Upon hearing Bai's tearful account, Xuanyuan Peng flew into a rage: "Outrageous! How could assassins have tried to kill you? Who was behind this?"
Bai's eyes darted around, and she began to subtly and overtly taunt Su Huiyan: "Someone must be jealous of the Emperor's favor towards me and Zhan'er, so they've tried to kill Zhan'er time and time again. Zhan'er has only been back in the capital for a few days, and someone can't hold back anymore. The Emperor must do justice for us, a widow and orphan!"
Bai Shi had a precise grasp of Xuan Yuanpeng, knowing that the phrase "orphan and widow" was the one thing he couldn't stand the most.
As expected, Xuanyuan Peng immediately thought of Su Huiyan and said in a gloomy tone, "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter to the end. Are the bodies of those assassins still there?"
Bai wiped away her tears and said, "They've all been transported here; there are several large truckloads outside!"
Bai's words startled Xuanyuan Peng, and he quickly turned around and left.
Upon exiting the inner palace, one indeed saw several large carts laden with corpses in the courtyard of Chengqian Palace; judging by the number, there were at least fifty bodies.
"Are these all the people who assassinated the Holy King?"
Ye Yun immediately bowed: "Yes. These are the assassins from last night, and the bodies of the previous batches of assassins have all been disposed of. In recent days, assassins have been breaking into the Holy Prince's mansion from time to time. The Prince and Princess have also encountered several assassination attempts outside. This time, the Prince was seriously injured, and the Dowager Consort was furious, so she ordered us to send these bodies to the palace to ask the Emperor for his opinion."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanpeng instantly flew into a rage: "Summon Qiu Ye, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review; Zhu Yu, the Minister of Justice; and Pang Hui, the Inspector General!"
"Yes," the eunuch replied and immediately went to summon the servant.
A moment later, Qiu Ye, Zhu Yu, and Pang Hui, the three chief strategists, rushed over. The three of them already knew that something big had happened when they met outside.
After all, it's rare for the Emperor to summon all three of them at the same time. This time, the Emperor must have summoned all three of them at once, so something big must have happened!
When the three entered Chengqian Palace and saw the courtyard full of black-clad corpses, they were greatly shocked and quickly stepped forward to pay their respects: "Your Majesty, we pay our respects."
Oh my god, what terrible thing has happened? There are so many dead bodies!
Xuanyuan Peng stared at the corpses and roared, "Investigate for me! I want to see who dares to be so audacious as to repeatedly attempt to assassinate the Holy King and the Holy King's Consort!"
It's best if it's not Su Huiyan, otherwise even Su Renzhong's military merits won't save her this time!
In just two sentences, the three of them understood the gist of the matter.
Those who died must have been assassins. These assassins were truly too audacious to dare to assassinate the Holy King and the Holy King's Consort!
Who doesn't know that the Holy King and the Holy Queen Consort are the Emperor's most beloved people? Aren't they just courting death?
"We will definitely investigate this thoroughly!" The three immediately accepted the task.
Xuanyuan Peng looked at the three men coldly: "If you cannot give me a result within three days, the three officials may all resign and retire!"
The three men were so frightened that they immediately knelt down: "We will do everything in our power to find out the truth!"
The incident had escalated to such a great extent that the three departments dared not neglect it. They accepted the task and took the corpses back to investigate the case.
Inside the palace, when Bai heard that Xuan Yuanpeng had summoned the three judicial departments to jointly investigate the matter, she immediately gave Su Xuening a wink.
Su Xuening was quite happy with the result.
The Empress Dowager's involvement truly makes a difference!
The Emperor was truly enraged and ordered the Three Judicial Offices to conduct a joint trial. Even if they did nothing, the Three Judicial Offices would still be capable of uncovering something!
This is going to be a good show!
Xuanyuan Peng returned to the inner palace and looked at Bai Shi, saying, "Don't worry, I have already ordered the Three Departments to thoroughly investigate this matter. They will definitely find the person who harmed you and Zhan'er!"
Madam Bai snorted in dissatisfaction, "Not only are they harming me and Zhan'er, but they've also been sending people to assassinate Ning'er. It's pitiful that our Ning'er has only been in our Holy King's Mansion for a few days, and she's already attracting the envy of those villains. She's only happy when she has our whole family dead!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Peng finally glanced at Su Xuening.
Although her face was covered by a veil, making it impossible to see anything, her hair was disheveled and her clothes were torn, so she was indeed in a sorry state.
Xuanyuan Peng frowned: "In that case, why don't you stay in the palace for the time being?"
Then, she looked at Bai Shi with deep affection and said, "The Phoenix Palace, which was specially built for you, is still reserved for you."
"Cough cough~" Before Bai could respond to Xuan Yuanpeng, Xuan Yuanzhan suddenly coughed twice and woke up.
"Your Highness," Su Xuening hurried over, leaning over the bedside and looking at Xuan Yuanzhan with concern, "How are you feeling?"
Xuanyuan Peng and Bai Shi were also drawn to Xuanyuan Zhan and gathered around the bed.
"Zhan'er, what do you think?"
Does the wound still hurt?
The two of them each expressed their concern for Xuan Yuanzhan.
Xuanyuan Zhan glanced at Xuanyuan Peng with a deep look in his eyes, then realized that he seemed to be lying on Xuanyuan Peng's dragon bed, and quickly tried to get up.
"Don't move! Your wound has just stopped bleeding, you can't move around! Lie down quickly!" Xuan Yuanpeng stepped forward with heartache and pressed Xuan Yuanzhan back onto the dragon bed.
Xuan Yuanzhan dismissively brushed Xuan Yuanpeng's hand away, but when he caught sight of the blood-stained tatters of the dragon robe on the small table beside the bed, and remembered how anxiously Xuan Yuanpeng had torn the robe to stop the bleeding, he decided not to get up again.
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Xuanyuan Peng quickly said, "I know about everything. Don't worry, I have ordered the three departments to investigate jointly and will definitely find out who was behind this assassination attempt!"
Xuan Yuanzhan's face was grim, and he looked extremely weak: "These people have tried to assassinate us time and time again. I'm tough and it's nothing, but my mother and Ning'er have no way to protect themselves."
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Peng also became worried. He glanced at Bai Shi and said, "I just discussed with your mother that you should stay in the palace for the time being until we catch the mastermind..."
Before Xuanyuan Peng could finish speaking, Xuanyuan Zhan coldly interrupted him: "As the Holy King's Dowager Consort, does Your Majesty think it's appropriate for your mother to reside in the palace?"
The two emphatic forms of address instantly froze Xuanyuan Peng's face.
The atmosphere in the hall froze instantly, and the palace servants lowered their eyes, not daring to breathe.
Upon seeing this, Zong Jiu immediately gave the palace servants inside the hall a meaningful look, and they all silently followed Zong Jiu out.
Before long, only Xuanyuan Peng and the Holy King's family remained in the inner hall.
Xuanyuan Peng looked at Xuanyuan Zhan and opened his mouth as if to say something, but Xuanyuan Zhan didn't give him a chance at all.
Xuan Yuanzhan could no longer lie on the dragon bed and got up directly: "Since the Imperial Uncle has already ordered the Three Departments to investigate jointly, then this matter will be handed over to the Imperial Uncle."
Xuanyuan Zhan's constant use of "Imperial Uncle" was like stabbing Xuanyuan Peng in the heart!
This hurt him even more than when he ignored him before!
Seeing Xuan Yuanzhan dragging his badly injured body to leave, Xuan Yuanpeng panicked and blurted out, "Third brother..."
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