Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

After being sent back to Changchun Palace, Concubine Chen got very angry and smashed the entire bedroom. No one dared to step forward to persuade her.

However, the trusted eunuch saw that she had almost vented her anger, so he took a hot towel and came forward, gently wiped her tears, and whispered to comfort her: "Madam, please don't be angry. Anger is harmful to your health."

"Hmph!" Concubine Chen's eyes were red. "Shu Nanyu, I want them and their son to die miserably! Go, call Song Yafeng to me and have him present the evidence to the ministers tomorrow!"

The trusted eunuch waved his hand to let everyone in the palace leave, and then said: "Your Majesty, please be patient. I heard that His Majesty the Ninth Prince is on his way back to the Forty-Nine City?"

Concubine Chen's face flashed with murderous intent: "My father has arranged several waves of assassins. I don't believe that he can escape wave after wave of assassinations from Tongzhou to Sijiu City. I will make sure he dies without a burial place!"

"My dear queen, it's better to be safe than sorry. Who is Ou Jianglin? He has many tricks up his sleeve. What if they found a substitute and lured away all the assassins arranged by the general, and then they disguised themselves and sneaked into the city? Wouldn't you and the general have worked in vain?"

"If you let Lord Song present the evidence and convict the Queen and the Crown Prince right now, how could he give up if he got the news halfway? He would even scare the enemy away and hide himself. We would not be able to catch him, wouldn't that cause endless troubles?"

Concubine Chen calmed down, looked at the trusted eunuch who was half-kneeling in front of her and gently massaging her legs, and raised his chin: "I underestimated you. I didn't even think of this. So, tell me, what should I do?"

The trusted eunuch smiled slightly and moved closer: "Your Majesty, why don't you let Lord Song pretend to investigate for a few days? The palace is so big, and it will take a long time to search every corner carefully. If His Highness the Ninth Prince dies on the way, that would be the best. You can then let Lord Song display the evidence he found in Kunning Palace in front of the ministers, and it won't be too late to convict them."

"If he is lucky enough to come back alive, your Majesty, you can catch him in a trap. Once the mother and son are reunited, you can have Lord Song lay out the evidence of his crime. Wouldn't that be a good way to catch him all at once? Oh, and give Shuguogong's entire family a free gift."

Concubine Chen laughed out loud, patted the hand of her trusted eunuch and said with a smile: "I never thought that you have such a smart brain."

She picked up a piece of cake on the table and stuffed it into the mouth of her trusted eunuch: "Here's a reward for you."

The trusted eunuch rolled the cake into his mouth with his tongue and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward."

Since that day, the Imperial Guards have launched a massive search throughout the palace, but nearly half a month has passed and the case has remained at a stalemate.

In the palace, the number of imperial guards was more than double that of before. There was a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps. They patrolled non-stop for twelve hours. The atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense. The palace maids and eunuchs who were in the palace even walked very carefully and wished they could save even breathing.

After Emperor Liang died, the imperial guards dispersed all the eunuchs and maids in the palace to several palaces. Everyone was required to take off their clothes and be searched by groups of people one after another.

Like animals, shame and face are nothing when facing the murder of the emperor.

Similarly, the place where they lived was searched, and even their toilets were searched carefully.

After that, dozens of people were dragged away and taken to the Ministry of Punishment. After being tortured over and over again, more than ten people were revealed, and even concubines in the harem were involved.

Later, the Eastern Depot took over, and no matter what their status was during their lifetime, whether they were favored by the emperor, or what the status of their fathers and brothers in the court were, they have now become a pile of rotten meat in a mass grave.

The entire palace was in a state of panic.

And deep in this towering palace, someone has been lurking in the dark for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to come.

At this critical juncture, apart from the unshakable Queen and Concubine Chen, who would dare to speak a word for their daughters in the harem?

However, even so, the mastermind behind the old eunuch's murder of the emperor has not been found out, and the suspicion of the queen remains just suspicion without any real evidence.

In this case, the Queen and the Crown Prince were still not cleared of suspicion, and several concubines who were close to the Queen in the past died.

Everyone knew that Concubine Chen was using this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, but no one dared to say anything.

A depressing atmosphere has been hanging over the four corners of the imperial palace for a long time. If this matter cannot be properly resolved, Daliang will be in danger.

Internally, the people who had been oppressed by the heavy taxes imposed by the Daliang Emperor in recent years were very likely to rise up in rebellion. Externally, the Zhao State seemed to have smelled blood and within a few days had stationed 400,000 troops at the intersection of Daliang and Zhao State.

As soon as civil unrest broke out in Daliang, they led their troops north.

The ministers in the court were worried, and everyone hoped that the truth of the matter could be revealed as soon as possible so that peace could be restored to Daliang.

Night gradually falls, another day is about to pass, and there is still no clue who the murderer is.

Suddenly, at this moment, torches flickered at the palace gate, and there was a noisy sound.

Ye Zhishao, the commander of the Daliang Imperial Guards who was patrolling the palace, was furious when he heard the voice.

His face was full of beard, his hair was messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and his clothes had not been changed for a long time. A foul odor could be smelled from a distance of ten feet. It was obvious that he had not washed or rested properly for several days because of the sudden death of Emperor Daliang.

From a distance, we could see the palace gate where the guards were blocking a group of people outside.

Seeing this, Ye Zhishao's face suddenly darkened. Someone dared to cause trouble at the palace gate. Seeing a rude man with more than ten guards making a scene in front of the palace gate, he shouted, "The palace is forbidden. Who dares to cause trouble? Come on, kill him on the spot!"

Dozens of imperial guards received the order and surrounded the man and his guards.

The torches illuminated the guards' dusty faces and their blood-stained appearance.

The guards were eager to protect their master, and when they saw that the imperial guards were about to kill them, they immediately drew their knives, protected the man in the middle, and confronted the imperial guards.

Ye Zhishao glanced at everyone with an icy gaze and snorted, "You all carry knives and are covered in blood. How dare you break into the forbidden palace? What are you trying to do? Are you rebelling?"

He took a step back and waved his hand: "Kill them all, leave no one alive!"

The man asked the guards to put away their knives, pushed them aside, and raised the thing in his hand high: "Let's see who dares! I am Liang Tianyou, the youngest grandson of General Liang. Here is the token!"

The firelight shone on the token, and it seemed that through it one could see its owner leading it bravely on the battlefield, blocking the enemies one by one outside the country, and forming an indestructible barrier for Daliang.

Who among the imperial guards had not seen General Liang's token? Only Liang Tianyou, who held the token and claimed to be General Liang's grandson, had never seen it.