Chapter 479 I arranged everything in advance!
The maid explained, "The young lady is still dressing up. Your Highness, please wait for a moment. It will be done soon!"
Eunuch Chang: "His Highness said that there is no need to dress up. He said a few words and left."
When Duan Liangdi heard this, her enthusiasm was immediately extinguished by half.
Her face became paler and paler.
The maid didn't understand: "What does the prince mean? He came all the way to our Ningwu Garden just to talk a few words. Isn't this too strange?"
Duan Liangdi looked at herself in the dressing mirror. Her face was still the same as before, but there was no longer any trace of cuteness or adorableness. Instead, there was only loneliness and sadness.
She pursed her lips, but still unwilling to give in.
She said, "Put on my makeup."
A quarter of an hour had passed when Duan Liangdi walked out of the bedroom.
Eunuch Chang's face was no longer smiling at all. He said coldly, "My young lady made His Highness wait for you for a full quarter of an hour. You are so generous."
Duan Liangdi's face glowed brightly again because of her makeup.
Facing the accusations from Eunuch Chang, Duan Liangdi was not afraid at all. Instead, she raised her chin like a proud peacock and did not take the servant in front of her seriously at all.
Supported by a palace maid, she ignored Eunuch Chang and walked past him without even looking at him.
Eunuch Chang looked at her receding back and sneered.
Why would I get angry with a dying person?
Duan Liangdi walked to the main hall and saw the prince standing by the window with his hands behind his back.
She hadn't seen him for a long time, and when she saw him now, Duan Liangdi felt a dull pain in her heart.
She took a deep breath, cheered herself up, pushed away the maid's hand, and stepped forward to greet her.
"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Luo Qinghan slightly turned his body, revealing a stern profile.
He looked at the woman in front of him, neither asking her why it took her so long to come out, nor did he intend to blame her.
He asked calmly, "Is Ban Zhong from your place?"
When Duan Liangdi heard this name, her pupils trembled slightly.
She tried her best to suppress her panic and replied calmly, "Yes, he is a eunuch in Ningwu Garden. He is responsible for cleaning and other odd jobs. I wonder why Your Highness suddenly asked about him?"
Luo Qinghan: "Call him over, I have something to ask him."
Duan Liang Di: "Your Highness has come at an unfortunate time. He has been ill recently. I heard that the disease is contagious. He cannot go out and see people for the time being."
Luo Qinghan looked at her coldly.
Duan Liangdi felt a chill down her spine and broke out in cold sweats, but she still clenched her teeth and did not let go, still standing straight and motionless.
Luo Qinghan looked at Zhao Xian who was waiting at the door and said calmly, "Go and bring Ban Zhong over."
Duan Liangdi wanted to speak up to dissuade him, but the prince stopped her with a look.
Zhao Xian took the order and left, and soon he brought Ban Zhong back.
However, what he brought back was a cold corpse.
Banjong is dead.
When Zhao Xian and his men rushed into his residence, they found him lying motionless on the bed, and had long since died.
Although the coroner has not yet performed an autopsy, based on the characteristics of the body, we can roughly guess that he died of poisoning.
I wonder if he took the poison voluntarily or was forced to do so?
Zhao Xian had the body put on the ground and lifted the white cloth covering the body, revealing Ban Zhong's dead face that was pale and bluish.
Duan Liangdi only took one look and felt her hands and feet go weak, her head became dizzy, and she almost fainted.
The palace maid was also very scared, but she was still quick to support Duan Liangdi to prevent her from falling down.
There was no change in Luo Qinghan's expression.
He shifted his gaze from the corpse to Duan Liangdi, his eyes as calm as ever.
"I have already found out about Caiyun and Dinggui. There is irrefutable evidence and witnesses. This matter is closely related to Ban Zhong. Now that Ban Zhong is dead, you can choose to deny it, but you have to know that in this palace, there are many ways to make you admit it even if you don't admit it."
Duan Liang Di said in a trembling voice: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Luo Qinghan: "I will give you one last chance now. As long as you explain clearly why you did this, I can consider giving you a way out."
Duan Liangdi clutched her sleeves tightly, her body trembling slightly.
Seeing that she refused to speak, Luo Qinghan was too lazy to waste words with her and spoke directly to Eunuch Chang.
"Go prepare a cup of poisoned wine. Use her favorite poison, arsenic."
"Yes."
As soon as Eunuch Chang turned around, he heard Duan Liangdi's sad cry.
"I am your concubine, the one the emperor personally assigned to you. You killed me like this, aren't you afraid of the emperor's blame?!"
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "It doesn't matter, it's just a scolding from my father, I don't care."
Duan Liangdi was speechless.
Yes, even if she was really killed by the prince, the emperor would just scold him and at most let him reflect on his mistakes for a while. It is impossible for the emperor to really punish the prince because of the death of a little concubine.
So what if I have the support of Duke Duan Guo's Mansion?
Duke Duan Guo only has a title, no fiefdom, and no real power. The younger generations in his family are more useless than each other. Expecting them to stand up for him? I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking!
The more Duan Liangdi thought about it, the sadder she felt.
It was so painful that I couldn't help laughing out loud.
She laughed so hard that her eyes turned red and tears kept flowing down.
"I thought I had married a good man, and I thought you would at least have some regard for me, but what happened? I was poisoned and almost died, but you went to another woman's palace without looking back!"
"In your eyes, is it that only Concubine Xiao's life is important, and everyone else's life is worthless?!"
Luo Qing looked at her coldly: "You poisoned me yourself. You already estimated the dosage. That little bit of arsenic will only make you feel uncomfortable for a while, and it won't kill you. You deserve all of this."
Duan Liangdi laughed even louder. "Hahaha, I deserve it? Who am I doing all this for? If I didn't want you to come and see me, would I have pushed myself to this extent? But what's the result? Even if I tortured myself to the point of having only half my life left, I couldn't get even a glance from you. What on earth is your heart made of? Is it stone?!"
The maid was very nervous when she heard this and hurriedly advised, "My lady, please stop talking."
Duan Liangdi shook her hand off.
"Why shouldn't I say it? I'm almost dead, what else can I not say?!"
"Yes, I instructed Caiyun to plant the arsenic. I threatened her that if she didn't do as I said, I would expose her theft of the palace's property!"
"I had someone find Ding Gui, and even the business that caused Ding Gui to lose money was a trap I deliberately set up. Everything was arranged by me in advance!"
(End of this chapter)
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