Chapter 353 The Dandy Princess Just Wants to Play Bad 49 (End)
Chapter 353 The Dandy Princess Just Wants to Play Bad 49 (End)
Half an hour later, the Imperial Guards surrounded Prince Ning's Mansion in accordance with the emperor's order and did not allow anyone to enter or leave.
A carriage came from the other end of the long street and slowly stopped.
The imperial guards stepped forward immediately, "Who is coming?"
The curtain on the car window was opened, and Mingnan's bright face suddenly appeared. She asked in surprise: "What happened?"
When the imperial guards saw Mingnan, they immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "I didn't know you were the king. Please forgive me for any offense!"
"It's okay. I heard that my second sister gave birth, so I came to see her. Why are the Imperial Guards here too?"
The man said, "My Lord, His Majesty has ordered a thorough investigation of Prince Ning's Mansion, and I am following your orders."
"So I can't go in now?"
"This……"
The Royal Guards were struggling, but when they saw the Crown Princess' carriage approaching, they quickly said, "I will go and ask Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess for instructions. Please wait a moment, Your Majesty."
"Okay, go ahead."
Mingnan looked around and saw a man on horseback following the carriage. Upon closer inspection, he found it was Cui Qing.
Xie Wu Yu looked through the gap and smiled, "Everyone is here, today's good show can begin."
Soon, the imperial guards came back and said to Mingnan, "Princess, please ask the king and his wife to get off the carriage."
Xie Wu Yu picked up the fox fur cloak and put it on Ming Nan, then stuffed a hand warmer into her hand before getting out of the car.
He went down first and waited by the car. When Mingnan came out, he carefully held her hand and said, "The road is slippery due to the snow. Go slowly."
The Crown Princess and Cui Qing were already standing beside the stone lions at the gate of Prince Ning's mansion, waiting. Seeing how intimate and loving they were, their expressions were somewhat complicated.
After Mingnan came down, he did not let go of Xie Wuyu's hand. He walked in front of the two of them with his fingers tightly held.
"Eldest sister, second brother-in-law, why are you together?"
"It's a long story." Seeing her bow, the Crown Princess gave her a support. "But since you're here, come in with us, Second Brother... Sigh..."
The Crown Princess sighed with seeming regret, but only she knew how much of this regret was true and how much was false.
Mingnan did not refuse. She looked at Xie Wuyu and walked at the end.
The Imperial Guards followed closely, and after entering Prince Ning's mansion, the Crown Princess waved her hand and said, "Search, don't leave any corner untouched."
"Yes!"
The Royal Guards immediately dispersed in all directions.
The Ning Prince's Mansion was instantly thrown into chaos.
Cui Qing looked at him coldly, expressionless.
Mingnan glanced at him and sighed in his heart: [Those who betray the sincere people will eventually be hurt by the sincere people. Cui Qing can let it go. ]
Xie Wu Yu held her hand and squeezed it quietly.
The two followed the Crown Princess and Cui Qing all the way to the main house in the front yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they heard a quarrel inside.
"Why don't you let my master leave?"
"let me go--"
"Lord King——"
"We are here to arrest the assassin on the orders of the king's wife. You say you are innocent, but where is the evidence? Who let you in? Where is the visiting card?"
When Mingnan raised his eyes, he saw Du Yao and Lu Feiyu being held by someone on the left and right, and struggling hard.
The Crown Princess also saw him and asked in surprise, "Isn't this Third Sister's former concubine Lu? Why is he in Second Sister's house?"
Mingnan said calmly: "Then you have to ask my good second sister."
Hearing her voice, Lu Feiyu's body suddenly stiffened and he looked up in disbelief.
Mingnan was wearing a snow-white fox fur coat and a red skirt underneath. She stood there pretty, like a red plum blossom growing out of the snow.
Standing next to her was Xie Wu Yu, who was dressed in a similar manner. The two of them looked extremely beautiful together.
As for him, he was caught by a group of servants, his clothes were disheveled and he looked extremely miserable.
Lu Feiyu suddenly felt ashamed and lowered his head.
"Since he's here, it means they have a close relationship. Come on, arrest him and wait for interrogation."
"Yes!"
The royal guard stepped forward quickly and grabbed Lu Feiyu from the attendant.
Lu Feiyu struggled and asked unwillingly: "What crime have I committed? Why are you arresting me?"
"Why?" The Crown Princess sneered and deliberately raised her voice, "The evidence is solid that Prince Ning is plotting a rebellion. His Majesty has ordered me to arrest him personally. You are an outsider, and you appear in Prince Ning's mansion for no reason. This is really suspicious. I suspect you are Prince Ning's accomplice. Is this reason enough?"
