Chapter 51 Justice
Several women rushed down the lakeshore crying and threw themselves on the corpses. The Jingzhao Yin hurriedly ordered the yamen runners to stop them.
"Everyone calm down for a moment."
The Jingzhao Yin has a bigger head than the other two.
"I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, get to the bottom of the truth, and give you all an explanation. Don't get excited yet, okay?"
The crying was deafening.
Those who heard it shed tears.
Before these bodies were salvaged, many people firmly believed that this was a conspiracy designed by His Majesty and Ji Changqing.
His Majesty doted on Concubine Wu and the Third Prince and his mother. As soon as the Third Prince came of age, he was arranged to work in the Ministry of Revenue.
The prince has attended court meetings for many years, but has never been assigned any practical tasks. Even a blind man can tell who he wants to support.
However, Concubine Wu was born into a commoner family and has a shallow foundation, unlike Queen Han who was born into a noble family and has the support of an aristocratic family. It will not be easy for Your Majesty to let the third prince ascend to the throne.
Ji Changqing is the knife in His Majesty's hand.
Cut wherever you point.
Once the case of framing the Crown Prince and the Rongchang Marquisate is successful, deposing the Crown Prince will be a natural outcome.
But when piece after piece of bones were placed on the ice, shining coldly under the light, this idea was instantly shattered.
It's so tragic.
There is no need to use such cruel means to frame the Crown Prince and the Rongchang Marquisate.
If Your Majesty really wants to depose the Crown Prince, the testimony of that servant and the girl, plus the several skulls on Han Ruixuan's body, will be enough.
There is no need to go to such lengths.
They looked at the prince with eyes full of disbelief.
Is there really a vicious devil hidden under this gentle appearance?
How could he have the heart to do that to such a young child?
Ji Changqing didn't expect that there were so many corpses hidden at the bottom of the lake. When the sailors came ashore exhausted to rest, he scanned the crowd and found Feng Qingsui at the southernmost end of the lakeshore.
She was still dressed as an ordinary servant, standing beside a pine tree, looking calmly at the skeleton on the ice.
Standing in front of her were several tall men, and compared to them, her figure looked so slender.
But who could have imagined that it was such a slender body that exposed these skeletons at the bottom of the lake and dragged the Crown Prince and the Rongchang Marquisate into the water.
After looking for a while, he looked away.
I thought to myself that I was wearing so little and standing in the wind, I was afraid I would fall sick again if I turned around.
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The news of the Rongchang Marquis' Mansion reached the ears of the emperor and empress almost at the same time.
The difference is that the emperor heard it from the mouth of the person sent by Ji Changqing, while the empress saw it from the secret letter sent to the palace servants by the person arranged by Rongchang Hou.
After reading the secret letter, the Queen asked the palace maid, "Who will your Majesty stay with tonight?"
Upon learning that the emperor was resting alone in the side hall of the Qinzheng Hall tonight, she hurriedly changed her clothes and rushed over.
The Qinzheng Hall was brightly lit, and it was obvious that the emperor had received the news.
"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me!"
After meeting the emperor in the study, she said with a feeling of grievance.
"I never fight or compete. You can favor whoever you want, and you can confer titles on whoever you want. I have never been jealous, nor have I ever lost my temper. I never thought that even though I am so peaceful, there are people who dislike me and my son and want to destroy the Marquis' Mansion and the Crown Prince."
"You watched the Crown Prince grow up. You know his character best. Do you believe he abused and killed dozens of children?"
"Such a horrific thing makes me tremble with fear. I don't know who is so cruel as to kill so many children just to bring down my mother and me."
"How long has Ji Changqing been Prime Minister? He relied on Your Majesty's trust in him and abused his power to frame the Crown Prince. He has committed such a heartless act. Your Majesty, if not for me and my son, you must seek justice for those deceased children."
There was no expression on the emperor's face.
"I have ordered the Crown Prince, Marquis Rongchang, Ji Changqing, and others to enter the palace. The Queen will discuss who is right and who is wrong later."
Queen: “…”
She knew that this man was a man of his word, so she didn't waste any more words and sat on the chair by the wall, waiting for people to enter the palace.
After receiving the order from the eunuch, Ji Changqing took Feng Qingsui, Wuhua and Hua Ling and left the Rongchang Marquis Mansion.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he threw a blanket to Feng Qingsui.
Feng Qingsui didn't feel cold at first, but when he relaxed, he realized that his hands and feet were as frozen as ice.
She shivered and quickly wrapped herself in the blanket.
"If I hadn't come to the banquet, how would you have ended it?"
Ji Changqing asked as he lit the charcoal.
Feng Qingsui chuckled: "Second Master, a promise is worth a thousand gold. Now that you have agreed, you will naturally come."
Ji Changqing didn't look happy after hearing this flattery.
"You've brought so much hatred to me for no reason. Are you dissatisfied with my position as Prime Minister being too secure?"
"Second Master and the Crown Prince are not on the same page. Sooner or later, he will confront him. I have merely brought the conflict forward."
Feng Qingsui did not feel the slightest bit of shame for scheming against others.
"Second Master should thank me."
Ji Changqing: “…”
In terms of thick-skinnedness, he really can't compare to this woman.
After the charcoal fire started, the carriage became much warmer. Hua Ling rubbed her eyes and fell asleep.
Ji Changqing stared at her sleeping face for a moment, then asked Feng Qingsui, "The last time the Crown Princess came to see you, was it for medical treatment or for an injury?"
Feng Qingsui did not answer. She had promised the Crown Princess not to tell anyone.
But no answer is also an answer.
Ji Changqing guessed the answer.
He took out the paper and pen from the carriage, wrote a note, then rolled up the note and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube.
He then took out a carrier pigeon from under the coffee table in the middle of the carriage, tied a bamboo tube to the pigeon's legs, and released it out of the carriage.
Feng Qingsui watched him write, but he didn't understand the meaning of the sentences. It should be some kind of secret code.
After Ji Changqing released the carrier pigeon, he drew a pair of eyebrows on a piece of paper and told Wuhua, "Trimming her eyebrows, trimming them according to my drawing."
He was talking about Hanabishi.
Feng Qingsui wondered, "Why are you trimming her eyebrows?"
Ji Changqing didn't answer but asked, "Do you think you can kill the Crown Prince with just a few words from a servant and a lake of corpses?"
Feng Qingsui shook his head.
"I haven't thought of it that way."
Her main purpose tonight was to kill Han Ruixuan, use Han Ruixuan's death to expose the corpses under Yuehu Lake, rescue Hua Ling, and pull Prince Pan out.
I didn't expect to knock the prince down with just one hammer.
The Crown Prince, the Empress, and the Rongchang Marquisate have deep roots and cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. As long as this time we can break the image of the Crown Prince as a gentleman in the eyes of the world and make people re-examine him, it will be enough.
Only those who hide in the dark can do evil without fear, but once they are exposed to the public eye, they will have nowhere to hide.
His beastly deeds will eventually be exposed one by one.
By then, what awaits him is a dead end.
Ji Changqing chuckled: "Then you wait for the good news from Benxiang."
He asked Wuhua to trim Hua Ling's eyebrows, and then took Hua Ling into the palace. Feng Qingsui and Wuhua stayed in the carriage, completely unaware of what kind of confrontation would come in the Qinzheng Palace.
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