After the coffin was sealed, it was replaced with an identical one through a secret passage in the palace. Inside was the body of Xiao Juesong, who had been moved out long ago.
Once the coffin is opened, everything in the Eastern Palace will be exposed. This will put the entire Eastern Palace to death!
"Are you talking about this piece of letter paper?" Shen Xihe took out the letter paper that Li Yanyan brought and handed it to Liu Sanzhi. He said to His Majesty, "Just now, Li broke into the East Palace and indeed shouted that it was Beichen who killed the Third Prince. I thought she was talking nonsense. After Li drank poison and committed suicide, this thing fell from her sleeve. I dare not act on my own, and I feel that this matter is serious, so I want to present it to Your Majesty later."
Emperor Youning held the paper in his hand, his expression complicated: "Why is Li doing this?"
"Your Majesty, I think there is something fishy about the Eighth Prince's assassination." Concubine Shu was the first to jump out. She was not pretending to break up with Shen Xihe now. Since Xiao Changhong's matter did not go as she expected, she really broke up with Shen Xihe. "The Third Prince's wife must have made up her mind, and she felt that her words were not taken seriously, so she risked her life."
"What Shufei means is that what Li suspected is true, and that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that the Eighth Prince was going to assassinate the emperor, and he informed Li long ago? Li was greedy for credit in rescuing the emperor, and instigated the Third Prince to fail in the rescue and not only lost his life, so he bears a grudge against me, and when he failed to take revenge on me, she gambled her life, betting that Your Majesty would give her and the Third Prince justice?" Shen Xihe looked at Shufei indifferently and said what she meant.
"I never said that." Concubine Shu retorted, "I just think that if it weren't for the last resort, who would fight to the death?"
"Well said!" Shen Xihe raised his voice to continue Concubine Shu's words, with a thin frost in his eyes, making it hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but feeling cold and piercing. "If it weren't for the last resort, who would fight to the death? Concubine Shu, have you forgotten what day it is today?"
today
It is the day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is buried!
Since Concubine Shu felt that Li Yanyan had made up her mind, she would risk her life to seek justice!
How stupid must His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be to know that Xiao Changyan was plotting a rebellion, yet not make preparations in advance and even die on the spot trying to save His Majesty
Concubine Shu slapped herself, her face froze, and she said angrily: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not live long, who knows if it is..."
“Bang!”
Before Concubine Shu finished her words, Shen Xihe raised his hand and slapped her in the face.
The hall fell silent, and Concubine Shu covered her face in disbelief.
The servants all shrank their necks.
"Your Majesty, the dead are the most important. Concubine Shu spread rumors and severely injured His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She insulted the dead. I implore Your Majesty to punish her severely!" After saying this, Shen Xihe knelt straight on the ground and could not get up. It seemed that she was not satisfied with the Emperor Youning's handling of the matter, so she knelt for a long time!
Concubine Shu also reacted at once. Shen Xihe was not willing to let it go. Thinking about what she had just said, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. How could she be so impulsive and blurt out such words without restraint
Concubine Shu was nervous and could only hold on to her end. She knelt down with a plop and said, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of suspecting or slandering the Crown Prince. I just speak my mind and agree with what the Third Prince's wife said. It is well known that the Crown Prince is weak and sickly. I have also heard those rumors. Before the Crown Prince died, he asked Your Majesty to protect his unborn child. It is not without reason..."
The following words were spoken by Concubine Shu in a very low voice.
She didn't suspect that Xiao Huayong had faked his death, but she suspected that Xiao Huayong was dying and wanted her death to be meaningful.