Chapter 357 Was it an accident?
After a morning of fermentation, everyone in the capital who went out knew about it.
The youngest Duke of Dingguo in Dayu was assassinated by local nobles while investigating the encroachment on farmland in Suzhou.
As for who was so audacious as to dare to assassinate the Duke of Dingguo, who was also the Imperial Envoy?
Everyone used their intelligence and came up with an analysis.
It was done by the son-in-law's family of the late emperor's eldest sister, Princess Huian, the only Grand Princess of Dayu.
"That princess is no good person."
I remember my grandmother saying that when she was in Beijing, she kept many male lovers and was a regular at male brothels.
Oh, if she sees a handsome man on the street, regardless of his family background, she will take him to the princess's residence!
She kept male concubines for herself, but forbade her husband from marrying a concubine.
They practically drove the prince consort to his death!
"She's done far more than just this! Do you remember the former Empress Dowager Zheng?"
That was her closest confidante; if it weren't for her being on the front lines, how could Empress Dowager Zheng have become Empress?
"Yes, yes, yes! Later, she was too ashamed to face the late emperor, so she went to her daughter's home in Suzhou."
Who knew he'd become a local tyrant in Suzhou!
"They're about to enter the capital. I heard they were already at a post station on the outskirts of Beijing last night."
I guess she came to Beijing to plead for her daughter and son-in-law's family!
"This old hag actually dares to come to the capital? Isn't she afraid that Madam Shen and her family will tear her apart?"
"Why wouldn't they dare? She's His Majesty's own great-aunt."
The late emperor was her nephew! That old woman is incredibly shameless; there's nothing she won't do.
"Damn it, they've come all the way to the capital to bully people."
Is this because Madam Shen and her family are old and young, and the old Duke Dingguo is no longer here?
"No, I'll prepare some eggs. When she enters the city, I'll throw them at her car."
"Yes! I'll prepare a few too..."
No, eggs are a bit expensive, I can't afford them!
I'll just prepare some rotten vegetable leaves or roots!
"Yes, that makes sense. Rotten vegetable leaves are the best."
We can eat the eggs ourselves! Why waste them on that old woman...?
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Princess Hui'an boarded the carriage at 9:00 AM.
She even had the people accompanying her open the window of her luxurious carriage, only covering it with a curtain.
As the carriage entered the city gate, the coachman clearly sensed that the guards at the gate were looking at them strangely.
There was no bowing and scraping, nor any flattery or fawning, as I had imagined.
He merely glanced at them as a matter of routine, then whispered a few words to the other guards behind him.
As the carriage entered the city, the coachman sensed something was even more amiss.
Pedestrians on both sides of the road pointed and whispered about them.
The disdain in his eyes was completely undisguised.
The coachman found it strange.
Princess Hui'an, sitting in the carriage, also found it strange.
She could sense the malice people in the capital harbored towards her, even through the curtain.
Do they not recognize the Grand Princess's carriage?
Princess Hui'an was still in surprise when suddenly an egg hit the windowsill.
Immediately afterwards, some of these words reached Princess Huian's ears.
"How dare you even come to the capital? Not only did you harm the Duke of Dingguo, do you now intend to come to the capital and exterminate them all?"
"What humanity can you expect from someone who can drive their own husband to his death?"
"Oh dear! If she's like this, how depraved must her daughter be! No wonder she would attempt to assassinate the imperial envoy!"
"Keep the eggs, we can fry them for the kids when we get home. If we have to throw them away, we can just throw away the rotten vegetable leaves."
"Yes! Throw away rotten vegetable leaves!"
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Then, rotten vegetable leaves and roots were constantly being thrown onto Princess Hui'an's carriage.
Princess Hui'an could hardly believe it.
She was the dignified Princess of Dayu, yet she was pelted with vegetable leaves by the common people?
"Insolence!" With a furious shout, her guards immediately moved to arrest the people who were throwing rotten vegetable leaves.
Who knew the people were so clever? They threw away the vegetable leaves and ran away.
With other civilians also trying to stop them, the guards could only watch helplessly as the civilians dropped the vegetable leaves and ran away.
Princess Hui'an was furious.
She immediately ordered someone to find the people from the Five Cities Garrison.
But the old nanny beside her managed to dissuade him in time.
"Your Highness, something's not right."
The people just now seemed to be saying that the Duke of Dingguo had been assassinated.
Could it be that the Duke of Dingguo was assassinated in Suzhou?
You should go and inquire with the Prince first! What if something terrible happened in Suzhou after you left?
Princess Hui'an also calmed down.
Something is definitely not right.
Why is everyone so hostile towards her?
Could it be that something serious happened in Suzhou after I left?
“Go to Prince Fu’s residence,” Princess Hui’an said immediately.
Upon hearing this, the coachman quickly cracked his whip and headed towards Prince Fu's residence.
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Prince Fu was the longest-lived prince in Dayu.
Although he is over seventy years old, he is in good health.
From the time he came of age, he traveled around and enjoyed life. Later, after returning to Beijing, he opened Qianjinfang, the largest gambling den in the city.
No emperor ever bothered him.
As long as he doesn't do anything like treason, rebellion, or forming cliques for personal gain, everyone will treat him well.
Otherwise, Qianjinfang wouldn't have been open in the capital for so long...
At that moment, Prince Fu was also in his residence listening to the news coming from outside.
"Your Highness, this is all the information we have for now."
The Duke of Dingguo was assassinated in Suzhou, and his fate remains unknown.
"The Princess's carriage has already entered the capital and will probably come to our residence." Prince Fu's steward whispered.
Prince Fu merely frowned.
"Where did the message come from?" Prince Fu asked.
"The information we've gathered so far is that Spring will not be late!" the butler immediately said.
Prince Fu sighed.
Spring is never too late...
The Marquis of Changning is finished. Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't save them this time!
"What about Princess Hui'an...?"
"Don't worry about it! Since you're here, treat us well."
As for other matters... I can't help with those.
All these years, I've just been eating, drinking, having fun, and running a gambling den to make money.
I don't concern myself with anything else.
My elder sister has arrived, so I will treat her well.
As for pleading for leniency, forget it! I still want to enjoy a few more good years!
"Go! Open the main gate and inform the old princess and the crown princess to prepare to welcome the Grand Princess," Prince Fu said calmly.
"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!" The butler immediately responded and left.
Prince Fu twirled the bracelet in his hand and gently shook his head.
How can my eldest sister still not understand the situation!
The person sitting on the throne isn't her father or her brother; whether they're willing to listen to her depends on their mood...
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