Chapter 289 Blood-stained Fu Yi
The people from Prince Kang's Mansion were stopped at the palace gate.
As soon as Jiang Shenyuan arrived, a young eunuch came running over and extended his hand to him: "The Crown Prince wants to see you, come with me."
This commotion immediately drew the attention of everyone in Prince Kang's mansion to him, and it was certainly not a friendly one.
Jiang Shenyuan actually smiled for the first time in these days.
The hatred, fear and jealousy of others make him feel that he is still alive in this world and living a good life.
Jiang Shenyuan strode up to catch up with the young eunuch. If he hadn't been limping, he would have looked better.
After a while, the young eunuch stopped.
"Is this the place?"
Jiang Shenyuan looked up and saw the three large red characters "Funing Palace". This was the former residence of the crown prince.
When he came here to see Cheng Nianying, Jiang Shenyuan was already 80% convinced.
"Your servant Jiang Shenyuan pays homage to the Crown Prince."
He stepped into the hall and bowed from a distance.
"The crown prince hasn't arrived yet."
Jiang Shenyuan's mouth twitched. He looked up and saw two men and women wearing short, cross-collared jackets. Only ordinary people would dress like that. Their jackets were especially short, as if they were used to working in the fields.
These two people should not appear in the palace under any circumstances.
You shouldn't stare at him as if he were looking at something new.
Jiang Shenyuan frowned, feeling offended, but soon he thought that maybe he could get something out of these two people while Cheng Nianying was not here.
There's no one else here anyway.
"You don't look like people from the palace." Jiang Shenyuan spoke.
The two of them looked at each other and continued, "We were brought here from Huaiyuan by the Crown Prince."
"Since I brought you here specially, it must be very important." Jiang Shenyuan brought out another topic.
The person opposite exchanged glances again, but was not flattered. He simply waved his hands: "No, no, I just hope I can do my best for the crown prince."
They were really timid. They looked at Jiang Shenyuan again and again and added, "We are lowly and dare not disturb you, sir."
They ran away hand in hand.
Jiang Shenyuan felt a pang of choking in his chest, and he couldn't continue the conversation today.
Fortunately, at this moment, footsteps were heard approaching.
Here it comes... Jiang Shenyuan turned his head to look over.
The one walking in front changed into a lilac dress with a yellow cloak on the outside, and walked lightly.
If not Cheng Nianying, who else could it be?
Surrounded by people on both sides, she returned to the hall.
As the crown prince, her pomp and circumstance seemed fake.
But Jiang Shenyuan's gaze passed over her and caught a glimpse of the palace maids lined up outside the hall, each one acting cautiously.
——It’s not that they are negligent, it’s that Cheng Nianying doesn’t want them to follow.
"Greetings, Crown Prince." Jiang Shenyuan retracted his gaze and bowed again.
But it was far less sincere than the one just now.
All the true feelings were expressed to the couple from the countryside.
"You have a long life." Cheng Nianying said.
Jiang Shenyuan just thought it was an unwilling sigh.
"People like me always live a long life."
"Can I take the prince's pulse?" Jiang Shenyuan asked suddenly.
Cheng Nianying sat down: "No."
Jiang Shenyuan naturally wanted to test it, but Cheng Nianying refused. What else could he do? He couldn't do anything now.
Thinking back to when they met at the Hanging Temple, she was still afraid of him.
In the blink of an eye, her situation had completely reversed. She had become the one looking down on him with indifference.
Fu Yi put a lot of effort into this, so it's no wonder that King Liang had to get Fu Yi a proper coffin.
Jiang Shenyuan lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "Whatever the Crown Prince desires, I will present it to you."
"what would you like?"
"When the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, I will be his subject. What I do for the crown prince is my duty as a subject. How dare I ask for a reward?" Jiang Shenyuan said word by word.
He said he didn't ask for anything, but it was obvious that all this was based on protecting his official position.
Cheng Nianying stretched out her hand: "Where's that thing?"
