Marshal, your vest is off

Chapter 183 The Prince Is Dead
"I guessed that the person behind the scenes was most likely to kill people and silence them here, so I took a shortcut and rushed here. Unexpectedly, it was a step too late. The murderer had already been silenced." Cheng Qing said.

"It's okay Qing'er, you've tried your best." Bai Xiuyuan comforted.

Cheng Qing smiled and said: "Don't worry, the murderer was killed, but I caught the one who came to silence him."

Bai Xiuyuan was stung by her forced smile. He followed her fingers and saw a comatose eunuch.

"He was the one who killed people and silenced them."

As he spoke, Bai Xiuyuan walked over.

"Although I didn't directly see him stabbing, when I came over, I only saw him here." Cheng Qing said.

Bai Xiuyuan turned the man over, thought about it, opened his mouth, and looked inside.

Cheng Qing followed and saw him doing this, and said, "Are you suspecting that he will commit suicide when he wakes up?"

"We can't rule out the possibility. It's better for us to be careful." Bai Xiuyuan didn't see anything like poison in his clothes, so he rummaged through his clothes again.

Cheng Qing couldn't stand it anymore, stretched out his hand to hold him, and said: "Since there is nothing in his mouth, he won't die even if he wakes up. It depends on me."

Bai Xiuyuan made room for her.

Cheng Qing took out a packet of medicinal powder from his waist and poured it into the eunuch's mouth.

"Is this... cartilage powder?" Bai Xiuyuan asked speculatively.

Cheng Qing joked: "You're quite knowledgeable, it's just Cartilage Powder. With this dose, even if he wakes up, he won't be able to have enough strength for a whole day and night."

While they were talking, Wuhong Yang Zijin rushed over with two groups of imperial guards.

Most of the imperial guards knew Cheng Qing. When they saw her here, they quickly saluted, "I have met Princess Qinghe."

"No need to be polite, the murderer has been caught, you take them both away." Cheng Qing ordered.

"Yes."

Immediately, four imperial guards stood up and took the initiative to carry people.

Cheng Qing continued: "Others go and notify the various places, saying there is no need to look for it. In addition, find someone to surround the palace where Concubine Yue lives, and no one is allowed to be let out."

It's okay to listen to her previous instructions. This order... Look at me and I look at you, the imperial guards. No one dares to surround the palace of Concubine Yue. You must know that Concubine Yue is the emperor's most beloved concubine.

Cheng Qing's eyes sharpened and he said: "Concubine Yue is suspected of being the real culprit behind the murder of several princes. If you don't go and let her go, the emperor will blame her. I will never intercede on your behalf."

The expressions of the imperial guards changed and they asked, "Is the princess telling the truth?"

"If not, we are equally guilty."

Seeing that Cheng Qing was questioned, Bai Xiuyuan walked up to Cheng Qing, looked at them coldly, and said, "If you don't go, you will bear the consequences; if you go, we will bear all the consequences. What to do is up to you Choose.”

This was something that little people like them could not take responsibility for, so they chose the latter.

"We are willing to obey the order of the princess. We just hope that the princess will not break her promise when the time comes."

"If you break your promise, I will be struck by thunder from the sky." Cheng Qing said without changing his expression.

The Imperial Guards saluted Cheng Qing, turned around and left.

Wu Hong thought for a while and whispered to Cheng Qing: "Master, just in case, I will follow them."

"Yeah." Cheng Qing nodded.

Wu Hong followed.

Yang Zijin was very surprised by the news, and asked, "Master, did the concubine Yue really do it?"

"Yes." After Cheng Qing said this word with certainty, he followed the imperial guards who carried the people away.

Bai Xiuyuan also followed behind them.

Yang Zijin followed.The imperial doctor and the eunuch were both brought before the emperor.

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was heavy. Even if the sun outside the door came in, it seemed that it could not dispel the cold inside.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, his face still sickly pale, and his expression was full of the gloomy solemnity before the storm, "Eunuch Jiang."

"My servant is here." Eunuch Jiang stepped forward cautiously.

"Ask someone to drag this insane thing out for me, skin it, and throw it to the dogs!" The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes turned red.

"Yes." Eunuch Jiang immediately went out to call for someone.

"and many more."

Eunuch Jiang came back again, shaking his body and waiting for instructions.

The emperor's eyes showed murderous intent and said: "Give me another imperial edict to kill the entire Gong family!"

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Qing was startled and stood up quickly.

The emperor raised his hand to stop her, looked at her with blood-red eyes, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "You want to plead for them? Do you know? The prince is dead."

"What?" Cheng Qing was dumbfounded.

"Pass the message!" The emperor looked at Eunuch Jiang again.

"My slave obeys the order!" Eunuch Jiang got up and went to do it immediately.

"Prince..." Cheng Qing was so choked that he could hardly speak. Tears welled up in his eyes. He stepped forward and stepped heavily on Doctor Gong's hand.

With a click, the bone broke.

Bai Xiuyuan hugged her, pulled her back, and said, "Qing'er, bullying a dead body is not enough to vent your hatred. There is still a living one."

These words reminded Cheng Qing.

She regained consciousness and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, before this beast died, he told me the real murderer of his mother. He said that Concubine Yue ordered him to do it."

The emperor was so angry that he trembled and said, "Here comes someone!"

Two royal guards came in outside the door.

"Catch that bitch Yue Fei to me!"

"Yes!"

Cheng Qing was startled by such unconditional trust.

The two imperial guards went down.

Cheng Qing said: "Your Majesty, what if Concubine Yue is quibbling? Although I know she did it, I don't have the exact evidence yet."

It's too hasty to trust her blindly like this, the key task she captured hasn't been used yet.

The emperor raised his hand and said: "Since you can say it, it means that you have confirmed that it was Concubine Yue who did it. She cannot quibble about this matter. I really want to hear what she can say."

Cheng Qing was silent for a while, she was still ready to listen to the emperor, but now she was also very worried about Zhao Wuyuan, the crown prince died, would he?
"Your Majesty, I would like to know that the fourth prince..."

The emperor said with a rather painful expression: "Yuan'er is still alive, but he is still being treated and is not out of danger. I don't know whether he will live or die in the end."

Cheng Qing's eyes were red. He couldn't believe that so many things happened in just one day. He didn't even know whether Zhao Wuyuan was alive or dead.

If she had known that the prince would end up like this when he returned to the palace, she would have said nothing to persuade him to come back.

Guilt and remorse filled all her emotions, and she was about to burst out. She bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me take my leave for a while? My daughter wants to see the fourth prince."

(End of this chapter)