Chapter 264 Another Prince?
Now, Mu Qing and Hu Xiner can be sure that the prince is the murderer who killed Feng Ge!
Mu Qing said in a deep voice, "At the wedding banquet that day, everyone was in panic and dodged, but the Crown Prince risked his life to protect the Emperor. Since then, his reputation has soared, and he has been known as a filial and virtuous man."
Hu Xin'er then analyzed, "So, the Crown Prince is the biggest beneficiary of Feng Ge's sudden illness? This would explain the Crown Prince's actions at the Princess's wedding banquet."
The prince was most likely deliberately activating the poison in Feng Ge, letting Feng Ge assassinate the emperor, while he himself took the opportunity to act like a fearless and filial son, protecting his father.
This would not only greatly increase his reputation in the court, but also make the emperor trust him more.
Moreover, they could also frame the Lu family. After all, the Lu family was the only two people present who had close contact with Feng Ge.
As for the Liu family, who had also had contact with Feng Ge, they were simply ignored by the prince.
Hu Xin'er said with some difficulty: "If the eldest princess knew about this, how sad would she be?"
No one expected that the prince would be so cruel as to cause trouble at the eldest princess's wedding!
Even for a princess, a wedding is one of the most important days in her life. Even though the emperor is usually busy with state affairs, he will set aside a day to preside over the wedding for his daughter and even make such a grand ceremony, which shows how much he values it.
And what about the Crown Prince? He actually made the eldest princess's wedding the laughing stock of the entire capital for the sake of his own reputation.
At a wedding, the groom ran away, the emperor was assassinated, and all the guests present were absent-minded, and even their blessings were extremely hypocritical.
Even though the eldest princess might not care about the subsequent gossip, how could the prince, who usually behaves so gently and dotes on his sister, bear to make the eldest princess's already bad reputation even worse?
"Perhaps, it is precisely because no one can think of it that he wants to do it." Mu Qing sighed slightly.
The relationship between the two siblings has always been very good, and because of this, they provided the best cover for the prince.
No one would suspect the prince.
Seeing Hu Xin'er's unhappy expression, Mu Qing got back to the point: "The Crown Prince should have many assassins under his command. There are many safer ways to assassinate the emperor. Why did he choose Feng Ge?"
Yes, Feng Ge was just a little male prostitute, why should he be killed?
"Wait, Feng Ge is obviously a male prostitute of Chunfengzui, why is he related to the prince?" Hu Xiner also suddenly came to her senses.
Mu Qing pondered and said, "The Crown Prince's hidden power behind the scenes may be extremely large, and it is not impossible that he is colluding with those in Chunfengzui."
"Could he be the boss behind Chun Feng Zui?" Hu Xin'er couldn't help but speculate. "In fact, he orchestrated everything, just to manipulate all of us."
"You mean, he killed the Lu family first, and then supported Aunt Jiang Yao..." Mu Qingchu felt a chill down his spine when he heard this idea.
Then he realized, "That's impossible. The prince is so meticulous, he wouldn't do anything without benefit. There's nothing on us that's worth him spending so much effort on."
Hu Xin'er said a little embarrassedly: "I think too much. If the prince has the mind and energy for this, he might as well become the emperor directly."
Mu Qing nodded, then held her hand and pondered silently, thinking about the connection behind these things.
Hu Xin'er suddenly slapped her head and said, "Jiang Yao is the nominal owner of Chunfengzui. She should know something. Why don't we go ask her?"
In fact, he had been looking for Jiang Yao these days, but Jiang Yao was not at home.
Feng Ge died today, so why did Jiang Yao suddenly come back? What role did she play behind this incident?
Mu Qing was stunned when he heard this: "What did you say?"
"There's no time to lose, let's go there quickly." Hu Xin'er hurriedly pulled him out.
Mu Qing quickly put clothes on her: "It's windy at night, go slowly!"
Hu Xin'er said anxiously, "It's too late if we delay! What if she runs away again?"
The two arrived at Jiang Yao's door late at night.
Jiang Yao was lightly asleep and was startled awake by the sound of hurried footsteps. She walked to the door with a wary look on her face, but heard a rapid knock.
"Aunt, open the door!"
Hearing the noise outside, Jiang Yao curled her lips and said, "Why did I run into these two annoying people?"
She slowly returned to the room, put on a thin velvet cloak, and opened the door.
"Aunt!" Hu Xin'er was a little surprised. She saw that the lights were not on in the room and thought Jiang Yao was not there.
Jiang Yao glanced at her and asked, "Why are you coming here so late at night instead of just lying in bed and resting?"
Without waiting for Hu Xin'er to answer, she looked at Mu Qing again: "I've raised you for so many years, but it's really in vain. Instead of taking care of your wife in the middle of the night, you come to disturb your aunt's sleep?"
Mu Qing was about to apologize when Hu Xin'er said coquettishly, "Aunt, don't blame him. It was me who wanted to come here."
Jiang Yao asked angrily, "What do you mean by that? Do you think I'll give you face?"
Hu Xin'er said awkwardly, "Let's not talk about this for now. Auntie, the Feng Ge who died today was Chun Feng Zui's man. Do you know him?"
Mu Qing had not known before that his aunt was the owner of a brothel, and his expression suddenly became complicated when he heard this.
Jiang Yao first said to Mu Qing, "Don't tell your mother about this."
Then he answered Hu Xiner: "I don't know any Feng Ge. I've said before that everyone inside is directly managed by the madam. I don't show up directly."
"Is there an antidote for the Chunfengzui insect poison? What conditions are needed for it to break out?" Hu Xiner asked.
Jiang Yao was stunned. "A poisonous insect? What kind of poisonous insect?"
Seeing that her expression didn't seem fake, Hu Xin'er said in surprise, "Feng Ge once mentioned that Chun Feng Zui would plant poison in the spies to control them. Wasn't this arranged by you, aunt?"
Jiang Yao frowned, "I don't know anything about this."
It was clearly she who started the Spring Breeze Drunk, but she didn't know anything about it. Hu Xin'er expressed her doubts: "How is this possible?"
Jiang Yao said hurriedly, "I really don't know! I've already said it before. I'm just managing Chunfengzui's affairs, acting as a middleman between the front desk and the backstage."
Hu Xin'er shook her head and said, "Then you are also the liaison between the madam and the mastermind behind the scenes. How could you not know about the existence of the Gu worm?"
Jiang Yao said irritably, "The person I mentioned, the one who told me who to choose and what to do, was all told to me by carrier pigeon. We've never met, and I have no idea what his true purpose is!"
Mu Qing frowned and asked, "Aunt, why do you obey a stranger?"
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