Chapter 233 Murder
This feeling puzzled Prince Shuo. It was not until before going to bed that he suddenly remembered why Nanxing looked familiar to him.
"Someone, go check where the maid from the day is now and who is at home?" Prince Shuo immediately ordered the servants in the mansion.
He suddenly remembered that this Nanxing looked very much like the wife of Zhao Xuan, the imperial physician many years ago. Zhao Xuan was a skilled doctor and was once the best doctor in the entire imperial hospital. He was able to detect the poisonous insects before the witchcraft was introduced to Daxia. If he had not stopped the destruction in time, he would have almost cured the emperor of the poisonous insects. He was also the only person who knew that he was colluding with Prince Jing.
Back then, he was secretly framed by Prince Jing and himself, and was exiled by the previous emperor. He sent people to look for him but never found him. For so many years, he thought he had died. Unexpectedly, he would still see someone who looked so much like his wife today. Regardless of whether this maid was really related to Zhao Xuan or just a coincidence, he had to be on guard.
At the same time, after getting the indenture, Nan Xing excitedly went to the Duke's Mansion to find Doctor Xuan and others. He also said that it was fortunate that Prince Shuo showed up in the end, so he had an excuse not to stay there any longer.
But who would have thought that Doctor Xuan would become serious and ask, "Prince Shuo, have you met him many times? Has he ever asked you anything in the past?"
Suddenly, he remembered that when Prince Shuo had dealt with him, he had met his wife several times.
Nan Xing smiled and said, "The prince is so noble, I don't have the chance to see him normally. Today is the first time I have had close contact with him. Before, the concubine was always worried that I would seduce the prince, but today the prince just glanced at me and didn't say anything."
"He saw you?" Doctor Xuan asked in surprise after hearing this.
"Yes! Grandfather, is there any problem?" Nanxing and the others gradually discovered that something was wrong.
At this time, the secret guards sent by Xu Qingyan to secretly monitor Prince Shuo's mansion appeared and reported: "Princess, it seems that Prince Shuo is suspicious of Miss Nanxing."
"Oh no, he must have recognized it!" Doctor Xuan exclaimed upon hearing this.
So, Doctor Xuan simply told Xu Qingyan and the others about the feud between himself and Prince Shuo.
Xu Qingyan was amazed when she heard this: [So, the miracle doctor and Prince Shuo actually have such a relationship. This may be the evidence that can defeat Prince Shuo in the future. Now we have to protect the miracle doctor well! ]
Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan had the same idea. He suddenly had an idea and said, "Divine Doctor, why don't you let your daughter and granddaughter live in our Duke's Mansion? This way we can protect them."
"Okay! I'd like to thank the young master very much!" Doctor Xuan said with emotion.
"That's right! Now, Nanxing has to act out a play. Prince Shuo has sent people to look for her. He must suspect that you, the genius doctor, are there. His ultimate goal is to find you. Nanxing was kicked out of the palace because she was sick. We let Nanxing go back and pretend to die of illness. We tell her mother in advance and let her mother pretend to be sad and go with her. Only when they are all 'dead' will Prince Shuo give up the search. Otherwise, if you keep hiding like this, you will be exposed sooner or later. Gentleman doctor, do you have a fake death medicine?" Xu Qingyan suggested.
"Yes!" Doctor Xuan said excitedly upon hearing this.
When Prince Shuo's men found Nanxing's home, they saw Nanxing and her mother both dead at home, with no one to take care of them. After checking and analyzing the situation, they concluded that Nanxing died of illness and her mother died of excessive grief, and reported it to Prince Shuo after returning home.
"Is there anyone else in their family? No old men?" Prince Shuo asked after hearing this.
"Your Highness, no. Their bodies were left unattended in the yard. Later, a neighbor knocked on the door and found them. The neighbors had thrown their bodies into a mass grave."
"Is that so..." Prince Shuo sighed and did not ask any further questions.
Prince Shuo thought that Zhao Xuan might really be dead. After all, even if he was alive, he was not young anymore.
After a moment's silence, he thought about other issues and asked, "By the way! I asked you to handle the Crown Prince's matter. How is it going now?"
"Your Highness, the servant who has served the Crown Prince for more than ten years has been subdued by us. Now we are just waiting for the Crown Prince to ask the King of Qin to go out." The servant replied with a bow.
"Okay! Let them move faster." Prince Shuo nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.
He had been feeling really aggrieved these days, especially since the Duke of Ying used Xu Qingyue to plot against him, which was really intolerable to him.
On this day, after being hinted and instigated by the people around him for many days, the prince finally took the initiative to make an appointment with the King of Qin.
The two of them met in a private room of a restaurant in the capital. After dismissing the servants, the prince looked at the King of Qin seriously and said, "King of Qin, I came to you today because I have something to tell you. Last time, when Miss Pei was there, I was really wronged. You don't have to worry that I will snatch the position from you. I plan to resign the position of crown prince from my father in the near future."
"Prince, why did you suddenly make such a decision?" The King of Qin was surprised when he heard what the prince said.
The prince laughed helplessly and said, "Now, Prince Yu and the Sixth Prince have been banished to the Imperial Mausoleum by our father. The other two brothers are still young, and their mothers' families are too low. Everyone understands that now there are only you and me. My reputation is rotten, and I can't take on big responsibilities. In the future, I just want to go to a clean place and live quietly."
In recent days, he has seen the situation in the court very clearly, and the people around him often remind him that he was plotted against and almost violated Pei Jinyu, whom the King of Qin liked. If the King of Qin ascends the throne in the future, he will most likely settle accounts with him.
Now, the King of Qin has the support of the Duke of Ying, and he has almost no chance of winning. Moreover, he suffers from the kind of addiction that he can't speak of, so he can't sit in a high position. The most important thing is that he has experienced so many intrigues since he was a child, and he really has long been disgusted with life in the palace. That's why he decided to take the initiative to be honest with the King of Qin and then leave the capital.
"Have you really made up your mind?" asked the King of Qin.
He was not familiar with the prince. Although he did hate the King of Qin for the last incident, he did not hate him anymore after he found out that the prince was being plotted against. He was just curious about the prince's sudden suggestion.
The prince nodded and said, "Yes! This is a decision I have thought about for a long time. Although you and I are half-sisters, we are brothers. Today is also the last time we will be together."
As he said this, the prince raised his glass and drank it. The King of Qin sighed inwardly and drank a glass as well. But he didn't expect that just as he put down the glass, the prince suddenly fell to the ground and began to twitch all over.
"Prince! Come quickly and call the doctor!" The King of Qin shouted subconsciously without thinking too much.
But at this time, the prince's men pushed the door open from outside and pointed at the King of Qin and shouted, "King of Qin, what did you do to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
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