Chapter 043: People's preferences are really capricious
The men in black are all dead, and there is no proof of death, so the clue to this matter is broken.
The Lieutenant of Xicheng called the guards to dispose of the corpses in the courtyard, and he stepped forward to ask Tao Yaoyao, "What has the eldest lady offended recently?" β
These people are good at martial arts, move quickly, and look like well-trained people without dragging their feet.
How did Tao Yaoyao, a boudoir woman, provoke these people?
In addition, looking at the state of the other subordinates of the Tao family, she should not know that there was a bad assassin here, but the maid next to her thought of finding someone for help as soon as the incident happened......
A maid, but she is not surprised.
And she, the client, seemed to rush out of the house in a panic the moment she saw him coming, but the panic in her eyes was more like acting, because when a person is extremely scared, he can't run in and out so smoothly.
He has been in the army for many years, what kind of person has not seen it, this little trick of the eldest lady of the Tao family...... It's simply not enough to see.
However, he didn't care about what secrets she had at all, what he cared about was the person behind this jade pendant.
That's right, the guards just found a piece of jade pendant when carrying the corpse, and the only one in the entire Kyoto City who can carry this kind of jade pendant is the prince.
"No, I don't. I am a boudoir woman, I don't go out of the door all day long, and I don't step out of the second door, how can I offend people. Tao Yaoyao said this, but his eyes kept dodging.
With that weak heart, the captain had no patience, and just as he was about to remind Tao Yaoyao again, Qiu Gui ran over.
"Miss, are you okay, you really scared the slave to death just now."
Qiu Gui stood in front of Tao Yaoyao, seeing that her whole body was cold, she was worried, "My lord, my young lady must be scared, can you ......?"
"Miss Tao, this official asked this for your own good, you also saw it just now, those people are running for your life, these people failed tonight, it doesn't mean that the people behind the scenes are dead.
Tonight you were lucky, you met this official, tomorrow night, do you think you can still have such good luck? β
Du Wei looked at Tao Yaoyao, Tao Yaoyao helped Qiu Gui, and his slightly uneasy eyes looked at Xicheng Du Wei cautiously, "If I say it, can you protect me?" β
"Naturally. This official is the general who defends the city in the Xicheng area, and it is the duty of the official to protect the people of Xicheng. β
"What if the people who want to kill me are not ordinary people? If this matter involves the royal family......" Tao Yaoyao said this, swallowed and foamed in fear, and when he saw that Du Wei didn't speak, he sighed, "Forget it, thank you tonight, you can go, I will take care of this matter myself." β
"Miss Tao doesn't believe in this official?" Du Wei forcibly held back his excitement and took a step forward, "This official can guarantee Miss Tao that as long as this official finds out that what you said is the truth, no matter who this person who wants to harm you is, this official will protect you?" β
"Really?" Tao Yaoyao looked at Du Wei excitedly, thinking of something, and showed a sad expression, "I encountered such a thing tonight, even my biological father is unwilling to get involved in this trouble, Du Wei has already saved my life, I'm really embarrassed to ......"
Du Wei's most annoying thing was the woman's mother-in-law's mother-in-law, and after seeing her endlessly start to blame herself, he simply interrupted her directly, "This is what this official should do, Miss Tao, it's not too early, please hurry up." β
Around the third watch, the captain of Xicheng quietly entered the palace, and then went directly to the second prince's bedroom.
The second prince had just gotten up and was about to wash, when he heard that he was coming, he immediately asked his subordinates to invite him in.
"What you said is true?"
After the second prince heard the news brought by Du Wei, his eyes were full of joy, he was worried about catching the handle of the third child, but he didn't expect someone to send him a big handle.
It's just wonderful.
Half an hour later, the morning dynasty
When the officials of the Third Prince's faction praised the Third Prince, the Second Prince stood up and wrote a letter, "Your Majesty, the matter on the book, Erchen has asked the people below to find out and confirm that there is indeed such a thing." β
After His Majesty got the fold, he opened it in front of everyone, and then after a quick glance at the content on it, his face suddenly changed.
The third prince didn't know that his secret had been exposed, and he was still proud at this time, when he looked at the third prince with provocative eyes, only to hear a violent anger ringing in his ears.
"Third child, is this true?"
With a snap, the song rolled at his feet.
The third prince subconsciously shouted that he was wronged, and then squatted down to pick up the fold, glanced at the ten lines, and looked at the second prince in disbelief after quickly reading the above content.
How did he find out about this?
"Third child, the eldest girl of the Tao family is also your fiancΓ©e no matter what she says, even if she discovers your secret, you shouldn't kill it all, besides, the reason why she was able to go to that small mountain village in the first place was because you knocked people off the cliff, if it weren't for people's luck and picked up a life, I'm afraid that now the Chu family will be looking for you desperately."
The third prince didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, not only told who revealed the news to them, but also said that the third prince wanted to kill Tao Yaoyao.
