Chapter 230
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But this time it was out of everyone's expectations. Emperor Wen Hui actually did not give any order to arrest the murderer, and there was not even a reward. He only instructed the officials to investigate the matter and handed the matter over to the Ding capital's Administrator. The Ding capital's Administrator was still able to handle matters, but as for investigating a case, it was just sloppy. Emperor Wen Hui's action was obviously because he did not want to waste too much energy on the extermination of Prince Yu's household. Some intelligent people could see the knack of it. Most probably Prince Yu had done something to make Emperor Wen Hui angry, otherwise why would Emperor Wen Hui be so cold. Perhaps Emperor Wen Hui was still feeling happy that the murderer had helped him to deal with the big trouble in his heart.
But guesses were just guesses and rumours were just rumours. With the passing of word of mouth, some deviated further from the truth while some were infinitely close to the truth.
In the extermination of Prince Yu's household, there was one person who survived. This person was not someone else but Prince Yu's Consort Shen Qing who married into Prince Yu's residence yesterday. In the early morning, the old man who sounded the night watch was the first to discover that something was wrong in Prince Yu's residence. At that time there were many pedestrians on the streets and those who were braver rushed into Prince Yu's residence. As for the scene that they saw after rushing into the residence, even if it was just a description of the rumours, one would feel creepy.
According to the people who saw it, in the huge residence of Prince Yu, it was densely packed with frozen corpses and blood clots. The blood flowed all over the courtyard and last night's snowstorm quickly froze it, making the entire ground look like red ice. The corpses were all weathered and frosted and were as hard as sculptures.
Everywhere they went, there was a deathly atmosphere and no one survived.
And Prince Yu's corpse was in his bedroom. There was a knife wound through his chest and there were two maids by his side. Shen Qing fell at the door of the bedroom and the gold and silver beside her were scattered all over the floor. At first everyone thought that she was also killed but the movement woke her up. Thus Shen Qing became the only survivor in the entire Prince Yu's residence.
To Shen Qing, this might be a good thing but it seemed worse than death. The entire Prince Yu's household was exterminated but why was Shen Qing left alone? If it was said that Shen Qing was innocent and had nothing to do with the residence, but the person who did it did not even let off the servants and concubines. Obviously they were not soft-hearted. Moreover, Shen Qing had fainted to the side with gold and silver ornaments scattered all over the ground, making it seem as if she was trying to escape.
The most important thing was that other than the stab wound on Prince Yu's chest, there were traces of a woman's hairpin piercing his neck. Chen Qing, who had just married into the Prince's Mansion, was the most suspicious.
The numerous suspicious points made Shen Qing become the target of public criticism. Even if she had nine mouths, she wouldn't be able to clear her name. There was no other way, who asked the entire Prince Yu residence to die, but she was still alive?
The Capital Governor's men naturally wanted to capture Shen Qing and bring her back for interrogation. Regardless of whether Shen Qing had anything to do with this matter or not, she would be the only witness alive. If he wanted to find some clues, even if it was just for show, Shen Qing would definitely not be able to get away easily.
When the Shen family received the news, the officials had already arrived at Prince Yu residence to arrest people. When Ren Wan Yun learned of the matter, she fainted on the spot and it was Shen Gui and Shen Yuan who quickly packed up their itinerary and headed out.
"Yuan-er, where do we go now?" When Shen Gui faced his own son, he was still somewhat undecided. He knew that no matter if it was true or not, Shen Qing was already involved in this matter. Even though Emperor Wen Hui did not show any anger towards this matter, but accompanying a monarch was like accompanying a tiger. Who knew what Emperor Wen Hui's real thoughts were. If in the future this matter was used to vent his anger on him, it would be detrimental to his career.
Shen Yuan coldly said, "Go and find the Capital Governor. It is too late to go to the residence of the Prince now. Younger Sister was captured and the Capital Governor would definitely know a lot of inside information. " After a pause, he swept a glance at Shen Gui, "Father need not worry, it will not be blamed on Father."
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