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Chapter 524 How could it be such a coincidence?

"Two quarters of an hour? Then it can't be General Xie who did it."

"Why?" the yamen servant blurted out, "Could it be that so many people in the Princess Mansion are slandering General Xie, besides, this news came from a secret agent hiding in the Princess Mansion, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have written the news like this affim."

Zhang Qing turned around, walked back and forth in the room rubbing his hands nervously, glanced at the shadows in the darkness from time to time, thought for a moment, and said loudly:
"General Xie, please show up. The crime of killing Princess Huaizhen is no small matter. If you don't show up at this time, I'm afraid the people in the hall will not be able to argue."

When Xie Yuan heard this, he rushed out immediately and asked hurriedly:

"Is the news true? The princess is really dead?"

After seeing Xie Yuan, the yamen servant who reported the letter just now drew out his sword subconsciously, looked at her vigilantly, and asked in panic:

"Master Zhang! Why is he in the Ting Wei Department!"

Zhang Qing explained to Xie Yuan:

"Our people who deliver the news are all trained. Unless there is intentional betrayal, the news is true and credible."

And he said to his subordinates:

"General Xie came to me to discuss some important matters before. We were together two quarters ago. How could he be separated in two places and come here after killing Princess Huaizhen? I'm afraid someone will use the disguise technique to frame him!"

She and Zhang Qing spent a few words together, saying that two quarters of an hour was too much.

But if you include the time spent looking through things by yourself, climbing over the Tingwei Office, and squatting on the wall, it is indeed more than two quarters of an hour.

Zhang Qing was lying for her, but not lying.

Hearing that, the yamen servant gradually lost his frightened expression, and slowly lowered the sword in his hand.

When Xie Yuan heard Yi Rongshu, Wei Guo's spies, Yi Shan and Shen Liuzhen flashed across his mind.

But this is not the time to think about these things, she raised her feet and was about to go out, saying:

"I'll go to the princess mansion to have a look."

Zhang Qing quickly reached out to stop her, and said seriously:

"No, His Majesty may already know the news. You will be found out soon that you are not in the General's Mansion. At this time, it will not help if you go to the Princess Mansion. Once you are found on the way, you will be suspected of fleeing. It's even more unfavorable for you. Go directly to the palace and come with us..."

Xie Yuan couldn't believe that Huai Zhen was dead... The last time I saw her was outside the palace gate, she turned her head and said to her that if there is anything to do in the future, she can ask her for help.

This is the closest time they have known each other since they have known each other for so long. She just had some affection and gratitude for Princess Huaizhen... Did she die suddenly?

Xie Yuan fell into sentimentality and memories, his eyes dimmed and said:
"Okay... just do as you say."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Qing waved his hand at the yamen servant and said anxiously:
"Quickly report and tell Eunuch He the whereabouts of General Xie. He said that General Xie was framed by someone, and we have already gone to the palace together."

"Yes!" The yamen servant took the order and went.

……

In the palace of Song Dynasty.

The little emperor only wore a dragon robe, and hastily removed the white cloth from the corpse. When he saw the cold corpse of Princess Huaizhen, he fell to the ground, terrified and trembling all over.

Empress Ma next to him was about to help him, and he seemed to have just realized that he was dead, and immediately crawled over, touched Princess Huaizhen's shoulders and cheeks, and cried bitterly:

"Sister! Wake up! Wake up! What's the matter? What's the matter?"

The face of the people on the ground was calm, like a jade doll, cold and unconscious, so naturally they would not give him any response.

Seeing the little emperor distraught, Ma Guogong felt that this time Xie Yuan's life must be confessed here, a flash of relief flashed in his heart, and he immediately shouted in feigned grief and indignation:
"Your Majesty, taking advantage of the fact that the gate of the city has not been opened in the middle of the night, and there is no news outside the city, I demand that Xie Yuan be arrested and brought to justice immediately. If he dares to resist, he will be killed! Otherwise, there will be long nights and dreams. If he is forced to jump over the wall and mobilize troops to rebel, the Great Song Kingdom will die." It's over!"

The little emperor You Zi was immersed in his own grief, still unwilling to believe it was true, obsessed with waking up his own sister, he didn't hear what Ma Guogong said.

Seeing that he had been speaking impassionedly for a long time, Ma Guogong reacted, and immediately roared anxiously:
"Your Majesty! Now is not the time to be sad! If you don't do anything, it will be too late. Do you want Princess Huaizhen to die?!"

The little emperor was frightened by the yelling, and looked up at him in shock, with tears still on his face.

"Ma Guogong, the matter is not yet settled, what are you in such a hurry for?!" Eunuch He walked in quickly at this time, followed by a young eunuch.

He walked up to His Majesty the Emperor, glanced at the corpse on the ground, with a sad look on his face, and then quickly took it away.

He reached out and took the note from the young eunuch following him, handed it to Duke Ma, and said:
"Although Xie Yuan is indeed not in the General's Mansion, he seems to have escaped. But by coincidence, the officials of the Tingwei Office can testify to him. When Princess Huaizhen was assassinated, Jie's son-in-law had been in the Tingwei Office. At this time, they heard that The news of Princess Huaizhen's death is already on her way to the palace."

Ma Guogong didn't read the note, but looked at He Gonggong in shock, and he was stunned.

He had planned well enough to send someone to take action while Xie Yuan was grounded in the mansion.

In this way, even if someone testifies that he is in the mansion, he can still slander him on the grounds that the general's mansion is full of his confidantes, who can help to give false testimony and cannot be trusted!Coupled with the fact that "Xie Yuan" was seen by all the eyes of the princess mansion, he will die without a doubt.

When the news came that the general's mansion had not seen Xie Yuanren and no one knew his whereabouts, he was still ecstatic, feeling that God was helping him.

But...how could it be such a coincidence?

"How could it be such a coincidence?! An official from the Tingwei Office?... Eunuch He, it can't happen to be Zhang Qing, right? Eunuch is doing this to protect the Shen family, and even made a false certificate for him?!"

Ma Guogong pointed to the ground and said angrily:

"The person who died was His Majesty's sister, Princess Huaizhen! My father-in-law did not put His Majesty and the Royal Tianwei in his eyes!"

"You!... Ma Guogong, old slave, I have been with the late emperor for most of my life, Princess Huaizhen and Your Majesty, and I watched them grow up, how can I tolerate you being so bloody?!!"

Sitting on the ground, the little emperor saw that they were arguing, and looked down at his sister, feeling even more sad. He tried his best to hug Princess Huaizhen and let her rest on his lap, like hugging her. Like holding a hand stove that can make him feel warm, even though the hand stove was already cold, he was still reluctant to put it away, and murmured:

"Sister...Sister..."

Empress Ma knelt beside the little emperor, watching her father and Eunuch He quarreling, flustered and at a loss, not knowing what to do.

She wanted to comfort the little emperor, but the little emperor ignored her, and she was always distracted by the content of the quarrel.

Therefore, there was an absurd and strange scene in the hall - the little emperor sat on the ground crying and sad with Princess Huaizhen in his arms, and beside him was Aunt Mo crying, and other people were arguing, watching the excitement...no one cared about the little girl on the ground. The emperor also had Princess Huaizhen.

It's as if they've been forgotten.

When Xie Yuan stepped into the palace gate, he saw such a scene.

(End of this chapter)