Chapter 494
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"Shizi Ye, this is a secret letter from two days ago." Jiu Si presented a sealed letter to Xiahou Qing with a serious expression. "Duke Ning is in trouble. Lady Ning's mother and Princess Xin have been sent to prison by imperial edict. They are waiting for His Majesty to deal with them. Duke Ning's two hundred and seventy people have been detained. No one is allowed to take a step out. The crime is: plotting rebellion. "
Xiahou Qing immediately frowned and his expression darkened. "When did this happen? Why are you only telling me now?"
"It happened on the day Lady Ning woke up. The situation was too chaotic. Shizi Ye was so focused on saving Lady Ning that you didn't even care about yourself. I acted on my own initiative and didn't report this to you. Please punish me! "
Xiahou Qing couldn't bear to punish him. "I don't blame you. Immediately report the cause of this matter and the current situation."
"Yes. This matter started from seven days ago at the farewell banquet of Southern Yan. That day, Huimo and I accompanied Shizi Ye to the banquet. At the banquet, His Majesty suddenly became interested and proposed a marriage between Princess Royal Xiao Mingxue's only legitimate daughter and Princess Rui. Princess Royal refused several times and finally chose Sixth Prince Xiao Yunyi among the princes. " At that time, Prince Ke and Princess Royal met in private. The scene of him strongly opposing the marriage was still vivid in his ears. Jiu Si continued.
"After Prince Ke left the banquet, he turned around and rushed to Xiangji Mountain. He wanted to become a monk. After he left, the monks fished out a fish from the pond. In the belly of the fish, there was a book 'Female Lead Han Wang'. Moreover, this news spread like wildfire throughout the capital. In just a short four hours, it caused an uproar and caused a storm in the city. Princess Royal hurriedly brought Princess Rui into the palace. They knelt in front of the palace and confessed to His Majesty to prove their innocence. After closing the palace door and talking for a long time, His Majesty calmed down and seemed to have been convinced. He ordered them not to worry and to return to their residence. Now that the matter had reached this point, it could be said that the wind had stopped and the rain had stopped. Everyone thought that they had temporarily passed the crisis. But no one would have thought that when the Eldest Princess and her family were on their way back to the palace, they would suddenly bump into an ox cart that had gone out of control. The bull's eyes were red and full of evil. It charged straight at the Princess' carriage. Dozens of people couldn't stop it and crashed into the Princess' carriage. When the imperial bodyguards killed the mad bull on the spot and straightened the carriage, they found that the Young Canton Princess had been stabbed in the chest and was no longer breathing. "
Xiahou Qing tapped his fingers lightly and said while thinking, "How many people were in the carriage at that time? Didn't you make any noise when it happened? "
"The prince consort had other matters to attend to, so he rode his horse first. At that time, the people sitting in the carriage were the eldest princess and the young princess, as well as a personal nanny. When the ox cart suddenly charged out, the people in the carriage were frightened and screamed. At the same time, the ox was also howling crazily, knocking down the stalls on the side of the road. The passersby covered their heads and ran in all directions, colliding with the imperial bodyguards, making the scene even more chaotic. No one noticed when the nobles in the carriage stopped screaming. When the matter was settled, the imperial bodyguards opened the curtain and found that the eldest princess and nanny had fainted. The Young Canton Princess was dead. "
The case was so suspenseful that Xiahou Qing tapped his fingers even faster, "What kind of weapon pierced through the Young Canton Princess' chest? Is there any evidence?"
"The imperial physician did a careful examination of the wound and determined that it was a pair of scissors. But after the murderer finished the case, the weapon was quickly taken away."
"Since there was an ox cart, there must be a driver. Where is the driver?"
"Dead. The officials followed the clues and immediately found out the identity of the driver. They led people to his house and when they opened the door, they saw a floor full of corpses. The five people in that family all committed suicide. The bloody scissors were hidden in the cellar of his house. "
Xiahou Qing said, "Since the truth has been revealed, what is the connection between this case and Young Canton Princess He Xin?"
"After the eldest princess woke up, she hugged Young Canton Princess He Rui's corpse and cried non-stop. She knelt and begged His Majesty to investigate thoroughly. The matter has become so troublesome that it can't be cleaned up. His Majesty ordered the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, and the Gyeongji Prefecture to investigate overnight and found two clues. First, the family was poor in the early years. The family almost starved to death. They had received long-term financial support from Young Canton Princess He Xin. Second, the day before Prince Ke made a scene in Xiangtaku Mountain and the case of the 'Hidden Books in the Fish Belly', Young Canton Princess He Xin went to Xiangtaku Mountain to release the animals to worship Buddha. Among the animals released, there were twelve carps. "
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