Chapter 533: Disbelief
It wasn't just the Duke of Song's Mansion. Once the skeleton was confirmed to be the eldest son-in-law's, the Prince of Qing's Mansion and the Left Prime Minister's Mansion were both thrown into prison.
The eldest son-in-law who left Beijing for business died in the Duke of Song's mansion and was buried on the spot. The Duke of Song could not escape the charge of murdering the eldest son-in-law.
But how could the Duke of Song harm the eldest son-in-law?
Aunt Gui was confused.
The Queen Mother could not accept it even more.
Thinking about the disappearance of the eldest son-in-law from the capital and her daughter's four years of tears, the Queen Mother wanted to find the Duke of Song to ask him what had happened and why the eldest son-in-law was buried in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion?!
Fengyi Palace.
The emperor sent imperial guards to surround the residences of Duke Song, Prime Minister Zuo and Prince Qing. Queen Song became worried and wanted to ask the emperor what had happened.
But Queen Song was unable to leave Fengyi Palace, and the Emperor also sent imperial guards to surround Fengyi Palace.
Queen Song couldn't get out and wanted to know what had happened, but all she could do was wait. However, as she waited, Prince Yuzhang and Prince Yong brought people to dig out the skeleton of the eldest son-in-law from the backyard of Duke Song's mansion. Queen Song's world fell apart.
At that time, she was hurriedly serving tea when the palace maid reported that the teacup in Queen Song's hand fell to the ground with a clang and her face turned pale.
She wanted to leave Fengyi Palace and held the phoenix hairpin against her neck, but the imperial guards remained unmoved.
The palace was in chaos both inside and outside.
After all, the Duke of Song, Prince Qing and the Left Prime Minister were all important officials in the court. If any one of them fell, a large group of people would be brought down with them. The Cheng Wang party was scared to death and ran around everywhere to find out what had happened.
The years are peaceful in the imperial study.
Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu accompanied the emperor for dinner. Although Queen Song and Prince Qing were suspected of cheating on the emperor, the emperor was in a very bad mood, but this matter had not been confirmed yet. The emperor did not want to have any wild thoughts. It was rare for his daughter to come to the palace to have dinner with him, her father, and the emperor did not want to be affected by his mood.
After lunch, Yaoguang County Master had recovered some strength, and Shen Wan and the others went to Shoukang Palace.
The master of Yaoguang County tore off the fur mask and put on a veil instead of changing his appearance.
It was normal for a lady from a noble family to wear a veil, but for a maid, especially a maid who was supported by someone, to wear a veil was bound to attract attention. However, Princess Yaoguang had lost a lot of weight, so no one thought she was Princess Yaoguang.
The Empress Dowager had a splitting headache, and the imperial physician knelt on the ground to feel her pulse.
The palace maid stepped forward and whispered, "Queen Dowager, Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei are here..."
The Queen Mother had been resting with her eyes closed, but when she heard this, she suddenly opened her eyes.
The eyes are sharp.
Obviously he was dissatisfied with the late arrival of Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu.
Not daring to disturb the imperial physician's pulse-taking, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu waited for the imperial physician to stop and go down to write a prescription before stepping forward to salute the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother looked haggard, and even though her expression was cold, she no longer had the dignity she once had. "Were you the ones who asked the Emperor to confiscate the Duke of Song's mansion?!"
Shen Wan said, "If it weren't for me, no matter how much my father loves me, he wouldn't be instigated by me to confiscate the Duke of Song's mansion."
"If it's not you, who else could it be?!" The Queen Mother didn't believe it.
Shen Wan said, “Even if it was us, the Queen Mother wouldn’t be curious, how would we know that the eldest son-in-law was buried under the tree in the backyard of the Duke of Song’s mansion?”
This is also what the Queen Mother wants to know.
If it was really the Duke of Song who killed the eldest son-in-law, this matter must have been done in extreme secrecy, and there was no possibility of it being known to outsiders.
Shen Wan said, “This matter cannot be explained in a few words, so let my maid come and explain it to the Queen Mother.”
Shanhu helped Lady Yaoguang into the house, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager's men.
Nanny Gui waved her hand, and a palace maid went out. Soon Shanhu came in supporting Lady Yaoguang.
Princess Yaoguang's steps were unsteady, but she walked very fast. The empress dowager was the only one in the world who loved her.
The Lady of Yaoguang County came over and knelt down with a plop.
