Book with Emperor

Chapter 246 The Death of the Crown Princess

Lan Yuan didn't talk big, she really came out with just a cup of tea.

"How?" Han forced to show a little anxiety now.

"In the private room of Dongmei in Zuichun Building, on the wall where the paintings are hung, there is a hidden compartment behind the paintings. Cheng Yu has reserved there for a year, and no one went in."

Lan Yuan handed out a key, stroked the hair on his sideburns, and said casually, "By the way, I sent a doctor to prescribe some tranquilizing medicine for him. I was a little frightened."

Han Po's heart skipped a beat and he looked at her.

Lan Yuan said, "Don't worry, I didn't suffer from physical pain, I just used some hallucinogenic drugs, it's not a serious problem."

"Since the things have been found, I will take my leave." Qin Guanyue got up and said.

"Slow down." Han Po said, "I will remember this favor."

"It's too early for Master Hou to say this. After all, the person who really wanted to kill Master Hou has not been caught yet, so there will be endless troubles." Qin Guanyue looked at Han Po, "Young Master is loose, but he is extremely righteous, and he has seldom been with him in his life. Everyone has a grudge, except for the one in the East Palace."

"The crown prince is stupid, but timid, he dare not." Han forced to turn around and stand with his hands behind his back, "This matter is well planned, it must have been planned by the people in the city, and the crown prince has no such ability."

Qin Guanyue sighed softly, "The prince does not have this ability, but—"

Before she could finish her sentence, someone rushed in from outside the door.

"Lord Hou—"

The person who came was a servant of the Hou Mansion, his face was pale, he knelt on the ground with a "Putong", and said in a trembling voice, "Prince Princess—— is dead!"

Qin Guanyue's eyelids twitched again, before Han Po had time to react, he had already rushed out.

Qin Guanyue hurried to catch up and shouted, "Master Hou!"

Han Po was born as a general, so she couldn't catch up with her at all. When she chased out of the corridor, Han Po had already rushed to the gate of the Hou Mansion on horseback and galloped towards the Prince's Mansion!

Too bad, Qin Guanyue thought.

Four hours ago.

The light at dawn was vaguely covered with a layer of gray mist, and it was not realistic to illuminate the entire Langya City.

The clapper knocked on the fifth watch, and the back door of the Prince's Mansion was opened a crack, and a person struggled to walk towards the street while holding on to the wall.A stall owner who got up early and sold porridge with a load saw the figure from a distance and thought it was a thief. When he got closer, he found that it was a girl in her twenties. His fingers were even more blood-stained, congealed into dark brown, and his face was so pale that he didn't look like a living person, it was shocking to look at.

"Which family are you from, why do you look like this? But you met a thief?"

Although the stall owner said so, he murmured in his heart, this is in the capital, where would there be thieves?I'm afraid that some prince and grandson will do harm to him.

The blood-stained girl's breath was weak, her face was pale, and blood flowed from her mouth when she opened her mouth. The stall owner saw that the girl's tongue had been cut out.

He was so frightened that he didn't hold the girl, she fell to the ground, exhausted his last bit of strength and took out a blood-stained letter from his bosom, staring at him with wide eyes, tears streaming down his face, In a blink of an eye, I lost my breath.

The stall owner was already frightened, "Come on! Someone is dead! Come on!"

……

"That girl is Lan Xin, the dowry maid of the Crown Princess Han Lingyi, who is very loyal to the Crown Princess. The Jingzhao Mansion did not dare to neglect, so they went to the Prince's Mansion to inquire about the matter, and learned that the Crown Princess hanged herself the day before yesterday because of unbearable illness. die."

In the carriage of the Emperor's Mansion, Xiao Sheng hurried over while talking about the ins and outs, and at the same time reported the latest progress of the matter, "Xie Heng said that he must have hanged himself, and Jingzhao Mansion has finalized the case."

"Since she hanged herself because of unbearable illness, why did the personal maid desperately escape from the Prince's Mansion to report to passers-by? And why was her tongue severed?"

