Chapter 384 Returning to the Capital for a Counterattack, the Sixth Princess Suffers a Miscarriage from Fright
Just now, he exaggeratedly claimed that he was immune to all poisons and used all his internal energy to hunt down Lin Wenqian.
Who knew that the poison Lin Luoxi developed was so potent that it actually poisoned this person who was immune to all poisons.
"Men, search these people and find all their valuables."
Xie Hanchuan noticed that the other party's belts were inlaid with gold and diamonds, so he quickly ordered his men to strip them of all their valuables.
"Xie Hanchuan, have you been provoked to do something so heinous that you even took things from the dead?"
Lin Wenqian looked at the drastically different Xie Hanchuan and took a few steps back in fright, suspecting that the heartless Xie Hanchuan in front of him was definitely someone else in disguise.
"Brother, what are you saying? Look at how many valuable things these people have on them, which means they must have been sent by people from the palace."
"It's such a waste to bury so many of their valuables with them; they would be better off giving them to the poor..."
Xie Hanchuan said this, but his hands didn't stop moving. He took the lead and led his men to search the assassins.
When he touched the assassins and found a waist tag, his face darkened and became terrifying upon seeing the words on it.
He said that the arrogant sixth princess was trying to curry favor for no reason, and after he rejected her, how could she possibly suppress her pride?
"What is this?" Sensing the change in Xie Hanchuan's aura, Lin Wenqian also leaned closer to look at what Xie Hanchuan was holding.
"These assassins were sent by the Sixth Princess of the Imperial Palace to hunt us down," Xie Hanchuan quickly explained when he saw the puzzled look on Lin Wenqian's face.
"But it says 'Yin Si Ge' on it, not 'Sixth Princess.' How do you know it was sent by the Sixth Princess?"
"Heh... I know a bit about the forces cultivated by the royal family. These are the lackeys and gigolos trained by the Sixth Princess..."
"Brother, these people are treating us like pushovers. I won't go back today. I'll deal with them first..."
These people have been in that position for far too long, so long that they'd kill anyone who didn't do what they wanted. Ha! How could he possibly let them have their way?
"What do you want to do? They are members of the royal family. If you go and touch them, wouldn't you be making an enemy of the royal family?"
"If you do that, then Wutong Village will never have peace again..."
Seeing the anger and danger in Xie Hanchuan's eyes, Li Wenqian immediately tried to persuade him.
"Brother is right, I was too naive," Xie Hanchuan said, glancing at the worried Lin Wenqian.
After glancing at his men, he mounted his horse and rode with Lin Wenqian and the others towards Wutong Village.
It's unclear whether Xie Hanchuan and Li Wenqian had already dealt with the assassins, but they didn't encounter any more assassins on their way back to Quanshan County, and the four of them returned to Wutong Village safely.
"Your Majesty, the top three scholars in the imperial examinations—the first, second, and third place—are not at the inn."
This year, the top scholar was supposed to parade through the streets with the third and second-ranked scholars. However, the court officials who were ordered to come waited outside the inn for a long time but Xie Hanchuan and the others never showed up.
Originally thinking it was just a show of respect, the officials led their men into Xie Hanchuan's room, only to find that Xie Hanchuan and the others had already left.
Officials who were unable to complete their tasks rushed to the council hall, disregarding the emperor who was still holding court, and shouted as they rushed in to report.
"What? You mean the top three scholars (Zhuangyuan, Bangyan, and Tanhua) have all disappeared?"
Upon hearing the official's report, the emperor immediately stood up from his wheelchair.
The fact that the top scholar, along with the second and third-ranked scholars, disappeared was unprecedented, and the court officials were shocked.
After ten years of hard study, finally achieving success and gaining the emperor's favor, instead of dutifully following orders, he ran away. This was something they simply couldn't understand.
However, some people heard about the strange things the Sixth Princess said to Xie Hanchuan at the inn's entrance yesterday and thought that the Sixth Princess's behavior must have frightened him, causing him to flee overnight.
"Pass down the order: arrest the top three scholars—the first, second, and third-place winners—with all available force..."
The old emperor's thoughts ran even further than those of his ministers. He felt that Xie Hanchuchuan, Lin Wenqian, and Lin Wenjin were treating their place like a marketplace, coming and going as they pleased…
"Your Majesty, you mustn't..."
The ministers felt that the emperor's behavior was unbecoming of a royal figure, so they all knelt down and begged the emperor to rescind his order.
They were on their way to court when they heard that the Underworld Pavilion had been completely wiped out the night before.
Perhaps the disappearance of the top scholar and his companions is related to the Underworld Pavilion. Either the top scholar was murdered, or the Underworld Pavilion provoked the top scholar and his companions, which led to their extermination.
Whatever it may be, neither side is easy to deal with. Now that half of the court officials have been purged, no one in the court can withstand those unknown dangers.
The old emperor listened to the reports from his court officials and fell into deep thought.
He knew who was behind the Underworld Pavilion, but he didn't expect it to be wiped out in just one night, which showed that the opponent's strength was not to be underestimated.
If it really was the top scholar and his group who did it, then such dangerous individuals would be a cancer in the imperial court, capable of destroying the Xiao family's empire at any time. It's better to let it go.
The old emperor felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of the assassins he had sent out yesterday.
Without saying another word, he ordered the court to adjourn immediately and sent someone to recall the group of assassins he had dispatched.
The Sixth Princess fared even worse. After returning home yesterday, she ordered her male favorite to send assassins to kill Xie Hanchuan's wife.
The Sixth Princess harbored this beautiful dream, imagining Xie Hanchuan having to marry her after learning of his wife's death. She engaged in sexual intercourse with her male lovers, and after a series of rounds of lovemaking, she finally fell asleep with a satisfied look on her face.
Unexpectedly, she was thirsty in the early hours of the morning and wanted someone to bring her some tea.
After calling out for a long time without getting a response, and with a strong smell of blood still lingering in the air, the Sixth Princess opened her eyes in a daze.
Upon seeing the room full of corpses, all the lovers who had been with her the night before were now dead, she was terrified, her heart pounding, and she screamed repeatedly.
The already showing belly, due to the shock and fear, caused contractions and signs of miscarriage.
"Ah, ah..." The pain in her stomach couldn't bring the arrogant and domineering sixth princess, who didn't care about human life, back to her senses.
After a series of screams, she seemed to go mad, sitting blankly amidst a pile of male concubine corpses, unaware of the blood gushing out beneath her.
Subsequently, due to excessive blood loss, he fainted.
Perhaps it was because the Sixth Princess's screams were too loud at the beginning that they attracted the servants in the princess's residence who had not been killed.
Upon seeing the princess's boudoir filled with corpses, and then seeing the sixth princess covered in blood, they assumed that the sixth princess had also been killed.
The matter of the top scholar was left unresolved.
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