Chapter 542: Death
Zhou Qing shook his head. "I just heard that some followers encountered him while they were praying on Tianxue Mountain. It was a windy and snowy night, and the White Lotus Immortal suddenly appeared before their eyes."
Afterwards, the believers invited the White Lotus Immortal back and served him devoutly every day.
Su Ying finished eating all the snacks and tapped the table with her fingertips. "Have you heard what this White Lotus Immortal did?"
Zhou Qing said: "It's just some things that sound a little mysterious, nothing too special."
Su Ying felt that it was okay to have faith, but she was afraid that this faith would be exploited by someone with ulterior motives. "Go find Zhang the manager later and ask her to get you two smart people who know some martial arts skills. Have them infiltrate the White Lotus Immortal's followers and tell them to report anything unusual immediately."
"I understand."
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Prince Yu was assassinated and his whereabouts are now unknown. After the morning court session, Xiao Jin called several trusted ministers to discuss a solution to this matter.
After some discussion, several ministers unanimously decided to explain the situation to the King of the Southern Kingdom first and see how he reacted. The remaining southerners should be sent abroad as soon as possible to avoid further trouble.
However, for Xiao Jin, what is important is not the life or death of King Yu, but the person who assassinated King Yu from behind, who clearly wanted to provoke disputes between the two countries.
When Xiao Jin wrote to the King of the South, he emphasized that someone wanted to sow discord. As long as the King of the South was not stupid, he would not make a big deal out of this matter, otherwise no one would be able to save face.
After the ministers left, Zhang Shuming came to the desk with a stack of drawings.
"Your Majesty, the Queen said the other day that she wanted to build a playground for the eldest prince and princesses in the open space of the harem. The craftsmen received the Queen's instructions and went back to discuss and draw the blueprints. Please review it, Your Majesty."
The drawing that Xiao Jin looked at was the process of starting work.
Xiao Jin had heard about it from Su Ying last night, and he was also very curious about what this amusement park would look like after it was built.
"Just do as the queen says."
"yes."
The playground started construction three days later.
The vacant land had been abandoned for so long that it was overgrown with weeds. Workers needed to clean the weeds and lay blue bricks.
On the morning of the first day of work, Su Ying got up early.
"My queen, the workers over there have already started working. Do you want to go over and take a look?" Zhou Qing knew that Su Ying cared about this amusement park, so he always reported the situation there to Su Ying.
Su Ying nodded, "Well, let's go and take a look."
After breakfast, Su Ying went to the open space, where workers were busy repairing the walls and laying blue bricks.
This open space is not very big, with only a few hundred bungalows in total. However, it is enough for children to relax and play.
There is an abandoned palace next to the open space. While building the amusement park, Zhang Shuming also had people finish building the palace so that the masters would have a place to rest when they were tired of playing.
"My lady, if there is anything else you want to arrange, please tell me and I will have someone arrange it right away."
Zhang Shuming was very thorough, and he could think of things she couldn't think of, so she could just leave it to him. "I can't think of anything for now, but if you do, you can tell me."
"yes."
In fact, it is not difficult to make children's entertainment facilities. What's more, it is what Su Ying needed, so the workers and craftsmen worked very hard and completed it in less than half a month.
Su Ying likes this kind of efficiency.
As soon as the maid who delivered the message left, Zhou Qing smiled and said, "It's already dark today. Your Majesty can take the Crown Prince and the others to have a look tomorrow." Although the Queen did not say it, she could feel that she was looking forward to the completion of the amusement park even more than the Crown Prince and the others!
Su Yingen said, and happily told the two babies how they were going to play tomorrow.
The mother and her two sons were talking animatedly when Zhang Shuming arrived outside the door.
"My lady, there is a message from the Ministry of Justice."
The smile on Su Ying's face faded slightly, and she immediately stood up and walked out the door. There were some things she didn't want the child to hear too much.
"What's up?"
Zhang Shuming said softly: "Zhou Xiangrong is dead."
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. She had guessed it just now. It had been more than half a month. He should have died. "Why did he die?"
"Dead from suffocation." He strangled himself with an iron chain.
For more than half a month, she had been immersed in an endless cycle of pain that could tear her apart. While she still had a glimmer of clarity, Zhou Xiangrong chose to die.
"But people from the Ministry of Justice said that her body looked a little strange."
The people in the Ministry of Justice have seen all kinds of strange people. If they find something strange, there must be something wrong with you.
After listening to Zhang Shuming's words, Su Ying decided to go to the Ministry of Justice prison in person to take a look.
Zhou Xiangrong's body had been taken out of the cell and placed in the morgue.
From a distance, there was only one lamp in the entire morgue, which looked eerie and scary.
The officer guarding outside the house didn't expect someone to come here so late at night, so he hurried over with a lantern to see what was going on.
After the Minister of Justice revealed his identity, he took Su Ying to Zhou Xiangrong's body.
Under the dim light, Zhou Xiangrong's face was as pale as a ghost, and he was completely dead.
The Minister of Justice lifted the white cloth covering Zhou Xiangrong's body and found that all her clothes had been taken off.
There were two scratches on her shoulders caused by barbs, which were bloody and disgusting, but other than that, there were no other scars on her body. Su Ying had said that no one could open the cell door without her permission, and no one dared to disobey Su Ying's orders.
"Look, Madam, the strange thing I mentioned is right here on her."
The Minister of Justice pointed at the bloodstains on Zhou Xiangrong's body. It was unknown when Zhou Xiangrong had gotten those bloodstains. There were streaks of dried blood on her pale body. These bloodstains did not look like they had flowed naturally, but rather were believed to have been painted on. Even Zhou Xiangrong's palms were covered with these bloodstains.
"What is this?" Su Ying looked from several directions and felt that these bloodstains looked like some special talisman paper.
"What's with the clothes she's wearing? Did you take them off?"
The Minister of Justice shook his head and said, "Your Highness, after you left that day, no one has opened the door of that cell. There was only one person who delivered food every day, but he would not go in. By the time we found something was wrong, the person had already died. When she died, her clothes were torn to the ground. I thought she looked a little strange, so I asked someone to tell Your Highness."
Su Ying asked someone to bring in paper and pen, and drew all the talismans on Zhou Xiangrong's body. She would ask someone to take a look tomorrow to see what they were.
(End of this chapter)
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