Chapter 340 Someone slipped up
General An became more and more agitated as he spoke, his hands clenched into fists, wishing he could step forward and tear this Prince Rong in two.
Prince Rong immediately put on a mournful face and said, "Father-in-law, that's my wife and daughter, my own daughter. Do you think I would do such a thing?"
General An retorted without any politeness, "What wouldn't you do? You wouldn't even spare your goddaughter!"
Prince Rong's face immediately darkened.
In just one day, the news that Prince Rong had married his pregnant goddaughter to Lord Li spread like wildfire throughout the streets and alleys.
General An had always known that his daughter did not allow Prince Rong to take a concubine, and he also knew that Prince Rong harbored resentment towards his daughter because of this. Now that these two events had occurred so suddenly, he could not help but connect the two events.
Prince Rong snapped out of his daze, his eyes narrowed, avoiding their gazes, and knelt before General An, saying, "Father-in-law, that was indeed my fault, but I have already explained it to my wife, and she has forgiven me. How could I possibly kill her because of this?"
The old king also felt that General An's idea was somewhat absurd. "General An, no matter how bad the relationship is between the royal brother and his wife, it wouldn't warrant someone's death. Besides, everyone has a heart; who would lay a hand on their own daughter?"
As he spoke, he patted them both on the shoulder and said, "You two are too sad. Why don't you go inside and rest?"
General An ignored him and said angrily, "Your Majesty, I cannot let my daughter and granddaughter die in such an unclear way."
As he spoke, he turned to the person behind him and ordered, "Go, bring everyone from the Rong Prince's Mansion here."
"Yes, General."
Prince Rong wasn't afraid; his men had been hiding in the shadows all along, and were probably far away by now.
"Father-in-law, rest assured, for their sake, I will definitely find out who the murderer is." After saying that, he imitated General An and ordered the people behind him, "Bring everyone in the entire mansion, even the groom, to me."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The servants all withdrew, and soon the courtyard was filled with people.
They were all maids, servants, and nannies in the mansion.
Then there were the bed warmers in Prince Rong's room.
General An sent men to interrogate them one by one.
Three or four hours passed, and nothing was found.
Just when Prince Rong thought his great mission was about to succeed, he heard General An's guards rushing over, "General, General, we've found a suspicious person."
General An suddenly stood up and asked urgently, "What suspicious person?"
Several armored soldiers were seen pressing down on a man in black behind the guard.
The man in black was covered in wounds, his blank eyes staring ahead as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
Prince Rong froze on the spot. Wasn't this the person he had sent to set the fire?
How did I end up here?
Where did he get his injuries?
Last night, this man in black had really bad luck.
Du Wanchun and Han Yan'er stayed at the Rong Prince's residence because of the Rong Prince's wife's invitation to stay.
She discovered that the men in black were furtively setting fire to the courtyard of Princess Rong and Miss Xiang'er in the backyard.
Just as the man in black lit the fire and was about to put away the tinderbox, he encountered two wild cats.
First, the tinder in his hand fell to the ground, and then he was chased by the two wild cats.
The man in black raised his longsword, trying to drive away the stray cats, but the number of cats kept increasing.
They all had bright green eyes and stretched out sharp claws, as if they wanted to tear him to pieces.
To avoid attracting attention, the man in black had no choice but to flee quickly.
But somehow, no matter how he tried to escape, he couldn't leave the Prince's mansion.
Seeing that the fire was burning more and more fiercely and that more and more people were alarmed, he had no choice but to flee to an empty courtyard in the palace.
The stray cats followed him all the way, finally stopping in the corridor of a dilapidated courtyard.
This place used to be the courtyard of one of Prince Rong's confidantes. Before he married the current Princess Rong, he doted on this woman. However, later, for the sake of power and status, Prince Rong decided to marry the young lady from the An family.
He then sent men to strangle his confidante here, and even hid her body in a crack in the stone of the house.
It was as if this woman had never been there.
The man in black was the one who was tasked with killing this woman.
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