the current plight and misery of the Zheng Family. After discovering Zheng Chen's conspiracy with Jiang Yi to rebel, Fan Jaining fell seriously ill, relying on medicinal decoctions daily to sustain her life.
Whether the letter from General Fan can rekindle Fan Jaining's will to live is unknown.
Thinking of Fan Jaining, Jiang Shaohua feels a bit conflicted.
