sjar Chapter 357: To deal with the Ghost-faced Judge
Chapter 357: To deal with the Ghost-faced Judge
The court became tense again, and even the Fourth Prince who went to surrender became law-abiding and never went to those brothels again.
The most anxious ones were the Queen and the Second Prince. One day, an old nanny hurried to the Second Prince's mansion.
The butler knocked on the study door and called softly, "Your Highness!"
The door of the study opened, revealing the second prince's pale face.
He looked at the worried woman at the door, and he could not help but collect his thoughts. He said to the old woman, "Mother, why are you here?"
That woman was none other than his biological mother, the current queen.
At this moment, she looked at the second prince with a worried look on her face, and took his wrist and walked into the study.
The butler tactfully closed the door of the study and waited quietly outside.
Inside the house, the queen looked at the second prince's thin face and tears flowed before she spoke, "Son! You have suffered."
The Second Prince hurriedly wiped the tears from her eyes and comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. I have good food and drink in the mansion. I won't suffer any hardship. It's my fault that you've made me worried."
The queen held his hands tightly and took a deep breath to suppress the restlessness in her heart.
"What's going on? Why would your father put you in solitary confinement for no reason?"
She inquired in many ways in the palace, and apart from knowing that the Fourth Prince and the Minister of Dali Temple had hurried into the palace, no one knew what had happened.
The Second Prince's eyes darkened slightly, "I don't know either."
"how come?"
"That day, the Emperor suddenly summoned me to the palace. My eldest brother was murdered a few days ago due to a drug administered by Imperial Physician Zhao."
"What does this have to do with you?"
"Father found some gold and silver in the Zhao Mansion..." He paused and continued, "There are treasures given by Father."
The color drained from the queen's face instantly, and her mumbling became muffled between her teeth.
"How could this happen? Who framed you?"
Even though she was an ordinary person, she understood the seriousness of the matter. The emperor had always been suspicious. If he determined that the second prince had murdered his brother, then his life would be over and he would have no hope of holding that position.
The second prince shook his head slightly, feeling confused.
"My son's health has always been taken care of by Imperial Physician Zhao. I have indeed given him a lot of gold and silver over the years, but how could I give away the treasures bestowed by my father to outsiders? Unfortunately, my father does not believe my explanation."
At this point, the queen fell silent.
"Can you find out how those treasures came to Doctor Zhao's residence?"
In other words, have the traitor in the Second Prince's mansion been found?
The Second Prince nodded and replied, "It was the old maid in the mansion. The things were stolen and sold off over the past few years."
"Who did you sell it to? Can you find out who bought it?"
"They were shipped out of town and sold. It's hard to tell who bought them."
Hearing this, the Queen's face turned stern, and she growled through gritted teeth, "What about that bitch? I will never let that traitor go."
The Second Prince hurriedly handed over a cup of hot tea, "Mother, calm down. The old woman is dead. Don't be angry over a dead person."
The Queen glared at him with dismay. Seeing the child's nonchalant attitude, she was furious. He really had no interest in that position! Otherwise, the Emperor would have been indifferent even if he had been confined to his room.
The second prince sighed inwardly. His mother had always been a strong woman, and she had become even more so since she became the mistress of the harem. Not only did she lecture him every day, she also searched the world for famous doctors for him.
As long as he can live past the age of 25, the curse of early death will be broken, and the ministers will not stop him because of his frailty. With his status as the legitimate prince and the strength of the queen's mother's family, he will surely win the battle for the throne.
But the Queen Mother ignored the Emperor's attitude towards him. He was insignificant from childhood to adulthood, and was not given much love. There was only a distance between them like that between a monarch and his subjects. The reason was nothing more than fear that his maternal grandparents' family would become too powerful, and she was implicitly reminding them that too much is as bad as too little.
He can give you the throne, but you cannot snatch it away.
It’s a pity that the Queen Mother has long been obsessed with that position. No matter how people try to persuade her, it will only make her more eager.
The queen bit her lip in anger. She didn't believe that the emperor's guards and secret guards couldn't find out the truth about such an obvious thing.
But the reality is that the emperor still put her son in solitary confinement. Is this a slap in her face?
However, what she didn't know was that the emperor was not angry at him for attacking his brother, but was angry at his stupidity. He was so stupid that he didn't even notice that the people in the palace had two minds. How could such a brain become an emperor?
Suddenly, her sharp eyes fell on the Second Prince, and she said solemnly: "Tell me the truth, do you have a backup plan?"
The Second Prince smiled bitterly, "Mother, I don't even know about this matter, so how can I know how to deal with it?"
The queen's heart suddenly felt empty, and the words in her heart came to her lips but she couldn't say them. All her thoughts turned into a sigh.
She stood up shakily, holding the handrail, and paused, looking at him deeply and said, "You should cultivate yourself well at home. Don't worry about this matter. Mother will help you deal with it."
"Mother!"
The queen waved her hand and walked out without looking back.
Guilt flashed across the Second Prince's face, and he stared at the empty gate for a long time, unable to recover.
He touched the jade pendant at his waist, his eyes became firm, as if he had made some kind of decision.
On the other hand, after leaving the Dali Temple, Qin Miaoxi went straight to the Imperial Observatory.
As soon as she entered the government office, she saw a familiar figure. Qin Miaoxi called out in a delicate voice, "Master of the Imperial Observatory~"
The figure in front of her suddenly stopped, turned back and stared at her expressionlessly, and said in a cold voice: "Speak properly."
The cold gaze fell on him, as if it would freeze him in the next moment.
"Brother, how's your investigation going?"
Her heart skipped a beat and she couldn't help but give a flattering chuckle. This man was even more serious than her own master. It was already "generous" of him to have a normal attitude towards her before. If she didn't understand, she would really owe him.
This time I came to ask the person who stole the hallucinogenic pill. Now the person who used the medicine is dead, and I don’t know if there has been any new breakthrough from the person who stole the medicine.
In response to this, the Imperial Observatory's face darkened, and his tightly pursed lips were stretched into a straight line.
"Why, is there something wrong?"
"It's a mad demon."
The sudden words made people tremble. Qin Miaoxi widened her eyes in disbelief and blurted out: "They are not dead yet?"
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory looked up at her and nodded noncommittally, "Yes! They are not extinct yet."
"Aren't those people just good at fighting? Why would they steal medicine?"
Qin Miaoxi was puzzled by this when she heard a faint voice from the Imperial Observatory.
"Don't forget who their mortal enemy is?"
Qin Miaoxi exclaimed: "Ghost-faced Judge!"
"They stole the medicine to deal with the Ghost-Faced Judge."
"This is just speculation at the moment. After all, the medicine was ultimately used on the Crown Prince. Whether it was intended for the Ghost-Faced Judge remains to be seen."
Qin Miaoxi's eyes flashed, and a strong thought surged in her mind: the eldest prince is related to the Ghost-faced Judge.