ebookland Chapter 172: Accountability Queen
Chapter 172: Accountability Queen
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Every word I am about to say is true, but this matter is of great importance. It not only involves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but also all the princes. I feel really pressured!" Kong Boda's voice was full of helplessness and fear.
Emperor Wen was furious: "How can this be! You are my eyes and ears! How can you be afraid of these heirs? Tell me quickly! I must investigate this matter thoroughly! Why don't you stand up and answer me!"
Kong Boda buried his head, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly. He slowly stood up from the ground and recounted the experience of Xiao Shizi and his group going to Jiangnan in detail...
After listening to Kong Boda's words, Emperor Wen remained silent for a long time before he spoke: "In this case, they just happened to run into the situation of the Third Brother's people in Luoxia Town, and happened to encounter the power of the prince in the martial arts world! Xiao Jinghan has grown a lot, and his performance this time is really remarkable!"
Emperor Wen sighed: "An Qingke is such a reckless man, he actually let the An family army infiltrate the Prime Minister's men..."
After he finished speaking, his eyes instantly became extremely cold: "How dare the prince attack An Junyuan! He even tried to control the An family army! It's simply lawless!"
Kong Boda hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to speak: "When Prince Xiao and his group went to Jiangnan, I seemed to...see the traces of Blood Shadow and Dark Moon Fairy..."
Emperor Wen's expression remained unchanged. He responded indifferently, "They were just specially invited by Luo Lingzhang to protect them! My Crown Prince and Crown Princess actually attempted to murder Luo Xiaoqi's life! They are truly a pair of vicious husband and wife made in heaven! Li Mingfu actually raised such a good daughter! She is as vicious as the Crown Prince!"
Kong Boda lightly hooked his finger at the secret guards kneeling on the ground, and these well-trained secret guards left the room quietly and silently like ghosts.
Emperor Wen closed his eyes and asked calmly, "How many people already know about this?"
Kong Boda lowered his voice and answered solemnly: "So far, the Crown Prince has learned about what the Third Prince did, and the Third Prince is also aware of the Crown Prince's actions. In addition, the other princes also know a thing or two about what happened between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince! Not only that, the Wise King, the Imperial Censor Sun Zhi, and several Shangshu adults have all learned about this. What's more, the ladies in the harem..."
Hearing this, Emperor Wen's pupils suddenly contracted, his brows knitted tightly, and he asked, "Then who spread this news?"
Kong Boda pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "The Crown Prince and the other princes found out the truth through their own people. As for the Wise King, the Imperial Censor Sun Zhi and the Ministers, they got the news from Blood Shadow. As for the ladies in the harem..." Kong Boda suddenly stopped talking at this point, not daring to continue. Because he knew very well that since ancient times, it was a taboo for the harem to interfere in government affairs...
Emperor Wen snorted coldly, his tone carrying undisguised anger: "The person who poisoned An Junyuan must be the nephew of Nanny Liu, right? I think I need to go to Kunning Palace tonight... I guess this news has already spread throughout the capital!"
Emperor Wen's face was extremely gloomy. He tightly grasped the jade ring on his right thumb with his left hand fingers and turned it vigorously. As the friction between the jade ring and fingers sounded, he spoke coldly: "Quickly pass on my order, order all secret guards to hunt down Blood Shadow with all their strength! Anyone who finds his traces, no need to report, he will be executed on the spot! Who gave him such courage to be a mere assassin in the martial arts world and dare to get involved in the dispute over the royal heir in the court!"
Kong Boda's eyes flickered, and after a moment's hesitation, he spoke: "Your Majesty! Xueying's martial arts are too powerful. With the strength of us secret guards, I'm afraid we are no match for him!"
Emperor Wen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and sneered, and said in a firm tone: "The affairs of the martial arts world must be resolved by the people of the martial arts world! Take out the gold immediately to hire Dark Moon Fairy and ask her to kill Blood Shadow! As long as the gold is enough, there will be no problem in killing him!"
Emperor Wen waved to Kongboda, signaling him to leave. Kongboda saluted, then quickly turned and left, his figure quickly disappearing into the darkness...
Emperor Wen pondered for a moment, then turned around and called Gao Rui, saying, "Let's go! Follow me to Kunning Palace! Also, ask Ma Wei to bring the imperial guards with you!"
Eunuch Gao couldn't help but frown, thinking to himself. In this thunderstorm, the emperor actually wanted to go to the queen's bedroom with the imperial guards. What on earth was going on? He sighed softly and had no choice but to do as he was told.
Eunuch Gao then called Ma Wei and conveyed Emperor Wen's order. Ma Wei did not dare to be negligent and immediately led the imperial guards to follow closely and headed towards Kunning Palace with Emperor Wen.
On the way, Ma Wei asked Eunuch Gao in a very low voice: "Eunuch Gao! I wonder if His Majesty is angry tonight?"
Eunuch Gao also lowered his voice and responded, "Commander Ma, please be careful when doing things. Just follow His Majesty's orders. Don't pay attention to other unnecessary things! Oh! This horrible weather! I really don't know if there will be thunder tomorrow morning!"
Ma Wei lowered his voice again and said, "It's raining and windy right now! I'm afraid tomorrow won't be a good day!"
Eunuch Gao sighed heavily and said, "Let's get through today first before thinking about tomorrow! Commander Ma, remember to tell your men to keep their mouths shut!"
Ma Wei nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Gao, for your reminder!"
Emperor Wen came to the gate of Kunning Palace with a gloomy face, followed by a group of aggressive imperial guards, who quickly surrounded Kunning Palace. The queen led a group of palace maids and eunuchs to kneel on the ground, and the whole scene was extremely solemn.
Emperor Wen walked up quickly and helped the queen up himself, but he did not signal anyone else to stand up. His eyes were cold and sharp, staring straight at the queen, as if he wanted to see through every corner of her heart.
Emperor Wen asked in a cold voice, "Empress, Aunt Liu is the old lady who has been with you since you came to the Li Mansion, right?"
The queen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Just now, she received news from Li Mingfu, saying that Liu Lin's actions had been exposed and he had chosen to commit suicide.
Although her heart was in turmoil, the queen still tried to calm herself down and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, Nanny Liu is indeed my concubine's wet nurse."
Emperor Wen sneered and said sarcastically, "Then do you know that she has a nephew serving in the An family army?"
The queen lowered her eyes and responded cautiously, "I don't know about this. Ever since Nanny Liu joined the Li family, she has severed all ties with the Liu family." Her tone was calm and firm, trying to make Emperor Wen believe that she knew nothing about the matter.