At last, she glanced at Cui Qing.
Cui Qing nodded and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Lu has been colluding with Prince Ning for a long time. He must know a lot of secrets. Your Highness must interrogate him carefully."
"You--" Lu Feiyu was shocked. How did they know?
He was obviously very careful...
Suddenly, he remembered something, turned to look at Mingnan, gritted his teeth and said, "It's you, right? You told them!"
The Crown Princess and Cui Qing turned around, and Mingnan blinked blankly, "Ah? Who are you talking about? Me?"
She also pointed at herself, her slightly widened eyes interpreting the word "innocent" to the fullest.
Lu Feiyu was furious. "Otherwise, who else but you would know the relationship between me and Prince Ning? It's even more impossible for you to know——"
Xie Wuyu immediately stopped in front of Mingnan and interrupted him sternly, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. You dare to do it, but are you afraid of people knowing? There is no wall that is impenetrable in this world."
"I--"
Before Lu Feiyu could say anything, Cui Qing stepped forward and said, "You and Prince Ning had an affair without a matchmaker, and you even had a child. You still expect others not to know. Isn't that a bit ridiculous?"
Ming Jin, who was supported by the servants when he heard the noise, just walked to the door and heard this sentence. His face changed immediately, "Cui Qing, how did you know?"
Cui Qing suddenly turned around and looked at her with complicated and sad eyes, "So, the father of that child is really him."
Ming Jin hesitated as he glanced at the Crown Princess, Ming Nan, and Xie Wu Yu, and then at the dark mass of imperial guards staring at him. He suddenly realized what was happening and asked in disbelief, "You betrayed me?"
Cui Qing found her hurt look ridiculous, "Wasn't it the King who betrayed me and the Cui family first? When you came to ask for my hand in marriage, you swore in front of my mother and father that you would treat me well, love me, respect me, and ensure the prosperity of the Cui family. What happened in the end?"
He glanced at the distraught Lu Feiyu and laughed sarcastically, "You had a child with someone else behind my back and lied to me that it was mine. During that time, did you look at me like a fool? I was played around by you guys, and were you happy?"
"Are you still thinking that when there is an opportunity in the future, you can get rid of me without anyone noticing and let him take over? That way, you will have a child and an identity, which is a natural thing."
As Cui Qing spoke, he started laughing again, but there was so much bitterness and hatred in his laugh that it made people feel distressed.
Mingnan sighed silently in his heart.
Mingjin clenched his hands and wanted to say something, but was choked by the cold wind and suddenly started coughing heart-wrenchingly.
"My Lord!" The servant quickly supported her.
The Crown Princess said in a deep voice: "Save your energy and don't try to quibble. I have been investigating for a long time and have already obtained solid evidence. With the account book in Cui Qing's hand, you can't deny it. Otherwise, why would the Queen Mother send me to search Prince Ning's mansion?"
"Mingjin, you will eventually perish if you do too much evil, you can't blame others."
Mingjin finally caught his breath and gave a bitter smile, "Investigating for a long time? You too, right?"
Her sharp eyes swept across the Crown Princess and landed on Cui Qing's face. "You have been suspicious for a long time. Why did you wait until today?"
Cui Qing said calmly, "That's right. I started to get suspicious since you always slept in the study. After checking, I found that you were indeed involved with him."
He pointed at Lu Feiyu and said contemptuously: "If he hadn't come today, I would have let you go, but you actually let him come. Why, you can't wait to show him your daughter?"
"I thought you were heartless, but I didn't expect you to have some true feelings hidden inside, haha—"
As he laughed, he burst into tears and turned his face away.
Mingjin held the servant's hand and slowly straightened up.
I don't know when the snow outside stopped, and the whole scene was white, reflecting the blades in the hands of the royal guards, which made people feel cold.
The tide is gone.
These four words suddenly came to Mingjin's mind. He sighed resignedly and closed his eyes.
Mingnan looked at her silently.
With both witnesses and physical evidence, and the revelation from his partner, Mingjin has no chance of turning things around.
She had played chess for too long today and was tired and exhausted.
It was she who deliberately designed to lure Lu Feiyu here, let Cui Qing know, and help him make up his mind.
Fearing that he would be unable to do it, she also guided the Crown Princess to investigate the matter of weapons. Using these two approaches, she completely cut off Mingjin's retreat.
Privately casting weapons and raising personal soldiers, it is obvious that he has the intention to rebel.
Before, the emperor might have let her go because of the baby in her belly, but now that the child is born, and it's a girl, Mingjin has no need to exist anymore.
Being abandoned is a matter of course.
She was deserted by her friends and relatives, and all her loved ones left her. The throne she longed for was so close yet so far away, which was already the greatest revenge for her.
