Chapter 798 Dead
Just then, Black Bee hurriedly came out and said to them, "Nightshade is dead."
Ao Xue was stunned. She asked, "How could he die? He was perfectly fine just now. He was talking and laughing with me."
Black Bee was also heartbroken, her eyes red-rimmed. "Night Shadow was seriously injured. Even with Mr. Gongsun's excellent medical skills, he couldn't save him."
Ao Xue felt as if the sky had fallen. She didn't rush to see Ye Ying. Instead, she grabbed her sword and ran outside. She wanted to kill everyone who had tormented Ye Ying and avenge him.
Lin Yu stopped her: "Calm down. The person who killed Night Shadow is not so easy to deal with. If you run out alone, you will only be going to your death. Not only will you not be able to avenge yourself, but you will also lose your life in vain. Doing this will only make your loved ones suffer and your enemies rejoice."
Once Ao Xue calmed down, she ran back.
Seeing Ye Ying lying coldly on the ground, she suddenly rushed over, but was stopped by Gongsun Ling. "Ye Ying said he didn't want you to see what he looked like after he died."
Ao Xue knelt before Gongsun Ling, pleading, "Sir, please save him! Your medical skills are so superb, you can definitely save him. He can't die, how can he die like this? He hasn't even finished speaking!"
Gongsun Ling said, "Life and death are predestined. Night Shadow was destined for this calamity, and I cannot save him. Let him go in peace!"
Ao Xue felt a chill in her heart. All her strength seemed to have been drained away, and she couldn't get up from her knees. "How could Ye Ying die? How could he die?"
How could she not know that Nightshade said that on purpose? That's why she was even more heartbroken.
He rejected her because Nightshade knew he was going to die.
Her sadness wasn't because he said he liked Jianjia, but because Yeying had been bullied so badly. Who hurt Yeying? Who was so cruel?
Jianjia pursued Yeying for a long time, but Yeying never agreed. If he really liked Jianjia, why didn't he agree to be with her?
Aoxue cried so hard her whole body was convulsing. Lin Yu hugged her and comforted her, "It's okay to cry! It'll make you feel better. We're all here with you."
“He has always taken good care of me. I have always regarded him as family, my closest family. Ayu, do you understand? He is my family, that’s why I didn’t agree to be with him…” She regarded Ye Ying as family, so she did not accept his feelings.
"I understand." Lin Yu didn't know how to comfort her. Death might not be a big deal to her, or it might be because she had never truly experienced the death of her closest loved one.
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "We will avenge Ye Ying and will never let him die in vain. Ao Xue, cheer up. Being sad won't solve anything and will only make you more and more useless. Ye Ying doesn't want you to be sad for him either."
Aoxue stopped crying. "Your Majesty, how could he die? He was always so powerful."
Jiang Fenghua took Aoxue's hand and said, "Let him go in peace! Before he left, he said he only wanted you to live strong and he hoped you would be happy."
Jiang Fenghua pulled Ao Xue into her arms, but her eyes were fixed on Ye Ying's direction, as this was Ye Ying's request.
He begged her to let Aoxue forget him and live a good life.
She unconsciously clenched her fists. "Ye Ying is in this state because of an old eunuch named Chang Shun. Now we should all cheer up and avenge Ye Ying."
"Are Chang Shun and Consort Chang related? What is their relationship?" Ao Xue asked.
"You'd have to ask someone who knows their identities," Jiang Fenghua added.
Shangguan Li said, "Minister Shu and his daughter were not rescued, and some assassins were also captured... I will interrogate them and find the murderers to avenge Night Shadow."
Xie Shang said, "With so many of you, how did you manage to let the fake Night Shadow and Consort Chang escape? Consort Chang doesn't know martial arts, so who rescued her?"
“Your Majesty, Consort Chang and the fake Night Shadow did not escape through the main gate. There were many people guarding the palace at the time. If they had appeared, there would have been no way for them to escape, as there were archers everywhere.” One of the guards said, “Consort Chang also seems to be familiar with the map of this place.”
Shangguan Li also said, "This humble servant suspects that they may never have left the Imperial Horse Administration and have been hiding in this underground palace all along..."
"The situation at the time was not actually that complicated. The fake Night Shadow led them into the Imperial Horse Administration and they didn't come out until we surrounded the area."
"I also interrogated the soldiers and officers here. The officers are all old men; there's no future for them here, so they're just loafing around, waiting for their paychecks to come. But the pay isn't high, and it's easy for someone to bribe them..."
Xie Shang was speechless. Were the salaries of horse-breeding officials in the Great Zhou Kingdom not high?
Jiang Fenghua said, "According to Shangguan Li, Xie Kang is currently hiding in a secret room."
Black Bee and the others quickly surrounded the Emperor and Empress to protect them: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please be careful. We will escort you away from here first."
"I'll take my men and go further in to take a look. Lin Yu, Ao Xue, take good care of the Empress." Xie Shang saw that his men were all around him. If Xie Kang wanted to hide him, this place wouldn't be so easy to find.
Jiang Fenghua said, "Your Majesty, I will go with you."
She added, "I'm not afraid of hardship, nor am I afraid of danger. Please let me go with you! Don't leave alone like last time. It's not safe for me if I don't know anything."
Ao Xue suddenly stood up: "This subordinate is going too. Neither Chang Shun nor the fake Ye Ying will escape."
Ao Xue's eyes were resolute; she was determined to avenge Ye Ying.
Xie Shang did not stop him; it was very likely that Prince Kang was indeed hiding inside.
Unexpectedly, when they followed the road to its end, they found themselves in a tomb.
Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang only then realized where they were. The secret chambers inside were interconnected, and the exit at one end turned out to be a tomb chamber with a portrait of the Holy Ancestor Emperor hanging inside.
Jiang Fenghua asked Xie Shang, "The person in the portrait is wearing a dragon robe. Who is he? This painting is very well done. Look at the direction of his brushstrokes; they are very detailed." She was quite knowledgeable about calligraphy and painting.
“He is my imperial grandfather.” Xie Shang continued, “I never expected that Xie Kang would hang a portrait of my imperial grandfather in such a place. No wonder I sent people to search the whole city but could not find their hiding place. He actually built the entrance to the underground palace in the government office.”
When Xie Shang, Jiang Fenghua, and the others arrived, they did not expect that the most inconspicuous Imperial Horse Administration in Shengjing City would be Xie Kang's territory.
This is just the office of the Imperial Horse Administration in Shengjing City. There is also a special place for raising horses outside the city. It is not an important department. The underground palace has already led to the outside of the city.
Xie Shang had only been on the throne for a little over a year. He was busy with various state affairs every day, and naturally there were people in charge of things like raising horses. He didn't have much to do usually and wouldn't have the opportunity to see the emperor, which is why Xie Kang was able to take advantage of the situation.
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