Chapter 204 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

Chapter 204 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

Late at night, the palace.

Emperor Hui woke up from a nightmare. He opened his eyes and looked at the bright yellow bed curtains above his head, a little dazed.

After a moment's pause, he sat up and called out in a hoarse voice, "Shadow."

A man appeared silently in front of Emperor Hui. He was dressed in black and had a mask on his face, like a ghost.

"Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare again?"

Shadow is Emperor Hui's personal secret guard who rarely shows up in public. He is also Emperor Hui's most trusted confidant.

Emperor Hui rubbed his head and asked, "Is there any news about the Duke of Zhenguo?"

Shadow lowered his head and said, "No news has come yet. We should be able to use the deposed queen's hand to act without any problems."

Emperor Hui felt a little uneasy in his heart. The Duke of Zhenguo should be the only one who knew the truth of what happened back then, so he must not be allowed to live.

It just so happened that because of Wen Ruqing's incident, the Duke of Zhenguo and the deposed Queen fell out with each other.

Although the Duke of Zhenguo did not participate in the rebellion, he volunteered to leave the capital with his daughter. What a good opportunity this was.

The deposed queen was afraid that the Duke of Zhenguo would betray her, so she sent assassins to take his life, but she didn't know that this was exactly what he wanted.

This is not the first time he has done something like killing someone with a borrowed knife.

Emperor Hui asked, "Where is Shen Linchuan? Have you found him?"

Shadow said, "I have set up a trap around the Regent's Palace. As soon as he shows up, I will execute him on the spot."

Emperor Hui nodded. If it weren't for the letter sent by the crown prince, he would not have known what had happened and would have almost been exposed.

The prince failed in his attempt to force the emperor to abdicate and was thrown into prison. Before taking action, he left himself a way out.

The content of the letter really surprised him.

It turned out that the prince knew that it was he, the emperor, who wanted to destroy the Huo family, and he wanted to use this information to buy a chance of survival.

It was really ridiculous. How could a dignified emperor be threatened by such an evil son? So he sent Shadow to the dungeon to meet with the prince in secret.

Shadow learned from the prince that Shen Linchuan had the suicide note left by his father, but the prince refused to reveal Shen Linchuan's whereabouts.

In this case, there is no need to keep his life.

The reason for poisoning the prince was also because he was worried that Heng'er would hear something from the prince.

It was precisely because of this suicide note that he made up his mind to eliminate all hidden dangers.

All those who participated in what happened back then must not be left alive!

Fortunately, the prince only knew that it was his idea as the emperor to murder the Huo family, but he didn't know why he did it.

The only person who knew why he did this was the Duke of Zhenguo.

As long as he dies, this secret will be kept forever!

Even if the contents of the suicide note in Shen Linchuan's hand were to get out, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Emperor Hui took a deep breath and asked, "Do you think Heng'er would forgive me if he knew the truth?"

Shadow frowned and said, "Your Majesty has his own reasons for doing this. I believe Your Majesty can understand."

"Ah."

Emperor Hui chuckled: "His stubborn temper is just like his mother's."

He turned his head to look at the bright moon outside the window, muttering, "I am also doing this for Nanli's country."

He waved his hand, and the man called Shadow immediately disappeared in the hall, as if he had never appeared.

The next day.

Xiao Jingheng asked for leave. He really didn't know how to face his father, so he could only say that he had caught a cold.

Qin Muyan was worried about him and came to visit him. He was surprised to see that he looked sick. He asked, "What happened to you?"

Having known Jamel Xiao for such a long time, he was always as energetic and strong as a bull, with endless energy, but now he is as lifeless as a frost-bitten eggplant.

Xiao Jingheng was worried that the more people knew about this, the more dangerous it would be, so he kept it a secret and said, "It's just a cold, why make such a fuss? It's inevitable that people will get sick if they eat grains."

"But I always feel like you're acting weird. Are you worried about something?"

Qin Muyan has always been observant and he could see some clues from Xiao Jingheng's expression.

"What can happen to me?"

Xiao Jingheng had no intention of dealing with Qin Muyan, so he said, "If you're fine, go back and don't disturb me while I'm recovering."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Qin Muyan stopped asking and said, "I came to see you for something important. Our spies found that there are many people ambushing around your Regent's Palace. It's very strange."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingheng was startled, and then he reacted: "They are here to arrest Shen Linchuan."

Qin Muyan asked suspiciously: "Besides us, is there anyone else looking for Shen Linchuan's whereabouts?"

Xiao Jingheng didn't know how to explain to him. Since he knew that the person behind the scenes was his father, then the death of the prince must have been his father's masterpiece.

Therefore, the people around his palace were arranged by his father.

I think my father already knew about the existence of the suicide note, so he set up a tight net and waited for Shen Linchuan to show up.

Since the crown prince is dead, he, as the regent, is Shen Linchuan's only way out.

Xiao Jingheng coughed a few times and said, “Don’t worry about it, just pretend you don’t know.”

Seeing that Qin Muyan had no intention of leaving, he said, "Your sister is with Ye Xun'an, did you know that?"

"what?"

Qin Muyan was shocked, and the question he wanted to ask was immediately thrown out of his mind. He stared at Xiao Jingheng and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

Xiao Jingheng shrugged: "At the banquet the day before yesterday, the two of them had a tryst in the pond. I saw it with my own eyes, but because the Marquis's Mansion caught fire later, I forgot to tell you."

Qin Muyan secretly clenched his fists and said with a murderous look on his face: "What a great Prince Bei Ming, I want to ask him what he is thinking?"

Having said that, he left angrily.

Xiao Jingheng touched his nose and secretly said in his heart: "I'm sorry, uncle!"

Qin Muyan was not a easy person to fool, and he didn't want to get to the bottom of it.

He has already seen His Majesty's methods, and even for the sake of the people around him, he cannot break off with him at this time.

As for Shen Linchuan, it doesn’t matter whether he can get the thing in his hand or not!

……

"Shi Wei."

Seeing that Song Shiwei was lost in thought again, Jingniang touched her arm and said, "What's wrong with you today? You seem absent-minded."

Ever since Song Moting's death, Song Shiwei asked Jingniang to learn how to manage the business in the capital.

At first she couldn't even imagine that a woman like her could learn to do business.

With Song Shiwei's encouragement, she is now doing quite well.

Jingniang said, "I see that you are not in good spirits. I will check the account today myself. You can go back and have a rest.

I have been learning from you for a while, so I won’t embarrass you.”

Song Shiwei was worried that Xiao Jingheng really had no intention of checking any accounts, so she said, "Okay, then I'll go back first. If you have anything, come to my house to find me."

After she gave Jingniang instructions, she took Jingque out of the shop.

As soon as Song Shiwei got out of the car after returning to the mansion, she saw a man rushing towards her from behind the stone beast guarding the gate and called out to her, "My wife."