mtl008 Chapter 386 It’s rude to come and not return.
Chapter 386 It’s rude to come and not return.
"Is the emperor's sister Princess Fenghua? I heard from Princess Jiayue that Princess Fenghua is a very outstanding woman." Ye Tang looked at Nalan Ze: "Princess Jiayue said that the emperor loves Princess Fenghua very much."
Nalan Ze smiled and said, "It's true that I love her, but it's also true that I'm jealous. After all, Feng Hua is really outstanding, even better than men. But fortunately, she is my biological sister."
"She has been missing for decades. This is a knot in my heart. I want to find her back all the time."
"Unfortunately, things don't go as planned. Decades have passed, but there is still no clue." Nalan Ze glanced at Ye Tang's sleeves: "When I see the star flower, I think of Fenghua. It's a coincidence that Princess Pingshan's eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Fenghua."
Ye Tang touched his face gently: "I look like my grandmother."
Nalan Ze was distracted for a moment: "If Fenghua were still alive, married and had children, if there was a granddaughter, she would be about the same age as you."
When he said this, there was a deep sense of guilt in his eyes.
Ye Tang said no more.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk anymore, Xiao Jingxuan said goodbye to Nalan Ze and then took Ye Tang back to the resting place.
Nalan Ze looked at their backs as they left, his expression a little dazed, as if he saw Nalan Zi Yan through Ye Tang again.
"Zi Yan, can my brother still find you in his lifetime?"
He murmured in a low voice: "I know you are angry with me, angry with Queen Mother, angry with Queen Mother for favoring boys over girls, angry with Queen Mother for not respecting you, and angry that I didn't stand on your side in time. I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, and Queen Mother also knows I was wrong."
Nalan Ze dismissed everyone and stayed in the room alone for a long time, feeling sad.
Until the prince came.
"Father!" The prince knelt in front of the door, his face as pale as paper.
Nalan Ze opened the door and walked out: "What are you kneeling for? Get up!"
The prince did not stand up, but kowtowed to him: "Father, I did not do this, I swear to heaven!"
Nalan Ze looked at him sharply: "Who did it? The assassin said you were the mastermind. I have lived too long, and you are afraid that you will not be able to see the day of my ascension to the throne, so you want me to meet our ancestors as soon as possible."
The prince's face turned even paler: "Father?"
Nalan Ze looked at him and said, "You said that today's assassin was not arranged by you. Then who arranged it? Have you found out?"
The prince shook his head: "No."
Nalan Ze was furious and said, "Why don't you check it out quickly, Crown Prince, remember, you are the Crown Prince, so many people are eyeing this position! You can love your brothers, but you can't blindly trust everyone. You are really naive sometimes, which really disappoints me! I tell you, just let yourself get into trouble, don't implicate Xu'er!"
His eldest son was intelligent and a good candidate for the throne, but he was too indulgent towards his brothers, always thinking that as the elder brother he should take care of his younger siblings.
This is a fatal weakness!
The prince walked out of the room and looked at the busy guards and servants outside. He kept thinking about what his father had said in his mind, and then he smiled bitterly.
"I am so stupid!"
The captured assassins pointed out that the prince was the mastermind behind the incident. The prince cried out that he was innocent. The emperor did not believe the assassins' statements and ordered the prince to find out the truth within three days.
When the Second Prince heard this, he was so angry that he cursed: "Father is so partial!"
All the evidence points to the eldest brother, but the emperor still believes in him and even asks him to find evidence. What evidence is he looking for? Is he trying to catch him?
The plan was originally going well. The Emperor would have died, and Nalan Xu would have become a useless person. Once anything happened to the Emperor and Nalan Xu, the Crown Prince would have become the target of public criticism and besieged by many ministers. With the Crown Prince's broken body, he might have been so angry that he died after such a misfortune.
By then, he will become the best candidate for the royal heir.
It’s all the fault of Prince Pingshan and his wife. They interfered and ruined his plan. They deserve to die!
There was murderous intent in the eyes of the Second Prince. In order not to arouse suspicion, he even allowed himself to be injured. Now, this injury was in vain.
"If you dare to destroy my plan, I will kill you to relieve my hatred."
Just two outsiders dared to jump around in front of him, they deserve to die!
Here, Ye Tang and Xiao Jingxuan, who had returned to their resting place, noticed something wrong in the room before they sat down.
Jamel Xiao pulled Ye Tang behind him and walked towards the bed. As soon as he got close, a bug flew over.
Xiao Jingxuan threw out a silver needle, which pierced the insect and fixed it on the bedpost.
Ye Tang took a closer look and asked, "Is it a poisonous insect?"
Jamel Xiao walked over and pulled out the silver needle: "Someone came here while we were out and left this thing."
Although the insect was pierced through its body, it was not dead yet. Ye Tang took out a small white bottle and put the insect in it: "What is the function of this insect?"
Xiao Jingxuan shook his head: "I don't know, take it back and show it to the Gu Master."
Ye Tang gave the bottle to Xiao Jingxuan for safekeeping. The poisonous insect could not enter the space, so it was safer to keep it on Xiao Jingxuan's body.
Ye Tang thought: "We ruined someone's plan and angered him. Is he going to deal with us?"
Xiao Jingxuan snorted coldly: "Of course it is. You are so petty. You blame others for your own failure and take it out on us. You don't even look at who I am."
Ye Tang said: "It is impolite not to reciprocate. What gift should we give in return?"
The prince had three confidants, who were currently busy dealing with the assassin. One of them went to the forest and found the place where the assassin appeared.
I searched along the blood trail but found nothing.
Just as he was about to go back, an arrow shot towards him.
The man quickly dodged and the arrow hit the tree next to him.
The man was startled when he saw a note on the arrow, and he went over to take it down and took a look at it.
Then he narrowed his eyes, took the note, left the forest, and found the prince.
"Your Highness, I don't know which mysterious person sent this." The man handed the note to the prince.
The prince just took a look and told the man to do as written on the note.
Not long after, the prince's three confidants brought people to catch the two thieves.
There were quite a few injured people in the hunting ground. Considering the injured and the fact that the truth had not yet been found out, everyone had to stay in the hunting ground for one night.
It was late at night and the Second Prince was just about to go to bed when Commander Zheng, who was in charge of the hunting safety, came in with a group of people.
"How dare you trespass into my room without permission? You are going to die!"
Commander Zheng said in a businesslike manner: "I am here to search on the orders of the Emperor. Please cooperate, Second Prince. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
The Second Prince looked panicked: "Search for what?"
"Evidence of the Second Prince's collusion with the assassin!"
At the same time, a group of people arrived at the gate of the Second Prince's mansion, scaring the guards at the gate.
"Who are you? This is the Second Prince's residence. Outsiders are not allowed to enter!"
The leader rode forward and said, "The Second Prince colluded with the Miao family to assassinate the emperor, framed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and severely injured His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This general is ordered by the emperor to search the Second Prince's mansion. Anyone who interferes will be killed!"