When Bai Yuxian arrived, he saw everyone lying on the ground, but the others had just fainted and were not injured. Only there was a pool of dazzling blood on the ground where Lu Fu fell.
"Lv Fu, how are you?" Bai Yuxian knelt down to check, and saw that Lu Fu's abdomen was pierced by a sword, her face was pale, and she was already out of breath, with only her last breath left.
Lu Fu tried her best to open her eyes, moved her lips with all her strength, and made a very weak voice: "Queen, it's the queen who wants to kill... kill me, the king... Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I, I didn't confess something.
Actually, I am... someone placed by the Queen... beside Concubine Yun. I thought that as long as I help you point the finger and testify against Concubine Yun, she... she will let me go, but, I didn't expect...
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Lu Fu vomited a mouthful of blood, and the blood dyed most of her face red. She struggled to grab Bai Yuxian's sleeves, and begged: "Please, I... must protect my family, please... please...
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Before he finished speaking, he lost his breath and slowly closed his eyes.
Bai Yuxian couldn't help but be shocked by what she just heard. It turned out that Lu Fu appeared to be a member of Concubine Yun, but in fact she was a member of the Queen!
This means that the queen was actually involved in the case that year, and it is very likely that she was the real person behind everything!
Before, he and Ye Fuxun only regarded Concubine Yun as a precautionary target, but did not take precautions against the queen. As a result, the queen now sent people to raid and successfully killed Lu Fu and silenced her.
Now that Lu Fu is dead and the most important witness is gone, it is impossible to overturn Concubine Shu's case today.
Bai Yuxian, who had never suffered a defeat on the battlefield and had always been strategizing in the past, actually suffered a big loss today. This made him extremely annoyed and at the same time very guilty.
The witness turned into a corpse and died without any evidence. How should he explain to Ye'er?
After thinking for a while, Bai Yuxian frowned and ordered: "Gong Yun, you take the others to bury Lu Fu properly, take the unconscious person back, and Qing Yu enters the palace with me."
In the Qingxin Hall of the Imperial Palace, the emperor, who had been waiting for more than two hours, was already a little impatient.
Ye Fuxun was sitting aside and couldn't help but feel a little worried. He calculated the time. No matter how slow it was, two hours should have arrived. Could there be something wrong?
Just as he was thinking about it, the eunuch's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Prince Chen is here."
The emperor sat up straighter and said: "Please come quickly."
Hearing this, Ye Fuxun was instantly relieved, thinking that Bai Yuxian had finally brought Lu Fu, but unexpectedly he only saw him coming in alone, and his sleeves were stained with blood.
"My lord, what's wrong with you? Are you injured?" Ye Fuxun asked worriedly.
Bai Yuxian shook his head and said: "I'm fine, but on the way to send Lu Fu to the palace, we met a killer and Lu Fu was killed."
Ye Fuxun was shocked and could not accept this fact. "What? Lu Fu is dead?"
Lu Fu was the only one who could prove to the emperor that Concubine Yun was the murderer. At this most critical moment, she was actually killed?
"How could this happen?" Ye Fuxun was immediately confused and immediately guessed that it was Concubine Yun who did it.
"It's Concubine Yun. It must be her. In order to prevent Lu Fu from testifying against her, she sent people to kill people and silence her, so that there will be no evidence, and she can get away with it forever!"
"That's enough!" The emperor slapped the table angrily and stood up tremblingly, "And now you are still slandering Concubine Yun! This farce should end today!
Ling'er, for Concubine Shu's sake, I don't have to worry about you and Aunt Lin framed Concubine Yun, but from now on, please don't mention it again and step back."
"Father, you can't believe that Concubine Yun is the murderer? You have never believed in Concubine Yun at all, because she is a charlatan and she doesn't need a reason to kill.
Now when it is said that the kind-hearted Concubine Yun is the murderer, you can't accept it, can you?"
"Presumptuous! What attitude are you using when talking to me? Are you questioning me?"
When the emperor was exposed by his daughter in front of an outsider like Bai Yuxian, he immediately became angry and his hands on the table were shaking with anger.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bai Yuxian quickly persuaded Ye Fuxun in a low voice: "Forget it, without witnesses today, it is impossible to prove Concubine Yun's guilt. This matter must be discussed in the long run."
Ye Fuxun slowly calmed down, and said to the emperor: "I'm sorry, father, but I'm rude. From now on, I won't slander Concubine Yun anymore, so I'm resigning."
Ye Fuxun followed Bai Yuxian back to the eldest princess's mansion. At this time, Long Bin and others had just woken up, and they knelt in front of Bai Yuxian to apologize.
"Your Majesty, this subordinate did not do his job well and failed to protect Lu Fu. This subordinate deserves to die."
"Get up, I didn't arrange this properly, so I can't blame you." Bai Yuxian said solemnly, and then waved his hand to signal them all to get down.
There were only two people left in the hall, Bai Yuxian and Ye Fuxun.
Ye Fuxun had calmed down, took a sip of tea, turned around and asked, "Where is Lu Fu's body?"
"Her husband and son have been buried. I will arrange for them to go to a safe place and let them live again." Bai Yuxian said depressedly. This was the only thing he could do to compensate Lu Fu.
"What Lu Fu is most worried about is her husband and son. As long as they are fine, she can rest in peace." Ye Fuxun sighed, "It's a pity that after preparing for so long, in the end, she fell short."
"It's not that there was no gain at all," Bai Yuxian said, "Lu Fu said something before she died, something that neither you nor I had ever thought of."
When Ye Fuxun heard this, he immediately cheered up again and asked with bright eyes: "What's the matter?"
"Lu Fu said that she was the person placed by the Queen to be with Concubine Yun. The person who intercepted and killed her today was not the person sent by Concubine Yun, but the Queen."
"Queen?" Ye Fuxun was shocked. It was indeed something she had never thought of. "In that case, the queen was also involved in the death of the little princess. Otherwise, there was no need for her to kill Lu Fu."
"I suspect that she is the one who really controls the whole thing behind the scenes. Concubine Yun may have reached a cooperation with her, and they teamed up to frame Concubine Shu.
Without Concubine Shu, they have no competitors. One has moved from the concubine position to the queen position, and the other has gone from a little concubine to a noble concubine. What a happy plan."
Bai Yuxian's analysis was not unreasonable. The queen was very thoughtful and let Concubine Yun do the whole thing. She never intervened. She seemed to have nothing to do with everything and was just a bystander.
In fact, she had been involved from the beginning, but no one knew about it except Concubine Yun, who was cooperating with her.
Although Concubine Yun Guifei has a deep palace, her family is not as powerful as the Queen, so many things are subject to her. In addition, she has a softer personality and is a person who is easy to control.