freenovelworld Chapter 111 His Royal Highness Prince Ji is now under the management of the King of Hell!
Chapter 111 His Royal Highness Prince Ji is now under the management of the King of Hell!
Yun Yi brought Miss Siyu to the Prince Qin's Mansion in the evening.
After entering the palace, the two rushed to Ningxin Garden. When they saw the princess lazily leaning on the chaise longue in the main hall, they both breathed a sigh of relief!
Yun Yi bowed and clasped his fists in salute!
"Princess, Miss Siyu and I are following the order of the prince to return to the capital overnight.
The prince ordered his subordinates to protect the princess and advised her not to act impulsively.
The prince said that once he has dealt with the anti-epidemic issues in Yanzhou, he will return to Beijing immediately to seek justice for you."
Siyu could no longer suppress her longing for the young lady. After entering the room, she took a few steps to the chaise longue and snuggled up to her and acted coquettishly.
"Miss, Siyu misses you so much!"
Luo Li patted Siyu's arm lovingly.
Then she smiled at Yun Yi and said, "There is no need to trouble your prince, I have already avenged myself.
His Royal Highness Prince Ji is now under the management of Lord Yama."
Yun Yi was stunned! His heart skipped a beat!
"Princess, you are not joking with your subordinates, right?"
Luo Li said steadily, "No! It is possible that Prince Ji's body has been sent to the palace by now.
If you come back a little later, the capital might be under martial law!"
Yun Yi's heart was beating fast in shock!
The princess's misfortune was too great, and the people in the Imperial City Bureau were not all vegetarians. If even a trace of clues were found, the current emperor would not be a reasonable person, nor a merciful one.
: "Princess! Your subordinates will escort you out of the city and quickly go to the Moyun Cavalry Camp.
The two thousand elite Moyun Cavalry guards left in the barracks will definitely protect your safety!"
After getting into such a huge disaster, Yun Yi's first thought was to protect this young lady's safety. Luo Li was a little touched. She pushed away Ruhua's hand that was rubbing her shoulders and sat up straight.
"Yun Yi, you don't have to worry. Prince Ji died at the hands of the third prince, Prince Xiang. It has nothing to do with anyone in the Prince Qin's Palace!"
Yun Yi was stunned again when he heard this! He felt a little puzzled.
Mo Yan came back and bowed respectfully to the princess after entering the room.
“Princess, after the body of Prince Ji was sent back to the city, I withdrew.
At this moment, the streets were under martial law by the Imperial Guards, and a team of Imperial Guards escorted the officials and police officers of Kaifeng Prefecture to the South City Gate.
Luo Li nodded, "Did you do the scapegoat thing well?"
Mo Yan's eyes showed a hint of smile, "Neat! I just happened to meet three of King Xiang's personal guards who were out of the palace on business.
After I tied them up, I pressed their acupuncture points, and when we fought with Prince Ji's men in the south of the city, we used them as targets to shield our arrows, and left their bodies there."
Luo Li smiled with satisfaction, "Okay! I'll treat you to a big dinner today.
The assassination of Prince Ji has nothing to do with our Prince Qin's Palace, so don't try to get the news. Let's just stay at home and eat, drink, play and have fun!"
Mo Yan bowed and accepted the order, then gave a wink to Commander Yun, and the two of them retreated.
After leaving Ningxin Garden, Yun Yi anxiously grabbed Mo Yan and asked in a low voice, "Mo Yan, what happened? Who killed Prince Ji?"
Mo Yan looked around and whispered in Yun Yi's ear, "Prince Ji was killed by the princess, and Prince Xiang was the scapegoat the princess found."
Yun Yi was so shocked that he paused for a moment, then he quickly pulled Mo Yan towards Chunfengju.
After ordering several shadow guards to guard the house, Yun Yi asked anxiously, "Mo Yan, tell us what happened in detail."
...After listening to Mo Yan's story, Yun Yi was deeply shocked!
The princess not only possesses miraculous medical skills to save lives, but also has miraculous skills to kill people! Could it be that the princess can kill people from a thousand steps away as easily as taking something out of a bag?
Holding the yellow, round, and elongated object that Mo Yan had picked up, Yun Yi examined it for a long time but could not figure out what kind of hidden weapon it was.
Yun Yi's face was solemn. "Mo Yan, take this item and go to Yanzhou quickly to report this matter to the prince."
