Chapter 411 Aren’t you a good runner?

This time during the hunting trip in Xishan, not only did it snow heavily, but the biggest chaos since the founding of the Daxing Dynasty also occurred. The emperor, the ninth prince Huo Yan, and the eldest princess of Xiling were all missing in the hunting grounds.

Huo Yang, along with a group of civil and military officials, searched the mountains for three days and three nights before they found several corpses in a wolf den that had been torn apart by wolves beyond recognition.

The bodies were separated and their limbs were missing. One of them was wearing a torn dragon robe and was covered in blood.

When Prince Rui Huo Yang saw this, he knelt down on the spot and shouted "Father", and even fainted on the spot because of excessive grief.

Jiang Hao rolled his eyes secretly when he saw this scene.

Prince Rui's men searched the Xishan hunting ground for three whole days, searching almost every inch of it, but they still couldn't find the emperor.

Huo Yang was anxious to become the emperor, so he could not tolerate this matter dragging on. He immediately fabricated the illusion of the emperor's death, and came to this so-called wolf's den to stage this scene.

Jiang Hao pretended to be ignorant and asked the imperial physician to wake Prince Rui up.

The imperial physician took a lot of effort before Prince Rui woke up slowly. He first cried and wondered how his father could have passed away like this, and then immediately blamed Huo Yan and Ye Ninglan for the emperor's death.

Perhaps Huo Yang had not expected that he could actually get rid of the Ninth Prince and Princess Xiling in one fell swoop. During these three days, he pretended to look for the whereabouts of the emperor while discussing with the Rui Wang Party how to put the blame on others.

So at this moment he said angrily that the emperor's death must be the result of a conspiracy between Huo Yan and Princess Xiling. Now that the two of them were unknown whether they were alive or dead, it all depended on Huo Yang's words.

The ministers are naturally not so foolish.

Grand Tutor Wang was the first to stand up and say that the matter was not that simple and must be investigated thoroughly. Moreover, the body was so mutilated that it could not be confirmed that it was the emperor's.

This time, Prime Minister Ji asked, "Who else but the emperor can wear the dragon robe?" He sided with Prince Rui.

The ministers argued endlessly.

Huo Yang didn't say anything on the surface, but after returning, he sent several groups of assassins to kill the old ministers who took the lead in questioning him.

All dissenting voices disappeared in an instant.

On the second day, Huo Yang sent people to clear the snow and clear the road to send the emperor's body back to the palace.

The body was kept in the palace and all officials were in mourning.

Huo Yang was already prepared to deal with Queen Wang. If Queen Wang insisted on going against him, he would send the Queen to see his father.

However, he did not expect that when Queen Wang learned that the emperor had died in the Wolf's Den in the Western Hills and saw the mutilated corpse with her own eyes, her reaction was even greater than his. Not only did she faint from crying on the spot, but she also fell ill and could not get up.

Huo Yang suspected that Queen Wang was pretending, so he asked the imperial physician and his biological mother, Concubine Shu, to go to Qiwu Palace to confirm. After learning that Queen Wang was really dying, he felt even more emotional, "Even God is helping me."

Huo Yang did not give Mu Qingshan and Liu Yan, those stubborn guys, any chance to speak in the palace. He just found a pretext and sent people to arrest them and put them in jail.

If he didn't have to use them to deal with Huo Zheng, Huo Yang really wanted to deal with these people directly.

It snowed heavily for several days and the weather in the capital changed.

Huo Yang acted as the government official on the grounds that "the country cannot be without a king for a day". When the Rui Wang Party proposed to summon the Prince of Chang'an back to the capital to attend the funeral, he issued an edict, waiting for Huo Zheng to return to the capital to die, and his throne would be secure.

That evening, after Huo Yang finished discussing government affairs with everyone, he waved his hand and asked the ministers to leave.

Jiang Hao did not leave immediately.

Seeing that he didn't leave, Huo Yang knew what he was going to do. "Your wife is fine. She is my honored guest. No one dares to neglect her."

