Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"My God! Why don't you kill me!"

Concubine Hui cried bitterly, her hair was disheveled, she threw herself on her daughter's cold body in despair, she burst into tears, and shouted hoarsely: "Lin'er? Linlin? My daughter, what's wrong with you? Don't scare mother, wake up! Imperial Physician, Imperial Physician, I beg you to find a way to save her!"

"This……"

"Concubine Hui, please, please mourn."

"Please take care of your body."

Several imperial physicians were perplexed and helpless. They had tried their best, but the eldest princess drowned for a long time after being fatally beaten.

Because the situation was urgent, saving people was like putting out a fire, so the edge of the lotus pond was hastily surrounded by curtains, and the eldest princess lay on the ground, dying.Her nose was bruised and her face was bruised, her head was bleeding, and when she was struggling to die, she broke many carefully maintained long nails. The nails were filled with mud, and she still maintained the movement of waving her arms and struggling, half-raised her hands, and her body was covered with dirt. She wore a fiery red palace dress His color faded, his former radiant look was gone, and his death was miserable.

"Ah—ah, why don't you just kill me!"

Concubine Hui stared intently at the death of her beloved daughter, her despair and grief beyond words, and she collapsed completely. She held her daughter's hand, fell to the ground and cried loudly. She couldn't pull her away no matter what. So insane? Linlin who killed me with such a vicious hand! Who? Who is it? Yes, what kind of hatred is there, and it can be directed at me, why did you kill Linlin?"

The horrific death of the eldest princess shocked everyone.

"Brother, big sister, she..." The Ninth Prince stood outside the curtain compartment, unable to get rid of the elder sister's remains before his eyes, his eyes widened in panic, helpless, almost out of breath, and subconsciously clung to his elder brother.

"Don't be afraid." King Qing embraced his younger brother with one hand, feeling extremely heavy.He took a deep breath, pulled himself together, and scanned the expressions of everyone around him.

To avoid suspicion, only the imperial physicians, the empress, Concubine Han, Concubine Hui, etc. were in the tent compartment, and the rest were waiting outside. When Concubine Hui cried, everyone knew that the eldest princess was dead—in fact, when they first When he saw the eldest princess who was brought out of the water, his heart skipped a beat. He knew that she was dead, and the imperial physician tried his best to treat her only to comfort her relatives.

"Princess, she—" Cheng Tiandi, who was also waiting outside, groaned, stunned, and slumped back on the back of the chair. He was the only one who had a seat present.

"Father? You, you..." The Ninth Prince quickly ran to Emperor Chengtian, holding his arm worriedly, hesitating to speak, considering his age and experience, he really didn't know what to say.

"Father, please take care of the dragon's body. If you have something to do, just tell your ministers to do it." King Qing frowned, and spoke in a shy voice. He could only comfort his father in this way. He glanced away from the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw King Rui, who was standing silently and stiffly, shaking. shake--

"Brother Chen?" King Qing rushed to help him immediately, and comforted him deeply: "You must cheer up, the elder is already very sad, and there are a lot of funeral affairs to be done in a hurry, and the regulations must be made as soon as possible. Yilin... died too Strange, as brothers, we must never let her go without knowing why!"

King Rui's lips were dark purple and his breath was short of breath. Hearing his mother's mournful and miserable cries, he trembled and said, "Third brother is absolutely right. Don't worry, I can hold on. Crying is useless. Wait until the murderer is caught." , it’s never too late to cry.”

"Good brother! Take your time first, don't be too anxious." King Qing turned his head and ordered: "Come here, show the seat to King Rui, and invite the imperial physician to come and have a look."

"Yes!"

There was a major incident in the royal family, and the maids and guards kept silent, not daring to breathe, and rushed to carry out the order as soon as they got King Qing, for fear that they would not do well and be taken as a punching bag by someone.

In the curtain compartment, Concubine Hui was heartbroken and heartbroken. She held her daughter's hand and refused to let go. Her voice was hoarse and cracked, and she said "my poor Linlin" and "a murderer who deserves a thousand cuts." .

"Sister, sister, please mourn." Empress Yang did her best to comfort Concubine Hui.Although she usually doesn't like the unruly and domineering eldest princess, she just hates it normally. She thinks that she will be quiet when she gets married. Now seeing the other party's sudden tragic death, she feels uncomfortable, after all, she is the princess who grew up watching with her own eyes.

"Empress, empress, look, look at Linlin, she was clearly murdered! You must make the decision for the poor child." Concubine Hui burst into intense anger after crying the most painful period. Without any scruples, he grabbed Queen Yang's hand and shook it vigorously.

"Good, good."

