Later, Chu Jiang and Chu Hanhua learned that Wei Mu was the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Clan, who had tasted hundreds of herbs since childhood and practically grown up eating medicinal herbs, so her blood had healing effects. In order to compete for the Empress's position, they slandered Wei Mu as a monster.
The Taoist priest used a demon-slaying technique, drugged Wei Mu, and carried her to an estate outside. The deposed Empress Chu drank her blood first, and it seemed that some of her minor ailments were cured, and she even became more beautiful. So the deposed Empress Chu and Chu Jiang drank it several times in a row, and even sent a jar to the princess sister of Yulong Kingdom...
Wei Mu was able to activate the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but Chu Hanhua tricked her into being given a drug that suppressed her movement. She lost her ability to move, was tied up and taken away, and could no longer break free.
First, Chu Jiang and Chu Hanhua drank her blood, saying it could cure diseases and beautify the skin. Later, many powerful and influential people wanted to drink some of Wei Mu's blood because of Emperor Yangsheng's inaction.
After the illness was cured, there were several princes, later several powerful clans, and nobles...
The Ninth Prince seemed to be trying to drag everyone down with him, only saying that he had drunk one bowl of medicine and hadn't touched anything else.
Upon hearing this, Qi Songliang couldn't help but curse, "The whole capital is full of beasts! They're all ungrateful beasts!"
Emperor Yangsheng is the biggest and most vicious beast!!
Huo Dao's eyes turned red with rage, and he rushed over, intending to kill the Ninth Prince.
Wang Can stopped him and continued the interrogation.
The Ninth Prince refused to finish speaking all at once, squeezing out bits and pieces, but as long as he was willing to speak, he could reconstruct the whole story.
When interrogating Xiao Yuanrong, he was very stubborn and answered "I don't know" to everything, and they couldn't get a single word of the truth out of him.
They even shamelessly cried and said, "The Ninth Prince's Mansion has been wronged. Your Majesty is wise and will surely find out the truth."
With red eyes, Huo Dao asked Wang Can, "We know he's the murderer who killed Empress Dowager Wei, but he won't confess, so there's nothing we can do about it?"
Wang Can said to Lord Qi, "The interrogation confessions have all been signed and sealed. The rest will be handled by General Xiahou Yan."
The two left.
Qi Songliang asked, "Prime Minister, what should we do with Xiahou Yan and Huo Daohui?"
"I don't know, His Majesty didn't say anything. The Ninth Prince and Xiao Yuanrong have already signed and sealed their confessions, and we are preparing to interrogate the next person based on the clues they provided."
After the two of them left, Huo Dao asked Xiahou Yan, "What did His Majesty say should be done?"
Xiahou Yan whispered a few words to Huo Dao, who nodded, raised his knife, and began to dismantle Xiao Yuanrong.
First, they bled the meat, then they cut off the flesh.
Of course, it was done with his mouth covered. Xiao Yuanrong was in excruciating pain, but he couldn't make a sound.
In the kitchen, Huo Dao boiled Xiao Yuanrong's flesh, and after the blood coagulated, he stir-fried it and served it to the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince had been starving for two days and one night. He asked where Xiao Yuanrong was. Xiahou Yan said he was next door. To prove that Xiao Yuanrong was still alive, Huo Dao pulled the gag out of Xiao Yuanrong's mouth, and Xiao Yuanrong howled.
"Ninth Prince, did you hear that?" Huo Dao covered Xiao Yuanrong's mouth again, threw the meat and vegetables in front of the Ninth Prince, and said to him, "Eat up, eat your fill, and wait for His Majesty's decree."
The Ninth Prince was anxious but also hungry, so he ate the meat, drank the soup, and ate the vegetables.
And so, the Ninth Prince ate his son's flesh and blood for two days straight.
Then, Huo Dao asked the Ninth Prince, "Does the blood smell good? Is the meat delicious?"
Only then did the Ninth Prince belatedly realize something was wrong, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets: "You, you..."
"That's right, you've been eating Xiao Yuanrong's flesh and blood. Look at you now, you're radiant and youthful."
Ugh~
The Ninth Prince cried and vomited, desperately trying to clear his throat.
"Yuanrong, Yuanrong, my son..." The Ninth Prince crawled out, and Huo Dao, being kind-hearted, went next door and brought Xiao Yuanrong to him.
The blood was drained, and a lot of flesh was cut off; it was all eaten by the Ninth Prince.
Huo Dao pointed to the two large chunks of leg meat that had been cut off and said, "This is for your royal palace. It's for the Ninth Princess Consort, and all your sons and grandsons to have a taste."
"You beasts, you beasts..." The Ninth Prince wished he were dead, wailing and crying, his hands digging blood from the ground.
"A beast? You think he's a beast too? Back then, Empress Dowager Wei cured Xiao Yuanrong, and you, her son, became addicted to drinking her blood. You went to drink it several times, even taking your concubine with you, to make her more beautiful..."
"No, no, no, these were all done by the Emperor Emeritus, by the Chu family, not just me. Why don't you take revenge on others?"
"Don't worry, not a single one will be missing. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
Six days after the Ninth Prince left the capital, the Ninth Prince's estate in Xia Prefecture sent about sixty catties of fresh meat to the Ninth Prince's residence, saying that the Ninth Prince had arranged for the estate to send it.
It has leg meat and ribs.
It not only has meat, but also various seasonings for stewing meat.
Xiahou Yan led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry back to the capital. Because they left in secret, no one knew about it except for the Ninth Prince, Xiao Yuanrong, and their trusted confidants who had gone out to ambush in various places.
They're all dead now.
In late March, Yin Jin'an sent someone to the Ninth Prince's residence to ask why there was still no news from the Ninth Prince and whether he had contacted them.
The Ninth Prince's residence reported that the Ninth Prince had not sent any further messages home since leaving.
But before the Ninth Prince left, he told his wife that they should find a way to send the male children away from the capital in batches, and the Ninth Princess knew that the Ninth Prince was going to start a rebellion.
So, the day after the Ninth Prince left, the Ninth Princess began sending her children and grandchildren away one by one, like ants moving house.
At the end of March, Yin Jin'an sent people to the Ninth Prince's residence again, only to find that there were only a few old servants left.
Yin Jin'an was furious and roared in the court: "What is the royal palace doing? Is this like ants moving house? Where did they go? Nobody knows!! Are all the Imperial Guards dead?"
Order the arrest of the leader of the Imperial Guard and bring him here for questioning!
Zhao Xiang, the leader of the Yiwei Division, was also one of the executioners who drank Wei Mu's blood.
At the end of March, the list of those who killed Wei Mu was crossed out, removing Ninth Prince/Manor and Zhao Xiang.
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