How could it be a capital offense? It's impossible.
"The evidence is all on His Majesty's records. Does the Prince of Minzhou still intend to deny it?"
Even without evidence, with just one word from Prince Chen, the lineage of the Prince of Minzhou would come to an abrupt end.
Moreover, the evidence is all there.
"Where is the Princess Consort? Let's travel together, don't waste my time." His tone was cold and somewhat impatient.
The Prince of Minzhou realized there was no turning back, so he immediately ran outside. He was quickly subdued by the men brought by Deng Quan. Even so, the Prince of Minzhou was not giving up and shouted hoarsely, "Take the Princess Consort away! You must protect her and get her out of here!"
He can die, but his wife must live! One of them must survive! Only then can he be at ease.
If husband and wife are one, then even if the wife survives, he is living in another way.
The Prince of Minzhou was not actually that noble or selfless; he was simply facing his beloved.
Perhaps the Prince of Minzhou had no redeeming qualities, but his love for his beloved was undeniable.
"Don't worry, none of them will survive. Prince Chen's Black Armor Army is all guarding outside. What use are your good-for-nothings?" Deng Quan said as he grabbed the Prince by the collar and poured a cup of poisoned wine into his mouth, forcing him not to spit it out.
The spilled poison corroded some parts of Deng Quan's hand, but he simply wiped it off with a damp cloth he had prepared beforehand.
"I must come myself and make him drink it."
This minor injury is nothing to worry about. As long as he can see the person who hurt his loved ones die, that's more important than anything else.
He didn't really care that much about Qin Su; he was just okay with her.
But he knew better than anyone what would happen to Yu Shuo if something happened to Qin Su.
Perhaps they are neither human nor ghost, or perhaps they simply cannot survive.
If that's the case, then why wasn't it someone else who died? It had to be someone else! He wouldn't allow it to be one of his own.
The guards brought by the Prince of Minzhou did indeed go to find the Princess Consort immediately, wanting to take her away, but as Deng Quan said, how could they possibly let her live?
None of them can escape.
The Prince of Minzhou curled up on the ground in agony, his whole body convulsing with pain.
Even royal poisons are not guaranteed to kill immediately.
Therefore, people who are sentenced to death usually choose white silk, as poisoned wine would only cause them to suffer for a long time in vain.
Deng Quan squatted down and said, "Why do you insist on coveting the position of Princess Consort when you could be a perfectly good Prince?"
He was so eager to climb up that he couldn't even make it, and not only did he fail to reach the top, he also lost his life.
It was truly a torment.
Although Deng Quan held a high position and was a capable eunuch, he never intended to wield too much real power. Indeed, history is replete with instances of eunuchs effectively controlling the emperor.
He never thought of it.
Emperor Mingyang was his good brother, his family. He was too busy protecting him to possibly sideline him.
However, some people are just too ambitious and will do anything to climb to the top.
"My daughter is born with the destiny of a phoenix." His throat seemed to be blocked by something, making it extremely difficult for him to speak.
He reached out with both hands to grab his throat, but what good did it do? His throat was mangled and bloody, and even his fingernails were filled with bits of flesh.
"Heh...heh..."
"Chief Steward Deng, why don't you go back first?" a guard stepped forward and said to Deng Quan.
He didn't mean anything by it; he just felt it was quite boring to stay there all the time.
Deng Quan was focused on wiping the back of his hand and didn't answer the question. Instead, he asked the Princess Consort, "Have the person been caught?"
The guard bowed his head and replied, "He was killed in the chaos."
The prince, who still had a little bit of consciousness left on the ground, completely collapsed. He seemed to want to say something, but his throat could no longer utter a sound.
About an hour later, the Prince of Minzhou stopped moving completely. His neck had been gripped so tightly by himself that his throat was almost visible, making for a particularly gruesome scene.
Deng Quan covered his nose with a handkerchief, squatted down to examine the person, and only after confirming that the person was definitely dead did he lead his men back to report.
That was too good for him; he died in just over an hour.
Speaking of which, he remembered that Princess Consort Chen wasn't always so decisive and efficient. She used to put more effort into managing the Duke of Cheng's household, and those people there were much more efficient and efficient.
Qin Su received the news in the evening, when she was accompanying the Empress Dowager at Cining Palace.
Yuanyuan was held by Granny Qin to the side, while Qin Su, Cheng An, the Empress Dowager, and Tao Rong were playing cards together.
Upon hearing this, Qin Su simply responded without showing much emotion.
Cheng An, however, played a card, saying, "Those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish. Wouldn't it be better to just be a good prince? Why do you have to harm others?"
The Empress Dowager was completely bewildered. "What's going on?"
I always feel like I've missed out on a lot of things, which is a bit of a pity.
Cheng An chuckled and said, "Does Mother know that they have a daughter?"
The Empress Dowager thought about it carefully and realized there really was a girl. She remembered that she was quite lively and seemed to have liked to stick close to the Emperor and the Second Prince since she was little.
However, I didn't spend much time in Beijing to begin with, so I don't have many impressions of it.
"Didn't she initially want to be empress? Oh, to be precise, it was the Prince's Mansion that wanted to create an empress."
The Empress Dowager remembers this.
However, she had already arranged for her eldest son to become empress, and the late emperor had agreed to it, so there was no room for change.
Besides, the Prince's family has so many trivial matters to deal with; they are really not suitable to be the mother of a nation.
"After that, their family kept an eye on the Prince Chen's residence. They probably thought the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law was an eyesore and wanted to get rid of her. They had previously sent someone to assassinate the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law, but they didn't intend to pursue the matter. The Empress Dowager also knew that the lineage of the Prince of Minzhou was already very strong. The founding emperor owed them a debt of gratitude and wanted his descendants to remember it."
It is said that he was saved by the King of Minzhou; without the King of Minzhou, there would be no Da'an.
"But at the banquet they started making moves again, trying to ruin the Empress's reputation so that their daughter could become the Princess Consort of Chen. At least the position of Princess Consort of Chen would be vacant."
The Empress Dowager's face was ashen.
"How stupid and vicious!" the Empress Dowager cursed.
“If they don’t deal with it the first or second time, then it’s hard to say what will happen the third time.” Tao Rong chimed in with a smile, “If they dare to lay a hand on Princess Chen, who knows who they might lay a hand on when they rise in status.”
This "who" is actually quite easy to guess; it might just be Emperor Mingyang!
Emperor Mingyang could never allow such a thing to happen.
Murdering the princess consort is indeed a capital offense.
"Is there any collateral damage?" the Empress Dowager asked again.
Cheng An wasn't quite sure, since she had been staying with the Empress Dowager after entering the palace. She looked at Tao Rong.
Tao Rong understood and said softly, "No. It was just a death sentence imposed by the master, but I reckon the secret guards trained by the Prince of Minzhou won't escape either."
The servants in the capital were actually alright, since they didn't have a deep relationship with their masters.
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