eurekapd Chapter 157 I am a hostage. It is exciting. It is really exciting.
Chapter 157 I am a hostage. It is exciting. It is really exciting.
"On the day of the banquet, there were many people in the palace. It is possible that the other party took the opportunity to leave."
The emperor recalled what happened that day.
"That's right!"
"But if there is no one in the palace to support them, they won't be able to come and go freely."
"So I asked the guards who were guarding the gate that day, and they told me that there were two palaces in the harem that had contact with the guards that day."
"My mother's Qifeng Palace and Concubine Liang's Langhuan Palace."
"The ones who came forward were Ruyun and Dingchun."
The queen who was dragged in was not in a hurry, but nodded.
"That day, I stayed at my sister-in-law's house to chat for a while. It was too late, and I was worried about my sister-in-law, so I sent someone to escort her out of the palace."
"I have discussed this matter with Your Majesty."
Or perhaps, this was something the emperor allowed.
"I remember."
As a result, Concubine Liang's suspicion increased greatly.
"Your Highness, I am innocent. It was Liu Wangshu, the concubine, who said something to me that day."
"As you know, the concubine has been in the prince's mansion for some time, and there has been no progress in the matter of offspring. I am anxious and can't help but give her some more instructions."
"Later, I was worried about her, so I sent Dingchun to take her there."
Concubine Liang cried out for injustice, and her reasons were tenable.
The prince nodded to the emperor.
"The situation is similar to what my mother and Concubine Liang said."
"No one in the harem left the palace that day, so I guessed that person might have deliberately led my attention outside the palace in an attempt to mislead me."
"So I went back to investigate the palace and found the trace of that master."
"Father, please take a look."
The prince opened a portrait, which showed a woman's profile.
"After investigation, I found that this person on the list does not exist. Unfortunately, the other party was too cautious. In the end, I could only piece together half of his face."
That face looks very beautiful.
The curved corners of her eyes on the side of her face are slightly charming, and she looks very vicious.
【Awesome! 】
Ji Qionghua happily applauded the prince.
I didn't expect that the prince could find so many clues in such a short time.
[My prince brother has grown up, and I am very happy. ]
The prince felt a little awkward being treated as a junior, and his ears turned slightly red.
"Now I, your son, dare to ask your father to order me to find this person in the harem."
Whatever you do, there will be traces.
The prince was confident that he would not let the other party escape this time.
"No!"
The first to oppose was Concubine Liang.
Facing the looks in the room, Concubine Liang tried to remain calm.
"I think it would be better to let someone special handle this matter."
"Your Highness should avoid suspicion."
"avoid arousing suspicion?"
The prince said in a strange tone: "Are you saying that I am suspected in this matter?"
“How come you see?”
Faced with the prince's aggressive tone, Concubine Liang could only seek help from the emperor.
"That's not what I meant. I just think that since His Royal Highness was so lucky to have avoided danger, it's inevitable that people would think too much."
"This is also for the sake of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Concubine Liang wants to stop the prince from taking over.
"According to what you said, Xiao Si and I are both suspects even though we are not dead?"
The emperor remained silent in the face of Concubine Liang's unreasonable arguments.
"Eunuch Chen, pass the order down and have everyone cooperate with the Crown Prince in the interrogation. I want to see how many poisonous insects and rats are hiding in my harem!"
When his harem is a garbage can, all kinds of people come to get involved.
"Yes!"
Eunuch Chen accepted the order, and when the prince was about to leave with him, he couldn't help but look at Ji Qionghua.
The little guy seems to be very nonchalant and very happy.
When her eyes met the prince's, Ji Qionghua blinked.
[Hey, Prince brother, I wonder if you have ever heard the saying "far away in the horizon, yet close at hand." ]
【Don't seek the far away instead of the near. 】
Ji Qionghua wanted to hint at something, but no matter whether she spoke fluently or identified the murderer, it would probably scare a lot of people to death.
She doesn't want to be executed as a monster.
【Good luck to you. 】
The prince felt relieved when he heard Ji Qionghua's teasing voice.
In the dead of night, there was turmoil in the harem.
Countless people were called out of their beds and worked in the cold wind.
It was almost dawn when we waited.
During this period, Murong Taiyi used acupuncture to detoxify the emperor, and everything was done in Langhuan Pavilion.
If it were in the past, Concubine Liang would be ecstatic.
But now, looking at the emperor who was full of energy after a short rest, Concubine Liang felt depressed.
She is afraid.
Afraid that the shady plan would be exposed to the light of day.
But dawn finally arrived.
Walking in the morning sun, the prince appeared in Langhuan Palace carrying a stretcher.
There was a dead body on the stretcher.
Before the white cloth was unveiled, Ji Qionghua was held in the Queen's arms and not allowed to be seen.
[Yeah, I'm not afraid. It's just a faceless corpse.]
"This person's face was completely peeled off. The person who did it has outstanding skills. He must be an old hand."
"I would venture to speculate that they are using it to make human skin masks."
Murong Taiyi said after checking.
The top-grade human skin mask makes it impossible to tell the real from the fake.
"Everything that represented her identity was taken away from her..."
The prince paused deliberately here.
He observed the expressions of some people in the room and spoke as if he had discovered something.
"But maybe the man was in such a hurry that he forgot his shoes."
In the harem, the shoes of the palace maids were all distributed uniformly, with almost the same materials and patterns.
Except for one group of people.
They are some favored maids around the concubines, whose clothes and attire are more exquisite than those of ordinary maids.
Including shoes.
The clothing worn by palace maids in some palaces still has palace characteristics.
"The stitching technique used on the soles of these boots is unique in the harem."
Before the prince could solve the mystery, someone in the room took action.
It was Dingchun.
Dingchun appeared beside Ji Qionghua at an extremely fast speed, grabbed her with one hand and held her against his chest.
"Don't come over here, or don't blame me for being rude."
Dingchun, who was holding a pill in his hand and placing it next to Ji Qionghua's mouth, had completely lost his timid look.
At this moment, her eyes were vicious and angry.
The shoe-making needlework technique is unique to the Langhuan Palace.
Her identity was about to be exposed, so she had to strike first.
"Your Highness, I heard that you two have a deep brother-sister relationship. You don't want your achievements to be built on the corpse of the Ninth Princess, do you?"
Dingchun's move was too sudden, and Eunuch Chen was protecting the emperor while looking for an opportunity.
The queen, who was sitting on the chair, stood up, but before she could rush over, she was stopped by the emperor.
"Do not impulse."
The emperor held the queen's hand very hard.
The way he looked at Dingchun was as if he was looking at a dead person.
This night, the emperor was so angry for the first time.
"It's really you!"
The prince shouted, "Let Qiong Huaer go quickly, or I will not let you go!"
Compared to the prince and others who were terrified, Ji Qionghua himself did not react at all.
[Oh my, I'm a hostage now. ]
[It’s been a long time since I last felt this way. 】
【Exciting! Really exciting! 】
The little guy's eyes were so round and smiling, and he looked so happy, as if he was joking. The queen felt particularly sad when she heard it.
Her Qionghuaer.
What on earth had he been through to become so calm and composed now?