Chapter 294 Wedding Gift
There wouldn’t be so many bad things happening in Yulin City.
She has long been able to move forward hand in hand with Ling Jingxuan and no one can stop her. By then, His Royal Highness Prince Duan will definitely inherit the throne. Who else but her will be the queen?
But who told her to do that? She had to make Prince Duan prove his love for her through life and death tests again and again, she had to get the best of everything, have a legendary wedding that shocked the world, and she had to become the queen in one step.
Now he knows how to be roundabout and behave himself. This is retribution!
Qin Qingyao's good mood was not entirely due to Lin Xiafeng's marriage process, which was not worthy of the heroine's status, but because as long as she got married, she would not be able to meet Dugu Yu often, and she would not be able to keep him in suspense and be ambiguous with him, tricking him into being used by her.
In this way, the entire Wuling Palace will be much safer.
Because of these, Qin Qingyao felt that the power and benefits that Lin Xiafeng had sacrificed so much to marry into the Prince's Mansion for did not make her so anxious anymore.
Not long after Dugu Yu left, Wu Gang delivered an expedited letter from Jin Feiang to Qin Qingyao.
The Cangshan Sect's lair was turned upside down by the Yanling Army last night. Forty-seven people were captured alive and eighty-six were killed. None of them escaped.
In addition, they also seized the more than one million taels of silver and the military supplies that filled five warehouses after they had finally brought back from Prince Duan by the Cangshan Sect.
How could it be that they went to great lengths to send people to infiltrate the secret base of Prince Duan's private army just to learn from Lei Feng and do good things for the prince? If they were so noble and upright, they would be unworthy of their identity as people of the underworld!
Anyway, the remaining items and the charge of raising a private army were enough to make Prince Duan fall to the ground, vomiting blood and unable to get up. So, it was understandable that they took advantage of the situation and took away some of the spoils within their ability.
However, they had no way of transporting so much silver and so much food secretly, so how did they bring them back safely?
Didn't we encounter any soldiers checking us as we passed through various places? Didn't any local officials raise any questions?
Therefore, following this line, the soldiers of the Yanling Army found out that the Cangshan Sect had been colluding with local officials and bandits for a long time and exploiting the people.
However, these things cannot be explained in a few words, so Jin Feiang wrote the letter, not only to report to Qin Qingyao that the task she assigned her had been completed, but also to ask her what to do next?
Should it end like this, or should we continue investigating along this line and help the court get rid of some corrupt officials who do not serve the people.
If they were to investigate, the forty-seven prisoners would be brought back. If they were not to investigate, they should be released in accordance with the previous order to send those who surrendered back home.
"Investigate, why not? At least Prince Duan found some ragtag bandits and trained them himself, but the Crown Prince is blatantly colluding with anti-imperial bandits!"
"We must dig as deep as we can, including those officials who deceived their superiors and subordinates to protect the Cangshan Sect. This time, we must uproot the giant tree of the East Palace and all the vines clinging to it. We must not give him another chance to stand up!"
"yes!"
Wu Gang went to the Yanling Army camp to find Jin Feiang with Qin Qingyao's order. Qin Qingyao read Jin Feiang's letter again. After being depressed for so long, there was finally some good news.
"Tell me, has Lin Xiafeng received the news yet?"
Qi Mo, "I don't think so. If there is, then the Yanling Army should be punished for incompetence. There is only one explanation for the news to be transmitted so quickly, that is, someone escaped."
Qin Qingyao nodded. "That makes sense. Who among you has the best archery skills?"
Qi Mo quickly rushed to say, "I, I, what do you want, Princess?"
Wu Cheng, "My riding and archery skills are passable."
Qin Qingyao felt that Wu Cheng's words were more credible.
She tore Jin Feiang's letter in half, separating the battle report and the request for next steps. Then she rolled the battle report into a strip and handed it to Wu Cheng, "Here, tie it to an arrow and shoot it right under Lin Xiafeng's nose!"
"With such a secret and quiet wedding, she definitely won't even receive a wedding gift. This gift from us will make her happy for many days!"
Moreover, after seeing this gift, Lin Xiafeng would definitely immediately forget how embarrassing and unfair her marriage was. She would no longer have time to be sad or bothered by such a small matter. How wonderful!
Wu Cheng, "Carrying a bow and arrow is too big to move around easily. Princess, do you mind if I tie a dagger to it and throw it over?"
Qin Qingyao was embarrassed. How could she not have thought of such a simple question? "I don't mind at all. Be careful!"
"yes!"
Wu Cheng went out with a dagger in his hand. Although there was a happy event in the Prince's Mansion today, why did the atmosphere seem even more sad than that of the Yang Mansion which had just held a funeral?
He walked around inside and heard the servants discussing, "The Crown Prince hasn't left the palace yet. He might stay in the East Palace tonight and won't come back at all."
