Chapter 189 The Princess Killed the Dowager
There was too much noise in the inner room, and the confidant standing outside noticed something was wrong. He quickly walked around the screen and came in, only to see Prince Cheng sitting on the ground with a pale face.
Not far in front of him lay the old concubine with her eyes wide open and already dead. She was slumped on the ground, blood gushing out of the wound on her forehead. Her entire face and body were soaked in blood. Her eyes were still open in death, and she looked particularly miserable in the thunderstorm night.
"The Concubine Dowager!" the man screamed in surprise: "Your Highness, the Concubine Dowager..."
"Shut up!"
King Cheng suddenly raised his head and shouted.
Suddenly there was a loud thunder outside, and heavy rain hit the eaves, and the sound of it was a bit thrilling.
Prince Cheng stood up with trembling hands, quickly wiped the blood off his hands, and said with pale lips: "Go and bring Nanny Jiang in, and send someone to the princess to tell her that the concubine saw Nanny Jiang after she woke up, and for some reason she had an argument with her, and ask the princess to come over."
"But the princess fainted..."
"Then get Xiao Yan's people over here. No matter what method you use, get the people from the main courtyard to come over!"
He didn't mean to hurt his mother, nor did he mean to kill her. He was just careless... His mother was seriously ill and had already woken up. It was Rong Yue who suddenly came back, so his mother argued with him for her. It was because of Rong Yue that he accidentally killed his mother.
It was Rong Yue who killed her!
Prince Cheng's face changed from initial panic to a ferocious viciousness, as if he had found the culprit. Even he was convinced that it was Rong Yue who killed the old concubine. His voice stopped shaking, and only anger and frost remained on his face: "The prince and the princess were arguing, and I went to comfort them, not to attend to them."
"After Imperial Physician Sun examined the princess's pulse, he discovered that something was wrong with her pregnancy and that someone had murdered her. Madam Jiang, in an attempt to cover up for the princess, accidentally killed the princess. Do you understand?"
The relative was shocked: "Then Doctor Sun..."
“Kill him!”
Prince Cheng originally had Doctor Sun arrested just to be prepared for any eventuality. If Rong Yue really got into trouble, he could find a way to bribe him to "testify" for him.
As long as he could prove that the child in Rong Yue's belly was not his blood, even if some of the events of the past were exposed, it would be enough to bring Rong Yue, Gu Helian and others to an irretrievable state.
But the toffee suddenly disappeared...
He could not bear the stigma of murdering his biological mother, nor could he let the concubine die in vain.
As long as it can be proven that Rong Yue killed the Concubine Dowager, not to mention her and Gu Helian, even Xiao Yan and Song Tangning who sent people here will not be able to escape the connection!
The more Prince Cheng thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, and the last bit of hesitation in his heart disappeared completely. When he looked at his confidant, there was only ruthlessness in his eyes.
"Be clean and don't hold back."
The confidant quickly lowered his head: "I understand."
…
Rumble——
Princess Cheng sat in the house, feeling uneasy. As the rain outside got heavier, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Her face was startled and she subconsciously looked at Ayane.
Ayane whispered, "Here it comes."
Her words were both a response to the outside world and a way of telling Princess Cheng that what they had been waiting for had come.
Princess Cheng pinched her palms hard, trying her best to calm herself down. After sitting up straight with the help of Ayane's hand, she let Ayane open the door.
The secret guard outside whispered, "The people from the Concubine's Courtyard have arrived."
Her lips moved slightly, and the sound was as thin as a thread and fell into Ayane's ears along with the sound of rain.
"Madame Jiang was taken to the Dowager Concubine's Courtyard by Prince Cheng's men and has not come out since. Prince Cheng's men were guarding the place too tightly, so our people couldn't get close enough to hear what they said. However, Imperial Physician Sun was also taken away by them, and Fu Ye followed."
Ayane hummed softly, then looked up at the person hurrying over in the yard: "What do you want?"