"I have just been released from prison. Please allow me to go back and get it."
"Okay, go get it."
At this time, the palace servant outside the door seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and stepped through the door carefully as if he had to urinate urgently: "Crown Prince, Crown Prince, the people from Prince Kang's Mansion must see the Crown Prince. Look at their posture, it seems that if the Crown Prince does not see them, they will die on the spot."
Cheng Nianying turned her gaze and said, "Let them in."
Jiang Shenyuan hesitated for a moment and did not leave immediately.
Princess Kang, who had been out of control in Prince Kang's mansion before, became instinctively restrained when she actually entered the door.
No matter who sits in a high position, the position itself is enough to bring a sense of oppression to others.
In contrast, Fu Cheng and his wife had their own thoughts and observed Cheng Nianying silently.
For a moment, the hall was silent.
Prince Kang rubbed his palms anxiously.
The old emperor's sudden death, and Fu Yi's as well, meant that the Kang Palace had no way forward, and no way back. How could the Kang Palace be saved? Was what the princess said true?
Just when Jiang Shenyuan was getting impatient.
King Kang finally spoke up: "I think the crown prince looks a bit like someone."
Cheng Nianying didn't say anything, just looked at him.
King Kang didn't know how to proceed.
"Did Fu Yi... die outside?" Princess Kang asked in a trembling voice.
"No."
Jiang Shenyuan laughed when he heard this. Did the King of Liang really keep it a secret from her?
"Then why didn't he return to Imperial Capital?"
"The prince has his own things to do."
Princess Kang took a deep breath: "Qin Yurong, is that you?"
"No." Cheng Nianying didn't even pause.
"But your face, you clearly..." Princess Kang became excited.
Jiang Shenyuan understood that Prince Kang's Mansion thought they had grasped some big secret, so they came to question them without stopping.
Cheng Nianying interrupted: "Is this what you want to say?"
The palace attendant in Funing Palace finally showed some wisdom and immediately scolded him, "How dare you lose your manners in front of the Crown Prince?"
Cheng Nianying didn't like them much anyway, so after thinking about it, she said nonchalantly, "Kick them out."
The guard who had been standing silently in the shadows finally moved when he heard the sound.
"Did you take advantage of him?" Princess Kang was of course unwilling to leave, and her tone became even more excited.
Cheng Nianying frowned and glanced at them coldly: "You are so angry because you think it's a pity that Fu Yi was not used by you?"
Princess Kang was stunned for a moment and instinctively retorted, "Nonsense!"
Jiang Shenyuan took two steps forward and swiftly drew his sword from the guard's waist. "Didn't we say we'd kick them out? How can we allow them to continue running rampant here?"
This set of movements is extremely fierce.
"Get out of the way!" King Kang also became angry, thinking that he was a prince after all, how could he allow just any Tom, Dick or Harry to scold him?
Jiang Shenyuan was worried that he had no chance to show his skills, so he smiled and put the knife on King Kang's neck.
My son is dead anyway.
Wouldn’t it be better if parents went down to accompany him?
"That's enough." Fu Cheng held Jiang Shenyuan's arm with one hand and pushed Prince Kang back. "Father, Mother, the Crown Prince wants to expel us, so we must obey your orders."
Princess Kang wanted to say something, but was hugged from behind by her daughter-in-law. Princess Kang was not a shrew after all, so she was dragged out.
Funing Hall returned to peace in an instant.
It also makes it seem extremely funny that Prince Kang’s Mansion is asking for “justice” for Fu Yi.
Cheng Nianying couldn't help but frown again.
Jiang Shenyuan said very sympathetically at this time: "They acted so recklessly, does the Crown Prince want them to die?"
"Anyway, Shao Qulou has always been doing these kinds of things."
When these words were spoken, Wangyue and Xiaodong who were beside Cheng Nianying were shocked.
They were not from Tianzi Pavilion and had never seen Jiang Shenyuan before.
Cheng Nianying didn't respond to Jiang Shenyuan's words, but instead asked him: "Don't you hate me?"
