Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 235 Cause of Death
The warm sunlight fell on the high eaves of the vermilion wall, and the snow turned into crystal water droplets dripping down the glazed tiles. Although it was already the beginning of spring, there was still a slight chill in the air.

As soon as Ling Qingyan returned to Ling's house, she heard someone report that Ling Youyao had arrived, so she immediately got up and went out to greet her, "I said why I've been restless today, so you are the one who wants to come."

Ling Youyao looked at his playful smile, pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly, and forced a smile: "Brother, I have something to ask you."

"Just ask, why are you so serious?" Ling Qingyan rubbed her nose awkwardly, then walked towards the flower hall.

But Ling Youyao stopped him: "Brother, I want to visit Fuqing Garden."

Fuqing Garden is Ling Qingwei's yard.

Ling Qingyan froze, but quickly returned to her natural state, and looked back at her with a smile: "Okay, why did you remember going there?"

"It's nothing, I just dreamed about my sister last night, and I wanted to see where she used to live." Ling Youyao said softly, but there was an indelible sadness in her eyes.

Ling Qingyan understood: "Then go and have a look, you used to live there with Qingwei, but later you moved out when you grew up."

The two walked side by side on the path in the backyard, and the plants and trees in the yard were all in good order.The snow melted away, revealing the tips of tender grass that had sprouted, and the green pine that had survived the cold winter shook off its white snow, showing its original tough and straight figure.

Fuqing Garden was originally called Luoqiu Hall, but Ling Qingwei thought that all things withered in autumn had a desolate meaning, and adding the word "Luo" made it even more sad, so he decided to change Luoqiu Hall to Fuqing Garden.

The yard is very clean, it can be seen that someone often comes to clean it.A wind chime was hung under the eaves, perhaps because the snow inside had not completely melted, and the wind passed by at this time, and there was no sound.Although no one has lived here for a long time, the flowers and plants in the courtyard are full of vitality, only the old tree in front of the courtyard has withered.

Ling Youyao paused, and suddenly asked: "Brother, why is only that tree dead?"

Ling Qingyan followed her line of sight and explained: "Oh, that peach tree has been dead for many years. Dad wanted to have someone cut it down, but Mother stopped him from doing it, saying that the tree was a peach tree. Wei Wei planted it with his own hands, and he couldn't cut it down, and then he kept it until now."

Hearing the word peach tree, she was slightly taken aback, and suddenly remembered that there was also a peach tree in Fu Mingjue's yard.

At that time, she wondered why there were no other flowers and plants in the main courtyard, but only the peach tree standing alone in the courtyard?Now that she saw this peach tree that had been decayed for many years, she finally understood.It turns out...it turns out that all this is because of my sister.

She lowered her eyes sadly, hiding the loneliness and sadness in her eyes.

Ling Qingyan noticed the change in her expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ling Youyao shook her head silently, "It's okay, I just thought of some past events." Although there was a smile on her lips, she couldn't hide the bitterness in her eyes.

Ling Qingyan is not good at comforting people.If Ling Youyao was four or five years younger, he could coax and tease her with candied haws, but now that Yao'er has grown up, sometimes even he can't guess what's hidden in his heart.

He sighed: "Don't you have something to ask me? Tell me."

Ling Youyao regained her melancholy and said, "Brother, can you tell me what happened to my sister?"

Hearing this, a dark look flashed in Ling Qingyan's eyes. Although he had been prepared for a long time, she caught him off guard by her straightforward question.He did know why Qingwei died, but if he told Ling Youyao himself, he really couldn't tell.

But when he looked at those reddish eyes, his heart suddenly softened.

Afterwards, he slowly said: "At that time, His Majesty had just ascended the throne, the situation was turbulent, and the Tatars invaded again, the situation was really not optimistic. Father stayed in the Council Hall with the ministers for several days. Her health is also not good. So Qingwei thought about going to Foguang Temple to pray for blessings, but she didn't expect to meet people from Prince Ning's Mansion on the way back."

Ling Youyao's heart tightened, and she asked: "Prince Ning has no grievances with us, why did you kill sister?"

"Yao'er," Ling Qingyan called her deeply, frowning, "Prince Ning was defeated in the battle for the throne, and has been dormant in Beijing, but the person he hates most is not His Majesty, but Fu Mingjue."

Ling Youyao was startled, the answer was surprising but reasonable.

Ling Qingyan continued: "At that time, the Tatars defeated our three cities in a row, and King Jing'an insisted on defending Liangzhou and couldn't escape, so Fu Mingjue took the initiative to invite Ying to lead the army."

The Tatars wanted to take advantage of the unstable situation of the new emperor of Dayan to cut off the two cities on the border of Dayan, but before recovering from the joy of victory, they were killed by Fu Mingjue.The young man was ruthless and full of hostility.After forcing the Tatars out of the country, they led the Xuanyu Guards to slaughter eleven cities of the Tatars. Wherever they went, there were rivers of blood and wailing.

This is also the reason why everyone respects King Jing at a respectful distance.

But before Fu Mingjue returned to the imperial court, King Ning in Beijing couldn't hold back his movements.

"Although I don't know who bewitched King Ning to think that Qingwei could make Fu Mingjue compromise, but the truth is often beyond people's expectations."

Thinking of the bright red scene, Ling Qingyan couldn't stop his heart trembling, and said: "King Ning wanted to attack Qingwei before Fu Mingjue returned to Beijing, so as to blackmail him. But before his death, King Ning said that he was not I wanted to kill Qingwei, but I just wanted to tie her up."

Ling Youyao frowned and said, "Then why would my sister do that?"

"Prince Ning is full of tricks. He said that, maybe he just wanted to ask Fu Mingjue to spare his life."

Ling Qingyan didn't know much about the details of that year.He only remembered that when Fu Mingjue arrived, Qingwei had already died.The doctor said that Qingwei's fatal injury was the arrow that pierced through her heart, and there was almost no possibility of her surviving when the arrow was shot coldly.

Ling Youyao's mind is very chaotic, there seem to be countless fragments hovering in her mind, but they cannot form a complete portrait.

Seeing the pain on her face, Ling Qingyan supported her by the shoulders, "Yao'er, are you okay? Just forget it if you don't remember it, don't force yourself."

"I'm fine." Ling Youyao tried to keep calm, "Brother, what happened next? King Ning is dead, why is King Ping also dead?"

Ling Qingyan didn't expect that she even found out about King Ping, so she had to confess: "As far as I know, King Ping revealed the news of Qingwei's visit to Foguang Temple to King Ning, and King Ning said before his death that King Ping wanted to accept Qingwei's side concubine, the two conspired to come up with this idea."

King Ning thought that if he confessed to King Ping, he would be able to escape, but who would have thought that Fu Mingjue cut off King Ning on the spot regardless of the brotherhood.Then he took his head to Prince Ping's mansion, scared Prince Ping who was teasing with the beauty, and rolled off the bed. Before he put on his pants, his head fell to the ground first.

The fact that Fu Mingjue killed his two imperial brothers with his own hands caused an uproar in the government and the public.

Some people said that he devoid of humanity, mutilated his brothers, and relied on his military exploits to rule the sky.Some people also said that although his methods were cruel, King Ning and King Heping had hidden evil intentions for a long time, so it would be good to kill him.

The courtiers debated endlessly about their views on this matter.

In the end, Fu Xiuyun just fined him one year's salary and made him think about his mistakes behind closed doors.

(End of this chapter)