"stop!"
With a sharp shout, everyone turned to see Prince Yan stride over, snatch the letter from the old woman's hand, and kick her away. "How dare you humiliate my concubine! You will not leave Prince Yan's residence alive today!"
After saying this, he turned and left with Hongyu and Hexiang. However, they were stopped by the Crown Prince's guards at the door.
Snap snap snap...
Zhang Changle clapped his hands in approval, then walked up to Prince Yan and arrogantly declared, "The Crown Prince ordered me to search Prince Yan's residence for evidence. Anyone who dares to obstruct me will be arrested and taken to the Imperial City Guard. If Prince Yan voluntarily hands over the letter, I will let you go."
Enraged, King Yan tore the letter in his hand in two, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it at Zhang Changle.
Zhang Changle's gaze followed the paper ball as it rolled down, and the two nannies hurriedly scrambled to pick it up.
Zhang Changle took the crumpled paper, but before she could even open it, she was met with a stern reprimand from Prince Yan: "Zhang Changle! How could your master have such a shameless daughter? I'm giving you some advice: don't take a trivial matter for granted. Go back and live a good life with Zuo Zhen, and don't get entangled with the Crown Prince..."
"The Crown Prince has arrived!"
The guards at the door hurriedly retreated, and the Crown Prince walked gracefully to Zhang Chang Le's side. He glanced at Prince Yan with a contemptuous smile and said in a deep voice, "I heard that Le'er found evidence. I want to see what kind of evidence it is. Could it be that someone from Prince Yan's mansion really killed the Prime Minister?"
The crown prince unfolded the crumpled paper, put the two pieces together, and read aloud: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said you were straightforward and boring... stupid, rigid, and old-fashioned?"
Is this the evidence that Lianxiang murdered Prime Minister Zhang? The Crown Prince glared at Zhang Changle.
Zhang Changle shook his head repeatedly: "No, this letter is definitely not the original one. It must have been switched by Prince Yan. The Crown Prince can send people to search Prince Yan's body."
"Alright! Take Yan Wang for a body search!"
Seeing the four guards approaching step by step, Prince Yan lost his composure.
Actually, Lianxiang's letter was still in his possession. The paper he had just written was meant for Chenyu, but he hadn't been able to hand it over yesterday, and now it had come in handy. However, Zhang Changle didn't believe him. What should he do?
Just as King Yan was feeling anxious, someone suddenly grabbed his hand. When he turned around, he saw that it was Hongyu.
Hongyu held the letter in her hand, watching as the Crown Prince and his entourage took Yan Wang away, and then watched as the two nannies tied He Xiang up outside the door. She quickly walked to the square table, picked up a piece of cake, and started eating.
This scene was witnessed by Zhang Changle, who was standing at the door.
"Someone come here! Quickly! Pry the stuff out of her mouth!" Zhang Changle shouted.
Hearing the sound, Hongyu hurriedly swallowed and took another bite of the cake, putting it in her mouth. Seeing the two old women rushing over, she retreated repeatedly, eventually being pressed into a chair, her hands and feet bound.
Zhang Changle walked over, immediately slapped her, and shouted angrily, "Induce vomiting! She must have swallowed the evidence."
Snap!
Zhang Changle covered his face and looked closely; Shen Yu was already standing beside him.
"As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zuo family, how dare you defy your superiors and bully Consort Yu? Who gave you the audacity?"
Hearing Shen Yu's rebuke, Zhang Changle flew into a rage and pointed at Shen Yu's nose, making a hasty judgment:
"Zhang Lianxiang and my uncle died together in the fire at the Grand Tutor's mansion. I wanted to collect evidence, but Zhang Hongyu intended to destroy it. Your arrival now makes you an accomplice! Could it be that my mother's poisoning death is related to you? Granny! Tie her up!"
Lianxiang is really dead!
Shen Yu's heart trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes instantly. She thought that Prime Minister Zhang must have helped her leave last night by letting her go.
She woke up early to hear of a major case in the capital—Prime Minister Zhang and Consort Xiang of Prince Yan had died in a fire at the Grand Tutor's mansion. Unable to believe it, she rushed to Prince Yan's mansion to investigate. However, the Crown Prince's guards had sealed off the mansion. She lied, claiming she was there to examine Grand Tutor Zhang, and the guards stopped Cuiwei and Jiu'er, letting her in alone.
Through her blurred vision, two robust old women approached step by step, and she retreated repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.
Right now, she couldn't defeat Zhang Chang Le and her two servants, so she had no choice but to run away temporarily to avoid physical harm. She took out a medicine bottle from her sleeve, uncorked it, and sprinkled it on the two old women. Instantly, the two old women sneezed incessantly and tears streamed down their faces.
She seized the opportunity to escape, and as she approached the gate of Lianxiang Garden, she recklessly rushed into someone's arms. Looking up, she saw that it was the Crown Prince.
Overjoyed, the Crown Prince saw Shen Yu retreating in an attempt to escape, and suddenly pulled her into his arms, teasingly saying, "It's been three days since we last met, little Yu, have you missed me? Now I should finally see your face, shouldn't I?"
After the prince finished speaking, he removed the veil from Chen Yu's face. Remarkably, in just three days, the wound, about the length of her middle finger, not only healed but also left no scar.
Gazing at the flawless, tear-filled face, the Crown Prince's interest grew even stronger. He narrowed his eyes, pouted, and prepared to make a lewd move.
Chen Yu was terrified and hurriedly sprinkled the powder from the small bottle onto the prince.
"Achoo! Grab her! Achoo! Grab her! Achoo..."
In the end, Chen Yu was bound hand and foot and forced to kneel in the center of the hall.
Looking up, I saw the Crown Prince sitting upright, his face stern, a stark contrast to his earlier unrestrained demeanor. Beside him sat a historian preparing paper and pen.
It seems the Crown Prince intends to use the Zhang Prime Minister case to take action against the Yan Prince's residence!
Indeed, the Crown Prince had already sealed off the Yan Prince's residence, and no one was able to escape to report the news. Both the Yan Prince and Hongyu were imprisoned.
Shen Yu looked around and saw that apart from the dozens of guards from the Crown Prince's residence, she could not see Hong Yu and her servant Zhang Chang Le.
She couldn't help but worry and opened her mouth to ask a question, but then she heard the Crown Prince shout loudly, "Bring the witnesses to the court!"
She was filled with doubt again. Could it be that someone really saw Lianxiang enter the Grand Tutor's mansion with their own eyes?
Footsteps came from outside the door. Turning around, I saw Gu Erlang and five constables.
Why is Gu Erlang everywhere?! Yesterday, she went to the county government to accuse Liu Yao'er of escaping from the Bai family without permission. It was only because Gu Erlang and these five constables testified that she was able to win against Madam Zuo.
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