First, the concubine of General Qin was actually the daughter of a concubine who had an affair with someone else. The concubine named Qin Fanghao was even more daring, had connections with foreign countries, and stole the defense plans from the study room of Prince Huai's Mansion. She had been secretly executed.
Another incident was that Qin Rushuang, the concubine of King Huai, died in a fire, along with the fetus in her belly.
Of course there is a third thing, but only a very few people know about it.
That is, Yu Zaizhong, who had been the Minister of War in Daqi for more than ten years, turned out to be from Dayan, and he had been colluding with the hostages in the palace, instigating his daughter Qin Fanghao to become pregnant with evil offspring, and trying to confuse the royal bloodline.
Said that the unborn child was the flesh and blood of King Huai Xun...
In the palace.
Xie Xun was wearing a black robe and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back.
Nie Lei on the side lost his usual chatter and looked out the window in silence.
The sun shines in from the window and shines on Xie Xun's head. He is obviously a man in his twenties and in his prime, but most of his black hair has already grown white.
Nie Lei looked at the silent Xie Xun and couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.
He once read in a book that some people would grow old overnight after experiencing great sorrow and changes. He thought that was nonsense until the death of the princess...
The prince knelt in front of the collapsed ruins and did not move a step all night long.
When the early morning sun shone on him the next day, Nie Lei suddenly discovered that the prince's hair was already half white.
Only then did he realize that being filled with regret and heartache could really make people grow old overnight.
After that day, he never saw the prince smile again.
Although the prince used to be unsmiling, he still had emotions that could be called "human", but now...
Nie Lei looked at the man in front of him who was silent and didn't know what he was thinking. He always felt that the person standing in front of him was no longer a human being, but a puppet of the walking dead.
"Your Majesty, today is the day of the princess's funeral. Are you really not going to see her?"
"If I don't go, it would be the same to see her off here."
Nie Lei felt sad.
Qin Rushuang's funeral dragged on for a full month.
On the day Qin Rushuang died, Xie Xun knelt in front of the ruins all night. Shen Xiaoyang said harshly, saying that Qin Rushuang was dead, and Xie Xun could only live with Qin Rushuang's ashes in the future.
After saying that, he left angrily.
However, he changed his story again the next day.
He insisted that even if Qin Rushuang died and became a ghost, she would not be happy being detained by Xie Xun's side, so he insisted that Xie Xun not touch Qin Rushuang's ashes and demanded that his people personally take out Qin Rushuang's remains from the ruins.
Xie Xun naturally refused.
But Shen Xiaoyang shut up Xie Xun with just one sentence.
"When she was alive, you never believed in her, causing her to die in pain, grievance, and loss of dignity. Now that she is dead, you should let her go..."
"You'd better let her go."
Just these few words made Xie Xun feel ashamed, and he no longer had the face to interfere in Qin Rushuang's funeral.
Regarding Qin Fanghao, Shen Xiaoyang claimed that Xie Xun still had an affair with Qin Fanghao and was afraid that he would be biased against Qin Fanghao's crimes, so he demanded that Qin Fanghao be sent to Dali Temple for trial.
Qin Fanghao was tortured in Dali Temple. When he was carried out, there was no good piece of skin on his body, and his tongue was brutally cut off.
But no one felt sorry for her. Everything today was her own fault.
Xie Xun took the confession provided by Shen Xiaoyang and read it word for word. Only then did he learn about the conspiracy between Qin Fanghao, Yu Zaizhong, and Da Wanlie.
And inside, there is a confession about Qin Rushuang.
It was said that she broke into the side hospital that day and wanted to throw away Qin Rushuang's belly alive, take out the fetus, and leave the mother behind. However, Su Meiren went crazy and set fire to the other side hospital.
In desperation, Qin Fanghao locked Qin Rushuang and Qingzhi in a room and burned them alive in order to save his own life.
The crazy Sumerian set himself on fire and burned himself to death in a room in another courtyard.
…
Xie Xun was lost in thought. When he came to his senses, he asked Nie Lei what time it was.
Nie Lei told the time, Xie Xun looked sad
At this time, Qin Rushuang's ashes should be escorted by Du's Shipping and preparing to leave for the south of the Yangtze River.
Originally, it was against the rules for Shen Xiaoyang, an outsider, to take away the remains of Princess Da Qi. Shen Xiaoyang was in a stalemate with the royal family for more than half a month. In the end, Xie Xun intervened and allowed Qi. The emperor gave it to him.
Before that, Qin Rushuang's remains had been buried under the ruins of another courtyard, heavily guarded by the Imperial City Army.
On the day when it was decided to take out the remains from the ruins, Xie Xun watched in person. Even now, he still has a delusional thought about Qin Rushuang's death.
Until two skeletons were taken out from the ruins.
One of them had been burned to only half of it, and nothing could be seen. The other one could vaguely be seen from the shape of the bones to be a female corpse.
The abdomen of the female corpse was a mass of black...
Xie Xun only took one look and didn't dare to look again.
Later, Shen Xiao took away the remains of Qin Rushuang and Qingzhi as a matter of course.
Xie Xun didn't stop him either.
He knows he doesn't deserve it.
…
Aboard the Du merchant ship.
Shen Xiaoyang supported Mrs. Qin and handed her a handkerchief: "Aunt, don't be sad..."
"How can I not be sad, my daughter..."
Shen Xiaoyang patted her shoulder comfortingly, "Everything will be fine in the future."
The two looked at each other and lowered their eyes.
Yes, everything will be fine, because somewhere they don't know, the person who means the most to them is still alive.
…
On the day of the incident, Shen Xiaoyang was furious and returned to Shen's house.
Later, he really didn't want Xie Xun to touch Qin Rushuang's remains because he thought it was blasphemy.
But at that time, he knew that he was weak and might not be able to resist the royal family's rules.
He even thought about risking the world's disapproval and quietly stealing Qin Rushuang's remains, but there were too many soldiers around him. He only had time to see two remains next to each other, and he was almost discovered.
He was indeed afraid that Xie Xun would engage in malpractice for personal gain, so he requested that Qin Fanghao be tried in person.
Under interrogation, he discovered another piece of news that almost made him cry with joy.
According to Qin Fanghao, there should be five human bones in the collapsed house!
But he clearly saw only two corpses at that time!
Although it was most likely because other corpses were buried in other corners, just such a small hope was enough to make Shen Xiaoyang ecstatic.
He resisted Emperor Qi like crazy, argued hard to get back Qin Rushuang's remains, and even made many remarks to hurt Xie Xun's most painful past...
Sure enough, everything he did was effective. In the end, Xie Xun stood with him and agreed to use Shen Xiaoyang's hand to take out Qin Rushuang's remains and send them back to Jiangnan.
On the day of the excavation, no one knew how happy Shen Xiaoyang was when he rummaged through the ruins and found only two remains.
It was precisely because of this shocking discovery that he rushed back to Dali Temple overnight and cut off Qin Fanghao's tongue so that she could never speak. He even secretly drugged Qin Fanghao and watched her lose her breath after she confessed. rest assured.
Then he worked non-stop to deal with everyone around Qin Fanghao that day, ensuring that only he knew about this matter.
As for the remains of the so-called "Sumerian", they were randomly replaced by corpses from mass graves.
After retrieving the remains, he asked someone to conduct an autopsy and concluded that they were half a male's bones and one female's bones, and the dead woman had never been pregnant.
