Chapter 465 Zuo Sixian hanged himself
The Crown Prince of Dongchu left on the morning of the fourth day.
At that time, Li Suining and Fuxing were still playing cat's tuck in the National Master's Hall when they saw Wen Renli coming back in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Fuxing noticed something was wrong. He rarely saw Wenren Li so anxious.
Wen Renli took off his hood, revealing his scarred face. He sighed and said, "Lord Zuo...is dead."
"Master Zuo?" Li Suining put down the flower rope in his hand, ran to Wen Renli, and asked with his head tilted up, "Zuo Sixian? Is he... dead?"
Now, she is not so afraid of Wenren Li's face.
Wen Renli nodded, "Today... the government officials went to the Zuo family to arrest him and found him... hanged in his study."
Li Suining's body swayed and she almost fell down, tears instantly coming down.
She didn't like her brother Zuo Sixian, she never did, but... she didn't expect him to die like this.
Fuxing came forward, pulled her to sit beside him, and then said to Wenren fiercely, "People from the government office are here? What else did they say?"
Wen Renli sat down and spoke carefully, "Right after we sent the Crown Prince of Dongchu away, Lord Shen from the government office asked to see him. I didn't hear much, but it was probably General Bai..."
He glanced at Li Suining and continued, "It was the night you came back, right? General Bai was assassinated. Lord Shen found out that Zuo Sixian was the mastermind behind the assassination. When they went to get him this morning, they found him hanged."
The little dumpling sat there, his face pale, his whole body trembling, and he looked absent-minded.
For some reason, she suddenly thought of her second brother Zuo. At this moment, her second brother Zuo must be feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"When I left, the prince was still there and said he would come over soon." Wen Ren Li said finally.
He took advantage of Li Suining's inattention and winked at Fuxing frantically, obviously wanting to talk to Fuxing alone.
Fuxing glanced at Li Suining, stood up first and walked out, and Wenren Li quickly followed.
"You said Zuo Sixian is dead. Could it be related to the Empress?" Wen Ren Li immediately asked in a low voice when they got outside.
Fuxing didn't say anything. Now that the truth was revealed, Zuo Sixian was obviously no longer useful as a chess piece. His death was only a matter of time, regardless of whether it was related to the queen or not.
"How terrifying!" Wen Renli became more and more frightened the more he thought about it. "Is Zuo Sixian crazy? Why would he assassinate Bai Yunfeng? If so, won't the emperor be suspicious? Will he implicate us?"
Fuxing looked at him helplessly, "What does his death have to do with us? Don't forget, no one knows that we know Zuo Sixian, and... he has already presented us to the Queen."
"But he is dead. Wouldn't the emperor suspect that there is something else behind Bai Yunfeng's rebellion?" Wen Renli actually admired Fuxing very much. This little girl was indeed not simple. Even at this time, she still looked like she didn't care about anything.
Fuxing thought for a moment before slowly speaking, "Remember, you cannot change your mind about Baiyunfeng without my permission."
"I understand." Wen Renli hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Okay, the prince is here, you go in first." Fuxing also returned to the room to accompany Li Suining.
"I want to leave the palace." Little Dumpling suddenly said, she wanted to go see her second brother Zuo.
"This..." Fuxing was a little embarrassed and did not agree immediately.
At this time, Yuan Huaihong came in from outside, "Sister Suining, Miss Fuxing."
"Brother Crown Prince!" Li Suining ran forward and threw herself sadly into Yuan Huaihong's arms, "Brother Crown Prince, Zuo Sixian..."
Yuan Huaihong nodded, and quickly comforted the little girl, "Sister Suining, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't need to blame yourself. He... committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Li Suining nodded slowly. Although this was the case, she still couldn't help crying.
She said pitifully, "Brother Crown Prince, I want to go see Brother Zuo Er."
"Okay, no problem." Yuan Huaihong agreed without hesitation. After all, Li Suining is a descendant of the Zuo family and is Zuo Sixian's sister. The emperor should agree to let her go to the Zuo family.
He patted the little guy's head and said, "Be good, let's go tell the emperor first, and then go to the Zuo family. Jiali should have received the news and returned from the Imperial College."
"Yes." Li Suining nodded obediently and held Yuan Huaihong's hand.
"Can I go with you?" Fuxing suddenly asked. Fearing that Yuan Huaihong would be embarrassed, she quickly added, "Zuo Sixian is, after all, an official appointed by the imperial court, and the emperor holds him in high esteem. I would like to go as the high priest to pray for his soul."
Yuan Huaihong obviously hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay, let's go together."
Fuxing had already put on his hood, and when he saw the prince agreed, he immediately stood up and followed them.
In the Yangxin Palace, Yuan Tianchen was obviously shocked when he heard about Zuo Sixian's suicide and Bai Yunfeng's assassination, but he was more puzzled.
He didn't understand why Zuo Sixian wanted to assassinate Bai Yunfeng, and he felt that Zuo Sixian didn't need to die at all.
When he heard that Yuan Huaihong and others were going to the Zuo family, he quickly nodded in agreement.
"That's fine. No matter what Sixian did wrong, he is still someone I can trust. Go ahead and offer my condolences to the Zuo family..."
Speaking of this, Yuan Tianchen suddenly remembered that it seemed that Zuo Jiali was the only one left in the Zuo family now.
He was shocked to find that in less than a year, the once huge Prime Minister's Mansion had dwindled to only one person left.
"Xiao Suining," Yuan Tianchen looked at the little girl with red eyes, "I know you have feelings and resentments towards the Zuo family, but at this point, the Zuo family's bloodline is only you and Jiali left. When you go, please accompany him well."
"Yes, Uncle Emperor." Li Suining sniffed.
Yuan Tianchen looked at Fuxing at the back and said, "High Priest, please pray for Sixian's soul to be reborn. Then, return to the palace and come to see me with the Imperial Master immediately."
Fuxing nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Soon, the three of them left the Yangxin Palace. A carriage was already waiting not far away. They got on the carriage and headed towards the Zuo family.
On the way, the atmosphere in the carriage was obviously a bit solemn. After Zuo Sixian's death, it seemed that some clues were lost again.
Yuan Huaihong looked at Fuxing who was silent beside him several times, but never asked anything.
He didn't think that framing the Bai family and assassinating Bai Yunfeng were all Zuo Sixian's ideas. Who else was behind this? Could it be his mother?
He knew that Fuxing should have the answer, but he felt that asking was unnecessary.
About half an hour later, Jinxi's voice rang out from outside, "Your Highness, we've arrived."
Yuan Huaihong got off the carriage first, then carried Li Suining down, and Fuxing walked at the end.
Little Tuanzi stood at the door of the Zuo family, feeling like she was dreaming. The last time she came here, Zuo Shanzhang was still the prime minister who could make things happen with a flick of his hand, but now...
Even after Zuo Sixian died, the Zuo family was still deserted, as if no one came to pay their respects.
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