Chapter 583 I can sit firmly on the throne of the Queen Mother of Dongchu
The atmosphere in Yunzhao Pavilion was a bit depressing. Zi Yunlai died suddenly, and their journey back to Dajin was delayed. Obviously, everyone was a little irritable.
Yuan Xiaonian asked Fuxing for the third time, "Is it really not you who poisoned me?"
Fuxing remained silent, just like the second time he was asked.
"Second Prince, Miss Fuxing has no reason to poison Zi Yunlai, so you should stop doubting her." Bai Yu'an couldn't help but answer for Fuxing.
Yuan Xiaonian also felt that it shouldn't be Fuxing, but the incident happened suddenly, so who else could it be if not Fuxing?
He could only think of one person, "Could it really be that crazy queen who did this? And for what? To avenge Wei Changkong?"
"When all possible options have been eliminated, the one remaining one, no matter how unlikely it is, is the only answer." Bai Yu'an guessed it should be Cao Huaping. However, when he saw Cao Huaping accompanying Ziyun to see the doctor that day, he thought Cao Huaping had changed her mind. Unexpectedly...
I can only say that this woman is too moody.
"Then what should we do next?" This was what Yuan Xiaonian was most worried about. "If the murderer is Cao Huaping, then the so-called search for the murderer is completely nonsense. Either they will just arrest someone at random to take the blame, or..."
He looked at the others helplessly.
Bai Yu'an continued, "Either they want us to take the blame. In any case, the current situation is definitely not in our favor."
"Now, the only person who can believe in us is Prince Zi Tong, but the prince is too young and I'm afraid he doesn't have much say." Xiao Jingwen also sighed.
"I do have an idea," Fuxing, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up. "Let Prince Zitong know the truth, and then we can help him...get rid of Cao Huaping."
Yuan Xiaonian's eyes lit up instantly, obviously thinking this was a good idea. He subconsciously looked at Bai Yu'an.
Bai Yu'an said with some concern, "Will this... be too cruel to Prince Zi Tong?"
"Then what do you think would be the least cruel to him?" Yuan Xiaonian shook his head. "Can you guarantee that the next person Cao Huaping poisons isn't Zi Tong? Zi Tong must now accept reality. His father and mother are long dead, and the one next to him... is the enemy who murdered his father and mother."
Bai Yu'an thought about it and felt that this was the only better solution at the moment.
So, everyone discussed again what to do if Zi Tong knew the truth. After deciding on what to do, everyone went to bed.
Li Suining actually went to bed early. After she could no longer watch the stars, she slept much more soundly.
She opened her eyes drowsily in her sleep and saw Fuxing seemed to be lying on the table writing, and next to him was... what seemed to be her second brother's medicine box.
She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and asked in a humming voice, "Sister Fuxing, what are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Fuxing immediately put down the pen in her hand, walked to the bedside, and pushed Li Suining back. "Be good, Suining, go to sleep. I'll be asleep soon."
"Okay!" Li Suining hadn't fully woken up yet. He turned over and soon went back to sleep.
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The next day, Yuan Xiaonian called Li Suining over and said, "Little Suining, go find Prince Zitong and play in the next room. Do you understand?"
"Why?" Li Suining tilted his head, not quite understanding.
"We have something we want to let Crown Prince Zi Tong know, but... these words might be more credible if heard from someone else."
Yuan Xiaonian gently pinched Li Suining's little fat cheeks and said, "What? Don't you want to go home quickly? Don't you want to listen to the Second Prince?"
"I know. I'll go now." Li Suining certainly wanted to go back early. She missed her father and mother, as well as her brother the prince.
She quickly went to find Zi Tong.
Zi Tong was obviously still in a bad mood. His mother had refused to see him since she left yesterday, and he felt extremely uneasy.
Li Suining took great pains to finally pull Zi Tong to Yunzhao Pavilion and to the room Yuan Xiaonian mentioned.
"Sister Suining, what do you want to tell me?" Zi Tong said listlessly, "I want to go back and continue to keep vigil for my father."
"Shh!" Li Suining made a gesture to silence the others. "Don't worry, I won't keep you too long."
She pointed toward the window and said, "Listen, there's someone talking over there. You can hear it from here."
"Someone's talking?" Zi Tong walked over curiously and put his ear to the window. Sure enough, he heard someone talking. He immediately exclaimed in surprise, "It's my mother!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down," Li Suining reminded Zi Tong in a low voice, "Let's listen to what they are saying."
In the next room, except for Li Suining, all the members of the Jin Dynasty delegation were there, including Cao Huaping.
Cao Huaping didn't expect that Yuan Xiaonian had the courage to come to her first. Well, she would send them to accompany Ziyun today.
"You were the one who poisoned the Emperor Chu, right?" Yuan Xiaonian spoke first, his tone very firm.
"Hahaha..." Cao Huaping laughed out loud. This was the thief crying thief, but so what? She didn't care at all. Besides, she had really thought about it in the first place.
"It's me, so what?" She admitted without any hesitation.
She sneered at the people in front of her, "Why? You deliberately called me here today to avenge Ziyun? Let's not talk about whether you have the ability to kill me. Even if you really do, can you leave here alive?"
Yuan Xiaonian snorted, "You are simply a vicious woman! What about Crown Prince Zi Tong? Now that Zi Yunlai has been killed, will you let him go, Crown Prince Zi Tong?"
His voice got a bit louder, and he continued, "After all, if Zi Yunlai dies, no one will know that you once poisoned Prince Zi Tong's biological mother. And I see that he respects you very much and truly regards you as his biological mother. Can you let him go?"
"Hahaha..." Cao Huaping truly thought these people from Dajin were ridiculous. She swept her gaze over them one by one, finally landing on Fuxing. "My dear niece, don't you feel annoyed following these people? Or do you want to pretend to be a savior now? How ridiculous."
"Cao Huaping, answer my question!" Yuan Xiaonian slammed the table. "What are you going to do with Crown Prince Zi Tong? That poor, ignorant child."
Cao Huaping sneered, "Of course he was killed. You just said that Zi Yunlai died, but before he died, he told you things he shouldn't have told you, so..."
Her expression gradually turned cold, her eyes became frighteningly dark, and she walked towards Yuan Xiaonian step by step.
"So, whether it's Zi Tong or you, you all deserve to die just like Zi Yunlai. This way, everything I've done won't be exposed, and I can keep my throne as the Queen Mother of Dongchu!"
"Hahaha……"
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