The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 500: panic
Chapter 500 Panic
Lu Jin widened his eyes in surprise, snatched the confession and read it carefully.
In his confession, Mr. Wang said that his only son, Wang Kun, liked those young prostitutes and children to the point of madness. He had hurt people several times and he had no choice but to get rid of those boys.
Now Wang Kun was getting more and more out of control. Mr. Wang was afraid that once the government found out, he would no longer be able to hide it. His only son, Wang Kun, promised that as long as his father could get him enough children to use, he would not cause trouble outside.
That’s why Mr. Wang was waving the banner of King Liang so that those people would wholeheartedly find those children to enter the palace for his son. Now that the matter has been exposed, he has no face to live in the world, so he left a confession letter to atone for his crime with his death.
After reading the confession, Lu Jin sat behind the desk and was silent for a moment.
The death of Mr. Wang’s family seemed too coincidental. Why did they confess their crimes and accept punishment at this critical moment when they felt guilty? They committed suicide together?!
No matter how serious this crime was, it was not serious enough to require the death of the entire family. Why did Mr. Wang take his entire family to this dead end?
Lu Jin thought for a moment and handed the confession to his subordinates: “Find someone to identify this handwriting to see if it is from Mr. Wang!”
When the news reached the Crown Prince’s residence, the Crown Prince, who was leaning on his bed eating grapes and reading memorials, stood up from his couch in shock: “What? Confessing and committing suicide?!”
“Your Highness, that’s right!” The subordinate who came to report was so scared that he lowered his head and answered.
After receiving the letter, Elder Fang, holding the hem of his long gown, walked towards the pavilion with ice on the four corners, waved his hand to signal the guards of the Prince’s Mansion to go down, and bowed to the Prince: “Your Highness, it seems that…either His Majesty wants to protect His Highness Prince Liang, or Prince Liang still has someone useful in his hands to deal with the Wang family!”
The prince gritted his teeth and said, “I really underestimated King Liang.”
After careful consideration, Mr. Fang said, “If the King of Liang has someone we don’t know, this matter will be very difficult. If Your Majesty can help…”
“If father takes action, it will be even more difficult!” The prince was angry, “Prince Liang is such a jerk! Father protects him like this!”
“If your majesty is protecting him, it means… the elixir of the prince of Liang was indeed made for your majesty!” Elder Fang comforted the prince to sit down, and whispered to him, “You see, your majesty ordered the patrol battalion to surround the prince of Liang’s mansion, but did not say to search it! Now the prince of Liang’s mansion is not only protected by secret guards, but also surrounded by patrol battalions. If someone wants to enter the prince of Liang’s mansion to search for evidence, it will be extremely difficult. Even if someone wants to use the same old trick and set fire to the prince of Liang’s mansion to expose the fact that the prince of Liang made the elixir, there is no place to start!”
How could the prince not know this?! His father was openly supervising but in reality he was protecting Prince Liang.
Seeing the prince’s annoyed face, Mr. Fang quickly added: “In fact, it is a good thing that your majesty protects Prince Liang. This shows that your majesty is willing to protect his own son. You are the prince, your majesty’s most beloved son… If you make a mistake in the future, your majesty will definitely protect you!”
The prince knew that these were words from Elder Fang to comfort him, but his emotions still calmed down a little. He let out a long breath and looked at Elder Fang: “Does Elder Fang have a plan in mind?”
“The man who beat the drum to sue Prince Liang and the couple of Wang’s family in Jiuqu Lane was beaten to death! Now there is only one woman left. The woman went to see the children rescued from Wang’s family in Jiuqu Lane, but she didn’t see her two sons. She thought her sons were burned to death in the Wang’s yard and fainted on the spot! If someone told the woman at this time… that her sons might be in Prince Liang’s mansion, do you think… would she go to Prince Liang’s mansion to make a scene? Would she go to Prince Liang’s mansion to look for him? After all… Prince Liang’s mansion is her last hope!”
The prince was startled after hearing what Mr. Fang said and looked at him.
“Your Majesty’s intention should be to settle this matter at the Wang family in Jiuqu Lane, so he stopped us from investigating the Liang Palace! But what if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince happened to see this woman outside the Liang Palace begging to go in and take a look? The Crown Prince was kind and could not bear to see the woman crying and begging, and he did not want his brother to be suspected, so he took the woman into the Liang Palace, one to visit his brother, and the other to prove the innocence of the Liang Prince!”
The prince straightened his back slightly, his eyes brightened as if he thought it was feasible. He could imagine the emperor’s majestic gaze, and leaned back on the hidden bag: “But if my father blames me…”
“Your Highness! If His Majesty blames you, you can just pretend that you don’t know. You just feel pity for the woman and for your brother’s innocence! Who knows that King Liang would really do such a thing! Besides… Regarding refining the elixir for His Majesty, King Liang can refine the elixir for His Majesty… Why can’t you refine the elixir for His Majesty?”
The prince’s palms tightened, but refining the elixir… went against ancestral teachings.
“Prince Liang was able to win His Majesty’s favor by refining elixirs. Your Highness, you are His Majesty’s most beloved son. If you refine elixirs for His Majesty, won’t His Majesty love you even more?” Elder Fang lowered his voice, carefully considered his words, and then said, “Your Highness, you don’t have to worry about the ancestral precepts. The ancestral precepts were set by the emperor! The current emperor is Your Majesty! The future emperor will be you! What do you have to be afraid of?”
The prince nodded his head in confidence after hearing what Elder Fang had said. He made up his mind and said, “Well, Elder Fang, go ahead and make the arrangements! I’ll ask Quan Yu to help me change my clothes. Oh… by the way, call the Crown Princess and bring some snacks. I and the Crown Princess are going to go see this brother who must be so frightened that he’s at a loss what to do!”
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Bai Jinxiu was restless. She heard that the woman who beat the drum had lost her husband, but she could not find her two sons among the children rescued from the palace in Jiuqu Lane. Now she had gone to the gate of Prince Liang’s palace to make a scene.
But her people could not get into Prince Liang’s Mansion. There were people from the patrol camp surrounding it outside and royal secret guards protecting it inside. Now Bai Jinxiu didn’t know what happened to those children and felt very anxious.
Yin Shuang came back with a jar of pickles and asked the kitchen to cut a plate for Bai Jinxiu. The maid in the kitchen thought that Bai Jinxiu had eaten little today, so she prepared a bowl of chicken soup noodles for Yin Shuang to bring in. Seeing that Bai Jinxiu seemed restless, Yin Shuang placed the black lacquered and gold-painted square plate on the round table and called out, “Second Miss, pickles! And noodles!”
Bai Jinxiu was feeling anxious, but she didn’t want to show it in front of Yin Shuang and make her worry, so she took Cui Bi’s hand and sat down on the couch by the window. She smiled and said, “Well, it smells good. Yin Shuang, let me eat it! I’m not hungry now! Bring me the plate of pickles and I’ll have a bite. I was just thinking about this taste.”
Cui Bi smiled at Yin Shuang, brought the pickles over, put them on the small table, and handed the chopsticks to Bai Jinxiu.
Yin Shuang glanced at the noodles in the bowl, picked it up and walked towards Bai Jinxiu, put the bowl next to the pickles, and said to Bai Jinxiu seriously, “I can’t replace you!”
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