"You are Miss Lingyin, right? I am a servant of the Dowager Concubine. The Dowager Concubine just woke up, but for some reason she started arguing with Nanny Jiang..."
"The Concubine Dowager is arguing with someone, you should go find the Prince." Ayane said coldly.
The man looked anxious: "I don't know where the prince has gone, and there is no one in the palace to make the decision. Nanny Jiang is close to the princess, and the servants dare not stop her. Please go and take a look."
Upon hearing this, Ayane felt that the people in Prince Cheng's mansion must have taken them for fools, as they could come up with such a poor excuse. She could already imagine that Prince Cheng had probably set up some trap in the Dowager Concubine's courtyard, just waiting for her to go there.
She sneered and was about to speak when she suddenly heard the voice of Princess Cheng behind her.
"I'll go take a look."
"Princess, are you awake?"
The person in the courtyard was startled at first when she saw Princess Cheng come out, but then she was overjoyed. She hurriedly said, "I'm glad you're awake. The Concubine Dowager has been talking about you since she woke up. I don't know what's wrong with Nanny Jiang. She's arguing with the Concubine Dowager so fiercely that I can't stop her."
"The Concubine Dowager is already in poor health, and the court doctor is also here to stop her. If something really happens, what will we do..."
Princess Cheng said, "I'll be there right away."
"princess!"
Ayane looked at Princess Cheng disapprovingly, not understanding why she would step into it even though she knew it was a trap. Princess Cheng just looked at her and said, "If it's dangerous, can you protect me?"
Ayane was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."
There were not only her and two secret guards in the palace, but also the people who had sneaked in from the Gu family. The governor had also left some backups. Even if they had a falling out, there was no need to worry that Prince Cheng would hurt them. Moreover, Gu Helian's people were near Prince Cheng's palace. Once there was a real disturbance, they would be the first to know about it. As long as Gu Helian came, Prince Cheng would be unable to do anything even if he wanted to.
Princess Cheng pursed her lips slightly. She knew that she shouldn't put herself in danger, nor should she step into Xie Tianyu's scheme even though she knew it was his.
But after nearly twenty years, nearly twenty years of "infatuation", if she didn't see with her own eyes what Xie Tianyu could do and how he wanted to treat her, she would have a hard time untying the knot in her heart.
Princess Cheng's eyes were red as she whispered, "Please accompany me through this dangerous situation."
Ayane looked at the woman in front of her, who should have been gorgeous and carefree, but whose eyes were filled with fatigue and stubbornness. She thought about the embarrassment of being kept in the dark while everyone praised the deep love between the couple. She was silent for a moment before she said, "Okay, I will accompany you."
Princess Cheng forced a smile, reached out and touched her slightly protruding belly, looked at the servants of Prince Cheng's mansion in the courtyard and said, "Let's go."
…
The main courtyard was not far from the concubine's courtyard, and the pouring rain seemed to tear the sky and the earth apart.
When Ayane helped Princess Cheng to the Dowager's courtyard, she saw that the lights were bright inside, but there was no one outside.
The servant of Prince Cheng's mansion became increasingly anxious and led Princess Cheng inside: "Why is there no sound? Could it be that the Concubine Dowager is furious..."
Princess Cheng followed her silently. After stepping through the door, she went straight to the inner room. Through a screen, she could vaguely see a figure lying in front of the bed in the inner room. The figure looked very much like Nanny Jiang.
"Grandma?"
There was no response from inside, and Princess Cheng led Ayane forward.
"Madam Jiang?"
Ayane stepped forward and touched Nanny Jiang's shoulder, and saw the person who was standing just now fall straight down and hit the ground with a "bang".
In front of her, the old concubine was lying on the edge of the bed, her forehead resting on the golden hook that hung the curtains. Blood was all over the floor, and there were two deep pinch marks on the back of her neck that was exposed by her nightgown.
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