Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 273

Chapter 273 Be Bitterly Framed
Yun Xiao looked at Zhou Jingyan in shock, her eyes filled with shock.

Yang Qing had clearly seen with her own eyes that she was already dead. How could she still be alive?

After a moment of shock, Yun Xiao kept telling herself in her heart to calm down.

Yun Xiao took a few deep breaths and looked at Zhou Jingchen with a puzzled gaze. However, when she saw Zhou Jingchen, she also nodded.

Since Zhou Jingchen nodded, he naturally meant that Yang Qing was really dead, but why would Zhou Jingyan still have Yang Qing alive?

She had thought of many ways that Zhou Jingyan would retaliate, but she didn’t expect Zhou Jingyan to say that Yang Qing wasn’t dead.

Zhou Jingxu’s gaze was also filled with confusion. Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw Zhou Jingchen winked at him. He could only swallow all of his doubts.

At this moment, if he acted too enthusiastically, people would probably think that Yang Qing had been killed by them and wanted to frame Zhou Jingyan.

However, Lord Liu, the governor of the capital, said with a shocked expression, “Did His Highness the Third Prince recognize the wrong person? This official personally saw that Yang Qing is dead. Furthermore, the corpse is still in the prison of the Ministry of Justice.”

When the Jin Emperor saw the governor say this, his expression was slightly surprised. Obviously, he did not know about the development of this matter.

Of course, the Jin Emperor was thinking a little more, and now, if there were any gazes, he would look at Zhou Jingchen.

When he saw Zhou Jingchen’s calm gaze, the doubt in his heart was suppressed.

When Zhou Jingyan saw the suspicion in the Jin Emperor’s eyes, a faint light flashed in the depths of his deep eyes. Only then did he look at the woman who had been lowered her head and remained silent. The corner of her mouth invisibly rose by a point, and then she suppressed it.

Only then did he continue, “I didn’t recognize the wrong person. Yang Qing is really still alive. If Lord Liu doesn’t believe me, call in my bodyguard. He is Yang Qing. The Yang Qing I saw outside earlier was disguised as an assassin and wanted to assassinate me. Fortunately, the Crown Prince saw through him and saved me. I still have to thank the Crown Prince for being here.”

Although his voice was gentle and reasonable, it pushed Crown Prince Zhou Jingchen to the extreme. Obviously, it was the Crown Prince who had sent people to kill the assassin.

Apart from the people who sent the assassins, who else could recognize the assassins at a glance?

When Zhou Jingchen heard Zhou Jingyan say this, a harsh expression flashed through his eyes. However, it was concealed in a moment. “Third Brother, you don’t need to thank me. If I hadn’t seen the assassin and Third Brother attack, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have recognized him as an assassin.”

The Jin Emperor glanced at the two people who complimented each other and secretly nodded. Then, he looked at the governor of the capital and said, “Bring in Yang Qing, the bodyguard that His Highness the Third Prince brought here today.”

Since someone on one side said that he was dead, and someone on the other side said that he wasn’t dead, as long as they saw him, they would know if he was a real person or not.

The governor immediately went outside and called the guards in. However, everyone looked at the face that was completely different from Yang Qing, and they all had doubts in their hearts.

If that assassin was dressed as Yang Qing, Yang Qing wouldn’t be like this, right? The faces of the two of them would be the same, right?

At this moment, Zhou Jingyan said loudly, “Yang Qing, take off the mask on your face.”

Everyone in the room sucked in a breath of cold air as soon as he said this.

At this moment, everyone saw the guard Zhang Qing reach out to his chin and grope around for a while. Then, he tore off a human skin-like object from his face, revealing a square face.

Only then did the Jin Emperor look at the capital’s governor with a cold expression, “Look, this person is the Yang Qing you mentioned?”

The governor looked at Yang Qing for a while before he said, “Reporting to His Majesty, this person is indeed as fine as the dead Yang Qing.”

Since that was the case, which one of them was the real Zhang Qing?

Just at this moment, he saw a chaotic sound of footsteps coming from outside.

The door of the Imperial Study was pushed open, and Eunuch Wei’s fat body also walked in. After entering, he bowed first and said, “Your Majesty, this servant has just left the palace with a whip, but I heard that the doctor attending to His Highness the Third Prince is dead. When this servant arrived at his house, his family was indeed dead.”

In this way, there would be no evidence.

After the Jin Emperor heard this, his expression became even more gloomy and terrifying. He berated, “What’s going on?”

Eunuch Wei told the truth, He told all the news he had learned from the neighbourhood of the doctor, “This servant heard the doctor’s neighbors say, At midnight last night, They seemed to hear footsteps outside, Then they heard a few screams. However, it was too dark at that time. They didn’t dare to go out. When they woke up in the morning, they saw that the doctor’s door was stained with blood. After knocking on the door for a long time, no one opened it. When they pushed the door open, they saw that all four members of the family had died. The neighbors had already notified the capital governor’s mansion.

The Jin Emperor’s face darkened!

He said sternly, “Investigate carefully for me!”

Eunuch Wei immediately received a decree and said, “Yes, it’s just that before I entered the Imperial Study, I happened to see the people from the Ministry of Justice about to enter the palace. They stopped at the entrance of the palace. I went to inquire and found out that the messenger came to report that the murderer who assassinated His Highness the Third Prince was fake. When they lifted the corpse today, a human skin fell from the assassin’s face. A mask.”

