Chapter 180 Induction

"The Second Prince's Consort suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground before she could even utter a word.

I was shocked and frightened at the time, and immediately ordered people to arrest the men who were making and serving tea, and then went to find the old woman who had advised him at that time based on his description.

But I was a step too late. The moment before I rushed over, the old woman hanged herself.

I did not dare to delay and immediately ordered someone to call a doctor. It happened that among the people brought by General Wang Yu, there was someone who was proficient in medicine, so I asked him to check first.

The tea leaves, water, and teapot were all fine. The poison was smeared on the edge of the teacup. Whoever was not familiar with the poison could not find out what it was. "

Huang Zhaozhong wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "If the Second Prince's Consort hadn't happened to come in, I would have been the one to die. I am so sorry to the Second Prince's Consort, to the Second Prince, and to Your Majesty. I deserve to die."

The emperor knew that this matter had nothing to do with Huang Zhaozhong.

He even had a vague feeling that the person who poisoned Qin Wanru and wanted to poison Su Qingqing was the same person.

Who on earth would want to poison both princesses?

The emperor closed his eyes tightly and a face appeared in his mind.

A face he tried so hard to put out of his mind but couldn't.

The third prince.

His third prince always looked innocent and loved only romance, as if he was a banished immortal who was detached from the mundane world.

Apart from him, the emperor could not think of anyone else who could attack the crown prince and the second prince at the same time.

Can……

Is he really the third brother?

The emperor didn't want to accept this fact.

People are so strange. When he was preparing to take action against the Duke of Zhenguo, he began to re-arrange the chess pieces in the court.

Without the Duke of Zhenguo, the Second Prince is not strong enough to fight against the Crown Prince, so perhaps a three-way confrontation can be formed.

He had already targeted the third prince at that time.

But now that he really guessed it was the third prince, he found it extremely hard to accept.

The emperor clenched his fist tightly and slammed it down on the armrest of the chair, "Check!"

Jingzhao Yin wiped his face, accepted the order and left.

When Huang Zhaozhong returned to Xiang Zheng's residence, Su Qingqing was already there.

Huang Zhaozhong never expected to meet the Crown Princess here. He walked forward in confusion, but before he could salute, he heard the Crown Princess say in a careless manner: "I have nothing to do. I heard you say in the Imperial Study that Su Jinghe's body was found here. I have some friendship with her."

Speaking of this, Su Qingqing frowned and made a light "tsk" sound.

"I didn't expect there would be other bodies here. Qin Wanru is also dead. It's really unlucky."

Huang Zhaozhong seemed to be angered by Su Qingqing's words. His face was livid but his eyes were red. "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The dead are the greatest. What's more, the Second Prince's Consort was murdered by someone."

Su Qingqing said lightly, "You said that as if everyone was killed by someone. Did Su Jinghe lie down in the mud and suffocate herself to death?"

Huang Zhaozhong was almost mad at these words. He was so angry that he held it in for a long time but couldn't say a word in reply.

Because although what Su Qingqing said was unkind, it was the truth.

Both Su Jinghe and Qin Wanru were killed.

so……

Huang Zhaozhong's brain trembled violently as if it had been electrocuted.

Yes.

Su Jinghe was killed because she appeared where she shouldn't have been, and Xiang Zheng killed her in order to protect himself.

What about Qin Wanru?

Why was she killed?

Even if Qin Wanru found Su Jinghe's body, since the matter has been exposed and this place has been taken over by the Jingzhao Yin government, what is the point of killing Qin Wanru?

Huang Zhaozhong carefully recalled what Qin Wanru said when he last saw her.

"Your Excellency is still interrogating me?"

"It's alright, my Lord, continue the interrogation. I just came here to take a look."

"We will finish here soon. I wonder if you have time. I have something to say to you. It's not a big deal. It's just a private matter. You don't have to make it difficult. It's the same in a few days."

Later, she drank tea.

He died without saying a word.

Huang Zhaozhong opened his eyes blankly, Qin Wanru's last words circling in his mind.

A little personal matter.

He and the Second Prince's wife had never had any interaction before, let alone any affection between them.

In fact, because of his hostility towards the Duke of Zhenguo, he was also hostile to the Second Prince's wife.

So what private matter does she have to say?

Su Qingqing narrowed her eyes to look at Huang Zhaozhong's reaction, and raised the corner of her mouth contentedly, "Sir, the Second Prince's Consort..."

Without waiting for Su Qingqing to finish her words, Huang Zhaozhong suddenly went crazy and rushed to where Qin Wanru's body was.

Qin Wanru's personal maid was crying bitterly, holding a knife in her hand, with disheveled hair, like a mad beast, and she would not allow anyone to approach Qin Wanru's body.

At this moment, someone has already sent a message to the Second Prince, but the Second Prince has not arrived yet.

Huang Zhaozhong glanced at the corpse, trying his best to suppress all his emotions, and said to the maid: "Do you know what the queen wanted to say to me in the end?"

The maid was like a ghost awakened by the Taoist priest. Her out-of-focus eyes gradually came back to life. She pushed aside her messy hair, looked at Huang Zhaozhong, and then looked at the door behind him.

Huang Zhaozhong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, there are no outsiders, let alone people from Xiang Mansion."

The maid bit her lip, as if she was struggling.

Huang Zhaozhong persuaded him: "You have to tell me, so that I can avenge the queen. Besides, the queen originally planned to tell me, didn't she? Besides... the queen... died for me."

The maid immediately shook her head, "No, it has nothing to do with you. Someone wants to harm our queen."

Huang Zhaozhong looked at her, and the maid's shoulders slumped. "The queen said that she discovered a secret of yours truly, and she must verify this secret with you, yours truly."

The maidservant didn't know what the secret was.

These words confused Jingzhao Yin.

But it also reminded him.

The one who killed Qin Wanru, or rather, the one who instigated the old woman to kill Qin Wanru, was Xiang Zheng.

It’s a pity that the old woman is dead now, and Qin Wanru’s maid’s one-sided statement cannot be used as evidence at all.

Even the death and appearance of Su Jinghe could be shirked by Xiang Zheng.

Just pick out anyone in the mansion...

Huang Zhaozhong was just getting angry when he heard footsteps and noisy voices outside, followed by the door being kicked open.

The second prince stumbled in.

People from the Second Prince’s Mansion came to collect the bodies.

Qin Wanru's maid knelt in front of the Second Prince, crying, "Your Highness, I have followed the Majesty since I was a child and have served her all my life. Now that the Majesty has no children, can I dare to hold the coffin and keep vigil for her?"

This is to make her Qin Wanru's adopted daughter.

" I have no other request. If Your Highness is worried, I will stay there to guard the empress until she is buried."

She only wanted to be with Qin Wanru, not for any status or money.

The second prince's mind is completely numb now.

Even though he didn't like Qin Wanru...

No, he couldn't say that he didn't like Qin Wanru.

To be precise, I like it very much, I love it to the core.

God knows how happy .

But this person was always cold to him. They seemed to be treating each other with respect, but in fact they were treating each other with coldness.

No matter what he did, he couldn't melt her heart .

She seemed to be alienated from him in her bones.

After a long time, the second prince gave up.