: "I obey your command!" Mo Yan took the things and turned to leave.
Even if the capital was sealed off and the gates were closed, the shadow guards of the Prince Qin's Palace still had their own way out of the city. ...
Prince Ji's body was sent directly to the palace.
Not to mention the imperial physician who was urgently summoned, the few imperial guards who were carrying Prince Ji's body also knew that the body of His Royal Highness Prince Ji was cold and he was dead!
The emperor was furious! He overturned the imperial desk. …
The fourth prince Zhao Yuanfen’s biological mother, Concubine Wang De, cried her heart out!
The emperor was so furious that his dragon robe was shaking and his eyes were red and spitting fire!
"Quickly dispatch the Imperial City Division to pursue the assassin, and the Imperial Guards to blockade and impose martial law throughout the city!
Send officials from Kaifeng Prefecture and Dali Temple to lead the police to the south of the city to investigate the case!
All assassins must be arrested and my son avenged!"
The emperor passed down the imperial edict in anger, feeling a pang of pain in his heart. He sat powerlessly behind the overturned imperial desk, with two tears streaming down his eyes.
Although he disliked the Fourth Prince's insidiousness and eccentricity, he hated him even more for his homosexuality and his dissolute lifestyle of debauchery.
But he is his biological son after all!
Who was so bold as to assassinate my own son near the capital city where 200,000 imperial guards are stationed?
There was a fatal bloody hole on the prince's forehead. Didn't the guards and Pan Lun and the others know what kind of hidden weapon the assassins used to injure him?
Thinking of this, the emperor became even more sad and angry!
He wished that those guards who came back alive would be executed together with the assassins by being cut into pieces or torn apart by five horses!
Who committed the assassination of the prince?
At today's small court meeting, Luo Ji, the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, came to the palace to file a complaint with the Emperor, accusing the Fourth Prince Zhao Yuanfen of being tyrannical and of stopping and injuring the steward and several guards of the Luo Mansion for no reason.
Luo Ji accused the Fourth Prince of being cruel, as he had broken the legs of several guards and severed the tendons of Luo Ning, the steward of the Luo Mansion, turning a strong young man into a cripple.
Please, Your Majesty, uphold justice for the people and give justice to the Luo family.
Could it be Luo Mansion’s revenge?
It shouldn't be possible. Luo Ji is just a scholar, how could he have such courage and strength. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the palace to file a complaint.
Could it be the King of Qin who did it?
Probably not!
The King of Qin is far away in Yanzhou fighting the epidemic. His uncle Ghost Hand Poison Doctor and Yun Yi, who are both highly skilled in martial arts, have followed him to Yanzhou and are busy fighting the epidemic there!
Could it be that it was Prince Zhao Guangmei of Qi who was sick at home and took action?
He shouldn't be that stupid, right?
Since he has been plotting secretly and is ready to do something big, he would not assassinate an insignificant prince at this time and alert the enemy, right?
The emperor was puzzled and couldn't figure out who was the mastermind behind the assassination?
Upon hearing the news, the eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo and the second prince Zhao Yuanxi both came in a hurry.
When the eldest prince saw the body of his fourth brother Zhao Yuanfen, he could not help but burst into tears.
The second prince Zhao Yuanxi was also heartbroken and shed a few tears.
Cheng Wuya hurried in, bowed to the emperor who was sitting behind the imperial desk, then looked at the eldest prince and the second prince beside him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
The emperor suppressed his grief over the loss of his son and his anger over the challenge to his imperial power and asked, "Lord Cheng, what do you want to report?"
Cheng Wuya bowed and reported, "Your Majesty, I have found out the identity of the assassin who assassinated the Fourth Prince. It's..." Cheng Wuya glanced at the First Prince standing next to him.
"Who is it?" the emperor asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, the three assassins killed by the Fourth Prince's guards were the Third Prince Xiang's personal guards!" Cheng Wuya said in an affirmative tone.
The emperor stood up suddenly!
: "You...you're not making a mistake, are you?"
Cheng Wuya looked at the emperor and said affirmatively, "I am not mistaken. Those three assassins are indeed the Third Prince's personal guards!"
The eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo's face changed drastically with horror!
His voice trembled, "No! No! You must be mistaken!"
