Furthermore, there was the matter of Qin Ranran's biological mother hiring someone to assassinate Qin Ruoruo. According to what Qin Ruoruo had told her before, when they were in the capital, Qin Ranran asked the Shen family to hire someone to assassinate her. It was because of this that she brought Xiao Yuntun to the Western Regions.
Therefore, the most urgent task was to have the people sent by Yuwen Ran quickly find evidence of Prince Xiang's treason so that he could be convicted as soon as possible. Otherwise, once he was released from prison, they could send people to erase any remaining evidence.
With an idea in mind, Gu Yanyue didn't continue lying in bed. She stood up, adjusted her dress and hair, and then lifted the beaded curtain to go out to look for Yuwen Ran. "Ah Ran, did the people you sent out find any clues?"
Yu Wenran put down the pen in his hand and turned to look at Gu Yanyue. Looking at Gu Yanyue's round eyes, a smile appeared in his eyes. He waved to Gu Yanyue, "Ayue, come here."
Gu Yanyue walked over as he was told. Yuwen Ran reached out and took Gu Yanyue into his arms. He took her hand and squeezed it intermittently. "Not yet, Ah Yue, don't worry. After Prince Xiang is released from prison, he will come to the palace to meet with the Queen Mother before returning to the Prince Xiang's Mansion. With this delay, I'm afraid it won't be so soon to send people to destroy the evidence."
Gu Yanyue lowered her eyes and nestled in Yu Wenran's arms. She felt that this matter wouldn't just end so easily: "I hope so."
After being released from prison, Prince Xiang was taken directly to the palace by Zheng Hai. He had no chance to interact with anyone else during the journey. But Yuwen Ran was not spared. Prince Xiang even had people planted in the Queen Mother's chambers. Prince Xiang slipped a prepared note into the hands of a young palace maid at the entrance of Cixi Palace.
They coordinated well, and their movements were smooth and fluid, without being seen through by Zheng Hai behind them.
After Prince Xiang went in, Zheng Hai had finished everything that Yuwen Ran had ordered him to do. There was no reason for him to stay in Cixi Palace any longer. After paying his respects to the Queen Mother, he said goodbye. When he reached the door, the little palace maid who was originally standing at the door of Cixi Palace disappeared.
After the Minister of Justice returned home, he received a note and hurriedly left home, leaving his wife behind.
The deputy general had been tortured for days since being brought back to the capital, shackled and disheveled, imprisoned in a cell. This morning, the jailer had given him a handicap because he was going to court to see Yuwen Ran. Now, as soon as he was brought back to the prison, he was interrogated again on the orders of the Supreme Court Minister. He lay dying against the wall.
He heard someone coming, then opened the prison door, covered his head, and dragged him out.
The lieutenant was dragged for a distance before being thrown to the ground. All around him was quiet, save for the sound of dripping water coming from the corner.
The deputy general got up from the ground, covered with a black cloth bag, and asked, "Who?"
Drops of water fell to the ground one after another by the wall. The surroundings were completely dark and quiet, giving the deputy general the illusion that he was the only one here.
The deputy general felt a chill down his spine. He propped himself up and asked tentatively, "... Dali Temple Minister?"
But there was still silence and no one answered.
The deputy general's throat slipped, and he groped forward and bumped into the iron railing. He groped carefully, steadying himself, turned around, and continued to crawl in another direction, shouting:
"If it's not the Dali Temple Minister, then it's the Prince of Xiang! Is the Prince of Xiang still so arrogant even in prison? If the things he did are investigated by His Majesty, I wonder how long the Prince of Xiang can continue to be so arrogant as a royal family member?"
"Prince Xiang, please speak...speak. Why aren't you speaking?! Are you scared because I exposed your secrets?"
"Who are you? Who are you? What on earth do you want to do by having someone bring me here... Do you think that if you don't say anything, I won't be able to guess who you are? Or do you think I'll be scared? I tell you I won't be afraid, I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid!" The deputy general's voice gradually lowered at the end, and with it came a sense of fear of endless darkness.
Suddenly, someone held down the deputy general's body and pinned him to the ground, then pulled off the cloth bag on his head. The deputy general saw the Minister of Justice sitting on a chair in front of him.
The Minister of Justice, dressed in his official robes and leaning on the arm of his chair, stared expressionlessly at the deputy general who was pinned to the ground like a stray dog.
After the deputy general saw who was sitting there, a hoarse laugh escaped his throat. He struggled to break free from the two people behind him, squeezed his face, and said in a sinister voice, "Fang Boyi turned out to be you... You are just a dog under the command of Prince Xiang. You can still sit there peacefully because Prince Xiang hasn't given up on you and the Emperor hasn't discovered you yet. But it will be soon... When the Emperor investigates Prince Xiang's treason, the next person kneeling here will be you."
Fang Boyi remained silent. The more harshly the deputy general scolded him, the more the smile on his face grew. However, the smile did not reach his eyes. There was only a dark gaze in his eyes as he stared at the deputy general.
The deputy general couldn't even find any flaws on his face. Fang Boyi looked at him coldly from beginning to end, without showing any emotion. He was like an emotionless killing machine.
The deputy general lowered his gaze, then raised his head and stared at Fang Boyi, "You were sent by King Xiang to kill me, right? Tell me what else your master said."
Fang Boyi finally responded. He spoke slowly, "Yes, Yun Heng, your choice to betray King Xiang was a very unwise one. You could have died a quicker death, but because you betrayed him, he decided to let you experience what it means to be unable to live and unable to die."
After hearing Fang Boyi's words, Li Yunheng laughed softly as if he had heard a joke, looking a little crazy.
"Do you think I can escape after King Xiang dies? My fate today will be King Xiang's fate tomorrow. Boyi, you and I are colleagues. Before I die, I advise you to choose a master as soon as possible, otherwise you will sooner or later become King Xiang's abandoned child like me."
Fang Boyi also laughed, leaned back in his chair thoughtfully, and said, "I won't do that. You'll be the only one who will end up like that."
After saying this, Fang Boyi stood up, pulled out the blade from his waist, and placed it on Li Yunheng's neck. "Since we are colleagues, I will disobey King Xiang and give you a quick death. I also promise that your body will be buried intact after death."
Li Yunheng closed his eyes and stopped talking. Fang Boyi kept his word. With a flash of cold light, Li Yunheng fell straight down, a gash on his neck, and blood flowed out.
Fang Boyi took out a handkerchief from his lapel, carefully wiped the blade, and put it back into the knife. When he raised his hand again, Li Yunheng was already dead. He instructed the two people who brought Li Yunheng here, "Withdraw some money from my account, buy a good coffin, and bury him."
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