eurekapd Chapter 273 Untitled
Chapter 273 Untitled
Chapter 273 (Untitled)
"What did you say?" The Crown Prince was startled and grabbed the head eunuch kneeling on the ground. "The villa was raided by the Shuntian Prefecture?"
"That's right! Today, the men I sent personally witnessed Feng Ling dragging the corpses of that woman surnamed She and the man surnamed Zhao into Shuntian Prefecture!" the head eunuch said urgently, recounting the details he had learned to the Crown Prince.
After hearing this, the Crown Prince was so angry that he kicked the head eunuch away and cursed:
"Zhao Chengde, that good-for-nothing. I told you long ago that he was too obsessed with women and would get into trouble sooner or later. You all said that someone like him was the easiest to control, but look at him now."
The crown prince was so angry that he trembled all over. He smashed everything he could in his bedchamber to the ground, leaving the room in a mess.
"Your Highness, please calm down and take care of yourself!" The head eunuch urged him, his heart pounding with fear.
"Calm down?" The Crown Prince turned around and grabbed his neck, his expression extremely ferocious. "If the Fourth Prince catches me red-handed, who knows what awaits me! How dare you tell me to calm down?"
He suddenly let out a sinister laugh and shouted outside, "Guards! Drag this lowly slave away and behead him! I want to see his head in a quarter of an hour!"
The head eunuch's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and he hurriedly cried out, "Your Highness! Spare me! I have served you for ten years. Please spare my life for the sake of my devoted service to you over these ten years!"
The door to the sleeping quarters opened with a bang, and the guards of the Eastern Palace strode in, firmly covering the head eunuch's mouth and dragging him out without mercy.
Unable to shout, the head eunuch stared wide-eyed in terror, desperately reaching out to the crown prince, begging for his life.
However, the crown prince watched him being dragged away without moving, his gloomy and cold eyes devoid of any emotion, as if he were looking at a dead man.
A moment later, a miserable scream suddenly came from outside the bedchamber, and then the entire East Palace returned to calm once again.
A moment later, the guard returned to the Crown Prince carrying a bloody human head and said:
"Your Highness, the person has been dealt with. Please calm your anger!"
Seeing the blood from the human head drip onto the ground, the Crown Prince frowned in disgust and said, "Quickly throw this filthy thing away, so it won't get in my way."
"Yes, His Royal Highness!"
The bloodstains on the bedchamber were quickly wiped clean by the palace maids. The Crown Prince put on his outer robe and strode out of the bedchamber, heading towards the study. He said to the guards following behind him:
"Go, send someone to summon Lan Yingzhou to me!"
"Yes!"
When the Crown Prince arrived at the study, there was already a figure sitting inside. Upon seeing him, the Crown Prince's expression relaxed, and he strode towards him, saying:
"Mr. Lan, please save me!"
The man had narrow cheeks, long and narrow eyes, and thin, sharp lips, giving him an extremely unfriendly appearance. He was not dressed in the robes of a Great Xia official, but rather in a blue shirt, making him appear like a scholar.
He seemed to have been waiting for the Crown Prince for a long time. Upon seeing the Crown Prince, he simply nodded slightly, neither humble nor arrogant. Then, glancing back, the guards following the Crown Prince immediately stopped and withdrew on their own.
"His Royal Highness."
The Crown Prince pulled Lan Yingzhou to sit down and hurriedly said, "Mr. Lan, have you heard? Zhao Chengde is dead, the villa in the suburbs of the capital has been sealed off, Granny She has been arrested, and that damned woman from back then is not dead either. She has returned with that copy of the account book!"
Lan Yingzhou said, "Your Highness, please calm down and have a cup of tea to calm your nerves."
The Crown Prince said urgently, "Mr. Lan! This is a matter of life and death!"
Lan Yingzhou poured a cup of tea for the Crown Prince and said, "Then let's use this cup of tea to extinguish the fire on Your Highness's brow."
The prince instinctively wanted to get angry, but then something occurred to him, and his eyes lit up: "Could it be that you already have a solution in mind, sir?"
