Chapter 385 Not embarrassed enough?
Some people went to the palace to inform the emperor, while others began to remove the corpses of the male concubines from the princess's boudoir.
When they moved the sixth princess, they found that her body was still warm and realized that she was not dead, so they quickly went to fetch the imperial physician.
When the imperial physicians arrived and saw the tragic state of the Sixth Princess's residence, they were terrified and trembled uncontrollably.
Especially seeing so many male concubines in the princess's residence, the unfortunate Zhang Yu knew he wouldn't be able to go home alive to this day. He tremblingly took the Sixth Princess's pulse.
Upon learning that the Sixth Princess was three months pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage due to this unexpected turn of events, resulting in her being unable to have any more children, Imperial Physician Zhang was heartbroken.
Seeing that the royal family had not yet arrived and there was no one in charge at the princess's residence, they took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Upon returning home, he instructed his family to pack their belongings, disguise themselves, and then flee to the Lingnan region with them.
Historically, criminal officials were exiled to Lingnan. He fled to Lingnan with his family. The emperor would never have imagined that his family might still have a glimmer of hope.
The servants in the princess's residence weren't stupid. After seeing that Imperial Physician Zhang had escaped, they also found their indentures in the princess's boudoir and began to desperately try to escape as well.
When Consort Liu received the news and consulted with the Emperor, she came out of the palace and found that apart from the pile of corpses, there was no one alive in the Princess's residence.
Despite how angry Consort Liu was at the Sixth Princess's incompetence, she was still terrified to see her daughter lying there silently.
Overwhelmed with grief, he rushed over, scooped up the sixth princess, and began to wail desperately.
"Mother..." After all that commotion, the Sixth Princess was actually woken up.
Seeing her mother sobbing on her body, the Sixth Princess felt as if she were dreaming.
Ever since she could remember, her mother had been distant from her, as if she weren't her biological daughter.
Seeing Consort Liu crying so sadly, she hugged Consort Liu tightly like a wronged child and wept silently.
"Alright, aren't you ashamed enough already?"
The emperor, who had come along, looked at the sixth princess covered in blood, and then saw so many male concubines lying around her, and he knew what had happened.
The old emperor looked at the sixth princess with an icy expression, as if the person crying so bitterly in front of him was not his own daughter.
Indeed, the royal princess, who was always seen as dignified and noble by outsiders, was actually so dissolute.
Not only did she keep so many male lovers, but she also got herself pregnant. Now she's really messing with people she shouldn't have messed with.
To be threatened in such a way is a disgrace to the royal family.
When Consort Liu and her daughter, who were weeping bitterly, saw the old emperor's face turn as cold as ice, they immediately shut their mouths in fear and dared not utter a sound.
"Hurry up and pack your things, let's go back to the palace..." The old emperor couldn't bear to look at the mother and daughter any longer, so he turned and went straight back to the palace.
"Daughter, let's go back to the palace." Seeing her daughter half-dead, Consort Liu finally realized what was happening.
It wasn't that her daughter was unworthy, it was that her womb was unworthy, unable to give birth to a prince.
No matter how bad her daughter is, she's still a piece of her own flesh and blood.
After figuring all this out, Consort Liu had the maid who had come with her drape a cloak over the Sixth Princess and gently helped her back to the palace.
As soon as the Sixth Princess and Consort Liu left the princess's residence, the old emperor, fearing that the world would find out about the princess's affair, ordered the princess's residence to be burned down before returning to the palace with peace of mind.
Seeing his daughter, the Sixth Princess, covered in blood, embracing Consort Liu, it would be a lie to say the old emperor wasn't furious.
The corpses scattered on the ground were undoubtedly a provocation against his royal dignity and authority.
Although he didn't show it on the outside, as soon as he returned to the palace, he immediately sent the royal guards to investigate who was so audacious as to dare to touch the sixth princess of the royal family.
The old emperor was unaware that the Xiao family of today was no longer the Xiao family of the past, and he could not find out anything he wanted to investigate.
Not only could they not find anything, but they also lost many of their capable subordinates.
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"Did I go to the wrong place...?" They rushed along for seven days and seven nights without stopping.
Xie Hanchuan, Lin Wenqing, Lin Wenjing, and Yang Xiaofeng finally returned to Wutong Village.
Xie Hanchuan stood at his own doorstep and saw that his house looked like it had been ransacked by bandits.
The courtyard used to be filled with things that Lin Luoxi would use to lie or sit, but now there's no sign of them.
It was so clean that there was only an empty house left, along with some things he had bought himself.
When the servants of the Xie family saw Xie Hanchuan return, they all looked at him with unspeakable expressions and didn't say a word to him.
Upon seeing that the person who came was Xie Hanchuan, he only glanced at him before lowering his head and continuing with his own work.
"Pfft..." Lin Wenqian, who had followed them all the way back, couldn't help but laugh gleefully when he saw that Xie Hanchuan didn't have any of his younger sister's things.
It seems my sister is really angry this time; she took all his belongings with her.
She stopped looking at Xie Hanchuan and returned to the Lin family next door in a good mood.
"Father, Mother, Second Sister, I'm back." Lin Wenqian returned just in time; the Lin family was having lunch when he arrived.
Upon hearing Lin Wenqian's words, the Lin family members were all shocked and put down their chopsticks, turning their heads to look at Lin Wenqian.
"Big brother, why are you back?" Lin Luoxi was shocked to see Lin Wenqian return.
"Weren't you supposed to be waiting in the capital for the court to assign you positions? Why did you suddenly come back?" Everyone was also very curious.
"Stop talking! The Xiao family these days are truly despicable. With such narrow-minded people as emperor, it's better not to hold office!" Lin Wenqian said angrily, looking at his family members' curious expressions.
"You can't just say things like that..." Lin Jize frowned and scolded Lin Wenqian with a stern face after hearing his words.
"Grandpa, I didn't say anything wrong..." Lin Wenqian didn't care at all that Xiao Jingchen was also eating at his house.
They recounted everything that happened to them in the capital, including how the emperor and Consort Liu, who held a grudge, sent assassins to kill Xie Hanchuan's sister in order to force him to submit because Xie Hanchuan refused to marry her.
Unfortunately, the old emperor did not expect that they would flee back to their hometown overnight and run into the assassins they had sent, all of whom were wiped out.
Lin Wenqian said these things to exonerate Xie Hanchuan and to prevent the Lin family from saying anything about Xie Hanchuan's birth.
Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces and Xiao Jingchen's expression, Lin Wenqian quickly took out the items Xie Hanchuan had found on the assassins from his pocket and threw them on the table.
Lin Jize, Lin Lingtian, and Xiao Jingchen naturally recognized the royal insignia. When they saw what Lin Wenqian threw out, they knew that Lin Wenqian was telling the truth.
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