Although the emperor was shocked and his heart was in turmoil, he said without hesitation, "Summon the third prince to the palace immediately!"
When the third prince, Prince Xiang, Zhao Heng, heard that his fourth brother was assassinated, he felt relieved and a bit sad for his brother. With mixed feelings, he arrived at the palace gate and walked across from the eunuch Wang Jie'en who was summoning him to Prince Xiang's mansion.
Wang Jie'en stepped forward with a solemn expression and bowed, "Your Highness Prince Xiang has come just in time. The Emperor has ordered this old servant to summon you to the palace immediately!"
King Xiang nodded and said, "Thank you, eunuch. Please lead the way!"
Wang Jie'en led Prince Xiang to the imperial study. Just as Zhao Heng was about to salute his father, the emperor gave an order with a stern face!
: "Wuya, take him to identify the three bodies!"
Prince Xiang was brought to the bodies of the three black-clad assassins. He took one look and took a step back in horror, "How could they die in the palace?!"
Cheng Wuya didn't answer, his gloomy face expressionless.
"Third Prince, if you have anything to say, go ask the Emperor!"
Zhao Heng was brought back to the imperial study with a panicked heart. He fell to his knees with a plop as soon as he entered the room.
"Father, how could my three personal guards die in the palace?"
The three assassins were indeed his personal guards. The emperor's face was as gloomy as the dark clouds before a storm.
"Old Third, what did you send your personal guard to do outside the city today?"
The third prince suddenly felt panic-stricken and frightened!
When Prince Ji had just been assassinated, could he have told his son that he had sent the three personal guards to drug and cause trouble in his fourth brother Zhao Yuanfen and his uncle's winery outside the city today?
"Father! Your son...your son will send them..." The Third Prince was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he stammered and couldn't say anything.
In a rage, the emperor raised his hand and threw the inkstone that had just been placed on the imperial desk at the rebellious son!
Shouted sternly! "Speak!"
The third prince, who was kneeling on the ground, was unable to dodge and was hit on the forehead by the inkstone. Blood immediately flowed down and he felt even more terrified!
"Father! Father, please calm down! Fourth brother's death has absolutely nothing to do with me!"
I just sent the three of them to... go to the winery owned by my fourth brother and the Wang family outside the city... to put drugs in the wine cellar and cause trouble!" The third prince added quickly after giving his instructions.
"It's not a deadly poison, just something that can cause nerve damage if you drink it.
Father! I know I was wrong! Please calm down and forgive me this time! ..."
The third prince fell to the ground in fear, his body trembling as he begged for mercy.
The emperor came out from behind the desk and kicked him down in anger!
"Evil creature! How dare you make excuses and deceive me?!"
The third prince got up and prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly. He could not bear the blame for the assassination of Prince Ji no matter what!
He was so scared that he cried and shouted to defend himself, "Father, please calm down!... I really didn't deceive you, I just sent the three of them to mess up Fourth Brother's winery!"
A hint of sly joy flashed in the eyes of the second prince Zhao Yuanxi. It didn't matter if his fourth brother died. If his death eliminated a competitor, his fourth brother would have died for a good cause.
The eldest prince hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground to plead for his third brother, "Father, please calm down!
The third brother would never do such a blatant thing as assassinating the fourth brother.
Father, think about it, let alone my extremely intelligent third brother, even an ordinary person with a normal mind would not act like this!
Father, this matter is full of loopholes and is very strange!"
The emperor's mind also calmed down.
Yes! This matter is really strange, full of loopholes! The assassin knew that if he left his companion's body behind, he would be found to be the mastermind, so why did he leave the body of the third brother's personal guard behind and run away, instead of risking his life to take it away?
The emperor stared at the third prince with fierce eyes, calculating in his mind.
Was this usually low-key third son so cunning and ruthless that he was so bold as to kill his brothers in order to fight for the throne? Or was he narrow-minded and just wanted revenge for the previous incident, but was used by the assassin as a scapegoat?
If you really have that kind of courage and means, why don't you kill the King of Qi and the King of Qin, those two threatening stumbling blocks?
The atmosphere in the imperial study was solemn and heavy!
Upon hearing the news, Concubine Li Xian rushed in crying!
After entering the room, Concubine Li fell to the ground, hugged the emperor's thighs, and cried and begged: "Your Majesty!... Your Majesty, please calm down!..."