Chapter 413: Crazy Criticism of Zhou Yuzhi for Killing Everyone
At the palace banquet, the eldest princess and Princess Mingyue were poisoned to death, and this incident directly interrupted the palace banquet.
The emperor's face looked extremely ugly. It was obvious that someone was challenging the dignity of the royal family.
Lu Ennan was the one who was most devastated. His mother died, and now his only sister was gone too.
When he saw that the person who died with Lu Wenxue was Lu Shuyi, he knew that she must not have listened to him and was involved with the eldest princess again.
After the emperor dismissed the court officials and the Yamato delegation, he launched an investigation.
He couldn't leave such a big matter to his subordinates to slowly interrogate.
Finally, he got the answer from the palace servants of the eldest princess's mansion. Lu Shuyi and Lu Wenxue kidnapped Zhou Yuzhi two days ago and asked him to help promote the relationship between the eldest princess and the second son of the Gu family. Early this morning, Zhou Yuzhi had someone send two pills to them, telling them to take them. Their pills would correspond to the medicine in the wine glasses of the second and third sons of the Gu family respectively, and then the two men would definitely fall in love with them.
The time was not long, but it was enough for them to get things done and then have the emperor grant the marriage.
After hearing this, the emperor called it absurd and quickly sent someone to bring Zhou Yuzhi over.
After the eunuch went there, he found that something big had happened in the Zhou family.
The servants were all knocked unconscious and were sleeping soundly. The two masters of the Zhou family, Zhou Zhili, also fell into a coma, and Zhou Yuzhi had already committed suicide by taking poison.
This was not the most shocking thing. What really frightened the eunuch was that those people from the Ye family who attended the funeral yesterday all died in the Zhou family, and their bodies were neatly lined up in the yard.
Ye Cheng, Qin Kerou, Ye Chi, Shang Hongmian, and the last grandson of the Ye family, Ye Chengchu...
They all died of poisoning, without a single sign of life.
In Zhou Yuzhi's arms, there was a written suicide note, which was left for Gu Ruanci.
The emperor took the suicide note and read the contents, which were all begging for Gu Ruanci's forgiveness. He said that they were ashamed to face people because of the wrong things they had done over the years. Now they realized that it was their sons who hurt their mother the most. However, he did not want to let those people from the Ye family go, so this could be considered as atonement. As for the eldest princess and County Master Mingyue, they had tried to harm Gu Ruanci many times, so they deserved to die.
Although he, the second elder brother, had a talent for medicine, it was inherited from his mother. He didn't expect that Gu Ruanci was even more powerful. He had calculated that he would use the wrong medicine, causing his grandmother to faint from the pain, and finally buried her alive.
Zhou Yuzhi admitted that he used the wrong medicine, which led to Ye Lingyue's miscarriage, and took all the responsibility on himself.
Now, Zhou Zhili was the only one left in the Zhou family. Zhou Yuzhi had also poisoned him, so he would never have children again. On the Ye side, there were only Ye Keguan and Pan, as well as Ye Lanxin, who was mad and unaware that her daughter was already pregnant, and Ye Lingyue, who had a miscarriage. He wondered if Gu Ruanci could sense his sincerity, if he could call him brother again, if he could let him be close to his mother like an older brother...
In the end, Zhou Yuzhi begged Gu Ruanci to give him a chance, and he was willing to use death to express his sincerity.
After the emperor looked at it, he didn't say anything for a long time. The empress took it and also looked at it without saying a word.
"well……"
The emperor didn't even know what to say. Although Zhou Yuzhi killed the royal family, which was a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family, he didn't even know who to kill given the Zhou family's situation.
"Brother Prince, how do you want to deal with the Zhou family?" he asked Prince Duan.
Prince Duan also had a worried look on his face. How could he explain such a thing?
He pushed the problem to the princess again, and the princess made the decision immediately. The murderer in this case had committed suicide, and there was no way for them to pursue him. Moreover, it was the eldest princess and Lu Wenxue who were not thinking straight, and they happened to meet the madman Zhou Yuzhi.
Now both the Zhou and Ye families have lost all hope. Rather than killing them directly, it would be more of a punishment to let them suffer while they are alive and live in despair every day.
Although Lu Ennan felt uncomfortable listening to this, he felt that there was really no better way.
The emperor sighed again. If he wanted to cover up such a big thing easily, he would probably need special methods.
After all, the eldest princess and Lu Wenxue died suddenly in front of important court officials and foreign envoys, so they must be given an explanation.
"If no explanation is given for this matter, I'm afraid it will cause unrest..." The emperor said in embarrassment.
The Queen didn't know what to do and sighed as well.
Finally, the emperor dismissed everyone and asked them to go back first. There were some things he needed to think about first.
Afterwards, he summoned Gu Congyun and Gu Yutang and asked them to bring Gu Ruanci with them. He also summoned the crown prince and the second prince Lu Enlian.
After hearing this and reading Zhou Yuzhi's suicide note, everyone turned their attention to Gu Ruanci.
"What a madman..."
Sure enough, Gu Ruanci also had the same feeling.
Throughout his life, Zhou Yuzhi was crowned with the halo of a genius, but eventually turned into a lunatic.
But only when he was acting like a madman was he the most filial to Ye Hesheng. This ridiculous thing made Gu Ruanci dazed.
"Soft words, what do you think?" asked the emperor.
Gu Ruanci put aside her personal prejudice and thought for a moment before answering, "Your Majesty, the matter of the eldest princess and Mingyue County Lord can be concealed. All we need to do is keep the court officials quiet. I believe the Yamato envoy dare not say anything more. However, when the eunuchs went to summon Zhou Yuzhi, many people saw what happened to the Zhou family. This cannot be concealed, so this is the most important thing. Your Majesty only needs to give this explanation now. As for the deaths of the eldest princess and Mingyue County Lord, isn't there another Xue Chenglun?"
After Gu Ruanci finished speaking, the emperor seemed to understand, but he didn't figure out how to proceed.
"You mean to postpone it and keep it secret now?" asked the emperor.
"Yes, Xue Chenglun should have said everything he needed to say. After all, Prince Duan personally asked about it. When the Yamato envoys return, how they want to convey the message is their business. Whether they can convey the message is our business..."
She has said it so clearly, there is nothing the emperor cannot understand.
He wanted to applaud Gu Ruanci directly. Although this method was cruel, it could solve several problems.
Judging from the attitudes of Bailixi and Jing Luoquan at the palace banquet that day, it would be difficult for them to leave Dayao alive.
What's more, Dayao already knew the purpose of their visit.
Spies, they have planted too many spies in Dayao, and some of them have been left behind along the way. Now Xue Chenglun has almost spit out all of them.
“If Ruanci were a man, I’m afraid his achievements would not be inferior to your father and brother…” The emperor smiled with satisfaction.
But when I think about what happened to the Zhou and Ye families, it is indeed unlucky.
"The matter between those two families probably isn't over yet. Let's send someone to keep an eye on them..."
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