Chapter 187: King Chen Dies
Suddenly After being brought back by the prince, Mo Yan disguised himself again and became the stand-in of Qin Wang Zhao Defang, commanding his subordinates to continue investigating the case on Shandong Road.
In order to conceal their tracks, Qin Wang and Ghost Hand Poison Doctor did not ride horses. After disguising themselves, they used their lightness skills to rush to the capital in the dark.
The two did not take the main road, but flew through the secluded mountains and forests. This way, they could walk in a straight line and avoid the risk of being seen. On the way, they drank mountain spring water when they were thirsty and ate some dry food when they were hungry. They did not spare their internal strength and flew all the way. Crossing mountains and ridges shortened the journey by nearly half. At si time on the second day, the two arrived outside the city of Bianjing.
In a safe house near the city gate, the two of them rested, washed off the dust on their bodies, ate a hearty meal, and recharged their batteries. ...
After being warned by his father, the second prince Zhao Yuanxi was very careful these two days. He did not go out at all. He had dinner and flirted with his favorite concubine Wu in the inner house.
"My beloved concubine, come! Use your cherry mouth as a wine glass for me."
Sitting in the arms of the second prince, Concubine Wu smiled charmingly! She took a sip of the wine and fed it to his mouth...
"My Lord, the princess is sick again, twitching all over and unconscious!" A maid hurried to the door, bowing and anxiously reporting loudly.
The second prince pushed Concubine Wu away, sat up straight, frowned and said impatiently: "Don't we have a court doctor when the princess is sick? Why do you come to me? Just let the court doctor take a look!"
The little maid didn't dare to say anything else, so she turned around and retreated with tears in her eyes.
Concubine Wu wrapped her arms around the second prince's neck again, her eyes were like charms, and she made a request in a coquettish voice: "My lord, you promised me that after she dies, the position of Princess Chen will be mine."
Under the light, Concubine Wu had a beautiful face and was charming. The second prince was teased and his mind was moved. He lowered his head and kissed her charming and enchanting face.
"My beloved, my word is as good as gold! When she dies, I will make you my principal wife."...
Two ghostly figures floated into the heavily guarded Chen Wang Mansion, bypassed the patrolling guards and sentries, and quietly approached the Xinxiang Courtyard of Chen Wang Mansion.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang's lips curved slightly under the black scarf, but his eyes revealed outside the black scarf were full of sarcasm and coldness. The two spies deployed in Chen Wang Mansion are very powerful. Chen Wang Mansion, which is heavily guarded in the eyes of outsiders, does not have many secrets for this king.
A wisp of smoke floated into the room from the small bamboo tube. Prince Chen, who was making love with Concubine Wu, suddenly stopped moving, and Concubine Wu also fainted.
Two dark figures in night clothes pushed open the window and went in.
"Uncle Master, let him die knowingly."
The two short eyebrows exposed outside the black scarf of the ghost-handed poison doctor raised, "Absolutely! Can't let him be a fool."
As he said that, the ghost-handed poison doctor took out a porcelain bottle, opened the cork and put it under the nose of the second prince.
The second prince sneezed! He woke up slowly.
His pupils shrank in fear: "Who are you? Come..." He was about to call for help when the king of Qin pointed at the mute point.
The King of Qin pulled down the black cloth covering his face and said, "Zhao Yuanxi, you dared to send people to kill my princess and nephew. Today is your death!"
The second prince was immediately scared out of his wits !
Is it the King of Qin? My life is over!
He couldn't open his mouth to beg for mercy, nor could he shout for help. He was so paralyzed that even his fingers wouldn't obey his commands. His naked body trembled like chaff, and a smell of urine immediately came out of him.
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor sneered with disdain: "The dignified Second Prince is actually scared to pee? Why are you trying to kill yourself without the courage to bear the consequences?"
The King of Qin snatched another porcelain bottle that the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor took out, pinched the Second Prince's chin to make him open his mouth, and poured the potion in the porcelain bottle into his mouth without hesitation!
The second prince was so frightened that he struggled desperately, his eyes full of fear and pleading...
Seeing the second prince twitching for a while and then becoming motionless, the King of Qin asked his uncle: "Uncle, where is the potion in this porcelain bottle?"
The opportunity to personally avenge his master was taken away by his nephew, and the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor said unhappily: "Of course, the more secret the better."
"That won't work! It would be bad if they can't find it."
The King of Qin said, looking at the furnishings in the room, and then poured the remaining potion in the porcelain bottle into the half-cup of water on the table, and stuffed the porcelain bottle under the foot of the bed.
"Let's go! Use the same poison to send poor Princess Chen a way..." The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor took out another small porcelain bottle from his arms and raised his eyebrows proudly at his nephew.
In Fengxiaju, the seriously ill Princess Chen was found. The ghost-handed poison doctor poured medicine into the unconscious Princess Chen while muttering: "Princess Chen, I am helping you escape from the sea of suffering. You are also freed by this good deed. If you want to take revenge in the underworld, your ghost will find Prince Chen and Concubine Wu. They killed you."
The uncle and nephew who had committed the crime floated out of the Prince Chen's mansion like ghosts, and returned to Shandong Road overnight along the original route by performing Qinggong. ...
Before dawn, Concubine Wu woke up slowly and pushed the prince lying on her.
"Ah!..." A miserable and terrified scream was heard!
The two maids who were on duty in the outer room had just woken up in a daze. When they heard the screams, they rushed into the inner room in a panic.