Jiang Hao said, "Of course I believe the prince, but my wife is spoiled and cannot get used to living in the prince's mansion. I want to take her back to the general's mansion."

"It is said that General Pingxi dotes on his wife excessively. Now it seems that it is not a false rumor." Huo Yang said this, but did not agree to let Jiang Hao take Song Wan'er back.

This General Pingxi is not a loyal and righteous man.

In order to seek revenge, Jiang Hao acknowledged the enemy as his father and endured humiliation for several years. Only when the opportunity arose did he cut off the enemy's head to avenge his hatred. In this way, he rose from a mere rebel to the general of Pingxi in the current dynasty.

Prince Chang'an incorporated the rebels and asked for a title for Jiang Hao. Jiang Hao did not express much gratitude to him and immediately became the emperor's man.

The emperor treated him with great trust and gradually gave him real power over the past three years.

However, at the height of the Xishan Incident, Jiang Hao did not behave loyally to his master.

Huo Yang tried to win him over, but he knew in his heart that loyalty and righteousness were bullshit to Jiang Hao, and he only wanted power.

Such a mad dog.

His only weakness is probably his beloved wife.

When Huo Yang thought of this, he became more determined to keep Song Wan'er in his hands to control Jiang Hao and force him to be an obedient dog.

"My princess is very fond of Madam Jiang and wants to keep her at the palace as a companion. You know it's rare for the princess to like someone so much, and I can't deny her my feelings." Huo Yang also acted like a doting wife. "If you miss your wife, feel free to go to the palace to see her. The capital has been in chaos lately, and many things have to be handled by the general himself. You will definitely be too busy to take care of her. Let's talk about bringing her back later."

Jiang Hao cursed Huo Yang inwardly, calling him worse than pigs and dogs, but he didn't show it on his face. He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration."

After he said that, he left the palace and went to Prince Rui's Mansion.

Now that Prince Rui is in charge of government affairs, Princess Rui is extremely busy and doesn't need Song Wan'er to accompany her.

When Jiang Hao arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion, Princess Rui managed to find some time to meet him. After learning that he was going to see Song Wan'er, she asked her personal maid to take Jiang Hao to the west wing.

Jiang Hao had no expression on his face, but his steps were extremely fast. The maid who led the way was walking in front of him at first, but was soon left behind by him.

Jiang Hao asked the maid how to get to the west wing, and he wished he could fly there using his lightness skills.

When he arrived at the west wing, he saw a guard every five steps and a guard every ten steps. Song Wan'er was sitting in the room listlessly.

Like a sunflower with drooping branches.

The guards at the gate hadn't received their master's orders yet. Seeing Jiang Hao suddenly rush in, they immediately tried to stop him, "This is a restricted area of ​​the palace. No trespassing."

Jiang Hao didn't say anything. He slapped the guard on the left away with his palm, kicked the guard on the right away with his foot, strode over the threshold and walked straight in.

Song Wan'er had no interest in what was happening outside. Suddenly, she heard the sound of fighting. She looked up and saw Jiang Hao walking quickly towards her. "You...why are you here?"

Jiang Hao scooped Song Wan'er up and looked her left and right, up and down. Seeing that she was not injured, he felt relieved. With a stern face, he asked, "Aren't you a good runner? How did you fall into the hands of Prince Rui?"

When Song Wan'er heard this, she felt guilty and aggrieved, and also a little ashamed of having caused Jiang Hao such trouble.

She couldn't explain it clearly in a few words, and asked him anxiously, "Why are you here? Is it Prince Rui..."

Before they could finish their words, a group of guards rushed in and surrounded them.

Just when Song Wan'er thought a fight was about to break out, the maid who had been ordered to lead Jiang Hao came running over, "Don't be rude! The prince said that the General Pingxi is one of us."

When Song Wan'er heard this, she looked up at Jiang Hao in disbelief, "You, you defected to King Rui?"