Yun Xiangye, while boating on a spring day, lost her footing and fell into the lake. She was rescued by Gu Yan, a wealthy young master who was recuperating in Jiangnan.
To repay his great kin...
Yun Xiangye nodded gently and said, "Yes."
A few days ago, she heard from Prince Zhao Rui of Xiang County that the Crown Princess fed rice soup to the corpse at night. Yun Xiangye was really afraid that her sister would do something stupid because of her deep love for the corpse.
Yun Xiangye waited in the carriage for a long time, until it got dark, and then she saw some lights dimly lit in the distance.
Although they were a little far away, Yun Xiangye recognized at a glance that it was her sister and her two most loyal palace maids.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly took Run'er and followed the group to the Crown Prince's mausoleum.
In the mausoleum.
Ye Wanhe held a torch and walked to the innermost part of the mausoleum. Her hand brushed across Zhao Yun's face.
Ye Wanhe looked at Mai Dong and Xia Qi and said, "Go guard outside and don't let anyone in."
Mai Dong and Xia Qi looked at each other, and there was only worry in their eyes for Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe said calmly, "Don't worry, you two. I still have Yu'er here. I will never do anything stupid."
Maidong and Xia Qi looked at each other and went to guard outside.
After Mai Dong and Xia Qi left, Ye Wanhe walked to a floor in the mausoleum and knocked on it repeatedly.
Soon, Ah Hong came out of the underground palace.
When Ye Wanhe saw the corpse brought by Ah Hong and smelled the disgusting stench, she took two steps back. The face of the corpse had begun to rot, and its body shape was somewhat similar to Zhao Yun.
Ah Hong first carried Zhao Yun out of the coffin, took off Zhao Yun's clothes and put them on the nameless corpse, then put the nameless corpse into the coffin and closed the coffin tightly.
"Let me in! How could you let my sister stay alone with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Get out of the way! I need to go in, don't stop me."
Ye Wanhe heard Yun Xiangye's voice outside, and knew that Ah Hong could not move Zhao Yun back to the underground palace all at once, so she quickly asked Ah Hong to hide.
When Yun Xiangye entered, she saw her sister holding the body of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and crying sadly.
Yun Xiangye couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes because of her sister's affection, "Sister..."
But before Yun Xiangye could be moved by her sister's affection for long, she smelled a strong and pungent odor again, which made her feel terrified from the bottom of her heart.
Yun Xiangye walked to the source of the stench and used all her strength to open the coffin. She saw a male corpse wearing a four-clawed dragon robe lying in the coffin.
The man's corpse was very rotten.
Yun Xiangye glanced at the male corpse, then at Zhao Yun in Ye Wanhe's arms...
Suddenly, he remembered what Zhao Rui said about Ye Wanhe feeding Zhao Yun rice soup in the middle of the night, and he also remembered that Ye Wanhe once said that the suspended animation drug would not only last for three days, but it would not be difficult to last for a month as long as the drug was continuously fed.
And when she smelled the odor of the male corpse, Yun Xiangye felt that something was wrong.
His Highness has been gone for over a month, and there is no smell at all.
Even though the East Palace was filled with ice and burning sandalwood, there was still a stench of corpse.
"Sister, did you give His Highness a fake death drug? His Highness is not dead?"
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe in shock.
Ye Wanhe knew she couldn't hide it any longer, so she nodded slightly and said, "Yes."