Lan Yingzhou said, "I just don't understand what Your Highness is worried about or afraid of. Zhao Chengde is dead, and Granny She is no longer a threat. The only one who is a threat is Zheng Yan and the 'rubbing' in her possession."
He emphasized the words "rubbing".
“If they really do present that ledger to His Majesty, Your Highness can simply insist that it's fake, and no one can do anything to you. Unless they can find the real ledger.” Blowing on the scalding hot tea, Lan Yingzhou smiled. “But what if there is no ledger at all?”
The Crown Prince paused, then smiled knowingly: "I understand!"
"Xuantian!" the prince called out to those behind him, and then a dark figure silently landed in front of him.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?"
The Crown Prince said, "Go to Zhao Chengde's residence, find the account book he hid, and bring it back to me. Remember, you must do it cleanly!"
"Yes!"
After giving his instructions, the Crown Prince sneered and said, "The fourth prince recently used the collapse of the river embankment in Sanzhou to impeach me severely, causing me to be confined here and unable to go anywhere. This time, I will not give him any more chances. Since he wants to investigate, I will let him investigate thoroughly. It's not certain who will have the last laugh."
"Your Highness, rest assured, the Fourth Prince's good days won't last long. Your Highness just needs to watch the show," Lan Yingzhou said.
Upon hearing this, the crown prince finally showed a slight smile:
"Sir, you truly are my strategist. With you by my side, how could I not govern this land well? When I ascend the throne in the future, I will certainly abolish the current Left and Right Chancellors and appoint you as Grand Chancellor!"
The Crown Prince's words flattered Lan Yingzhou, making him feel somewhat elated, but he still maintained his calm expression and said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness is too kind. Since I have followed Your Highness, I will go through fire and water for you."
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After meeting Prince Yue at Wangjiang Tower with Shi Zhenghan, Ye Yingrou returned to the Nanping Prince's Mansion alone. However, she sat in the Nanping Prince's Mansion for an entire afternoon without waiting for Chunyu Jing to return, and instead sensed that his Heart Gu had flared up several times again.
Every time the Heart Gu flares up, Ye Yingrou recalls the look of amazement Chunyu Jing gave Ye Pianran at the Marquis of Anshi's mansion that day, and she feels an urge to tear Ye Pianran's face apart.
That bitch Ye Pianran has already stolen the position of the legitimate daughter that should have been hers, and has ruined her plans time and time again. Now she wants to steal her target as well?
Hmph, impossible! She would never allow such a thing to happen!
She possesses a drug-making system and hundreds of poisons at her disposal. She has countless ways to make Ye Pianran wish she were dead!
However, she needs to resolve the instability of Chunyu Jing's Heart Gu first before she can focus on dealing with Ye Pianran. The last time she used the Heart Gu on Chunyu Jing, her level dropped to that of a beginner poison maker, making the Heart Gu extremely unstable, which is why Chunyu Jing kept having attacks.
Now that she has been upgraded to an intermediate poison master, if she were to use the Heart Gu on Chunyu Jing again, the effect would definitely be ten times better than before.
Thinking of this, Ye Yingrou took advantage of Chunyu Jing's absence and used the system to create another mid-grade Heavenly level Heart Gu. Just as she finished creating the Heart Gu, news arrived that Chunyu Jing had returned to the manor.
She carefully put away the Heart-Binding Gu and immediately rushed to the gate of the Prince's Mansion to greet Chunyu Jing. Upon seeing him, she immediately flashed a sweet and charming smile and called out:
"My lord, you are back."
Perhaps the effects of the Heart Gu were still present. Before returning, Chunyu Jing had intended to question Ye Yingrou about what she had done to him. However, upon seeing her smile, his heart began to beat faster as if bewitched, filled with tenderness for her.
"Have you been waiting for me for a long time?" He raised an eyebrow and asked with a smirk.
"Rou'er has just returned to the manor." Ye Yingrou smiled and stepped forward. Just as she was about to help him take off his outer robe, she saw the guards of the Prince's manor carrying in a bloodstained person.
She frowned and asked, "What is this?"