Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Chen Duo is actually busy.

Although the incident happened in the Daming Palace, the prince was indeed assassinated in the Zhai Palace.

Fortunately, there were two eunuchs with the surname Jing among those who were fasting together: Jing Qian and Jing Fu.

A guard from the East Palace and another monk from the Zhai Palace worked together from the inside and outside, and Jing Qian saw something was wrong. He stopped the prince from eating and drinking, and then stood in front of the prince at the critical moment, and was killed by a poisoned dart.

Jingfu, who was the only one left in the Sai Palace, was outnumbered and gradually lost.

At the critical moment, it was General Pang who was guarding outside who received the warning from Wang Xifeng, and broke in with the prince's trusted guards including Guo Jian, and captured the monk and the guard, thus saving the prince from danger.

What exactly happened here? Although General Pang was also investigating, the problem lay with the guards rather than the eunuchs, so he couldn't investigate it alone.

So Chen Duo was immediately transferred to preside over the case.

Wu Jin sent a message to Ban Nu, but Ban Nu could not leave the yard, so naturally he could not notify Chen Duo.

Fearing Wang Xifeng's ridicule, Wu Jin had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and ran back to the Criminal Justice Department. He squatted on a tree and watched Chen Duo busy for a while, then lazily patted down a passing sparrow.

The bird fell to the ground with a sharp scream, and Chen Duo naturally looked up and found Wu Jin.

Wu Jin gave him a dim look before he stood up, jumped onto the roof, and returned to the Daming Palace.

"After all, this matter still needs to be reported to the palace. I'll go back and change my clothes, then go to the palace to ask Wang Liangdi for help and see if I can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Chen Duo called Han Lue, "You should also be prepared. If someone in there nods, I'll have someone call you."

Han Lue was a little timid: "Can I not go?"

"The East Palace will be empty for at least ten years. Sooner or later you will have to follow me to the Inner Temple. Now that Zheng Fan and Wei Nan are dead, no one will continue to bully us."

Chen Duo patted his shoulder and consoled him, "The Crown Prince said that the Crown Princess is not in good health, and all matters concerning the harem will be handed over to Wang Liangdi from now on.

"Old Xia will be Wang Liangdi's chief eunuch in Chengxiang Palace. Don't worry, we brothers will not end up in such a bad situation!"

Han Lue was slightly relieved and nodded.

Chen Duo got up and returned to the courtyard.

Bannu was sleeping on his pillow.

When she saw him come back, she pricked up her ears to listen carefully to the noise outside. After making sure that he was alone, she stood up and stretched on his bed.

There was a square folded from a piece of paper clearly visible on the pillow.

Chen Duo stepped forward and took it in his hand, looking at the two small pointed teeth marks on it. Thinking about Wu Jin's urging just now, he felt a layer of white sweat on his back.

With a smile on his face, he asked Bannu in a low voice: "Is this sent by Wu Jin?"

Bannu raised his face: meow~~~~~~

Chen Duo was stunned. What did it mean by such a long sound? Was it not sent by Wu Jin? Or did Wu Jin tell him something else? He couldn't understand the cat's words either...

He was just daydreaming when he saw Bannu jump off the ground, run to the empty bowl in the corner of the room, and speak loudly to him again:

Meow~~~~~~

Chen Duo also had sweat on his forehead.

I am not used to having cats, and I didn’t even leave a bowl of water for them before I left.

Bannu is so thirsty——

Uh, this shouldn't be a message, it's just swearing.

Chen Duo hurriedly picked up his kettle on the table and filled the empty bowl with water. Then he sat down at the desk and carefully unpacked Fang Sheng.

Ok?

Just to find an excuse to go to the palace?

While Chen Duo was congratulating himself for his foresight, he was also wondering what Wang Xifeng might want to talk to him about.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out.

However, he wanted to ask Wang Xifeng for a favor - could he investigate this incident to see if it had any connection with Prince Nannan.

Half an hour later, Chen Duo stood in the main hall of Chengxiang Hall and carefully mentioned the matter to Wang Xifeng:

“The master said that he would not let the servant take care of that person.

“But the reason why Zheng Fan caused chaos was because of something that happened more than ten years ago.

"Perhaps if I investigate, I can find out the truth."

Wang Xifeng waved her hand and said, "You can't investigate him. You have to find someone who has nothing to do with the past to investigate.

“That’s what I called you here to tell you.

"Your Majesty was knocked unconscious, the Ninth Prince was kidnapped, and the Crown Prince was assassinated. It seems that the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were just fooling around;

"But if they really succeed, think about it, who will benefit?"

Chen Duo narrowed his eyes and said, "Prince Su is out of town, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back. He has no soldiers, so even if he wants to rebel, he can't.

"Besides, I have found out that the chief official of Prince Su's palace who followed him out of the capital is actually the Prince of Nan'an's man. If the capital really gets into chaos, this chief official can kill Prince Su with just a dagger.

"So this incident must not have been done by Prince Su.

“It won’t be the Queen.

“The Ninth Prince… although he may ascend to the throne by then, his reputation will be ruined. As long as one of the princes raises his hand, he will be finished.

"The eleventh prince has a broken arm, the fifteenth prince is blind in one eye, and has physical defects. It is not their turn anyway...

"The only prince who is still healthy is King Xiaoyao?!"

Chen Duo thought it was impossible.

King Xiaoyao is only thirteen years old.

His mother was of humble origins, a singing girl sent as tribute from the south of the Yangtze River. She was occasionally favored and gave birth to a son.

Unfortunately, she had a difficult delivery and suffered from heavy bleeding, and she was almost dead.

Although she was granted the title of concubine and became the head of Jiefu Palace, she was always sick. In a year of 365 days, she had to take almost 360 kilograms of medicine.

"King Xiaoyao has no roots, he has no so-called mother's family; he is also young, he has no so-called wife's family either.

"Where did he get the strength to make Zheng Fan surrender to him?"

Chen Duo felt that there was something wrong with this answer.

Wang Xifeng seemed to be thinking about something, tapped her fingers on the table, and said, "You are narrow-minded."

Chen Duo was stunned.

“It’s true that the King of Yong lost an arm, but he has great prestige in the Ministry of War. It can be said that he can attract followers as soon as he raises his arm.

"It is true that his family only has one legitimate daughter, but how do you know that he has no other children?

"Imperial son, illegitimate child, has anyone checked it?"

Wang Xifeng narrowed her eyes, "Prince Shen went insane in his early years, saying that his first wife had died and his father-in-law had resigned from his post overnight.

"But how can you guarantee that he has not had sex with women again or given birth to another son? Or even that his princess is really dead?

"After all, the body was not buried in the royal tomb!

"Has anyone checked his backyard and his father-in-law who returned to his hometown?"

Chen Duo only felt that his back was soaked with sweat again!

“And there is King Xiaoyao.

"Princess Song said that she was a singing girl sent as tribute from the Jiangnan region and that she was an orphan, but how do you know that she is really an orphan?

"What if she is the daughter of an official family?

"Even if she is an orphan, how do you know that she wasn't specially raised by someone and presented to the emperor for the purpose of giving birth to a prince who can be held in the palm of their hands?

“Even if what I said is not true, King Xiaoyao has no background at all!

"But how do you know? Didn't Zheng Fan secretly strike a deal with Concubine Song and Prince Xiaoyao because he had no background and was easy to manipulate—"

After being counted one by one by Wang Xifeng, all the princes were thrown into the water!

No one is innocent!

Chen Duo knelt down with his legs shaking: "You are such a stupid slave! I will go right now and check them one by one!"