After finding Zhu Hui's body in the collapsed Lu Wang Mausoleum deep in the secret passage and confirming that it was Zhu Hui without a doubt, Feng Yuanqi's face turned ugly. He couldn't understand why Yu Qizhe was so anxious to kill Zhu Hui. After Liu Ziqi became emperor, he could convict him of treason just because Zhu Hui colluded with Ji Wudao to attack the city. Why did he want to take Zhu Hui's life now? Aren't Liu Ziqi and Yu Qizhe afraid that the Feng family would turn against them after holding the military power?
Feng Yuanqi ordered people to carry Zhu Xun's body away and transport it to the palace.
Feng Ying burst into tears when she saw Zhu Yu's body. She said with grief, "I only have this one son. Although he is useless, he is still the child I carried for ten months. I want to ask Yu Qizhe why he killed my son. I want to seek justice for Yu Yu!"
Feng Yuanqi supported Feng Ying, who was almost unable to stand, and advised: "Who knows if someone is trying to frame Yu Shaoqing and instigate a war between my Feng family and Liu Ziqi?"
"It must have been them who did it. That old bastard Liu Yu even pretended to come to the palace and told me that Yu'er was missing in Zhaoyu, but it was Liu Yu who took him down from the city wall and locked him up in Zhaoyu that day. Brother, don't stop me. I want to see if they want to kill me too, so that I can remove all obstacles and sit on the throne!"
Feng Yuanqi frowned and said patiently, "Calm down. If they really killed him, it would be useless for you to go. Do you want to give away your life in vain?"
"Do you want me to watch Hui'er die in such an unclear way?" Feng Ying wiped away her tears. "I know you all don't like Hui'er and think he looks a lot like Zhu Kuang, but brother, I only have this one child."
She grabbed Feng Yuanqi's hand and said, "Brother, please help me. My father is far away in Liangzhou, and I am alone and helpless in this palace. Please help me seek justice for Hui'er."
Feng Yuanqi was helpless, as he felt sorry for his sister. However, if it was really Liu Ziqi who instructed Yu Qizhe to kill Zhu Yu, then it meant that he was not afraid of the military power of his Feng family. Back then, Zhu Kuang killed Crown Prince Chen and the Crown Princess, and wiped out Princess Huaiyang's entire family. It is possible that Liu Ziqi's move was for revenge.
"Brother..." Feng Ying burst into tears, her eyes full of pleading.
"Okay, I'll take people to Liu's house right now to see if they want to kill us all and wipe out the roots!" Feng Yuanqi said softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside the palace: "I was the one who killed the Second Prince. Your Majesty and the King's Uncle don't have to look for Ziqi. I will give your Majesty an explanation."
"Who?" Feng Ying and Feng Yuanqi both looked up outside the hall.
Liu Yaozhen waved away the eunuchs and palace maids who were blocking her way, pushed open the palace door and walked in slowly.
Emperor Mingzheng was in a coma far away in Xianyang, with the rebels besieging the city. There was also news outside that the former crown prince's orphan wanted to declare himself emperor. The palace had long become a leaky sieve, and the guards were no longer as solid as an iron barrel.
As soon as Liu Bi left the palace, all his conversations with Feng Ying in Qiwu Palace, including the news of Feng Yuanqi's meeting with Feng Ying, were delivered to the right people.
Therefore, when Liu Yaozhen accidentally heard outside her father's study that Empress Feng already knew about Zhu Yu's death, she entered the palace alone. Perhaps because they knew that she was the sister of the future "new emperor", Liu Yaozhen entered the palace very smoothly and no one stopped her.
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