Chapter 101 The Real Purpose of the Emperor's Grant of Marriage
Prince An knew what Ye Jingchuan wanted to talk about, and said, "Minister Ye, wait a moment."
After saying that, he looked at Qin Zheng, who seemed to have lost his soul.
"Prime Minister Qin, why don't you go back first? If you find any trace of your son, I will let you know immediately."
Qin Zheng came back to his senses and looked at his hands with dried blood, feeling unbearable pain in his heart.
But he knew it was useless to stay.
The guest house has been dug deep, and the person has not been found yet!
He endured the dull pain in his heart and looked at Prince An coldly, "If Yun'er gets into trouble, I will never be done with Prince An's Mansion!"
After saying that, he left angrily.
Prince An looked at Qin Zheng's back as he left and said unhappily, "If his son hadn't insisted on coming to the guest house to change his clothes, nothing would have happened. Now he blames me. What bad luck!"
Ye Jingchuan was in no mood to care about Qin Muyun's life or death.
He pulled Prince An to a deserted place and asked, "Prince An, what's going on?"
Prince An had no idea what had happened in the guest house.
He said, "I arranged eight experts, plus the emperor's four shadow guards, to capture Ye Chutang without fail. But a 'ghost thief' showed up and killed all of me and the emperor's men, and the number of body parts was not right."
Even if someone was blown to pieces, the number of body parts was still much smaller.
Ye Jingchuan said indifferently: "The 'Ghost Thief' is elusive and cruel, so it is normal that the limbs are not in the right place. I just want to know how the prince offended the 'Ghost Thief' and what to do next?"
"The Dali Temple and Jingzhao Prefecture have already accepted the case, so let them investigate. I don't even know who the 'Ghost Thief' is, so how could I possibly provoke him?"
After saying that, he remembered something.
"By the way, the 'Ghost Thief' went to see Anping and asked her a very strange question."
Ye Jingchuan asked: "What's the problem?"
"He asked Anping, why did the emperor insist on granting a marriage between Qi Yanzhou and your daughter?"
"Why does the 'Ghost Thief' want to know this? Is he one of King Chen's men?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Prince An was enlightened.
"Whether it is or not, it must be!"
The emperor's shadow guard was killed and he had no way to explain, so Qi Yanzhou was the best scapegoat.
Ye Jingchuan had no objection and asked again: "The task assigned by the emperor was not completed, and the person is missing. What is the prince going to do?"
"Just blame it on the 'ghost thief'. Even the masters of the imperial court can't catch him. What can I do?
Minister Ye, the palace has been destroyed and I have a lot of things to deal with, so I will not entertain you. ”
Ye Jingchuan was now extremely upset and just wanted to go home and calm down, so he left immediately.
Prince An thought that the "ghost thief" would steal everything every time he took action, so he went to the stable immediately.
He looked at the empty secret room and almost fainted.
The loss of things is secondary. The only thing I am afraid of is that the news will get to the emperor's ears and he will become suspicious of me.
He stepped on the solid ground and said thankfully, "Fortunately, I hid my weapons underground. Otherwise, if the three pieces were complete, the fate of Prince An's Mansion would be in the hands of the Ghost Thief!"
After much hesitation, King An decided not to transfer the weapons.
After leaving the stable, he asked the butler to prepare the carriage to go to the palace.
The plan to plot against Qi Yanzhou and Ye Chutang failed, and all the shadow guards were killed. He had to give an explanation to the emperor.
The Imperial Palace.
The emperor has already learned about the situation in Prince An's Mansion.
He now hated the "ghost thief" to the core and was also scared to death.
He was afraid that the "ghost thief" would kill the king in order to seize the throne!
To the extent that he no longer cared so much about the sense of crisis brought by Qi Yanzhou.
Until King An said that the "ghost thief" was Qi Yanzhou's man.
"Prince An, are you sure?"
"Your Majesty, although I have no evidence, my suspicion is not groundless."
Prince An told the story of how the "ghost thief" had forced him to marry.
"Your Majesty, the 'ghost thief' is stealing silver and food in preparation for war. If he finds out that you are going to attack Prince Chen's Mansion, the consequences will be disastrous!"
The emperor became uneasy when he thought about how the "ghost thief" destroyed the entire Prince An's Mansion in broad daylight by himself.
A person who can come and go freely in the palace can be killed at any time.
"Prince An, the plan to lure the 'Ghost Thief' into the game is up to you. If the mission fails again, I will not consider our brotherly love and will punish him as he deserves."
"As you command."
Prince An spoke respectfully but in his heart he was rolling his eyes: What a coward!
If his father had chosen him to be the emperor, the Beichen Kingdom would definitely not have declined further and further!
The emperor told him one more thing.
"Keep an eye on Prince Chen's Mansion, the Grand Tutor's Mansion, and the Shangshu Mansion. If there is any news about Prince Chen and the other two, report it to me immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Prince An agreed, he said, "Your Majesty, Prince An's mansion was burned down. I wanted to rebuild it, but all the money in the mansion was stolen."
The emperor could probably guess how much money it would cost to rebuild Prince An's Mansion.
He asked his personal eunuch to go to the storehouse and get two silver bills and hand them to Prince An.
"My private vault was also stolen. I can only give you this much."
"Thank you, Lord!"
After Prince An kowtowed in thanks, he took the two thousand taels of silver, which was just a drop in the bucket, and left the palace.
He cursed all the way back home.
Suddenly, when the carriage was passing through a sparsely populated alley, its wheels got stuck.
The driver looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"This road has always been smooth, why did the bluestone suddenly crack?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Prince An's heart was filled with alarm.
He immediately remembered that when he took the security guard to the guest house before, the floor seemed to come alive, surging wildly and blocking him.
Realizing that it was the "ghost thief" coming, he shouted, "Go!"
The driver heard that Prince An's tone was wrong and whipped the horse hard.
The horse neighed in pain and galloped with its hooves, but it was unable to pull the carriage.
"Bang! Go!"
The horse felt pain and ran harder, but the carriage remained motionless.
The driver's back felt like being pricked by a needle.
Just as he was about to raise his hand to touch it, he closed his eyes and fell off the carriage.
The curtain was suddenly opened, and Ye Chutang, in disguise, entered the carriage.
Prince An recognized the "ghost thief" immediately after hearing his daughter's description of his general appearance.
“You…you…”
Ye Chutang placed the sharp dagger against Prince An's trembling lips.
"Hush, don't make noise! I just want to ask you one question, why does the emperor insist that Ye Chutang marry Qi Yanzhou? If you answer correctly, I'll let you go. If you answer incorrectly, you'll have to report to the underworld."
Between saving his life and being loyal to the emperor, Prince An chose the former without hesitation.
"The Emperor wants to frame Prince Chen for treason and conspiracy during his wedding, and to destroy the Qi family!"
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