Chapter 454: Violation of Human Morality
"That woman..."
Yan Shishu's eyes were bloodshot, and the overwhelming hatred was almost bursting out.
"Wen Li'er! It's all because of her! Ever since this vixen appeared, everything has changed! My A-Rong is dead...our Jia-He is gone...all because of her!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The voice of the woman in white became softer and softer, like the whisper of lovers.
She slowly opened her arms and embraced the trembling Yan Shishu in her arms, pressing her cold body tightly against hers.
Through the thin veil, a kiss with an icy breath fell on the corner of Yan Shishu's lips, and her whisper penetrated into Yan Shishu's cochlea:
"She is the apple of His Majesty's eye, the talisman for her bastard children. With her in His Majesty's eyes and heart, how could there be room for anyone else?"
"Who else can you count on to avenge Princess Jiahe's blood?"
"Do you rely on that biased emperor? Do you rely on that foolish empress dowager? Or do you rely on those royal family members and nobles who have long been bewitched by her?"
"No, Your Highness! No one can be trusted! Even your Arong...wasn't he killed by them working together?"
"The blood debt is so heavy, yet no one repays it..."
She hugged Yan Shishu tightly, feeling the violent ups and downs of her body, and continued to sigh and hum:
"Your Highness, you can only rely on yourself! You must remember this heart-wrenching pain! Remember this bone-burning hatred!"
"For Jiahe, for you, Arong, you must stand up! Those who killed them must pay the price a thousand times, ten thousand times!"
Her voice suddenly lowered, carrying endless temptation and suggestion.
"But Your Highness, the power you hold... is still too limited."
"Make them pay for their blood debt with blood, make their enemies wail at your feet. You must... stand higher. Only by holding sole power over the world can you do whatever you want and condemn your enemies to eternal damnation!"
"Power... the world..."
The chaotic hatred in Yan Shishu's eyes was suddenly split by a ruthless and resolute light.
The light was like a tempered blade, cold and crazy.
It was as if these words had ignited her last bit of vitality, and she suddenly burst out with astonishing power.
She suddenly tightened her arms, and threw the woman in white in her arms onto the low couch covered with thick brocade cushions, and then she pressed her whole body on her!
Through the troublesome veil, with an almost morbid obsession and venting enthusiasm, she kissed the other person's eyebrows, corners of the eyes, and then lips.
Her kiss was rough and eager, with a desperate possessiveness, moving all the way down along the slender neck, while she called out incoherently:
"Arong...Arong...my Arong..."
The woman in white lay softly on the brocade cushion, her body twisting and turning like a water snake, and she let out gentle and suppressed moans in coordination.
She responded to the frantic call, "Ah Shu... Ah Shu... I'm here... I've always been here..."
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Two days later.
Imperial Palace, Purple Palace.
The candlelight was bright, illuminating the hall as bright as day, but it could not dispel the gloom between the emperor's brows behind the imperial desk.
Three secret reports with fresh ink were spread out on the imperial desk in front of Yan Shixu.
The more he looked, the gloomier his face became, as if it had been frozen for ten thousand years. Even Yongtai, who was standing in the hall, subconsciously held his breath and dared not breathe.
The first one comes from Jingsi Temple.
The abbess, Master Huiqing, passed away three years ago.
After investigating the testimonies of the successor nun and several older nuns, it was confirmed that the guilty woman Lin Fujia died in the nunnery due to a severe cold in the winter five years ago.
Because of his special and sensitive identity and the fact that he had no relatives to take care of his funeral, the then abbess Huiqing was afraid of trouble, so she took it upon herself to bury him hastily in the barren hills behind the nunnery.
I went to the cemetery according to the directions described, and found indeed a nameless and desolate tomb with no tombstone or stone tablet.
After secretly sending a coroner to open the coffin for inspection, it was found that the skeleton inside the coffin was indeed a young woman, and the time of death was consistent with that five years ago.
However... tiny cracks were found in the cervical vertebrae of the skeleton, which was suspected to be caused by external force during life, and was definitely not a sign of natural death!
The second one came from the close surveillance of Princess Taiping’s residence.
After several days of lurking and observing, it was confirmed that there was an entrance to a secret room inside the bed of Princess Taiping's bedroom.
A mysterious woman has been hiding in the secret room for a long time.
Her figure and behavior are highly consistent with Lin Fujia who "died of illness" in Jingsi Temple as reported in the secret report.
These two people slept on the same bed in the secret room many times, and engaged in...sexual and illicit activities...
In bed, Princess Taiping always enthusiastically called this woman "Arong".
And one can clearly hear the crisp sound of golden bells ringing from this woman's body.
Seeing this, Yan Shixu's stomach churned.
Even though he considered himself experienced, he was still disgusted by this description that went against human ethics.
He suppressed his discomfort and continued reading:
It was also found that after the death of the former Queen Xie, Princess Taiping angered the Empress Dowager due to her inappropriate words and deeds, and was punished to stay in Jingsi Temple and practice as a nun for two years with her hair untied.
On the eve of leaving the nunnery to return home, Princess Taiping secretly sent her confidant to abduct an unidentified man from outside the nunnery and bring him into the nunnery.
He forced her to take a large amount of aphrodisiac and had sex with her in the nunnery for three days.
Afterwards, the man was secretly sent away and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Not long after Princess Taiping returned home, she was diagnosed with pregnancy.
Princess Jiahe is most likely not the descendant of the Prince Consort Chen Lisheng!
Yan Shixu looked thoughtful when he saw this.
This can explain why, not long after Princess Taiping gave birth to Princess Jiahe, her husband Chen Lisheng used the excuse of taking his sister and several children to Taozhou and did not return for many years.
The third one comes from a secret investigation of Lin Xun, the Minister of Works, and his family:
Lin Xun himself: His daily routine was clear, mostly traveling between the government office and his residence. He would occasionally have a drink with a few colleagues and friends. He was cautious in his words and actions, and no obvious abnormalities were observed.
Lin Wenyuan, the eldest son of the Lin family: currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Rites, appears cautious and taciturn on the surface.
Lin Wentao, the second son of the Lin family: He has a lively personality, is active and sociable, is keen on business, and especially likes to study and make all kinds of exquisite toys.
For example, the "Jiuxiao Huanpei" that was sent to the palace as a birthday gift was made by Lin Wentao himself.
After checking his records of external contacts, it was discovered that for the past five years, around his birthday every year, there would be packages sent from the border town "Sunset Town" to the capital, all of which were gifts from his "good friends".
The contents of the packages are mostly spices, medicinal herbs, furs and other specialties of Xiyu. They look like ordinary New Year gifts, but the delivery channels are secretive and the frequency is fixed. They are definitely not ordinary business trips.
When checking his personal accounts, it was found that large amounts of unknown money had been flowing in repeatedly, the source of which was difficult to trace, and it was suspected that they were proceeds of smuggling.
A considerable number of the various exquisite toys he made by hand, such as antique musical instruments, mechanical devices, etc., should have flowed into the territory of Xiyu through secret channels.
And the things Princess Xiyu wore when she performed the dance that day, especially the golden bell that could confuse people's minds, were all made by him.
Yan Shixu's fingers tapped heavily on several secret reports, making a dull sound, and his eyes became colder and colder with the sound.
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