Empress Yang was shaken uncomfortably, but she couldn't blame the poor man with white hair and black hair. She patiently persuaded: "Sister, let go first, and don't let the child lie on this dirty ground. Linlin is a golden branch and jade leaf, and the eldest son of His Majesty." Daughter, we must do enough for a child to be decent."

"What the queen said is true." Concubine Han echoed her consolation, and said softly, "Sister, take care of yourself anyway, how can you let Linlin lie like this? We will help you."

Concubine Hui cried hoarsely, listened to a few words, glanced at the dirty and messy temporary cubicle, and nodded sadly in agreement.

——Everyone who witnessed it believed that the eldest princess did not simply slip into the water and drown. Judging from the wounds on her head and face, it was obvious that she had been severely beaten.

Who is the murderer?

Tsk, what audacity!Even dare to harm the eldest princess?

Emperor Chengtian closed his eyes tightly and listened to the cries of the women in the compartment. After a while, he heard the sound of the imperial doctor treating King Rui. As an emperor and father, he couldn't just be decadent. When he forced his sorrow to open his eyes, Only then did he realize that it was Yao'er's hand that he had been holding.

The Ninth Prince felt uncomfortable being arrested, but he remained silent and accompanied his father silently.

"Jiu'er?" Emperor Chengtian hurriedly let go, rolled up his son's sleeve and looked, his white and tender forearm suddenly showed red and swollen fingerprints, he was very distressed, patted guiltily, and asked in a trembling voice: "Are you scared? Huh? Look You are pale."

"Father, big sister, she... I..." The Ninth Prince blushed anxiously and was speechless for a long time.

Emperor Chengtian gently hugged his youngest son, taught and comforted his son while persuading himself, and said sadly: "Don't be afraid. People have joys and sorrows, and the future is unpredictable. Everything is possible, and even greater accidents may happen in the future. You just need Do your best in everything, and be ashamed of your heart.”

"Yeah. I'll remember it, thank you for your teaching." The Ninth Prince hugged his father, and finally managed to stop his legs from going limp. He was terribly frightened.

"Good boy." Emperor Chengtian sighed. In just a short time, he seemed to be ten years old, and he couldn't cheer up anyway. He leaned on the back of the chair, waved his hand tiredly, waved away the ginseng soup that Li Deying respected, and turned his head. A glance: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness King Rui has been recuperating well recently, and has been insisting on taking medicine for recuperation. Go back and rest well, and things will improve." The imperial physician replied respectfully.

King Qing solemnly warned: "You two will take care of you personally, so be careful."

"Yes."

"Third brother, I'm fine." King Rui insisted on getting up, resolutely.Because of his natural frailty, he has always been indifferent, open-minded, and elegant, but at this time his own sister died tragically, no matter how perfect his self-cultivation was, he couldn't bear it, and he was as cold as ice.

King Qing ordered Cao Liqun, the commander of the imperial guards: "Commander Cao, quickly call out the files for changing defense at the entrances of the Imperial Garden tonight, and carefully interrogate all the personnel who enter and leave the Imperial Garden for investigation."

"Yes!" Cao Liqun nodded frequently.

"In addition, send people to closely guard the place for a mile. Do not trample on it, and don't completely ruin the scene."

"Yes!"

King Qing wanted to speak, but he heard his father calling out behind him:

"Yong'er, Chen'er, come."

King Qing waved his hand to urge Cao Liqun to act immediately, then turned back to Emperor Chengtian, took the ginseng soup that Li Deying was holding, stuffed it directly into his father's hand, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

"Royal father belongs to the common people of the world, don't be too sad, Yilin... the spirit in the sky will also be worried." King Rui tried to comfort him.

Emperor Chengtian drank a few sips of ginseng soup, the drink was tasteless, he was in a daze, and his old age appeared. After a long while, he said slowly: "The matter has come to this, what else can I do? Only—" Before he finished speaking, his temple hair The messy Concubine Hui stumbled out regardless of everything, threw herself in front of the dragon chair, hugged the emperor's legs, and cried hoarsely: "Your Majesty! I beg you to make decisions for poor Linlin, who is so cruel and cruel to kill her?" The concubine saw her daughter in good condition half an hour ago, and she was murdered to death in a blink of an eye, yin and yang are separated... Your Majesty, I beg your majesty to arrest the murderer and avenge my daughter, otherwise I will die!" Concubine Hui lost her beloved daughter , looking crazy, hugging the emperor's legs and shaking desperately, the inner guards looked at each other in blank dismay, suffering from the inconvenience of reaching out to pull, fortunately, Queen Yang followed closely and tried to persuade him.

