King Ning was shocked and quickly reached for his waist, but found nothing.
He was stunned. The jade pendant...
Jade pendant!
How could he be so careless that he didn't even realize that the jade pendant was lost!
No, no, no! Don't panic! It's just a jade pendant. He can easily refute it by saying it was a frame-up. After all, Prince Rui is dead, and there is no evidence. No one can testify against him.
At this moment, he also regretted very much not listening to the advice of his staff and insisting on doing it himself. Otherwise, how could he have gotten into this trouble.
Damn Liu Rui, he is still unhappy even after he is dead, damn it!
Concubine Xiao, who had been watching the show calmly, was shocked when she heard this. She quickly looked at her son and saw that Prince Ning had an unusual expression, and she felt cold all over.
She knew that Prince Ning would try to kill Prince Rui during this hunting competition, but she thought it was a foolproof plan. How could this happen now? How could this happen?
Su Li, who was standing aside, glanced at Prince Ning lightly, with the corners of his mouth raised barely perceptiblely.
In the original novel, after the body was recovered, there was also a jade pendant in Prince Rui's mouth, but it was discovered when the imperial physician was performing an autopsy, and that imperial physician happened to be Concubine Xiao's man.
Therefore, King Rui's death was determined to be due to accidentally falling into a trap.
It was not until a few years later that the truth about Prince Rui's death was "accidentally" discovered by Pei Ji, who was no longer working in the Dali Temple.
In order to prevent the incident in the original book from happening again, she had to let everyone know that Prince Rui had the jade pendant in his mouth. In this way, Prince Ning would have no chance of escaping.
Even if he got rid of the suspicion, how could Concubine Xian let him go? She would definitely use any means to deal with him and avenge her son.
Originally, the fight between the princes had nothing to do with her, and she had no friendship with Prince Rui. Even if she knew that Prince Rui would die in this autumn hunt, she had no intention of interfering.
But who could have made Prince Ning so vicious that he ignored all the taboos and wanted to shoot her directly?
The opportunity was right in front of her, so how could she not fight back!
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Xian was filled with anger and hatred. "It must be Prince Ning. It must be him who harmed my Rui'er like this. I beg Your Majesty to help Rui'er!"
"Father!" Prince Ning immediately knelt down, "I didn't do it. It's none of my business!"
At this time, four imperial physicians rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, we must first move His Highness to the temporary palace for treatment..."
Emperor Jing immediately said, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry and carry Prince Rui into the palace!"
"yes!"
So, in the midst of chaos and war, Prince Rui was carried into the temporary palace for medical treatment.
As for the suspect Prince Ning and Su Li, the master and servant who brought Prince Rui back, they were brought into the palace together.
In the main hall.
The third prince, Prince Chun, the fourth prince, Prince Yu, and the fifth prince, Prince Heng, stood on one side, while several ministers including Duke Ji and Grand Secretary Li were on the other side.
Emperor Jing, who was sitting at the head of the table, looked at Su Li and his servant kneeling below and asked, "Which family are you from?"
As soon as Su Li heard this, she knew that the emperor had long forgotten seeing her in the palace that time. After all, the emperor was busy with all kinds of affairs, so it was not strange that he did not remember a couple in the inner palace whom he had only met once.
She bowed again and said, "Your Highness, Pei Su, is the wife of Pei Ji, the Minister of Justice."
Emperor Jing realized that she was Pei Ji's wife.
He glanced at the Duke of Ji, the young lady of the Duke of Ji's mansion.
"Stand up and answer. Tell me where you found King Rui and how you found him."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su Li stood up and replied according to the prearranged speech, "Your Majesty, I found His Royal Highness Prince Rui in the southeast of the middle hill. In the afternoon, I took my servants to the mountain to appreciate the chrysanthemums. Out of curiosity, I wandered into the forest and fell into a deep pit. I later found His Royal Highness Prince Rui injured and unconscious in the pit."
"Your Highness was unconscious and bleeding profusely. I didn't care about anything else and immediately asked the servants in the mansion to carry Your Highness down the mountain..."
"Were there any other people around at the time?"
Su Li confirmed: "I didn't see anyone else."
"Well," Emperor Jing thought for a moment before saying, "You and your servant should withdraw first."
"yes……"
When Su Li brought Xiao Sanzi and a few others out, it was already dark and the people outside the palace had already been dismissed.
After this incident, the autumn hunting activities were temporarily suspended.
The bonfire party was supposed to be held at this time, but it was also cancelled.
When a maid saw Su Li coming out, she hurried forward and said, "Young Madam, the old lady asked me to wait for you here."
It was Meng'er, the maidservant beside Old Lady Li.
"Where is my great-aunt?"
"At the tent."
Su Li nodded: "I'll go tell my great aunt right away so that she won't worry..."
On the way, Meng'er told her, "Miss Pei San was originally waiting for the young lady at the door. When she knew that I was waiting for you, she asked me to tell you to let her know if you had anything else. Then she left."
"I see……"
Ah Yue has always been smart and perceptive. She was probably afraid that Mrs. Li would wait for her to ask something, so she simply didn't bother her for the time being.
"Xiao Sanzi, you don't need to follow me. Go change your clothes first."
When carrying King Rui down the mountain, the third son's entire back was stained red with blood.
"yes."
Xiao Sanzi responded and left first.
Tent area.
Seeing that Su Li was safe and sound, Mrs. Li felt relieved.
Although her brother-in-law and her master were inside, her eldest sister had entrusted the person to her after all, so she had to make sure that nothing happened to Ali before she could feel at ease.
"Ali, what's going on? Why did you bring Prince Rui back?"
Su Li repeated what he had said to the Emperor in the hall, and finally said, "As for whether it was Prince Ning who did it, I don't know. Perhaps we'll know when my grandfather and great-uncle come out."
"Yes." Madam Li nodded. "You must be tired after all this afternoon. Go back and rest. We'll talk about it later."
"Then, great-aunt, I will go back first..."
When the master and his two servants returned to the tent, Taoist Kongxu, dressed as a servant, was sleeping on a chair outside.
He jumped up immediately after hearing the sound, rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm finally back, but is it done?"
Su Li was confused: "What's done?"
"Well, didn't you go... to do that to someone?" Taoist Kongxu made a knife-hand gesture at his neck.
Su Li couldn't help but laugh. Seriously speaking, she did go to take revenge on King Ning. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Half of it succeeded."
Seeing Taoist Kongxu's eyes wide open with shock, she immediately said, "I'm kidding. I'm a good person. How could I do such a sinister thing?"
"ah?"
"Let's get down to business." Su Li sat down and said, "Prince Rui is in trouble. This autumn hunt might have to end early. We have to hurry up and get you to see Prince Chun."
"What happened to King Rui?"
Su Li then gave a brief account of what happened today.
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