Jiang Shenyuan was waiting for this sentence.
What happened before was just a cold, hard transaction. If you want to gain more, you must completely resolve past grudges.
"The Crown Prince simply wanted to escape the confines of Shaoqu Tower. It was Fu Yi who truly annihilated Shaoqu Tower. If I were to hate someone, it should be him. ... In fact, the Crown Prince's escape was a good thing. If the situation ever became irreversible and Prince Liang discovered his own daughter was in Shaoqu Tower, I'm afraid I would face even greater disaster. Now that this is the outcome, I have nothing to say."
"Go back, I'm waiting for your things." Cheng Nianying never responded to Jiang Shenyuan's words.
Jiang Shenyuan felt a little regretful, but he had to admit that this made Cheng Nianying look more like someone superior.
Did Fu Yi teach you?
Thinking of this, Jiang Shenyuan immediately let go of his regrets. He never expected that a figure like the Danshuo County Prince, who worked so hard and gave everything, would still die like this.
One still has to live long enough to be able to laugh at the end.
Jiang Shenyuan didn't stay any longer. He acted respectful and slowly retreated.
After Jiang Shenyuan was completely out of sight, Wangyue asked anxiously, "Crown Prince, who is he?"
"Owner."
"...It's him." Wangyue's cheeks puffed up, and he bit his teeth so hard that it seemed as if he wanted to break them.
Xiao Dong also bit his cheek and repeated, "It's him!"
"Shao Qulou is gone, why does the Crown Prince want to keep him?" Wangyue looked puzzled.
"The medicine in the building can't last a lifetime."
Wangyue was stunned, and then became ecstatic: "The thing that the crown prince asked him for, could it be... could it be the antidote?"
Cheng Nianying nodded.
When Xiao Dong heard the voice, he immediately lowered his head.
Nor am I afraid of him hearing it.
Then I guess he... and his brother also have a share of the antidote, right?
*
After Jiang Shenyuan left the palace, he returned to King Liang.
King Liang asked him, "Do you believe it now?"
Jiang Shenyuan nodded.
"Where's the stuff?"
"After nightfall, I will go back to the building to get it. Although it is in ruins, the things should still be there. It depends on whether King Liang trusts me or not."
King Liang made a "get out" gesture.
Jiang Shenyuan didn't care either.
Right now, he knows very well what is more important. If he keeps fussing over other people's attitudes, how can he turn things around?
The servants from Prince Liang's mansion quickly came over and took him to wash up.
The bronze mirror barely reflected his appearance.
His clothes were tattered and his face was covered with blood and mud, some of which had already scabbed over, making it almost impossible to tell his original skin color.
Now when he thinks back to the way everyone in Prince Kang's Mansion looked at him, it no longer seems like jealousy or hatred.
Jiang Shenyuan twisted his neck stiffly in front of the mirror.
He said so many words to Cheng Nianying with such honor?
*
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Jiang Shenyuan finally returned to human form.
He did not go back to look for things immediately, but avoided the people in the mansion and quietly came to the hall where the coffin was placed.
The nails are driven in very tightly.
There is no doubt about it.
But he can no longer afford to lose.
That was the last bargaining chip in his hand.
Jiang Shenyuan calmed down, endured the pain from the wound, and carefully began to pry the nail out.
One, two... He was sweating profusely, his face turned pale and blue, and his wounds were bleeding. But he continued to pry the nails.
Finally, the last coffin nail was pried out.
With a creaking sound and the friction of wood against wood, he pushed the coffin lid open with difficulty.
The flickering light slowly illuminated the person in the coffin.
The man was wearing a blood-stained robe, his face was intact, his hair was disheveled, and he was still handsome and unparalleled.
This person lived a good life. Even when he died, it was as if he was sleeping.
Jiang Shenyuan's eyes lit up.
Fu Yi, it’s Fu Yi!
Did King Liang really kill him?
"What are you doing?" Suddenly there was an angry shout.
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