Chapter 14 (1/2)
Chapter 14 … Zuo Ning Yan had hung herself in her room, with her body entirely clothed in red
The third and fourth prince continued having their people watch Lin Si Ze and the first prince attentively while also coainst each other They both vowed to prove that the other was the one to kill the second prince——naturally, the two of them held suspicions toward Lin Si Ze as well, but it was a widely known fact that Lin Si Ze could be said to be completely powerless within the palace In addition, the only personal servant by his side was a sly looked as weak as a bird Looking at all this, did it look like he had such capability
This person who completely lacked any threat, however, was actually a better alternative compared to the other 'brothers' who brily improved
First, they moved froinally was the second prince's residence The second prince used to be the most spoiled of the princes, so De Ze Palace naturally had the best environrander than the one at Bai Fu Palace, and the side halls were also several in nuh most of the rare precious stones followed the second prince to his resting place, the reh to leave others dumbstruck
Normally, since the second prince's corpse was not yet cold, how could Lin Si Ze be allowed toin the end, however, as in spire of Shu guifei's opposition, he siards to this, held only one opinion—happiness
Since they moved from the cold Bai Fu Palace to the enorht, and because she always followed Lin Si Ze, she immediately ascended to the position of Head Palace Maid As proper, the best side hall was given to her, and the others were given to the new palace maids and palace eunuchs bestowed by the e Jian by the title Gu zhangshi+1
Having previously looked upon the world frohted with her higher authority upon suddenly gaining a whole group of little brothers and sisters as her subordinates
Of course, since thehave io to the imperial kitchen and steal food Every day, so Jian would meet the servant with a blank face and send thee of the lack of people to sneak into the room to eat first Furthermore, there was certainly a lavishextre Jian to not be able to stop eating even while she continuously badmouthed the imperial household, who indeed lived too decadent
Lin Si Ze was extremely busy, to where he did not even return to eat theJian also never waited for hih their relationshi+p still appeared to be the saed a bit
Part of this change ca Jian's heart Since she knew Lin Si Ze held such ardent feelings for Zuo Ning Yan in his heart while she was sirown colder She simply didn't want to be in such a position, but she didn't knohat she should do——should she try her best to defeat Zuo Ning Yan, or should she ignore this, as it was of no concern to her, and let nature take its course?
Honestly speaking, even if she wanted to defeat Zuo Ning Yan, she had no way of doing so Zuo Ning Yan could not be hacked to pieces like firewood She was the irreplaceable woman in Lin Si Ze's heart
She could probably defeat everyone in De Ze Palace, but she not har Yan's head
Another part of this change cae in status Who kne er have the previous, boundaryless casual relationshi+p she had with Lin Si Ze Although this type of relationshi+p was still possible in private, there were other servants, so they needed to assume the appearance of a typical master-servant relationshi+p After all, even those sifted to Lin Si Ze could have been sent by others to monitor him
Gu Hong Jian mused, As it turns out, this could be quite wearisome
She first believed that everything would improve once she killed the second prince Now, she suddenly realized that everything started beco wearisome once she killed the second prince
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No progress had been uifei and the emperor were both completely infuriated and even chewed out the princes several tih the emperor had actually allowed only the third and fourth princes to head the investigation, he still got angry with all the princes
At this moment as well, Lin Si Ze took initiative to express his desire to seek out the assassin, which somewhat pleasantly surprised the emperor and left the other princes quite astonished
Gu Hong Jian, after the princes had left the throne rooht with Lin Si Ze Subordinates of the third and fourth princes eavesdropped on their dialogue and heard Gu Hong Jian angrily shout, ”Youron responsibility for an irrelevant matter?”
Lin Si Ze stated, ”I cannot allow Imperial Father to be worried like this; his condition is becoly severe…”
Gu Hong Jian countered, ”Then you should also not do so hly likely that the assassin is either the third prince or fourth prince You rashly waded into murky waters; ill you do if the culprit frames you? You have no authority, no influence You are not supported by anyone, and the emperor does not favor you either No one will vouch for you If you are suspected, there will not be an opportunity to prove yourself innocent like the third and fourth princes were granted; instead, you will be directly convicted You will be a sacrificial lamb!”
Lin Si Ze said, ”Alright, you no longer need to speak Since I have already received this duty, I will try my hardest to complete it and uncover the assassin!”
The subordinates of the third and fourth princes returned to their masters and reported the witnessed scene The third and fourth princes listened to the reports and clapped their hands, si a decision——to send someone to invite the other over
After the two successfully er opposed each other with equal harshness as before,in opposition The elder brother held fraternal love toward the younger brother, and in reciprocity, the younger brother remained deferential toward the elder brother Under an auspicious and peaceful ambiance, the two discussed a final plan of action
Several days have yet to pass when the fourth prince reported that he had checked his belongings and discovered that apart fro had also been stolen He concluded that the assassin wanted to fraether to do so; in the end, the assassin had only chosen to use the jade medallion
At present, that jade thu was probably still with the assassin, so if searched for, the assassin could be determined
The third prince also expressed that he suddenly felt the dagger, which had been wrapped within the jade medallion, had been too deliberate a find; it was too suspicious
The ereed, and that evening…
One of the euards arrested a black-clothed intruder in Lin Se Ze's De Ze Palace, a jade ring glittering on the intruder's hand
After interrogating the intruder through torture, the black-clothed man confessed that the fourth and third prince had ordered him to plant evidence in De Ze Palace Fortunately, after searching the next day, they had found the items which the assassin planted to shi+ft the blame to Lin Si Ze
The third prince made a prompt decision and stated that this was the fourth prince's plan, confessing that he agreed to the plan under duress
The fourth prince expressed that the third prince had first invited him over to plot and that it was the third prince's bellyful of evil tricks; he had been incited to execute this scheme
The emperor was furious and siuifei was already crying and had nearly fainted from this revelation Nevertheless, she still sobbed about how she had not expected the ones to murder her son to actually be his two brothers Those two had gone as far as to act jointly to co; their hearts must indeed be sinister to do this
Not only that, the two brothers had gone as far as to, without the slightest hesitation, attempt to shi+ft the blame onto the fifth prince They were indeed despicable
Lin Si Ze also appeared extremely shaken He bowed his head and remained silent as he stood to the side with the first prince in the corner, acting as if he did not exist
This was an internal imperial family scandal and was not appropriate to be revealed outside, but those two could not be left unpunished The emperor ordered, at once, for the two to be locked up and all their titles stripped away Furthere plank The fourth prince's body was not very healthy at all; a hundred severe lashes later, and having not received any treatment while locked up, his body failed before several days passed Meanwhile, the second prince clung to life, but his strength was treht over the title of Emperor
Stars around theJian sat outside of De Ze Palace, on the stone chairs Arranged in front of the Jian each drank a s Jian set down her wine cup and shi+fted her gaze to stare blankly at the bright moon
A long while later, she murmured, ”So…we felled the second prince, third prince, and fourth prince?”
Lin Si Ze hummed ”Mn”
Gu Hong Jian continued, ”To unexpectedly acco like this…it's very miraculous”
Lin Si Ze did not respond to this comment
Gu Hong Jian thought for a , ”This tiinally been innocent, right? … No, no, if they didn't scheme to harm you, it wouldn't have played out like this They are thus not innocent…”
”Why are you thinking aloud?” Lin Si Ze was rather helpless to souilty about those three?”