Qin Guanyue didn't believe the Prince's Mansion's rhetoric at all.

Han Lingyi is undoubtedly a cowardly person, born in Jiangmen, but she is a weak woman, unable to inherit the mantle, trapped in rules and love, but she is not a person who will easily seek death, especially when her brother is still in prison, she will not Suddenly can't think about it.

"What was written in that letter?"

"The letter is in the hands of the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, Xie Heng can't get it."

……

Lan Yuan drove the carriage quickly, and arrived at the Prince's Mansion in less than a moment.

Qin Guanyue got off the carriage in a hurry, and caught a glimpse of Han Ba's horse in front of the mansion gate. The horse was not even tied to the rein, and was being led by a servant. She immediately went up to meet it.

"Little Kowtow -"

"Where is Zhenweihou!"

"Just... I just went in, and I said I was looking for the prince... The little one said that the prince was meeting in the front hall—the emperor's teacher!"

Before she had time to ask more questions, Qin Guanyue picked up her skirt and walked quickly to the front hall. From a distance, she saw the huge coffin lying outside the front hall. Standing quietly in front of the coffin, holding the coffin with both hands, looking down at the person in the coffin, no expression was visible.

"Master!"

The Crown Prince and the governor of Jingzhao Mansion were originally standing in the corner, when they saw Qin Guanyue, they seemed to have seen life-saving straws, and they couldn't wait to go forward to greet them.

"Qiu Ziming, Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion, has seen the emperor's teacher." Qiu Ziming's forehead was covered with sweat, and his expression was urgent. "I think the emperor's teacher has already known the ins and outs of the matter. Although the crown princess is a member of the royal family, according to the rules, people who hang themselves are not allowed to be buried in the palace." -"

"Where's the letter?" Qin Guanyue looked at him coldly, "Where's the letter from maid Lan Xin before she died?"

Qiu Ziming was startled, and subconsciously looked at the prince next to him, but the prince's face changed.

"Whether the Crown Princess hanged herself is another matter. Even if she really hanged herself, the reason should be found out." Qin Guanyue looked at the Crown Prince, "What does the Crown Prince think?"

The prince averted his eyes, "... yes."

Qin Guanyue ignored the two of them, and walked directly behind Han Po, her eyes fell on the coffin.

The crown princess is wearing a crimson palace dress, her long hair is loose, without gold and silver hairpin rings, her plain and delicate face has no makeup, showing the paleness of a dead person.She just lay quietly in the ebony coffin, there was no forced smile on her face from time to time, nor was she timid and sad, only calm.

There was a purple-black strangle mark on her neck, extending from bottom to top and behind the ears, which was consistent with the symptoms of a hanged person.

Han Po looked calm, but Qin Guanyue noticed that his hands on the coffin were shaking violently.

"Master Hou..." She paused, and said directly, "I will ask Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai will interrogate, and the Crown Princess will definitely be given justice."

Han Pu was silent for a long time, his voice was hoarse, and he said slowly, "The literati are proud and proud, and seek justice and innocence in everything. I am not a literati, I am a military commander. I started on the battlefield with my glory and ended up on the battlefield. There is only life and death on the battlefield, there is no justice and innocence. .”

Qin Guanyue's heart was shocked, and she grabbed his arm, "Master Hou!"

She lowered her voice and said anxiously, "Master Hou, please calm down. I know that the matter of the crown princess has hit you hard, but there is still a whole Hou Mansion behind Master Hou, and there is also the little Hou Ye...he is still in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice." !"

The muscles of Han Pu's whole body were tense, his arms holding the coffin trembled violently, he clenched his teeth, his eyes turned red, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Does the prince have something to say to Ben Hou?"

The prince was startled, held down his trembling hand, and pretended to be calm, "...the princess was already in pain earlier, and I invited the best doctor to treat the princess, saying that it was... a congenital deficiency, worrying about it." Thinking deeply, I think it was caused by the recent troubles about Zhengwei."

There was silence for a while, only the heavy and flustered breathing of Yin Jingzhao was heard.

(End of this chapter)