Hearing this, the Jin Emperor’s expression became even more embarrassed.

At this moment, he had already believed Zhou Jingyan’s words. “Notify the Ministry of Justice and investigate this matter thoroughly. I want to know who wanted to assassinate His Highness the Third Prince! Also, send someone to search the doctor’s house to see if there is any antidote in his house.”

When Yun Xiao heard this, a trace of ridicule flashed through the depths of her eyes. Previously, when she was captured in such a place, the Jin Emperor did not react. This was just a change of person who had just been assassinated. The Jin Emperor immediately changed his attitude and had no choice but to say ridicule.

Eunuch Wei immediately said respectfully, “Yes, this servant obeys!”

After saying that, Eunuch Wei had already run out again.

At this moment, Zhou Jingyan coughed up blood again.

The Jin Emperor immediately walked up and said with a worried expression, “Yan’er, how are you?”

Zhou Jingyan smiled weakly and said softly, “Father Emperor, I’m fine. Father Emperor, don’t worry.” However, after he finished speaking, he coughed a few more times.

The Jin Emperor frowned. He didn’t know what he was thinking, but his expression was sinister and terrifying.

Yun Xiao looked coldly at what was happening in the room, but she did not say a word, her expression carrying a faint mockery.

On the contrary, there was a trace of understanding in her eyes, as if she already knew what would happen to this matter.

Sure enough, as Yun Xiao had expected, County Lord Hui Ning immediately took a step forward and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, since the doctor is dead, someone must be going to kill him. However, only a few people here know about this matter clearly. There is no leak. Since that is the case, then the murderer must be among us.”

“Bastard! Are you accusing Prince?” When the Jin Emperor heard county princess Hui Ning’s words, the disgust in his heart grew even more intense. He couldn’t help but wonder if he was really too indulgent towards Princess Changping and county princess Hui Ning, to actually make county princess Hui Ning dare to say such words! Lawless!

After being reprimanded by the Jin Emperor, County Lord Huining immediately knelt down respectfully, and his expression was filled with deep apprehension. “Your Majesty, please spare me. I dare not accuse the Crown Prince. His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Third Prince are very close. Naturally, it was not the Crown Prince who did it. However, there are other people here as well as the Crown Prince.”

After she finished speaking, she saw the air in the room immediately condense.

Before county princess Hui Ning could finish her sentence, another crisp voice sounded, “So, county princess is suspecting me?”

County Lord Huining looked at the voice and saw Zhou Jingxu looking at her with disdain. There was a faint smile on his face, but the smile was unfathomable. “County Lord Huining said that he wasn’t suspecting Big Brother Crown Prince. If he was with Big Brother Crown Prince, then I was the only one. So, County Lord is suspecting me?”

“No, no. Although His Highness the ninth prince has an active personality, his heart is pure. He definitely wouldn’t do such a thing.” County princess Hui Ning didn’t expect Zhou Jingxu to speak up for Yun Xiao again. If Zhou Jingxu spoke like this, his final goal would probably be interrupted by Zhou Jingxu.

Zhou Jingxu said with a faint smile on his face, “Oh? Since that’s the case, it’s not the Crown Prince or me. Does the county prince want to doubt the Father Emperor? Or do you think the Father Emperor wants to protect me and the Crown Prince, so he sent someone to kill the doctor’s family?”

County princess Hui Ning felt like crying when she heard this, but she still said respectfully, “How can His Highness the ninth prince talk nonsense? Your Majesty is holy, Hui Ning definitely has no such intention.”

“Xu’er, stop talking nonsense!” The Jin Emperor gave Zhou Jingxu a warning and then looked at the county princess of Hui Ning with a gloomy expression, “Since that’s the case, who does Hui Ning want to accuse?”

County princess Huining’s expression was already extremely embarrassed. She raised her hand to accuse Yun Xiao and said with a gloomy expression, “I want to accuse the Yun Family’s fourth young miss. The Yun Family’s fourth young miss hates the Third Prince to the bone. If you want to say that she harmed the Third Prince, the Yun Family’s fourth young miss is the most suspicious.”

When Yunxiao heard that county princess Hui Ning had finally finished speaking what she wanted to say, a trace of a sigh appeared in her eyes. This temperament reminded Yunxiao of her previous life.

He recklessly followed Zhou Jingyan’s instructions and was finally sold by Zhou Jingyan. He was probably still helping Zhou Jingyan count the money.

However, for Zhou Jingyan, if County Lord Hui Ning were to change his previous position, the outcome would probably be different from his own. After all, Zhou Jingyan wanted a noble empress, and County Lord Hui Ning was qualified.

Yun Xiao stood there calmly. Hearing County Lord Hui Ning’s accusation, her expression did not change at all. No one could tell what she was thinking. Not only that, the corners of her mouth instead hooked into a faint mocking smile. She did not say a word, but it made people feel that she had already said a lot with her own actions.

The Jin Emperor turned his head to look at Yun Xiao. His expression was fierce. His furious eyebrows had been glued to Yun Xiao’s face. In his heart, he had a little more admiration for Yun Xiao’s calm temperament. “Yun Xiao, what else do you have to say?”