Chapter 110 Confrontation
Two people were forced to kneel on the ground with knives at their necks by four men. Zhang Ming put his knife back and looked at Chuntao and Songshi who were hugging each other.
Both of them were terrified, but they also understood why someone came to kill them. They knew what bad things they had done, and now it could be said that this was retribution.
Zhang Ming looked at the two people who were obviously frightened, and put the knife in his hand on the table. The sound made the two people tremble.
“You two are both smart people. You know why two people came to kill you without me saying anything.
We are from the Dali Temple and we are here for that matter. But we want you to go back alive to testify, while they hope that you will never speak.
As long as you are willing to go back with us and serve as witnesses honestly, we will ensure that you will be safe along the way! ”
Chuntao and Songshi looked at each other and saw hatred in each other's eyes. They were blinded by money and took money they shouldn't have and did things they shouldn't have. Today's disaster was also within their expectations.
Although they thought so, when they really faced this situation, they hated the person who made them do this.
Since that person wouldn't let them live an easy life, they would definitely not let her live an easy life either. Even if they had to die, they would drag her down with them.
"We are willing to go back with you and serve as witnesses, as long as you guarantee our safety."
Seeing that they agreed, Zhang Ming rested in Chuntao and Songshi's yard for a night, and led his men back to the capital early the next morning.
However, because there were many people returning this time, and not all of them could ride horses, they had to hire a carriage, so the return journey was much slower, and it took two days to reach the capital.
Prince Changping and Liu Ru have been living in dire straits these past two days. Although they are confident that the people they sent to silence them will not fail, they are also very uneasy because there has been no news for two days.
It felt like there was a sharp guillotine hanging around their necks, which could fall at any time. The feeling of jumping on the edge of death was nerve-wracking. After just two days, the two men looked so haggard that they seemed to have aged several years.
Just when some of them couldn't wait any longer and wanted to write to ask those who had silenced them whether the matter was done, Shen Shixu brought a group of people to the Changping Palace.
When Liu Ru saw Xia He, Chun Tao and Song Shi following behind her, she realized that everything was over.
Shen Shixu smiled and looked at the unhappy Prince Changping and Liu Ru, "I have fulfilled my mission and found out the truth about the death of the previous princess. Now there are witnesses and evidence, and all of this points to the current princess Liu Ru!
I wonder if Princess Liu has any excuse? ”
Liu Ru grabbed Prince Changping's sleeve and looked at him pitifully, hoping that he would save her.
Prince Changping patted her hands, took a step forward and said to Shen Shixu, "Sir Shen, these people are of low status, and it is hard to guarantee that they are not trying to save their lives by trying to get close to my princess. I'm afraid it's not enough to convict my princess based on their words alone!"
Shen Shixu sneered, "Your Highness is really hypocritical! Your original wife died in an unclear manner, but you don't want to seek justice for her, but you keep protecting the real murderer who killed her, and you act stupid in front of me.
Do you think that as long as you don't admit it, it will be useless even if you find evidence? ”
Xiao Ruixuan was very angry. He stood up and shouted at Prince Changping: "Father, this is the last time I will call you. My mother was murdered, and you don't want to seek justice for her.
You are still protecting the man who harmed my mother. Where do you put my mother, and where do you put me? ”
Prince Changping was speechless. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shen Shixu brought the witness up directly, "Our Prince Changping doesn't believe that his princess would do such a heartless thing. You tell him who bribed him and what he had done."
The first one to stand up was Xia He. "I am Xia He, your servant, and I pay my respects to the prince. The prince should be familiar with me. I have been serving the young lady since I was young, and I have always followed the young lady when she was raised by the prince.
I know all about the young lady. She has always been unhappy about being kept away by the prince, but she does not want to enter the palace and become a concubine with a formal status, because she does not want to be humble in front of the late princess.
Later, when he heard that the princess had a difficult birth and needed to be well taken care of in the future due to her poor health, he began to have evil thoughts.
He found a chronic poison called Thousand Sunshine, and bribed the maid who served the princess to put it in the princess's medicine every day. The princess became increasingly weak due to the poison, until she could no longer withstand it and was poisoned to death. ”
Chun Tao continued her words, "I am the maidservant who was bribed to serve the princess' medicine. Princess Liu gave me two thousand taels of silver to put drugs in the princess' medicine every day. The first time, she also gave me a pearl hairpin as a reward."
Chuntao took out a hairpin made mainly of gold and inlaid with rubies and pearls. Prince Changping recognized this hairpin as he had given it to Liu Ru.
Songshi also spoke up at this time, "I am Songshi, who serves snacks to the prince. Princess Liu also gave me some money to put drugs in the prince's snacks. But the prince doesn't like snacks, so it didn't work. She also gave me a generous reward, a bracelet plus one thousand taels of silver.
Prince Changping also recognized the bracelet, as it was given to Liu Ru by him.
Shen Shixu was about to ask Zhang Ming to bring the two assassins up, but Prince Changping waved his hand, "No need!"
Shen Shixu signaled Zhang Ming to take the person back, then looked at the dejected Prince Changping and said, "Your Majesty believes it now, can you let me take the person away?"
When Liu Ru heard this, she grabbed the Prince of Changping's hand and cried, "Your Majesty, please don't give up on me. I know I was wrong. I was just confused for a moment.
I am willing to make amends. I will take care of the prince as if he were my own child and will never let him suffer any injustice.
Moreover, I have given birth to a son for the prince, and I am pregnant now. The prince cannot just abandon me like this~"
This was the first time Shen Shixu heard such shameless words, "You take care of Ruixuan as if he were your own child? This is really the biggest joke I've heard this year. You wanted to kill him before, and you also killed his mother. How can you have the nerve to say such a thing?"
Shen Shixu thought it was ridiculous, but someone took it seriously. Prince Changping looked at Xiao Ruixuan with pleading eyes, and there was no trace of the coldness that could freeze someone to death as before.
"Ah Xuan, your mother has passed away. You know how hard it is to be without a mother. Are you willing to let your elder brother and unborn brother or sister suffer the same pain you have suffered? Why not let your Aunt Liu go!"
"I can't bear it, and I will never let her go!"
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