Then I saw...
Yu Tingyi in the room... was suspended in mid-air by silver threads.
The silver threads pierced through various parts of her body, with drops of blood still dripping from them.
Despite it being an extremely cruel way to die, Yu Tingyi's expression was unusually calm, as if she were asleep.
The difference is that Yu Tingyi, who usually dresses up elaborately because of her noble status, now has a pale face that strangers have never seen.
In contrast, her magnificent crimson palace dress, embroidered with two phoenixes playing with a pearl, was both luxurious and beautiful. Because it was red, the blood stained that dress appeared even more crimson.
Emperor Yuanhe stared wide-eyed at the scene before him, unsure whether he couldn't accept it or simply couldn't process it; for a moment, he thought he was dreaming.
Liu Rencai was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty..."
The word "condolences" stuck in my throat; I hesitated for a long time before daring not to utter it.
Everyone in the capital knew that the Emperor doted on this eldest princess. The two were born of the same mother and had both risen to high positions. Now that the eldest princess had died tragically, the entire princess's household was in a state of panic, fearing that Emperor Yuanhe would be so angry that he would drag them all down with the princess to be buried alive.
"What exactly..." After a long while, Emperor Yuanhe finally found his voice.
However, when he uttered those two words, his voice was hoarse.
Emperor Yuanhe realized this too late, as if all his strength had been drained away. He didn't even have the strength to be angry, and his mind went completely blank.
It took him a long time to come to his senses. When he turned around, his eyes were bloodshot, filled with a surge of anger. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What... happened?"
His voice was clearly restrained; he wanted to be angry, but it was as if his body was imprisoned.
He glared at Si Yang, his expression as if he wanted to tear him to pieces: "Who dared... kill my sister!"
That's his own sister!
She's only...she's only twenty-six, in the prime of her life!
Who exactly is it?
Si Yang prostrated himself on the ground, his heavy voice ringing out: "Your Majesty, the Valley Master of Baiyou Valley... has disappeared."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuanhe's face cracked: "Hundred Nether Valley?"
His back teeth were practically grinding to powder, his face flushed red, when he suddenly roared, "Guards! Seal off the capital! Search along the route! Life or death... it doesn't matter!"
Hundred Valleys!
Since you are ruthless, then don't blame me for being unjust.
How dare they... how dare they harm the royal family!
He will not be able to quell his hatred until he razes the Hundred Nether Valley to the ground!
He waved his hand, his voice booming with fury, and roared, "Where is Yu Nanqing? Summon him to me!"
Xiao Chensheng was invited by Yu Nanqing, and he bears an inescapable responsibility for what happened today.
Good! Very good!
Very good!
They've all conspired against me; today I'm determined to wipe out all these parasites in the capital!
"Yes...yes..." Eunuch Liu dared not delay and crawled away on his knees.
Emperor Yuanhe gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and looked back at the figure hanging in mid-air. Blood dripped onto the mahogany floor of the room. His eyes instantly filled with tears, his face flushed with rage.
It felt like there was a lump of blood stuck in my chest, I couldn't spit it out or swallow it down.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..." Just then, Liu Rencai returned, trembling as he lay prostrate on the ground, stammering, "Your Majesty, no...something terrible has happened, Prince Gong's...Prince Gong's Mansion...has also been affected!"
"Speak!" Emperor Yuanhe had lost patience with his cryptic remarks.
He practically roared the word out, as if he would come running if he didn't say it.
Eunuch Liu shuddered and hurriedly reported, "Just now... someone came to report that Prince Gong injured the Second Prince of Donghai and severely wounded the Seventeenth Princess of Donghai. At this moment... Prince Gong's mansion is in complete disarray..."
Emperor Yuanhe gritted his teeth and frowned: "What's going on now?"
He hadn't even recovered from the shock of the eldest princess's death when the Prince Gong's mansion made such a commotion. Was Yu Nanqing trying to anger him to death?
That was an envoy from the East China Sea. Severely injuring an envoy from another country was tantamount to declaring war. What on earth was Yu Nanqing thinking?
"I heard from the messenger that Princess Gong... seems to have disappeared... Prince Gong seems to be blaming Princess Gong's disappearance on the Second Prince of Donghai and the Seventeenth Princess."
"Weren't they strolling through the lantern festival together last night? How could they just disappear like that?" Emperor Yuanhe was furious and simply did not believe this explanation.
Xiao Chensheng is gone, and Su Wanyan is gone too. Ha, what a coincidence!
"It seems that... a maid named Yunyi who serves the Seventeenth Princess went to see Princess Gong last night and then... both of them disappeared... so Prince Gong suspects that Donghai did something..."
Eunuch Liu's voice trailed off as he tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, would you... like to go and take a look?"
Emperor Yuanhe frowned deeply, not allowing himself any extra time to grieve. With a stern face, he suppressed his surging emotions and said in a stern voice, "Summon the commander of the Imperial Guards to immediately send troops to arrest Yu Nanqing, seal off the Prince Gong's residence, and order the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs and the Court of Judicial Review to go there and investigate the cause and effect of the incident."
"Send out city guards to search for Su Wanyan's whereabouts and protect the Second Prince and the Seventeenth Princess of the East Sea!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Liu dared not delay and hurriedly climbed out again.
Emperor Yuanhe took a deep breath. Although his expression was angry, he was also visibly dejected. He slowly stepped forward, held onto the armrest of the grand master's chair in the main hall, and slowly sat down, his movements like those of an old man in his fifties or sixties.
At the same time as being extremely angry, I was also suddenly overcome with a strange sense of panic and melancholy.
He didn't know how he felt right now. He was confused, his mind was a mess, and his emotions were chaotic. He felt a mix of emotions and didn't know which one was dominant.
Thinking back to yesterday, Qixi Festival, he came to see Yu Tingyi and found her to be doing well. How could he suddenly...?
Through the bedroom door, Emperor Yuanhe could still see her miserable state, yet her expression and eyes seemed as if they would open at any moment.
Emperor Yuanhe stared at it for a long time without saying anything to ask someone to put it down. In the short time it took to drink a cup of tea, it seemed that Emperor Yuanhe had aged considerably, even his eyebrows looked much older.
The emotions surged even more intensely, and restraint seemed to have no effect.
But as an emperor, he could not lose his composure in front of others.
His cold, bloodshot eyes fixed on Si Yang, who was still kneeling on the ground, and he spoke after a long while: "Did you find out?"
Si Yang dared not raise his head, carefully choosing his words: "Yes, Your Highness, I feed you the nectar at this time every day, but I never expected that today when I opened the door... it would be..."
Si Yang pursed his lips and didn't continue.
Emperor Yuanhe closed his eyes slightly and a tear fell from his eye.
Fortunately, everyone was kneeling and prostrating themselves, so no one saw him furrow his brow and subtly raise his hand to wipe it away.
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