When Ximen Hao saw the body lying at the door of Beiwang Mansion, his heart sank a little deeper.
He recognized this person as one of the envoys from the Yuehua Kingdom, whom he had seen in the palace.
"Who killed him?" Ximen Hao looked around and asked coldly.
"Back to the prince," one of the guards said, "My subordinates only resisted this man and prevented him from breaking into the palace, but during the push, he vomited blood and died."
"Does that mean none of you are serious about him?" Ximen Hao asked.
Several guards nodded in unison.
"Your Majesty," another guard said, "My subordinates suspect that this person is an assassin who sneaked into the palace the night before. My subordinates injured the assassin's legs that day, and this person's legs and feet are somewhat inflexible."
"Check it." Ximen Haoming said.
So the guard rolled up the trouser legs of the corpse, glanced at it, and said with certainty, "It's true, this wound was caused by my swordsmanship, and I recognize it."
It was already clear that everything was done by Ximen Yi. This envoy was ordered by Ximen Yi to provoke the Bei Palace again. Maybe he did not expect that he would die, but Ximen Yi had already tricked him in advance and made him die in Bei.
People from the royal palace.
Maybe it was to add another crime to Ximen Hao, maybe it was to kill someone to silence him, but in short, as a person who might know the truth about Wushan's disappearance, he is already dead.
"Reporting to the prince, the emperor ordered the prince to enter the palace quickly to meet the saint."
People in the palace were rushing to urge him.
"Got it." Ximen Hao responded coldly, mounted his red-maned horse and galloped towards the palace.
There was a gloomy atmosphere in Jinyang Palace.
Ximen Xianchu sat high on the dragon chair and examined the ring, "Did you find this ring in your palace?"
"Yes." Ximen Hao could not deny the "facts" that everyone saw.
"I heard that an envoy from the Yuehua Kingdom died outside your palace?" Ximen Xianchu asked again.
"Yes." Ximen Hao admitted.
"What was the reason that made you have to kill him?" Ximen Xianchu's eyes suddenly became sharp and he asked in a deep voice.
"His death was an accident." Ximen Hao said.
"Accident? Just like this ring was found in the secret room of your palace, is it also an accident?" Ximen Xianchu looked directly at Ximen Hao with burning eyes.
If the ring appears in other corners of Beiwang Mansion, it can be said that someone deliberately framed it. But if the ring appears in a secret compartment in Beiwang Mansion, it cannot but be said that Ximen Hao is hiding it deliberately.
"Father, if the disappearance of Prince Wushan is really related to my son, would he possibly leave such an important thing in the palace?" Ximen Hao asked calmly.
"I don't know what you want to do with Prince Wushan and this token of Prince Wushan. You have to tell me everything clearly!" Ximen Xianchu said in a solemn voice, and he kidnapped him under his eyes.
Wu Shan's methods are really not simple. What he is most concerned about is that if he continues to indulge Ximen Hao, will his son be eager to kidnap him from the throne and replace him with his jade seal?
Ximen Hao looked at the man on the throne who was sitting on the throne, his father. From his expression, it was clear that he no longer trusted himself out of his wariness of the throne.
It is the nature of every king to be afraid of power. They who dominate the world are not worried about their throne being taken away by powerful people. Even their own sons are worried about it.
Ximen Xianchu was already afraid of him, the feared King of the North, and it was imaginable for Ximen Hao to distrust him at this time. In order to keep his throne, he would definitely take the opportunity to suppress the power of the North King's Palace.
"Father, before interrogating me, I want to interrogate a private matter in the Northern Prince's Mansion. I am afraid that I will not have the chance in the future." Ximen Hao softened his tone and said.
Ximen Xianchu and Ximen Yi were both surprised by Ximen Hao's reaction. Instead of justifying his disadvantage, he made an inconsequential request. His tone was as weak as if he wanted to explain his funeral affairs. This was a bit unlike Ximen Hao's usual
style.
"Tell me, what do you want to interrogate?" Ximen Xianchu was brought into the circle of curiosity by Ximen Hao.
Ximen Yi couldn't help but become vigilant, wondering if this was Ximen Hao's attempt to escape guilt.
"I just learned that Su Ranhua was guilty of deceiving the emperor." Ximen Hao said.
"Oh? What did she commit?" Ximen Xianchu was a little surprised that Ximen Hao suddenly mentioned Su Ranhua. He didn't know where Su Ranhua had offended him again. He still thought about it when he was in danger.
Although Ximen Yi knew that Ximen Hao was worried about Su Ran's paintings in his Nanwang Mansion, he couldn't figure out what he wanted to do by saying this.
"At first, Mr. Su said that Su Ranhua was pregnant with his son, so he prayed to his father for permission and forced his son to marry Su Ranhua. The son also regretted Su Ranhua's miscarriage, but later he got
You know, what Su Ranhua was pregnant with at that time was not the flesh and blood of her son at all. She was using her pregnancy to take the opportunity to marry into the Northern Palace. Her motives are unfathomable. Please be aware of this!"
Ximen Hao's words shocked everyone in Jinyang Palace, and also caught Ximen Xianchu and Ximen Yi off guard.
"Is this true? How did you know that?" Ximen Xianchu asked cautiously. If the situation is true, not only Su Ranhua will be punished, but Su Luo City will also be dragged into it. His scheming is unfathomable. In fact, he is targeting Su Luo City.
For example, if she pretends to be of royal blood and actually gives birth to a child, wouldn’t she bring shame to the entire royal family? This is a blatant crime of deceiving the emperor!
"It was Imperial Physician Liu who told Erchen." Ximen Hao said, "According to the date, when Su Ranhua had a miscarriage, the fetus should be one month old, but Imperial Physician Liu diagnosed that the fetus was only twenty days old, which was when Erchen and Su Ranhua had an affair.
She was only conceived after the accident. My son can take responsibility for the ridiculous thing he did unintentionally, but if he deliberately uses a child that has nothing to do with him to force him, and forces his father to decree a marriage
, the significance of this matter is of no small importance.”
Ximen Yiwan never expected that Su Ranhua would hide such a secret.
"Why are you telling this now?" Ximen Xianchu asked. Ximen Hao had known about this for a long time, but he only told it when he was suffering. What was his plan?
"My son knew that this matter was of great importance and related to the royal family's reputation, so he warned Imperial Physician Liu to keep it secret for the time being. He originally wanted to pretend that he didn't know anything about it and appease Su Ranhua, while he secretly investigated all the facts and reported them to his father. But at this time,
Wushan's incident happened suddenly, which caught Erchen off guard. Erchen did not admit that Wushan's incident was Erchen's fault, but he had no evidence to refute it for the time being, so he asked his father to thoroughly investigate everything for Erchen.
Now that my innocence has been cleared, I would rather stay in jail and wait for news about my father!"
Ximen Hao spoke earnestly, and also gave a reasonable explanation for his "love" towards Su Ranhua a few days ago, just to appease her temporarily.