"Mother and concubine, please take care of yourself." King Rui knelt down, comforted him with trembling voices, and tried his best to support him.

Concubine Hui instantly felt like she had received a life-saving driftwood. She let go of the emperor's leg, threw herself into her son's arms, and cried bitterly: "My son! Your sister is gone, woo woo woo... What did I do wrong? God wants to treat my daughter like this? Life is hard, my life is so hard!"

Emperor Chengtian looked down at the emaciated and mournful mother and child, his unbearable grief surged up, he trembled violently, the ginseng soup in his hand almost spilled, King Qing hurriedly took it, and bowed to persuade him for a while.

moment of confusion

"Empress." Emperor Chengtian gradually put on a serious face, and slowly regained the majesty of the emperor.

"The concubine is here! Your majesty, please mourn, don't worry, the concubine, the concubine will take care of Concubine Hui's younger sister." Queen Yang was sweating profusely, very embarrassed, and did not dare to be unsatisfied.

"You are so comforting to accompany Concubine Hui, dismiss the idle women as soon as possible."

"Yes." Empress Yang took the order, and immediately ordered the nuns and maids to forcibly support Concubine Hui, and ordered her to take her to Kunhe Palace.

Emperor Chengtian spoke again: "Emperor doctor?"

"exist."

"Empress, you arrange someone to assist the imperial physician to temporarily place... the eldest princess in the Mitai Hall, and make sure to find out the cause of death."

"Abiding by the order." The imperial doctors were terrified, and quickly carried away the body with the nurses who were the eldest princess's former nurses, and went down for an autopsy.

The incident happened suddenly, within a few quarters of an hour, the eldest princess had returned to the underworld.

Emperor Chengtian looked around majestically and asked, "Yong'er, can you tell your brothers to return to the palace?"

King Qing quickly replied: "Except for the eldest brother, fifth younger brother, and eighth younger brother who have left the palace and returned to the mansion, the rest of the brothers are still in the palace."

"Oh?" Emperor Chengtian's face changed suddenly, he slapped the armrest heavily, and asked angrily: "Since that's the case, why haven't you seen your second brother, sixth brother and seventh brother?"

"My son—" King Qing was at a loss for words, he was also very puzzled, but he didn't want to judge rashly, he could only explain: "Father is calm, I think there must be a reason, and my son has sent someone to find it."

"Humph!"

Emperor Chengtian's face was livid, he looked around, and said coldly: "If anyone dares to reveal a word about what happened tonight, I will punish the nine clans!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

"The slaves dare not."

……

Immediately around the lotus pond, a crowd of people fell to their knees, their heads bowed, and they were silent.

At this time, Concubine Zhuang and his party arrived with Concubine Chen's mother and son.

The Yilan Palace where Concubine Chen lives is far away from the Imperial Garden. She went back and chatted with the eldest son for a long time. She just took off the heavy makeup and hairpins and was about to wash and rest, but was called by the eldest son who had gone back. , she wasn't too panicked, thinking that Zhao Yilin was making a fuss again, and she didn't realize the seriousness of the situation until she met the internal guards running back and forth like firefighting on the way. What's more frightening was that she didn't find the second son anywhere!

"Where is Xiao Wu? Where are the people following him? I'm so anxious to die!" Concubine Chen was very worried, frowning.

"Don't worry, the one who brought people into the imperial garden may have arrived first." Zhao Zewen tried to comfort him, but he was actually more anxious.

Not long after, Concubine Chen's mother and son hurried to a quiet corner of the lotus pond, Emperor Chengtian and others were right in front of them, but they bumped into Concubine Hui who was forcibly carried away!

"Sister, I don't know the eldest princess—" Concubine Chen has not yet learned the truth, because the emperor has a decree, and no one dares to publicize it.Before she finished asking, Concubine Hui cut her head off: "Where's Xiao Wu?"

"Xiao Wu, he, he..." Concubine Chen was tongue-tied, her heart was beating wildly, and she was uncertain.Zhao Zewen hurriedly took over the conversation, and answered cautiously: "Concubine Hui, I just picked up my concubine and came from Yilan Palace. I don't know what happened?"

Concubine Hui's strength increased sharply, she broke free from the support of her attendants, rushed over, almost poking the tip of Concubine Chen's nose with her index finger, irrationally, she asked sharply, "Where is Xiao Wu? On the scene, he will kill Linlin cruelly?"

"What?" Concubine Chen's eyes widened and she asked in shock, "The eldest princess was killed?"

"Concubine Hui, calm down!" Zhao Zewen immediately reminded, and argued with reason: "You also said, but it's just a trivial matter, without evidence, please don't wrong Xiao Wu, although he is usually mischievous, he will never murder the emperor. sister!"

