Chapter 832 Zhang Yurou is assassinated
Jiang Fenghua wasn't one to believe everything she heard. As Zhang Yurou rambled on about their past, she felt no emotion. She figured it was all just Zhang Yurou's imagination.
When Xie Shangruo found out his brother liked him, his expression...
Jiang Fenghua didn't dare to think any further; she just felt a chill.
She added, "After Su Qingqing left the palace, besides you, was there anyone else helping her?"
Zhang Yurou stared at Jiang Fenghua, pretending to know nothing. "I don't know."
Jiang Fenghua smiled enigmatically, slowly walked up to Zhang Yurou, and said coldly, "The carriages around Huguo Temple were arranged by you, and you personally escorted her to Huguo Temple. It must have been your Zhang family helping you! If I find out who plotted against me, I will not let any of them go. Did Su Qingqing tell you that I killed the entire Su family?"
Zhang Yurou felt only fear. Hearing Jiang Fenghua's cold voice, she trembled involuntarily. Su Qingqing said that Jiang Fenghua had harmed the Su family. She originally did not believe it. How could a weak and frail woman have such great abilities?
Now she suddenly believed Consort Su's words, no wonder Consort Su hated Jiang Fenghua to the bone.
She said urgently, "Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for my parents. It was all my idea. They were forced to help me. They didn't know I had contact with Consort Su. I really didn't lie to Your Majesty."
Zhang Yurou continued, "I just remembered something. Xie Yang probably knew that I had a connection with Consort Su, but he pretended not to know. I was deceived by him. I always thought that the Second Madam of the Bai family came to curry favor with me, the Fourth Princess. She revealed that her niece had entered the palace and become a concubine, so I thought of using Bai Yuhan to plot against Lord Jiang."
But on that day, I seemed to see Xie Yang secretly meeting with Bai Yuhan and the Bai family. Yes, it was them, the Bai family who appeared at the palace gate on the Lantern Festival.
"Your Majesty, I still don't understand why the Bai family would come to see Xie Yang. Did they already know each other?"
"You said Bai Yuhan knows the Fourth Prince?" Jiang Fenghua hadn't expected that a merchant family would be associated with Xie Yang.
She and Lin Yu knew a bit about the Bai family; they were just merchants selling perfumes, fragrances, rouge, and face powder, catering to women, especially wealthy ladies. The Bai family had thus entered the circle of wealthy women in Shengjing City.
Jiang Fenghua connected all the dots. If the Bai family had a problem, what kind of problem would it be? Why was there not a single flaw? At least she couldn't see a single flaw in Bai Yuhan.
Was Bai Yuhan's entry into the palace with Empress Dowager Cheng a coincidence or intentional?
Later, Bai Yuhan followed her and Lin Yu out of the palace, to the Southern Kingdom, and then back to the Great Zhou Dynasty. If Bai Yuhan wanted to harm her, she had many opportunities along the way but did not take action, especially since she did not know any martial arts.
"That's all I know," Zhang Yurou continued. "I'm so afraid of Xie Yang that I dare not say anything. I'm afraid he'll kill me like he killed Shu Xue..."
Just then, a cold wind suddenly swept in from outside. Zhang Yurou clutched her neck, her pupils widening as she looked in Jiang Fenghua's direction. "Your Majesty... save... save me."
At the same time, Jiang Fenghua drew her sword in defense, while Lu Xuefei looked at the Fourth Princess's distorted face and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with her?"
Jiang Fenghua held her sword and shielded Lu Xuefei behind her, saying, "If there are any assassins, remember to find a place to hide. Survival is the most important thing."
The next moment, blood suddenly flowed from Zhang Yurou's neck, and she died on the spot.
Lu Xuefei screamed in fright, "Ah! A ghost! A ghost is killing people!"
Jiang Fenghua held her breath and shouted coldly towards the window, "Who's playing tricks? Come out!"
The wind passed without a trace, the swallows flew by without a sound, and the outside world returned to calm. She knew that only someone with very high martial arts skills could kill without leaving a trace.
Jiang Fenghua went outside and found the surroundings quiet, as if no one had been there.
Jiang Fenghua had a premonition that the people who came were after her, but they didn't attack her; instead, they only killed Zhang Yurou.
She went back into the house and used her sword to try and decapitate her. Her head and body separated instantly. Even though Jiang Fenghua prided herself on her courage, she was still startled by Zhang Yurou's appearance.
Lu Xuefei said, "Your Highness, let's go quickly. Now that the Fourth Princess is dead, we are both suspects."
Lu Xuefei's first reaction was that she couldn't let the Empress be framed.
Jiang Fenghua found an extremely thin steel wire at her head, as thin as a hair.
Using wire to kill someone...
Before leaving, she closed Zhang Yurou's terrified eyes.
She sighed: I have no grudge against you, and love is not the only thing in life.
As soon as they stepped out of the room, they saw torches being lit not far away, and people were hurrying towards them.
Jiang Fenghua was quick and efficient, pulling Lu Xuefei out of the inner courtyard the way they came.
Soon, the steward of the Fourth Prince's mansion shouted, "An assassin! Catch the assassin! The princess... the princess has been assassinated!"
Xie Yang and Consort Chang arrived at Zhang Yurou's courtyard only after hearing the news. Xie Yang cried out in anguish, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Someone, quickly report to the authorities!"
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To Jiang Fenghua's surprise, an assassin entered the Fourth Prince's mansion and killed Zhang Yurou. In the end, she was able to leave the Fourth Prince's mansion smoothly. What exactly happened?
In that situation, it would have been incredibly easy for the assassin to kill her. That thin steel wire, which could kill Zhang Yurou, could have killed her just as easily.
It was obvious that the other party didn't want her to die. Judging from Zhang Yurou's appearance, she must have told her everything she knew. Why was she still silenced?
Hongxiu was waiting anxiously there. When she saw them come out, she said, "Was it all right?"
"Let's leave here first," Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice.
Soon, the news of the murder at the Fourth Prince's residence was reported to the authorities.
When Zhang Anyu arrived with his men, Madam Shu, née Wang, was still kneeling at the entrance of the Wang Mansion, crying and begging them to return her daughter's life.
Zhang Anyu glanced at her. "Are you Madam Wang, the mother of Young Master Li?"
When he went to the Shu family to investigate the case, he asked Shu Xue's parents, who were honest people. At that time, Wang was bedridden because of her daughter's death, so he didn't see them clearly.
Wang said, "Yes, I am Xue'er's mother, Wang."
"What is Mrs. Shu doing sitting on the ground?"
"I beg Lord Zhang to clear my daughter's name! My daughter died a terrible death. The murderer is right here, but I'm just a woman and I can't avenge her!"
Zhang Anyu frowned; those words were far too...
He said, "Madam Shu, please stop making a scene. A murder has occurred at the Fourth Prince's residence, and I need to investigate the case now."
"What murder case?" Wang asked again, "Is the murderer who killed my daughter dead?"
"No, it's the Fourth Princess who died." Zhang Anyu stared into Madam Wang's eyes, trying to see something unusual in them. The murderer was the Fourth Prince, but it was also Shu Xue's own fault.
Wang was stunned at first, then overjoyed and cheered, "She finally got her comeuppance! Heaven has eyes! Zhang Yurou, you tricked my daughter into coming to the Wang Mansion and murdered her. You will all die a horrible death!"
Zhang Anyu was stunned. "She's really stubborn. Guards, take her to the yamen for questioning."
Wang said, "Lord Zhang, I have done nothing wrong. Why are you arresting me? I will not leave. Please let me go."
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