In the silent mourning hall, Zhang Xiaocui's cold body lay quietly in the coffin. Her eyes were closed tightly, but the traces of fear from her life could still be seen between her brows.
At the moment she died, she seemed to have endured endless fear and panic.
Zhang Dongyu sat motionless next to the coffin, his eyes dull. A few days ago he was a high-spirited minister of the Ministry of War. In just a few days, his hair had turned white, and he seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
His Xiaocui had been loved and cared for all her life and had never suffered any injustice. However, today she was brutally killed and tortured!
He never believed what they said that she committed suicide out of fear of crime! His Xiaocui was very brave and dared to do what she did. She would never be so cowardly as to choose to end her life! Although, he didn't know what she had done, nor did he
She knows whether Duan Murong's death is really related to her, but she will not commit suicide, absolutely not!
But they said she committed suicide out of fear of crime. This is not only an excuse, but also an insult!
Xiaocui, who did she offend? Why was she treated so cruelly? Who took her young life so cruelly?
He stared closely at his daughter's flowery but pale and bloodless face, feeling both angry and sad.
The housekeeper cautiously entered the door and whispered: "Master, there is a woman who wants to offer incense to the young lady. I don't know..."
"I said no one is allowed to come in!" Xiaocui's incense is provided by him, and he doesn't need anyone's sympathy or interference!
"But, she said..." The housekeeper stared at the hard lines of his back, swallowed and said, "The woman said she knew who killed the young lady..."
Zhang Dongyu stood up eagerly, his eyes cold: "Let her come in."
The housekeeper was startled by him and hurriedly withdrew. After a while, he led a woman wearing black gauze clothes and a black gauze hat on her head into the mourning hall. Then he wisely withdrew and guarded them.
Outside the mourning hall.
"Who are you?" She was so pretentious that if she couldn't give him a satisfactory answer, he would definitely make her regret this trip!
"Sir, I don't mean to offend you. It's just that I can't help myself in the harem, so I do everything carefully and don't dare to be careless." After saying that, the woman took off her black gauze hat, and a beautiful face appeared in front of Zhang Dongyu.
Together with Duan Murong, Lian'er was personally selected by the prince as his concubine.
Zhang Dongyu looked at her coldly, expressionless, and said in a cold voice: "Tell me, do you know the cause of Xiao Cui's death?"
Lian'er lowered her eyes and nodded slightly.
"Who killed her?"
"Can this slave trust the general?" Lian'er glanced at her and said timidly: "If this slave says it..."
"I guarantee that no one will dare to touch you." He said solemnly.
Lian'er hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said: "It's the Crown Princess."
Zhang Dongyu didn't speak, as if he was considering the truth or falsehood of what she said. He had heard earlier that Duan Murong was killed by the Crown Princess, but this rumor had been broken when Xiao Cui killed Yang Xi. Now, why did she kill Xiao Cui?
Could it be...
"My lord actually has doubts in his heart, but he just doesn't want to think about it deeply." Lian'er looked at him deeply, her voice soft but firm: "Concubine Rong was not killed by Miss Zhang. My lord should know this better than anyone else."
"Duanmurong was fatally stabbed with a needle in the neck. Naturally, it was not Rong'er who killed her." He had never worried about Helian Bobo using this reason to treat Xiaocui. She only committed the crime of robbing and killing the princess. He had already wanted to
How could he exonerate her, but he didn't expect that someone could no longer bear it and killed someone to silence her. His eyes were cold and his brows were filled with anger: "You said that, do you know who killed Duan Murong? You said it was the Crown Princess who killed her.
Xiaocui, do you have any evidence?"
Fights in the harem have always been complicated. He is not a young man, and it is impossible to judge a person's guilt based on a few words from a woman. Whether she wants to get rid of the Crown Princess with her own hands is still unknown.
Lian'er knew that he would not easily believe her. She pursed her lips and whispered: "The Crown Princess is not as gentle and kind as she appears on the surface. In private, she often abuses Gong E and her servants. The power behind Concubine Rong
She is so huge that the princess does not dare to touch her easily, and the slaves...are often punished by her in private..."
Her pale hands fell on her clothes, and she seemed to muster up the greatest courage, and suddenly pulled gently. Before Zhang Dongyu could stop him, the black gauze clothes had floated to the ground, and Lian'er's fair and soft body was exposed inch by inch in front of him.
On the delicate and smooth skin, red marks the thickness of a needle are clearly visible under Zhang Dongyu's extraordinary eyesight. It is not difficult to imagine that such red marks are caused by long and thin silver needles.
How cruel it is to prick a weak woman with a long needle!
"These are all the things that the Crown Princess left on you?" He couldn't imagine how Yang Xi, who was so charming, could be so cruel as to commit such a murderous act.
Lian'er nodded, bent down to pick up the clothes on the ground and slowly put them on. Her expression was sad, and I felt pity for her, so I said in a trembling voice: "On the night before the prince's expedition, I saw the prince entering Concubine Rong's bedroom with my own eyes."
....But the prince asked the slave and Concubine Rong to leave the prince's palace the next day. The slave just thought that even if the prince didn't like the slave, there was nothing he could say to ask the slave to leave. However, the prince clearly favored Concubine Rong.
, why did she suddenly force her to leave the Crown Prince's Palace? Later... Later, Concubine Rong was killed, and the slave finally understood the prince's good intentions. The Crown Prince... actually wanted to save Concubine Rong."
As if she didn't want to recall those painful experiences, she closed her eyes and tried to calmly say: "Concubine Rong just inherited a little bit of the crown prince's rain and dew, and she suffered this accident... Fortunately, she was smart and took the crown prince's concubine into consideration.
The needle bag was left behind, and the evidence was left behind. It’s a pity that the Emperor will not punish the Crown Princess no matter what.”
She sighed quietly and whispered: "I don't know why Miss Zhang is chasing the Crown Princess. It's not necessarily a misunderstanding. However, Miss Zhang fell into the Crown Princess's trap this time. This trap...
...Maybe it was set up by the emperor himself."
"Bold!" How can she slander the king of a country at will?
Lian'er was so frightened that her legs went weak and she knelt straight on the ground. But her eyes were sad and she said with a look of reluctance: "I'm not talking nonsense. Miss Zhang was murdered by the Emperor and the Crown Princess in conspiracy!"
"Where's the evidence?" Some people believe that Xiaocui is not the murderer of Duan Murong, and he is naturally happy. However, if it is said that his daughter was killed by the emperor, he not only cannot believe it, but also dare not believe it! If so,
The real culprit behind the scenes is the emperor, so how should he avenge this revenge? "Why do you doubt the emperor? Xiaocui has no enmity with the emperor. The emperor has no reason to kill her!"
In particular, he holds the power to control the imperial army of Wancheng. No matter how stupid He Lianbobo is, he would not dare to take action on his daughter!
"It's only to blame that Miss Zhang loved the prince miserably and resented the prince concubine!" Lian'er met his angry gaze and said firmly, "She stepped into this trap herself and lost her life in vain!" The author was blindly reading in the book review area.