"The prince... the prince is dead!" The naked Concubine Wu was frightened to death. She was paralyzed and had no strength to push away the prince Chen who was still lying on her with a stiff body.
...
"The wind came?..." A maid shouted out her first feeling in extreme fear.
"Don't talk nonsense! Chunling, are you going to die?" Another maid hurriedly stopped her companion. The
smarter maid bravely stepped forward and touched the prince's body. The prince had become a cold and stiff corpse! She turned and ran out of the house, screaming in horror: "Someone! Come quickly! The prince... The prince died suddenly!..."
The Chen Palace immediately became a mess! ...
"What? The second prince died suddenly?!" The emperor fell down behind the case in shock!
The emperor's robes and hands were shaking with grief, and his eyes were about to burst: "Investigate!... Find out the cause of the prince's death and arrest the murderer!" The emperor's hoarse roar echoed in the hall.
Cheng Wuya took a few subordinates and two imperial doctors and hurried to Chen Palace.
There was a scene of panic and fear in Prince Chen's mansion! Another concubine and the maids knelt in fear in front of the bed where Prince Chen died suddenly, crying in grief and heartbreak. The servants huddled aside and dared not make a sound, everyone was in danger.
Cheng Wuya pushed open the door and frowned when he saw the ugly naked body of the dead second prince on the bed!
He gave an order: "Autopsy!"
Two imperial doctors came forward to examine the body of the second prince, and carefully checked it repeatedly several times.
After the two imperial doctors exchanged opinions, Imperial Doctor Cheng whispered, "Reporting to Lord Cheng, the second prince died of poisoning, and he was poisoned by black head and horse money!"
Died of poisoning? Who could have poisoned the second prince in the heavily guarded palace? It must have been done by an insider!
Cheng Wuya walked to the table, picked up the teacup with only half a cup of tea left and sniffed it.
"Look, is there any poison in the remaining tea?"
Doctor Cheng stepped forward to take the teacup and sniffed it, and said without hesitation: "Yes, the remaining tea contains the poison of blackhead and horse money."
Cheng Wuya searched the room and found a small porcelain bottle under the foot of the bed.
The moment the cork was opened, the same pungent smell penetrated into his nostrils. Without asking the two doctors, Cheng Wuya knew that this was the weapon containing the poison.
"Search Prince Chen's Mansion thoroughly for me, and interrogate everyone in the mansion one
by one!" Cheng Wuya turned around and gave his men a cold order. Prince Chen's Mansion was turned upside down, and everyone was interrogated. Several suspects were tortured and severely beaten!
Cheng Wuya reported the results of the investigation and interrogation to the emperor truthfully in the palace.
The two princes died one after another, and the emperor seemed to have aged ten years in these two hours. Especially the death of the second prince, who he had high hopes for, was like a big piece of flesh and blood was cut out of his heart, and it was painful!
: "Your Majesty, the Second Prince died on Concubine Wu's bed from an overdose of blackhead and horse money poison.
The two poisons were found in the teacup in the room, and a porcelain bottle containing the poison was found under the foot of the bed."
: "How could it be? Not destroying the evidence after poisoning, there must be something fishy about this!" The Emperor's hands that were holding the case were throbbing with veins, and his eyes were red! Amidst his grief and rage, his mind was still clear.
Cheng Wuya continued in a cold and emotionless voice: "Princess Chen was also poisoned by Wutou and Maqianzi. It's just that the dosage was much smaller, and she died when I was investigating the case in Prince Chen's Mansion.
I ordered people to severely torture the servants in the mansion. According to the confession of Concubine Wu's two personal maids, the reason why Princess Chen fell ill with a cold for two months and was terminally ill was that Concubine Wu secretly sent someone to poison Princess Chen."
"Where is Concubine Wu? Did she confess? Why did she poison Princess Chen?! Why did my son die of poisoning?!" The emperor's eyes were bloodshot with anger, and blood was about to drip out.
: "Concubine Wu is of noble status, and I dare not torture her privately. She just cried and refused to admit that the poison bottle in the room was hers."
: "Beat her! Beat her to death! Make sure to pry open her mouth!"
: "I obey your order!" After receiving the imperial edict, Cheng Wuya immediately went to interrogate Concubine Wu, who was the most suspected.
After several torture instruments were used, Concubine Wu, who could not bear the torture, confessed.
Because she wanted to take the position of Princess Chen, she deliberately poisoned Princess Chen, who was infected with a cold. But she did not dare to use too much medicine, and only gave a little every few days. She also bribed the court doctor, so Princess Chen was seriously ill with a cold but survived until today.
As for the King Chen who died of poisoning, he had promised that after Princess Chen died, he would make her the Princess Chen. How could she poison the prince?
After reading the confession, the emperor was furious and slammed the case!
"This rebellious son who favors his concubine and kills his wife! This vicious woman with a heart of a snake!..."
Although there were many doubts in this case, no other evidence could be found, so the emperor had to make a conclusion and close the case.
Concubine Wu was sentenced to beheading, and her family members were also implicated in the case. Murdering the prince was a heinous crime. After the three clans of the Wu family were confiscated, they were killed and exterminated, leaving no one alive. More than a thousand relatives from several distant branches of the Wu family were exiled.
After hearing the news, Luo Li pondered for a moment.
[Zhao Defang is once again fighting for his beloved! The emotional entanglement between me and him is getting deeper and deeper. However, why is my heart still so sweet? ]