Chapter 415 The Death of the Three Crown Princesses
Tong Yun, a key figure, was killed by Wu Xue with one move on the day of the incident, leaving Hu Feifei unable to interrogate him.
He found out that this palace maid was sold into the palace as a maid by an old man a few years ago during the reign of the late emperor. Classics recorded that this old man was her father.
Hu Feifei sent someone to check the surname recorded in the classics, and found that the old man who sold her into the palace was not her biological father at all, but the one who adopted her just before she entered the palace.
What is even more strange is that a few months after Tongyun successfully entered the palace, the old man who sold her to the palace lost his footing and fell into the river and drowned. The clues were almost lost.
But despite this, Hu Feifei still found something.
According to the people in the old man's village, the old man went to the capital to pick up a daughter, and later he became rich. He ate well, drank spicy food, and hung out in taverns every day. As for the daughter, it seemed that he had sent her away to pursue her future.
Once when the old man was drunk, he let something slip. When he mentioned Tongyun's origin, he said mysteriously that she was a maid sent by a wealthy family in the capital, and she had a great background.
The people in the village were curious and asked what kind of wealthy family it was, but the old man refused to say anything. He only said that he collected money to do things. He, a humble citizen, did not dare to offend the big shots.
At this point, Hu Feifei knew that Tongyun was another chess piece sent to the palace. Who was the family who sent her to the palace? After so many years, the physical evidence has disappeared, and I am afraid that it will no longer be possible to find out.
But one thing is certain, the person who sent Tong Yun into the palace must be a concubine in the harem.
Yuchi Gong thought that the foreigner had no idea, and immediately ordered: "Thoroughly investigate whether the death of the eighth princess was caused by someone else, and find out the strangeness and connection between it."
And that person was very likely to be someone who had not yet been confirmed to retire from the East Palace when the Crown Prince chose his concubine for the first time, because the time of Tong Yun's withdrawal from the palace was a little different from the Crown Prince's first selection of a concubine.
After hearing this, Yuchi Gong neither denied nor agreed.
I don’t think there is any kind of person who can ignore it. This is the person who was not sure about his ability to withdraw from the palace back then.
All eight of the eight crown princesses at that time died unexpectedly. Yuchi Gong believed that there was something fishy about it at that time. I have always believed in the idea that fate is hard, but in those days I focused all my energy on investigating corrupt officials, and these eight families
The prospective father-in-law is all on the list.
I admit that it is indeed impossible for her to be the concubine who was determined to retire from the East Palace, but I can rule out other possibilities.
If he was really harmed by someone, then the person behind the scheme had great intentions. I had no idea that this person was the same person as the one who is stirring up trouble in the palace now. If he is allowed to develop, even smaller troubles will inevitably occur.
It is simply not surprising that such a man is so scheming, taking every step of the way, confident that he can withdraw from the palace but delaying his plans.
The outer circle was much larger, and there were no Concubine Xie or Concubine Zhao in it.
Yuchi Gong believed that this person might have coveted the position of Crown Princess.
Now that I think about it carefully, what happened to the eight crown princes is very similar to the current scene of things happening outside the palace when no one favors them.
After all, the crown prince's selection of concubines was the focus of much attention, and the people selected on the list were closely watched by all parties. It was too risky to arrange for someone to withdraw from the palace at this juncture.
Whether it was the Jinghong Palace case or the Taiye Lake frame-up, it was enough to show that the people behind the scenes had extensive collusion and little ambition.
This man had a deep scheming mind. Before the emperor ascended the throne, he had planted chess pieces to lurk around the favored Concubine Kang, and has been used by her to this day.
So even though I knew there was nothing fishy about it, I didn't have time to think about it carefully. In the final analysis, these eight princesses were destined to retire from the palace, and they would be buried with their families if they stayed at the forefront.