mtl008 Chapter 247 Princess Minhui is Dead
Chapter 247 Princess Minhui is Dead
Zhai Yun saw that Fu Yiming couldn't answer either, and looked frustrated, wanting to laugh but unable to.
“If Young Master Fu is alright, you may return to the capital to rest. The Fengli Kingdom will definitely give you an explanation for this matter,” Feng Chenyi said.
The Xuanyuan Kingdom traveled a long way to welcome the bride, but not only was the princess replaced, she also ran away. The Fengli Kingdom definitely needs to give an explanation for this.
Feng Chenyi could already imagine what his father looked like at this moment.
After parting ways with Fu Yiming, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi chased after the deserted direction. They each rode a horse, and the sound of their galloping hooves echoed through the forest.
The woods were quite dense. After running for a while, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi realized that Princess Minhui couldn't go that far at her pace. They decided to leave the horses here and go into the woods to search.
Too slow on foot, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi both took flight on the wind, leaping among the treetops. Their movements were so light that, if one didn't have excellent hearing, one would never have noticed that there were people on the treetops.
Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi were also very fast. After flying to a branch and carefully checking that no one was on the ground below, they flew to another place to check.
And so, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi came across a lake. There seemed to be people talking and footsteps by the lake. Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi chose a tree trunk with a good view and where they could hide their figures and stop.
After seeing who it was, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi exchanged a glance, both somewhat incredulous.
Isn't that Fu Yiming, who just parted ways with them? Although Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi had already flown back a distance, given the speed at which he appeared here, everything must have been arranged in advance.
They seemed to have just done something by the lake and were now on their way back. One of the guards following Fu Yiming said, "Emperor Che already knows about this, and he agrees with your actions."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yiming's face remained largely expressionless. It was Emperor Xing'an of Fengli Kingdom who had acted dishonestly in this matter. He was the one who proposed the marriage alliance, but in the end, he was just trying to fool them with a fake princess.
"Let's return to the capital of Fengli Kingdom and see how Emperor Xing'an plans to explain this," Fu Yiming said, then hurriedly left with his entourage.
Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi nodded to each other, and the two rose from the treetops, flying to the lakeside not far away. Zhai Yun observed the calm lake surface.
I want to see if there's anything here that's worth Fu Yiming making a special trip for.
After searching for a long time, Zhai Yun saw bubbles rising from the lake surface near the shore. At the same time, Feng Chenyi flew forward and plunged into that spot.
Zhai Yun flew to the shore and waited quietly. Feng Chenyi was a very good swimmer, so she wasn't worried about him at all.
About half a cup of tea's time later, the water broke open, and Feng Chenyi emerged from the water carrying something in his hand. Even Zhai Yun hadn't seen clearly what Feng Chenyi was carrying when he had already put it on the ground.
Zhai Yun went over to take a closer look and saw that it was a person wearing only a white undershirt and a phoenix crown on her head. The phoenix crown was heavy and cumbersome, and it must have been pulling her down while she was in the water.
Feng Chenyi was already pressing on her chest. Seeing this, Zhai Yun boldly guessed, "This is Princess Minhui, who went to marry in place of Princess Mingyue."
Fu Yiming and his group had just left when Princess Minhui was pulled out of the water. Zhai Yun seemed to have found a breakthrough: "It turns out that Princess Minhui didn't escape on her own. Fu Yiming and his group wanted to get rid of her."
“You guessed right.” Feng Chenyi replied to Zhai Yun while pressing hard on her chest.
Zhai Yun took another careful look at Princess Minhui, who was soaking wet and lifeless. She lay there quietly, showing no sign of waking up.
She was innocent; she was dragged into this for no reason and was even murdered to silence her.
Seeing that Feng Chenyi had been pressing for a long time without success, Zhai Yun leaned closer and noticed something shiny in her hair. When she touched it, she found a silver needle.
The silver needle was pulled out, revealing a black mark. Feng Chenyi noticed this as well. Zhai Yun stared blankly at the silver needle: "It's no use. She wasn't drowned. She was already dead before being thrown in."
The bubbles that just appeared were water getting in through the tiny holes in the phoenix crown.
Feng Chenyi sent a signal, and Qi Nuo and Sheng Er would come over upon seeing it. However, to prevent the Crown Prince's men from also seeing the signal, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi left a mark and moved to another location with Princess Minhui.
Zhai Yun felt terrible seeing a vibrant life end like that. Although she wasn't the type to be compassionate, she was the one who had caused the death.
Looking at Zhai Yun's appearance, Feng Chenyi felt a pang of pity and comforted her, "This is not your fault. Nobody expected that Fu Yiming would go so far as to do something like this."
Zhai Yun shook her head violently, her eyes suddenly dripping to the ground. "No, it's not like that, Brother Yi, you don't understand. This is killing. There is cause and effect in this world. Every time you kill someone, someone will record your crimes in a book, waiting to judge you after you die. The most wicked people will never be reincarnated and will suffer a fate worse than death."
This was the first time Feng Chenyi had heard Zhai Yun say such a thing, and he was stunned. If it came to killing, his hands were already stained with blood, but in terms of heinous crimes, he was no match for these people.
He had never shed the blood of innocent people. Princess Minhui was indeed innocent, and her death was indirectly caused by their actions, but he did not want to see Zhai Yun so heartbroken.
Feng Chenyi gently put his arm around Zhai Yun's shoulder. "Yun'er, don't worry. If there really is a day when we are judged, I will bear all the sins. Everything you did was because of me."
Upon hearing Feng Chenyi's words, Zhai Yun hurriedly covered his mouth, praying in her heart that no one could hear him. If he was guilty, her fate would not change.
She remained nothing more than a walking corpse in hell, suffering the torment of being burned alive every day, a fate worse than death.
Zhai Yun only hoped that the good deeds she had done could atone for these sins. Brother Yi was not an ordinary person. As a member of the royal family, he had many things beyond his control. Even if he did not harm others, there were still people who would try to harm him.
Since returning to the capital, he and his brother Yi have never harmed anyone.
Zhai Yun took off her outer robe and covered Princess Minhui with it, allowing her to leave with dignity, which was perhaps her last act of respect.
When Qi Nuo and Sheng Er arrived, they saw Princess Min Hui's cold body. Many people in the court were worried about not being able to find any evidence against Yi Gege, so this body could not have been found in the Prince Rui's mansion.
Jiang Yuanyi was worried about not having a chance to make a contribution. Although he had found a dead princess this time, Emperor An would still give him credit.
Feng Chenyi instructed Jiang Yuanyi to secretly escort her into the palace, as Emperor An must be the first to know about Princess Minhui's murder.