Chapter 213 The Fourth Prince Suffers a Tragic Incident

The Fourth Prince was only fourteen years old. In terms of weight and strength, he was no match for Liang Chaozong.

Liang Chaozong threw him hard and threw him to the ground, and he slid forward five or six meters.

There was a muffled "dong" sound, and the Fourth Prince hit the cabinet in the corner of the room.

Looking at the Fourth Prince again, he seemed to have lost consciousness and fell to the ground, with blood all over his forehead.

"Chengyue, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Xian struggled to get up and rolled and crawled to her son's side.

She held her son in her arms and kept shaking him, but the Fourth Prince did not respond at all.

The "dong" sound just now seemed to bring Liang Chaozong back to reason from his crazy state. He frowned with a distorted expression and came to the Fourth Prince to check.

After reaching out to check his breath, Liang Chaozong took a breath of cool air.

...

Late that night, a tall eunuch almost carried the Fourth Prince out of the Fanyin Temple and put him on the carriage, claiming that the Fourth Prince was dizzy and felt very uncomfortable.

But the palace maids and eunuchs guarding the Xiande Palace waited for the entire night, but the Fourth Prince did not return to the palace.

In the middle of the night, the leader of the secret guards, Ying Chen, came to report to Emperor Mingxi that the Fourth Prince had been killed.

"What did you say? The Fourth Prince is dead?" Xia Zhengqi stared at Ying Chen, who came to report the news, in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The Fourth Prince is indeed dead. I personally checked the Fourth Prince's body. His forehead was broken and he was stabbed in the chest. The two followers were also stabbed in the chest and died."

For a moment, Xia Zhengqi was shocked and could not calm down.

Ying Chen continued: "The secret guards saw that in the middle of the night, the Fourth Prince was carried into the carriage by an unfamiliar eunuch. Judging from his condition, he seemed to have lost consciousness."

"When the carriage was halfway, the unfamiliar eunuch suddenly sneaked out of the carriage, stabbed the two followers to death one by one, and then used his lightness skills to escape."

"The secret guards couldn't catch up, and when they went to check the carriage, they found that the Fourth Prince was already dead."

"However, the secret guards found that the unfamiliar eunuch looked very much like the imperial merchant Liang Xin."

Xia Zhengqi frowned, as if he had thought of something: "Could it be that they themselves..."

For a moment, Xia Zhengqi was at a loss. He wanted to hear his daughter's thoughts, so he pulled Xia Miaoyuan out of her bed early in the morning and took her to court.

In the Jinluan Palace, Jingzhao Yin's face was pale, and his expression was like a bereaved parent.

He stepped forward and said in a trembling voice: "At midnight yesterday, the fourth prince was attacked by a gangster on the road and died on the spot. Your Majesty, please tell me how to deal with this matter."

"What? The prince was assassinated!"

"In a clear and bright world, how could such a thing happen under the feet of the emperor?"

"Who is so bold?" "

How can this be tolerated? The prince was assassinated when he went out. Wouldn't we, the ministers, be even more dangerous?"

The court was in an uproar.

The Minister of Works Niu Baijin burst into tears immediately: "My Yue'er, my beloved grandson!"

"Ah! You are only fourteen years old. Isn't this asking your grandfather to send you off?"

Niu Baijin cried so hard that two eunuchs came to support him.

"Ahhh! Yue'er, how do you let your mother live?"

Niu Baijin cried while glancing at Xia Zhengqi out of the corner of his eye.

Xia Miaoyuan was still dozing in the arms of Emperor Mingxi. When she heard the news that the fourth prince was assassinated, she was immediately startled and completely awake.

[What? The fourth prince is dead? And it happened at such a special time.]

Xia Miaoyuan looked at Emperor Mingxi suspiciously, [Could it be that daddy found out that the fourth prince was not his own son and killed him himself?]

[Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect daddy to be so cruel!]

Xia Zhengqi's face was full of black lines: Can you think of your father in a worse way?

"Tell me, how should we investigate this matter? I am too sad to see my son die young, and I have no idea what to do." Xia Zhengqi said the latter sentence with a difficult tone and a tearful tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty is so pitiful! The fourth prince is only a dozen years old."

"The saddest thing in the world is to see your son die young!"

The civil and military officials were moved by the scene and became emotional. Some of them had low tear points and cried.

Niu Baijin had just stopped crying, but when he saw Xia Zhengqi's grief, he burst into tears again.

For a while, the court was as chaotic as a vegetable market.

Niu Baijin's crying and the ministers' discussions came one after another.

Xia Miaoyuan covered her ears and continued to think, "No, no, it shouldn't be Daddy who did it. If Daddy the Emperor wanted to get rid of the Fourth Prince, he should have done it covertly.

For example, poison him, and then just say that he died suddenly of an acute illness, and no one would know. Why stage an assassination yourself? Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhengqi nodded slightly in approval.

Well, this is my precious daughter, her IQ is totally online.

Xia Miaoyuan's eyes rolled around, "By the way, could it be that Liang Chaozong suspected that the Fourth Prince had tampered with the fake picture? So he killed him?" 】

【Although this guess is too bold, according to the description in the book, Liang Chaozong is really capable of such a cold-blooded thing. 】

【In the later period, in order to restore the country, he had reached a nearly crazy level, and his methods were ruthless and cruel. He killed gods and Buddhas. After ascending the throne, he was even called a dark tyrant. 】

Hearing this, Xia Zhengqi's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but sigh. This heavenly book is really weird. It actually recommended Liang Chaozong, such a cruel person, as the son of heaven.

At this time, the Minister of Personnel Yan Wenjing spoke up: "I think that the Fourth Prince has met with an unexpected accident. There are two major things to do now. One is to deal with the Fourth Prince's funeral, and the other is to find out the truth of the case and bring the real murderer to justice."

Niu Baijin stopped crying and said: "Lord Yan is right. The most urgent thing is to bring Concubine Xian back to the palace and handle the Fourth Prince's funeral."

"How can the biological mother not be present when the Fourth Prince dies?"