Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 118 Vigilance

   In the cold night, Wang Gui instructed the palace staff to quietly carry the crown princess' body out and hang it on a tree.

  The cold wind was like a knife, and there was a pile of residual snow under the tree. With the people hanging on the tree shaking, the ice on the top of the tree fell rustling, scattering the palace servants.

  Wang Gui stood a little further away, waiting for the palace servants to come over, warning with a sullen face: "If you reveal a word to others about what happened today, it will cost you your life."

   The palace servant, who had just carried the crown princess' body on his back, was shaking all over: "Slave maids will never dare to talk too much!"

  The frozen road was gradually left behind, and when he returned to the prince, Wang Gui felt alive: "Your Highness, everything is done, and someone will find the prince concubine who committed suicide..."

   At this time, the prince finally felt afraid.

   What he was afraid of was not the matter of strangling the Crown Princess, but the reaction of Emperor Tai'an.

   "Do you think the royal father would suspect the cause of the crown prince's death?" After walking around the room, the prince asked Wang Gui.

Wang Gui can't guarantee that, but in the face of the prince who is on the verge of collapse, he can only comfort: "As long as those who know keep their mouths shut, it's not a big problem. You were assassinated at the princess's mother's house, and everyone in the court knows about the Marquis of Wuning. It will be dealt with, and it is not surprising that the Crown Princess will commit suicide under the fear of self-blame."

  The prince listened and nodded.

   The sound of messy footsteps rang out soon after, and someone rushed to report: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess committed suicide!"

   "Go and report to the emperor!"

  In the East Palace, there was another chaos.

  What the prince didn't know was that Emperor Tai'an already knew the news that the princess was dead, and even knew exactly which tree the princess was hanging on in the East Palace.

   It was not intentional surveillance, but the prince was emotionally unstable after the assassination incident, and Emperor Tai'an was not at ease, so he arranged for people to pay attention to the movements of the East Palace.

  Unexpectedly, under his attention, the prince gave him a big "surprise".

   Emperor Tai'an went to the East Palace, and Concubine Zhuang and others who got the news also went to the East Palace together.

  The prince cried when he saw Emperor Tai'an: "Father, the crown prince and concubine committed suicide."

   "Suicide?"

   "Woooooo, she came to see her son, and was scolded by her son and walked away. Unexpectedly, she fell into prison on the way back..."

   Wipe away the tears of the Crown Prince's crying, Tai'an Emperor is really a little ignorant.

   I don’t even know how to dress like it!

  Under the watchful eyes of the public, Emperor Tai'an was not able to expose the prince, but was also a little annoyed, and said coldly: "Are the palace servants who follow the prince all dead?"

  The prince stopped crying and looked at Wang Gui.

  Wang Gui lowered his head and said tremblingly, "The princess only brought a lantern-carrying maid when she came to see the prince."

He turned slightly sideways, and a palace maid lay on the ground and kowtowed: "Damn the servant, **** it! The servant chanted the lantern to illuminate the princess, who would have seen the princess disappear as soon as she turned around. When the princess was found, the princess had already— "

   Emperor Tai'an looked at the palace maid coldly for a moment, and said lightly, "Damn it."

   As soon as these words came out, the palace maid was undoubtedly sentenced to death.

  The palace maid was shocked and slumped to the ground, and soon two palace servants came forward to drag her away.

  Wang Gui heaved a sigh of relief.

   Luckily today, the Crown Princess brought only one maid, and there was only one maid to threaten.

   Gongmaiden knew that she could not survive, but she still had a family. In order to keep her family safe, she would naturally say what he asked.

   Now that the emperor speaks, it is even easier.

   Glancing at the people present, Emperor Tai'an said to Concubine Zhuang: "Prince Concubine's funeral, I have to worry about Ai Concubine's hard work."

   Concubine Zhuang hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubine will take care of it."

   "You all go back too."

"Yes."

   Next, it was time to take care of the funeral, and when it was time to go back to sleep, Emperor Tai'an asked the prince calmly, "Why did you and the prince concubine make such a fuss?"

  Prince's heart tightened, and he said angrily: "My son is not happy because his left hand is not in use, so he scolded a few words when he saw the princess. Who would have thought that she would be so troubled—"

  Without the others, the prince still killed him and refused to recognize him, which made Emperor Tai'an look at him more.

   In my memory, I will sweetly call him the father and emperor, the carefree little prince, after all, he has his own mind.

   Looking at this face that was somewhat similar to himself, Emperor Tai'an had a hard time imagining the situation when the prince strangled his wife to death not long ago.

   Emperor Tai'an was able to seize the throne, and he was a ruthless person, but he didn't know anything about the ruthlessness of others. He found that his son was like this to his wife, but he was vigilant.

  Can kill his wife on impulse, who knows what else can be done under impulse.

   Of course, this little bit of vigilance is like an inconspicuous spring grass that has just sprung up, and it still does not shake the prince's position in Emperor Tai'an's heart.

   "Yuan'er, this also reminds you to be calm in the future. You have to wait until you say anything before you can say it, otherwise you may cause trouble." Tai'an said meaningfully.

   "My son knows."

   When Emperor Tai'an left, the prince was slightly relieved.

   can be considered a cover up.

   "Wang Gui, keep an eye on the palace servants who are burying the crown princess, and don't come up with right and wrong again."

   "Don't worry, Your Highness, those responsible for this are all people you can trust."

  The prince nodded, tiredness struck, he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep, but he had no dreams all night.

   It started to snow again the next day, and large swathes of snowflakes fell on the ground to spread a silver blanket, which was quickly destroyed by people walking in a hurry.

   Compared to the prince who had a good night's sleep, the Marquis of Wuning's mansion, which received the letter of the prince's concubine, was like falling into a dream.

  Princess committed suicide?

   Mrs. Wuning Hou rolled her eyes and fell down.

   "Madam, Madam—" The maids turned pale and supported them.

   Mrs. Wu Ninghou relieved her breath and burst into tears: "My Qiang'er—"

  Marquis Wuning trembled and did not speak.

   "Master Hou, Mrs. Hou, condolences." The person reporting the funeral reassured and returned to the palace to return to his life.

   Mrs. Wuninghou grabbed Wuninghou's hand and cried heart-to-heart: "Master Hou, why is Qiang'er so stupid, it's not her fault that the prince was assassinated..."

  Wu Ninghou said in a sad tone, "Qian'er is for the Hou Mansion!"

  The prince was assassinated, like a sharp knife hanging over the head of the Marquis of Wuning. Just waiting for the sharp knife to fall, to see if it is a skin injury or a broken bone.

   This is only in the emperor's thoughts.

   Now that Qiang’er committed suicide because of self-blame, no matter how much the emperor felt sorry for the prince, it was impossible for him to deal with the Hou residence.

  In addition to the sad news of Wuning Houyin's eldest daughter, there is some unspeakable happiness in his heart.

  The Marquis of Wuning is all right, so is Huaer.

  The news of the crown princess' suicide spread, and most people's reaction was the same as that of Marquis Wuning: Marquis Wuning's mansion is fine.

   Sure enough, the emperor not only did not pass down the will to rebuke the Marquis of Wuning, but also gave a lot of things as a sign of comfort. The assassination of the prince at the Yue family passed with the death of the prince concubine.

   While the palace was busy with the funeral of the crown prince, the commander of Jin Linwei, Cheng Maoming, was in a dilemma after hearing the report of a hundred households.

   (end of this chapter)