Chapter 515 Rescue
The imperial physician took Princess Qi Yang's pulse and confirmed that she was no longer breathing, and Princess Shun Yang looked as pale as death.
She was just hosting a peach blossom banquet, how could Princess Qiyang die in her mansion?!
Empress Song hurried over, accompanied by a palace maid, and asked Princess Shunyang, "The palace maid reported to me that Qi Yang is dead. What happened?"
Her voice was trembling, and she was extremely anxious.
Princess Shunyang looked at Princess Qiyang, who was lying on the ground covered with a white cloth. Queen Song froze, "How could it be, how could it be..."
"If the Queen Mother knew this, she would go crazy!"
The empress dowager only gave birth to one son and one daughter in her life. Her son was poisoned to death on his wedding night, and her daughter, Princess Qi Yang, was suddenly killed. How could the empress dowager bear such a blow?
Princess Shunyang had no time to care about the empress dowager. She was in a difficult situation and could not save herself.
Shoukang Palace.
The Queen Mother leaned back on the large pillow and covered her heart with her hand.
Nanny Gui saw this and said, "Your Majesty, your heart aches. I'll call the imperial physician for you..."
The Queen Mother did not feel any pain in her heart, but she suddenly felt panic for no reason, which made her tremble and feel afraid from the bottom of her heart.
There was a string of Buddhist beads on the small table beside the bed. The empress dowager looked at the beads, and Nanny Gui picked them up and presented them to the empress dowager.
The Empress Dowager picked up the Buddhist beads, and the beads that Gui Mama held were in good condition, but they broke in her hands.
As Nanny Gui withdrew her hand, the Buddhist beads fell to the ground with a crackling sound, and the jade beads hit the bluestone ground, making a crisp sound.
The Queen Mother looked at the scattered Buddhist beads. Several palace maids quickly squatted on the ground to pick them up. Outside, a young eunuch came crawling in, literally crawling in, his voice trembling like a sieve. "Queen Mother, this is bad. The eldest princess, Qi Yang..."
The Queen Mother's expression suddenly changed, "What happened to Qi Yang?"
The young eunuch fell to the ground and said, "Queen Dowager, the eldest princess is gone, gone..."
The Queen Mother's face, which was already pale to begin with, suddenly turned pale. "What do you mean the eldest princess is gone?!"
Aunt Gui also scolded, "How did you report it? Are you tired of living?"
The young eunuch, who was lying on the ground, raised his head and quickly glanced at the Queen Mother before continuing to lie down. "Princess Qiyang was killed in Princess Shunyang's residence..."
The Queen Mother lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.
But he rolled off the bed. The Queen Mother said, "Say it again! Say it again!"
The young eunuch looked up at the Queen Mother and said, "My Queen Mother, I am deeply saddened..."
puff!
The Queen Mother spat out a mouthful of blood.
Fainted.
"Empress Dowager!"
Nanny Gui said anxiously.
The bedroom was in chaos.
Imperial study.
After exploiting a certain prince consort for a day, the emperor had some free time today. He quickly reviewed more than a dozen memorials and admired the paintings with great interest, preparing to copy them.
Eunuch An helped the emperor spread out the drawing paper. A young eunuch came running in and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, Princess Qiyang was murdered in Princess Shunyang's mansion..."
This news shocked both the emperor and eunuch An.
The emperor asked, "Qi Yang is gone?"
Another eunuch ran in from outside, "Your Majesty, when the Queen Mother heard the news that Princess Qiyang was gone, she couldn't bear the shock and vomited blood and fainted..."
Princess Qi Yang was the empress dowager's beloved daughter. If Princess Qi Yang was really killed, it would be a fatal blow to the empress dowager.
But who is so bold as to kill Princess Qi Yang?
Thinking about today’s Peach Blossom Banquet, where Shen Wan was also going, the Emperor asked, “Where is Princess Qingning?”
The young eunuch said, "Princess Qingning is fine. Princess Qiyang was murdered and it was discovered by Princess Qingning and the Princess of Yuzhang."
Fortunately, Wan'er was fine. The emperor said, "Immediately send the Ministry of Justice to investigate the murder of Princess Qiyang."
Princess Qi Yang was murdered. This was a serious matter. No one had the leisure to appreciate the peach blossoms, but no one dared to leave. Princess Qi Yang was murdered. Everyone who came to the banquet today was a suspect, and Princess Shun Yang would not let them go.
Queen Song said, "The Queen Mother should have received the news by now. I'm afraid she can't bear this blow, so I will return to the palace first."
Queen Song wanted to leave, and Princess Shunyang didn't dare to keep her.
Of course, no one doubted that Princess Qi Yang's death was related to Queen Song.
If the Queen Mother could not bear the news of Princess Qi Yang's murder and fell ill or even died, Queen Song and King Cheng would lose a great support.
Killing Princess Qi Yang and stabbing the Queen Mother in the heart, Queen Song would never do such a thing even if she was kicked in the head by a donkey.
Queen Song left the same way she came, and until she was out of sight, Chen Wan did not take her eyes away.
Princess Qiyang's death couldn't be related to Queen Song...
There is only one wooden house in Taolin where people can change clothes. If Queen Song changed clothes in the wooden house, she might have had a secret meeting with Prince Qing nearby. Could it be that Princess Qi Yang witnessed this?
But even if they saw it, they would not kill Princess Qi Yang to silence her. They were in the same boat. Even if Princess Qi Yang knew, she would only conceal it for Queen Song instead of exposing it. Unless Princess Qi Yang heard something she shouldn't have heard, such as that Prince Jin died at the hands of Queen Song and Prince Qing, otherwise she would not do that.
But are two people having an affair and still talking about someone who died twenty years ago?
Furthermore, Queen Song and Prince Qing were flirting with each other, but they didn't even send secret guards to guard them. Princess Qiyang could easily have caught them there...
Shen Wan's head wanted to explode, and he couldn't sort this matter out.
She and Wei Mingzhu were waiting in the pavilion.
Princess Shunyang's mansion was in chaos. They sat in the pavilion for half an hour, but no maid came to pour tea, and Shanhu and the others didn't dare to run around.
The Minister of Justice was ordered to investigate the cause of Princess Qi Yang's death. He found traces of a fight nearby and bloodstains in the corners of the wall. For a moment, he could not tell whether it was the blood of the assassin or the injured and missing Princess Yaoguang.
Most people have alibis when Princess Qi Yang got into trouble, but Chen Wan's evidence is even stronger, as people from Princess Qi Yang's mansion can testify on her behalf.
After confirming that Shen Wan had nothing to do with the case, Xie Jingyu took Shen Wan away.
After leaving Princess Shunyang's residence and getting in the carriage, Xie Jingyu asked, "Are you frightened?"
How could I not be shocked? A living person just disappeared like that.
Chen Wan said, "I don't know who killed Princess Qiyang..."
"You'll find out."
The carriage gurgled forward. When it was almost at the Jingbei Palace, Chen Ping's voice came from outside, "Master, the situation is not optimistic. Young Master Zhao said he only has a 10% chance of saving the people..."
Xie Jingyu said, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."
Chen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu with wide eyes, "Who are you saving?"
"Yaoguang County Lady."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Shen Wan couldn't believe what he heard.
He took her away, no, it was Xie Jingyu who rescued the Lady of Yaoguang County?
Chen Wan recalled her previous suspicions, "The one who killed Princess Qi Yang was... Prince Qing?"
"That's him."
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