"But Linlin hasn't offended anyone recently, she's just arguing with Xiao Wu before and after the family dinner, call him out immediately! I want to ask him face to face." Concubine Hui yelled, completely out of control.

"Arguing and fighting?" Emperor Chengtian listened carefully for a long while, then immediately got angry, glanced around, and asked in a flat tone: "Third brother, where is your seventh brother?"

"My son has sent people to look for it." King Qing replied loudly, he was busy making various arrangements, he was dripping wet, and he hadn't figured out the ins and outs of the whole matter.

"Go! Find him immediately, I have something to ask him." Emperor Chengtian ordered.

Seeing that his father's expression changed with excitement, King Qing had no choice but to nod: "I obey the order." But when he looked up, he saw Zhao Zewu running along the embankment of the lotus pond with a big bouquet of flowers in his arms!

"Brother, what's the matter?"

"Hey, why are you all here?"

Zhao Zewu asked loudly from a distance, puzzled.For the convenience of picking flowers, he rolled up his front robe and tucked it into the waist of his trousers. He rolled up his sleeves, dripping with sweat, and wiped his sweat while running. During the run, he unknowingly dropped a rose.

The fresh flowers fell to the ground splashed with foul-smelling mud, and were trampled to pieces by Zhao Zewu. They turned into mud and dust, and the delicate color and fragrance disappeared instantly.

This scene deeply hurt Emperor Chengtian's eyes and heart!

Oops.

King Qing immediately frowned, and was about to walk quickly to greet him, when Emperor Chengtian slapped the armrest heavily, and yelled at him sharply: "Nie Zhan, do you know your mistake? Why don't you kneel down quickly!"

what?

Zhao Zewu stopped in wonder, and asked in a daze, "Father, what's the matter with you? You lost your temper so much—"

"Kneel down!" Emperor Chengtian shouted angrily.

Zhao Zewu couldn't react and was stunned.

The next moment, Emperor Chengtian suddenly stood up, strode forward, bursting out with anger, and slapped Zhao Zewu hard!

There was a crisp and loud "啪~"!

Zhao Zewu was caught off guard, staggered a few times, the flowers in his arms were scattered all over the ground, his left cheek was burning with pain, he covered his face inexplicably, embarrassed and almost cried on the spot.

"Father!"

"Father, calm down, sit down." After persuading his father, King Qing hurriedly pushed his younger brother to his knees, winking: "Xiao Wu, why don't you kneel down quickly?"

Zhao Zewu knelt down in a daze, extremely aggrieved, and raised his head and asked, "Father, what is wrong with my son? I beg you to clarify."

What's wrong?

Emperor Chengtian's face was livid, his chest heaved violently, he looked at all kinds of flowers scattered all over the place, couldn't hide his sorrow, and asked through gritted teeth, "Where were you just now? No one was around you? What are you doing picking all these flowers?"

"Just now I was picking flowers near the rose altar to incense my mother and concubine. I sent Shuangxi and Shuanggui to pick up sweet-scented osmanthus flowers and dry them to make sachets for my concubine." Zhao Zewu answered honestly.

"It's late at night, do you pick flowers to show your filial piety?"

"I, I... my son is unfilial and offended his mother and concubine, so I picked flowers to make her happy." Zhao Zewu bit the bullet and explained.

Concubine Hui, who had been patient for a while, listened to the other party's "mother and concubine", thinking of her daughter who died tragically, she couldn't help rushing back, her eyes were red and swollen, and her eyes were hazy with tears. She looked carefully at Zhao Zewu, and asked tremblingly: "Xiao Wu, you, you After entering the imperial garden, did you meet my Linlin?"

"Emperor Sister came in to visit the garden too? I didn't meet her." Zhao Zewu shook his head and carefully asked: "Why are you crying? Could it be that Huang Sister——"

"She's dead!"

"My daughter was murdered!"

Concubine Hui cried out in grief, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Wu, tell me the truth, did you do it?"

"What? Sister Huang was killed?" Zhao Zewu opened his mouth in disbelief, gasped, and asked in surprise, "We just parted ways, what happened to her?"

"I'm asking you!" Concubine Hui's gaze was burning like a torch, her eyebrows raised.

"Eh? It's none of my business? I didn't meet her at all after the banquet was over. Don't blame her." Zhao Zewu replied sonorously, swallowed hard, and suddenly became nervous.

