Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 357 Losing a Son
It had been half a month since Zhao Wangshu had given birth, and Yao Shanzhi had just come to visit her, and she came with her arms hanging, "How did you do this?"

"At the racecourse, I had an argument with that dead girl named Jiang. She took advantage of me not paying attention and whipped the horse on the butt, causing me to fall off the horse and break my arm." Yao Shanzhi said angrily.

"She is just a mad dog, why are you angry with her?" Zhao Wangshu said angrily.

"My father went to court to impeach her father, saying that he failed to educate his daughter and allowed her to commit crimes. A person with this kind of character is not worthy of being a princess." Yao Shanzhi said with anger still lingering.

"The marriage decree has been made, your majesty can't take it back," Zhao Wangshu said.

"Why can't it be taken back? Emperor Wen took back Princess Qinghe's marriage gift back then." Yao Shanzhi said proudly.

"The reason Emperor Wen took back Princess Qinghe's marriage was because the Fang family rebelled, but the Jiang family did not." Zhao Wangshu reminded her.

"That's true." Yao Shanzhi pouted, "When I think about having to meet her in the future, I feel sick."

"You are the county lord, and she is the county princess. They have equal status. There is no need for you to pay tribute to her." Zhao Wangshu comforted her warmly.

"Prince Liangbi has made meritorious service in finding the water source. Once your Majesty gives him a promotion, she will be able to live in the same position as her husband." Yao Shanzhi said angrily.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We can't just go without reward." Zhao Wangshu sighed.

"No more talking, I want to eat something delicious." Yao Shanzhi decided to turn her grief and anger into appetite.

Zhao Wangshu smiled and asked the maid to bring the freshly made cakes, "Try it and see what it is made of?"

"It's green. Is it made of mung beans?" Yao Shanzhi guessed the ingredients based on their colors.

"If it's so simple, you still have to guess." Zhao Wangshu rolled his eyes at her.

Yao Shanzhi chuckled, picked up a piece, took a bite, and tasted it carefully, "Well, it has the aroma of glutinous rice, the sweetness of red dates, and... Hey, this aroma is so special, I couldn't place it at the moment."

Zhao Wangshu smiled without saying a word and motioned for her to try something else.

Yao Shanzhi picked up another piece, and when he took a bite, the taste was completely different. There was a fresh grassy aroma mixed with a slight sourness. After eating, the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth for a long time.

"This taste is really wonderful." Yao Shanzhi praised.

"This is a pastry made with lotus leaves and mint. The first piece you eat is added with red dates and glutinous rice, and the second piece is added with green plums, so the taste is different." Zhao Wangshu revealed the answer.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious. Thank you Yue'er. After eating this pastry, my mood has improved." Yao Shanzhi smiled and narrowed his eyes.

At this time, the wet nurse brought Xiao Yuer in.

"My godson is here, come on, come on, let me see my godmother." Yao Shanzhi couldn't hold him with one hand, but he still came close to him, "Yue'er, your son looks like you."

Zhao Wangshu smiled, "Of course my son looks like me."

Yao Shanzhi flicked her tongue at Xiao Yu'er, "Godson, smile."

"He is still young and can't laugh." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

"Who said he couldn't laugh? He was clearly smiling."

Zhao Wangshu explained: "It was just him unconsciously pulling the corners of his mouth, not a smile."

"I said he could laugh, and he just knew how to laugh." Yao Shan Zhijuan said.

"Okay, okay, he will laugh." Zhao Wangshu didn't argue with her.

Yao Shanzhi had lunch at Yun Mansion and then went home with a box of pastries.

Just in the evening of that day, bad news came. Three days ago, Prince Liangbi fell off a cliff while searching for water. He has not been found yet, so he is afraid of danger. Concubine Jing in the palace heard the news and cried until she fainted.

Among the three children, she valued Prince Bao, but the one she loved the most was her youngest son, Prince Liangbi.

The loss of the second princess had already devastated her, and she could not bear the pain of losing her youngest son again.

"Your Majesty, please send more people to find Di'er. We will definitely find Di'er, Your Majesty." Concubine Jing cried heartbrokenly in front of the emperor.

The emperor still felt a bit of father-son affection for the son of Prince Liangbi, "My dear concubine, I have sent the Longting Guards to find Di'er. Don't worry, they will definitely be able to find Di'er."

"Your Majesty, if there is anything wrong with Di'er, I will not live anymore." Concubine Jing fell into the emperor's arms and cried sadly.

The emperor gently stroked her back and said, "My dear concubine, I will do my best to find Di'er."

Night gradually fell, and the lights of the palace seemed a bit desolate.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a solemn expression. He could not read a single word of the memorial spread out in front of him.

The disappearance of Prince Liangbi not only affected Concubine Jing's heart, but also made him feel unprecedented pressure.

He was disgusted with the behavior of Lao San and the others when he was ill, and he did not want to pass the throne to them, but if something happened to Lao Ba, he would only have four sons left on his knees.

The eleventh prince is young. Even if he wants to pass the throne to him, if he dies before he grows up, I am afraid that the young eleventh prince will not be able to defeat him, three adults who hold great power. Brother.

Just as the emperor was thinking about how to support the eleventh prince to ascend to the throne, Prince Xianli and Prince Zuo each summoned their staff to discuss how to use the disappearance of Prince Liangbi to seek benefits.

The two princes said in unison: "We can't let Lao Ba come back alive."

The staff hesitated, "Yun Jingyao personally brought people to find him. It's not easy to snatch people from him."

"Why do you want to snatch people from him? Just find the person before him and get rid of Lao Ba." As expected of brothers, the two of them had the same idea.

After some discussion, the two each sent two teams, one to induce Yun Hao to search in the wrong direction, and the other to find Prince Liangbi.

Five days later, Yun Hao found the body of Prince Liangbi under the cliff.

Prince Liangbi seemed to have fallen from above, suffered a severe head injury, and died on the spot.

But if King Liangbi died on the spot, he would have been dead for seven or eight days, and his body should have stunk long ago, but his body was not rotten and had no stink.

This proves that he did not die immediately when he fell.

"Sir, there are blood stains left by crawling here." Wang Cong squatted down to take a closer look, "The blood stains seem to have been cleaned up."

"Sir, there are footprints here." One of the subordinates found more traces, "Sir, there are also traces of human treatment here."

"Sir, there are marks of knife cuts on this tree. It seems that someone has carved a way over."

Yun Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, "Someone found Prince Liangbi before us and killed him."

"What should I do, sir?" the subordinate asked.

"Make a wooden frame and carry Prince Liangbi out." Yun Hao paused, "I will report the situation to Your Majesty truthfully."

At the same time, Prince Xianli’s men reported to him, “When Prince Liangbi was found, he was already dead, but he did not fall to death. He seemed to have been stoned to death.”

"It seems that I am not the only one who wants him to die." Prince Xianli didn't need to think too much, he could guess who the person who did this was.