Chapter 297
On the first half of the first month of the third year of Yongchang, the man in Dongping Lane was still sleeping. The doctors wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and explained: The poison has been detoxified, the internal organs are also recovering, and they may wake up one day!
The emperor was not angry, ordered her to pay close attention to her condition, and then let them go.
The recent chaos has become clearer, and the real culprit behind the scenes makes him exhausted and unable to pursue the blame. He knew that the one who assassinated the Beiyue clan was one of his own, but he never expected that it would be her!
"...I sent people to do the assassination of the third son of the Duke of Guo, but I really didn't touch the Song Dynasty. The sixth sister didn't even get a hair out of me. It was not me! The secret letter in Dongping Lane was forged by me, but I had someone forge it.
I didn’t kill the fifth emperor brother, he was my biological brother!”
Princess Wancheng knelt before the emperor and cried.
She has always planned carefully and never made mistakes. But for some reason recently, her people actually intercepted and killed Song Hao's close follower, Commander Yan. Commander Yan was ordered by Song Hao to lead 20 secret guards back to the capital to protect his family, but he died.
On the way.
They were all dead, poisoned with the same poison as Bei Yue Li. Commander Yan and others were not as lucky as him. Their days in western Shanxi were too short. Moreover, they had developed an appetite in the capital and disdained eating food from the border.
Wild vegetables.
What's even more terrible is that those killers returned to the capital to report to her subordinates. When the subordinates returned to the mansion to report her, a maid bribed by the Queen Mother Xia heard about it.
After hearing the reports from her subordinates, she was surprised and confused when the subordinate who had followed her since childhood was arrested by the Empress Dowager Xia.
When she was taken back for a first trial, some old cases were brought up, which she could not deny.
"I didn't kill Zhang Han. Although I have always wanted to kill him... Yes, I sent someone last time, but this time I just wanted to kill Bei Yue..." As she said this, she discovered in shock that
Can't justify it.
It was rare for Yuan Zhao to fall ill, so she was so excited that she immediately started planning, without any intention of leaving the other party a chance of survival. Therefore, she had no time to take care of others. Zhang Han deserved to die! But she really ignored it, and I don't know who helped her.
She wanted to kill Zhang Han, but it was not her fault and she would never admit it!
"If you want to put Bei Yue to death, Zhang Han, who has interceded for Bei Yue many times, must die." Emperor Yongchang calmly reconciled for her, "Assassinate Song Mansion and Le'an, make Song Hao hate Azhao, and send
When a person returns to Beijing to protect his family, he can also deal with Azhao or Bei Yueli, making them vulnerable from both sides...
Such a plan cannot be supported by ordinary human, material and financial resources. The emperor's sister is really courageous, and her resourcefulness is far superior to that of the rebel King Pingchuan. She is also able to cover the sky with one hand, which amazes me."
Princess Wancheng shook her head violently and tried her best to deny, "It's not me, it's really not me!"
But her denial was weak and she couldn't even convince herself. How could she win the trust of others?
Emperor Yongchang was so angry that his heart beat violently. He couldn't help but cover his heart slightly, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he asked slowly:
"Do you have any accomplices?"
A mere eldest princess with so much energy to set up so many traps must have an accomplice. Otherwise, how could she, a girl from a boudoir, gain the trust of others and hire so many experts to work for her?
First it was Bei Yue Li, and then there was Song Hao and his commander Yan. They were all the leaders of the younger generation of Wu Chu Dynasty.
Princess Wancheng was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up and she hurriedly said:
"Yes, Taifu Zhao! It must be him! It was he who instigated my people to assassinate the Song Dynasty and Le'an! Yes, it must be him. He has always been very jealous of the Beiyue clan. When he learned that I wanted to deal with Taihe, he made his own decisions
...It must be him!"
It was agreed back then that the sons of the Northern Yuezhi would be promoted to become officials, and then we would look for opportunities to find fault with them. For example, Qilang Shao was responsible for farming, and whether Nongsang was managed well or not depended on God's face, and things were most likely to go wrong.
Since Da Sinong had been warned by His Majesty, Taifu Zhao had clearly advised her not to be anxious, so as not to frighten the enemy.
