Chapter 065: The Three Princes
Ye Yufu was full of questions, how could the palace people in his palace suddenly disappear, and although it was still early, the people should have gotten up early.
After she made up by herself, she decided to go out to have a look, and by the way, she was asking the emperor to say goodbye.
This time out of the princess's palace, there was no one on the road, and the whole palace was now in an eerie silence. But when he was about to walk to the imperial garden, a few palace people with hurried footsteps finally appeared in front of him.
Those palace people lowered their heads, their faces all revealed panic, Ye Yufu stopped one person, then looked into the distance and asked, "Where are you all going in a hurry, is something going on?" β
The palace man raised his head in a panic, and then lowered his voice again, and his voice was as small as a mosquito: "Princess, don't you know......"
Ye Yufu frowned, obviously not knowing what this palace person was saying: "What do you know?" β
The palace man looked embarrassed, but finally opened his mouth and said, "Yes...... It was the third prince who was assassinated last night. β
When Ye Yufu heard this, her first reaction was that her ears were wrong.
"How can such a thing be said nonsense!"
The palace people trembled at this moment, and suddenly knelt on the ground: "Your Royal Highness Princess, even if you give a hundred daring slaves and maids, you don't dare to talk nonsense about this." β
After the palace man finished speaking, he turned his head and ran away.
Later, Ye Yufu learned that the third prince was drunk and stayed in his palace last night, but as soon as the palace people who served in the morning entered the door, they saw Ye Yuxuan, who was already out of breath.
The first reaction of the palace people after seeing it was to shout loudly, and the whole palace knew about it within half an hour.
After the queen heard the news, she fainted directly under the blow of the loss of her son, and the emperor was also angry, coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and ordered to track down the thieves who murdered the three princes. If you find that person, you will definitely divide the body of five horses and destroy the nine tribes. and also said that the news of the death of the third prince must be blocked first, otherwise the court will be in chaos
So this morning, all the palace people in each palace who were a little suspicious were summoned for interrogation, and even the palace people in Ye Yufu's palace could not escape.
Before dawn, Wang Jiao'e was awakened by a nightmare, and her entire back was soaked with sweat, and her right eyelid was thumping.
She didn't even call the palace people, she just sat on the bed silently, and for some reason suddenly wanted to go to see the third prince.
Last night, I heard that Ye Yuxuan left the palace and came back after getting drunk.
But before Wang Jiao'e stepped out of the palace gate, she saw a small palace maid in the distance walking very fast, with tears and fear on her face.
Wang Jiao'e fixed her eyes and saw that this palace maid was not the servant who served in the palace of the Three Emperors.
At this moment, the palace maid had already knelt under Wang Jiao'e's feet, and her words were out of tune: "The emperor...... Queen Mother! The third prince he ...... He. β
Wang Jiao'e was upset when she heard this, and urged: "What's wrong with the third prince, don't cry and say it quickly." β
"The third prince is dead!"
After the palace maid finished speaking, she didn't even dare to let out the atmosphere, and looked up at Wang Jiao'e with great courage.
Seeing that, Wang Jiao'e's expression was slightly sluggish, and her eyes didn't even turn since just now.
Immediately ushered in a violent shock of emotion, her voice was extremely high: "You, do you know what the master should be guilty of saying this!" β
The palace maid trembled, and if she could, she wouldn't believe what she had just seen, but the three princes were lying on the cold couch.
"Yes...... It's true, Queen Mother, go and take a look. β
Wang Jiao'e didn't seem to be able to walk along the way, and fell several times in succession, but fortunately, there was someone next to her to help her, otherwise she would have to fall.
When I arrived in the palace of the three princes, dozens of people in the first palace were kneeling on the ground, bowing their heads and crying.
When Wang Jiao'e saw this scene, it was difficult to say that she didn't believe it, and she was about to collapse to the ground as soon as her body was weak, but she still stabilized it in time, and the people next to her wanted to help but they were all pushed away fiercely. It doesn't seem to come from a mother.
With an anxious mood, she walked slowly to the road leading to Ye Yuxuan's dormitory, which was out of the way by the palace people.
What caught my eye was Ye Yuxuan lying on the floor, with a thin quilt on his body, Xu was drunk and delirious last night, and he didn't even take off his clothes and boots.
From a distance, it seemed as if she was just asleep, Wang Jiao'e smiled stupidly and shouted at the subordinates who were piled on the ground below: "This palace will say!" How could the third prince die, isn't it good to lie down and sleep on the collapse. β
But in exchange for a stronger cry, Wang Jiao'e gently sat next to Ye Yuxuan, and then gently tidied up the messy quilt for him.
"Xuan'er."
"Xuan'er."
"Xuan'er ββββ"
In the last sentence, Wang Jiao'e was already hoarse, and her hands trembled so much that she couldn't stop it at all, and gradually approached under Ye Yuxuan's nose.
There was no breath, it was really no breath, and the chest that should have risen and fallen when sleeping was motionless at the moment.
Wang Jiao'e was sitting on the collapse, but she still fell on the cold ground with an unstable body. The crying was so loud that everyone present felt unbearable.
When the palace people on the side saw it, they hurriedly went to help Wang Jiao'e up, but Wang Jiao'e's body seemed to have no bones, and no matter how she helped her, she fell down.
"My sonββββ" After crying and joking with these words, she rolled her eyes and fainted.
And when this matter reached Ye Duanli's ears, it was only a quarter of an hour later.
Although he is the most noble emperor in the world, he is also the father of all the princes and princesses in this palace. The grief of the loss of a son was like a sharp sword into his heart, and the body that had already turned around coughed up blood after months.
