Chapter 1553 Return to Beijing
The wife of the prime minister stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning. Her body went limp and she slid down softly, sitting on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.
Yes, if he had not listened to what the Fourth Prince said and repeatedly picked trouble with Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan, none of the things that happened later would have happened!
She regretted it, regretted it very much!
If she hadn't provoked them, none of this would have happened! So why on earth did she provoke them?
Now that he had ended up like this, they dared not even mention the Fourth Prince.
How dare you? If you mention it, I'm afraid you'll die even faster...
After a few days, Shao Yunduan's "injury" was no longer a problem and he just needed to rest well on the road, so he set off again.
Xie Jingrong also showed up. He was going to Beijing, so he simply traveled with Shao Yunduan and others.
The news of Shao Yunduan's assassination had already been sent to the capital at full speed. The prince was furious and ordered a strict investigation of the case. He also ordered local officials along the way to escort him carefully, and included words from the emperor.
With the addition of the eldest son of the Xie family in the team now, the journey will naturally be much safer.
As long as those princes are not stupid, they will not continue to commit crimes after the emperor has spoken. That would be disrespecting the emperor. Given the emperor's temper, he will definitely conduct a thorough investigation, and then they will not be able to escape.
Besides, the emperor doesn't need any evidence at all. Just a little suspicion is enough to make the princes suffer.
The Fourth Prince was extremely angry, but he could only swallow his anger and accept the loss.
Proposing to send Shao Yunduan as the marriage envoy was certainly not as simple as just sending him away from the capital. He had already planned to take his life after he left the capital.
Unexpectedly, his wife also asked to go with him. That's good, then let the couple live and die together and become a pair of ghost mandarin ducks in the underworld!
On the way to the wedding, he naturally didn't dare to do anything. If he accidentally hurt the little prince Qing Di and ruined the marriage, he couldn't bear the consequences.
Shao Yunduan and others were also aware of this, so they did not take any special precautions along the way.
On the way back, the Fourth Prince originally thought that he could successfully get rid of Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan before entering Xiguan, but he did not expect to be defeated miserably!
He even went so far as to order his men to spend a large sum of money to bribe a group of notorious bandits outside the North.
Unexpectedly, he was rescued by General Longhu, and his plan was foiled.
The Yanzhou prefectural chancellor had been bribed by him a long time ago and was his man. Therefore, in his frustration and anger, he ordered the Yanzhou prefectural chancellor to set up a trap and cooperate with his own people inside and outside to simply bypass Shao Yunduan and kidnap Qiao Xuan.
Qiao Xuan's precautions were certainly not as good as Shao Yunduan's, but as long as they made proper arrangements and took the enemy by surprise, they could still succeed.
As long as he kidnaps the person, he will secretly spread the word to let the Crown Prince and Shao Yunduan know that the person is in his hands, but he will never admit it openly!
This time, he has made full preparations and there will be no mistakes.
Once Qiao Xuan was in his hands, he would never hand her over easily. He would put her under house arrest in a place no one knew. But he would ask her to write a letter to Shao Yunduan from time to time to show that she was still alive, and the letter would also be known to the prince.
Of course, all this is done in secret, and there will be absolutely no evidence left in the open.
He wanted to see, after Qiao Xuan fell into his hands, would the prince still trust Shao Yunduan and use Shao Yunduan as before? Definitely not!
This is called revenge!
Today's update is complete o(*￣︶￣*)o
(End of this chapter)
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