The Queen Mother felt that the eyes of the veiled maid were somewhat familiar, and then the maid knelt down, which startled the Queen Mother.
"Grandmother..."
The voice trembled.
It’s Yaoguang’s voice!
The Queen Mother was excited, but she was also afraid that her joy was in vain. "Yaoguang..."
"Are you Yaoguang?"
The Yaoguang County Lady nodded repeatedly.
She was so weak that she felt dizzy even if she nodded more than once. She pulled off the veil, revealing a face so thin that the Queen Mother could hardly recognize it.
The Queen Mother was both happy and heartbroken.
She thought that Lady Yaoguang was dead, but thank God, she was still alive.
The Queen Mother asked, "You, why are you with them?"
The Queen Mother's voice was trembling.
Obviously, he was thinking of the emperor sending the imperial guards to search the residences of Duke Song, Prince Qing and the Left Prime Minister.
The Yaoguang County Lady said, "If Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei hadn't saved me, I would never see my grandmother again..."
Princess Yaoguang threw herself into the Empress Dowager's arms and cried bitterly.
The Queen Mother touched her head and asked, "Tell Grandmother, who killed your mother, and who wants to kill you?"
Yaoguang County Lady wiped away her tears and said, "It's Prince Qing and Queen Song!"
Even though a hint of doubt had just flashed through her mind, the Queen Mother froze when she heard it and blurted out, "How is this possible?!"
Shen Wan knew that the Queen Mother didn't believe them, "The bones of the eldest son-in-law have been dug out from the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion. Does the Queen Mother still want to deceive herself?"
"Who does the Queen Mother think can kill the eldest son-in-law and bury him in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion?"
Shen Wan’s words were not pleasant to hear.
But she really couldn't say anything nice about the Queen Mother.
Princess Yaoguang knew that the Queen Mother trusted Duke Song, so she went directly to the Emperor instead of coming to the Queen Mother first. "Yaoguang saw Prince Qing kill my mother with her own eyes. Doesn't the Queen Mother trust Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei, and doesn't she trust Yaoguang either?"
The Queen Mother did not disbelieve it, but she did not dare to believe it and was unwilling to believe it.
It was Prince Qing and Queen Song who killed her daughter...
Why did they kill her daughter?
Even if Queen Song couldn't bear the loneliness in the deep palace and had an affair with Prince Qing, she would not kill her daughter to silence her.
They are in the same boat. If Queen Song and Prince Qing betray the Emperor, even she, the Queen Mother, will suffer. Qi Yang will not be so foolish as to expose this matter.
But Lady Yaoguang didn't know the reason why Prince Qing killed Princess Qi Yang. She was afraid that Princess Qi Yang would find out and send her away, so she followed her from a distance. She didn't know what exactly happened.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was suspicious and suspected that they were trying to deceive Yaoguang County Master, Xie Jingyu said to Shen Wan, "Let's go."
Shen Wan asked, “Just leave like that?”
Xie Jingyu said, "The Queen Mother doesn't believe that Prince Qing and Queen Song would kill Princess Qiyang, and I think she won't believe that Prince Jin died at their hands either."
Before Shen Wan could speak, the Queen Mother's voice suddenly came, "What did you say?!"
Chen Wan said, "The Queen Mother thinks that Prince Qing and Queen Song have no reason to kill Princess Qiyang, but what if Princess Qiyang knows that they are plotting to murder Prince Jin? Does the Queen Mother think this is a sufficient reason?"
The blood drained from the empress dowager's face in an instant.
The whole person felt like falling into an ice cellar.
In the past twenty years, there has not been a single day that she hasn't wanted to catch the person who poisoned the wedding wine and avenge her son.
But after so many years of investigation, there is still no clue.
But now she is told that it was Queen Song and Prince Qing who killed her son.
One of them is the cousin of King Jin, and the other is a follower who follows King Jin's orders.
The Queen Mother had doubted everyone, yet she had never doubted them.
But the Queen Mother also knew that Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu had no need to lie to her.
The skeleton of Prince Shan was dug out from the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion. Lady Yaoguang filed a lawsuit, saying that Prince Qing had killed Princess Qi Yang, so they were sentenced to death. There was no need to add the charge of murdering Prince Jin.
The Queen Mother endured the chill of her body and clutched her aching heart, "Queen!"
"Bring her to see me!"
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