There was too much movement inside, and the cronies standing outside sensed something was wrong. When they quickly walked around the screen and came in, they saw King Cheng sitting on the ground with a pale face.
Lying not far in front of him was the old concubine, whose eyes were wide-eyed and lifeless. She collapsed on the ground, blood gushing out from the wound on her forehead, and her whole face and body were covered with blood. Soaked, with eyes fixed in death, it looked particularly sad in a thunderstorm night.
"The concubine!" The man screamed: "Your Majesty, the concubine is..."
"Shut up!"
King Cheng suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly.
There was a sudden thunder outside, and the pouring rain hit the eaves, and the patter was a bit thrilling.
King Cheng stood up with trembling hands. After quickly wiping the blood on his hands, he said with pale lips: "Go and bring Aunt Jiang in, and send someone to the Princess. Tell her that she saw Aunt Jiang after she woke up." , I had a dispute with her for some reason and asked the princess to come over."
"But the princess fainted..."
"Then let Xiao Yan's people come over. No matter what method you use, let the people from the main courtyard come over!"
He didn't want to hurt the mother-in-law, nor did he want to kill her. He was just careless... The mother-in-law was seriously ill and was difficult to recover. She had already woken up. It was Rongyue's sudden return that made the mother-in-law argue with him for her sake. Because of Rong Yue, he accidentally killed his mother and concubine.
It was Rongyue who killed her!
From the initial panic to the ferocious viciousness on King Cheng's face, he seemed to have found the culprit. Even he himself was convinced by him that it was Rong Yue who killed the old concubine. His voice no longer trembled, and his face only Rage and frost were left: "The prince had an argument with the princess, and I went to comfort him, but he never came to attend to her illness."
"After Diagnosing the Princess's pulse, Dr. Sun discovered that she had something strange during her pregnancy and was harmed by others. In order to cover it up for the Princess, Grandma Jiang accidentally killed the Princess. Do you understand?"
The relative was shocked: "Then Imperial Physician Sun..."
"killed!"
King Cheng originally had Imperial Physician Sun taken away just in case. If something went wrong with Rongyue, he would find a way to bribe him to "testify" for him.
As long as the child in Rongyue's belly is nailed to death, even if a little bit of what happened back then is exposed, it will be enough to send Rongyue and Gu Helian into eternal doom.
But the concubine suddenly disappeared...
He couldn't bear the reputation of murdering his biological mother, let alone let the concubine's death be in vain.
As long as it is proven that Rongyue killed the concubine, not to mention her and Gu Helian, even Xiao Yan and Song Tangning who sent people here will not be able to escape their involvement!
The more King Cheng thought about it, the more it made sense, and the remaining hesitation in his heart disappeared. When he looked at his cronies, there was only ruthlessness in his eyes.
"Be clean and don't leave any traces."
The confidant quickly lowered his head: "I understand."
…
Rumble——
Princess Cheng was sitting in the house, feeling uneasy. When the rain outside became heavier, there was a sudden knock on the door.
She looked shocked and subconsciously looked at Ayane.
Ayane whispered: "Here we come."
Her words were not only a response to the outside world, but also a way to tell Princess Cheng that what they were waiting for was coming.
Princess Cheng pinched the palms of her hands hard and tried her best to steady her mind. She sat upright with Ling Yin's hand before letting Ling Yin open the door.
The secret guard standing guard outside whispered: "It's the people from the concubine's courtyard who are here."
Her lips moved lightly, and the sound fell into Ayane's ears like a thin thread along with the sound of rain.
"Ms. Jiang was taken to the Taifei Courtyard by King Cheng's people, and she never came out again. King Cheng's people guarded her too tightly, and our people couldn't get close. We couldn't hear what they said, but Sun The imperial doctor was also taken away by them, and Fuye followed."
Ayane said softly, "Yes", then raised her head and looked at the people hurriedly coming in the courtyard: "What do you want?"
"You are Miss Ayane, right? This slave is the person served by the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine just woke up, but for some reason she got into a fight with Nanny Jiang..."
"The concubine is arguing with someone, you should go to the prince." Ayane said coldly.
The man looked anxious: "I don't know where the prince has gone, and no one in the palace has made the decision. Aunt Jiang is the person close to the princess, and the servants don't dare to stop her. Please go over and have a look."
When Ayane heard this, she felt that the people in Prince Cheng's Mansion had taken them for fools. She could think of such poor excuses. She could already imagine that Prince Cheng had probably set some kind of trap in the concubine's yard. She just waited. Walk her over.
She snorted and was about to speak when she suddenly heard Princess Cheng's voice from behind her.
"I gonna go see."
"Princess, are you awake?"
The person in the courtyard was surprised at first when she saw Princess Cheng coming out, and then she was overjoyed. She hurriedly said: "Just wake up. The princess has been talking about you since she woke up. Aunt Jiang doesn't know what happened. She and the princess The noise was so loud that even the servants couldn’t stop her.”
"The concubine is not in good health, and the doctor is also standing by to stop her. If something happens, what will happen..."
Princess Cheng said: "I'll go there right away."
"princess!"
Ayane looked at Princess Cheng disapprovingly, wondering why she stepped into it even though she knew it was a trap, but Princess Cheng only looked at her: "If it's dangerous, can you protect me?"
Ayane was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes."
She and the two secret guards were not the only ones in the palace. In addition to the people from the Gu family who had sneaked in, the governor also kept a backup force. Even if they broke out, they were not afraid that Prince Cheng would hurt them. Moreover, Gu Helian's people were near Prince Cheng's residence. , once a commotion really breaks out, the other side will know immediately that as long as Gu Helian comes, King Cheng can't do anything even if he wants to.
Princess Cheng pursed her lips slightly. She knew she shouldn't have put herself in danger, and she shouldn't have stepped in even though she knew Xie Tianyu wanted to plot against her.
But in the past twenty years, nearly twenty years of "infatuation", if she didn't see clearly with her own eyes what Xie Tianyu could do, and how he wanted to treat her, she would be hard-pressed.
Princess Cheng's eyes were red and she whispered: "Can you please accompany me to take risks?"
Ayane looked at the woman in front of her who should have been gorgeous and wanton, but was full of tiredness and stubbornness. Thinking about the embarrassment of being kept in the dark about the deep love between husband and wife that everyone outside praised, she was silent for a moment and then said: "Okay, I will accompany you." With you."
Princess Cheng forced a smile, stretched out her hand to touch her slightly convex belly, looked at the servants of Prince Cheng's palace in the courtyard and said, "Let's go."
…
It was not far from the main courtyard to the dowager's courtyard, and the pouring rain seemed to tear the heaven and earth apart.
When Ling Yin helped Princess Cheng to the concubine's courtyard, she saw bright lights inside but no one outside.
The servants of Prince Cheng's Mansion became more and more anxious and led Princess Cheng inside: "Why is there no sound? The princess must be very angry..."
Princess Cheng followed her silently. She only stepped through the door and went directly to the inner room. Through a screen, she could vaguely see a figure lying in front of the bed in the inner room. His figure looked very much like Jiang. Mammy.
"Grandma?"
There was no response from inside, so Princess Cheng led Ayane forward.
"Mother Jiang?"
Ayane stepped forward and touched Nanny Jiang's shoulder, and saw that the person who was still standing just fell down and fell to the ground with a "bang".
The old concubine in front of her was lying on the bedside, her forehead leaning on the golden hook hanging the curtain, blood was flowing all over the floor, and there were two very deep pinch marks on the back of her neck exposed by her pajamas.
