Chapter 147: Mourning Period
They soon met up with Yang Heming.
Yang Heming was guarding the entire periphery of Jiangzhou. Shen Liuguang handed him a copy of the copied evidence and discussed with other generals in a simple tent for more than an hour.
Final decision.
The Crown Prince, Chu Jiuning and his entourage returned to Beijing first.
Yang Heming was responsible for closing the net in Jiangzhou, conducting thorough investigations, killing those who could be killed first, and imprisoning those who could not be killed first, without missing a single fish, and then secretly bringing all the fish back to the capital.
At the same time, secret guards were sent to keep an eye on Prince An, just to see what he did but not to restrain him.
Overnight.
The court was shrouded in the chill of winter, and everyone realized how cold the weather was.
After they had made some protective measures for the ice coffin, Chu Jiuning sat on the shaft of the carriage, poured out the guide money in the basket, and choked with sobs.
"Father, Mother, come home with me."
"Master, Madam, please follow us home."
Amber and Mingtang also shouted loudly with sobs.
The wind suddenly rose, and everyone sitting on their horses watched this scene, feeling sad.
So they all rode their horses to the capital.
Covered in fine frost, everyone was exhausted. Finally, when the ice coffin was still 80% intact, they arrived at the Chu Mansion.
The gate of the Chu Mansion was wide open.
From the outside, everything looks normal.
But an altar had already been set up in the front yard.
The monks pray and chant on the right, while the Taoist priests perform rituals on the left to guide the souls of the dead back home.
From the moment Old Master Chu saw the ice coffin, tears streamed down his face. He stumbled and held on to the ice coffin, murmuring softly with trembling lips.
"It's good that you're back, son, daughter-in-law, it's good that you're back."
"You've suffered a lot out there these years."
The moment she heard the letter, Nanny Hong started preparing and prepared a large ice room.
Everyone is busy and careful, trying to keep themselves calm.
But the moment they saw the ice coffin and the young face lying quietly in it, the servants couldn't help but burst into tears.
The whole house was plunged into deep sorrow.
The ritual continued until late at night.
The old man looked at his son and daughter-in-law quietly. Chu Jiuning asked the servants to help grandfather put on more clothes, and even hid a heater in her arms and went into the ice room herself.
Several people sat around.
Chu Jiuning told her grandfather everything bit by bit, and then talked to him.
"I brought someone with me."
His body shouldn't be in such a state of exhaustion, but he insisted on going to Beijing. He said he had something to say to Old Master Chu.
The moment you enter the mansion.
His tense body relaxed all of a sudden and he fell into a deep sleep. The imperial physician was now preparing medicine for him.
"But he's in a coma now. The doctor said he won't wake up until tomorrow. Grandpa, I'll take you to see him tomorrow. He knows you and is determined to come back to the capital to see you."
Old Master Chu nodded.
One night.
Old Master Chu and Chu Jiuning were both guarding the ice coffin, telling them how she grew up and how she managed the family business over the past decade.
When the day was about to dawn.
Nanny Hong brought people to tell them that they must leave, otherwise if they continued to freeze, they would really get sick.
After changing clothes and having breakfast.
The grandfather and grandson went to the wing room again.
Looking at his wounded and mutilated body, Old Master Chu was so shocked that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
The more you look.
I always feel that it looks familiar.
It was almost noon when he finally opened his eyes.
After sleeping soundly for so long, taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, and having a place to rest his mind, he seemed to be feeling better.
"you……"
Old Master Chu looked at the uninjured half of his face.
"You look a lot like Chang Youbin."
Chang Youbin is Chu Jiuning's uncle.
When the man heard the three words "Chang Youbin", he struggled to get up. The maid came forward and helped him up hurriedly. Then he wrote a few words on the palm of Master Chu's hand.
"That's my dad."
Old Master Chu was suddenly stunned.
When he went to the Chang Mansion to deal with the funeral, he looked everywhere and counted the number of people. He found that all the members of the Chang Mansion were dead, not a single one was left.
"I am my father's second son."
He slowly wrote one stroke at a time in Mr. Chu's palm, but Mr. Chu could feel that he was using all his strength for each stroke and it was extremely difficult.
"He was adopted by his good friend."
Old Master Chu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he was not listed as the second son in the Chang family's genealogy. He must have been given away after he was born.
"Later, his identity was discovered and he was hunted down."
"So all these injuries you suffered were caused by running for your life?"
Old Master Chu guessed and spoke bit by bit, so that he would just nod or shake his head and it wouldn't be so hard.
"You are the one who looks most like Youbin. Sending you away really doesn't make much sense. You can tell whose son it is at a glance."
Therefore, the wound on his face was most likely caused by himself in order to hide it from others.
"Why don't you run away?"
Maybe this is better for him.
Deep sadness and hatred filled Chang Tianzi's eyes.
"They... are very nice to me."
After discovering that he looked more and more like his father, the two families simply made it clear and stopped hiding the fact. He also often went to the Chang family, and the Chang family also loved him very much. So he had two fathers and two mothers, and he also had a very good marriage. He was originally very happy.
But overnight.
Everything disappeared.
"I'm staying in Chang's house, trying to find the murderer."
Everyone said that the Chang Mansion was haunted, but in fact, it was all caused by him, just to prevent others from coming in.
He was like a dog or a cat, hiding in the darkest corner of the Chang Mansion, practicing every day how to hide and how to climb. Until a few years later, when he could hide anywhere quietly, he finally discovered something strange in the mansion.
But he didn't dare to pass the news on.
because.
Someone has been secretly watching the Chang Mansion.
He can neither go out nor come in.
The wild cats, dogs and even rats in the mansion became his food.