Concubine Chen couldn't hold back either, she and her eldest son knelt down in front of the emperor, choked with sobs and said, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess was killed, and I feel so uncomfortable, but what Sister Hui Concubine said, I really can't accept it! Although Xiao Wu is stubborn, But the elders watched him grow up, how could he kill his sister? Impossible!"

"My elders, please mourn and take care of your health so that the real culprit can be arrested as soon as possible." Zhao Zewen pleaded.

"I, I don't know anything, I was indeed picking flowers just now, please learn from my father!" Zhao Zewu cried out with a mournful face.

"Wu'er, don't shout, calm down."

My silly son!It is precisely because you and Yilin had an argument before and after the family banquet in full view of the public, and you were in the Imperial Garden when the incident happened, that you can't argue with each other now... Concubine Chen has a sad face, but she firmly believes that it is impossible for her son to beat her sister to death.

Emperor Chengtian looked around: the eldest son who left the palace and returned to the mansion has not yet returned, the second son is missing, the fourth son is sick, and the fifth son has not returned... Only King Qing can share his worries!

"Quiet, don't make any noise!"

"The third son of the emperor is in charge of this case. Yong'er, you have to see the seventh child yourself." Emperor Chengtian ordered implicitly after finishing his roar.

"Yes." King Qing took the decree. He saw all his father's demeanor, and first ordered the imperial army: "Commander Cao, please arrange a few people to put these flowers away properly."

"Yes."

King Qing also ordered: "In addition, immediately send someone to get Shuangxi and Shuanggui, and go to the Rose Season Altar to investigate, and match the origin of each flower one by one."

"Yes!"

"Third brother, I, I don't know anything, I'm so wronged." Zhao Zewu begged anxiously.

"You didn't do it, why panic? Calm down, I want to ask you a few words." King Qing said seriously.

Zhao Zewu nodded, trembling, and couldn't wait to say: "Okay, you can ask whatever you want, I definitely didn't harm the imperial sister, if you lie, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"

Concubine Hui blurted out: "But Linlin has always been at odds with you, you had two fights tonight, could it be that you harbor resentment, that's why you—"

"Concubine Hui! Be careful." Emperor Chengtian sternly stopped, and said word by word: "My heart is hurting, and I am not inferior to you, but everything should be based on evidence, empty words are empty, so don't talk nonsense." He couldn't think at the moment, his mind Feeling empty, he raised his hand to knead the center of his brows, paused, frowned and asked, "Yong'er, where's your second brother?"

Empress Yang was startled suddenly: Where is Zexiang?She was so busy that she lost sight of another, and she didn't care about her son for a while!She was full of doubts, but rationally kept silent, pretending to focus on comforting Concubine Hui.

King Qing stepped forward and replied sternly: "My son has already sent someone to Kunhe Palace to report, but I don't know why my second brother has not arrived."

"..." Emperor Chengtian opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.He was exhausted, so tired.

At the end of Haishi, the night wind is cold and cool, and the grass, trees and lotus leaves are rustling.

Emperor Chengtian was exhausted, leaned back on the dragon chair, put his hands quietly on the armrests, and did not say a word for a long time.

"Father, it's late at night, you can go back to the palace and sit in charge, and leave this place to my ministers." King Qing suggested with concern.

Emperor Chengtian nodded his head, he really couldn't hold it anymore, he slapped his son's arm heavily, and solemnly told him: "As an elder brother, you must thoroughly investigate to the end!"

"I swear to do my best!"

Emperor Chengtian's thoughts were very confused, and in a flash of inspiration, he blurted out: "The imperial envoy sent to Guanzhou to investigate the case last time—" But he stopped in time, pondered for a while, and said in a solemn and low voice: "Tonight's matter is not trivial. Lao Qi is stubborn and hateful by nature, although there are suspicions, but he does not have such a scheming city."

"Father is wise!"

King Qing heaved a sigh of relief, and agreed: "Your minister agrees with you. The murderer's viciousness and brutality were not due to ordinary grievances. Bu said, why choose tonight if you want to do something? Why put yourself in a place where everyone criticizes you? This inference is very unreasonable."

"Let's do this," Emperor Chengtian ordered: "Immediately deliver the decree, and Xuanrong Youtang will enter the palace to assist in the investigation. That kid is quite meticulous and quick-witted, and his mouth is strict. He is worthy of use. The deadline is three days, and he should do it well." If he can't do it well, I will dismiss him!"

King Qing raised his eyes in surprise.

"Ok?"

"My son obeys the order."

Midnight·Rong House

Rong Youtang had already fallen into a deep sleep, having a good dream, but was suddenly awakened by shaking, very tired, he accepted the emperor's orders in a daze, changed his clothes, was stuffed into the carriage, and drove to the palace in a hurry.