As for whether Lu Feiyu will reveal the secret of her rebirth later -
Mingnan glanced at him, smiled with his lips curved, and his eyes were indifferent.
If he dares to say it, someone must dare to believe it.
He had no one to back him up, and if he spoke, he could be accused of slandering and insulting the prince and executed immediately.
As long as he is not stupid, he will keep the secret until his death.
Mingnan was thinking when he suddenly felt someone was looking at him. He raised his eyes and met Lu Feiyu's red eyes.
She stared back indifferently.
"what……"
Ming Jin sighed, let go of the servant's hand, stood up and walked to the edge of the stairs, looked down at the Crown Princess, and said with relief: "I lost this round. I am not as skilled as you. I admit it, but you want to take me back? Dream on!"
After saying this, she took advantage of the moment when no one could react, pulled out the knife of the Royal Guard beside her, put it on her neck and slashed it hard. The hot red blood splashed out after a while, and the Crown Princess took two steps back to avoid being sprayed in the face.
Lu Feiyu cried out in shock: "Lord!"
Mingjin slumped to the ground, her cloak slipped off, revealing her snow-white underdress. She raised her hand towards him, wanting to say something, but she was too weak to let it fall.
Lu Feiyu didn't know where he got the strength from, he broke away from the servant, rushed to Ming Jin, held her hand, and cried, "Lord...you are leaving like this, what will happen to me and the child? Ah——"
"What's the point of me living? Why don't you just let me go with you?"
As he said this, he grabbed the knife and put it against his neck like Mingjin did, but he was hesitant to do it.
Cui Qing sneered and said, "I thought you two were very loving, but it turns out you are just like this."
One of them left a huge mess behind and died, not caring about the child or Lu Feiyu. How the two of them lived in the future had nothing to do with her, she was dead anyway.
A person who doesn't want to live under the criticism of the world wants to abandon his children and escape by dying, but he doesn't have the courage and determination, and only becomes a laughing stock.
Lu Feiyu's face kept changing, and finally he dropped the knife and covered his face, crying.
Mingnan watched coldly, and suddenly he felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if something had been pulled out.
She raised her head and saw a translucent figure in front of her. Only she could see it - it was the original owner who had not left yet.
She floated in the air, looking at Lu Feiyu who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing, and felt completely relieved.
"I originally thought that their love was stronger than gold, that's why they could be apart for so many years, but still miss each other and try every means to get each other to be by their side. Now looking back, it's nothing more than that."
"In my previous life, I was betrayed by the person next to me. In this life, I let her have a taste of the same pain. We are even. Lu Feiyu has lost his love forever in both of his lives. Isn't this a kind of karma?"
The obsession dissipated, and the original owner turned to Mingnan and said: "Thank you, I have nothing else to ask for."
Mingnan: [Have a safe journey.]
The original owner nodded with a smile and glanced at Xie Wuyu, "I can see that he is different. I wish you a long and happy life together."
Mingnan smiled back.
The original owner turned into a point of light in her eyes, floated into the sky, and disappeared with the wind.
This farce in Prince Ning's mansion came to a temporary end with Prince Ning's death.
The remaining investigation and house searches have nothing to do with Mingnan.
She asked to leave, but the Crown Princess said nothing. Cui Qing said, "I will see the King and his wife off."
Mingnan knew that he had something to ask and did not refuse.
The three of them walked all the way to the screen wall, and Cui Qing asked, "Was that letter sent by the king?"
Mingnan asked back: "What do you think?"
Cui Qing smiled bitterly, "Don't be nervous, my lord. I won't tell anyone, and there's no need to tell anyone. Because I have made a great contribution in reporting the case, His Majesty has allowed me to return to the Cui family to spend the rest of my life. But I have had enough of Huadu, and I am ready to settle down in the manor in Jiangnan."
Mingnan neither admitted nor denied it, he just said: "Although the Flower City is nice, it is like a cage. Now that you are free again, I should say congratulations."
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Cui Qing bowed deeply to her, "Thank you, my Lord."
"Once everything is settled, my husband and I will also go to the fiefdom."
Mingnan smiled and took Xie Wuyu's arm.
Cui Qing was stunned, "Why is the king leaving? There is no one in Huadu now..."
He paused and said, it is precisely because there is no external worry that it is easy for the sisters to have internal conflicts.
He smiled knowingly and said, "It is a good idea to retreat bravely from the current situation."
Mingnan nodded, "Master Cui, please stay."
Cui Qing cupped his hands and said, "Take care."
Xie Wu Yu returned the greeting, turned around and helped Ming Nan walk out.
It started snowing heavily again, and the two figures gradually disappeared in the wind and snow.
PDLP