She listened, but he didn't know what trick he used to get her followers to sneak attack on the Song family. He did it with covert means and brought her to this point, so there's no reason to blame her for being ruthless.
After hearing her words, Emperor Yongchang looked like "it's really him" and asked calmly:
"When did you get involved with him? Why did he look for you? Or did you look for him?"
His question made Princess Wancheng quiet down and close her eyes in silence.
"Why don't you speak? What else are you hiding from me?!" The tone of the last sentence suddenly became high-pitched, and a stern look flashed in the eyes of the angry Emperor Yongchang.
Princess Wancheng was startled, she closed her eyes tightly and trembled all over. When she opened them again, she took a deep breath and raised her head, her expression calm and determined:
"Your Majesty, you can let the Duke's palace go, but you must kill Yuan Zhao. Because I, the eldest princess of Fengwu, killed her sixth brother! You either kill me or Yuan Zhao. Feng and Beiyue
Clan, water and fire are destined to be incompatible..."
That dead old man, Taifu Zhao, was still restless after he was kicked out of the capital. He tried every possible means to find evidence that was enough to put the Beiyue clan beyond redemption. The assassination of the fifth and sixth princes that year was the focus of his digging.
At that time, the late emperor discovered the news that Anlehou had an outsider who was causing trouble outside.
However, Taifu Zhao always believed that it was done by Dingyuan Hou and put the blame on Anle Hou's concubine. In this way, the royal family and Anle Hou would fight each other, and both sides would suffer.
But he never expected that he would accidentally discover that the person behind the assassination of Liu Lang, the Marquis of Dingyuan, was actually her, the eldest princess.
He formed an alliance with her on the condition of erasing the last bit of evidence.
"There is no airtight wall in the world," Princess Wancheng chuckled. "If Yuan Zhao knew that I killed her sixth brother, and Your Majesty, you care about the relationship between sister and brother and spare my life, would she still be loyal to Yuan Zhao?"
Are you loyal to Fengwu?"
Yuan Zhao must die!
Just like back then, she believed that Marquis Dingyuan must die and took advantage of her aunt's eagerness to trick Beiyue Liulang Shuda out of Dongzhou Academy.
Sure enough, the pain of losing his son made Dingyuanhou seriously ill, his strength was greatly reduced, and he eventually died on the border of western Shanxi...
"Dongzhou Academy is not a good thing," Princess Wancheng sneered. "You talk about being neutral and impartial, but you surrounded Liu Lang's residence..."
As a result, she had to borrow the help of her aunt to kill her own son.
"Once this matter comes out, Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if I lose face or life, but how do you want the people of the world to view our Feng family?" Wancheng's smile faded, with a cold expression, "You want Yuan Zhao and the north of the Duke's Mansion to think about it?"
How can Yue Li surrender to you again?"
Therefore, the emperor could not punish her. Even if he did to Le'an, he could only punish her quietly.
Looking at the eldest emperor's sister who looked unrepentant after getting what she wanted, Emperor Yongchang's mind went blank. This time, not only did his heart beat wildly, he even felt a dull pain in his chest and had difficulty breathing.
Yes, she was the eldest princess of Fengwu, and the assassination of the important ministers was her personal responsibility, but her identity represented the royal family. After Zhang Han's death, the two scribes he recommended as guest officials were filled with indignation and waited for the court to find out the real culprit.
He also kept shouting all day long that the murderer must be brought to justice and punished severely.
Putting aside family ties, given her status as Princess Fengwu, if the crimes she committed were made public, even severe punishment would be of no avail.
Assassinating a hero for his own selfish purposes, and assassinating his cousin with the help of his own aunt, was enough to chill the courtiers and completely ruin the reputation of the Fengwu royal family.
"Come here, tell Lin Sizheng..." Emperor Yongchang stroked his forehead, feeling a severe headache.
He does not show favoritism, but must maintain the face of the royal family. If Princess Fengwu cannot be dealt with, the only option is to deal with Taifu Zhao. The late emperor kept him away from the court in order to protect him, but he did not know whether he wanted to turn around and get involved.
Chapter completed!