"That's right. The prince is thankful that he can come back three times a month. He only stays here a few times a year. What should we do with that woman who inexplicably carried herself into the mansion?"
After saying this, everyone fell silent.
Just kick her out. She is indeed engaged to the prince. No matter what, she puts on the airs of a hostess as soon as she arrives, intimidating people and making everyone panic. It's really annoying.
However, even if they wanted to intervene, they couldn't, because the woman not only brought a maid as a dowry, but also a young guard as a dowry.
As soon as Lin Xiafeng entered the house, she started to choose the yard by herself. An old maid in the mansion couldn't stand it anymore and stretched out her hand to stop her from running around in the backyard. As a result, the young guard raised his knife without saying a word and directly chopped off the old maid's arm!
The guards gathered around when they saw this. There were more than 20 of them, and they were still queuing up to bandage the wound.
It can be seen that they are not dead yet, and they are already the new concubines who give face to the Crown Prince.
The people in the palace were completely subdued. They dared to be angry but not to speak out. On the surface, they respected and revered Lin Xiafeng as their real master, but cursed her eight hundred times behind her back.
You know, the previous concubine Zhao was welcomed into the house by the prince himself, and she had never been so arrogant and domineering even before she had been married to the prince!
Those servants only knew that Lin Xiafeng was domineering and cruel, and not as gentle and kind as Concubine Zhao, but they forgot that Concubine Zhao was the daughter of a famous family, and everything was legitimate after her marriage. Of course, she did not need to show off her power, because she was majestic in herself.
But what about Lin Xiafeng? With her status and the way she entered the mansion, even the servants guarding the back door looked down on her. If it weren't for the sarcastic remarks made by the nanny who blocked her way, how could Mo Dacheng have drawn his sword in such anger?
She could only be strong and use blood to most effectively let everyone in the Prince's Mansion see clearly who she was and whether she was easy to mess with.
Obviously, this trick did not disappoint her, it was really effective.
After Wu Cheng was injured, his internal strength was not as strong as before. Even so, strolling in the Prince's Mansion was no different from strolling in a garden.
After all, being a secret guard in Prince Wuling's Palace is a hundred times more difficult than being an assassin in the Prince's Palace. If you are not careful, people will find out that you are slacking off and taking advantage of the situation!
He searched several courtyards before he saw Lin Xiafeng. She was sitting in the courtyard at the moment, with Caiwei and Mo Dacheng standing on her left and right. In front of her stood an old man who, judging from his attire and demeanor, should be the steward of the Prince's Mansion.
Lin Xiafeng was asking the housekeeper about the basic situation of the Prince's Mansion, such as how many maids, guards, concubines, etc. He almost asked about the Prince's Mansion's assets and account books.
Do you really think of yourself as the Crown Princess?
When Wu Cheng saw Mo Dacheng, his eyes narrowed dangerously. General Yang and the princess were looking for him all over the world, but they didn't expect that he was hiding under their noses.
Could it be that he has been living in the Prime Minister's Mansion all this time?
Lin Xiafeng is so brave. Isn't she afraid of causing her father to lose his job?
But then again, although General Yang knew that the murderer was Mo Dacheng, he did not report it to anyone.
First, he had no physical evidence, only the princess's confession, and second, he wanted to avenge his grandmother personally.
This way, he had to rely on himself, without the help of others, and without the ability to post notices and find people.
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Reason told Wu Cheng that he should follow the princess's order and throw the dagger with the note tied to it directly in front of Lin Xiafeng.
But secretly, Wu Cheng really thought this was a good opportunity to assassinate Lin Xiafeng.
She has done so many bad things, yet she can still be so carefree. Isn't it because there is no evidence? Because she usually pretends to be a living Buddha, so people who don't know the inside story will never believe how vicious her heart is!
But who wouldn't be able to destroy evidence? He could have killed her without anyone noticing, leaving no trace. No one would have guessed it was someone from the Wuling Palace who killed her.
Even if someone knew about the grievances between Wuling Palace and her, what could they say? They had no evidence!
Wu Cheng felt that no matter whether he could succeed or not, he should at least give it a try.
Therefore, he did not throw the dagger in his hand towards the stone table in front of Lin Xiafeng, but towards Lin Xiafeng's head.
As soon as the dagger left his fingers, the butler didn't know what to hand to Lin Xiafeng. He took two steps forward and handed it to her personally. Then he just blocked Lin Xiafeng perfectly.
The sharp dagger suddenly pierced into the butler's back, the blade was completely inserted, and the note was stained red with blood.
Wu Cheng cursed inwardly and quickly retreated before the guards surrounded him.
Wu Cheng left the Prince's Mansion and felt more and more weird the more he thought about it. The princess had always said that it was impossible to kill Lin Xiafeng by assassination, and the facts proved that it was true.
It was as if there was a god protecting her, but who knew if that god was blind.
Not only did he fail to kill Lin Xiafeng, but he also killed the old housekeeper who helped her a lot. How terrible!
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