Chapter 152: Shocking Change
The anger and resentment that Zhao Bingchun had been holding back for days seemed to have found an outlet at this moment, and he vented it all out without caring about his status and face.
He smiled sharply and coldly.
"Your Highness is carrying out an order, and I should cooperate. However, I have not heard a word from Your Highness about the bandits. It is unreasonable for me to let my men die just to let Your Highness complete the task!
What? The death of my wife isn’t enough, and you want to drag my entire county government office to be buried with her?
Your Highness, this medal of military honor is a little too dirty."
Rong Que was so angry at his words that he trembled all over. He pointed his sword at Zhao Bingchun and asked, "Are you going or not?"
Zhao Bingchun was firm, "No."
Rong Que clenched his fists, "How dare you!"
Zhao Bingchun sneered, "It's not that I am presumptuous, it's that Your Highness is bullying too much. If Your Highness had treated us as human beings, you wouldn't have lost the support of the people like this. Your Highness is determined to do what he wants, and I can't dissuade him with my insignificant words, but I won't let my people go to die."
Rong Que held the sword in one hand and gritted his teeth, "You wait!"
After saying this, Rong Que rode his horse outside and said, "If you are willing to fight the bandits, follow me immediately. After this battle, I guarantee that you will have a smooth career!"
Except for the people Rong Que brought with him, no one else was willing to move.
Rong Que didn't wait for them and left with his men.
As soon as Rong Que left, everyone looked at Zhao Bingchun.
Before, they had tried every means to test the prince, and later they had pretended to be friendly with him. Now they had completely fallen out. A county magistrate in the county government asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
There was a sinister light in Zhao Bingchun's eyes.
Since the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess would not let him live, don't blame him for being ruthless. "Surround the Crown Princess's yard and capture her!"
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, who can know what happened here?
Although attacking the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess was shocking and outrageous, it was nothing compared to one's own interests.
A group of people, filled with rage, surrounded Su Qingqing's yard.
All the servants were trembling with fear and stood where they were, staring in amazement at the yamen runners rushing in with long swords and spears, not knowing what was happening for a moment.
In order to capture a crown princess, Zhao Bingchun forced his men to surround the courtyard like an iron barrel inside and out, and then he entered the courtyard accompanied by two other yamen runners with good martial arts skills.
As soon as he entered the yard and glanced at the people in the yard, Zhao Bingchun's heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong.
The yard was filled with his people, not even a single one brought by the Crown Princess herself.
But the maid he had arranged to monitor the Crown Princess was not among them. Zhao Bingchun was filled with panic. He strode in quickly, shouting as he walked, "Where is the Crown Princess?"
The servants in the yard were trembling with fear. Someone whispered back, "This morning, the queen said she wanted to eat Guokui Liangfen, so she went out to buy some."
Zhao Bingchun strode into Su Qingqing's room. Seeing that the room was tidy and Su Qingqing's things were still there, Zhao Bingchun breathed a sigh of relief.
Is he overly suspicious?
He must be overthinking, the bandits just attacked...
But the bandit attack itself is a contradiction.
Bandits looting granaries and bandits attacking are all contradictory because there are no bandits at all.
Not finding Su Qingqing, Zhao Bingchun turned around and grabbed a maid and asked, "Where is Chun Xing'er?"
Chun Xing'er was the person he had arranged to monitor Su Qingqing here.
The maid who was asked hurriedly said, "Sister Chun Xing'er is not feeling well and is in the room."
Feeling unwell?
Zhao Bingchun was now confused by this bandit who showed up out of nowhere. He frowned and felt something was not right. He turned around and walked towards Chun Xing'er's room.
Chun Xing'er's chest hurt from Jixiang's elbow. She has been lying in bed for a few days and is still unable to move.
Seeing Zhao Bingchun coming in with a murderous look on his face, Chun Xing'er subconsciously shuddered, and struggled to get up despite the pain, "Sir."
Seeing that she looked pale and was even shivering, Zhao Bingchun believed that she was not feeling well. "Are you sick? Why didn't you let someone tell me?"
The county magistrate's wife has just died, and now the county magistrate's room is still empty.
Chun Xing'er finally got a chance to get close to Zhao Bingchun, so how could she give this opportunity to someone else easily?
She didn't want Zhao Bingchun to know that she was now unable to move and could not monitor the Crown Princess, for fear that Zhao Bingchun would replace her. She was even more unwilling to let others run errands for her and answer Zhao Bingchun's questions, as that would give other little bitches an advantage.
Chun Xing'er gritted her teeth and endured the pain as she thought about it. "To answer your question, sir, I have been dreaming about Madam for several days in a row. I... I feel very uncomfortable..."
As she spoke, her voice choked and she burst into tears.
This crying is real.
After all, she couldn't bear the pain in her chest.
Zhao Bingchun didn't expect her to say such a thing. His blaming eyes softened and he coughed, "If you are sick, let the doctor take a look."
Chun Xing'er lowered her head and cried in silence.
Zhao Bingchun was silent for a moment, "What's wrong with the Crown Princess recently?"
Chun Xing'er shook her head, "No."
If she didn't report anything unusual, wouldn't that make her useless?
Zhao Bingchun was about to ask more questions when suddenly hurried footsteps were heard from outside. Before the people outside came running in, the sound of crying and shouting came in.
"My lord, it's bad. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was killed while fighting bandits."
boom!
Zhao Bingchun's anxious head felt as if it had exploded in an instant.
In distress?
Didn't the prince have two highly skilled guards following him? Didn't the prince have his own secret guards?
Bandits... Aren’t these bandits arranged by the Crown Princess herself?
How did he get into trouble?
In distress?
Zhao Bingchun felt dizzy and staggered back. The person who came to report the news just ran in. Zhao Bingchun staggered forward and grabbed the person, "Did he get into trouble? Is he dead or something?"
The messenger said, "They must be dead. All the people who followed the prince to suppress the bandits are dead. Now their bodies are lying beside the Jialing River outside the city."
All dead?
Did you really encounter a gangster?
Zhao Bingchun didn't have time to think about it and rushed out. However, the black-robed counselor beside him grabbed him and asked the messenger, "Who knows this news?"
Zhao Bingchun was stunned for a moment, then he understood.
If only they knew this news, they would just have to block the news and go to suppress the bandits once more, and then they could report that the prince had unfortunately died while suppressing the bandits with them.
But if someone else knew...
The prince went to suppress the bandits, but no one from the county government came out. Now that the prince is in danger, the entire county government is to blame. Not to mention the death penalty, even the extermination of the entire nine generations of the clan would be the lightest punishment.
Before the man could open his mouth, another bailiff came crawling in from outside.
"Sir, sir, someone is coming from Kyoto!"
