Chapter 278 The Queen is Looking for a Military Token
If Prince Cheng felt resentful because he had been schemed against by Empress Lu for many years, then the doubts about the Fourth Prince's background made him feel like he was struck by lightning.
When Rong Yue was pregnant, Lu Qingfeng was very worried, fearing that he would transfer his feelings to the child in Rong Yue's belly. In order to appease Lu Qingfeng, he had someone change Rong Yue's diet, so that the child would be stillborn. He also used Lu's son as the bloodline of the Rong family and raised him in Rong Yue's care, so that he could assist his own son in the future and take over the power of the Rong family as Lu Qingfeng said.
It was raining heavily in Beijing on the night Rong Yue gave birth.
She screamed miserably. Under the thunder that illuminated the sky like daylight, he saw with his own eyes the child covered in blood, his body covered in bruises...
"If the Fourth Prince is not your biological son, and Lu Qingfeng has even lied to you about this, then what does it mean for the things your Prince has done over the years, and the two sons you killed with your own hands? You suffered so much to protect them, and in the end, you ended up with no descendants..."
"It's really pitiful."
The faint voice echoed in his ears, like a poisoned sword piercing his heart.
Prince Cheng stared at his hand, which had lost all ten fingers after being tortured and was now as ugly and bare as a tumor. He thought of the "child" in prison who had shriveled up and was unrecognizable. He recalled what he had done for Queen Lu over the years, and his determination to protect the Fourth Prince and not reveal a single word even at the cost of his life.
A fishy and sweet taste rolled in his throat, and the next moment he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Stop talking!!”
After King Cheng finished his words, he raised his head with red eyes and said, "What do you want to do after saying so much?"
Xiao Yan looked at him and said, "Of course, I want His Majesty to die peacefully."
Prince Cheng stared intently at the person in front of him, his mouth full of blood. "I have been stupid my whole life, and was toyed with by a woman and became a huge joke. But I will not continue to be stupid until I die. You went to great lengths to let me know Lu Qingfeng's true face. It is definitely not out of kindness."
His heart ached, but perhaps because he had suffered a great disaster, his mind was clearer than ever.
"Xiao Yan, you seem to be targeting the Lu family and attacking the aristocratic families everywhere, but if you think about it carefully, you have let go every time you had the opportunity to act ruthlessly over the years. You have thrown the court into chaos and dragged the emperor, the aristocratic families, the royal family, and the upright people into the water."
"Are you going to deal with the aristocratic family, the royal family, or Xie Tianyong?"
"Xiao Yan, who the hell are you?!"
Xiao Yan looked at Prince Cheng, who was staring at him intently, with an indifferent expression: "Your Highness, are you confused? I am the Governor, so why would anyone else come to me?"
Prince Cheng stared at him intently, as if he wanted to see through his face to clearly see who he was, but he didn't care at all. His expression was cold and indifferent, as if everything was just nonsense. But Prince Cheng knew that Xiao Yan was definitely not just a eunuch as he saw.
The stern look on his face faded, and King Cheng suddenly chuckled, "Xiao Yan, I don't feel wronged to be defeated by you."
"No matter what your reason is, I will help you."
No matter who he is, no matter what he wants to do, he just wants Lu Qingfeng and Xie Tianyong to die.
Whether Xiao Yan wanted the imperial power or wanted to destroy the Xie family, as long as he could destroy Lu Qingfeng, he would send all of them to hell.
He helped him!
Let's all die together!!
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Xiao Yan asked someone to guard outside and ordered Jinyun to come in. He and King Cheng stayed in prison for about half an hour. One asked questions and the other answered, while Jinyun was taking notes quickly with a pen.
Prince Cheng seemed determined to drag everyone to be buried with him, and he revealed everything, whether it was the secrets of the royal family, the secrets of the court, Queen Lu, Xie Tianyong, even some royal relatives and even court officials who had followed him, as well as everything he had found out over the years.
Jinyun was a little confused at first. Prince Cheng had fallen into such a state, why did his master still want to "kick him when he was down" and spend so much time on him? But as his hands wrote more and more, and the paper was filled with handwriting, even his heart couldn't help but jump.
King Cheng actually knows so many things!
Jinyun became more cautious and wrote faster, waiting for King Cheng to tell him everything he knew.
Xiao Yan glanced at the nearly overflowing pile of papers on the table that had been carried in, then turned to Prince Cheng and said, "After the execution, Your Highness, I will have someone collect your body."
"No need."
Prince Cheng said with self-mockery: "I have deserved the situation I have today. Death is like the extinguishing of a light. Even if Xie Tianyong hates me, he will not let the head of a royal relative remain in Caishikou." Even if he had to be thrown into a mass grave, he had to be carried there in one piece. He never thought that he could be buried in the imperial mausoleum with such an ending.
"But I know something. Although it has nothing to do with Xie Tianyong, I think Governor Xiao will be interested in it."
Seeing Xiao Yan look up, he said, "The deaths of the Rong family's eldest lady and the Song family's second son were not accidental."
Xiao Yan said coldly: "I know it's the Queen's handwriting."
King Cheng looked at him in surprise, but then he remembered the methods of the person in front of him, and felt that it was not strange that he had known about it a long time ago.
"Since Lord Xiao knows that their deaths were not accidental, do you know why they died?"
Prince Cheng didn't keep the secret and said directly, "Actually, Lu Qingfeng didn't intend to kill Madam Rong and the others at first. She just wanted to get something from them. But Madam Rong was too shrewd and she noticed something was wrong. Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to kill them."
"Everyone said they were dead before returning to the city, but in fact, the person Lu Qingfeng sent to do the deed met with an accident. Mr. Song Er did die, but Mrs. Rong was still alive when she was sent back to the Song family. She died there later."
Xiao Yanwan had never expected Prince Cheng to say this. He suddenly remembered the talismans and black blood in Tang Ning's parents' coffins. His eyes shone coldly, "Is it Old Madam Song?"
Prince Cheng nodded: "Song Hong should also know."
Xiao Yan's face instantly became cold: "What is the Queen looking for?"
King Cheng said, "The military token."
Xiao Yan was stunned: "Military talisman?"
How come the Rong family has a military token?
Prince Cheng seemed to understand his confusion and explained, "Lord Xiao should know about Xie Tianzhao, right? Back then, my grandfather doted on Xie Tianzhao and appointed him Crown Prince on his deathbed. He even secretly bypassed the late emperor and gave Xie Tianzhao command of the fifty thousand Dragon Court Guards and the eighteen thousand Zhen'an Army in the northwest. And the only thing that allowed him to command them was a military token no one had ever seen before."
"The late emperor was already wary of Xie Tianzhao's popularity, and when he learned he held such a powerful weapon, he decided to kill him. However, no one had ever seen what that weapon talisman looked like."
"After Xie Tianzhao's death, the burned-out East Palace was searched thoroughly, and the homes of all those associated with him were also ransacked, but the whereabouts of the military token were never found."
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