He just lived like this, getting by day by day.
original.
He felt that there was no hope in his life. He would die of old age in a corner, eaten by wild cats and dogs, and would never be able to turn over a new leaf.
God was kind to him after all.
Let him meet Chu Jiuning.
As soon as he saw Chu Jiuning, he knew that she was his cousin, but he didn't dare to recognize her. He couldn't recognize her. He could only hide his excitement and sadness deep in his heart and endure it.
"Tianzi, we will do whatever it takes to heal your body. We won't restore you to normal, but we will make sure you survive, okay?"
Old Master Chu held his scarred hand, gently spread it out, and looked at the calluses and wounds on his palms, which were so painful that he couldn't describe it. If he had known and discovered it earlier, it would have been great. At least he could have taken him to the capital and hidden him there.
"But if I can find their bodies, I, an old man, can finally rest in peace."
After worrying for more than ten years, I finally found a solution.
Chu Jiuning walked in slowly with the medicine in her hand. Seeing them talking, she walked up and whispered.
"Grandpa, the prince is here."
Old Master Chu hurriedly stood up and went to the door to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
After sitting down.
Chu Jiuning handed the medicine to Nanny Hong, and then spoke.
"Your Highness, considering Prince Jing's personality of leaving offspring everywhere, I suspect the Chu family also has his offspring."
That is to say.
As long as we find out who his son is, we can find out who the traitor is.
A man like Prince Jing would rather have his own son than give birth to someone else's son to use as a pawn, and he would definitely do so.
soon.
Amber brought over all the portraits of the Chu family's sons, and hung the portraits of Prince Jing and Prince An aside.
It's okay if you don't compare.
The comparison really shocked me.
Before, Prince Jing was not in the capital, so no one knew what he looked like, but now... the more he looked at it, the weirder it seemed.
because.
Chu Jiuning discovered.
Not only that, but every room has it!!!
Either a legitimate son or a bastard's son, Prince Jing had children everywhere and left offspring everywhere.
Chu Jiuning drew out all the characters that might be related to him, and then looked at the full content on the paper, and his mind felt tense.
How could someone be so crazy?
These years.
Does he really not rest?
No wonder the Prince's Mansion has to inject a large amount of tonics every month. It turns out that it is not because Jingqin is in poor health, but because the prince needs to consume and nourish his body at the same time.
"So, my father's close friend back then was Prince Jing, and it was Prince Jing who told them that there were fist-sized pearls in Jiangzhou."
After searching through the entire library, I finally found a clue in a scroll.
There are two backgrounds on the portrait, one is Master Chu and the other is Prince Jing. Back then, Master Chu only knew that he had a close friend who cared about him very much and helped him a lot, but he didn't expect that Prince Jing had been approaching him with a purpose from the beginning.
"Your Highness."
Old Master Chu turned to look at the prince, whose eyes were cold.
"Prince Jing's men must be eliminated."
To cut the grass, you must remove the roots. This is an eternal truth. If you leave even one, it may become a serious problem in a few years.
There’s more.
The prince has told the empress about this matter. The empress was shocked and quickly began to reorganize the harem.
Anyone who was similar to Prince Jing and had close contacts with him would be killed for a reason.
soon.
Yang Heming went to Beijing with the evidence of his crime.
With the help of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prince An quickly discovered something strange about the Chu family.
When the Crown Prince entered the palace with evidence of his crimes, Prince An also attacked several branches of the Chu family. Shen Liuguang led his troops around to where Prince Jing's army was stationed. Amidst angry shouts, the two armies began to fight.
The emperor and cabinet ministers were stunned when they saw the evidence.
A huge net was pulled out by them.
Prince Jing's sons not only dabbled in various fields, but some even entered the palace and became eunuchs.
The more I investigated, the more terrified I became.
His sons almost all hold the most important positions, and his confidants are also in various industries.
Prince Jing soon sensed something was wrong. He tried to contact his own people, but to no avail. Feeling restless, he went into the palace to seek help from the Empress Dowager.
He is the Queen Mother's most beloved son.
The Queen Mother naturally wanted to help him.
The mother and son hid in the palace and plotted for a whole day. Just when they decided to pass the message outside, they found that Cihe Palace was covered by a big net and nothing could be passed out.
The Empress Dowager was so shocked that she issued three imperial decrees requesting to see the Emperor.
The emperor didn't come.
Pieces of evidence were sent to the Empress Dowager's palace.
The heads of each son were sent to the Queen Mother's palace.
Chu Jiuning also personally sent the Chu family's heads one by one to the Queen Mother's Palace. When Prince Jing saw his sons' heads piled densely and stinkingly in the yard, he went crazy.
He didn't understand how the Crown Prince and Chu Jiuning could be so powerful. He couldn't even remember some of his sons unless he looked at the list.
But the prince acted decisively and almost eliminated all the sons he had given birth to with great effort over the years.
The Empress Dowager was so frightened that she fell down on her chair and fell ill that night.
The next day in court.
The Crown Prince analyzed to all the officials bit by bit the preparations Prince Jing had made eighteen years ago and his strength in recent years.
at the same time.
The heads of dozens of his sons were moved into the inner hall one by one.
After seeing this, the old ministers who had originally wanted to speak up for Prince Jing covered their mouths and turned around to vomit uncontrollably. No one dared to say anything anymore.
Prince Jing was beheaded.
The Queen Mother was making a hysterical fuss in the palace and even mobilized her own people to assassinate the Emperor and the Crown Prince. After all her attempts failed, the Queen Mother fell ill.
And it's very serious.
This time.
The emperor did not send the imperial physician to visit him, but the prince did.
because.
The Queen Mother cannot die now.
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