Within an hour of this, the palace guards quickly sealed off the palace with lightning speed, not allowing anyone to leave the palace gates, and immediately began to investigate whether anyone had left the palace last night.
Wang Jiao'e fell asleep for only an hour, then woke up again, and when she saw herself lying in her hall, she couldn't care about the soreness of her body and stumbled out. was stopped by his personal grandmother.
Mama desperately stopped Wang Jiao'e, and said comfortingly: "Queen Mother! The emperor ordered you to take good care of your body and not be too sad. There are guards guarding this gate, and you won't be allowed to go out! β
Wang Jiao'e held Mama's arm, her eyes were red, and she said with teary eyes: "Mama, can you believe it, my son was actually killed by gangsters!" He is still so young, even the throne will be his! β
When Mama heard this, she hurriedly covered Wang Jiao'e's mouth: "Niangniang, you can't talk nonsense about the throne!" β
Wang Jiao'e wiped her tears with her sleeve, and then gritted her teeth and said viciously: "Yes, the throne!" Someone must have killed my son for the sake of this throne! If I had known who had told him not to die! β
Mama helped Wang Jiao'e on the back, and her wrinkled face was also obviously sad, perhaps it was the best result for the queen to turn the pain of losing her son into hatred for the person who harmed others.
After another half a day, Ye Duanli used almost all the strength in the palace to investigate the murderer, but he still didn't get any news about the murderer, and no one left the palace on the night when the third prince was killed.
Up and down in this palace, people were suddenly panicked, and Ye Yushen was also shocked to know the news. Although he and Ye Yuxuan have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time, after all, they are brothers, and he is also sad for a while.
But it was Ye Yuxuan who was killed, why was he the most favorable contender for the throne killed? All of this is certainly not a coincidence, it was all done deliberately.
In the afternoon, the coroner in the palace found out that Ye Yuxuan died of poisoning, and guessed that he should have been put in the wine to be drunk last night.
But the wine from this source disappeared in the morning, and almost the entire palace was searched but not found.
The murder of these three princes seems to be trapped in a labyrinth, and there is no trace to be found, and there are doubts in many places.
After interrogating most of the people in the palace, there were still few clues.
Three days later, the emperor officially announced that the three princes accidentally fell into the water, and the treatment was ineffective and died young.
For a while, there was a lot of uproar inside and outside the capital about this matter, and many ministers who took refuge in the three princes saw that the general trend had gone to the serious illness of the capital.
On the day of the funeral of the three princes, Queen Wang was dressed in plain clothes and was supported by her grandmother, her face was miserable, her eyes were full of red bloodshots, and her eyes were swollen. One face has lost a lot of weight, and it looks like he has aged ten years overnight.
There is nothing saddest in this world than a white-haired person giving a black-haired person. Besides, everyone in this palace knows how much effort the queen has put into the third prince Ye Yuxuan.
And behind Wang Jiao'e, followed by the three princesses and the three princes' side concubines. The eyes of the third princess were swollen like walnuts, and she kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief along the way.
And the third prince's side concubine is Miaohong, who was just brought up a few days ago. Miaohong looked as if she was still the same as before, although she was dressed in plain clothes without powder, she was still charming and silky, pursing her lips tightly throughout the whole process, which was completely different from the three princesses who were crying like a tearful person next to her.
But if you look closely, you will see that Miaohong is stroking her lower abdomen the whole time.
At the moment when the coffin was put into the funeral, Wang Jiao'e cried again and almost fainted, and the third princess fainted. Miao Hong stood a little farther away and looked at the pitch-black coffin, without the slightest wave in her eyes.
The wives and concubines of the three princes before their deaths were supposed to be in the imperial tomb for three years, but the three princes mentioned to the emperor many times before their deaths that it would be good to have only one person to accompany them after their deaths. Too much is a burden.
When deciding on the candidate to guard the mausoleum, the three princesses who were crying and sad retreated again and again, pushing and shoving in various ways, making Wang Jiao'e roll her eyes on the side.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Miaohong, who had been quietly speaking on the side, took the initiative to stand up at this moment.
knelt on the ground and whispered firmly to the emperor and queen: "Father, mother." Concubine Qian Miaohong is willing to guard the tomb for the rest of her life for His Royal Highness the Third Prince and never marry again. β
If a woman's husband dies, she can marry him at will as long as she mourns for three years.
Therefore, women who marry twice abound, and even the current third princess can choose to remarry in the future. And Miaohong, a gorgeous beauty who can't take his eyes off any man when he sees her, can say that she will guard the tomb for her husband for the rest of her life and never marry again, which is really rare.
Wang Jiao'e listened on the sidelines, and finally really examined Qian Miaohong, she had only heard that Ye Yuxuan had a new concubine, and she loved it very much, and then she was actually carried as a side concubine.
So she doesn't like this kind of lowly woman who only knows how to play foxes all her life.
But when the future is really at stake, only this woman from the market dares to jump out and say this kind of thing that will accompany her for a lifetime.
The result, of course, was that the emperor and the queen readily agreed, and accompanied several maids.
On the day of her departure, Miaohong walked quietly by herself, her hands silently covering her lower abdomen, and her eyes were long.
was just about to get into the carriage moving forward, but saw Ye Yugui stop him. Miao Hong was not surprised to see Ye Yugui, but politely blessed her body: "Your Royal Highness the Seventh Prince." β
Ye Yugui didn't have any emotion on his face, but asked in a low voice, "Why are you doing this?" β