Chu Wulang also went to court today, and after learning about this incident, he first glared at the third prince angrily, and then immediately stepped forward to ask His Majesty to return Tao Yaoyao to justice.
"Third child, did you really hurt that girl of the Tao family?" His Majesty asked displeased.
Seeing that His Majesty was really angry, the third prince hurriedly retorted, "No, my father and son were wronged." Tao Yaoyao is Erchen's fiancΓ©e, how could Erchen harm her if he didn't have time to protect her......"
"Really?" This time, even Chu Wulang didn't believe his nonsense, "Yesterday morning, when the third prince was ruthless in the Tao family, he didn't care about half of his feelings, maybe if I didn't go fast, would you have taken my sister's life in broad daylight?" β
After Chu Wulang finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the emperor again without waiting for the third prince to speak.
"My Chu family can be born and die for the sake of the court, and there is no complaint, but our Chu family only has such a daughter, my aunt has a thin life, and she went after giving birth to her, she has a bad life, she seems to be from a noble background, but in fact, she doesn't even have a person to rely on...... The reason why my father chose the third prince back then was to give her a support.
If my Chu family knew that what we were looking for her was not to rely on, but to urge her to die, my Chu family would rather she die alone. β
Chu Wulang's words later were a little heavy, but he was really angry.
The third prince has a noble status, but the people of his Chu family are not something he can bully casually.
It used to be fine, but now that he's back, he will never let anyone bully him.
"Please make the decision for your majesty." Chu Wulang knelt on the main hall and begged His Majesty to give an explanation to the Chu family and Tao Yaoyao, paused, and said, "Since the third prince disdains this family affair so much, then please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to cancel this family affair." Weichen thanked His Majesty first. β
"Chu Wenqing, you don't want to get an inch." The third prince was eager to kill the Chu family and Tao Yaoyao now, but he knew in his heart that this was not a good time, so he held back his anger and looked at Chu Wulang, "What haven't been investigated yet, what are you doing in such a hurry to draw conclusions?" Or do you just want to use this to get out of the marriage?
Chu Wulang, let me tell you, this marriage was begged by your father, if you want to withdraw from the family, you can, let your father enter the palace again to ask for ......"
"Third child, shut up."
General Chu is now fighting at the border pass, and the war is also going on at the most critical time, if the old general Chu really comes back because of Tao Yaoyao's incident at this time, how about the border pass?
What about the people of the world?
The second prince rarely saw that His Majesty was dissatisfied with the third child, and after being proud, he said, "Does the third brother want authentication and physical evidence?" β
After saying that, someone immediately came in with authentication and physical evidence.
The witness of the person who entered the palace to face the saint was none other than the mountain of the family where Xie Lan and Tao Yaoyao had temporarily lived before, the first time he came to such a place, he was trembling with fear, but in order to avenge his eldest brother, he kept reminding himself that only when he came in and told His Majesty the truth, he could avenge his eldest brother.
"See Your Majesty on the grass people's mountain."
Dashan knelt on the ground and trembled and saluted His Majesty.
His Majesty glanced at him and didn't speak, and when the second prince saw this, he hurriedly urged Dashan, "You tell Your Majesty what you know carefully." And the evidence you have brought with you must also be brought out to Your Majesty. β
"Okay."
The mountain brought iron from the mine and the bones of Tao Yaoyao and Xie Lan found that day.
It was the first time for the Manchu Dynasty to see such a thing on the top of the main hall, and he was so frightened that he retreated, and His Majesty's face was extremely ugly when he saw these corpses, but he still didn't speak.
Xie Lan stood aside, he tried his best to reduce his sense of presence from beginning to end, but he kept paying attention to His Majesty's actions, although he had already guessed this scene, but when he really saw this scene, he couldn't stop being disappointed.
Just because of love, no matter what he does, he will do it.
Just because he doesn't like it, what he does is wrong?
People's preferences are really capricious.
"Your Majesty, the three princes privately mined iron ore, killed innocents indiscriminately, and disregarded human lives, and asked Your Majesty to make decisions for the people of Xinghua Village." Dashan knelt on the main hall and trembled as he uttered his request.
After he finished speaking, the second prince followed suit, and the people of the second prince's faction also helped him ask His Majesty to cure the third prince's sin.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, the third prince looked at His Majesty with teary eyes as usual, "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, please ask the father to give the son another chance, and the son will promise that the son will change in the future." β
When some old ministers saw this, they knew that the matter was going to be picked up again and put it down gently, but although they were in a hurry, they didn't dare to really offend the three princes.
At this time, His Majesty's own brother, King Qi, stood up.
"Mining iron ore without permission is a big crime of cutting off the head, indiscriminately killing innocents, and it is also a capital crime, the third prince, as a member of the royal family, should be extremely familiar with the law, but he did such a thing when he knew that it was a felony, Your Majesty, he was knowingly committing a crime, and he must be severely punished."